I think I was fooling around too much. I completely forgot to actually write a plot.

Well I'll get to it...eventually.

Once again, I owe nothing.

"Eve is something wrong?"

Elesis was inwardly laughing at how Eve was playing around with the bath controls. Lanox was a completely different place from Hamel. Instead of heaters in their homes, they had coolers. Given that she never had a need to watch out for temperatures, it was a waste of time to learn about such mechanics since water of all temperatures was fine to her.

That and the cooler was damaged by her in her earlier rampage regarding the chase with Ara.

"I am unable to draw a bath of proper temperature."

"I wonder why."

The Crimson Avenger didn't want to tell her what was wrong.

"At this rate Elsword wouldn't be able to take a bath here. I suppose we'll be taking him to the local bathhouse than."

"I have a better place to bring him too. I heard about it from Ignia. There's a powerful healing spring in the burning woods where we fought the fire spirit. It was unavailable at the time we came due to the unstable flames, but with the issue solved, it's now opened. Problem is that it's quite far from here, and I might need some assistance bringing him there. Given that he can't walk by himself such a distance and Aisha and Add isn't around to open a portal, so I was wondering if I could ask for your help?"

While she was questionable emotionless, Eve was far from stupid.

"What might you need?" She was already beginning to regret asking her.

"Are you fine Eve?" Elesis was doing her best not to laugh at her.

"I-am fine." The Seraph was rather exhausted.

"I do hope I wasn't too much of a trouble for you to handle." Elsword apologized.

"It...was no problem."

The trio were currently high in the mountains, near an extinct volcano not far from the town. After much persuasion, they were able to convince Elsword to go on the trip. Elesis alone could easily make it, but her brother was another story.

It was why she suggested that Eve fly him over on her back while she went there on her own.

From the beginning, Eve had the highest mobility out of the entire group, surpassing even Rena and Ara. After becoming a Seraph she obtained limited flying abilities. Though it did burn her energy reserves after prolong usage.

And Elesis wasn't afraid to take advantage of that fact for some alone time with her brother.

"It is fine...My systems will recover soon after a brief moment of rest."

"You heard her little brother. There's no need to worry about such a thing." She grabbed him by the arm and pulled him aside. "Even if we stayed here, there wouldn't be anything we could do for her."

"But-"

His sister would have none of his complaints. She pulled him aside to the spring.

Eve could only watch them leave, unable to do anything. Without realizing that she was glaring down at the sister's back.

The duo of brother and sister who made it the spring was having mixed feelings about this. On one hand, it spring looked wonderful, on the other, it was so small. It wasn't much bigger than their bathroom.

For Elsword, this meant that there was only room for one or two people at a time. For Elesis...this was a blessing.

"Umm...why don't you go first sis? I'll check up on Eve. She looked rather tired."

His sister was having none of that. "Don't mind her. Besides, her system just overheated. Putting a overheated source in a hot place to cool down doesn't sound right now does it?"

In reality, she knew nothing about machinery, but that was fine. Neither did her brother. She could just spout some gibberish and get away with it.

"Even so…"

The girl wasn't going to let him off so easily. She grabbed him by his shirt and started undressing him.

"Wait! I can do it myself!"

She ignored his cries of protests as she stripped him naked before throwing him into the hot spring.

Yeeeoww" He cried out in agony. The temperature was incredibly high. He immediately activated 'iron body' to protect himself.

"Iron body little brother? You are recovering."

"That was an emergency!" He yelled at her.

Though he calms down quickly once he realizes that his body is adjusting the temperature.

"Here little brother!" Elesis throws a towel at him. "You are naked."

His face quickly turns as red as his hair as he finally remembers he was naked and dives underwater to cover his junk before resurfacing.

"What the hell are you doing?!" He yells at her the moment he sees her.

"What does it look like?" She slyly replied as she took off her clothing. Wrapping a towel over body she stepped into the water as well.

"Sis, we're too old for this." Elsword quickly turns away.

His sister ignores him and takes a spot next to him. "It's like old times isn't it?"

