The Elemental Sword Demon King
Episode 143: Destination of the Great Temple
POV: Kirigaya Kaizo
_____________________________________
"I never imagined that under the Sanctuary, there was actually a huge cave!"
"Yes, I don't think even the girls' daughters at «Divine Ritual Obsession» know that these caves exist."
Holding the spirit crystal in one hand to light their way, Kaizo made his way through the giant underground cavern. These caves, created by unknown people, were practically large enough to contain the entire Great Temple.
Among the stalactites were huge spider webs, dancing bats flying over their heads, and a swarm of small insects on the ground made Tiana scream involuntarily.
"Your Majesty, are you okay?"
"I am, I am only an honorable second royal princess! W-how could this insect scare me, aaaah!"
As the princess screamed in fear, Kaizo clasped her hands tightly, "Why so stubborn. Hey, watch your step."
"Ka-Kaizo's? What's?"
"It's a man's job to protect a woman, or do you mean to say that you don't like holding a boy's hand?"
"No-no, that's not it, it's just..."
"Your scream was actually quite funny, you know."
"I-I hate you! You're so mean, Kaizo."
At Tiana's pouting expression, Kaizo could only laugh. Although she liked to tease Kaizo mercilessly, once this princess was given her own medicinal taste, she would immediately reveal her purity and her original side of embarrassment.
"Oh, that's right. Why do you know a place like this?"
"When I was still studying at the Institute, I came to this floating island as part of a ritual for the Elemental Lord Wind. A senior told me about this place."
"A senior, who is that?"
"Queen of Disaster, Monica Lionstein."
"What?!" Hearing that, Kaizo let out an uncontrollable shout, "You're old friends with Victoria's older sister?"
Tiana's expression suddenly darkened and became lonely and she muttered in sadness, "Yes. I don't have many close friends, and he used to be one of them."
"Here, even the highest ranked princess maiden was ordered to stop, so I also don't know why she knows about these caves."
Just at that moment, Kaizo stopped her steps and whispered to Tiana. "Shhhh, don't say a word!"
"What's that?"
"There's someone near here."
"How is it possible!? Only I know about..."
In the middle of her sentence, Tiana hurriedly fell silent. Because he also noticed the voice of people talking.
'And if the body can't stand it, what...'
'If so, that means.. don't have the right to.'
Those words echoed within the cave. Due to the way the cave walls reflected sound, it was impossible to tell how far they were from this distance. However, Kaizo was convinced that he had heard that voice somewhere before.
"That's Mia Vialine, so the one talking to her must be..."
Kaizo held onto Tiana's shoulder protectively, and took a deep breath to control her emotions.
"Why is baj*ngan here!?"
There was no mistaking it, the one who spoke to Mia was indeed Rei Assar. The person who carved out the «Darkness of» on Kaizo, and the person responsible for Nyx's disappearance.
"Damn!"
If he was in a weakened state, Kaizo would rush to deal with him. However, the current Kaizo did not even have the ability to summon spirits for battle.
Furthermore, he could not put Tiana in danger. Therefore Kaizo could only suppress his angry and aggressive feelings, and remain silent in hiding.
The couple's conversation finally stopped.
"I thought they were gone."
Kaizo lowered his vigilance, took a breath and said, "What, what did they just do?"
"I imagine, maybe doing some kind of magic ritual."
"Ritual magic?"
"Indeed. I heard what sounded like singing in tongues, but it sounded a little different from ordinary tongues. It feels a little creepy and it makes my hair stand up." Tiana's shoulders trembled in fear.
"Why choose such a place to perform magic rituals?" Kaizo furrowed his brows in confusion.
"Hmm, say, Kaizo?"
"Yes?"
"How long are you planning to hug me?"
As Tiana blushed furiously, Kaizo hurriedly let go and said, "Sorry!"
***
POV: The Victoria Blade
_____________________________________
Returning to her room, Victoria muttered to herself sadly as she collapsed onto her bed, "Oh, what's wrong to come along, stupid Kaizo!"
As Eve and Aura are together with their families, who come to cheer on them, Victoria is alone with the Salamander at home.
"Stupid!" Throwing her face down, Victoria clutched her pillow tightly.
They must have had a legitimate reason and even with such a manner of speaking, there was no choice but to leave it alone. However, he could only feel lonely, as if he had once been abandoned by his teammates.
"Who knows what they both do?"
(As they left the room, Tiana even pressed her chest towards Kaizo's arm. He also looked a little surprised, but how should I say this, it seems that he did not really resist as well.)
"Anyway, whatever that baj*ngan did with that perverted princess, it's none of my business!"
(However, that disturbing feeling still gnaws at me.)
"Boy boys, do they all like big-breasted girls?"
Perhaps that's what she saw in the forbidden books at Babellion, which detail a wide variety of rituals involving the girl's daughter's body, but Victoria finds herself more self-conscious about her unimpressive chest.
"Be-so unbelievable, that one would actually put such things in between his legs!"
Just thinking about it made Victoria so embarrassed that she blushed hot.
"Put it in between..."
As a test, she gently rubbed her small chest.
(This is not good. With a chest this small, it was impossible for him to hold onto things as described in the book.)
The most he could do was rub it against the surface.
"Well, what nonsense am I thinking!?" Her face was red, Victoria gripped her pillow wildly.
"Grrr?"
"Sa-salamanders! Pe-go!" Victoria threw her pillow to the side. Surprised, Salamander escaped from the room. He was now completely alone in the room.
"Why don't I try what's written in the book?" Victoria gulps. The forbidden book mentioned earlier also contained a method to enlarge one's chest.
Utilizing an intelligence that allows her to achieve a star-like grade in the Academy, Victoria makes use of the moment when Eve and Aura are sidetracked to memorize the contents of the script.
"I-I have to try it to find out if it really works or not." He cleared his throat and took out a small stone from his bag.
A low-level «Thunder Spirit» was sealed inside that spirit crystal. Although this type of spirit crystal was expensive, it was also not very rare. The original purpose was to scare away the wild forest creatures.
...
*Connected.....
*Note: This story is fictitious. If there is a similarity in the name of the character, the scene, or the story, it is a mere coincidence and there is no element of intentionality.