Wiping off her face after giving Lena the proper punishment she deserves. Ami turned her head around and asked:
“Sister, what with the ridiculous outfit?”
The queen replied with embarrassment, "Well, it's because this dress is the most comfortable for me when dealing with children. I used to wear it to take care of the three of you when you were young, remember?"
Ami vividly recalled their infancy. This was indeed the outfit that her sister always wears before she became the Queen. Although now that she is the Queen, it was just too unfitting for her to wear it.
“Please, sister. I must insist that you take off your outfit immediately.”
Ami proceeded to try and escort the queen out of the room.
"But Ami, I need this outfit for the job," the queen resisted, gripping the door frame.
"Please, Your Highness," Ami persisted, but the queen's grip on the door was too strong.
"Stop struggling!" Despite Ami's initial advantage, she couldn't push the queen back. It was at this moment that Ami played her trump card. "The entire fairy race's pride cannot be compromised like this. You two, help me!"
Hearing their companion cry for help, the two fairies who have been watching from the sideline stopped their giggle and joined the fray. With additional help, Ami was able to slowly push back the Queen.
"You... little..." The queen began to protest before being interrupted by a scream. The piercing cry came from none other than Maria, who appeared to be experiencing a seizure. Her body convulsed violently, and the energy around her began to condense. Reacting swiftly, the queen broke free from the trio's grip, flew to the bed in an instant, and prepared to cast a spell. However, just as she reached out to help, Maria's hand swung with tremendous force, delivering a blow that sent the queen crashing into a wall, creating a large hole. The energy surrounding Maria caused her hair to transform to a fiery crimson, and her pupils gleamed like vibrant rubies. Maria opened her hand, aiming at the three fairies still awe-struck at the corner of the room. Ami was the first one to shake off the feeling.
"Run!!!" She screamed, instantly dragging the two off of the building through the window. Just as she escapes, the room combusts into violent explosion.
“is everyone ok?” Ami asked the two fairies who escaped the explosion behind her.
“We are fine. Our new house is not though…” Lena and Nemu flick off the dust, and tree branches on their shoulders, and put out the fire linger on their clothes while watching the treehouse slowly engulfed in the fire. At the open rooftop stand Maria, with her entire body covered in red glow light.
“So, what should we do now, captain?” Nemu asked while looking at Maria standing menacingly from afar.
“First, a silent prayer to our Queen who bravely sacrifices herself for the greater good” Ami clapped her hand and made a praying gesture.
Maria, however, did not wait and jump high into the air. Just as she was about to prepare for another attack, a strong blow pushed her from behind and sent her flying down to the ground, creating a big impact and a dusty smoke screen 20 meters high.
“I AM NOT DEAD YET!!” The Queen angrily screamed in front of Ami’s silent praying gesture. “Nemu! teleport everyone back to the capital. Ami, Lena! change the barrier into type 3. Make EXTRA sure the barrier will not let anyone feel the slightest abnormality around here.” Touching her swollen left cheek, where a red hand mark glows brightly on her tender white skin, the Queen smiles devilishly while looking at the tiny figure standing up in the middle of a crater “I will personally take care of this problem child.” Just as the Queen finished up her sentence, she immediately dived at Maria with an unimaginable speed, creating a second impact larger than the first.
From the smoke that covered the battlefield, the sound of thunderous clashing can be heard from miles away.
“Shouldn’t we help her?” Lena asked while looking in the direction where the battle take place but none of her companions responded. Notice something off, she immediately turned around and saw Ami already fly away far into the distance “Hey, wait for me.” she shouted.
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Ami shouted back “You are too slow Lena. You should learn a thing or two from Nemu, she already gone and evacuated everyone way before any of us noticed.”
“What? That rascal! She is always the quickest to bait out of a serious situation." Lena growled "Anyway, do you think the Queen can take care of that kid alone?”
“Of course, that is why she told us to clear out. She is ready to bring this whole place down; didn’t you see her face?” Ami giggled while thinking about her sister's swollen face. “Anyway, a barrier, making it as big as you can. We don’t want anyone to discover this place.”
A few moments later.
Just as Ami and Lena finished putting up a barrier, a big shock wave hit the inner side of the barrier, reverberating the entire space before returning to normal.
“Look like the Queen was waiting for us; I hope that our speed matched her patience. I don’t want to hear her boring lecture again.” Lena shrugged her shoulder, looking into the distance.
“I heard that.” The Queen instantly appeared in front of the two fairies, causing them to shriek in surprise.
