"What are you trying to saying? I don't get it." Kyou says calmly thinking that he had a chance to get away with lying even after the tables were turned drastically.
"Ah, I get it now! You're thinking of escaping me by lying, aren't you? Sorry to tell you, but your petty little tricks won't work on me." The voice snorted and continued, "Right after you were released, I had my men check your background status. You lied about every single thing, but I still wanted to make some use of you before disposing you off. So I naturally let you go along with the plan for sometime. And now, this is the final phase of my plan."
This time Kyou knew there was no other option to escape, so he decided to drop the act and buy sometime until Ae Rin reaches their base.
"Then what do you intend to do with me? Kill me? Go ahead." Kyou scoffed.
"I don't have any reason whatsoever to kill you, you know. That is, unless I need to do so." The voice replied.
"Really? Then what do you intend to do with me?" Kyou narrowed his eyes.
"I simply intend to lead Ae Rin to me. I m pretty sure she will be here any second now. After all, she has to save her 'precious friend' " The voice scoffed.
Kyou's eyes widened in realisation and he gritted his teeth in anger but remained silent.
"That's right. Just shut your mouth and watch the show....Oh? I think she's here already." The voice replied.
"KYOU!" Ae Rin came in running and panting, sweat dripping from her forehead.
"What a pleasant surprise, Servia!" The voice exclaimed.
"You shouldn't have come here! Go!" Kyou shouted.
Ae Rin ran up to Kyou and hugged him.
"Thank goodness, you're alive!" She sighed in relief, ignoring what he just said.
"That's not the point here! You're being trapped!" Kyou warned her again.
"I know. I've come here knowing that all along. I won't put others in danger anymore. I will handle it on my own." She said as he released him from the chair.
"I don't have time for this. Now...I summon thee, Flare!"
Suddenly, a black portal opens on the ground which made the entire room shake.
Ae Rin and Kyou stare at the strange black portal as a figure slowly emerges out of it.
"Long time no see, Servia." A male voice, which sounded almost equally fearful and dark as the King's.
Ae Rin stared in shock as a black haired man with a weird pattern on his right eye and a crimson, red eye on the left like that of a demon, approached her, carrying a black scythe with him.
Within a split second, Ae Rin shoved Kyou to one corner of the room and prepared herself for the fight.
Kyou watched them horrifiedly as the battle unfolded infront of him. The blows and attacks were so quick that his eyes could not keep track of it.
The sound of their powers clashing reverberated in the air. After another attack successfully dodged by Ae Rin, he spoke up.
"You've really changed a lot. You are not even transforming into your demon form to use your complete powers." He said.
Then his eyes fell on Kyou, who stood there terrified by the beastly fight.
"Oh? Is it because of your new friend? In that case, why don't I finish him off first?!" He said as he lunged towards Kyou with his long, black scythe aimed at his neck to behead him.
"NO!"
Ae Rin's eyes followed him and right before his scythe could touch Kyou's skin, Ae Rin stood between him and Kyou, shielding Kyou from the attack.