"Mmm... Anyway, even if you don't agree, Solitär, I am leaving... I'll bring you a gift when we meet next time... Hmm... Is that all?"
Fíliya looked at the silent Solitär. Although she still felt a bit uneasy in her heart, she had already made up her mind.
To be a person who has lived for a thousand years and still throw such a childish tantrum—this fellow Solitär is truly cute. She shook her head helplessly, thinking that in a few days, with the company of Aura and Linie, Solitär should be able to adjust her mindset, right?
Thinking of this, Fíliya subconsciously glanced at Solitär's reaction again. Solitär still kept her head down, looking as if she were sulking.
Seeing that Solitär offered no words of refusal or objection, Fíliya intended to take it as Solitär's tacit agreement, so she turned around to leave.
...Just as Miss Fíliya's mood had begun to relax.
A beam of pure white light grazed past her shoulder, blasting the wooden door she was about to open into smithereens.
"Tch."
Solitär slowly turned around. Regarding that attack just now, she had indeed failed to react completely, because she had never imagined such a situation would occur.
So she reached out and touched her right shoulder, where the clothes had been obliterated by the graze of Ordinary Attack Magic, exposing Miss Fíliya's shoulder. Only, that delicate, snow-white shoulder was currently ceaselessly flowing with fresh blood.
Looking at the bloodstains on her hand, Fíliya's gaze gradually turned serious.
She had to admit, Solitär's Ordinary Attack Magic had reached the point of perfection. Solitär had deliberately controlled the firing angle of the magic just now; only then did it merely graze her. Otherwise, that unexpected sneak attack just now would have been enough to take half her life.
"Hey, Solitär, I'm getting a little angry. Even an insensible child should be coaxed by now, right? Or are you, a fellow who has lived a thousand years, really just a blockhead who won't learn? You're such a big person; what exactly are you jealous of? Jealous of Sense? Or something else?"
Facing Fíliya's questioning, Solitär dared not reply at all, nor did she dare to meet Fíliya's eyes. She knew she had committed the despicable act of a sneak attack from behind, but today, no matter what, she wanted to stop Fíliya from leaving.
Seeing Solitär not speaking, Fíliya casually moved her shoulder a bit; she was testing whether this injury would affect her movement.
"Not talking, huh... Just as well. I also want to test exactly to what extent I have grown now. To have a Greater Demon as the first opponent is truly not bad. For this kind of coward sister who likes to sneak attack from behind, she needs to be properly fixed up a bit."
Fíliya took a deep breath, then also assumed an attacking stance.
Solitär finally stopped remaining silent, because her will to keep Fíliya back had become increasingly firm.
"I didn't react in time, you know. I just understand Fíliya's style, so I covered my whole body with defensive mana in advance. But I didn't expect you to make such a warrior-like attack... What was that magic that made your body accelerate suddenly just now? I haven't seen you use it before."
She knew her advantage: the information gap.
During this year of getting along, Solitär's magic had basically been displayed before Fíliya once over, but Fíliya's own magic rarely had the chance to be revealed. After all, as a 'captive', she enjoyed protection from Solitär.
Therefore, apart from those few commonly used moves, Solitär actually didn't know Fíliya's other trump cards at all.
"If you want to fight, I'll fight you today!"
Fíliya shouted loudly, quickly assuming a crouching stance. In the very next instant, her figure disappeared directly from the spot.
Hearing only a massive boom, Fíliya stepped right onto Solitär's chest with one foot. Under this immense impact force, she carried Solitär's body directly through the window, shattering it, and the two fell together toward the distant coast.
Just when only a meter or two remained from the ground, Fíliya immediately retracted her leg and used Flight Magic to let herself slowly drift down to the ground.
"Tch, as expected of you. I thought I was already very fast, but I didn't expect you to still react."
Fíliya looked at the thin layer of film glowing with fluorescence on Solitär's body and curled her lips in displeasure.
"Che, who would actively reveal their own intel during a fight? I won't tell you. Moreover... covering the whole body with mana? This consumes even more than the blind-spot-free Defensive Magic, only fellows like you who have lived for hundreds of years can withstand this kind of consumption."
Fíliya left her evaluation.
Then, the two directly formed a subtle standoff.
Fíliya, as the weaker party, naturally dared not strike casually, and Solitär was also wary of Fíliya's movements.
Because she knew that this worry-inducing little sister of hers was someone who could create miracles, so she dared not underestimate Fíliya in the slightest.
Just then.
A strange sound entered both their ears.
"Stop stop stop!!! What is this situation? How did a hole that big get made in the house!"
It was Aura's voice. She was seen rushing out from the gate of the abandoned shipyard, then coming to the side of the two in one breath.
"You... What are you doing? Are you resuming the sparring session?"
Aura looked at everything before her with a blank face, and behind Aura, Linie also blinked vacantly, trying to make herself understand the reality before her eyes.
"Obviously, we are quarreling. Alright Aura, if you have even a half-bit of discernment, go squat over on the side and draw circles."
Fíliya said without looking back.
"Eh!!"
Aura revealed a shocked (ΩΔΩ) expression. After all, it was her first time seeing these two, who were like sisters—whose feelings were even deeper than ordinary sisters—actually fighting.
So she very obediently took Linie and flashed to the side.
At the same time, countless thoughts flashed through her brain.
What should I do? Should I intervene to stop the fight? If so, who should I help?
I should probably help Fíliya; after all, she treats me better. Solitär used to find excuses to beat me up often.
But Solitär and I are both Demons, eh? We should be a bit closer, right? So help Solitär?
No, no! Solitär is originally the strong side; why would I help her?
Just as Aura was filled with mixed feelings, Linie reached out her hand and silently patted her Lady Aura's shoulder.
"Hmm? Linie, what are you doing?"
Aura looked at Linie, only to see that Linie's expression was very subtle at this moment.
Just like she was afraid Aura would do something stupid, Linie spoke in a very serious tone, contrary to her usual behavior.
"Lady Aura, let's not care about anything. Just watching is fine. Never, ever interfere."
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