While Sera, Sakuya, and Alice left Alex behind and came out, Sera first turned her head in Alice's direction and ordered.
''Alice, go finish your mission.''
As if she didn't need to be reminded again, Alice vanished, leaving only Sera and Sakuya behind. There was a short silence before Sera said.
''I believe that you have something to ask me?"
''How sharp of you. Indeed, I have something to ask.'' Sakuya said no need to bit around the bush; she immediately admitted that she did have something to ask Sera.
Sera chuckled and resumed walking, still walking, she said.
''Let's go for a walk; you will tell what you want to ask. Well, I can more or less guess what you want to ask. I do my best to live up to your expectations.'' Sera said half-jokingly.
''Oh! I'm sure you will.'' Sakuya responded with a smile, sure of herself. Sera only shrugged in response before the two disappeared somewhere.
At the same time, in the first guild headquarter, Incursio sat on a throne bigger than herself; she put one leg over another and was lazily munching grape.
Leonardo was not present as he rushed off somewhere when he heard of certain someone's arrival.
Incursio was too late to bother about Leonardo's behavior; although she appeared unaffected on the outside, inside, she was rejoicing. Finally, he had come. As for the girls and their goal to merge their guild, she didn't care; it wouldn't change anything as she believed in herself. What was giving Incursio a headache was what to do? Should she start the party by ambushing Alex's group in the city or only when they went inside the tower?
Incursio thought for a moment before deciding to go for the second option; she might be strong, but this doesn't mean she was the strongest in the capital, there are plenty of people stronger than her, among players, there weren't many, but when it comes to NPCs, there are plenty of them, so she better behave.
''You say that the Radiant Guild is about to make an announcement?" Incursio asked, not bothering by the fact that the messenger was lying practically face against the ground trembling; he was too afraid; he knew what fate awaited him if he were to make a mistake, a natural death, something he feared.
''Y-yes, your excellence. Our spy said they are currently in a meeting after someone comes and said something to the guild master.''
''I see; you can scram,'' Incursio said and waved her hand, immediately, that man was sent flying, he knocked against the giant doors and passed through the gap, he vomited blood while a few of his teeth flew; however, there was a smile on his face.
'Hehe, I have surviv-'
Boom!
The poor man had even finished celebrating before his body got blown away; he died.
''Fool! As if I don't know what you were thinking. You see me as the devil, let me be the devil which slaughters on a whim until the end then.''
Incursio mumbled while leaning back into her throne, she closed her eyes, and the image of a golden-haired girl appeared in her mind; this person was none other than Luna, Alex's fiancee.
''She indeed looks like a Saintess; she can make the perfect vessel for that dirty thing from the Holy Crux empire, that thing that calls herself the goddess of light.''
Incursio seemed to know more about the Holy Crux empire than Alex and others.
''Hehehe! Having been trained by that muscle head, I am curious about how strong this girl is? Well, I'll find out soon anyway; no need to be hasty.'' She mumbled.
Four hours passed in a flash.
Back in Sera's location, a meeting took place; two hours ago, the Radiant Guild, the new guild, announced their intention of merging with the fourth guild, Sera's guild. The new sent the capital into turmoil; many believe that with this merging, there would be a new guild that could threaten the absolute three upper guilds.
As for the concerned party currently, they ignored all these rumors and were enjoying their meeting.
''It's good to see you, Mio.'' Maria embraced Sakuya immediately upon their arrival.
''Your breasts have grown bigger again.'' Sakuya teased Maria when embracing her; both Maria and Luna rolled their eyes at Sakuya. Gracier chuckled while looking at them, she would have wished for her brother to be present, but it couldn't be helped as he got punished after losing against Sera; nobody blamed her as they could understand her feeling because they are also women.
Finally, it was Luna's turn to share a hug with her sister; the greetings went on before finally ending.
Sitting around a big oval table, Sakuya finally had the time to look at Eri; the latter was trying to avoid eyes contact with her; she was not good at dealing with Sakuya; she was like her natural nemesis.
''Fufufu! Maria, where did you catch this flat-chested girl from?" Sakuya said, crossing her arms, it was unknown if she did intentionally, but when she crossed her arms, she emphasized her ample breasts, making them more prominent.
Upon seeing this, Eri, who had stayed obedient until now, flared up.
''Screw you, you Aho girl.'' She mocked Sakuya, Maria, and Luna facepalmed; Kuina chuckled, Sera showed no reaction; this was because she knew that she must let them vent a little if not when the meeting would begin it might cause trouble if some of them were still holding back.
Meanwhile, Gracier ignored Eri, who had a bad temper, and began exchanging with Alice; because the two have been together due to Alice acting as her bodyguard, they became closer. Alice could hold a normal conversation with Gracier.
Sakuya didn't say anything when she was called Aho girl (Dumb girl). The silence became suffocating to Eri; in the end, she was forced to shout.
''Say something.''
It almost sounds like a pleading.
Sakuya smiled and only said one word.
''Pettanko!"
Eri, who understands a bit of Japanese, immediately understood what this word means; she almost attacked Sakuya but finally controlled herself; what Sakuya said wasn't different from what she said previously; it was just the language that changed.
''Please begin the meeting,'' Eri admitted defeat.
Sera nodded her head.
''Let's us begin then.''