Here we're, the 2nd Nightmare!
Must not let my inspiration to go to waste.
I really hope this new book can surpass the previous one.
Since it's the continuation after all D:
Elsword: And we also got a new mascot.
Ignia: I'm the mascot!? Yippieee!
Karis: Urrgghh...
*Looked like she's going to cry and bit her own cloth*
Now, Let the fairy tale begin.
The 2nd Nightmare
-Previous Nightmare-
Elsword and Karis are shopping for new clothes.
But during their shopping Elsword bumped to Ignia, the cute pink haired girl that looked younger than him 3 years.
Due to her affection toward Elsword she's getting too close with Elsword that Karis mistook it as he's in love with little girl like Ignia.
Elsword facepalmed and wonder what will happen next.
Karis' POV
Stupid Elsword Stupid Elsword Stupid Elsword!
What's so special from that little girl!?
To think that he will let stranger hug him, he's really the biggest idiot!
...
What's going on with me...
Why I'm so worked up?
Ever since I'm no longer a succubus my feeling's a bit weird.
I'm now easier to get angry.
Just what's wrong with me?
It's just a hug, we even did something more intimate than that.
We... Did take a bath together...
Unnggghhh...!
My face's burning.
I can feel my face's really red now.
That's right!
We're more than that!
No need to get so worked up over small detail!
I need to apologize properly to him!
Elsword's POV
I wonder if Karis' still angry.
In the end I bringed Ignia with us.
Since she's alone and doesn't have any family here it would be best if I take care of her.
When I asked where are her parents she said she want to live independently so she ran away from her home, I feel sorry for her parents.
She's most likely 14 years old.
Since her chest aren't too well developed. (Unlike Karis')
But it should be rude to judge a girl's age by their bust size.
So I erased that rude thought.
"Hey, Ignia."
"Yes, onii-chan?"
"Onii... Chan?"
"Oh, sorry big brother! that's how people in Ranox call their older brother."
"... Fine the, you can call me anything you're comfortable with."
"Yeay! Onii-chan's so kind!"
She hugged me again.
She's really cute and I already started to feel like she's my little sister.
"How old are you, Ignia?"
She smiles and grinned.
"I'm 14 years old!"
I have a talent to be a detective.
Well that's just a joke, I'm just guessing a random numbers after all.
"Really? I think girls your age should study first."
"No! The shrine's so strict that I'm sick of it!"
Shrine?
Is she a priestess in training?
"Umm... Ignia, are you by any chance a priestess in training?"
"Huh? No, I'm the priestess herself. The Priestess of Fire."
She tilted her head just like it's the normal thing.
"WHAT-!? YOU'RE A PRIESTESS?! THEN IT'S REALLY A BIG TROUBLE IF YOU LEFT THE SHRINE!"
"Onii-chan! My ears hurts!"
Looks like I pulled her ears a bit too strong I guess.
But I need to discipline this girl.
A priestesses needs to maintain the shrine properly so that they can give people in the village their blessings.
Losing a priestess means the shrine's going to close.
This is not a simple matter!
"However, you still need to go back to Ranox. I bet all of your family are desperately trying to find you now."
For some reason Ignia looked down.
"My family... Wouldn't care."
"What do you mean?"
She started to tell me her past.
"My family is the shrine's protector. We've protect the village and the shrine for 1000 years, in our shrine normally only 1 chosen child for every generation will be the Priestess. However, in this generation, we got 2 chosen children."
I've heard that rumor too, Only 1 Priestess that will be born every generation.
This is also the first time I heard there are 2 chosen Priestess.
Looks like this is not a matter that I can comprehend well.
"Aside from the, there's another Priestess called Anundran, The Wind Priestess. Unlike me, the Priestess of Fire that held destructive power, Anundran held a blessing power for the village, hence, I'm no longer needed and being kept inside the shrine like a prison."
Priestess are unable to leave the shrine no matter what, but Ignia seemed to managed to escape from the shrine keeper.
Judging from their current situation I can understand why she said no one will care for her.
"Anundran by any chance, is my younger sister."
"I see, I see, WHAT!?"
Younger sister!?
If she said she's her cousin I can understand, but 2 Priestesses borned from the same parent!?
