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章 31: Chapter 31 I Believe I can Glide

Kat's legs left the ground and she hung in the air for a brief moment before unfurling her wings to their full height. Her wings strained under the weight, forcing Kat to clench her teeth and do everything she could to simply glide. *My wings are not happy with this arrangement. I'm not sure how long I can keep this up, but I certainly can't fly while holding Minor.*

"Minor, where do I need to go, I can't fly like this if I even can by myself. I'm not sure how long I can last gliding either" Kat yelled to be heard over the rushing wind

"Just a little bit left" Minor yelled back. Kat tried to bank gently to the left but found herself going into a spiral. Kat's instincts quickly righted her again but now she was even more lost

"Ok, that, was horrible" said Kat.

*System why did that happen? I'm using my wings for their intended purpose I think so why my instincts are so thrown off.*

USER KAT, D.E.M.O.N.S WOULD LIKE TO REMIND USER KAT THAT USER KAT'S WINGS WERE POTENTIALLY NOT VALID METHODS OF FLIGHT JUST MOMENTS AGO AND IS NOW ATTEMPTING TO LIFT APPROXIMATELY DOUBLE USER KAT'S WEIGHT

*Right… I really should have thought of that huh? Maybe all this walking has been getting to me as well. I'm missing things. Perhaps I haven't properly relaxed in some time.*

"Minor, which way do we need to be going" yelled Kat

"Surprisingly we seem to have ended up facing the correct way" yelled Minor

Kat nodded in response. *I guess I just fly straight, or glide I suppose. My wings are screaming at me so hopefully I don't have to keep this up too long. I keep feeling the need to flap them slightly. I wonder what we are- is that a wall?*

Panicking slightly Kat said "Hey Minor, we got a problem wall incoming at 12 o'clock"

"What does that even mean?" said Minor

"There is a wall and we are heading right for it" said Kat with slight panic

"Um, eh, um we're to high at the moment, we need to be lower" said Minor

"And how do you propose we do that? I can't turn in circles to easily without going into a spin and I certainly can't hover in place; I need the extra movement to keep us both in the air at all" said Kat

"Um can we just hold onto the wall" said Minor

"Ah yes, let me ram face first into this wall with you in my arms" said Kat

"Look, if you have a better idea let me know" said Minor

The wall was rapidly approaching Kat and Minor were running out of time to make a decision

"How much lower do we need to be" said Kat

"I can't tell. I only get a sense of direction; the enchantment was never designed to work like this I don't think" said Minor

"Well think fast" said Kat

*Ok what options do I have, face first, turning at the last second once I fold up my wings and letting it hit my back, trying to circle around a few times, or try diving down maybe? Circling around it has to be then even if we end up in a spiral at the very least it will slow us down a bit and I can try to correct, the others are far too risky*

Kat angled left as carefully as she could trying to avoid spinning uncontrollably as her right wing screamed in protest, her back muscles and those lining the wing threatening to rip under any increased pressure. Gritting her teeth Kat struggled to concentrate on the gliding and looking for an entrance but the pain in her back was building and it was getting harder and harder to keep her mind in order.

"Minor, you have to give me some sort of signal, I can't concentrate properly the pain in my back is getting to me. Just tell me when I need to go straight" said Kat as she closed her eyes, they were already starting to water and the pain was making it hard to keep them open.

* I guess I just have to trust Minor here.* Time seemed to stretch on for an eternity for Kat, and it was only slightly shorter for Minor. She was concentrating as much mana into her eyes as she could and tried to split her mind between looking for a gap in the wall that was just barely within her vision and the feeling that sat at the back of her mind that told her where to go.

The pressure increased on the pair as nothing changed but neither could afford to let their concentration slip for a moment. The air was thick with anticipation. Kat waited for Minor's signal, and Minor desperately searched for any indication that it was time. Minor's intense focus on waiting for the signal left her almost unprepared for the signal to go forward, because unlike her normally subtle hints this one slammed into her as if an anvil had dropped on her mind from a great height.

"Now!" yelled Minor

Kat instantly tried to stop her spiral and direct her wings forward, but in that moment, she felt something tearing in the centre of her back. Using her tail to hold Minor she brought her right hand around to try and stabilise her wing desperately trying to keep them heading straight. Minor's panic however was twofold, she could see Kat struggling with her wing in the corner of her vision, but her main concern was the rapidly approaching wall. There was no gap. No seem in the rocks, nothing but solid stone as far as her burning eyes could see. Closing her eyes and raising her hands to protect her face the wall slowly approached.

A moment past and when no impact happened Minor opened her eyes to only to be greeted with the ground. Kat's legs impacted the floor throwing her to the ground with Minor who Kat instinctively tried to raise up at the last second only to fail due to the length of her tail. Minor quickly erected a small bubble of mana in front of her to dampen the impact but it popped almost instantly. The pair slammed into the floor and bounced a few times before coming to a stop in the corridor.

