The Two Empresses
Advice from Tamer

Phillip is back with Max and Nero face bent. Saciel just kept quiet without saying a word. He knew exactly what was on their minds.

"What's this?" ask Nero.

"I hope you have a logical reason for calling us" Max growled. Kezia just squeaked and hugged Saciel tightly. Saciel sighed softly and asked the two to sit down first.

"I want to change my plan. We're gonna go find my family's ring" Saciel said. Max and Nero fell silent, but the dislikeful look was clearly on their faces.

"Why should we help you find that cursed thing?" ask Max sarcas.

"iii! Can't be!" bentak Kezia's.

"I understand you disagree with this plan. But I was desperate, plus my sister became a hostage to the elders. If I don't find that thing soon, I don't know what's going to happen to you guys" Saciel said.

"What is so special about you?" ask Nero

"Not too special for me, but for everyone else. There are rumors that my ring and one of the 7 Eternal Wizards are legitimate proofs of being part of the core royal family" Saciel replied.

"Huh? Wait, what? So those 7 families you're talking about are the royal family?" max asked doubtfully.

"I know you don't believe, not even myself. But the history of my kingdom was so much in disguise that I just learned the truth."

"....so you want to rule the kingdom?" ask Max.

"I'm honestly not interested. I just want to find that cursed object quickly and try to save what I think is precious" Saciel said.

"Kezia will help! Kezia dear nee," said Kezia cheerfully.

"Nobody asked your opinion, boy," said Nero. Kezia pursed his lips and cried loudly, making Nero feel guilty and comforting him with all his might. After Kezia calmed down, Max sighed and scratched behind his ear.

"I honestly disagree, but since you want to help me until now, I will help you. It's just, you have to make sure my family's safety," Max said.

"alright. Your family's safety will be a priority here" Saciel replied.

"By the way the ring is, do you know where we're gonna start looking?" ask Nero. Saciel took out a piece of map in half and waved it in front of them.

"You could say I know, but unfortunately the map I got was only half. Inevitably we will be a little.difficulty in searching. Do you guys still want to come?"

"No problem" chirped Max.

"Hmm, if these two people have said yes, I come too," said Nero resigned. Saciel gave a smile and lowered his head as low as possible. "What are you doing?"

"I am truly grateful for your kindness, even though we are enemies," Saciel said.

"Bless your head, bitch. I didn't give you permission to lower your head" Max said fiercely. "In exchange, you will undergo sparta training to increase your stamina."

"What's? Just yummy! Am I weak?" snapped Saciel.

"Not aware? Right now you're pat. Not long ago you were sick after a fight. Want to dodge again?" challenge Max. Saciel fell silent and her face flushed in embarrassment. He condemned his weakness and his folly in arguing with the tosca-haired young man. "Stupid."

"Who are you calling stupid, stupid?" saciel Maki. They even dissolve in small quarrels, so doctors and nurses yell at them because their voices echo down the hallway of the clinic. Phillip tried hard to refrain from laughing, but his efforts failed.

"Who are you calling a rancid boy, a demon?" phillip maki. "How old are you?"

"26. I'm sure you're only 21" Max said. Phillip fell silent and looked the other way. While Phillip was silent, Saciel was engrossed in playing with Kezia with his dolls. But the fun ends when Max lifts Kezia away from her.

"No want! I want nee!" jeremy Kezia.

"He needs a break. You're the same as me" said Max kalem. Kezia thrashed and hit Max hard enough, but was unable to knock down the older brother's stronger defenses. "Don't spoil it."

"Nii ugly! Ugly! I hate nii!" whine Kezia.

"If I hate it, I'll throw you away" Max said coldly. Kezia instantly fell silent, but tears kept flowing and her lips pouted.

"Nii evil," said Kezia. Max patted the little girl on the back and took her out, leaving them quiet.

"Nero, what kind of spirit can you control?" asked Saciel suddenly. Nero did not immediately reply, but looked at him fixedly to the point of making Saciel uncomfortable. "You don't have to answer if you don't want to answer."

"Not that. I was curious about you. You're not a tamer, but you have something I don't have. Hellhound huh?" chirps Nero. "I can read the contract from you. You have an interesting contract, your mana color is a little different from most witches. Does hellhound drain your mana?"

"Maybe, I don't know. I learned this magic after the war and the one I managed to summon was the hellhound. The effect the first time I called him was nosebleed until he fainted."

"...then you must renew your contract. If that keeps up, you could be consumed by the darkness. Or worse, the hellhound will eat your soul" suggested Nero.

"And how do I fix it?" ask Saciel.

"Umm, fight it out" replied Nero. Saciel was stunned and shook his head, frustrated and astonished at the unexpected answer that the tamer had thrown.

"Can that guarantee?"

"You think I'm controlling the Undine with a shortcut? I spent 8 months taming it, even if I had to spend more than I had. Hows it? From which color and your stamina you only have less than a year," Nero said with a sly smile."He said you were the strongest."

"Huh, fuck you. All right, let's do it now," Saciel replied enthusiastically.

"Just a moment, are you crazy? Your body just got dissected and you want to fight a hellhound? Think of your health!" reject Phillip panic.

"Hellhound that alone has become one of the triggers for stamina continues to fall until the drop now. You want to see him dying?" nero kalem. Phillip was at a loss for words and bit his lower lip.

"Let's do it now. My body is stiff if the sleep continues," said Saciel. He got up from his bed and walked out, followed by Nero and Phillip. Max who was still babysitting Kezia was a little surprised by the presence of the magical girl.

"Nee? Where's nee going?" ask Kezia. Saciel gave a smile and stroked her hair gently.

"You go to the big field. Wanna come?"

"You! I want nee!" kezia said while hugging her tightly. Max was about to ask a question, but Nero's elbow on his ribs was enough to make him undo the intention. They walked towards a vast field far from the settlement, yet quite close to the forest. Saciel stood in the middle and took a deep breath.

"Phillips! Make a big shield cover this field!" saciel's Saut. Phillip makes a protector and makes a magic barrier between Saciel and the others. After everything was ready, Saciel pulled out a knife and cast a spell in a clean slur. A magic circle appeared on the ground and it quickly slashed his wrist until the blood flowed staining the magic circle. Slowly the hellhound body parts began to appear until the entire body was able to shadow Saciel.

"Hello, sweetie. Let's fight, "Saciel said with a flash of madness in his eyeballs.