I think it's time I cut my bangs again. It's already past my left eye.
Presently, Karissa was at the guild just sitting next to Gray while the people around her stared outside the window. It was raining hard. Again. Lucy had her hands on the window sill, looking up at the dark skies with Cana sitting on a chair behind her.
"I hope this rain let's up..." Lucy sighed.
"Yeah. It's been nothing but rain." Cana propped her chin up with her hand.
"I don't think this is Juvia's fault." Juvia defended herself.
"Nobody said a word about that." Gray leaned his hand in his palm before dropping his gaze on Karissa who began playing with her bangs, a frown on her lips. A playful grin came on his face.
"Movies are a good distraction from the rain though."
Karissa stiffened, letting her hair slip through her fingertips, turning her head towards him slowly. She met his grin with a scowl.
"Quiet, you." Karissa hissed and then pouted.
"All I said was that movies are a good distraction. There's no hidden meaning behind it." Gray snickered and patted her head softly, finding her expression entertaining and cute.
She leaned towards him and poked his chest harshly. "Yeah, yeah, I get it, Fullbuster. Now, stop it."
Gray grabbed her finger that kept poking him only to get startled when a hand slammed down between them, a pale hand. The two ice mages looked up and found Juvia staring down at them intensely.
"Love rival, what do you think you're doing?" Juvia said between clenched teeth, eyes burning with jealousy. Karissa just met her gaze with indifference to mask her annoyance. Gray was not Juvia's so she saw no reason why she should butt in. In fact, Juvia should be backing off and minding her own damn business. A metaphorical light bulb went off in her head, making a little grin appear on her lips. Gray arched a brow at this. Karissa wiggled her hand and slid it downward against his so that she could hold Gray's hand, making him blink in surprise and cause Juvia to gasp in horror.
"Oi... Karissa, don't make it worse." Gray told her, but didn't make a move to let go much to Karissa pleasure and Juvia's displeasure. It's not like he didn't like holding her hand.
"Gray-sama! Please don't cheat on meee!" Juvia tugged on his arm, wailing with tears.
"Come again?! What are you talking about?!" he responded, trying to pulling his arm away from her.
Karissa snickered and moved to get up after making a show of squeezing his hand in hers and then moving around Juvia to walk past her once he slipped her hand away from his. Gray turned around to call after her, wondering where she was going until she stopped behind him and ruffled his hair with a small smile, causing him to stiffen and stare at her dumbly.
"I'll be back in a sec." She told him before pulling her hand away and looking at Juvia, a smirk of satisfaction on her face when she saw Juvia's mouth agape.
Yeah, that's right. Let that sink in, you water chick.
She did it on purpose to egg her on. Yeah, so what?
She was purposely showing off that she could freely touch Gray like so and that he could do the same without either of them feeling weird about it. It was a sign of affection they had for each other, and she would gladly show it off to provoke Juvia since she was the one who annoyed her first at the dorm.
Maybe that was her lowkey competitive side showing too.
As Karissa walked off towards the counter where Lucy was sitting, Juvia planted herself in Karissa's seat with a grumpy look, hoping to stop her from returning to her beloved Gray's side. The blue mage couldn't see the look on Gray's face from behind since he kept watching Karissa leave.
Her touches made his heart flutter. He sought more of that physical contact.
Damn it.
One moment she was informing Lucy about her figurine with removable clothes selling well, causing the blonde to grab her arm and beg her to stop it, the next moment she was suffocating inside a box with Lucy.
"What's happening?!" Lucy freaked.
"I don't know, but I need to get out of here. I can't breathe!" Karissa wheezed, slamming her fist onto the glass window that easily opened after a couple of knocks. With a gasp, Karissa forced herself out of the confined space and sucked in the oh sweet oxygen that she was deprived of.
Lucy's giant boobs and big butt nearly got me killed...
God, I am SO grateful I don't have a figure like that! I would have died three times in there!
Thank you genetics!
Turns out, Horologium was the one who trapped them inside. If he didn't then they would have ended up like Magnolia, nonexistent. The guild and their friends were nowhere to be seen. It was all just a vast empty wasteland surrounding them. Karissa and Lucy had no idea what to do until someone came up to them.
It was Mystogan unveiled.
He had Jellal's face. Karissa didn't become alarmed at the sight of his face because she remembered how solemn he looked prior to getting arrested. He didn't seem like the type of person that wanted to cause harm.