He recalls when they were young, they used to bath together in a lake near their house. Those were good days before everything started to fall apart.

"I really missed you." He muttered just loud enough for her to hear.

"So did I."

Elesis then wrapped her arms around his neck from behind. "You've grown a lot." She pressed her chest against his back as she teased him.

The boy squealed as he felt her breast pressed against him.

"So innocent." She blew his ear.

"Stop that." He shivered but didn't pull away from her touch.

"Than why don't you make me?" She did so again.

Elesis wasn't letting go of her brother so easily. She licked his ear causing him to shiver. Afterwards, she touched his chest and smoothly drew a line downwards while she gently bit his neck.

"S-Sis? Aren't we being a little too close?"

"No we aren't."

Once her finger went between the towel, he couldn't help but cry like a little girl. He could have broken out if he was more forceful, but he couldn't bring himself to seriously fight against her.

"Getting hard over your big sister are we?"

"No! No I'm not!"

He was definitely feeling so.

"It's big."

"Stop it!"

The sister laughed as she continued to play around with his 'junk', while the brother whimpered like a lost puppy as she toyed with him.

"Sis please…" He cried as he could feel himself about to orgasm.

Realizing this, she let him go before he did. Once he was freed, he started to hyperventilate, unable to believe what just happened.

His sister had the gall to sit next to him looking at him innocently as he settled down.

"Though it's a shame and a blessing that deep down, you are still the young boy I remember."

"Is that an insult?"

"Depends on how you look at it." The red hair sister smiled as she pulled him into a headlock. "For me, that was all I ever needed."

The boy noticed something was bothering her. He didn't mind her being so close to him all of a sudden. "What do you mean?" Her earlier playful mood had turned into a depressed one.

"You must be very disappointed in me right? The sister you looked so much up to was nothing than a hypocrite. I taught you about honor and courage, yet look at where I ended up."

He quickly grabbed onto her shoulders and held firm. "Don't be stupid! Why would I be-"

She pressed one hand against his lips. "I was thinking of leaving soon. It's hard to be around you."

Elsword's mind almost shut down. He tightened his grip over her shoulders and shook her.

"Wh-why? Did I do something wrong? Tell me!"

"No, it's not you." She looked away. "The problem is me. I-I have given you nothing but reasons to hate me one after another, and yet you don't. Instead of treating me like I deserve, you still continue to love me."

"What are you talking about?"

Without warning, she shoves him against a rock and pins him to it. "What I'm saying is that I've been nothing but a massive bitch to you this whole time! Instead of hating me, you treat me like I'm some kind of goddess."

"Stop saying that!" He quickly spins her around and reverses their positions. "You've been a great sister! You raised me! You took care of me! You taught me!"

"I abandoned you twice! The first was when I joined the Chase, and the second was after the demons invaded. I only taught you the basics of swordsmanship, everything else that followed was of your own efforts! You were living by yourself for years!"

"Using the skills and knowledge you taught me!" He cried out loudly. "You may not have been there, but you passed on the skills I needed to get by."

"And where did those skills get you?! A dead end! You made it to the top of the knights only to get kicked out because of me. Because of my crimes, you were shamed and disgraced by everyone in Veldar because of me."

"What's wrong with you?!"

"Could you both keep quiet?"

Both brother and sister looked to the side and saw Eve soaking in the water next to them.

"While I am not bothered, I certainly see no reason to raise your volume over something that can be discussed normally."

"Eve!" Elsword freaked out. However his sister's grip on him was rather tight.

"What are you doing?" Elesis calmly asked her. Annoyed that the moment was ruined.

"I am cleaning myself. While I find no pleasure in such things, I still do so because it is necessary. If I may be honest, you two can barely take care of yourselves, let alone others. Before you worry about others, please fix yourselves first."

Elsword tried to calm himself down. With all the things that was happening since yesterday, he found himself getting used to woman. Seeing Eve pop up naked beside him didn't surprise him as much as it should.

"Elesis, why do you not tell him of your real problem?"

This angered the other woman. "What are you saying?"