In the darkness Minor recovered first. She looked around to find Kat sprawled out beside her blood over the floor and face against the ground. Panic gripped her heart as she stared dumbly at the girl that had quickly become her only friend. Minor slowly started to reach out a shaking hand toward Kat when she stopped. All of the blood surrounding Kat was being sucked back into her body.

Pain. That was all that filled Kat's thoughts. She could tell she was in bad shape. Her back still burned from before but now her pain was concentrated in the front. It felt like she had decided to use a sandpaper slide as a method of transportation and her knee might have shattered. Slowly however the burning pain in her back chained into a strange itching. Her muscles wormed their way underneath her skin quickly reducing the pain in her back. Her knees felt like they were being compressed by a vice crunching them down until the pain there to stopped. Slowly, Kat begun to get shakily to her feet attempting to stand shakily

For Minor's part she watched in horror as Kat's body jerkily stood itself up, covered in still moving blood, then the things eyes snapped open through the blood and a deep purple light seeped out of them taking in the surroundings. The demonic visage in front of Minor suddenly began to cough, and wheeze before turning to the side and spitting some disgusting gunk out of its mouths then turning to Minor with a smile.


章 32: Chapter 32 Demonic Regeneration

*Finally, whatever that shit in my throat was, it was killing me.* Kat's wounds across her body quickly closed and the remaining blood dried quickly before flacking off and falling to the floor leaving her completely cleaned of the foul stuff. Looking at the drying spots of blood Kat noticed something strange.

*Is my blood black? What does dry blood look like again? I don't think mines the shade a healthy human body should have. Though I guess I'm neither of those things right at this moment. Looks like my outfits in tatters as well. It hurts to see it like this, even though it should repair itself pretty quickly*. Kat continued to stare at her outfit for about ten seconds but noticed that it hadn't changed at all. *System ideas?*

USER KAT, DEMONIC ATTIRE CANNOT BE REPAIRED AT ASSUMED LEVEL OF POWER WITHOUT REMOVING AND RE-EQUIPPING THE ATTIRE A SECOND TIME. SOME CONCENTRATION IS REQUIRED, AND FATIGUE MAY FOLLOW.

*Just great.* Looking again Kat noticed a shivering Minor.

"What's wrong Minor?" asked Kat

"Um, I'm sorry mistress Kat, it's just that um, when you were um… recovering it was the most horrifying thing I've ever witnessed, and I've died once already. Your wings were broken and you blood was dripping down only to slide back up into your body and your eyes were glowing a deep purple that felt, wrong somehow, like it shouldn't be allowed to exist" said Minor

"It's ok Minor" said Kat instinctively moving in to hug the girl but Minor flinched back. Only for a moment but Kat's eyes easily caught the movement. Kat's arms fell to her side and wings drooped, even her tail was lying against the ground instead of hovering around her head like normal.

Minor was heartbroken by the scene, it was clear to her that Kat had noticed her flinching and was actually quite upset at the idea she could be scared of her. Making up her mind instantly she sprinted forward and jumped at Kat. The surprised demon reacted purely on instinct and caught the girl in her arms who then proceeded to wrap every available appendage around Kat.

"Don't look so heartbroken Kat. You looked really scary, bits of your face were falling off and the twitching was positively horrible. You saved me from the worst of the fall, and I only have a few bruises. I'm sorry I was scared of you" said Minor

Kat just sighed and stroked the girls hair with her tail. *I'm glad this was resolved so quickly. I don't know why it hurt so much to see her looking at me like that. I can hardly describe the feeling. It's like I'd somehow become everything I never wanted to be and it was reflecting in her eyes. But why? Why did that bother me so much? I didn't do anything wrong? Right?*

Kat was unable to discern why that scene of Minor flinching bothered her so. *It was only for an instant and she even came and hugged me immediately after realising that I'd seen her fear… *

"I'm ok Minor, I'm ok" said Kat

Minor looked up at Kat with tears in her eyes "No Kat, you aren't not really"

"Well I can't lie so I must be ok?" said Kat with a grin trying to disentangle herself from the girl. Minor only squeezed back harder "I won't let you go unless you admit you aren't ok or you can say 'it doesn't bother me at all Minor I really am fine'"

"It-" Kat started but she could go no further. She strained to get the words out, to assure Minor that she was fine, that she wasn't bothered by it but the words refused to come out. Kat strained against the compulsion and Minor was surprised to see Kat's purple eyes return but no further sound could escape Kat's mouth. Eventually Kat relaxed, eyes fading. Sighing Kat said "I will be fine Minor, your second reaction really helped. I just, I don't know why this is getting to me so much"

After thirty seconds past Kat wondered why she hadn't heard a response from the small fox in her arms, but when she looked down she found Minor sleeping soundly. *Ah, I guess its really time for a break huh Minor.*

Thought Kat as she brushed the girls hair back. Kat walked over to the wall and carefully slid down it. *I guess I should remake my clothes quickly before I sleep.* Dismissing Kat's outfit her skin crawled, she felt exposed, not just from the lack of clothing but something else, some inherent sense of wrongness at not wearing her Demonic Attire so she immediately resummoned the garment.