Before they could ask, he quickly told them that he was not the Jellal they knew. He was Jellal from a parallel universe known as Edolas. He informed them that all of Magnolia was sucked into Edolas. So that meant Horologium saved them from the same fate.
He reached into his pocket. "If we don't hurry, the entrance to Edolas will seal off."
"You're sending us there?" Karissa crossed her arms, not thrilled by the current predicament. She was worried about her friends, especially Gray and her siblings.
"Yes. I want you to save our friends while I search for anyone else who may have survived."
"Okay. When you say survive right after save, I'm getting confused. What happened to everyone? I know they got sucked into Edolas, but what happened?" Karissa narrowed her eyes at him, impatient. He was leaving out too many important details.
"You'll know when you get there." Mystogan promised. "Here, eat this." He pulled out a bottle and took out two red pills for them. "You'll need it to rescue everyone."
Lucy and Karissa looked at each other before deciding to take it and consume it like he told them to.
"Now, hurry."
Karissa reflexively leaped back when she suddenly felt him using magic. Lucy had stayed in her spot, and then was enveloped in light before shooting up towards the dark skies above them, leaving behind a baffled ice mage.
"Why did you move? We don't have time for an explanation." Mystogan told her.
"At least tell me something more useful before sending me to Edolas. I don't have a map or any knowledge about Edolas! Do you know how important information is in this situation?"
"Alright. Then I advise you not to completely trust the people who look familiar to you. That's all I can say. Now, please..."
And with that, Mystogan wasted no time in casting his magic on her and sending her to Edolas before she could make another attempt to escape his magic or ask another question.
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Karissa felt her entire body get thrown upwards. Her eyes were shut tightly to avoid to pressure of the wind until she felt the air around her change. It felt a bit warmer compared to when she was back in what was left of Magnolia. Then, she felt the altitude change, she was falling. Her eyes shot open and she whipped her head around. Below her was a mountain peak that looked like a good landing spot.
With her wind magic, she gently set herself down and gazed at the environment around her. Floating islands, floating streams of water, more floating things. It was different from her world. The sky even looked lime green instead of blue.
"What in the fuck..."
She was on top of one of the floating islands, giving her a better height to see everything down below. With that in mind, she used her magic to fly up in the air and look down.
A fish flew past her.
Her eyes watched it, completely bewildered by the sight.
"Okay." She shook her head. "Focus. Oh shit... wait, where's Lucy?"
She flew around the area in search of Lucy but found no trace of her.
Welp, we got separated. I wonder if time passes differently here too... If so, she's not going to be around here anymore.
That girl is smart, she can probably figure something out.
I can probably meet up with her somewhere if I'm lucky.
She went up high again and looked down.
The island she was on was connected to bigger one next to it. On the bigger island, there was a more refined looking city compared to the ones on the island she was on or the cities on the same island kilometers away from it. When something looks as refined as that, it represents more wealth and sometimes even power. And whoever had power, must have knowledge, enough knowledge for them to know about her world enough to be responsible for doing such a thing to her town and friends.
With a focused stare, she looked at the impressive city.
That's where I need to go first.
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She made it in a town called Kanalan.
It was a town closest to the edge of the island of the refined city but still the farthest one from it. She couldn't risk walking into town through the main entrance since there might be some security checkpoint she didn't know about. Mystogan didn't tell her jack shit about Edolas aside from 'don't trust people' stuff, so she was literally walking in the dark at this point. The way people functioned in this world was beyond her. She needed to be extra cautious about everything, no exceptions.
Everyone looked relatively normal. No one looked non-human so that was a good thing.
She was wearing black fitted pants, a gray shirt with geometric designs underneath a black hoodie with the hood being half red and half blue, and red sneakers.
From the looks of it, she didn't really stand out much in terms of clothing. There were a few people who dressed in a way she would never see anyone from her world dress while some did. She didn't have to worry about sticking out like a sore thumb.
Karissa reached for her hood and covered her head to hide her face. It just felt necessary to hide when Mystogan told her not to trust people. Obtaining information was her main priority. She couldn't blindly head over to that city unless she knew more about it. She just needed to know a bit more, anything at all about this world instead of being in the dark.
As Karissa weaved through the people, she caught sight of a small library to her left.
Maybe I could learn something about this world while avoiding contact with the people here? It seems like a better option.