"You are not lying, but you are not getting to the real issue. If you will not say it, that is fine." Without notice she pulled Elsword's head onto her chest.

"Aaa-" The boy lets out a cry of surprise, while his sister lets out one of anger. The Serpah however dispels her anger with one question.

"You are but his sister am I right? Why does this bother you?"

Immediately she stops in her place. Eve doesn't let up. "It's not like you were planning to do something to him are you?"

One statement after the other, she continues to taunt her even going so to pin Elsword against a rock like she did earlier. Their faces just a few inches apart. "You wouldn't mind if I took him from you now would you?" She asked without looking at her.

In return Elesis punched her hard enough to knock her aside.

"Eve!" Elsword looked on in horror before glaring at his sister. "Sis what are you doing?!"

His sister however just looks down.

"I see you are finally being honest." Eve gets up and touches the spot she was struck. As a machine, she is far more durable, but damage and pain is still something she can feel to some extent.

Elesis lets out a sigh."Elsword...this is why I really need to leave." Grabbing him by his arm, she pulled him into a kiss.

"My sister is kissing me. She is really kissing me."

He knows this is wrong, but he can't bring himself to push her away. After some time she breaks the kiss and steps back.

"Sis...that was…"

"And that's why I need to leave. I don't know when,and I don't know why. It could be the dark el, or just some hidden feelings. These days, I'm having difficulty being around you. I no longer care about killing demons, just being with you. I have trouble seeing you as my brother, and more of a man instead."

The boy didn't know how to react to this news. He always wanted someone to love, but he never would have imagined his sister to be the one to confess such a thing. Ara wasn't herself, so she didn't count.

"So you are afraid of crossing the boundaries of brother and sister and thus want to run away." Eve summarized the whole problem. "You clearly did not think this over. Did you really think everything will be fine if you left. Elsword come chasing after you like he once did and this will lead to the same scenario again."

"That's right sis. I won't give up on you."

Eve then turned to him. "You are aware that you sound like you are pursuing your sister as a guy and not a brother right?"

He ignored that statement.

"So what do you have in mind?"

"Just ignore her. If she can't be honest with her feelings, than there's nothing that can be done." Eve said as she sat next to Elsword. "You don't mind if I sit next to you now do you?"

He wanted to argue that a man shouldn't be so close to a woman if they weren't in a relationship, but couldn't bring himself to say anything, so he let her do as she please.

"Elsword, I wish to apologize. Is there anything you would like?"

Even though she was rather depressed a moment ago, Elesis snapped out of it the moment Eve asked that question.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean I have caused you trouble. I do not see the problem with the questions I have been asking, but I do know that it has caused you discomfort. I wish to apologize for not thinking things through."

"Ah...that's...fine. You don't need to worry about it."

His sister wasn't so forgiving. "You could leave us alone. You're clearly making him uncomfortable."

"Were you any better?"

Elsword was slow at times, but even he was surprised by how Eve seemed to be getting into a fight with his sister. The supposedly emotionless girl was beyond this kind of thing after all.

"I did not start the events that led his unease."

"But you took advantage of it and made things worse."

"Are your actions now not considered hypocritical?"

"I'm trying to right them."

"As am I."

Unable to take this anymore, he interrupted them with a loud cry. "Enough! Sis, I'm sorry I have been nothing but a burden to you. But Eve is right, if you run, I'll just come looking for you again."

"So are you saying you'll be my lover then?" Elesis shut up with the question.

"I-I-"

Elsword was at a loss. He couldn't just say no. He didn't know what to do. It seems that everything he was doing now just added to his sister's pain. If he refused that, he was afraid of what would happen next.

In the first place, the whole issue was a bolt out of the blue for him. He hadn't even had time to come to terms with it, let alone decide what to do about it.

"Do not ask him such foolish questions. He has much on his mind." Eve answered for him. "Besides, you need to calm yourself first. Pressuring him will only cause him to do something foolish."

Elesis was rather surprise at the concern she was displaying for her brother. A bit bothered but also surprised. The girl had been a little protective of her brother yes, but this was beyond anything she had displayed before.

