"..."
The silence that reigned between them was broken by Assi who shook their head of refusal.
"It's impossible, not only is it impossible but I wouldn't agree with it even if it were possible." She says with placid and decisive eyes.
-Frown
"Explain to me the reason. Why would it be impossible?" Alvine asked with impassiveness.
He didn't want to make her his enemy but, if she insists, too bad for her.
Obviously, he had no intention of abandoning this planet! This is the world in which he currently lives; where the strong are the dictators.
"The throne has already chosen the heir. You can't have this castle. Without talking about having it, you won't even be able to walk through the doors without its heir." She explained briefly.
"What do you mean?" Alvine feel like, she didn't was lying; but, it was the worst above all.
He could see the castle of dark golden whose size and majesty could not be described with simple words.
He like any other being endowed with intelligence will naturally covet rare things.
But what does Assi mean by saying that the castle had chosen its heir? He remembered one of the notifications that he was one of the heirs to the throne of the former Succubus king. But at that time, he did not know what it meant.
But after hearing Sabrina's explanations, he could roughly guess that this notification had something to do with the castle in front of him.
"It's simple, as I explained earlier in our previous conversations through Randolph's system, I am the guardian of this place. I only serve the king who will be accepted by the throne. The other invaders, including you, must leave my corpse behind you if you want to steal the good of others; if you are capable of it." She calmly spoke these words with fairness.
Obviously, what did she have to fear from the strength of a holy mage?
"..." Alvine did not move from his place or change his expression after hearing Assi's threats.
-She is probably a divine mage of the same level as Lilliana, perhaps a little stronger than her. But she won't be able to defeat Darka or Luna... but it doesn't matter too much, I have to check if she's right or not; by myself!'
With this conclusion, Alvine flew closer to the barrier, and there, his body crossed the barrier without obstruction; surprising everyone, including himself!
Sabrina and Hélène were surprised and nervous to see him be so carefree. But Sabrina will not lose her calm.
She knew that Alvine will not take any risk with this girl, as long as he has his protectors with him.
As for Assiaphir, she was not surprised to see Alvine, who was able to cross the barrier, remembering the strange actions of the white throne that had turned dark not a month ago, she was convinced that the reason for Alvine's intrusion was because of the destruction of the second barrier that protected the castle from intruders.
But what she and Alvine did not know was that the barrier always opposed the intruders.
Otherwise, Sabrina and Hélène will not be out of the planet at the moment.
But what surprised her was Alvine's audacity. According to her old memories of Alvine, she had predicted that Alvine would no longer insist after hearing her threats. She had always been able to guess Alvine's actions when she was in contact with him.
But why is he so bold now? Is it because he had this strange maid with emerald eyes with him? Unless...
"Do you think my threats were jokes?" Her eyes became cold as she calmly asked Alvine these words.
-Shook
It didn't cross my mind for a second, but preferably, I don't prefer to fight with you; you won't gain anything in it." Alvine replied, stopping in front of her, less than two meters away.
"Then get out of here and leave where you come from." She proposed by hearing Alvine's words.
-Shook,
"I prefer to check for myself, the veracity of your words before leaving." He insisted.
"Sigh, so we can't do anything about it, eh." She said with a sigh.
Alvine could instantly guess the meaning of her words. "I suppose... that we agree on this fact."
From the moment he spoke these words, he saw Assiaphir trying to catch him by the collar of his black shirt, probably to drag him out of the barrier.
But before she could reach the collar of Alvine's shirt, he disappeared in front of her and instantly appeared ten meters from her.
"!"
Even if she had not used all her speed, she could not hide her surprise to see Alvine escape between her hands.
She grimaced and gazing him smiling as if he tried to provoke her. "Don't force me to do something regrettable." She retorted in a threatening tone that could not hide her frustration.
"Sigh, I wanted to tell you the same thing, dear former administrator." Alvine also replied with an impassive expression that could not mask his hostility.
Instantly, the two began to engage in a strange battle.
It was more a hunt than a battle.
Assiaphir was no longer holding back, she ran straight on Alvine at a prodigious speed while Alvine, who was slightly overtaken by her, continued to avoid her when she tried to catch him.
"Why are they doing this?"
"Sigh, I don't know, maybe these two knew each other more than we had expected," Sabrina answered Helene's question, which seemed to be confused.