All of a sudden, she bumped into someone, causing her to stumble a little with a sharp intake of breath. But then, a firm hand latched on her wrist and pulled her upright.
"Sorry." She quickly uttered, pulling her hand away and walked off.
"Hey, wait. Come back here!"
The library can wait.
Immediately, she sped off and skillfully maneuvered her way through the people without running into them, barely touching them by a hair to avoid collisions. She could hear footsteps racing after her. It made her click her tongue. With a groan, she took a left and ran into an alleyway to try and throw the person off her trail.
"Why are you running away from me?!"
They were persistent.
"Oh, I get it." They laughed. "I like the thrill of a chase."
Wait hold on a second... that voice sounds familiar.
She took a left and then skidded to a stop when she found herself at a dead end. She needed magic to get out of here then. She let out a small eep and jumped when she felt a hand clasped her shoulder firmly. Before she could turn her head, she was turned and pushed back against the wall behind her, and he was going to use her ice to defend herself. But she didn't feel any magic coming from them. Her head was hanging, hiding her face from the person who she already had an idea whose identity was. But she didn't want to stay and confirm it when Mystogan's advice rang in her mind.
"You're such a tease." They chuckled before tilting her head up, making her hood slowly slip off her hood.
Lyon.
He wore a dark blue and yellow jacket, brown pants and black boots. His right ear had a blue earring and a dark gray metal clasp around it. He laughed at her and his right hand slipped down to grasp her shoulder, his index and middle finger each had a black ring. The next thing she knew, he lowered his face and placed his lips on hers, his free hand on her waist. She completely froze and stared at him stupidly while his eyes were closed, trying to reconfigure her brain.
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Hold on...
WAIT A DAMN MINUTE.
WHAT IN THE FUCK?!
Lyon. Lyon was kissing her on the freaking mouth. What the hell was going on here?!
It was only when she felt his tongue poke her mouth did she snap out of it and push him away, her hands shaking from the sudden kiss.
"Eh?" Lyon, lips still puckered, tipped his head in confusion. "What's wrong?"
"THE HELL?! YOU FRIGGIN KISSED ME SO PASSIONATELY OUT OF NO WHERE! THAT'S WHAT'S WRONG!"
Is what she wanted to say.
But only incoherent sounds just slipped and fell out of her mouth. Her vocabulary just deteriorated and evaporated into nothingness at this point. "I... uh... but, what, a... huh?!"
"You not up for doing stuff in the alleyway this time?"
"Um..." her face reddened from the implication.
Man. She just wanted to die now. She will never be able to face Lyon again.
Lyon chuckled and then held cupped her face gently. "When did your hair get longer? And why the hoodie? I can't see my pretty girl properly." he finished with a whisper before bringing his nose close to hers and brushing against it, making her flush from the closeness. She seriously lost all composure. "I don't get it, why did you run?" he pulled away and pouted at her cutely. "Don't tell me people are saying things about me again... Don't listen to them, okay? You're the only one for me, I promise. My flirting days are over."
Oh my god. Lyon is a whole playboy over here.
"Um..."
"Don't tell me Surge said something to you." he asked before clicking his tongue in annoyance and decided, for some reason, to glare at the wall next to them. "Damn overprotective snowball."
Too much information coming in. Lyon? Playboy? Surge? A snowball? What is happening here?!
"But anyway, I really missed you!" Lyon flashed her a happy smile and then wrapped his arms around her, nuzzling his face in the crook of her neck. It made her shiver when she felt his breath. Again. She was stiff. But as she recalled what Mystogan told her, she lifted her arms to wrap them around the strange Lyon.
"I... uh, missed you too."
If I pretend, I can probably learn something from Lyon...
Oh man, this is so embarrassing...!
The stranger version of Lyon pulled away and then reached for her hand, lacing their fingers together, making her heart wonder what the hell was happening, also trying to ask her brain what was up so it could figure out whether to calm her heart rate or increase it.
With her free hand, she touched her lips as she remembered how he suddenly just kissed her seconds ago.
This is crazy!
He said he wanted to treat her to something but not before grabbing her hood and placing it over her head again to hide her face, saying something about how he didn't want the royal army finding her. That alone was enough to make her think that something wasn't right, and that the refined looking city must be where the king was, it would make sense. Only the crown city would look so luxurious compared to other places.
Karissa just followed after him while trying her best to respond to him as casually as she could as his girlfriend after she resolved herself to play pretend for the sake of intel.
