Orph swung his sword as fast as he could, which Ban dodged quite easily and countered by laughing at his face.

“Is that all you got kid?”, she smirked and looked down on Orph.

Orph didn’t fall for her taunts and didn’t miss a beat, constantly attacked Ban, she could dodge most of them, but the intensity of the attacks kept increasing and with her injuries not fully healed, she had no choice but to counterattack.

Ban groaned, “If only it weren’t...”, she shot daggers at Orph through her eyes, “Looks like I can’t play for you any longer.”, she laughed.

“Why do you laugh so much?”, said Orph trying his best to grab Ban.

Ban moved back, “A little too eager to touch me there...”, she smirked.

Orph groaned and grasped his fist tightly. “Why are you running away?”, he asked and smirked.

“A person must know when to retreat”, she smiled, “I’m teaching you so many life lessons...”, she laughed and threw knives straight at Orph, “Even if those life lessons come at the end of your life.”

Orph dodged the knives as they barely scraped by his skin.

“You know...”, Ban lunged at him, as he backed away. She ignored him and picked up her knives instead, “...If only I had an ability which could control these knives...”, as she started to play with them and looked at Orph.

She shrugged, “Kind of like you, ability user.”

“I know what your abilities are... you couldn’t have made it more obvious.”, she added and laughed.

“Keep guessing.”

“Oh, I will!”, she started to walk here and there, pondering.

“It has something to do with heat... and...”, she looked Orph, straight in his eyes and stopped walking, “Something to do with touch...”

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Orph started to laugh, “Alright, if you say so.”, he replied.

“Oh? You know that I’m right!”

“I’m sure you think-”, said Orph, as he got interrupted by Ban throwing a knife straight at his face, which is barely dodged again.

“Another life lesson, kid.”, she smiled, “Never trust anyone-”

“I don’t trust you!”, Orph closed the gap between them, “I have never trusted you!”, he screamed as one of his attacks managed to cut Ban.

Ban revolted back in pain. The pain added up with her past injuries. "The wounds... they are not fully healed...", she thought to herself.

“Not laughing anymore?”, Orph smirked.

Ban sighed, “I feel like this lesson is very one-sided...”, she took out her roped daggers and started to spin them around.

“I need you to give me some information in exchange for the life lessons... Just one for the price of two!”, she added.

“It’s practically the best deal you’re ever going to get!”, she laughed.

Orph pondered for a second, “Let me think about it...”

“Sure, take your time!”, Ban laughed.

“Wait, I got a better idea! Why don’t you figure it out yourself!”, Orph added and laughed.

As soon as she heard that, Ban threw many of her knives at Orph who parried all of them, “You’re getting quite predictable...”, he smiled as he pointed his sword right back at her, “Did you get scared of Dave? Is that why you’re here?”, he laughed.

Deep down she knew that he was correct, but she couldn't bring herself to accept it. All she could see at that very moment was rage. Rage at herself and above all, rage against Orph who was hitting her where it hurt.

“Why...you...”, Ban tried to throw her daggers at Orph, hoping to whip him, but Orph dodged them and even managed to catch one of the ropes.

“Leave it!”, Ban screamed.

“Wait...”, Orph used his abilities to burn the rope to dust, “There you go!”, he smiled.

“Argh!”, Ban whipped her other dagger attached to a rope straight at Orph, this time it managed to catch Orph’s sword.

Ban laughed, “HA! This is what happens when children-” before she could finish what she was going to say, Orph let go of his sword.

“What-”, Ban got confused as she tried to make some distance between them. But it was too late, Orph with the added momentum was able to get close enough to her. He managed to touch one of her hands and grabbed it with his full force. “Your laugh was annoying, very annoying...”, he smiled, “I have waited a long time for this...and I’m going to enjoy this!”

Ban tried to free her hands, she tried to go backward, pushing Orph away, she even took out her knives, but it was too late. Orph had already activated his ability.

“Hot!”, thought Ban as her entire body started to burn.

Orph groaned and let go of a half-dead Ban’s hand and fell to the ground as he sighed in relief.

“It’s over... I hope you’re safe John...”

“Dit...”, Ban murmured to herself, barely getting the words out of her mouth.

“Do you want to try that again?"