71 Kamoshida Palace Raid Part 2 (1/2)

After a few minutes of getting berated, Axel was finally able to explain who Stella was. Needless to say, Ann got embarrassed very quickly when she learned that Stella was a familiar.

Though, her embarrassment turned to anger when Stella seductively said she was aiming for Axel's heart.

Akira and Ryuji just decided to become one with the air at that point while Morgana was trying to wrap his head around Stella having a human appearance while he looks like a cat mascot.

I mean, he really looked depressed as he absent-mindedly muttered about the world being unfair. Ignoring everyone else, Stella waltz over to Axel and silently sat on his lap.

Axel twitched, feeling her hands run over his body as she whispered, ”Messing with people is so fun~.”

Muffling a groan, Axel rolled his eyes and sighed, ”Stella… please don't joke around like this. It's... kind of uncomfortable.”

Suddenly, Stella's eyes turned serious as she leaned back. Her hands grabbed hold of Axel's face, forcing him to look her in the eyes as she said, ”I might be messing with them but I'm completely serious about my claim.”

Chuckling at Axel's shocked look, Stella continued, ”I literally can't have anyone else for a partner but you. I am a familiar, your familiar. And we share a connection far deeper than you realise.”

”But-” Axel tried to speak, but Stella cut him off as she placed a finger against his lips and smiled, ”I was fully prepared for what becoming a familiar entrailed. When we return 'home', try asking Olivia about the basics of having a familiar.”

He could only nod as Stella smiled and pecked him on the cheek. Her smile only grew when Axel blushed.

Sadly, the moment was destined to be ruined as Ann growled and yanked the two apart.

”I don't mind you two having a relationship… just not now. I still need time to process this and I'd like it if we just focused on the palace. It's bad enough that you slept with Sae-san.” Growled Ann, glaring at Axel.

Stella hissed in annoyance, her eyes becoming slits while Axel sheepishly nodded. Her glared softened slightly as she huffed, ”You're lucky your cute, Axel.”

A small yelp escaped Axel's mouth as Ann roughly smacked his behind before walking over to the scaffolding next to the door. The guys all turned to each other and blinked before following behind her like baby ducks.

Thankfully, Morgana and Akira had mapped out a quick and easy way to get to the treasure room. It took alot, and I mean ALOT of preparation just to open up the way.

Akira, along with Axel and Ryuji, had to manually move some obstacles as well as lower the chandeliers in the main entrance. It took hours of working inside the metaverse as well as in reality.

But it was all worth it. The shortcut literally cut 20 minutes off of their original time, which boarder on 50 minutes.

After a few minutes and an impressive display of pakour skills, the Phantom Thieves made it to the the last obstacle in their way. The rooftop.

The rooftops always seemed to be crawling with extremely hard enemies. Heck, the first time the made it to the roof, Akira almost ended up getting killed.

Luckily, Ryuji had managed to find away to spilt all the enemies up. Axel signalled Ryuji with his hand and nodded. The blonde smirked under his mask as he stealthily hid into the shadows, the others slowly following behind him.

Contrary to those who know him, Ryuji was actually quite observant, even though his mouth spat out words before his brain could even think.

He had noticed that the shadows would sometimes box themselves into a small corner, completely out of view of the other shadows. From there, it was relatively simple.

*RIIIP!!!*

All they had to do was gang up on the unsuspecting shadow and beat the shit out of him before moving onto the next.

”Arsene!”

”Captain Kidd!”

”Zorro!”

”Mordred!”

Before the shadow could make a sound, a barrage of attacks landed on the shadows before finally converting it to one of Mordred's knights.

Axel couldn't help but chuckle to himself when it came to Mordred's ability. He discovered that Mordred's ability worked kind of like the pokémon system.

The less health a shadow had, the higher chance he had to convert them. Shaking his head, Axel noticed that everyone was waiting for his orders.