He brought her over to a place that looked like some small restaurant. He also insisted that she keep her hood on even though it hid away her eyes much to his annoyance. He even offered to buy her a new sweater but she was quick to turn him down.
Thank god her hood hid her forehead because she was sure as hell that she was sweating from the stress and nervousness combined.
"So," Lyon set his fork down. "What's up with you sneaking around Kanalan?"
"Um," Karissa stopped eating to quickly construct a lie. "I wanted to see something big in the capital." she decided to say after recalling how he said something about how he didn't want the royal army finding her.
"Something big?" Lyon tipped his head while biting his spoon. "Oh, you mean the lacrima?" he grinned.
Lacrima?
"How did you know it was a lacrima?"
Lyon smirked smugly and leaned back in his chair, propping one arm on the backrest. "Lamia Scale is a merchant guild now if you forgot, and info circulates fast in our guild. It's quite hard not to stay updated. I was actually on my way there to see it for myself." He said while waving his spoon around as he explained.
That might help me figure out what happened.
"Can I come with you?" Karissa asked him, hopeful.
This made Lyon blink in surprise. He leaned forward, folding his arms, and gazed at her worriedly. "I don't think that's a good idea... I don't want to get you exposed and arrested by the army."
Damn. Okay. He's protective.
He's not the same Lyon I know, that much I figured out. This is a parallel world. This place is a whole different world from what I know. And this is Lyon from Edolas. He's different. That's probably what Mystogan meant by not trusting familiar faces. That means there must be a version of me over here. I should make use of Lyon while the version of me hasn't appeared yet.
Karissa played with her fingers and pouted, feigning sadness, and looked to the side, away from his eyes. "I wanted to spend more time with you."
God. She felt so embarrassed for saying such a thing!
Her face being red helped her be convincing.
Lyon made a choking sound when he heard the sweet soft voice come from her, making him swoon. With a grin, he got up from his seat and then grabbed her face to plant a smooch on her mouth, shocking her once again. He pulled his mouth away but then caught her upper lip with his lips before backing away, rubbing his forehead against hers, humming pleasantly.
WHAT WAS THAT JUST NOW?!
"Alright, fine, since you're so cute I'll let you come along. But only if you promise not to do anything rash! Okay, babe?"
Babe? Oh dear god.
Karissa plastered the best smile she could manage. "Of course!"
She so wanted to jump out of her chair and scream. The back of her neck felt so hot from being extremely nervous.
Yeah, she was never going to be able to face her Lyon ever again. And could he please, for the love of Zeref, please stop kissing her so suddenly like that! Great, her first kisses as a child and as a young adult was with Lyon.
The bluish silvered haired man pulled away from her and smiled like a happy fool. "It'll be the best business trip. How could it not? I'll have my lovely girlfriend by my side~"
Karissa choked on her water and couldn't stop her face from reddening. Was having a boyfriend meant receiving compliments like this?! She still couldn't get used to all of this.
I better get used to it because he's my ticket to the capital.
"Let's have some dessert!" Lyon announced, turning around in his seat to call over the waiter. "What do you want, Karissa?"
The ice mage peeked at the menu stuck under the glass of the table and saw how they had vanilla ice cream.
"Vanilla ice cream... please."
Lyon glanced over his shoulder to give her a look. "Vanilla? You sure?"
Karissa nodded in reply.
"... Okay then... if you're sure."
Unfortunately for her, they couldn't leave just yet since the hour of the rooster was coming. So, Lyon decided it was best that they retire at an inn before heading out first thing in the morning.
She was not a happy camper.
Because he reserved a single room for both of them.
As Karissa stood at the entrance, watching Lyon stretched his arms and throw off his jacket on some nearby chair, she couldn't help but wish Gray was the one with her right now. He was the only person she dared share a room with because she trusted him so much.
This Lyon? Not so much.
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Karissa stared at the glass window being pelted by the rain. With a gloomy sleep deprived face, she huffed, blowing her hair out of her face. Next to her, Gray inhaled and then opened his eyes when he heard her. He shifted, causing her to look down at him and waited for him to look at her.
"What are you doing...?" he spoke, voice laced with sleep.
"It's raining hard." Karissa said bluntly. "Couldn't sleep."
With squinted eyes, he lifted his head and looked at the window, and sure enough, rain was aggressively hitting the window, making annoying sounds.
