Sera carefully placed green band-aids on Destiny and Kara's foreheads.

"Ok, you're good to go now," Sera said as she helped the princess' off the hospital bed.

"Thank you, Miss Sera," Destiny cheerfully said as she gave Sera a wave before she and Kara left the medical ward.

They two exited the medical ward and Destiny rushed over to the sleeping Yokuza, who was leaning against a wall, and joined all the kids that were trying to climb on his wings.

"So this is where you ran off to, Fuzzball," Tokubaiyashi jokingly remarked as he swooped in through an open window.

"Tokui, one desires-" Kara said before being patted on the forehead by Tokubaiyashi.

"Yeah-yeah I get you something to eat later, after you've had your meeting with the Emperor King," Tokubaiyashi stated as he scooped Kara up with one of his arms and grabbed Kara's book with his free hand before hopping out of the window.

Destiny was trying to climb up onto Yokuza's wings when she was suddenly picked up by Five using her bo-staff to fish Destiny out from the sea of children.

"My Lady, you're required in the throne room," Five stated as she flicked Destiny towards herself and caught Destiny by her collar.

"Do I have to go?" Destiny asked disappointedly, making Five sigh.

"You do," Five said before the two disappeared into Five's magic cloud and teleported away.

"Aw man, the princess is gone," Zariah sulked as she squished her chin against Yokuza's left leg.

"It's not like could really refuse a summons from her father," Coco remarked as she brushed her large rabbit ears behind her head. Coco glanced up and looked at the sleeping Yokuza before she lightly kicked Yokuza's right leg. The kick barely managed to wake Yokuza up and he slowly opened one of his eyes.

"What is it?" Yokuza tiredly asked as he stood up straight.

"You're the son of the top two magistrates right?" Coco asked as climbed up the wall and stuck to it, using her static-textured green mana around her hands and feet.

"That's... correct; why do you ask?" Yokuza inquired as Coco started to rub Yokuza's forehead.

"Doesn't that mean you should have horns on your-" Coco said before feeling multiple horn nubs.

"One... two... three... six?" Coco surprisedly said as she felt around the top of Yokuza's head;

Prima, Yumi and Sapphire joined in and started to ruffle Yokuza's hair.

"Do you mind?" Yokuza said but it fell on deaf ears, causing Yokuza to sigh.

"This must be what Miss Serpentinite meant when she said we act just like our parents... creators," Yokuza thought to himself as he closed his eyes.

"I wonder what Mr Zulcrestus would do in this situation," Yokuza added as the girls continued to ruffle his hair and wings.

A strong shockwave erupted from Zulcrestus and Vivo as their blades clashed with a loud clang. The warriors' swords grinded against each other as the intensity of their mana ramped up and saturated the sky.

"You seem unusually agitated did Retribution say something uncalled for?" Vivo inquired as he and Zulcrestus barged each other in opposite directions. As Vivo prepared to lunge at Zulcrestus he heard the voice of another male Zalroth in his head.

"I know it's rich coming from me but I suggest you focus on trying to flee instead of fighting," Zalroth, the original one with cyan tips on his hair and tails along with only being covered up by bandages, said as he walked up behind Hexed Zalroth as Sophia and Ruby were completely distracted by the fight between Zulcrestus and Vivo; Hexed Zalroth was also intently following the fighters and became so absorbed in the fight that she didn't notice Zalroth lean his head next to hers.

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"You seem to be enjoying yourself, Zalina" Zalroth quietly remarked as he created a small magic shield with noise-cancelling magic applied to it.

"Well, it's not every day you get to see a fight bet-" Hexed Zalroth said before a split second later, panicked screaming and transforming into a small pink fox as she jumped back.

"M-Master Zalroth!" Zalina blurted out as she tripped over Zalroth's clothes, as they fell to the ground. Zalroth let out a smug chuckle as he picked up his clothes and put them on. Zalroth straightened out his coat's collar before Zalina, in her human form, popped her head out from the back of the coat's collar.

"So... did you find what you were looking for?" Zalina embarrassedly asked as she glared at Zalroth.

"I sure did," Zalroth remarked as he showed the yellow gem, in his hand, to Zalina. She angerly squinted at the azure gem while murmuring something.

"I was about to say it seemed strange you wanted to have Lola pretend to activate your staff and make it seem like you got blown up just to get a single azure gem, but I guess it makes slightly more sense now," Zalina said as she took the azure gem from Zalroth and placed it into Zalroth's tails.

