Aiyana and Axel stared at each other until she broke the tense silence with a sweet smile. "Nice to meet--"

"Why did you get in my way?" Axel interrupted, putting an expressionless face. Aiyana froze her smile, completely dumbfounded.

"I just wanted to stop-" Her eyes trailed towards his scythe. "You have a demon familiar?"

He let out an icy cold stare, "Don't ask me questions like you know me, dumbass." Aiyana backed up a bit and looked down, avoiding eye contact now. "Sorry...I didn't mean to."

Celeste snarled, floating beside Aiyana. "What a jerk! Ai, are you okay?" She asked but Aiyana still looked at the ground, dispelling her duo katanas. Celeste quickly grew frustrated and pointed at Axel. "How could you make someone sad after they helped you?!" Shouting loudly, Axel cringed and started to walk away.

"She made herself sad," Axel slowly stopped after walking a bit of a distance. "Aren't demon familiars suppose to teach them to suck it up? It's her fault." He looked at the tawny brown hair girl the same way.

"YOU-!"

"That's enough."

Aiyana, Axel, Celeste, and Nerhu glanced at the ever-so-serious Jessica. "Axel, shut up," Jessica commanded, walking towards them. "Can't you see her feeling are sensitive?"

"Too sensitive," Axel mumbled as Jessica quickly did an uppercut on him. He flew up in the air, coughing up blood. "I told you to shut up."

Nerhu jumped up a bit high in the air and caught him. "Hm."

Jessica rolled her eyes then smiled at Aiyana.

"Sorry about him--" She paused, now looking at Celeste. "I see you have a familiar....what type is it?" Aiyana and Celeste gave the same clueless look. "Type?" They obviously haven't learned about it yet. Right when they'd said that, Nerhu landed on the solid concrete ground. Reana stopped twirling beside Jessica then laughed.

"Woooow! That's the first, haha!"

"Not only sensitive but stupid too?" Axel wipes the blood on his mouth with his sleeves.

"You're never going listen, huh?" Jessica scoffed.

Reana skipped around them, smiling endearingly. "I can tell them!" Jessica smiled a tiny bit, "thank you, Reana."

She clasped her hands together, extremely happy to be praised by her owner.

'Something isn't right with this girl, Celeste and Nerhu thought in unison.

"Okay, first, there are five types of demon familiars in this world," Reana ignored their mean thoughts and continued. "First is the summoning type! The most common since their purpose is to save/protect you! Second on is commanding, which is self-explanatory. Third is healing which is for people that are gifted. Fourth is battle. They're most useful, but in battle mode, they can't use powers, only skill. Lastly is the Knowledge Beaker that is skilled in magic but the weakest."

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Once she stopped skipping, she faced Aiyana and Celeste. "For example, I'm the commanding familiar so my host controls me! Anyone who has a familiar knows that!"

"I was homeschooled, ma'am," Aiyana shyly spoke, feeling a slight stab in her chest when Reana said that. Celeste didn't say anything but stared at the Queen. She was still in shock.

'This is strange...first the close-related seizure then the unexpected Artificial? Maybe a tainted demon...-no. I doubt it.' Celeste landed her feet on the ground. 'Whatever, this is new.'

"Homeschool, huh? Whoever taught you how to fight must be talented," Jessica smirked, having an idea. "...What's your name?" Aiyana felt a bit unsure to tell her name to a person she just met. "Aiyana. Aiyana Mariotthe."

Celeste grew even more suspicious while the guys raised a brow. "What the heck is she planning?" Axel mumbled under his breath.

Jessica pulled out a silver star necklace from her leather belt pocket. Reana and Axel knew that necklace all too well. "Are you serious?!" Axel groaned at the sight of this scene. Reana only frowned a bit at this. They both thought it was a bad idea already. Jessica wrapped the simple yet shiny star necklace around Aiyana's neck with a warm smile. "Nice to meet you, Ms. Mariotthe. I'm the third of the ninth in the Imperial Knights, Jessica Zalore."

She looks nice...I guess, Aiyana thought, but should I trust her?

"Nice to meet you too, Ms. Zalore." Aiyana grew a smile on her face until Reana pulled the snowflake clip that held her bangs. "My clip--"

Celeste grabbed the clip immediately with a frown. "Would you stop messing my 'Host' hair up? I combed it all day!"

Reana's dark brown eyes glanced at Celeste with the same happy expression. "Sorry! I just thought her hair was too long!" Aiyana squirmed a bit, trying to adjust her hair without the clip. Of course, it didn't work, however. "U-Um."

"I can't believe you haven't cut it! It's so long that you can be Repunzel's baby sister!" Losing Aiyana's long french braid, Reana started to redo her hair in a focused manner. Aiyana gave up quickly and just stood still at this awkward moment. Celeste ran her fingers through her own hair while holding the clip in the other hand.

"Queen Exila, are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere?" Jessica turned behind to see the flabbergasted woman. "My Queen?" Queen Exila snapped out of her inner thoughts and went back to reality. "Y-Yes," her lovely blue eyes trailed at Axel, "just fine."

Axel looked away quickly from her gaze and lightly touched his chest. Nerhu stared at Axel for a moment, calmly. "Already falling in love?" He joked but in anyone's case, it sounded nothing like comedy.

"Hell no, but-" Axel looked at the ground, feeling a bit tense than usual. "My chest suddenly hurts like a heart attack or maybe a seizure." Nerhu looked a bit unsettled at that last part then looked away. "Must have had a normal human reaction." His dark purple eyes made eye contact with Celeste's black eyes, both frowning a bit. "...."

"Aaaand done!" Reana moved away from Aiyana, showing off her hair skill. Celeste broke the staring contest and looked at Aiyana. Her usually long side-swept bangs turned shorter so it won't cover her eyes. The rest of her hair went to the right side of her head in a  large braid. 

"Woah, not bad," Jessica praised a bit, which made Reana easily overjoyed."Thank you, Jessica!"

Walking over to Aiyana, Celeste put the snowflake clip on the left side of her head. "It's nice, I guess," Celeste refused to say that it actually suits her. That would be the same as saying "you're better than me" in her sense. 

"Than-"

"Sorry to interrupt the girly greeting and all crap but your Highness is waiting for you, Jess," Axel spoke up bluntly at the knight. Jessica looked at Axel and Nerhu while Queen Exila waved her hands side to side. "Ahem, I'm fine."

"If you are 'fine,' why are you looking at us like that?" Axel questioned, being a bit suspious at all this. She smiled softly and looked away. "Sorry, Axel."

He didn't said anything back as Jessica went by the Queen in a serious manner. "I'm humbly sorry, your majesty. I was unfocused for a moment there." The Queen smiled gently like a lamb and gracefully bowed at Aiyana. "Thank you, Aiyana Mariotthe for saving me other than Axel," she stood up straight again. 

"Ugh, I can't watch this anymore." Axel used some of Nerhu's magic to float to building to the next with Nerhu following. A bored expression grew on both of their faces as they went south.