"H-How did this happen!?" The hooded man's face was filled with disbelief and fear as he stared at the pyramid in front of him, which had previously been occupied by Kenshin and Serafall but now?
Serafall was still there except for Kenshin, who was already replaced by the familiar face of Serafall's little sister.
"Onee-chan!" Sona hugged her sister. Serafall could feel her hands shivering in fear.
"It's okay now, Sona-tan…" Serafall cooed and reassured her while her gaze slowly climbed to the person behind her sealing.
"Onee-chan will make the bad guy go away." Her voice became cold and indifferent as her eyes became devoid of light.
For some reason, this scene made the hooded man shiver uncontrollably.
W-What's going on with me!? I-I can't control my body! Panic starts to settle in as the man tries his best to stop his body from shivering but he just can't.
It's like his mind doesn't feel the fear but his body does!
Stop moving! Stop moving! He gritted his teeth and used his hand to hold his forearm, trying to at least lessen their shivering but to no avail, it's like he's slowly losing control of his body!
This can't be!
As he was busy regaining composure, he failed to see the demonic energy churning and surging inside Serafall.
She then muttered lightly, "Sona-tan. Close your eyes."
"Hm!" Sona knew what was about to come. She may be a child but her mind is just as sharp and capable as a smart adult.
Without further ado, the surging ice-cold demonic energy inside finally erupted!
BOOOOM!
The pyramid walls didn't even last a second when her icy blast exploded, everything around her except for Sona was torn away, leaving all into tiny pieces of ice glitter.
At the same time, a concentrated beam of water flew out of a magic circle.
The speed of the beam was too fast for the hooded figure to react, the moment he tried to dodge, his arm was already taken, covered in ice that made it numb.
I-I can't feel my arm…what kind of Ice is this!? The man gritted his teeth, it's like his body had completely disconnected from the frozen arm, like it were not his anymore.
He continued in the same angered manner, My robes are supposed to be resistant to ice! Just how strong is her ice magic?
"And you said you can last a minute against me? How funny." Serafall slowly walked towards him, her short yet curvy figure combined with her icy aura made him feel like he was standing in front of the goddess of ice herself!
No, it's like standing in front of someone stronger than the original Leviathan Satan. The very same Satan he served under hundreds of years ago!
Trying to salvage his situation, a crooked smile appeared on the hooded man's face, "Heh, you think this is over? We may have lost to you back then but you have no idea how much power we hold right now!"
Serafall simply tilted her head, "I don't think so, especially since you're groveling beneath my feet. Where's the so-called power you hold right now, hm?"
Her words made him lose his mind.
Literally as before he could reply to her words, Serafall already finished him by flicking her finger towards him.
Fwooosh!
His entire head became encased with ice, his angered expression forever frozen in his face.
"Onee-chan." Sona's lips quivered, a hint of admiration and regret flickering in her face.
This wouldn't have happened if she were strong. She knows how her older sister works in the Underworld. She's supposed to manage the relations of the devils with other races and to make sure they have a clear image and a clean reputation.
But now, with everything that just occurred, the elders in the council would no doubt reprimand her about this and would force Serafall to overwork just to fix this mess.
"Everything will be alright, Sona-tan. Big sister can take care of everything!" The familiar comically childish look reappeared on Serafall's face, as she raised her hand and flexed her non-existent biceps.
"Hehehe~" A laugh leaked out of Sona's face as she found her big sister's actions to be funny.
"Now, how about we greet your saviour, Sona-tan, hm?" A sly smile appeared on Serafall's face as she pointed her thumb behind her where a fight was just being wrapped up.
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[A few minutes earlier]
"Who are you? Where's the little girl?" The hooded figure finally removed the hood from his face, showing his dark-skinned face and yellow hair.
Kenshin's brows furrowed, "Seriously? You're one desperate pedo, you know that?"
"You think this is funny? Do you know who I am, human? I'm a devil! You fear me!"
"You're a devil? No wonder you're a pedo. And sorry to break it to you but I don't fear anyone, especially someone with a face that looks like an antagonist in a netorare hentai." Kenshin pointed at him, babbling words unfamiliar to the devil.
"Huh?"
"Nothing. Let's just get this over with. You want a little girl, right?" Kenshin didn't say anything more, he just stretched his arm forward and mockingly gestured for him to come at him.
"You'll regret that!" The yellow-haired devil angrily flicked forward, his figure turning into a blur as he slammed his fist towards Kenshin.
Right exactly as the devil was just a few inches away from his opponent, Kenshin's face suddenly morphed into disgust, "Too slow."
"Wha—!?" was the only word he could utter as Kenshin made his move, a move that he could barely see.
Bam!
