After waving goodbye to Ryuu who traveled the west to the Hostess of Fertility, Lili and I walked together to Soma's castle and entered it ignoring the guards.
Inside the building, Lili and I ignored a fat Raccoon, Canoe (Kannu) Belway, who ran when he saw Lili, not paying attention to my disguised figure. Probably the 'cunning' discovered that she was no longer an easy target and connected the dots to the mass poisoning in the family.'This idiot is so meh. Not even to be an ordinary extra...' I thought to myself.
Everything went well until we got to Soma.
"Soma-sama, I have come to upgrade my Falna and leave the Familia." Lili said to Soma.
"Right." He spoke low.
Then Lili showed her back exposed by the battle dress she was wearing under the armor, and let Soma update her Falna.
"Congratulations Liliruca" The god of liquor and the night spoke surprisingly loudly as he showed Lili the status on the parchment.
LV 1 > LV 2
• Strength: C691 > B769 > I0
• Resistance: B789 > A869 > I0
• Dexterity: A828 > S999 > I0
• Agility: A838 > S999 > I0
• Magic: A869 > S999 > I0
Skills: [Connected] connected by Soul Thread to Sinnskrieger... shares skills and spells...
[Psionic*]
[Shadow Body]
[Nimble with Blades] Increases dexterity when using blades.
[True Cinderella] The girl who transforms her mind and body for the sake of her goal, also gives the user the ability [metamorphosis] ... Its power depends on the user's feelings and determination.
Magic: [bestow curse*], [seven spirit seals*], [Cinderella], [Shadow magic*].
AN: ("*" means that it comes from the [Connected by thread] skill and doesn't consume any Magic slot.)
Lili hold the scroll tightly, thrilled because she finally level up. Tears rolled down her face as she held back her cry. Then she smiled brightly and stand looking at the door.
So I walked beside her, took the parchment, burned it, and then waited for the next 'scene' with her.
We waited listening to the steps of a group of people who slowly came from the corridor that led to Soma's tower.
About twenty level one adventurers, many of them visibly angry, and two level two adventurers. Leading them were Canoa the idiot raccoon, and Zanis Lustra, the fifth-rate villain and captain responsible for turning the Soma family into a bunch of junkies.
"Sinn, looks like I can't leave the family just yet..." Lili spoke exaggeratedly wiping her tears away.
"Hahaha. Did you hear that? Our Lili wants to leave the family without saying goodbye, it looks like she tricked someone into helping her and then became confident." the raccoon mob said laughing.
"What did you do to trick an adventurer into buying you this equipment Lili, did you offer him your small body? Hahaha!"
"Enough, Kannu." Zanis said seriously.
"Tch, right."
"Now little Lili, it looks like you're not happy with us. Strange with how well the family and Soma-sama have taken care of you all these years." The Captain bastard spoke.
"You should stop wasting time acting Zanis, you're not good or funny enough to entertain anyone." I snapped.
Then with veins on his forehead, Zanis took a deep breath and looked at me as he adjusted his glasses.
"And you, I don't know what that brat told you, nor do I care. But you have no right to speak here. This dishonest pallum belongs to the Soma Familia, and we'll deal with it."
"Yea!" And some angry idiots spoke in agreement with him.
"Huh? Who said I intended to do something? You guys aren't enough for me to need to act" I said teasing them.
Unfortunately, Zanis was smart, and controlled his addicted dogs, knowing that if they acted I could strike back.
"Well Lili, we won't make it difficult for you. You can leave the Soma Familia, but you need to pay what you owe to us, including the little 'gift' you left for us." Zanis losing control, probably due to his impotence for the last few weeks.
"I don't know what you're talking about Zanis. I don't owe anything to Soma Familia, least of all to you. On the contrary, you owe me something." Lili spoke in a soft but clearly audible voice.
"How dare you Bitch, you will pay for what you did to us. Or do you think someone will protect you after you poisoned and robbed your own Familia? Make sure the guild nor other Families can get involved to help you with your crimes." Kanu spoke.
'Ironically for you to say' I thought with Lili.
"The only criminals here are you and your gang Zanis. - And you Chandra, will you stay with these idiots? Soma-sama won't support them in this."
"I came here just to guarantee Soma-sama's wishes, don't worry about it." The level two dwarf, Chandra Ihit announced.
"Chandra, bastard!" Zanis spoke angrily.
"Stop Zanis!" Soma spoke up.
Silence spread in the room. In disbelief, the followers of Soma (the liquor) looked to the god who had never done anything but stir wine and rarely update their Falnas.
"Soma-sama! But she's going against the family, wouldn't you want me to take care of everything so you can concentrate on your brewing?" Zanis spoke slowly realizing something was wrong.
"Well you see Zanis, Soma-sama has already allowed me to leave the family"
"WHAT?" Zanis was surprised looking at Soma.
"Well Zanis, it looks like you're going against Soma-sama wishes now, don't you?" Chandra spoke smiling as the level one group split into two.
Seeing that Zanis got even angrier she continued now looking at the raccoon.
