Chương 75: Salem

Aegis looked at the fallout of battle with critical eyes as he watched his engineers repair the damage that was done to his defense towers, thanks to the hard-light barrier, there was no breach into mansion, still almost all outside defense towers were either damaged or outright destroyed.

"Sir, there wasn't any loss of life on our side, but more than 974 of your battle droids were destroyed, and another two hundred are in a critical state, then there is a matter of more than hundred of towers being overrun, and your personal ship needs serious repairs."

Engineer chief who came after battle said to Aegis who just nodded, all that could be done with money easily enough, Aegis was glad that he didn't lose any of his people, still it bugged Aegis wrong way when he remembered the Grimm battle...

In the first half of the battle, it was like a standard battle between Grimm and his forces, but then came the surprise.

Another horde of Grimm came, this one was more armored and intelligent, but rather than attacking the defenses and droids, they attacked their fellow Grimm that battled me previously...

After that, it was shirt battle, the younger looking Grimms were destroyed and Aegis was left standing in open as he and the other group of Grimms looked at each other.

And just when Aegis was about to ready himself for another fight, the Grimm that looked as leader nodded with its head at Aegis and started to retread slowly, with his brethren following him.

Aegis didn't attack them, and his soldiers that came with airships as reinforced too let them be after they saw Aegis don't move, still it left Aegis with a lot of questions...

"Just what are you planning, Salem?"

Aegis asked himself as he made his way to the inside house and let his people deal with repairs...

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"Mistress, was it wise to send your eldest children?"

Cinder asked Salem, who just chuckled as she watched Schnee mansion from one of her magic orbs.

"Mh, yes dear Cinder, after all it's clear he isn't Ozpin lapdog, and I think you would be sad if he became hurt, right?"

Salem asked as she saw Cinder fidget on her spot, truly what chances were to find another reincarnated child and one that didn't have anything to do with the cursed brothers...

"Don't worry, child, I planned to speak with that boy even without you telling me about your dream."

Salem said as she patted Cinder on the head and smiled coldly.

"And I need to thank him for his 'Gift' personally."

Salem said with coldness, she was sure that it was the boy who implanted Tyrian with that bomb, after all there weren't any other who would have such technology or guts to do, and Ozpin little group was to scare of her retaliation to dare and provoke her so outrightly...

"Mistress, why did the Grimms didn't listen to your command?"

Cinder asked as she found it strange that the previous Grimms didn't listen to her mistress command for retreat.

"They were young and too easy driven up to be their instincts child, just the older ones can control their instincts, and there was something happing inside that mansion that driven Grimm mad."

Salem said puzzledly as she too found it strange, just what happened before the horde attack that it was so strong as to overwrite her commands?

"No matter, the time of your reunion is coming, aren't you happy to finally meet the person from your dreams?"

Salem asked, and Cinder gritted her teeth.

"You said we were siblings in last life, mistress, so why I had such childhood, and he lived in paradise?!"

Cinder said through gritted teeth as anger rolled up from her in droves, making Grimm around look at her delicately.

"Ara ara, don't let your emotions take control of yourself, child, don't forget that fate is like gods, a bitch, and you know that just your anger speaks, do you truly give blame on the boy?"

Salem said with a scary smile, and Cinder nodded with her head, she didn't want to be punished by her mistress...

And Cinder knew that Aegis was not the one she should blame, it was just so hard to fight the feeling of unfairness in their positions...

"Good, now go and train, you need to have a tighter hold of your emotions."

Salem order and Cinder nodded as she left Salem to herself.

"Just what are you playing at fate? Or is it the work of Twins? I wonder, are these two send there to be my and Ozma replacements? Do you always pit the ones who love each other against each other?"

Salem asked as her hand touched the table, and then she trashed it with pure strength.

"Whatever you play at, I will not let your plan come to fruition, I will be the winner!"

Salem said as she calmed down and looked back at the image of the Schnee mansion.

"And I would win either with help or myself if needed."

Salem said and sat back at her throne.

"Whatever it takes..."

She would kill gods, no matter how much she would wait for it, they would pay for what they have done, and then she could die without regrets...

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"Where?"

Ciri asked as she waked up from her sleep, and then her years of training kicked up as she bolted up from her bed just to find herself bound to the bed.

"WHAT?!"

Ciri asked in surprise and outrage, there was a small flame of fear rising in her heart, but before it could continue to grow, she saw a strange door open and from the boy, she remembered before falling asleep came with a girl that made Ciri double-take, if not for her blue eyes Ciri would think they were sisters, even their scar was on the same place...

"It seems our guest is finally awake, please forgive for the bounds, you were very lively in sleep, so we bound you as not to hurt yourself with your trashing around."

Aegis said as he smiled at the now embarrassed Ciri.

"Hmmm...."

Weiss said as she came close to Ciri and looked at her so intensely that Ciri started to sweat from the estrange gaze.

"Big brother."

Weiss said and looked at her brother, and Ciri looked in surprise at the revelation of them being siblings, but when she looked, she could see it, same blue eyes, the pale skin, and the aristocratic features were almost the same...

"Yes, Weiss, and forgive me, this there is my younger sister Weiss Schnee."

Aegis said with a smile and Weiss's eyebrow twitched.

"Yes, yes im Weiss Schnee glad to meet you..."

Weiss said disinterestldly as she looked at Aegis.

"Now, can you tell me, big brother, do you have any fetish on white-haired women? Or are the green eyes your thing? And what about the scar? Do you wish to replace me after using me?"

Weiss asked with a deadpan voice, but there was an undertone full of amusement as Ciri sputtered in surprise and looked at Aegis shockingly as she heard that these two siblings slept with each other.

"Weiss....."

Aegis said, and his eyebrow twitched madly.

"What? These are good points..."

Weiss said with a smile as Aegis eyebrow continued to twitch madly and Ciri, who looked at them in surprise, started to laugh madly at their antics that she remembered from her past, they were like dad Gerald and Mom Yennefer when they teased each other...

"HAHAHAHAA!"

Ciri, for the first time in months, laughed from the heart as the pent-up emotions from the running from wild hunt finally started to evaporate from her in her laughter...

"HAHAHAHAHAAAA!"

Weiss and Aegis just looked at her in wonder...