Relton fought back with intense concentration. Moving his hands like lightning, he redirected Vanport's attacks away with strained eyes.
"|Flash|." [Relton]
Snapping his fingers, a bright light covered Vanport's eyes.
"Urgh!" [Vanport]
The light blinded Vanport, and Relton wasn't going to let the opportunity go to waste.
"|Twin Iron Fist|." [Relton]
Stepping forward with great montum, he slamd his fists against Vanport's chest.
"...Impressive." [Vanport]
("What?!") [Solace]
Even with his eyes closed, Vanport had caught Relton's attack.
"The force behind the blow isn't trivial. I'd wager it is about... level 4-5." [Vanport]
Realizing the attack |Twin Iron Fist| hadn't worked, Relton tried to pull back.
"Pardon ." [Vanport]
Strengthening his grip, He kept Relton's hands on lockdown. After making sure that Relton couldn't pry himself from his iron grip, Vanport leaned into Relton's ear.
"Vanport?" [dwin]
Vanport seed to be saying sothing to Relton, finally releasing his hands upon finishing.
"...I surrender." [Relton]
("Huh? The- eh?!") [Solace]
Lowering his hands, Relton sent |Lacra| back to... uh... the spirit dinsion? Either way, she wasn't there anymore.
"I approve of my sister's agreent." [Relton]
"Ah, I see you've finally opened your eyes!" [dwin]
"On one condition." [Relton]
"Huh?" [dwin]
He seed a bit confused, yet I couldn't help but notice Vanport's still expression upon hearing this.
"Relton! You have no right to add these conditions!" [Haverend]
Fina's father was sowhat enraged. I can kind of get why he's mad, but I'm not going to take his side.
"No, no. He is but a child. We should at least hear him out." [dwin]
Though he was sweating a fair amount, dwin tried to act confident and proud.
"Instead of setting the wedding in a few weeks, I'd like to move it a month from now." [Relton]
"...A month?" [Haverend]
dwin's eyes widened with surprise. Perhaps he wasn't expecting such a condition.
"A-ahem... Entertaining such a condition wouldn't pose a problem. The marriage may have been decided two weeks from now, but another two weeks won't hurt." [dwin]
"Are you certain, Sir dwin?" [Haverend]
"Of course! When have I gone back on my word?" [dwin]
I don't know why, but when I heard him say that... I just... really wanted to punch him in the face.
("Top ten lines of a liar of all ti.") [Solace]
"Rebuttal: The top ten lines of a liar of all ti does not consist of a single sentence." [Spirit Guide]
("...I was joking.") [Solace]
After accepting Relton's condition, dwin collected his things and headed for the exit.
"Leaving already?" [Haverend]
"I have adjustnts to make for... the wedding. After being given such a condition, it would be wrong to not use it, no?" [dwin]
"I see. Well then, I shall see you off." [Haverend]
"Vanport, co." [dwin]
"At once." [Vanport]
Just before heading out, Haverend turned around.
"Head butler, please escort Fina back to her room." [Haverend]
As he issued the order, an old butler nodded.
"My lady, please co with ." [Old Butler]
"..." [Fina]
Surprisingly, Fina didn't make a fuss. Standing up quietly, not because of the silencing magic or sothing, she followed the old butler through a flight of stairs and a corridor to... I guess her room.
("...Why are the doors like this?") [Solace]
The room door was... normal. Made out of wood, painted normally with a dark brown hue. It's just... Why was there a carving of a really fat man on it?
("Damn... Reminds of dwin. That blonde fatso...") [Solace]
The old butler opened the room for Fina, standing aside to let her through first.
"|Dispel|." [Old Butler]
With a slight movent of the air, the old man seed to have changed sothing.
"...Thank you, William." [Fina]
("The silence is undone?") [Solace]
And that's how I thought of the old butler as soone special. Until I realized that pretty much everyone can use magic in this world.
"No, I can only ask for your forgiveness." [Old Butler]
Lowering his head with pity in his eyes, he closed the door on Fina.
"...Solace?" [Fina]
("Wassup?") [Solace]
Acting like I knew nothing, I appeared all cheery with my ball-like form.
"Can you... allow to hug you for a mont?" [Fina]
("Uh... sure.") [Solace]
Placing myself on her hands, she brought to her chest.
("Oh, this is...") [Solace]
As I looked up at Fina, I began to notice tears slowly streaming down her face.
("Aw... Damn it...") [Solace]
Fina weeped silently, as if even the slightest sound would disturb her surroundings.
("...Go ahead and cry your heart out. I'll find a way to fix this.") [Solace]
If I had recalled correctly, exactly one month was going to be the wedding. At that point it wasn't a matter of "if" I could do sothing to help her, but "when".
("...No other choice. I'll try asking Master.") [Solace]
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