Chapter 10 (1/2)

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The shrill scream did alert Monisa that something was wrong. Likewise, Fiana started at the sound and realized the compromising position she was in. Quickly rectifying her mistake, she turned to give Monisa a smile. “Didn't suppose this fellow was a ma.s.sive pervert, did you?”

Monisa ignored her in favor of rus.h.i.+ng out the room to check up on the real Elric. Opening the door with hurried concern, she stepped inside and was relieved to see him sleeping comfortably in his bed.

Fiana meandered into the room after her. “Where's Siren?” She asked after making sure Elric was still there on the bed. “I figured with her personality she'd run into this room to beat him into the ground.”

Though Monisa said nothing, she agreed with Fiana deep in her mind. Was she still unable to guess how her friend might react after this many years?

For a while, neither side was able to come up with a good explanation. Then came the grinding sound. The two immediately dashed out from the room to rush for the kitchen.

Barging through the door, the two came to an immediate stop when they saw Siren standing there with a cleaver in her hand.

“What are you doing, Siren?” Fiana asked.

“What? You can't tell?” Siren snarled.

The claw hammer used normally to tenderize beef was taken off its hook and into Siren's hand. She weighed it carefully before nodding her head in satisfaction. “Good, good. This has weight to it. I'll flatten that pervert into a meatcake!” Siren slipped the hammer onto her belt and brushed her way past Monisa and Fiana.

Quickly, the two ran after her and managed to grab hold of both sides of her waist.

“Let—let go of me! I'll beat him! I'll flatten him! I'll turn him into mincemeat! I'll exact justice on him! Today, a s.e.x fiend will be exorcised! Let go! I'll kill that demon! I'll neuter him! He—I'll—he dies today! I'm telling you—let go of me! I'm going to kill him! I'm going to chop him to pieces!” Siren exploded with rage, brandis.h.i.+ng the weapons in her hands as she struggled.

Kicked five times and stepped on thrice, Monisa held on for dear life to her friend. Letting go of Siren would most certainly lead to Elric being turned into fertilizer. Though she didn't feel as sorry for him as before. Not after witnessing such a filthy imagination. Still, that didn't mean she wanted someone to die in her establishment. And if word were to spread that someone as famous as Elric died in her establishment, then the entire spy network she took years to establish would go up in flames. A result where all her hard work would vanish into thin air was most certainly not the result she wanted.

It was also hard to imagine that such a delicate woman like Siren would somehow have this much strength and endurance to her.

Through herculean efforts, Monisa and Fiana managed to finally disarm Siren of her hammer and cleaver. Though Siren was much weaker and younger than they were, the two were surprisingly fatigued and sweaty after expending so much effort to stop the girl in between them.

“What do we do? We can't hold onto her forever.” Monisa asked in between gulps of air.

“What else can we do? Just look at her, still plan on letting her go?” Fiana fired back. She was just as tired as her.

“……”

Monisa fell silent at this. Her friend had a point.

An eternity went by by the time Siren grew calm. Eyeing her two companions, she spoke with a tone as cold as the tundra:

“Let go of me.”

“No can do. You'll go crazy the moment we do.” Fiana refused. She had no desire or strength to capture Siren a second time.

“I said let go, I've calmed down already.”

“I think for insurance sake, we'll keep you sandwiched in between. You won't cause any trouble that way.” Monisa replied from the other side.

“How long do you plan on doing that? I doubt anyone would be able to stop me if I wanted revenge later.” Replied Siren.

The two of them understood her quite well. Siren was the type of person to hold grudges. Any person that ticked her off would forever be hounded by her. That was why anyone that knew her would never dare to get on her bad side.

Fiana laughed, “Revenge? For what? You didn't lose anything.”

“I—didn't you see how that demon treated me in his dreamscape? Am I not justified to take revenge for that?” Sputtered Siren.