"In the first place, he hasn't even resolved the issue regarding Ara, and now you wish to bother him with yours?"

"Eve." He tried to calm her down. "She's-"

"And you. Are you so foolish that you can't even recognize the feelings of the people around you? When are you going to learn that people are worried about you? Ara's feelings was not because of the alcohol, she genuinely has feelings for you."

"She-she does?" Elsword asked in disbelief.

Eve almost wanted to slap him, but decided that it would prove detrimental in this case.

"Yes, everyone knows. Even Chung does. You are the only one who thinks otherwise. Aisha once had feelings for you, but you pushed her aside. Thankfully she had Chung to rely on, and now your own sister. Everyone else noticed how affectionate she was for you. Everyone but yourself. If you weren't so busy feeling sorry for yourself over your little ego, you might have noticed this long ago."

The boy was in shock. Was he this ignorant? Could have he prevented everything if he was smarter? He wanted to say something. Anything. But he couldn't find the strength to even mutter a word.

"Eve!" Elesis yelled at her.

The harshness caught her off guard. The former queen realized that she had gone too far.

"I...apologize. It was rude of me."

Elsword shook his head. "No you're right. I really am a good for nothing person."

In response, Eve pat him on the head. "That is fine. It is also because of your ignorance and one track mind that everyone else was able to come so far. I recall giving up on life when you woke me. Thinking that there was no point in attempted to rebuild my kind. Had you not reached out to me back then, I wouldn't be here."

"Eve…"

"I thought you said you had no emotions." Elesis pointed out. "You are being quite emotional here."

The silver haired girl looked surprised for a moment. "That...that must have been the memories my previous self had before attaining the Seraph code."

"Does that mean she had feelings for him as well?"

"She probably did. From her memories, I have concluded, she was most regretful about leaving behind everyone, especially you."

Elsword choked on air. First Ara, than his sister and now Eve? Why did one problem keep piling up after another and just after he resolved to do something about it.

"Than what about now?" Elesis asked. She was not convinced that Eve didn't have any desire to do something with her precious little brother.

"I-have none."

Elesis didn't believe her one bit. The part where she hesitated to reply further increased her suspicions. It also didn't help that she was practically offering herself to her brother.

"I...only wish to make amends to the trouble I caused earlier." Eve said as she grabbed Elsword by the hand and placed it on her chest. "Do you feel better? I read males tend to have a reaction when doing such things."

Elsword didn't want to answer that question. He enjoyed this feeling no doubt. However he was worried what his sister would do if he said so. Eve despite being a machine had skin that felt very smooth and warm to the touch. He would never thought that she could be a machine if he didn't know better.

However he knew that not answering the question wouldn't get him anywhere.

"It-it doesn't feel bad at all." He answered in a frightened voice. It wasn't the fact that he was touching her that made him feel bad. It was he didn't know what to do now.

"I see…" Eve nodded her head. "In that case, feel free to do as you see fit."

"Eve...even if you were to tell me that, I don't know what to do."

"My readings have given me several recommendations as to what to do in such a case. The first was to get you drunk so that you would expose all your inner troubles. However you have a high tolerance for alcohol."

"I don't even like it." He looked away.

"The second was to offer myself as a gift."

Elsword closed his eyes and imagined Eve wrapping herself in a gift box and shipping herself to him. Only to burst out of the box yelling 'surprise' as she did.

"Uffh…" He covered his mouth as he tried to contain his laughter.

Eve was truly the funniest member of the search party. How ironic that the person who could induce such emotions was the supposedly emotionless member of the group.

"Is something wrong?"

"No...it's nothing." He couldn't stop himself from shaking. The thought of Eve doing that was scary, but he really wanted it to happen either way, and he could only imagine Add's reaction.

"Would you like that little brother?" Elesis asked him.

Though she looked rather tired after the arguments they had a moment ago, she was still paying attention to the conversation.

Elsword blushed as he imagined his himself opening a gift box only to find his sister naked while tied up beautifully while looking up at him with a happy expression.

