Vi

"Thank you for the patronage!" The waiter bows to Jayce and his company, this is the same waiter who had given them the disdainful look earlier, but after seeing Jayce forked out big stacks of gold coins, his attitude turned 180 degrees. Humans are fickle people.

*Burp* Jayce and Powder, who is riding on top of his shoulder, burped, rubbing their round stomachs in satisfaction.

"Eat, eat, just eat till you guys explode already *snort*." On the side, an angry lioness, Caitlyn, snorted with her arms crossed, her gaze filled with envy as she looks at Powder on top of Jayce's shoulder, but she isn't a petty person, she just held it in.

Jayce smiled, with one hand holding Powder, the other stretched out and ruffled Caitlyn's head.

"I'll make sure to make it up for you, promise."

"Hmph!" She swatted his hand away, but a small smile crept up on the side of her face.

The rounded-belly Powder saw the interaction between the two but didn't understand much; she softly held and played with Jayce's hair as she spoke.

"Neh, can we go play? I want to explore this place before my sister finds me!" Powder said, as she mischievously yanks his hair with little force; she no longer held back her personality after the little incident back in the restaurant, her childish characteristic kicked in.

"Hmm? Sister? You ran away from your sister, young lady!?" Jayce said in an angry tone, giving her dangling legs a soft squeeze, but it's still enough to jolt her.

Powder then realized what she had just said, she covered her mouth in a hurry, like a child caught stealing a cookie jar.

"*Sigh* What's your sister's name? Do you know where she at, right now?" Caitlyn asks with a sigh, this kid...., even she had to ask her parents for permission to go outside, otherwise, she would feel guilty, knowing her parents worrying about her.

Powder is now stuck between a rock and a hard place. Now that she had acknowledged Jayce and Caitlyn as that of her family, she didn't want to tell lies in the family as that would go against her morals; but if she tells Jayce the truth, she is afraid that they would hate her.

"I...Erm..-" Powder struggled for words, but she was cut off by a loud and familiar voice.

"POWDEEER!"

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VI's POV

"Where can she possibly be at" An anxious Vi muttered, it had been 30 minutes since they split up, but she had not found a trace of Powder.

'What do I do? What to do...Powder where are you!?' Tears are welding on the corner of her eyes, her emotions are in turmoil, she usually doesn't get emotional, as she must be level-headed and calm for the sake of her team, for the sake of her sister. Now that Powder is missing, she is frustrated with herself.

After 3 more minutes of aimlessly looking around, she decided to return to their meeting spot, the back of the restaurant, and see if the other had found her.

There, she saw the scene of Jayce and Caitlyn, standing in front of the restaurant, but there is someone else with them, POWDER!

Seeing her little sister is safe, her worries lessened, but then it turned to anger as she glared at the culprit, who she thought is kidnapping her sister.

With all her might, she ran toward them, propelling her arm, ready to punch.

"POWDEEER!"

….

"Hmm?" Jayce looked toward the person who shouted, a girl, around his height, with bob-cut pink hair, thick eyebrows, and grey eyes color, running toward them.

'Hmm, interesting...' Jayce thought because he can sense a murderous intent emitting from the kid. One had to know that, for ones to emit those kinds of intents, they must have had killed a ton of people. Looking at the young girl who is around Caitlyn's age, he is a little surprised, the girl must be a genius! [AN: Smh, this dude...]

On the top of Jayce's shoulder, Powder looks at her sister with a worried expression, thinking that she would get a scold later.

"Vi!?" Powder said, not knowing the person's expression under her changed greatly.

'NO FUCKING WONDER I FOUND THESE TWO FAMILIARS!!' Jayce exclaimed inside; bob cut, pink hair, name is Vi, if he can't figure out who the person is, then he would be an imbecile! If he's not wrong, then the person who he had befriended is also one of the legends, Jinx, the loose cannon!

Then he started to perspire as he realized he might have dug himself a hole, befriending one of the insane psychopaths!

'Surely, she won't go the dark path if she is taught well, right? RIGHT!?' [AN: Clueless]

When Jayce is in his usual stupor, Vi had already arrived in front of them, holding a small pocketknife as she stared daggers at Jayce, with some caution as she also glances at Powder.

"VI!" Powder spoke

"Powder! Are you okay?"

"You, release her at this instant! Otherwise, it will get bloody" Vi said menacingly, her eyes painted blood red, she held her knife intimidating.

"Wait, Vi! It's not what it looks like!" Powder exclaimed, but her voice had little to no effect on the enraged Vi.

"FUCK YOU!" She spat, then with both her hands holding the helm of the knife as she thrust forward, aiming at Jaye's abdomen.

"NOO!" Seeing her sister's action she shouted her right-hand stretched out, tears welling up in her eyes.

Caitlyn, on the side, also looked a little worried, but she didn't try to do anything; during the past month, she had known Jayce's strength very well, this scenario is peanut compared to the hellish training her teacher had put him through.

Jayce had already gotten out of his stupors, he glanced at the enraged Vi, stabbing her knife toward him, but he just stood there and smiled, his hands outstretched

"GO TO HELL!" She stabbed; the knife made contact, but the result didn't go as she had imagined.

*crack* The pocketknife cracked into fragments. As for Jayce, only his shirt got cut, but his skin is still perfectly intact, not even a dent.

What a joke, even if he doesn't actively try to protect his body, it's still strong enough to withstand the little crooked made knife.

'What?' Vi mumbled with a pale and horror expression, time seemed to slow down. She had already identified Jayce when she saw him, but for the sake of her sister, she committed a suicide charge, gambling her life. If he focuses his attention on her, Powder might be able to struggle free of his grasp and run. But now...her action seems so futile; it didn't even damage him one bit.

She then felt the guy's outstretched hands enclosed her; tears fell out of her eyes as she thought in despair.

'Sorry Powder, I was a useless sister, I hope you get to live a better life next time.' she closes her eyes, waiting for the pain to come, but alas... fate seems to have a different plan for her.

*pat* Jayce's hand touched the back of Vi's head, making her shudder.

"There, there, everything is fine. No one can hurt you anymore..." Jayce softly spoke, caressing the back of her head, soothing her down.

*bling* magic particles emerged and surged toward Vi.

'Cleanse!' Jayce muttered, on the back of his hand, a book-like tattoo appeared, Unsealed Book!

Cleanse doesn't just purify physical injuries, but it can also help mental or emotional injuries, and it seems to work as her body is no longer tense. Her eyes drooped, legs giving out as she falls forward to Jayce's warm chest.

"This girl... such a warrior she is," Jayce said admiringly, if he were a normal kid, would he be able to live life like her? Probably not. Her killing intent signifies that she went through bloody trials, not something kids her age should be doing.

He sighed and picked up the unconscious Vi in a princess style.

"Is Vi's going to be, okay?" Powder, who had already gotten off Jayce's shoulder, asked in concern.

Jayce smiled and ruffled the little girl's head,

"Haha, now you are worried about your sister? Who was the one that said to play before her sister found her, huh? She is fine, just a little nap would wake her up" Jayce teases her, trying to lighten the mood.

And it seems to work as the girl pouted, no longer depressed about her sister's condition.

Jayce then turned his head toward Caitlyn apologetically, again another incident had ruined her date.

'Sorry!' He silently communicates with her, indicating his apologies.

Caitlyn just nods, expressing her understanding, but deep down she felt a little sad, the perfect date that she had in mind went down to the gutter.

"Let's go find a place to rest, shall we?"

But then...

"POWDER!"

To be continued

[AN: This is not a message; I'm just writing this to meet my daily words' goal 😛]