What could get her so riled up?
I ponder as I make my way to the training room.
Opening the door I see Arthur sitting on the ground, staring at the ceiling as if in a daze.
"What happened between you two?"
"Not now Fayden, I'm not in the mood for your teasing." He grumbles.
Raising an eyebrow I speak, "Contrary to what you believe I can be serious at times."
He sighs, "Fine, what do you want to know?"
"I want to know what it is you said that made Tessia that mad."
"She wanted to talk about what she did when I was injured."
"And?"
"She asked me if I was mad at her, which I'm not, I was just surprised."
"That still doesn't explain why she was pissed." I point out.
"I'm getting there! Anyways she said she wanted things to progress and I...I made light of our situation and joked about it."
Pinching the bridge of my nose in frustration I sigh, "And pray tell me why exactly you did that?"
"What do you want me to do?! I can't exactly tell her about me being almost 50 years older than her!" He snaps at me.
"I never once said you should go and tell her about our unique circumstance, you should have asked her to wait for you until you were ready or something." I shot back.
"What makes you think she would agree to that."
"...Are you trying to piss me off or are you just that dumb?"
"What do you mean?"
"You're saying, even after staying with her for 4 damn years, you still don't know what kind of person she is?"
"Oh and you do?"
"Course I do! Because unlike a certain someone I'm not dense as a rock!"
"Certainly seems like it judging from how you refuse to even acknowledge the fact that you like Kathyln."
"I'll have you know we have planned to meet during the vacations"
"W-What? Are you not bothered by the difference in age?"
"How many times do I need to tell you that what we were before doesn't matter now? That we are completely new people! What, would you prefer, getting together with a middle aged woman? That'd be even more messed up!"
"You know that's not what I was implying!"
Before either of us could continue Sylvie comes in between us, fully transformed.
And judging from Arthur expression she had some choice words for him.
Taking this as a sign I try to calm down.
Deep breaths...deep breaths...dee-
Alright fuck it!
"Sylvie," She turns her head towards me, "Can you move? I need to beat some sense into your father."
She hesitantly nods before moving away.
"Don't hold anything back Arthur, or you will die."
He gulps before getting up.
"I'd suggest not to take me lightly Arthur, enter integrate phase."
"What? No! I'm not gonna enter Dragons awakening now."
I shrug, "Your funeral then. Canine Divinity."
As I speak that my hair turns jet black, ending in a shade of red.
Runes litter my limbs and torso, below my eyes and on my forehead.
The entire room is painted black.
'Dad! What happened?'
'Nothing Zeke, stay where you are.'
'Are you sure?'
'Yes.'
'Okay.'
"Are you insane! You-"
I don't give him time to speak as I disappear from his view.
He summons Dawns Ballad and holds it behind him.
I'm not that predictable.
I appear in front of him, and slash right across his torso.
The cut is deep enough to draw blood, but not enough to be fatal.
"Argh!" He holds a hand to his wound.
"I told you not to hold back."
"I'm not entering Dragons Awakening, Fayden." He persists.
I disappear again, this time appearing behind him crouched low.
I cut through his calf, before void stepping beside him, and punching his face hard enough to hear an audible crack.
"Are you trying to kill me!" He glares at me.
"..." I say nothing as I return his glare with a much more malicious one.
I hold my hand in front of me as Nacht coalesces into an black sphere. (A/N : Yin release-Rasengan!)
"[Orbe Noir]!"
Charging it for a few more seconds I shoot it towards him.
It creates a great explosion once it collides with him.
Once the debris from the blast settles I am met with the sight of a white haired Arthur right in front of me, his fist held back.
I couldn't even blink as his fist collides with my face, resulting in a squelching sound, breaking my nose.
As I regain my balance I bring up a hand over my now shattered nose.
Black-Green light emanates from the crevices of my fingers as my injury is healed in mere seconds.
I stumble as I try to advance.
I feel a burning pain from my mana core.
I'm nearing my limit.
Nacht covers my forearm, forming a swirling mass of pitch black energy around it.
I have one more attack in me.
Why don't I enhance it as much as I can?
I think as the four basic elements now rotate around my arm.
I vanish once again.
But this time my target is not beside him, nor is it behind him.
It's directly above him.
"[Percutiens Tenebris Elementis]" I shout as I descend upon him.
He holds his arms up in a cross.
That's not going to save you.
My fist collides with his forearms.
And the elements explode.
I am thrown across the room, same as Arthur.
I quickly Void step to the ground and skid to a halt.
Arthur however isn't as lucky.
Nothing saves him from crashing on the ground, as he falls unconscious and Dragons Awakening dispels itself.
I void step to his side as I take stock of his injuries.
Lacerated calf and torso, cracked jaw, shattered forearms.
Sylvie immediately flies towards him, growling at me.
"Easy," I raise my arms, "I'm healing him, the little fucker probably enjoys the pain by now." I mutter the last part to myself.
I use [Tartarean Vitality] on all of his wounds.
The cuts take mere seconds, so does his jaw.
His hands however are a different story.
It takes months to fix such an injury even after being healed by an emitter.
[Tartarean Vitality] Takes close to half an hour.
All the while the pain from my core grows in intensity.
I don't think I can hold Canine Divinity for much longer.
Thankfully his arms finish healing soon.
I release a sigh of relief as I deactivate Canine Divinity and slump down beside him.
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Authors Note :
I do feel like he was too brutal there.
Although he does know he can heal his injuries unless they are too bad.
Take this as Fayden venting his suppressed rage since Dire Tombs.
Ah well, you guys can see just how outmatched Arthur is compared to Fayden
Hence why he so desperately needs a buff.
And people say he's weak...
Anyways the moves I cooked up;
Orbe Noir means Black Orb, obviously.
Percutiens Tenebris Elementis means The Dark Elements Strike.
That's all for today, see ya next time on Wednesday!