The Two Empresses
The Rebirth of Tania Schariac

"What?" tanya Tania, still teary-eyed. Phillip stood up and looked at Tania with a cold look.

"Let's fight, miss," Phillip said coldly. Tania gaped at hearing it, even making her doll fall.

"Why?"

"Because you look pathetic right now. Prepare a place for us to fight" Phillip said as he walked out with the butler. Tania was still silent on the spot, not expecting Phillip to take her to fight in his own residence.

"Miss?" call waiter.

"I want to change clothes" said Tania Lirih, then walked straight to her room. The head of the Schariac family rushed out and pulled Phillip with a single jolt.

"What did you do to my daughter?" snapped it. Phillip just kept quiet and looked at her sharply. "Maraquess!"

"He had no spirit in his heart. I'm just helping him to develop his potential, that's all" Phillip said.

"But this is not how! He's too young!"

"Indeed, but war does not look at young or old, strong or weak. Ah, she's here already" Phillip said as he pulled out a rapier as he watched Tania come out in a different shirt.

"Maraquess! I'll report you on..."

"At whom?" cut Phillip.

"...hhh!" the head of the Schariac family. Phillip pushed her away and stood in front of Tania with lightning enveloping her body. "Tania!"

"I'll be fine, Dad," Tania said calmly. He throws his doll and flicks his fingers. Three magic circles appeared on the ground, slowly three human-sized puppets emerged from the magic circle. "I won't hesitate."

"Smart kid," praised Phillip half-heartedly. He lunged quickly and pointed the tip of his rapier at Tania, but one of the plus-bodied puppets immediately stood in front and pushed him away. "Not bad."

"That's nothing" Tania said as she moved the other two dolls to attack Phillip. The agility of his doll almost matched that of an ordinary human, leaving Phillip amazed by the increase in his magic. The moody puppet came forward and intended to hit him, but Phillip quickly twitched and smashed it with a single touch.

"Try it again" Phillip said. Tania was silent for a moment and moved the puppet she threw. "Oh, I haven't seen that doll in a long time."

The doll grew to be big and carried a machete, matching its creepy look. He advanced and floated his machete, but Phillip was able to fend it off with his rapier. Tania gave a smile and moved the other doll to strike silently behind Phillip, but her strong instincts were able to make him move quickly and slash the puppet behind him into three pieces.

"Again. Still far from what I expected. I'm sure doll magic doesn't really suit you" Phillip said. Tania flinched, then looked at her silent father. "Are you forcing her, Duke?"

"...yes, you're right Marquess. I pushed him into the abyss of despair because I wanted him to follow in my footsteps as a magic puppet, but I guess what you're doing is causing him distress" replied the head of the Schariac family. Tania was silent to hear it.

"Tania, show me your real magic" said Phillip kalem.

"But it's my magic!" sahut Tania's.

"Are you comfortable with your magic?" ask Phillip. Tania shook her head slowly, making a smile slowly imprinted on Phillip's face. "It's okay, just show me what you can."

Tania sighed and flicked her finger. Suddenly behind him appeared a giant clock with gears spinning behind it. Phillip looked at it.

"He really looks like you, Rena," said the head of the family. Phillip ran, but Tania was faster. He changed his position and is now behind Phillip with a long-barreled rifle. Phillip flinched and turned around, but Tania had moved again and fired hot lead at Phillip's head. The young man immediately turned around and fended off his bullet.

"Are you using teleportation?" ask Phillip.

"No, I'm just making your time slow down," Tania replied with a sweet smile. Phillip laughed when he heard it.

"Well, this is a tough opponent" Phillip said. Tania laughed a little hearing that. "I think Saciel could lose against you."

"Come now" said Tania, stopping time. Nothing moved, not even the clockwork in the Schariac family tower was affected. The little girl slowly approached Phillip and stroked his cheek, then fired hot lead through his stomach. Tania flicked her fingers and everything went back to normal. Phillip fell to his knees and held his stomach which continued to drain blood with a small amount.

"Heh, I shouldn't underestimate you" Phillip said as he healed his wound. "But it's still not much, miss. Let's get things done quickly."

"You're crazy?" ask Tania. Phillip grinned at hearing that.

"I think Saciel's madness is beginning to eat away at me, Tania," Phillip replied. He re-activated his lightning, making Tania frown.

"You serious? I managed to hurt you and you still intend to fight me? You're not afraid of my powers?"

"Why should you be afraid?" phillip asked while throwing his sword at lightning speed, but Tania managed to stop him. "I'm not afraid from this moment on."

He moved quickly and smashed a large clock behind Tania and pushed the girl against the wall. Not only that, he picked up the sword that had stopped in midair and threw it towards Tania, but managed to dodge it. Unfortunately, the walls of some parts of his house were destroyed by the attack. Tania attacked again, but Phillip was behind her with his hands on his nape.

"If I were an enemy, I think I'd break your neck" Phillip said. Tania was silent, unable to move anymore. "Your body is on the threshold."

"How did you know?" tania asked as she looked over with sweat pouring down her temple.

"From the beginning you used your new magic. You look sick and exhausted, even though you've rewinded your time back to the point where your stamina is still okay. Unfortunately you can't keep that magic up" Phillip said. Tania chuckled at it, then dropped into Phillip's arms.

"Tania!" the head of the family ran towards them. Phillip carefully held her back and looked at the head of the family with a shady look.

"She was exhausted" he said as he walked into the mansion, followed by the head of the family and the servant. After laying Tania on her bed, she rushed out and saw the damage she was producing. "Duh, it must be fixed immediately."

"Marquess, let me take care of the rest" said the butler as he walked with several builders. "Master had already predicted all of this, so the Marquess had nothing to worry about."

"Oh, that? The bill please send to my place" Phillip said. "I have to go take care of the others."

"Good, Marquess. I'll take you to the front."

"Oh, there's no need. I can go alone, you just focus on taking care of it here. I don't feel good about ruining this house anyway" Phillip replied. He quickly left the Schariac residence and entered the horse-drawn carriage. "Gee, Saciel's gonna be pissed if she finds out I made Tania sick."

The horse-drawn carriage that carried him moved out of the Schariac residence. Not long after they left, suddenly someone stood up to the train to make the coachman stop him suddenly. Phillip, who was about to fall from a chair, immediately popped his head to see what was delaying his trip. The man walked up to the carriage and knelt at the door.

"Marquess, help! Archduchess Rosemary is on a rampage!"