"Surprise little brother." She said to him in a tired but happy tone. "I think I'm stuck. Would you mind unwrapping me?"

Immediately his hand that was covering his mouth shifted upwards to his nose as he tried to stop the blood from leaking out.

"Getting turned on?" Elesis smirked. Even before becoming the Crimson Avenger, she would love to tease her brother. Now that she became one, the desire to do so increased by a lot. "I just might do that if you so desire it."

"I believe the people are most turn on when unwrapping their gifts. Are you like that Elsword?"

The poor boy's imagination went into overdrive.

"Elsword, I believe I might require some assistance. Could you untie me?"

"It would be my pleasure." He said as he traced his fingers around her body, slowly removing the strings that binded her.

All the while the girl giggled in anticipation as she awaited what comes next after he had unwrapped her.

He imagined Eve tied up in front of him looking up at him as she attempts to break the ribbons and strings that she was hogtied in.

"No. No. Stay Calm." He looked away and started taking in deep breaths.

"There are many ways you can go around with such things. Instead of the simple giving yourself in a box, you could also offer yourself in a manner where you are chained to a bed and requires the said person's help to undo yourself. It becomes even better if the people involve are into BDSM."

"Big sister!"

"I believe you fit the criteria of both the sadist and the masochist, but what role will Elsword play?"

"He's submissive to the whims outside of battle, but very aggressive on the battlefield. We could take turns. I'll buy the collars and get the whips. Oh and I guess as a woman, I kind of need a proper dressing either when I'm stepping on him, or him stepping on me."

The little brother was unable to stop himself from imagining his sister giving him a collar while smiling creepily.

"Little brother, I need some help putting this on."

"Don't worry, I'll help with that."

"Thank you. I got you a collar of your own as well."

"Great, and you can put it on me later. We can take turns being the master."

He shook his head violently. "I'm am not that kind of person!"

Despite him saying that, he could not resist the image of him whipping his sister who kneeling in front of him.

"May I have another please?" She panted tiredly as he was stepping on her while crackling a whip.

"You really want another? I guess deep down you are a masochist despite that tough front of yours." He brought it down onto her once more. Her cries were like music to his ears. "You are one aren't you?"

"Yes, yes I am brother."

He whipped her once more.
"Call me master!"

"Yes master!"

The boy was quickly losing his mind. How could he not? He had just imagined his sister and him in a scenario like that.

"I believe such cases people tend to involve handcuffs and ropes. They tie their companions to what appears to the bed and have their way with them."

"Eve! Please! I can't take it." Elsword pleaded with her. He couldn't stop himself from imagining himself tying Eve to the wall as he raised a whip and brought it down on her.

"Arrrhh…" The girl continued to moan as he struck her back again.

"This is actually quite fun. I wonder why I never got it took me so long to get into this stuff." He tossed the whip aside picked her panties that he had removed from her.

"I believe you needed a push as they say." Eve smiled as she awaited the next strike.

"Another reason to thank you then."

And he brought the piece of clothing down onto her ass.

At this point of time, the boy face was as red as his hair. He tried to make a break for it, but his sister grabbed onto him from behind and pulled him back.

"We aren't done yet little brother. We still haven't heard what type of woman you like and what are your preferences in bed."

Elsword kept his mouth shut. However when it was clear the girls weren't going to him go, he conceded.

"Fine. I like more mature woman."

"In figure or character?"

"Both."

It was rather embarrassing the admit it, but his taste in woman was definitely what his sister was like before.

"Doesn't that mean almost every girl here?"

Eve brought up a good point. Rena played the mature and fun big sister, Eve played the strict and cool sister and Ara was a doting older sister and Elesis was the warm and overprotective sister. Almost every one of the girls fit his criteria.

Realizing that he no way out of the question, he finally confessed a secret he kept hidden in his journey.

"I suppose I might have considered almost every girl at some point. I just didn't know how to approach them."

No Aisha, Chung this episode, that will be for the next one. I'm using Elsword for the hijinks and fun, and Chung to drive the plot forward. I did say that this will be a short series at best.