The discontent faded quickly but was replaced by a thick fog of fatigue. *Huh, some fatigue might follow, you dammed cheeky system.* Thought Kat as she passed out collapsing against the wall with Minor in her arms.

Kat woke up still groggy from sleep, waking Minor accidently in the process.

"Sorry about that Minor" said Kat

"Shmall riight" said Minor still only half awake. It was at this point Kat began to take proper stock of their surroundings and noticed something extremely odd. The walls were no longer smooth stone, and were not even carved brick, but instead they were tiled in a dazzling white.

*Rather strange choice of décor considering it's pitch black, there a no lights and the pure white does nothing to help this fact.*

"Hey Minor, what's with the tiles on the walls?" asked Kat

"Um, hmm, they look strange, white tiles? Oh hang on" said Minor escaping from Kat's lap

she stood up and clapped her hands together loudly. Seconds past but nothing appeared to change.

"What was the point in that?" asked Kat

"The enchantment told me to" said Minor

"You can't just use that as an excuse to go crazy" said Kat. Minor just held up her hand in a wait just a moment gesture, and it was but a moment before bright lights started to beam out of the top row of tiles.

*I stand corrected it seems, there are in fact lights, and apparently the tiles themselves do help this fact. Sorry tiles, guess I owe you an apology*

Kat got up as well and tried to stretch and found her muscles surprisingly stiff, especially in her back region. They twinged and ached as she tried to stretch her body. Trying on just her arms she found that they were mostly fine, but still not quite perfect. *It seems that my body isn't quite as repaired as I thought it was. I thought I was completely healed yesterday before I took a nap, but I guess not. Hey system, how good is my regeneration anyway*

USER KAT'S REGENERATION DOES NOT YET HAVE ENOUGH DATA FOR CONCLUSIVE ANALYSIS. CURRENTLY BELIEVED TO BE LIMITED BY ENERGY CONSUMPTION.

*Energy, what kind of energy? I don't feel hungry yet*

USER KAT'S REQUESTED INFORMATION IS CLASSIFIED, USER KAT REQUIRES AT LEAST RANK 1

*Well I guess that's fair then system. Hopefully I can find out more soonish because regenerating damage seems really useful.*

"So Minor, what's the plan?" asked Kat

"We continue on of course, there is only one way forward and while I don't recognise this place specifically I think I might have a few guesses as to where we are" said Minor

"Well don't just leave it at that, what are the details" said Kat

"I think, we might be under my Grandmother's house. That doesn't quite make perfect sense because I'm pretty sure we haven't been traveling long enough but I don't know anyone else who'd be able to afford tiled walls in a secret underground passage" said Minor

"Didn't you say you your Great Great Grandfather worked on these tunnels, couldn't he have made the tiles" said Kat

"I mean, yeah I guess so but then why bother tiling just this section and not the one at the castle. On top of that from what I know of Grandfather he didn't really care for elaborate designs unless he was making something specifically to be showy and I doubt secret tunnels are a good way to show off to your friends" said Minor

"I dunno Minor, I'd love to have an ancient network of tunnels to show off to my friends" said Kat

"Well now you do Kat" whispered Minor quietly as she started walking.

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Meanwhile, back on Earth, Wednesday 9:00 am day 5 of Kat's disappearance

Sylvie and Vivian sat opposite each other with a shogi board in the middle, both of them were now wearing plain yukata's and sitting in seiza position. Lily sat off to the side legs cross with a tori drum sitting next to her beating it steadily in rhythm. Gramps' desk was now buried in paperwork and even the floor nearby wasn't spared from the stacks of paper encroaching on Gramps' territory.

In the corner of the room the man there to witness to signing was tucked away with his blanket, nightcap and face mask, complimented by his blue pyjamas covered in teddy bears. Gramps said something to the girls, but the sound was muffled by the papers. Knocking a bunch away from his face he tried again.

"What is the latest news on Kat's whereabouts" said Gramps

The drumming stopped and Sylvie and Vivian turned to look at Lily who was in turn looking at Gramps.

"My parents have assigned Kat twelve labours she needs to complete before they are willing to accept, she might, potentially, almost, not be a horrible influence on me. She has already slain a Lion with her bare hands and managed to strike a deal with Learnie the hydra for one of his heads as proof for my mother, I think she's doing something with a boar? I can't quite remember" said Lily

"Right well, how pray tell did you get the message this time" said Gramps.

"Heard it straight from Hermes himself of course" said Lily

Gramps just nodded and shook his head. He had too much paperwork to do to be worrying about Kat. She could take care of herself. He did however, hope that she would return soon.


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