The Two Empresses
Vristhi Rosemary

“Why is the most dangerous woman in Careol appearing here?!” exciting Phillip. Saciel just kept quiet, watching the movements of the woman clad in the black wedding dress. Vristhi just glanced at and boasted a scary smile.

“Arlestine, right? I heard that your family is quite a noble among witches, but I never thought you would work under the Arakawa family. I wonder how much money you received from that girl,”, said Vristhi.

“Wah, your tongue is very sharp Vristhi. I don't remember spending a dime on our friendship. Just so you know, we are not like you who use sneaky ways to win,” Saciel reply is no less cynical. Vristhi chuckled, then let out a pitch-black aura.

“You're looking to die with me, Saciel?”

“Not yet to die, just want to beat you up if it blocks me,” Saciel chirped. “Oi, stray dogs. You take care of the controller of the doll, I'm dealing with this gloomy woman. I doubt you can touch it despite using all your strength.”

“...alright, Princess. I don't like being close to people who are enveloped in death. And you're a snot boy,” Max said as he glanced at Tania, “our dealings are not finished.”

“Who do you have that snot boy, damn it?” growled Tania. “I'll make your head a wall decoration in my room!”

“Prepared cursed huh?” max culas.

“You're dealing with me wrong, Saciel. Have you forgotten the bitter defeat of the past?” hina Vrishhi's. Saciel just remained silent, slowly drawing out his sword. “You're not serious huh?”

“Who said I'm not serious?” challenge Saciel. Vristhi flicked her fingers and some rotting corpses rose from underground.

“Job! Death is all around him. Necromancer?” max Maki. Kezia closed his nose tightly, his kiss barely functioning as a result of the stench emanating from the undead and the death released by Vristhi. Saciel coated his sword with magic, then came forward and wiped out the living corpses.

“Calm down, Saciel. There are still many bodies for you to chop up today,”, said Vristhi kalem. He returned to resurrect the bodies with more numbers than before. Saciel screeched, with just one flick he burned everything with fire to ashes. Vristhi clapped her hands, yet a disdainful look was not erased from her beautiful face.

“Learnest. You have grown rapidly from before,” praise Vristhi humbly, his sneaky smile was on its back. “Then, can you face this one?”

His slender hands stretched out. Two coffins with the Arakawa family emblem stood upright on either side of the necromancer. Saciel choked, the sword in his hand slowly fell down and stuck it on the ground.

“BRAND! DO YOU WANT WHAT'S MY PARENTS' CORPSE?!” snapped Saciel hard. Others were surprised, even Phillip did not believe what Vristhi did with the corpse of the previous family head and his wife. Vristhi laughed out loud, then opened the coffin with magic.

“You want to meet them, don't you?” vrishi asked in a mocking tone. “It just so happened that I was able to get a rare item from the Arakawa family cemetery.”

“Saciel! Calm yourself!” phillip panicked.

“Nee-chan!” jeremy Kezia. Saciel could hear nothing, not even Max's curse which was just less than a meter away. Emotions rule over him. Slowly a thin mist enveloped him, turning his clothes into battle clothes. Her hair is now high.

“What is it?” ask Tania.

“Now, it's the first time I've seen that appearance,” said Vristhi kalem.

"Hey, hey! You hear me? Hey!" call Max. Saciel was silent, but his hand slowly grabbed the sword and pulled it quickly.

"Max! Whatever happens, make her realize again before she goes berserk!" exciting Phillip. "He wouldn't be able to tell which opponent a comrade was at such a time!"

"Damn it, it's just a hassle" complained Max. He rushes to Saciel, but the witch is faster. He teleported behind Vristhi and was about to stab her, but Vristhi made a transparent shield and managed to dodge death.

"Seram~ but this is fun!" exclaim Vrishi cheerfully. "Let's kill each other until one of us dies!"

"Is he crazy?" ask Kezia.

"I think so," Phillip replied. Before Max returns to pursue Saciel, Tania's doll swings its machete and nearly cuts its neck.

"Don't ignore me, mad dog!" tania Maki. Max screeched, then focused on the doll. Suddenly Phillip came forward and stood in front of Tania.

"Sad, a coward like you now challenges me?" tanya Tania underestimated. Phillip nodded, then took out his rapier. Tania laughed hard at him.

"What is true? That thin sword won't be able to pierce through my puppet skin. You underestimated me, Young Master?" insinuations. Phillip gave a smile and pointed his rapier at the doll.

"Let's just see the end, Miss Schariac," Phillip said softly. He turned to Max and made a worried expression.

"What?" ask Max.

"Please Saciel. He's suffered too much" Phillip asked. Max fell silent, then turned around in his cool style.

"I'm just doing this for the return of the favor, okay?" max said coldly. Phillip smiled and focused on the ugly teddy bear in front of him.

"It's cool that you turned your face away when you fought with me! You're gonna regret it, you bucin!" tania Maki. Phillip laughed so hard he knelt down.

"Tania is sweet, do you know why Arlestine is more familiar with the Arakawa family than the others?" ask Phillip kalem.

"Eitherway. Maybe it's because the head of your family once loved Marie Arakawa" Tania replied. Phillip shook his head and swung his rapier.

"It's just a rumor" Phillip said. He teleported and slashed the head of the puppet with a single swing. "We are a family of knights who follow justice."

Tania. The puppet fell down and returned to its original size, the machete in his hand disappeared.

"How can you defeat my magic? This is not fair!" moaning Tania while crying bitterly. Phillip knelt before Tania and wiped away her tears.

"Because I'm the strongest knight in Careol, Tania. I'm sorry, your magic is still not enough to defeat me" said Phillip softly. Tania pouted and hit Phillip's chest in a fit of anxiety. Phillip simply embraced it and turned his face to another fight. Max restrains Saciel who attempts to break free to beat the necromancer.

"Hey for the sake of the lowly human, can you just let go of the girl?" cold Vrishi reprimand. Max ignores his rebuke, trying to communicate with Saciel.

"Wake up, fool!" maki Max while slapping her smooth cheek hard. Saciel fell down and looked around him, his eyes no longer emitting hatred.

"...what happened?" tanyanya polo's. "Ouch! Hey, who slapped me?"

"You can still ask like that? Calm down and look at your enemy" said Max calmly, He turned to Vristhi and his parents' coffin. "Silent. Don't let emotions rule you. You'll only lose if you let yourself be a slave to emotion."

"...you're right. I have to stay calm in any situation" Saciel said. He stood up and smiled at Max. "Thank you."

"I'm just returning the favor" Max said. The magician simply nodded and faced the bored necromancer.

"Vristhi, let's end this boring game. Please give my parents back. You could have been beheaded as an insult to the Arakawa family" Saciel threatened.

"...alright, we admit defeat" he said bored. He placed the two coffins carefully, "but I have to keep reporting to Lao that we failed to catch two demi-humans for your intervention and Phillip Arlestine."

"No problem," Saciel replied casually. He moved the two chests back to the family cemetery by teleportation. "I just want you guys to stay away from my problems."

"We can't do it, Saciel. The elders could have killed you for their benefit" said Vristhi. "You've become a fugitive."

"Well, to me that means freedom. I don't want to see war again."

"I understand. Then we'll go back and report to Lao. Tania, let's go back, " said Vristhi. Tania ran up to Vristhi and the two disappeared from behind the thin fog.