Volume 7 Chapter 16: Cute Beings With Ferocious Looks


    <span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:400">Volume 7 Chapter 16: Cute Beings With Ferocious Looks


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Hello, Keith." Fira quickly flew to Keith,nding on his shoulders. She was excited. And she wasn''t alone; Faelyn and Alfia also summoned their spirits. Saphir, Agi, and Quill greeted everyone. But then Saphir and Agi dashed over to Keith; one hugged his legs while the other flew over his head.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." That only left Alfia motionless as she stared. Quill was the only one who jumped at Faelyn and went into her shirt.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"That tickles," Faelyn muttered, feeling the little hedgehog''s persistent nudges on her neck.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." Alfia really had nothing to say to this. She felt so lonely right now. I thought we bonded?


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Ahh, if we''re summoning our spirits, can I also summon mine?" Scarlet asked.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"You have a spirit as well?" This was news to him.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Mmhmm."


    <span style="font-weight:400">Keith turned to Alfia, "Can you exin to me?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Exin what?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Aren''t spirits supposed to be an elf thing?" Last time he checked, the elves had a lot of spirits.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"It is. But demon kin also revere spirits. Not as much as elves. But we do. Especially so with fire and dark spirits. We have an affinity for them." Scarlet exined.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I see." You learn something new every day.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I''ll summon him now." Scarlet raised her hand and summoned her spirit. A red magic circle appeared before them, and a cute little leopard was summoned.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Aww, is that a leopard?" Sarah grinned as she stared at the little spirit.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Mmhmm. Greet them." The leopard looked at Scarlet and then back at the rest. But there was a specific person whose eyes were locked on. Before Scarlet could say something, the leopard dashed at the man and jumped at his face!


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Hello to you, too." Keith took the leopard off his face and smiled.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Nya," The leopard moved in Keith''s hand beforending on his other shoulder. It kept rubbing his face onto his.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Alfia shook her head, "How could you steal her spirit like that? I swear, are you letting off pheromones?" What was going on with him?!


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I don''t know either." Keith really didn''t know what was going on. And he wasn''t going toin about it! As an animal lover, he was fine with this!


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." Scarlet blinked before smiling, "Aww, I don''t mind this. That can be our family cat."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." Alfiaughed, "You don''t have to be like this. We already have a family dog." By Keith''s feet, Saphir nestled into his legs. It was a battle between the two.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." Everyone stepped back as they stared at Alfia and Scarlet. Those two had such a dangerous aura right now. No one wanted to get close to that. A blue and red aura surrounded them.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Alright. I think we should have them train." Keith ignored the scene urring behind him.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Really?! We''re going to train?!" Fira and the other spirits pumped their fist, excited.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Mmhmm." Keith nodded, "I will leave you guys to your own devices. What you''re going to fight against are serpents. Is that fine with you?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Mmhmm!"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Quill, you have to be more careful." "Pii."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"You two be more careful." "Woof," "Kwak!"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"You as well." "Meow."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Fira, you should be able to sense the serpents. Be wary of their speed."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Okay!" The five spirits jumped out with those words and headed to the grass.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Are you sure it''s alright for them to go alone?" Faelyn questioned. She was a little anxious.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"They should be. They had been practicing and learning for some time." Fira, Saphir, and Agi had excellent teachers. And it was time for them to show off their skills.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Fira and the others are bound to fight alone someday. They need the practice."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Strange. Why are you acting like this?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Huh? Is there something wrong with what I said?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"There''s nothing wrong with the words. It''s just that it came from your mouth." Keith had always been overprotective of the spirit. For him to say this was just weird.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I can''t be mature?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Not with them. You dote on them left and right." Alfia retorted.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"You''re just mad they like me more." He could see that jealousy a mile away. Even if they got close to one another, Keith was still at the top of this food chain.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." Alfia looked away and sat on the ground to draw circles.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"...That was a low blow, Keith," Scarlet muttered.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Yeah." Even Herrick and Melor nodded.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Hmpf."


    <span style="font-weight:400">...


    <span style="font-weight:400">While Keith and the others watched them from the sidelines, Fira and the spirits started to look around.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Woof!" Saphir was the first to react as she howled.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Okay! Let''s get ready!" Fira nodded. The wolf told them there was a monster ahead of them. And when they got closer, they saw it.


    <span style="font-weight:400">A giant serpent. It continued to slither around, not caring about the figures around them.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Is it ignoring us?" Fira pouted. That serpent was clearly mocking them; the other spirits felt that as well.


    <span style="font-weight:400">They looked so angry.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Oh, dear." Keith gasped as he held his mouth.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"This is definitely going to be a bloodbath."


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