"But before that, I'd like to say goodbye to you guys, so I've been waiting for you to arrive before I leave the Family so we can settle our scores. Also, I would like to receive what you owe me Kannu, or do you want me to follow the Family Law? I wouldn't like having to hurt you, I heard you were sick." Lili spoke wryly with a smile of satisfaction, delicious to see.
Kannu being less confident in fighting a well-equipped Lili, felt like he was trapped between a rock and a hard place. Since he sure as hell didn't have the money to pay her, much less would he want to pay her in the first place.
"Then you're free to go, but it doesn't change the fact that you attacked the Familia without a reason. By the rules, you either turn yourself in for punishment or we'll have to arrest you Aarde." Zanis spoke with his hand on the fist of his rapier.
"Well how about this? Soma-sama I choose a trial by combat against Zanis and Kanuu, whoever wins is right, do you approve?"
"Soma-sama! This..." Kannu tried to speak but was interrupted.
"Leave her" Zanis spoke with a sick smile of anger.
"I approve." Soma spoke.
"HAHAHA! Did you forget that this is a fight between the members of the Soma Familia, Aarde? Only you can fight in your defense, your little friend can't help you." He spoke as he pulled on his rapier.
"That's what I intended idiot. Let it begin!" Lili said as she draw her daggers and got into position.
Kannu, who hadn't been cursed into an idiot by Lili's [bestow curse] from a hidden shadow hand, and realized that something was wrong with the situation.
Lili would never challenge anyone without being sure. Much less Zanis, an experienced level two, and the strongest in the Familia.
"Slut thief, I won't go easy on you! How dare you put me through this!" Zanis spoke, advancing towards Lili with his third-class rapier.
"Calm down! Zanis!" Kannu tried to warn him but it was too late.
Lili passed through the attack, slashed his thighs, and pierced both of Zanis' shoulders from behind with the cursed daggers. And then already behind him, she kicked high between his legs with her metal boots, with all her strength and speed. Creating the sound of something being cracked. Making him scream and fall to the ground contorting.
"ARRRRRGH! AAaaaaa..." Zanis shouted with his voice becoming high pitched, trying to get his hands on his broken balls, unable to do much other than squirm on the floor as tears welled up in his eyes which grew redder by the second.
The audience trembled and many got their hands on the balls including a girl who appeared to be the healer or mage who messed with Lili... this DANM world...
Then Lili went to him and gently pulled out the daggers from Zanis shoulders, as her shadow placed more curses on him.
"So Zanis, are you going to give up?" She said smiling.
"Arrhhhhhh" Zanis tried to say something, unfortunately, he couldn't produce an intelligible sound.
"Oh, what a pity. Looks like you still want to fight."
Then Lili kicked him between the legs again, knowing the imperfect healing/permanent damage curse had already done her work.
"ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRR." then Zanis fainted.
"Finally. So Kannu what will it be?" Lili spoke walking towards Kannu making the audience behind him retreat in fear, with some falling on their butts and crawling backwards, as shadows appeared surrounding Kannu and preventing him from moving.
"Arrrrgh Stop! I surrender! Forgive me Aarde, no, Liliruca-sama PLEASE DON'T BREAK MY BALLSSSSS ARRRRRGH! Ehh?" He struggled desperately and closed his eyes as Lili made it like she was to kick him in the balls, finally stopping when he called out to her Liliruca-sama.
"Well, Kannu-san. Looks like you owe me from the four years of support work I did on the first floors while you take most of my gains, about one million and eight hundred thousand varis at least. Can you pay Kannu? Or will someone pay for you?" She spoke the last part looking at Kannu's companions who averted their eyes.
"Lili-sama, have mercy, I will sign a contract and pay everything as soon as possible."
"Well then, you have to pay me two million by the end of the year." Lili said smiling leaving the raccoon in tears.
Recomposing, she walked to Soma and said:
"Soma-sama, sorry for the inconvenience in your room. Could you please release my Falna? I need your permission to enter the Family of Hephaestus-sama.
"Hm, come Liliruca."
Soma 'released' his Falna from her back, leaving the blessing open for when Hephaestus would switch to hers.
"Goodbye Soma-sama, I hope you can get what you wanted when you created this Familia." She said with a smile, and I helped Lili put on her Armor again and said:
"Soma-sama, I sent a list of Zanis' crimes that we got evidence to the guild and they should contact you soon, it would be better to take care of him and put another member as captain. And then we left, jumping across the rooftops.
"Chandra, you are the new captain of the Familia. Take care of Zanis." Soma commanded in his slow voice as he looked at our silhouettes disappearing across the rooftops.
-----Sinn&Lili's House-----
"Lili-sama acted so coolly and dangerous today, I think she stole my heart!" I said hugging Lili after we took off our gear. Her head resting on my chest, listening to my heartbeat.
"Sinn, I'm sad." She said burying her head in my chest and squeezing me tightly.
"Yes, revenge won't satisfy you, so don't look for it, Lili."
"I know I know." She spoke lifting her head and looking me in the eyes.
"Don't worry, even if revenge can't satisfy you, I can♥." I said kissing her.
AN: meh!
A minute later we stopped and parted our mouths to breathe.
"Sinn, let's take a bath, together!" Lili said licking her lips.
"Yes, let's get the double bathtub to its proper use." I said leading her to the bathroom.
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