Chapter 102: Human vs Divine vs Beastkin (I)
<Coco's Point of View>
"Young mistress," Coco called out towards Berry with a graceful tone of voice. She bowed towards her with a full-on smile. "Here you go." She handed her a plate of cookies and drinks for her to eat.
Berry turned her head towards Coco, who was hunched overlooking the map with Phil, Don, and Elcro. She gratefully took the food in hand and set it next to her. "Thanks, Coco."
"It is my pleasure." Coco couldn't help but look pleased with herself. "If you need me please, call out my name. I will come to you as quickly as possible." She bowed again, leaving the room for the four of them to talk.
Coco walked out the door and closed it gently behind her. She straightened her clothes, fixed her cuffs, and stepped forward with her head, held up high. Serving the young mistress was a great joy, and even being her personal maid made her proud of working for her.
She went towards the kitchen, where Tart was busily working on the next meal for tonight.
Whenever she saw Tart, her eyebrows furrowed, and her lips became a thin line. The thought of this pup, running around trying to get a kiss out of a young mistress, infuriated her. She couldn't allow the young mistress to lose her kisses from this wretched pup, and she steeled her mind and soul that she would keep Tart and anyone who wasn't worthy of young mistress away.
The thought of someone stealing or harming a young mistress made her angry, she was her light, the one who has given her a purpose in life and a new form. When she saw a young mistress hurt from the fight against the Black Gryphon turned her deathly pale that her mind blanked out temporarily. If it wasn't for Don's suggestion to take her back to his world and save the young mistress' life, she would've been devastated. Memories of the past were still vivid in her mind, causing her heart the thump and constrict in pain.
What was worse was the torture of the wait for so long until she was able to cross worlds to find a young mistress in a foreign land. She couldn't stay cooped up in the castle any longer and went out to search for a young mistress herself. Luckily, she was able to find her quickly through her scent trekking through the Forgotten Forest.
The forgotten Forest had many strange anomalies that she didn't understand, and she felt and smelled a young mistress in one of the caves that she entered. When she came out on the other side, she was in a whole different world with towering buildings that she had never seen before and busy streets. Noises that gave her headaches smell that wrinkled her nose, and even the tightly packed streets with humans everywhere made her nervous. Even still, she pushed on, following the scent to her master.
What she found next put her on edge, the building that she found young mistress in had a very dark feel around it that alarmed her that her young mistress could be in trouble. The thought of the Black Gryphon flashed through her mind. Without a second thought, she changed into her monster horse form and bulldozed her way into the building, causing havoc.
People jumped out of the way, not to get stampeded on by her blood-red hooves.
"The demon horse is coming!" A young male elf shouted, diving into the side.
Thunderous crash of people butting into walls, broken doors, and even a part of the building collapsed onto the ground.
Anyone who tried to stop her, she stomped them into the ground, beating them up with no regret. Nobody was going to stop her from her master, even if it meant throwing her life away. Every human, elves, or monster that stood in her past, she destroyed without looking back until she finally came bursting through the door, ready to kill whoever spirited the young mistress away.
What stood before her was the oppressive energy that she had felt towering over the young mistress, mixed in with a frightened young mistress's expression. Fury built up in her heart, she bucked upwards, throwing her feet in front of her as she neighed. With anger in her eyes, she charged.
"What in the world is this?" Adriel growled. He jumped out of the way just in time before he got trampled by Coco's hooves. "How did a horse get in?"
Adriel shot dark energy towards Coco. Coco sent out a massive outage of electricity that zapped towards Adriel. Both powers clashed with one another, and they both fought.
A shot of energy missed Coco and instead came streaming straight towards the young mistress. No! Coco silently screamed in her mind. She jumped in front of the power and sent out a powerful electricity that completely whipped out the energy ball. With a sigh of relief, Coco felt relieved that the energy didn't harm the young mistress.
"Coco?"
Coco turned towards me when she heard her name, delighted that the young mistress remembered her.
"S-Stop!"She shouted, bewildered towards Adriel. She ran in front of Coco to stop the attack.