“Y-your majesty!”
“You are slow. You should learn a thing or two from Nemu. Look at what your incompetence caused to my beautiful attire. The Queen sobbed as she lifted her arms, showing her entire maid attire that was charred with many holes. However, it only gave Ami a big relief that the Queen cannot wear this outfit ever again. The relief was cut short after she noticed that one of the Queen's hands, hold Maria's body.
“Sister, did you kill her?” Ami pointed at Maria's body.
The Queen lifted Maria “Ah, don’t worry about her. She is only temporarily unconscious." She looks at the little girl on her hand and muttered "Surprisingly.” Then she threw Maria's body at Ami. “Anyway, I will need you to take care of this kid when she wakes up.”
“No prob-“
“In the human kingdom, Ami. Didn’t you see what happens around here? I will need you to take this kid out of our newly established base of operation and keep a tab on her… alone. This is an order.”
“Wha…but… can I take Lena along?” Ami stutter.
“No, she has to stay here, fix the damage and run the place.” The Queen finished her sentence and immediately cast a spell, trapping both Ami and Maria in a circle of runes. As the circle glow, Ami and Maria slowly disappear from the foot up.
“Sister, please, not like this. Noooooooooooooo” Ami pleaded desperately as she slowly disappeared. That day, Ami finally knows the true horror of punishment.
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"Is she gonna be ok?" - Lena.
"Probably not" - The Queen gazed in the direction where Ami disappeared then at her slightly disorganized maid clothes. Her mind wanders to a few minutes ago...
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"HAHAHA!" Maria's laughter echoed through the air, wild and unhinged, as she relentlessly pummeled the Queen's body with her tiny fist. Each strike, despite its size, reverberated like thunder, the force behind them defying logic. "HAHAHA... huh?" the laughter stopped as the Queen's body suddenly started to dissipate.
'what a troublesome child' she muttered under her breath. The Queen, hidden under an invisibility spell, carefully observes Maria from a distance 'Hmm? Is she looking at me?' the Queen's eyes widened in surprise as Maria's gaze seemed to pierce through the veil of invisibility. In an instant, the Queen employs the same trick as before and escapes. just as she did so, she saw the body double that she left in her location suddenly vanish from her sight. The resounding thunderous noise and maniacal laughter start to fill the air once again. The Queen, hidden behind a tree, shook her head as she saw just how easy it is to fool the little maniac. She looked toward the sky. When she saw the sky darken, a mischievous smile curved her lips as she retrieved a small hourglass that seemingly materialized out of thin air. With a deliberate motion, she turned the hourglass, and in an instant, silence descended upon the chaotic scene.
Leaves hung suspended in mid-air, frozen in their descent, while Maria's swinging fists hung motionless, everything was stopped in their track. The Queen, being the exception from the time-altering spell, slowly moves toward Maria.
Observing the crater that Maria made for herself and the body double, the Queen takes a meaningful glance at Maria "Not bad, but strength needs guidance to become power." she murmured, her voice carrying a blend of amusement and wisdom. Then from her hand, materialized a few crayons, and a rope.
Half an hour later, Maria was bounded from head to toe with rope. Her face was covered with drawings.
"Hmmm, I feel like I am missing something." The Queen, observing her artworks muttered to herself "Ah, of course, the final touch." The Queen instinctively touched her face. The red hand imprint on her face was gone but the memory is fresh from her mind. With a flick of her wrist, a cloud whip materialized in her hand. With a commanding yet elegant motion, the Queen administered a brutal spanking on Maria.
However, the session of anger venting did not last long before the Queen noticed that Maria is looking at her.
"Was it my imagination?" The Queen's confusion lingered for a moment before it swiftly transformed into surprise, then dread as she witness Maria begin to slowly but steadily shrug off the restraints imposed by the time stop. As Maria's gaze locked onto the Queen, a burning fury ignited within her eyes, manifested by enigmatic flames that enveloped her form. Just as fast and powerful as before, Maria launched herself toward the Queen, with her mouth open, determined to bite the Queen's neck off.
Because their distance was too close, the Queen can only instinctively throw whatever was in her hand toward Maria, trying to fence off the attack. It was only a moment before she noticed that in her panic, she threw the hourglass. Maria, finding her mouth filled with something, bite down with destructive force and crushed the hourglass instantly. The magical sand within the hourglass quickly entered Maria's throat. In the Queen's stupified gaze, Maria exploded.