Chapter 174- An Unexpected Development

Chapter 174- An Unexpected Development

[Red POV]

I stood at the entrance of the Valkyrie meeting hall, waiting for my rivals to show up. Morning had just begun with the overlapping suns just starting to peek over the horizon. As soon as that happened, I felt the presence of Big Sis Keeno appear and shortly after that I heard surprised yelp from two voices I’d only heard once. I continued to sharpen my knives in anticipation. It was only 30 minutes later before I heard the sound of the brush moving and two women walked out, stepping in perfect sync.

Their appearance was much more feral than I imagined, though it was oddly...attractive. They both looked identical, with ash grey skin, black hair that went down to their backs, tails just as black, swaying ever so slightly in a hypnotic rhythm. Clawed feet and hands with black fur that looked like fuzzy gloves and high socks that went to their elbows and knees. Glowing eyes similar to big sis Keeno’s, though one was orange while the other was blue with trails of flame burning in ribbons out of the corners. Their attire left very little to the imagination, though again, I found it...strangely alluring.

“Freki, I can understand the desire the others have.” (Geri)

“Indeed, Geri. I almost don’t want to fight her.” (Freki)

“Shame, Red wants to fight the two of you. Not only are you trying to take Red’s pats, just seeing you makes Red feel strange.” (Red)

“Hmph!” (Freki)

“Hoh?” (Geri)

The one named Geri leaned slightly forward, crossing her arms under her chest, emphasizing its size.

“Like what you see, little wolf? Beat us and it can all be yours.” (Geri)

Her words carried a strange power that made my heart race for some odd reason.

“Geri...the more I look at the little wolf, the stranger I feel. Not rivalry...but I don’t know how to describe it.” (Freki)

“I’ve been feeling the same, Freki. She makes me want to do things...and have things done...” (Geri)

The more they spoke, the more the odd feeling in my chest grew. If we just continued to stand here, staring each other down, the less I felt I’d be able to fight them.

“The pats will be Red’s.” (Red)

I kicked off the ground where I was standing and shot forward in a red blur, hoping to take the two spirits off guard. As fast as I was, however, they were ready for me. Geri blocked my low kick and Freki dodged my knives which I threw. I hopped back before a strangely cold blast of blue flames erupted where I was a second ago while my knives returned to my hands due to the thins strings of mana connected to them.

“Geri, she’s...” (Freki)

“I know, Freki...but it doesn’t look like she’s realized it yet.” (Geri)

“Done tell her?” (Freki)

“I thi-” (Geri)

“Less talk, more fight. Red will never surrender her last to the two of you.” (Red)

Deciding that these two were stronger than I thought, I decided to use my full power and the cards I was hiding because I was overconfident. Concentrating, I sunk into the shadows using magic Amaterasu taught me. The surprise on the faces of the two spirits was a delightful thing that made my heart race.

Moving through the shadows was a strange feeling. It felt wet on my face and hands, but I knew there was no moisture. The colors for everything were muted to almost black and white like everything in Vanir.

“Now, now, Red. You beat us, so you must take responsibility.” (Geri)

“Will you?” (Freki)

“Naturally. Red always takes responsibility for things Red does. Mama Moco said it was the right thing to do.” (Red)

“Alright. You must always remember that.” (Freki)

“Keep getting stronger, Red. In a few years, we’ll have another match to see who gets to top next time!” (Red)

“Red will never lose! All the pats will be Red’s!” (Red)

“...” (Geri)

“Pfft.” (Freki)

I tilted my head, confused at why they were laughing and giving me funny looks.

“You’ll understand in time, Red. We look forward to seeing you again in the future, but for now, it seems the time we can stay here is almost up. Master should be about to leave soon.” (Geri)

“Don’t worry, we won’t take any pats from you from now on, though if we get any, we won’t complain.” (Freki)

“That just means you have to keep track and pat Red an equal number of times.” (Red)

““That works.”” (Geri and Freki)

With that, the suns had been nearly swallowed by the horizon and the two rushed to where big sis Keeno and Amaterasu were. I turned and walked through a shining door to my home with Mama Moco, Aunty Fu, and Ortilinde to tell them about my day.

Chaos Realm:

Luna: That’s adorable.

Tamamo: It is, though I hope she figures it out soon.

Don’t worry, she’ll understand that those two are her Fated Ones sooner rather than later.

Luna: How does that even work? Having two Fated Ones, I mean.

It’s a twin thing. Most of the time, when twins find their Fated One, it will be another set of twins. Very rarely, like in this case, twins will have the same Fated One. Though, from my experience, it always happens in worlds like this where the two to one thing happens, in worlds like your first one, it practically never happens. I don’t know if it’s due to the cultural aspect that influences that part of Fate, or some other factor that I haven’t discovered yet.

Tamamo: It still surprises me that there are things you don’t know.

It’s willful ignorance. If I actually did know everything, then life would be boring.

Luna and Tamamo: True.