It was early in the morning, way too early since the sun didn't even come up yet. They were sharing a hotel bed after finishing their job yesterday. Stupid hotel was asking for too much money for a single room so they decided to just get a single room and be done with it. It was a little out of their comfort zone since they never really slept in the same bed ever since their days with Ur. They were teenagers who were going to sleep in the same bed so it wasn't really okay, but they were both equally tired and just wanted to knock out. Unfortunately, whatever god that was in charge of the weather just threw their head back and laughed, mocking Karissa's desire for sleep, and decided to throw down some harsh rain to piss her off.
He had only his underwear on while she was in a big sweater and loose dark blue sweat pants. Her sister would kill Gray if she saw them now.
"Just try." Gray weakly lifted his hand to try and tug her down after dropping his head back on his pillow. "It's still dark out... and we have to wake up early..." he slurred, eyes closing again.
"But the window is annoying."
With a sigh, he sat up and scrubbed the back of his head sleepily. "Okay... let's just... change places."
If it was going to potentially help her sleep, then she saw no reason to refuse. Without getting off the bed, they padded over to the other's side and got nestled under the blankets while making sure the pillow between them was still there.
Karissa noted how warm it was because of him and nuzzled her face in the pillow. It felt nice and warm.
Gray closed his eyes and rested on his back, slowly falling back to the realm of sleep.
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"... I still can't sleep."
"Karissa." Gray complained.
In the end, they just lied on their sides, facing other, hoping that talking would distract her enough to fall asleep.
Lazily, she reached and ran her fingers in his hair with a soft laugh. "Nice bedhead by the way."
He laughed sleepily. "You look radiant." Gray said sarcastically flicking the hair covering her eye. Her hair was all over the place.
After making fun of each other's appearance, they just started talking about their friends. A fight that Gray had with Natsu because one of them ended up smearing her cake across the table which ended badly when Erza found out. Pandora also almost killed them too when they started fighting in the Sinclost house and almost broke their front door.
"I still don't know that happened." Karissa snickered and tugged her sweater to hide her hands. "I looked away for one second."
Gray closed his eyes and shook his head with a silly grin. "Don't ask. I don't know either. All I remember was Pandora yelling at us." He rolled onto his back and stared up at the ceiling. "... Eight years. I still can't believe it's been that long."
"Hmm..."
"I wonder if Lyon was able to find a place to call home."
He still worried about him since he went off on his own after Ur was gone.
He was grateful he learned about Fairy Tail from the Sinclosts and Ur. He was able to find his way to a new home and reunite with his best friend. He really hoped Lyon found his own home after what happened. Ur would want him to and learn more about the world instead of being trapped in the past.
He didn't realize he was lost in thought until he noticed that Karissa fell silent, he shifted his head to look at her and saw that she had fallen asleep. The rain had actually lessened, making more softer sounds. He picked up the blanket and covered her shoulder before closing his eyes, heading back to the world of dreams.
Unfortunately for him, he couldn't get much sleep after that.
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"... You okay?"
"What do you think?"
Karissa looked away sheepishly from Gray's face that had sleep deprivation written on it.
They were on the way to the train station to catch the first early train.
When they woke up, Gray had a hard time staying awake and operating normally since he was all sleepy. He even walked into the bathroom door once which worried her. Meanwhile, Karissa was perfectly fine, a little sleepy, but still better than Gray.
"I couldn't sleep for the next two hours and just laid there." He groaned, hands rubbing his face to remove sleep from his eyes. He was so close to just sleep walking. "I did sleep but only for twenty minutes at least..."
Karissa gaped. She felt a little bad since it was basically her fault. "Okay, on the bright side, you can sleep all you want on the train and then I'll treat you to lunch when we get back. How does that sound?"
Gray lolled his head in her direction, staring at her with half-lidded eyes. He stretched his jaw and let out a yawn which then made her yawn.
"... Fine. Don't wake me up at all on the train though."
"I promise!" she hugged him to show her slight remorse, causing him to stumble from being a little unstable on his feet. He hear her giggle a little at his grogginess before linking arm arm with his to help him keep up with her. "Happy birthday by the way."
Yeah, he was starting his birthday sleep deprived because of her. Oh well. That's fine though.
"Thanks."
"Sorry you didn't get any sleep."
He sighed. "Don't worry about it..."
The things he does for her.
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Karissa stared out the window of the room.
