"Because I was about to explain why I wasn't able to revive the kids. Their bodies had practically exploded, their body parts were scattered about the place. It was devastating to see such a sight," explained Mavislin, as memories came flooding in.
She recalled going to the site after the village chief rang the emergency bell. It was in the middle of the night in the normal realm but luckily it was daytime where the Old Chapel was. Mavislin rushed to the area, only to see the destruction from sky level.
Her heart sank she saw all the body parts of the kids strewn all over the place. Due to her scent, she instantly recognized who the body parts were from. And when she did, her heart wept. She wasn't crying on the outside as she carefully collected all the parts but she was heartbroken.
The babies, merely a decade ago, were her little minions. She had always loved the idea of a mother duck leading her ducklings everywhere she went. She was so ecstatic that she could do so but reality hit her that she couldn't do that for long.
She gingerly separated the body parts of each child. They may be quadruplets, but they each have their own distinct smell. As she buried the bodies, Ysabeau had already arrived on site and was trying to check if anyone else was hurt.
When everything died down and the debris was cleared, Ysabeau found Mavislin kneeling in front of four piles of things covered by blankets. She was about to tell Mavislin the good news that no one got hurt but when she saw the sight her eyes darkened.
Ysabeau approached the young Valkyrie cautiously, preparing to comfort her. But was met with a blank expression. Mavislin knew deep down that she couldn't be too close to humans, yet she dreamt of living alongside them peacefully.
She was a fool to think that that dream would ever come true. With no tears on her face and a soulless pair of eyes, she asked Ysabeau to dig some graves by the side of the Old Chapel, where the waterfall resided. Ysabeau held back her own tears as she helped the Valkyrie.
"That couldn't have been her real body. It was impossible to put her body back together, even with Magecraft."
The explosion threw Gab off his feet and he landed on his behind. But the kid was being flung far back. The only one who stood her ground was Ysabeau, with a beautiful mirage of her Water Element Shield.
"To think all I needed was a Basic Spell to throw you off," said Ysabeau, shaking her head.
"Don't be so full of yourself! I will win you!" shouted the kid, gritting his teeth.
Ysabeau blinked and merely let out a laugh as the boy got angrier. He was so pissed that he drew blood when his fingernails dug into his palms. Gab was still trying to recover from that fall.
"I should have been fatter, then I would have more cushion on my butt," grumbled Gab, standing up.
"Don't make me laugh, you'll never be able to amount to anything. Not when you can't even dispel a single of my Basic Spells!" shouted Ysabeau as she launched herself into the kid's face.
He didn't even have the time to react before she used another water spell on him. This time, Cascada: Fifth Moon. Scalding Waves, by concentrating spheres of water to surround her hands, Ysabeau nearly burnt off the child's face.
But the boy wasn't fazed at all, he only jumped away when Ysabeau truly punched his face away. Something was off. Everything was odd with this battle as she chose to unleash Cascada: Fourth Moon. Wave Whiplash, crescent-moon-shaped waters would shoot out from Ysabeau's palms.
It managed to graze the boy's arms and legs but he dodged it afterward. In fact, he made it seem that he dodged the lethal part of the spell. He suffered minor cuts instead of sliced off limbs. But there was no sign of physical pain-inflicting him.
The kid got aggressive as he launched another wave of attacks, using his other cards. Ysabeau merely threw more Basic spells of the Water Element at him. And each time, he was getting tired. His agility was starting to falter.
"You really aren't bad for a small kid. But it seems like Mavislin is having an encounter with your sibling. And it seems that she was won quickly," said Ysabeau, looking at the sorry state of her opponent.
He bruised and scalded all over. He was panting heavily, without any way to close the power gap between him and Ysabeau. He had no choice but to use that method. He readied his deck of cards and picked out his Court Cards once more.