After enjoying their wonderful dinner, the girls thanked the chef before heading off into Ruby's room. Well, except for Ivy, she disappeared somewhere during the walk back.
The two girls didn't even notice Ivy's disappearance until the king came in and knocked on Ruby's door. He specifically asked if he could talk to Ivy, but was surprised to not see the girl in there.
Ruby was shocked to see now see that Ivy wasn't with them. She got off her bed before retracing her footsteps, even with retracing her steps, Ruby still couldn't find Ivy.
The king was following Ruby before sensing a large amount of concentrated mana. He deviated from Ruby and noticed that a door was slightly ajar. The king pushed out the door only to be blasted off his feet.
Ruby felt a heavy wave of mana pass through her as she followed the small traces of mana flow. She noticed her father on the floor and rushed over to help him up.
"Father, are you okay? What was that surge of mana?!" Ruby was in a bit of a frenzy as she helped her father back on his feet. She saw the king point towards the open doors to see so much mana condensed forming into a sphere.
The king processed to walk towards the sphere of mana only to be blasted out of the room the moment he passed the doorway. He stroked his chin before holding out a spear and infused his mana into it before throwing. His spear apparently pierced through some sort of mana barrier but was then suddenly stopped half-way to the sphere.
The mana condensed even further before the spear was stopped like invisible hands wrapped around the staff. It was then promptly dropped as the sphere slowly started to disburse. Inside was Ivy, criss-cross with her eyes closed.
("Hm, if she's able to condense mana to such a degree that would kill an average person. Then how the hell was she able to stop my spear? It should be impossible for anyone to sense anything through such amount,") the king talked to himself as he walked over and picked up his spear. It seemed like when the sphere was active, the barrier must have been like an alert for the user.
"Ivy, what the hell?! You could have...hurt..." Ruby quickly rushed up towards Ivy, slowing down and holding her hands up to her chest. The look that Ivy was giving her was creeping her out. "...someone."
The king quickly walked over to see Ivy's eyes rapidly changing before it settled on a bloody red like a blood moon. The king hid Ruby behind her as he summoned his claymore and readying himself.
Ivy stood up before standing still and smiling at the king: "Such a wonderful person to see, James Crimson. You know, I thought you died even when the doctor knew it was you that let her free and still allow you to live."
The king gripped his claymore tighter as he watched Ivy's movement. He knew exactly who was in that body of hers. The only thing that was making him shiver was that the "thing" inside wasn't attacking.
As if reading his mind, Ivy held up one of her arms and laughed, "Fufufu, did you really think I would attack at this hour. Geez, even you should know that's not how I operate."
The king slowly lowered his claymore before feeling Ruby move behind him and saw her peeking out. He dropped his guard slightly and was silently hoping that the "thing" didn't take advantage.
Seeing the new face, Ivy appeared in front of the girl and lean in, revealing a bit of cleavage. Before leaning away and facing the king, she had a small smirk: "Such an adorable girl you have, James. Be such a shame if I just devour her."
The king flung his sword at Ivy, knowing it would create distance between them. He looked down and spoke to Ruby quietly, "Ruby, listen to me. That "thing" that's controlling Ivy isn't the Ivy you met. She is very dangerous and also how Ivy has possession of Omega."
Ruby was surprised to hear her father's words before holding a Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting knife behind her back. She adjusted her footing before instantly moving in front of Ivy as she slashed around the throat area.
Immediately, Ivy moved away and stared at Ruby was intrigued eyes. She was suddenly in front of Ruby as she twisted the knife and spun Ruby's body, holding her body close. Compared to height, Ivy was much taller than Ruby. Ivy smiled at how soft Ruby's skin was, "Such lovely skin you have there girl. It would be terrible if that was ruined, wouldn't it?"
Seeing his daughter entwin with that "thing," the king was about to explode if it wasn't for the fact that Ivy's eyes started to flicker back to normal.
Sensing Ivy's presence coming back, the "thing" released Ruby as she smiled, "Looks like my time here is done. But don't worry, I'll be again fufufu."
And just like that, the bloody red eyes changed back to those yellow-moon eyes as Ivy's body collapsed onto Ruby's. Ruby caught Ivy's body quickly as she could hear Ivy's breathing a bit shakey.
The king quickly walked over and grabbed Ivy and placed her on his shoulder. Ruby was about to ask why but he simply shushed her. "I still need to talk to her. You should sleep though, it's late, and I bet Scarlet is worried about you."
Ruby was suddenly brought back to reality as she rushed out of the room before giving her father a kiss on the cheek. Due to their height difference, it was a bit awkward for her.
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After a few hours, Ivy woke up on a couch with a cold towel on her forehead. She removed the towel and looked around to see the king, one leg over another, as he read a book. Seeing that Ivy finally woke up, he put his book down and had a stern stare.
("What did I do this time? All I remember was deviating from Ruby and Scarlet to look at something, but then I lost consciousness,") Ivy tried to remember anything after she lost consciousness, but everything was blurry.
The king had both his legs down as he leaned forward. He looked like he had many questions, like a parent questioning a kid. His first question surprised Ivy, " Do you remember being in a lab? Like lots of tubs and tests?"
Ivy nodded, not wanting to let out too much information. She vaguely remembers those experiments and tests, most of them were her in a septic tank.
Hearing Ivy's response, he had undoubtedly known what exactly Ivy was. He then started to ask a couple of questions about what happened this evening, all of which were simple shake of her head or a small response.
"You have no recollection of what happened after you entered the room?" the king asked, confirming something in his mind. Once again, Ivy shook her head. "Alright, thank you for your time. I would like to talk more about other matters, but it's late enough. You may sleep with Ruby if you wish or have one of your own room if you like."
Ivy rubbed her eyes before getting up and standing in front of the king. She summoned a pistol that had a type of engraving before emptying the magazine, leaving it for him.
"May help for what you need," Ivy said before departing the room.
The king picked up the pistol before sighing. One he heard Ivy's footsteps disappear, he pulled out a cigarette and lit it before breathing in a puff then letting it out.
"Fuck me."