32 Puppeteer

Humans, the race with the most enormous population in the world of Anthea.

They are naturally greedy creatures that believe they are superior to any other race.

They are full of desires, easy to be swayed by emotions and all of them believe they are unique.

They wish to be on the top and love to have full control over their own lives and the lives of others

But truth is that all humans are the same.

Whether good humans or bad humans.

They are insignificant

Same as bugs...

I wonder when I started to think about them as bugs

Was it after I spent countless years in that place?

What is after I was reborn as something more than humans?

Or was it even before that?

None of it matters what right now matters is the girl in front of me.

A tall woman with an athletic build and long brown hair in a high ponytail and green eyes that shine like two emeralds was standing in front of the door trying to unlock them.

She is the same..maybe she looks a bit younger but she is the same.

Cleo von Hemlock

The girl that was born into a family of people that swore to cure people, but she who had no talent chose a different path. From the outside really tragic story of a girl that was bullied by her parents but..is that really true?

If someone asked me who was the biggest psychopath among all of the so-called heroes.

I would without hesitation answer...

"That bitch Cleo!"

A famous psychologist from Russia said: The crazier the person is the more unpredictable his action is and it's harder to control.

They are chaotic and even they themself are unaware of their next action which would make it nearly impossible to predict anything since they don´t have any meaning and are mostly random

Just like her...

Even back then...once she started slowly revealing her true colors it was harder and harder to gain control over her action and the ending you are aiming for.

Impossible to control is a word that would really fit.

But what if...

What if there was someone..that knew...her past

Her future

Her thought process

What does she like...

What is her dream

What is her fear

What is her true face

Would it be possible?

"Hello, big sis.."

Let's find out...

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There were many different reasons why I transformed my body into a child.

But the most important was because in this form I can wield weapon that can be many times scarier than any sword.

"Big sis, are you okay? Your face is pale"

Innocence

People tend to look at beautiful people more positively than at the opposite.

You can easier gain someone´s trust and get closer to them just because you are more handsome than average. In my case, it's a bit more thought...

When you mix beauty with innocent and ad some extra kindness. It will create the ultimate weapon strong enough to conquer any heart.

In this bitch´s case it's like a double attack since she has a special fetish...

"You are Orion?"

Wow her face is red like a lobster...control yourself a bit.

"Yes!! My name is Orion! Nice to meet you, big sis!!!

This is quickly getting fucking embarrassing...

"my...wife"

Wooow that cringe pierced my heart...someone please call an ambulance...look at the small tears in her eyes..she look like she climaxed a bit from that one...

"First can I sit next to you?"

When I nodded, Cleo came closer to my bed but she froze a bit when she noticed a bucket filled with blood that Uriel brought in the black market. Her expression turned grim and it contained multiple emotions.

Pity

Guild

The emotion that can strengthen your feelings, can make you doubt yourself and lower your guard in front of a person that is also suffering.

After all, heroes believe the person who is suffering can´t be bad, can he?

In her case, just from killing intent, she emitted the whole time before meeting me is obvious what she thought and wanted to do to me before she met me personally.

"... It's maybe because big sis is here!!" I said and hugged her hand. This is fan service be glad!!

Cleo´s face gradually changed into multiple shades of red and jumped out of bed.

Oya? So you chose to suffer?

"...I am sorry big sis...I was just..please don´t hate me..." When Cleo saw my face her expression turned into one of panic.

This is revenge bitch.

"I am not hating you!! Calm down I was just a bit surprised...so please return"

This is getting funny. I want to tease her a bit more.

Seeing that powerful and cold True Berserker acting like this is really amusing.

After that, I was talking with her about a few different things. It was mostly her asking about my life and illness so I made up lies about Yaga. The mysterious wandering witch.

It's not like she can confirm it with her.

I noticed she was slowly getting closer to me holding my body with another hand so I asked if I can sit on her lap to tease her but she actually agreed.

Her face reddened and her breathing became rougher when I was intentionally moving and doing things like tickling her thights or leaning against her chest.