"Is that a good idea?" Hélène asked with a fly voice.
"Sigh, who knows, I can't know the bottom of their thoughts. But one thing is certain, these two do not want to hurt each other, in the end."
She herself did not know the kind of strange relationship that seemed to exist between these two people, but from what she sees, this girl did not seem to be hostile to Alvine.
But on the other hand, Alvine's indecision was more blatant than that of Assiaphir.
"Enough!!"
After a minute of unsuccessful pursuit, she shouted these words in an angry tone while releasing her golden energy, which was purer than anything Alvine had seen among divine beings.
"I agree with you, just let me check. Afterward, I'll leave and you won't hear about me anymore." Alvine stopped while always keeping his distance from her.
-Being unable to catch me does not mean that I could master her. Especially since she seems more powerful than I had planned. A fight with her will not be beneficial for both of us. Now that I can approximately that she is not my enemy, I no longer have any reason to continue this useless game with her.
This was the conclusion he had had by not seeing any hostility on his part.
"Are you the guardian of this planet? I understand, and I'm not going to bother you after satisfying my curiosity. I wouldn't take anything with me, all I want is to check if your information is true or false." Alvine continued.
"I can't do that. This planet is a sacred planet for our races. I wouldn't let a stranger stain her by setting foot on it!"
"A stranger, do you say? What differentiates me from you? Because I didn't come here in my original silhouette? Do you want me to transform myself to convince you?"
"..."
Seeing her silence, Alvine took this for a yes, or rather, he wanted to transform it for a yes.
"Thank you for being understanding." With these words, he slowly descended to the planet, more precisely, in front of the entrance to the castle while watching Assi who followed him with irritation.
But fortunately for him, she didn't seem to attack him anymore.
In front of Alvine, he could see two gigantic doors that ridiculed modern infrastructure with their incredibly high sizes of more than six meters high!
-Apart from Sabrina's castle, this is the second time I have seen such a large castle. - These were the only words he could say.
He briefly looked at Assi who was standing away from him before placing his palms on the two giant doors.
But before he tries to apply his strength to push them,
Something strange happened.
-Rumble
An earthquake was slightly shaken the entire planet followed by the opening of the two doors.
"Did you lie to me?!" Alvine had not even turned to Assiaphir while he spoke these words coldly.
-Greed, do everything possible to make her immobile, no matter what means you use to achieve it! But...don’t hurt her." Instantly, he ordered Greed who knew everything but the detained.
"!"
At the same time, black ropes wrapped around Assi whose gaze was empty.
Greed obviously did not stop there, dozens of shadow chains came out into the Assi’s shadow and immobilized her wings preventing them from making any movement. Finally, a scarlet shade cloak collapsed all around her body, leaving only her eyes and nose in the open air.
Then, the black shadow of Greed who was now dressed in a red cape after his evolution came out in the shadow of Alvine; kneeling behind him. He had done all this even before he left the dimension.
-Sigh, you have the gift of exceeding my expectations, Greed. Alvine commented slightly when he saw the new Assi prison.
But she always had the same incredulous look as if she had not noticed the pitiful state in which she was at the moment.
But Alvine didn't give her time to explain herself. -Greed, bring her with us; I'm really starting to get tired of lies." Just with these last orders,
Alvine crossed the doors of the castle and continued to make his way through the long endless garden of several tens of meters before he arrived at the guest reception place; in a large courtyard.
Frustrated by the magnificence and large of the castle, he accelerated his steps and soon arrived in front of the main entrance of the castle that will lead to the interior apartments and above all, to the throne room.
Arrived in front of the two golden doors, Alvine stared at Assi with hostile eyes.
-You almost fooled me once again. At first, I wasn't sure if you were a spy who worked with Randolph, or if you were simply a girl who purely and simply cherished freedom. But now, I think I got my answer." He said as he came to Assi who was under Greed's benevolence.
"You had never been an ally, didn't you? In short, it doesn't matter to me." As he spoke these words, he placed his hand that was covered with an icy black aura and touched Assi's forehead.
Then he continued his sentence. -I would take away from you the thing you cherish most in this world, Your freedom; and would force you to reveal to me everything you know about this bastard who took me as an enemy when I had nothing against you.
"!"