Chapter VIII
"P-Please just kill me in your heart's content now!" Nigel's suggestion only earned a giggle from the two.
"We are not that stupid, fairy boy. Where is the fun in that?" Mature said sweetly.
Nigel is sure it is pointless for him to try to change these demon women's mind. He called his nephew who was looking melancholic in a corner. His face was turned but Nigel knows he can hear him. This is worth a shot. He can't bear it if something happens to Cassandra and Maria.
"R-Raphael, I know you are a good young man please just escape right now, leave me here. C-Call Bathala, but first... i-intercept Maria and Cassandra t-they must be..."
"Uncle..." Nigel saw a very different Raphael. He was broken. There was this poignant expression in his face. Somehow Nigel felt pity, it was a look that does not care anymore of living. Oh, Superior Being are you aware of this? This is what caused of the malice you did, you being the leader of all good is questionable.
"Y-you are the reason why Yagami and Cassandra met!" Raphael angrily shouted at him "If-If you did not forced her t-to come here she would not had..."
"It was Bathala's idea!" Nigel confessed to Raphael. "He approached Rose Bernstein and asked for his granddaughter to try her powers against KOF teams!" Nigel stopped and realized he said too much, but now it is too late.
Raphael's left eye twitched in a building rage. He shouted back at Nigel,
"All of you are traitors!" there is a hint of pain in his voice. Raphael was too shaken though to see Nigel's sympathy toward him. Nigel called his name but he did not heard him. "You, auntie, Cassandra, especially Bathala you all betrayed me!" The windows of the inn shook on Raphael s fury. Nigel felt a hand grip his throat. He was looking at a very enraged Raphael his eyes are glowing. His other hand made a fist and was about to punch him but Vice held his arm.
"Not so fast, handsome." She grinned enjoying the scene. "We'll give you the pleasure to beat your uncle black and blue once Yagami arrives here"