That's kind of unbelievable! But Ignia doesn't seem to joke about it.
"Since my power is destructive the villagers are afraid of me, but 3 years later my younger sister borned and her power is much gentler than mine. Hence, they chose Anundran rather than me."
A Priestess that's rejected by her believers.
Her eyes are teary.
I can't imagine how painful it was to her.
"You don't need to say anything anymore."
I hugged her to my chest and comfort her like my own little sister.
If no one will accept you, it's fine.
I will be your family.
I can't say that directly, it's too embarrassing in a sense.
"Onii-chan... Thank you..."
She cried and hugged me tightly.
...
Now that I think about it.
Even though she's still so young she's still a girl!
Her body's too soft!
Calm down, me!
She's your little sister! Don't think anything funny!
"Onii-chan? Why are you trembling?"
She looked at me worriedly.
"No... I'm just trying to strengthen my will power."
She tilted her head in confusion.
She's an innocent girl, I can't dirty her mind!
"I see..."
She hugged me again.
By the way I'm starting to wonder, did her parents used to hug her like this?
She looked like she's unwilling to let go, did she really want a hug that bad?
Thinking about that I finally can calm down.
Just when I'm about to sigh in relief because I finally can calm down-
*WHACK*
"OUUCHH!"
A very hard slap hit my head.
It hurts so much!
"Idiot! How long are you going to hug her!?"
K-Karis!?
She misunderstood this again!
"W-Wait! Hear my story first!"
"I don't want to hear anything from you, TRAITOR!"
Just when she's about the hit me again-
"Don't hurt onii-chan."
Ignia, she summoned her spear, unlike Harza or Ara's, her spear have a burning blade.
She's a Fire Priestess after all.
She used the spear to block Karis' attack.
"W-Who are you?"
Karis who's dumbfounded by the sudden change of situation was bewildered by the spear's sudden appearance, she should already understood that Ignia's not a normal human.
"My name's Ignia, The Fire Priestess."
Unlike her usual carefree tone, Ignia's tone turned serious and her hair...
Changed color to Burning Red.
I found that her Burning Red colored hair's even redder than Karis' scarlet colored one.
Since Ignia's facing the other side I can't see her face.
But Karis looked like she's afraid of Ignia.
What's so horrible from this cute girl's face?
"Ignia."
"What is it, onii-chan?"
She looked toward me, her usual gentle eyes turned into sharp yellow colored eyes.
No wonder Karis' afraid, she looked like a predator who've finally found her prey.
"Calm down, she's my friend."
"But she hit onii-chan just now."
"That's because-"
I look at her, Karis' giving signal;
I will kill you if you say anything strange!
"She's my girlfriend, so she's jealous of you getting near me."
"WHA-!?"
Here comes the infamous instant color change.
"... Really?"
I patted Ignia's head.
"It's true, but you don't have to worry, she's not really that dangerous, so put away your weapon. It's bad if someone were to saw this."
I smiled gently at her.
She nodded.
"I understand."
She returned to her usual cute girl form.
"I'm sorry onee-chan, I thought you want to hurt onii-chan."
"Onee- what?"
"Onee-chan is how Ranox people call their older sister, since you're onii-chan's girlfriend that means you're my sister."
Ignia smiles innocently.
"W-Wait here!"
While Karis' face is burning with embarrassment she pulled me to a nearby tree.
"What mess are you making again now, Elsword!?"
She hissed, but her face's clearly expressed her embarrassment.
She looked so cute.
"If I didn't said it I bet Ignia will turns you into cinders, that's why I need to chose a clear and acceptable words- Ouch!"
She hit my head again.
"But why girlfriend!? We're not dating, you know!"
"J-Just play along with it, or Ignia might get out of control like that again..."
She still haven't catch my meaning.
I did that to protect her.
"-Just who is she to you anyway?"
She asked that question while facing away.
"She's just like my little sister, no more no less."
I answered her honestly.
That's truly what I felt toward Ignia.
I see a slight of smile from her lips.
"I see. Okay, let's go. She's waiting."
For some reason she's not angry anymore, I really don't understand women, what's with that amazing mood swing...
