24 Ai's Wrath

"You. Stupid. No-Good. Filthy. Perverted. Wanna-be. Samurai!" Ai stomped on Kenji's head with each word as he prostrated himself, apologizing profusely. Given her small stature and low level, it didn't hurt, rather, it was his pride that was being destroyed at this point. Which brought up a good question, why the hell did it hurt so bad when she had headbutt him in the face?

"Drop you're gods damned act and talk to us normally! You damn poser!" Amari took a few steps back as Ai unleashed hell on the poor pretty-boy.

"And you!" Ai turned to Amari, raging fire in her eyes. "Don't just go whoring yourself out just cause someone can beat you!" Amari started to speak but was cut off. "And don't feed me that 'just joking' bullshit either!" Amari felt a shiver run down her spine as she bowed her head in defeat. "S-sorry sis."

"And you!" Ai turned to Hoat'l surprising him, Ai's look turned from rage to disappointment. "Grow some balls, man, either do it or don't, I don't give a shit, just do something, coward." Hoat'l also dropped his head in defeat. "Y-yes ma'am."

Ai stormed up to Amari, grabbing her by the ear with a surprising amount of strength, and pulled her away from the group. "Now we need to have a little talk." "Ayayaya! Sis! That hurts!" Ai glared at Amari. "Good!" She dragged Amari a good distance away before letting go.

"So that's how your arm went back to normal after Andromeda, huh?" Ai said, in a still huffy voice as Amari nodded. "Mn... It's my unique ability."

"That's good, now then, let's talk about the bunny incident."

"Bunny incident? Oh, you mean the-" Amari cut herself off with a chuckle that was quickly silenced by Ai's deadly glare.

"Let's get one thing straight." She said as she pointed her finger in Amari's face. "Never, and I mean fucking never, throw me against... TENTACLES!... Again! Or else your gonna have a crater named after you, got it?" She cringed the moment she said tentacles.

Amari could only nod as Ai shooed her away, folding her arms. If not for the seething rage emanating from her aura, she would look absolutely adorable, like a little girl pouting in her cute little blue dress.

"KENJI!" Ai shouted as she wiggled her finger in a very aggressive 'come hither' motion.

Kenji walked towards Ai as slow as he could possibly go, once Amari had reached him, she placed a hand on his shoulder and blurred them both in front of Ai as Amari blurred away again. 'This bitch!' He thought as Amari had a smug look on her face, standing next to Hoat'l with an arm resting on his shoulder, who was blushing from how close she was standing.

Ai glared daggers at Kenji. "I know you were reincarnated." Kenji's expression changed from fear to complete shock, this was the first time anyone ever found out about his reincarnation. "H-how?" Ai closed her eyes and took in a deep breath, trying to calm herself down for a serious conversation.

"I have an ability that bypasses disguises. Listen, you need to take this world more seriously. I don't know where you came from, you're pretty strong, but your attitude is terrible. You seem to treat this world like it was a game, It's not. It's your new life, and you need to take responsibility and use your power to protect it."

Kenji raised his head and looked at Ai seriously. "You don't need to remind me, I've worked hard to get this power, but I need more than just strength. I challenged Amari so that I could gain enough renown to get my own land. I need an army for the war to come."

Ai shook her head. "It doesn't work like that, sorry, but there isn't such a thing as strength in numbers, not with the Cycle this close."

Kenji's eyes widened. "How long do we have? I was under the impression that I would have just enough time to become powerful enough to stop the cycle, and so far, my Oracle has never been wrong."

"Well, perhaps long enough to increase your own level. Did your oracle specifically say that you needed to raise your own army and... urg... Harem?" She almost vomited at the last word.

"Well this is a fantasy world, right? I thought that with sheer numbers and the love of many beautiful women, I could become powerful enough to stop the Cycle!" He said with a fire in his eyes.

"Fantasy world?" Ai tilted her head before placing a palm over her face and shaking her head. "That's not how this works, that's not how any of this works." She looked serious again. "The only way to stop it is to group together with the other strong people and continue to level up as fast as possible. You guys are only in your twenties, even when I was Level 101, I wasn't strong enough to stop the Cycle of my time. We all need to grow powerful quickly."

"Do you know how impossible that sounds? The only reason I managed to hit Level 23 is because of my artifact weapon, and even then, the monsters at my level were life and death fights that I would constantly have to rest for days at a time in between."

Ai looked surprised, she knew that the monsters were tough, but even with a high-powered artifact weapon, Kenji said he had a tough time. Shaking her head, Ai found her resolve again. "That's why we need to party up. Sure it might be slow, but with each of us fighting these monsters, we should be able to reach the higher thresholds."

Kenji nodded as he bowed once more. "Then please, forgive my behavior, and allow me to join your group."

Ai nodded. "Fine, just, seriously, drop the fake-samurai talk. It's annoying as hell and just doesn't fit in with this world."

Kenji nodded with a smile. "Yes Ma'am!"

"Oh, and Kenji?" Ai said as her voice turned cold, summoning a mana dagger in her palm. She leaned in next to Kenji and whispered into his ear. "If you hurt my beloved Queen sister, I'll kill you myself, got it?" Gulp. "Yes Ma'am!" Kenji said in a cold sweat. 'They are definitely sisters!'

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Meanwhile, back in Lockwood, within Ai's house.

A woman was lying in Ai's bed, sniffing her pillow for a very awkward amount of time.

"Mnnn, Ai, come back to me, I miss you, I miss youuuu~" The silver-haired woman clung to the pillow and rolled around in the bed.

*CRASH*

She fell out of the bed, still clinging to the pillow and breathing heavily. "Loves me, loves me, loves me~" Andromeda spoke, almost as a chant.

She let the pillow fall beside her as she sat up, her face completely devoid of any emotion.

"But does she really?" She said coldly.

Andromeda stood up and walked to the window, a mother shielded her child's eyes as they walked past, seeing the nude woman staring at the window.

She stared at her reflection when her face contorted into a sadistic grin.

*CRACK*

"Yes~" She said as the window cracked.