239 Cold War 1 (1/2)
Then, without hesitation, her brother grabbed the ball and squeezed it as if it was a stress ball.
”You look tasty,” Wixx said bluntly, then he licked his lower lip as if he was starving. ”I wonder how a ball of flame and ice would taste like.”
Oh, god.
Her children obviously shuddered at what their uncle said.
”M-Mom, does Uncle eat flames and spirits?” Winter asked in a shocked tone. ”That sounds gross.”
Julian just nodded in agreement.
On the other hand, Kiho stifled his laughter as if he found Wixx amusing.
She wasn't amused though.
”Brother, what do you think you're doing?” Tilly snarled at her brother. ”This isn't the right time for games.”
”I'm not playing around,” Wixx said coldly without even turning to her. ”This isn't a spirit. This is just a mere lump of Mana with a communication device inside. Once the caller on the other end of the line hang up on you, this will self-destruct. Judging by the amount of Mana infused in this device, I'm pretty sure that this is strong enough to blow up your mansion. Obviously, we'll survive from a petty attack like this. But I don't think we'd have the time to save your servants.”
She was shocked to hear that.
Even Kiho went rigid and like her, he definitely didn't feel what Wixx had felt inside the ball of blue blame.
”As expected of the Red Phoenix,” Garnet Nystrom, who fell silent as soon as Wixx appeared, finally broke his silence. ”How did you know what is inside this ball? I thought I hid the communication device that also serves as a bomb well.”
”I'm very sensitive,” the Red Phoenix said. ”I'm very sensitive when it comes to my precious little sister. So no matter how well you hide your ill-intention towards her, I will feel it. No one is allowed to have malice towards her, you hear me?”
Her face turned red from embarrassment. ”Brother, stop it.”
”Brother Julian, Brother Flint, Dad is glaring at Uncle Wixx,” Winter ”whispered” to Julian. ”He's probably seething with jealousy.”
Julian nodded in agreement. ”Yes.”
Flint, on the other hand, scoffed. ”Brother Rival hasn't changed at all.”
She just let out a frustrated sigh while shaking her head.
”I didn't intend to hurt the Supreme,” the North King denied. ”I know that she'd survive my puny attack. It was supposed to be a greeting for you, Lord Winchell. Had my plan succeeded, I would have turned the victims into my ice puppets and give them to you as a gift.”
The Red Phoenix smirked. ”Let me guess. You were supposed to claim that you attacked the mansion to spite me.”
”You're a murderer!”
”And so are you,” her brother snapped back. ”Now, stop making me talk to a stupid lump of flame.”
Wong and Kelsi could only shake their heads.
Crazy, Tilly thought to herself. My brother is crazy.
She was distracted when she heard a loud bang inside Wixx's stomach. Of course, she got worried. But when she saw that her brother didn't even blink, she realized that the explosion didn't hurt him in any way.
Well, he's not using a real human body…
The Red Phoenix went rigid for a while, and then, he burped a little too loudly. ”It tastes bland,” he said, then he turned to her. ”Let's go, Tilly.”
Tilly's brows furrowed in confusion. ”Where?”
”To the North,” Wixx said bluntly. ”You declared a war to the North King, didn't you?”
***
LUNA ran as fast as she could despite the difficulty in doing so because of the snow-covered ground just to chase after Lord Prescott.
She had to. After all, she promised Tilly that she would bring back Lord Prescott's body to her. Even though the former duke had already turned into an ”ice puppet,” she knew that it was still her duty to bring him home to his daughter.
Tilly, I know that you'll be hurt to see your father in this state. But I also know that you'd rather let him rest in peace than to see him continue suffer as an ice puppet.
”Is that a new face I see?”
She was surprised when all of a sudden, she found herself unable to move. When she looked down at her legs, she saw several ”snowballs” attached to them. Of course, they couldn't be ordinary snowballs because they suddenly felt heavy.
Heavy enough to literally pull her down until the snow-covered ground literally swallowed her up to her hips. She tried to get up but she couldn't move.
”I have been chasing the intruders of our land for the past five years,” said the stranger who squatted in front of him. ”But this is the first time that I saw a witch in their group.”
She raised her head and got a little surprise at the face that greeted her.
Silver hair tied in a man bun, red eyes glowing menacingly, and skin as pale as the snow.
A Moonchester… ah, no. Kalel had those traits too so they must be Duke Nystrom's descendant.
”Pink eyes!” the stranger said in delight. ”Wow. This is the first time I saw pink eyes,” he said with a smirk, then he pinched her chin. ”I like them. Can I have your eyes?”
She raised her hand and slapped the rude guy on the face.
But of course, she didn't use bare strength. She infused a spell to her hand to make it twenty times stronger than an average Mana user. But despite that, the rude Nystrom didn't receive any damage beside a lip cut.
Dammit!
She tried to summon more of her powers but nothing came out. And that was when she realized why the snowballs that were attached to her legs a while ago suddenly got heavy.
They absorbed my powers!