"She��s my friend!"
Coco felt her heart tingle, elated at young mistress words.
Adriel was powering up a powerful energy ball, and in seconds he reels in his power. "Friend? The horse?"
"Yes, please stop! She probably thinks that you are the enemy!"
"But this wretched horse destroyed my house. It is my privilege to destroy intruders." Sparks of dark energy erupted out of Adriel's hand.
"Brother!" Sophia yelled. She gave him a stare that told him to stop. "Stop trying to hurt my friend's friend!"
"B-but, Sophia."
"Brother." Sophia crossed her arm and scolded him.
Adriel gave up and grunted.
Coco huffed out a smoke of fire out of her nose. She was annoyed at the audacity of this being that stood in front of her. To harm the young mistress made her furious, and her blood boiled in rage. She quickly shifted into her human form and gracefully called out and bowed to the young mistress. "Young mistress.".
"Coco? How did you find me?".
"I felt your distress, young mistress. I used my nose, and I followed your scent in the Forgotten Forest. I somehow ended up in this horrible city." To be more precise, the young mistress has an addictive scent that reminds her of honey and lavender. It was something that she wouldn't dare ever forget.
"I'm glad that you are here, but I'm alright. Really."
"Are you sure, young mistress? I smell a foul air coming from this wretched man in front of us."
"Hey!" Adriel grunted in disdain.
"I mean what I said. You have a large amount of unholy energy around you that stinks of death."
"You can smell that?" Berry was awed at Coco. Coco gently smiled.
"Yes, now young mistress. Let's go home. We've been waiting for you for so long."
"Okay."
"Wait a moment. Your servant destroyed my home. You need to pay for compensation."
Pay? Pay?! Young mistresses don't need to pay for this wretched kidnapper! Coco's mind was blowing up in a fury. Her hands clenched, ready to punch the daylights out of this miserable elf. It is he who needs to pay! But before Coco could do anything, Berry spoke.
"Fine." Berry rummaged through her pocket and pulled out a level B Magic Stone. "Use the word Activate and right after say Explosion together. It'll go off." She threw it towards him, and he caught it effortlessly.
Coco's heart bled. How could a young mistress have such a big heart to give this foul creature such as precious stones? She had to stop herself from acting out, punching the daylight out of Adriel, and keeping her calm and collected appearance in front of the young mistress. She didn't want to embarrass young mistress in front of Adriel and kept herself perfect like a professional. This was why she respected the young mistress dearly; even in front of her enemy, she still had a big heart to give away such precious stones without a bat of an eye. She made sure that this wretched elf wouldn't take advantage of a young mistress anymore.
"This will do." Adriel pocketed the Magic Stone.
"Berry," Sophia called out towards me. I turned towards her wondering what she had to say.
"Thank you." She blushed, she cast her gaze down, embarrassed.
"You're welcome. I'm glad that I can help you."
"Berry, Would you be my friend?"
"Friend?"
Coco's gaze turned soft towards Berry, she knew Berry's personality well. She would attempt to make friends with anyone, and the girl sitting on the bed was no exception. From her guess, the girl name Sophia was someone even she wouldn't mind attempting a conversation with, but this wretched elf that stood haughtily over those two made her blood boil. Seeing that disgusting eyes gazing towards a young mistress with a different agenda made her want to poke out his eyes, throw it into the Demonic Gator's nest and rip his whole body to shreds.
"I-If you don���t want to, you don't have to either."
"Sure!" Berry walked over and grabbed her hands tightly. "I would be honored."
"Thank you!" Sophia was elated, and she hugged her tightly.
"I'll be going now."
Sophia nodded. "I hope to see you soon. Oh, and here is my number." She reached over and ripped a piece of paper. Quickly scribbling her number, she handed it to her. "Please call me!"
The journey with Adriel was a blood-boiling experience. Every little comment that Adriel spat out towards the young mistress made her temper skyrocket. How dare he talk to a young mistress in such a way. Coco's thoughts roared with anger, it took a lot of her patience in bursting out and smacking him silly, until he pushed her buttons the wrong way.