Lyon had rented a room on one of the highest floors. With him being a merchant, a successful one at that, he was able to buy a lot of things for himself. He was currently in the bathroom while she kept staring at the capital city of Edolas. As nervous as she was about being in a foreign world, her concern for her friends toppled over that nervousness. She really hoped they were safe. While she still had time, she had to come up with some plan, and then tweak it a little after getting some more information from Lyon.
I hope nothing bad happened to them though...
As much as I just want to fly over there... I can't.
When she heard the bathroom door open, she glanced over her shoulder and found Lyon giving her a pleasant smile. He approached her with his hands in his pants' pockets, a bounce in his step. "Whatcha looking at?"
"The capital." She answered, turning her gaze back on it. She heard him hum in response.
An exhale left through her nose as she scratched her cheek. I hope Gray is okay.
"Nothing interesting about that though." He said before suddenly picking her up in his arms, causing her to yelp, and then striding over to the bed to drop her on top ungracefully. She sat up in a panic and then found him crawling over her. She didn't like her current situation at all. With her heart rate increasing, she tried to sit up and get off until he straddled her.
No, no, no, no, no!
"Wait!" Karissa tried to push him off, but his hand instantly grabbed one her left wrist and pinned it to the bed before swiping out a knife and holding it to her throat. Her eyes widened. When she peeked at the knife, she noticed how it was glowing.
She completely let her guard down because she felt like playing the role of his girlfriend would give her the best cover she needed in this world. Turns out, that assumption was wrong.
"Enough." Lyon's tone changed. He no longer sounded loving and fun but serious and dangerous. "Who are you?"
She met his dark eyes and saw him glaring daggers at her. "... I'm Karissa." She replied softly.
"No." he chuckled and shook his head, pressing the knife a bit closer to her throat. "No. I can tell the difference between my love and a fake. You're not her. You're nothing but an imposter. I may not be a mage anymore, but I can still kill you. Now, tell me who you are and you better tell me if you did something to Karissa."
When did he suspect her?
From the start?
Also, he was a mage? He never gave off that vibe.
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Playing pretend is over now.
"And you're not the Lyon I know." Karissa sighed in defeat and relief, finally tired of playing girlfriend with him. A part of her was grateful he figured out that she wasn't really his girlfriend. She was sure that she wouldn't be able to sleep next to this guy without feeling scared about him trying something. Not that he would have been able to, she could easily freeze him on the spot.
"Huh?"
She narrowed her eyes at him and shoved him off of her with a blast of wind that sent him flying off the bed. He all but yelped and landed on his side. When he turned on his back and tried sitting up, he found Karissa standing in front of the bed, a few feet away from him, with her fist in her palm.
To his surprise, she created a short sword made of ice out of no where. Lyon's eyes widened and saw how her demeanor changed to indifference but with silent determination. He quickly scrambled to pick up his knife but she pointed her free hand towards it, making it fly up to her hand with a gust of wind as if it was attracted to it like a magnet then tossed it over her shoulder onto the bed.
Disarmed and helpless. Much better.
"How did you do that...?" Lyon asked, eyes enlarged from the shocking display. "That's impossible."
"It's called magic. I thought that was obvious." Karissa answered nonchalantly. "Anyway, how about I tell you what I know in exchange for information?"
"Information?" Lyon clenched his fist in the floor, narrowing his slanted eyes at her. "What if I refuse?"
"Then your previous questions won't be answered. You will be left in the dark and you won't know what happened to Karissa."
"You...!"
A brief stare off went down between them. Karissa was challenging him while Lyon was trying to see if it was worth it. She knew he would accept because people can do a lot for the sake of their loved ones. In a way, she was in the same position as Lyon. She was doing this to save her loved ones.
"... Fine." Lyon sat up properly, sitting criss cross with his hands resting between his legs. He was still glaring at her.
Karissa flipped her short ice sword and sat down on the bed, satisfied with his answer. "Whatever I tell you is all true, but whether you believe me or not is completely up to you."
Yooo... when I found out through the anime that Edolas Lyon was a flirt (idk if it's really canon though). I was like: "I gotta write Edolas Lyon." I couldn't find any canon information about him through the manga except on wiki that said he was also in love with Edolas Juvia. So, I made him the guy who used to be a flirt but fell in love with that one girl and decided to stay with her forever.
This arc won't be long, I'll wrap it up in one more chapter that's coming out pretty soon.