"Kaaghhk!" The devil spurted a volume of blood as Kenshin's fist struck his abdomen, his knuckles burying deep into his stomach.
"Seriously? Are you really a devil? The last devil I fought was better than this." Kenshin snorted and quickly planted his knee on his face with a sickening crunch.
Crack!
"Aaghhk!" The devil hissed in pain as his nose was bent in unimaginable ways.
Bam!
Another blow but this time, Kenshin hit the side of his face.
Bam!
Another hit and it came to the devil's throat.
Bam!
Bam!
Bam!
Bam!
For several minutes, blow after blow came towards his face, turning it into a mush that even a mother won't recognize.
"Fhejk!" The devil tried to speak, but his smashed throat and mouth devoid of tongue and teeth made him unable to properly form words.
Kenshin leaned forward until his ear was facing the devil, "Sorry what was that?"
"Khekl—"
Bam!
"Repeat after me." Clutching a handful of his hair, Kenshin neared his face and muttered.
"I…"
"Fai~"
"Am."
"Arhn~"
"A"
"Hah~"
"Pedophile."
"Feefufal…."
"I am a pedophile.
"Ay ham hah feeduf—"
Boom!
Before the devil could even finish his mumbo-jumbo words, Kenshin finally finished him. His fist pierces through his front face and comes out on the back.
"Serves you right." With a disgust-filled face, Kenshin spat on the ground.
That's when he finally saw the two sisters walking towards him.
The previous suspicion on Serafall's face is gone, replaced by relief.
"I don't know who you are or why you helped us but thank you." Serafall slightly bowed her head without any shame. To her, there's no such thing as shame when it involves her little sister.
Her sister is everything to her and if anything ever happens to her, especially in front of her eyes—she doesn't know what would've become of her.
"It's nothing. I only helped because I'm accidentally involved. And besides, I wouldn't call myself human if I watched someone harm a little girl." Kenshin smiled and slightly waved his hand towards Sona, who simply stepped to the side behind Serafall.
"Heh~ getting a little shy, Sona-tan~? That's the first time I've seen you being that way." Serafall took this chance to tease her, causing the little girl to get flustered.
Kenshin chuckled. As if he remembered something, Kenshin suddenly walked towards one of the frozen shelves.
Under the curious eyes of Serafall and Sona, they watched Kenshin take a familiar box-type object from the shelf, covered in the same ice as the others.
And much to their shock, as soon as it came in contact with his hand, the ice started to melt in mere seconds until the object was finally back to its pristine condition, albeit a little wet.
"Sorry, but I overheard that you're interested in this chessboard." Thinking that whatever happened must've traumatized the poor girl, Kenshin came up with an idea to try and comfort her.
"T-Thank you…" Behind the slightly fogged lens of her glasses, Sona's eyes twinkled as she slowly grabbed the chessboard with her tiny hands.
Kenshin's heart immediately exploded due to cuteness overload, "You're welcome…"
Ahh~ if only Tomoko were half as cute and gentle as her, I would've spoiled her rotten, his lips quivered slightly as he recalled the perverted expression that Tomoko always wears whenever she's alone with him.
Speaking of Tomoko, ever since their small and well-kept secret activity that they did behind everyone's back in the bathroom, she's been constantly visiting him during his baths—urging him to get hard and allow her to take care of it.
But would he get hard with his sister? The only reason he was hard the last time was because Yasaka left him that way and he had no other means to release.
Note to self, try to help her lessen that perverted nature of hers. Many men in this god forsaken world would definitely take advantage of it, murmured Kenshin under his breath.
———
"Right. About this place…" Kenshin pointed at his surroundings where everything was covered in ice.
Serafall was quick to understand and replied, "Oh don't worry about it. I have my ways to handle it. Though if I were you, I'd leave this place quickly, the local police and reporters are on their way here as we speak."
Kenshin nodded his head at her words. He doesn't need her to tell him as his senses already detected several cars and figures along with a single chopper have already surrounded the place.
"Alright, I'll take my leave now. Take care." Kenshin wasn't worried about Serafall and her sister. From the information he gathered earlier, the two sisters belong in the underworld, a race of devils, the same race of the swordsman he fought in the Yakuza boss's compound.
And since she's being called a Fake Satan and has several devils hunting her, then she must be a powerful person in the underworld.
After all, they wouldn't have resorted to targeting her little sister and doing it in the human world nonetheless.
Now, all that's left for him to worry about is the excuse that he needs to come up with once Maria starts asking questions. Especially since an attack this large to the point of freezing an entire Supermarket would definitely reach the news outlets around the world.
I wonder how she would handle something like this, are they going to manipulate the media and write it off as an experimental freezer gone wrong or a refrigerator exploding? Kenshin curiously asked no one but himself.
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