Sōta, her Creator, had helped her Master.
But Setsuna had still killed herself.
This she had seen. And Altair wasn't happy. At all. The "Military Uniform Princess" continued her plan, distorting the realities of several other fan-made worlds. She intended to bring other Creations in to help destroy this world.
At least, that's what she told them to begin with. Her actual plan was far more devastating than they could comprehend. Altair's only ally presently was Blitz Talker, but he and his gravity bullets should do the job nicely. Until she managed to sway the knight, Alicetaria, to her side.
Right now, she had challenged Selesia Upitiria of Elemental Symphony. Not that she cared, but Selesia had gotten separated from Charon and was by herself. The princess made a decent attempt to fight her, but Altair destroyed Vogelchevalier with Holopscion. She stood, mocking Selesia, as the princess lunged, sword drawn.
Even as Selesia lunged, sword at the ready, she saw her surroundings glitch. She didn't know what was going on, but guessed it was an after-effect of Holopscion. How wrong she turned out to be. The princess materialized in the room of a teenage boy, her blade entering his neck.
Selesia's eyes flicked around rapidly, unable to see her original opponent. Taking her sword out of his neck, she looked on for a second, horrified, as blood poured out of the wound. She dropped the bloodied weapon and grabbed the first towel she could find, holding it against the gash.
Not stopping for his name, she began speaking in a hurry. "Please forgive me…? I thought you were still my opponent, a princess in a military uniform. I'm so sorry." While she was trying to staunch the blood flow, her thoughts were racing. Where are the healers? He could die.
Not wanting to disrupt the young woman's efforts in her attempt to save him, the boy nodded, though his eyes were wide from the pain. Despite his desire not to express his discomfort, he couldn't help but groan.
"Sōta..." He managed to croak out.
She glanced at him. "Pardon me?"
"My name… Sōta..."
The redhead's eyes widened in realization and she bowed her head. "Thank you very much. I'm Selesia Upitiria."
Before either of them could understand what was going on, there was another girl sitting on the windowsill, laughing her head off.
"Um… could you stop that?" Selesia asked.