She gave him a headbutt filled with hate, leaving behind an ugly mark on his face. A blissful feeling erupted in her heart as she saw his handsome face scrunched up and in pain, but even still, it didn't deter Adriel's provocation and words. Instead, it piqued his interest in Coco, making her want to not punch him again.
The thought of a sick blooming relationship between Adriel and Coco made her feel uncomfortable. Adriel made her nervous in the wrong way, and the next time, she knew that she had to put all her force into her next punch or come at her in the wrong way. To take care of the bug until it utterly got squashed.
Luckily that trip was quickly over and done with; she never wanted to see that wretched elf again. He was worse than Phil, who she actually didn't mind much of. She would pick Phil any day over Adriel hands down.
Still, Phil was someone she still felt a bit weary around. Even though the dark energy around Phil was subtle and strong, she couldn't help that he was hiding his true strength from the world and young mistress. He wasn't a bad candidate for a young mistress. Actually, she thought he was a great match that could protect the young mistress from harm.
He had saved the young mistress many times, making her opinion about him in a favorable light. Even though his family was a fallen noble, it didn't matter to Coco. Her top recruitment was someone strong enough to protect the young mistress when she wasn't there. Every time, Phil had done a splendid job of protecting her in her stead.
She did have a few candidates that she had gone out to search for, but after what Phil had done, she didn't need to look for anyone else. Instead, she secretly made sure to make Phil and Berry meet as many times as possible throughout the day. Sometimes even going as far as asking Phil to protect Berry.
Phil had agreed without a second thought, making her relieved that the young mistress was protected. Though after what had happened today, her value on Phil had increased tremendously.
She couldn't help but dislike the Divine name Elcro Ragnnessia. There was a different air around him that smelled like a competitor than a so-called 'father' he speaks of. He was rude and obnoxious, just like that wretched Adriel. Just the thought of him made her blood boil, and she steeled her heart to promise to herself that if she meets him again, she will punch him in the face upon greeting.
"Coco, is something wrong?" Moca's deep voice caught her off guard. He stared down at her with concern as he examined her.
"No. Nothing at all." Coco quickly replied.
"Are you sure? I get the feeling that something is bothering you, especially after seeing the man named Velcro."
The tainted word of that man's name made her eyes turn into thin slits. She breathed in a deep breath, calming her nerves. "I don't like him." She replied bluntly.
"You don't? Why would that be?"
"Because he smells like a male in heat." Tart invaded in on their conversation. "I don't like him, too, and I'm going to spike his food."
Coco's arm raised up and smacked Tart hard in the head.
"Ouch! What the heck, Coco?! What was that for? I thought you didn't like him!" Tart rubbed his head back and forth, trying to lessen the pain.
"I don't, but that doesn't mean to embarrass a young mistress in front of the guest. If we kill him, the Divine race will be onto us in seconds."
"Then what do you want us to do? Let's this slide by?"
"No." Coco sighed, killing him through food wasn't the best plan right this moment. There were other ways to make unwanted people disappear, especially those that butted in the way between Berry and Phil.
Moca's thick eyebrow furrowed, not liking where this conversation was going. "I believe it would be wiser that we stay low for a while and keep an eye on him."
"Yes, you're right," Coco spoke with a nod. "We'll definitely keep an eye on him."
"Good to know you won't resort to violence so quickly, Coco. I was worried that you might do something a bit unreasonable."
"Unreasonable? Compared to you who likes to play with their prey, I think my actions are more straightforward and to the point."
Moca chuckled. "You know me too well. How could I not have a little fun?"
His words made Coco shudder. One thing that she liked and hated about Moca was his calm, calculative demeanor. Something about this old monster was deadly in his own little way, even if she didn't see him in action, she had heard stories of the Hundred Face Spider. They were the worst of their kind, making them a formidable enemy.
Still, she was glad that he was on their side in protecting the young mistress from possible harm. She was going to make sure that Elcro didn't do anything that would upset or harm the young mistress. Even if it means to show her deadly side to her enemies.
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