"Sorry to keep you waiting, you're Ignia, right?"
Karis asked her.
"Yes, what's your name, Onee-chan?"
Ignia smiles at her.
She's not showing any hostility toward her anymore.
"My name's Karis, nice to meet you, Ignia."
She shook Ignia's hand.
"...! Onee-chan! You're not having a pulse! And you're not a human!"
She's not priestess for nothing, just from touching she can feel others' pulse and recognized if that someone's human or not.
"Oh, you're right. I'm an Ex-Succubus. But now I'm a half zombie."
She smiled at Ignia.
In a malicious way.
"Kyaaa!"
Ignia ran behind me and hide like a kitten.
"Karis, you're scaring her."
"I'm sorry, but she's just so cute to hide behind you like that!"
Didn't you remember you also did the same before.
"O-Onii-chan, let's run... She will eat our brains!"
Ignia, you watched too much horror movies.
"Don't worry, she's eating like normal human too, so you don't need to be afraid. Just treat her like a human with no pulse."
I patted Ignia's head trying to comfort her.
She cling to me even tighter.
For some reason Karis' pouting.
Just what's your problem, Karis?
The Camp
We head back to the camp.
Harza immediately jumped from her seat and hugged Ignia the moment she saw her face and go; SO CUTEEEE! All the way with Ignia.
Vara on the other hand's reading her book like usual.
I wonder where did she get those books, I never seen it anywhere.
"I'm going to take a bath, you all can eat first."
"I want to bath with Onii-chan too!"
"Nooo. You're going to bath with me."
"KYAAAA! Save me, onii-chan! Harza onee-chan's scary!"
Brace yourself, Ignia.
Harza's a monster when she's with cute things.
"Are you going to bath, Elsword?"
"Yes, want to join, Karis?"
"W-! Pervert!"
She kick my hip.
But it's not a hostile kick, just a friendly kick.
"Hahaha, I'm sorry. Just joking."
Then I head toward the hot spring that happened to be near.
"Ahhh- It felt so good to be alive..."
I submerged myself in the bath.
The hot spring's the best when you're tired.
I felt a bit sleepy.
I closed my eyes and fell asleep.
Karis' POV
I-I'm not a pervert...
I'm just feeling that I want to bath too.
So I wrapped myself in a towel and enter the hot spring.
Elsword's sleeping.
I need to take a good care of him so that he won't faint.
Sleeping in hot spring's quite dangerous, your body temperature might get too high.
I sat beside him while covering my body.
He's so cute...
I poke his cheek.
I remembered 5 years ago.
He's still a brat who can't even fight without his sister.
To think that he will change so much just in 5 years is quite an interesting topic.
Normally you would need a long time change.
But maybe he just already passed many hardships that he managed to became like this.
"... You've had it hard, didn't you?"
I caressed his cheek.
His cheek's soft.
I thought boy's skin are tough.
My cheek's starting to get red.
I touch his chest.
So hard...
Boys are like this...
I never touch male's body before.
My deceased parents used to tell me to mate when I reached 12 years old.
That's ridiculous, why I need to mate so early?
Now both my and Elsword's age is 17.
According to human world's rule once you reached 18 years old you can get married.
Again, my cheeks turn red.
W-What I'm thinking!?
It's not like that!
"... Ugh..."
Oh no!
Is he awake?!
...
Looks like he's not awake yet.
Thank goodness.
It might be awkward if he found me in bath with him.
What if he assault me here...
KYAAAA!
Stop thinking anything weird!
...
I turned to look at something behind me.
"Who's there? Show yourself."
I turned hostile toward someone I don't know.
"... You found me."
That voice.
No, it's impossible.
Because...
"Karis, the Succubus Queen. Oh, but you're no longer a succubus."
She's already... Dead.
Her purple hair flowing down gently.
She wear a white holy-looking jacket with hoodie.
Her slender legs are exposed.
She tied her hair into two low twin tail.
"What are you doing with Els, at times like this?"
She smiled gently, but gives a clear sense of hostility.
She's... Aisha, the Elemental Master who should've been killed by Chung that time.
The 2nd Nightmare End
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Ignia: Who's that purple onee-chan?
Vara. (Lol)