64. dragon (second half)
"You perverted dragon! Get the hell from my sister!"
Yelling, Nika rushed out the door into the garden. Yep, they are connected. Julia sighed and gently pulled Lily aside, closer to Kana.
"Hm? Master?"
Lily tilted her head as she felt Julia tugging her away. Julia only smiled and signaled for her to stay quiet. Tilting her head, Lily let herself be dragged aside. Once, Julia dragged Lily to the spot where Kana was munching on cookies as if she would die otherwise.
"Ice lances!"
Around that same moment. Several ice lances flew toward the dragon woman with a single light movement of Nika’s hand. Before they could hit her, the woman frowned and snapped her fingers. As she did so, a golden barrier appeared around her, causing the lances to shatter on impact.
"Attacking me so treacherously now? Had we not forged a peace between ourselves?"
The woman frowned at Nika, staring at her. Nika clenched her teeth and raised her hand. A ball of lightning and wind blades hovered above her.
"The deal ends now, so please. Die! Storm of death!"
"Unraalx"
Nika launched the ball towards the woman. She waved her hand elegantly, and a javelin of fire was thrown towards the "storm of death" that Nika had cast, canceling each other out.
Without delay, Nika began casting another spell. The woman clicked her tongue and assumed a battle stance.
"Anriga lita! My apologies, master, but I will have to beat some sense into your sister. Please forgive me."
After yelling at Nika, the woman apologized to Julia without looking at her. before Julia could say anything. The woman’s hand was coated in golden light as she charged Nika ferociously.
"Die! Die! Die!"
Nika yelled as she cast one spell after another toward the woman. Each of the spells was just barely avoided or just straight-up countered by a spell of her own.
This is bad, isn’t it? Hey, shouldn’t you be stopping them? Julia wanted to yell as she turned to the place where the guards were standing. Only to see them hiding behind the wall more than 20 meters away. While one of them desperately dug out a hole at the base of a tree.
Helplessly, Julia watched as the two women continued to throw spells and the occasional fist at each other. While wondering how to avoid becoming a casualty of their fight. Kana finished eating the cookies and turned to Julia.
"Won’t you stop them, master?"
Tilting her head, Kana said. Julia’s face morphed slightly at the question. "How the hell am I supposed to do that?!" written over it.
"Should I try stopping them?"
Lily asked as she too took a battle stance. It was clear that she was scared but was more than willing to risk her safety to stop the two women before her master got hurt.
"Don’t you dare."
Julia grabbed Lily’s shoulder and pulled her back a bit. The last thing she wants is for Lily to get hurt. So she pushed her into the cover of the tree, spooking the girl hiding in the hole she dug.
"They would kill you without even noticing."
Julia dragged Kana, who was still standing without motion, behind the tree, squeezing herself right next to them. As a vampire, Julia could vaguely feel the mana each of the women used for their spells. And it was frightening for her to know how much more powerful these two were than Julia’s magic teacher was.
Kana blankly looked at Julia as a stray wind spell flew past her. and tilted her head as Julia looked at her.
"You know them, right? Can we do something to stop them?"
Julia asked Kana, hoping for a solution to the situation. Ideally, one that would not risk their safety Kana, though, didn’t seem to share her mindset.
"The master just has to beat both of them up."
Impossible! Julia screamed internally. Julia closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and tried to recall any spell that she could use right now. Since they seem to believe she is some super-powerful woman from their past… maybe she does have some power she just awakened?
Well, it would be nice if it were true. Julia laughed to herself as she confirmed that, no, she did not possess knowledge of some powerful spell. Rather, she was only sure that she would have disintegrated if they tried to kill her.
"I don’t think the master could defeat them."
Yes, I am useless. He he. Julia laughed self-depravingly. Though she did agree with Lily. She would be glad if Lily didn’t just say so. Ignoring Julia’s expression, Kana closed her eyes as she thought for a bit.
"Just slapping their heads should be enough."
"No, no, no. Their spells would kill me before I would get close to them."
Julia refused Kana’s proposition. After all, she didn’t plan to die yet. Kana started to think again. Of course, she would think I could do that; after all, she thinks the same thing about me as they do.
"Then just use a spell against them?"
Kana offered it as if it were only natural. Julia, of course, wondered whether or not Kana was even listening to what was said. Kana, though, didn’t let it bother her and continued.
"If the master were to cast any simple spell to disrupt them, then they would surely stop if they saw that their fighting would make the master angry."
Julia wondered if that would not just result in her demise instead. Glancing back at the two fighting women, Julia saw their fight getting fiercer. If this continues, they will destroy everything here. Julia didn’t mind that happening. However, if that happened, there was a high chance that Lily and Kana would be at risk.
"What about you stop? I would prefer not having to injure you too badly."
"Shut up! I hoped that your perversion was cured. A pervert like you has no right to be near my sister!"
Julia gulped nervously. Thinking about how to do this. While the two women continued arguing as they exchanged blows. Julia stepped out of her cover and took a deep breath.
Remembering the spells she was taught by her magic teacher. Julia focused and imagined a magic circle of one of them. She felt mana gathering in her hand.
"Fire spear."
Julia said aloud. The circle in her mind was glowing bright red. A long spear made of fire was thrown by her, landing between the two women.
"Can you two stop?!"
Julia, despite her nervousness, tried to sound angry. The two didn’t seem to notice as they stopped fighting and looked at Julia before looking away guiltily.
"My apologies, master."
"Sorry…"
The two apologized and glanced hatefully at each other. Meanwhile, Julia felt like a massive boulder felt of her shoulders. She was sure she was going to die. While the fight between the two ended, Lily decided to assume the role of protector and positioned herself in front of Julia.
"So, since you two stopped fighting, Who is she?"
Patting Lily’s head to calm her heart. Julia asked what had been on her mind for a while now. Motioning with her head towards the woman.
"M-master?! Surely this stranger treatment goes too far?"
The woman sounded panicked and hurt, as Julia had no clue who she was. Nika scoffed and folded her arms in front of her chest.
"Sister lost her memories. She doesn’t remember either of us."
"Is that so?"
The woman looked with worry at Julia, who shrieked under the intense stare of the woman’s golden eyes. She then approached Julia. Lily attempted to stop the woman, but the woman ignored her and examined Julia’s face.
"Teegia."
With the woman’s short chant. A golden light enveloped her hand, and after less than a second, it enveloped Julia’s head. A cold, refreshing feeling overcomes her.
"Master, do you remember anything now?"
The woman asked with worry. Nika, too, held her breath as she looked at Julia expectantly. Julia, though, only shook her head.
"I don’t remember anything I wouldn’t remember already."
"That is rather worrying."
The woman said Her voice sounded defeated. While Nika looked like she had lost hope. After a bit of silence, the woman kneeled down, lowering her head.
"Once again. I am Miyako, a loyal servant of your majesty. Feel free to use me as you see fit, as I am merely your property. Haaha haa."
As she introduced herself, Miyako began panting and drooling. Creeping Julia out.