"I think you boys should have remembered where you are fighting or do i need to remind you both who I am," The feminine voice said with a tone carrying a threatening edge.
Both heads simultaneously turned to the owner of the voice whose feminine silhouette emerged to reveal a woman possessing an otherworldly beauty who appeared to be in her early twenties. Her long back length purple hair fluttering slightly to the movement of the wind pressure caused by the initial attacks. Her purple Irises scanned the area for damages done. The monster was about to take a step forward in order to launch an attack at whoever stopped it from experiencing a thrilling fight. Just as it took a step forward it felt a large pressure crushing it to the ground.
'Idiot if you attack her your life is basically forfeit.'
Zein thought while shaking his head in exasperation but not before a smile came to his face as he thought.
'His problem is not mine.'
"I see you were trying to not heed to my earlier warning. Do I need to remind you who spared your life," The woman said in a tone carrying a clear threat.
Once True Panther Lamda regained its bearings. It had beads of sweat forming on its forehead and it shrunk in size trying to avoid the predatory gaze that the woman was leveling at him.
"No I haven't forgotten, E-e-e-m-m-ilia," Lamda said, his voice sounding weak and feeble as he stuttered and his appearance looking more than a feeble cat as compared to the formidable monster that was there a few minutes ago.
"Good," Emilia said in a relaxed tone.
"At least you stopped. I would have been slightly worried if I had to erase you from the face of the planet," Emilia said in a joyful tone while having a large joyful smile on her face that looked sinister.
'She doesn't look remorseful, she was fully prepared to erase my existence,' Lamda thought while the amount of sweat on his forehead increased as it let out an audible sigh.
"You ain't off the hook yet," Emilia said, causing Lamda to go on full alert.
"What is a suitable punishment for you?" Emilia said in a thinking pose as she had a finger to her lip thoughtfully.
"I know, how about no food for today and tomorrow," Emilia said as if it was a casual thing to do.
"Emilia, your greatness, I implore you as thy faithful servant for anything but that," Lamda said fearfully as he bowed his head to the ground.
"Isn't this the same faithful servant that tried to attack me more than a minute ago," Emilia said in a cold tone which was in contrast to the smiling expression she wore on her face.
This statement made Lamda to further lower its head in shame. A purple aura started being emitted in large waves from Emilia's body. The aura was thick to the point only two white orbs of light were seen as she robotically turned her head in the direction of Zein who was trying to sneak out of the area. The aura formed a chain and collar like structure that attached itself on Zein's neck thus effectively hindering his great escape.
"And where are you going, Zein?" Emilia questioned in a threatening tone.
"I think we spoke about not releasing any one of your limiters on guild properties. Didn't we?" Emilia questioned in a tone that promised pain if not met with an answer.
"Yes m-m-m-maam," Zein managed to stutter out an answer.
The answer caused Emilia to have a noticeable frown on her visage which ultimately led to her yanking back the chain causing Zein to be constricted by the collar as he held the collar with his hand in order to prevent it from choking him. He was pulled back and once he felt the pull stop he was directly at Emilia's feet. He saw Emilia having a smile on her face but he knew that the smile promised a lot of pain. He saw Emilia crack her knuckles a few times not before deciding to start her onslaught of attacks.
"Bonk"
"Bonk"
"Smack"
"Smack"
The scene changed to show Zein full of visible bruises and in a kneeling position while holding up a white cardboard written in capital letters
(I WILL TAKE HEED OF EMILIA'S WORDS ALL THE TIME)
"Just asking, who changed the password of the back entrance?" Zein said as he lowered the cardboard down slightly.
"Did I say you could lower the cardboard?" Emilia questioned in a threatening tone.
"To answer your question, did you show your adventurer's card on the crystal scanner on the lock?" Emilia questioned.
"I knew I forgot something," Zein said exasperatedly.
"Wait, you mean you destroyed our security system just because you forgot to do the one thing that would have granted you entry?" Emilia asked in a threatening voice causing all colour to be drained from Zein's face.
Zein gulped and involuntarily leaned back but was late to avoid the knuckles that rested squarely on his head causing another bump to be seen alongside the other bruises.
"Either way for your next punishment I am deducting your next five missions' pay," Emilia said in a matter of fact tone.
"Emilia, you can't do that," Zein said pleadingly.
"I can and just did," Emilia said with finality.
"Abuse of power," Zein grumbled out slowly.
"You said something?" Emilia questioned.
"Nothing maam!" Zein answered like a soldier in the military.
"I thought so too," Emilia said while undoing the chain and collar and gesturing for Zein to follow her.
Zein followed Emilia into the guild which was mostly empty except for the guild employees.Emilia led Zein over to the table at the corner and they took their seats while a waitress came toward them only for Zein to order a large amount of food and booze. After a few minutes of seating in silence the food came and was placed between them. Emilia requested for the waiter to bring her water in a pitcher. The water was bought by the waitress thanking her for it while the waitress merely bowed and took her leave.
"So what happened?" Emilia asked as she poured the water into a glass.
"I don't get what you mean," Zein answered confusedly.
"Your emotions are all over the place," Emilia said in a tone harboring a lot of concern.
"Nothing gets past you huh," Zein said tiredly as his shoulders slumped as he let out a deep sigh.
"You forget I am an emotion sensor," Emilia stated.
Zein recounted the battle between him and the soldiers not before momentarily taking a pause as he recounted the battle between him and Hoshinomiya. He proceeded to tell her of Hoshinomiya being betrayed by Lee and also the fact that Lee uncovered his identity.
"It seems that things are progressing at a fast pace I see. Don't let that stuff get to you right now, we must be ready for what is to come," Emilia said as she let out a sigh.
"Do you have a free room in the guild and at least an available doctor?" Zein asked Emilia in a pleading tone.
"Why would you need those?" Emilia asked.
"You'll see. So can I please have them?" Zein said, pulling out his best puppy eyes.
"I accept but don't do that, you look more creepy than cute," Emilia said while having a disgusted expression.
Zein bit the inner part of his cheek to prevent him from releasing a hurtful comment. Emilia summoned a communication magical circle and spoke to a person on the other side of the call who Zein presumed was a doctor. Once Emilia finished the call she led Zein to an upper room in the establishment which was available only to find the doctor waiting there.
"So what is so important that I had to call over a doctor and give you an extra room?" Emilia questioned.
"Just wait you will see," Zein said, walking forward gaining a small amount of distance from the other two people in the room.
"Void snatcher :Release,"
Zein uttered these words causing a purple vortex to appear causing the body of a young boy with a mop of blue hair to appear. The doctor immediately got to work once he saw the state of the boy. The doctor's arms glowed green causing some of the colour of the boy's skin to return to what was assumed to be the original colour.
"He is not in life threatening danger but he is in a slight coma," the doctor said after completing his analysis.
"Thank you Dr. Ren," Zein said in genuine gratitude as he bowed his head to showcase his gratitude.
"Happy to help," Dr. Ren said in his soft, genuine and kind voice as he bowed and took his leave.
"I think you owe me an explanation," Emilia said in a statement.
"The kid clearly saw something traumatising as he was hyperventilating and weirdly enough there were imperial soldiers after him," Ren said.
"For imperial soldiers to be after such a small boy what could he have done?" Emilia asked while striking up a thinking pose.
"I also wonder," Zein said as they took their leave from the room as the lights in the room went off.