The moans she was doing would be indeed dangerous if I was dumb and horny...basically if I was human.

I was slowly starting to get curious about how far she would go.

I am now pretty much looking like a child but she doesn´t seem to mind a bit. Now, this is what you call a future hero.

"I heard a request to engagement come from you..how did you know who I am?"

So he told her it came from us, even though he gave a proposal to the duke himself.. .the old man is playing a really dangerous game.

Trying to scam a duke...he really has no fear. Putting a duke against you is the same as declaring war on half of the kingdom.

Not considering the fact that my "father" is the grand master.

Either way, In the game engagement, was broken which means something went wrong.

"Do you want to know a secret? My dream is to become the strongest holy knight.."

When I heard that scene flashed before my eyes.

The scene I saw a million times.

Two girls were leaning against each other´s back in the middle of the destroyed building surrounded by corpses of humans and demons alike.

The brown-haired woman said with a weak voice

"Do you want to know my secret?"

The other woman just silently nodded because she was too tired to speak.

"My dream is to become...strongest holy knight"

The day that trust and rivalry were born.

I returned to reality looking at a woman that had a face full of so many emotions that it was impossible to tell what is on her mind.

To think I would hear those words from her again.

It is the same, but different.

I put on, the most innocent smile I could make

And answered with the words she always wished to hear.

"Big sis is really cool...when you will be strongest will you protect Orion?"

Her eyes widened

"What did you say?"

She pinched her cheeks to check if its a dream.

You got what you wanted? How is it?? Do you feel happiness?? Let's make it better!

I moved in a position so that we can see each other face to face. Placed my hands on her cheeks and bring my face closer to his until we were only a few millimeters apart.

Her face reddened.

Her hot breath tickled me on my face.

She seems to hesitate about what to do.

It took a few seconds until her hesitant eyes changed into a determined look and she grabbed me with both of her hands and she pressed me even closer to her.

She will really do that.....well not like it really bothers me.

I will take you even higher....so that the fall later will be more painful.

The moment when our lips were about to touch someone knocked on the door and forcefully opened them.

"30 minutes are over!"

Uriel came into the room shouting something about time looking really pissed off.

On the other hand, Cleo looked at her with a murderous aura around her mumbling something over and over

"How dare you interrupt my...."

I ignored her weird moment and moved from her embrace

"Big sis, will you visit Orion tomorrow?"

Cleo looked a bit surprised but calmed herself down and stood up from bed.

"Ahem.., Yes, I will visit you tomorrow. I will make it so we can be together "alone" a bit longer than today." She said with emphasis on word alone while glaring at Uriel

"Yayyy, We can have a tea partyyy," I said and kissed Cleo on her cheek

Her face instantly flushed and she hurried out of the room while mumbling about buying everything from the bakery or something

When Cleo left Uriel closed the door and came right in front of my bed.

My expression changed from innocent child int to my usual mischievous smile. If Cleo saw me now she would probably faint.

After a while of just silent standing and observing me Uriel sat at the same place where Cleo has been.

"25 minuted and 34 seconds," I said looking into her captivating golden eyes

Cleo is indeed pretty but comparing her to Uriel is like trying to say rock is equally beautiful as a diamond.

She just tilted her hide to the side with a puzzled expression as if she don´t understand.

"From the moment she passed through these doors passed only 25 minutes and 34 seconds...Uriel-chan cock-blocking doesn´t really suit you~"

Her usually emotionless face that recently gained more different expressions day after day since we left the dream dimension now had an expression that looked like surprise?

"Since when do you care about time?" she retorted

I Flashes a small smile and said "Just an old habit from the past.."

It seems like this isn´t going anywhere. So I decided to ignore it for now. Uriel was from the beginning weird person I couldn´t understand that easily. That´s also one of the reasons why it was amusing to be with her.

"Whatever, the first act was more or less success time to move on to the second"

Uriel was silently listening and pondering deep inside her mind what is the feeling she felt when I was about to kiss Cleo. But that was something unknown to me.

[A/N reference art of Orion in the comments]