"What do you mean by strange?" Zalroth asked as he poked Zalina's forehead.

"Well, couldn't’ve you just say you need to go somewhere or something?" Zalina replied. Zalroth adamantly shook his head.

"Do you really think Akari would accept that?". Zalina slumped her chin onto Zalroth's head.

"Yeah... she's scary; kinda like big sis," Zalina mentioned as she yawned.

"Yeah..." Zalroth remarked somberly remarked as he dispelled the magic shield and looked up to the sky.

Ruby abruptly darted her head around as Zulcrestus and Vivo bolted around in the air. Ruby placed her hands on her forehead as she could feel her head start to spin.

"Something wrong?" Sophia asked as she continued to follow Zulcrestus and Vivo's fight.

"Na just got a little nauseous from rattling my brain too hard," Ruby jokingly remarked. Sophia glanced behind herself and was about to say something but became confused upon noticing Zalroth.

"S-sensei?" Sophia confusedly muttered, making Ruby spin around and let out a loud confused huh, when she too noticed Zalroth.

"W-when did you turn back to a guy?" Ruby blurted out as she frantically pointed at Zalroth.

"Huh?" Zalroth said as he looked down at the duo, allowing the duo to see Zalina, in her small fox form, resting on Zalroth's head.

"Don't sweat the details; I'll explain it later," Zalroth remarked as a small purple, with a white eye-like pattern on his scales, snake with purple spiral-shaped pupils fell from the sky and landed on Zalroth's shoulder.

"Nice of you to drop in, Maru," Zalina smugly remarked.

"Don't rub it in, Ina," the snake angrily hissed as he coiled around Zalroth's forearm.

Zulcrestus extended his arm out at Vivo and created a meter-wide RRR; The RRR gathered mana and focused it into a small ball before firing a concentrated light mana beam at Vivo. Vivo formed a large cluster of his feathers on his before transforming the material of the feathers into white null gems.

The beam collided with and was absorbed by the feather cluster shield, making the feathers glow; the feathers shifted to a glowing black before unleashing the light mana beam back at Zulcrestus. Zulcrestus snapped his fingers and his RRR increased its diameter. The light mana beam raced through the RRR and instantly dispersed into particles.

Zulcrestus raised his hand while dispelling the RRR, as hundreds of light mana swords formed around him. Vivo quickly pulled his arms back and created his own cluster of mana swords, consisting of reining winds wind swords.

Zulcrestus vertically sliced his hand downwards and his wall of light mana swords jolted an inch forwards, causing Vivo to flinch and almost prematurely fire his RWS(Reining Winds Swords). Vivo slowly darted his head around the volley of light mana swords when he realised Zulcrestus was gone.

"Trying to act gullible doesn't suit you," Zulcrestus said callously as he light dashed behind Vivo and drop-kicked him at the light mana swords. Zulcrestus snapped his fingers and all the light mana swords homed in on Vivo and a split second later exploded upon striking Vivo.

"Ow... that's gotta hurt," Ruby mentioned as Sophia narrowed her eyes.

"I wouldn't be so sure," Sophia commented. Ruby tilted her head and puzzledly looked at Sophia. Before she could ask why, Ruby felt a massive skyrocket in mana as thousands of dawnite feathers erupted from the light mana remints and rapidly regathered into a giant towering quad-winged humanoid figure, with a robe made from black null gem feathers.

"So, that's his plan," Zalmaru muttered under his breath. Ruby stared starry-eyed at Vivo's giant feather armour while her tail sporadically flailed around.

"Mr Zalroth, do you know what that thing is called?!" Ruby excitedly asked while rapidly shaking her arm as she pointed at Vivo's feather armour. Zalroth tilted his head as he took in Ruby's question.

"What makes you think I know what it is?" Zalroth perplexedly asked. Ruby awkwardly stumbled over her words as she started to blush.

"I- I well... sorry, I just assumed you'd know given how... wise you are," Ruby nervously said. Zalina and Zalmaru chuckled as Zalroth frowned and agitatedly sighed.

"I'll overlook the fact you intended to call me old; but to answer your question, I believe that technique, in the common tongue, is called... Descending Guardian," Zalroth explained. Ruby excitedly spun around and continued to stare at Vivo's Descending Guardian with stars in her eyes.