She walked up to Avira’s side, stopping just five steps away. Avira sat there calmly, while the girl stood.
“I don’t know your name, but if you want me to leave the Demon King’s side, that’s impossible. She’s very weak and needs my help.”
“Is your way of helping her by getting pregnant with her child?!” The girl was utterly baffled and shouted it out. She was angry now.
Avira felt a bit embarrassed too.
But so far, aside from the matter of the child and Oleniya, everything seemed to be under control.
“That won’t affect my attitude toward the Demon King. If you want to fight me, I can accompany you to the end.”
“Sister, you’ve lost so much of your power, but what you’re about to face is me at full strength!”
“Is that so? Then you can challenge me all you want. We can fight right now if you’re willing.”
Avira smiled.
Her words carried a hint of uncertainty. She had indeed discussed it beforehand with Ophitia—if a fight broke out, Ophitia would burst through the door immediately for a “two-on-one.”
However, she was currently pregnant. Her belly hadn’t started to show yet, but it still affected her combat ability to some extent.
Still, Avira’s experience told her that if she didn’t give this girl a “show of force” now, she herself would be the one to suffer later.
“Really? You really want to fight me…?” The girl’s voice and momentum weakened considerably, far more than Avira had imagined.
“Yes, I’ll defeat you right here, lock you in a cell, and let you experience how the Demon Race treats slaves.”
“I… You…!”
“If an angel girl were fitted with chains, would she turn into a Fallen Angel?”
“I…” The girl lowered her head, her entire body starting to tremble.
It felt exactly the same as before.
This girl’s mentality didn’t seem very stable?
Finally, after half a minute, the girl squeezed out a vicious sentence:
“You’re bullying me!”
“Ha?”
“You’ve bullied me since we were kids. You always think I can’t beat you. Why?!”
“…”
Avira felt like she was dreaming.
She had sensed that she had grasped the direction of her fighting spirit and resolve—as long as she eliminated the enemy before her, she would be closer to her goal. But it all crumbled under the girl’s sudden shift in attitude.
“Ahh, sorry, I shouldn’t have bullied you.” Avira had no idea what to say and could only play along helplessly.
But the girl took it completely seriously. The moment she heard her sister admit her mistake, she burst into tears on the spot:
“You bad egg sister, you only know how to bully me, waaah… Don’t you have a heart? Waaah…”
The girl cried like a pear blossom in the rain. She dropped to her knees with a thud, wiping her tears while looking up at Avira with watery eyes.
That expression seemed to say, “Come comfort me quick, or I’ll keep crying!”
Avira showed no mercy:
“I don’t know what happened, but this is the fate of anyone who gets in my way.”
“Don’t bully me, please, waaah…”
The girl’s pupils dilated, her grievance growing more evident on her face, but clearly her fear outweighed it.
Her face was full of panic and anxiety, as if she was about to admit defeat to Avira.
Avira was completely baffled.
She realized that all the enemies she had once imagined were either humans who betrayed their kind to join her or ones who surrendered outright.
Avira couldn’t hold back anymore. She stood up, helped her “little sister” off the floor, and sat her on the sofa. Otherwise, she would seem too heartless.
“What’s your name?”
“I’m Aina. I really am your little sister… You still don’t believe me, and you even threatened me…”
“You…”
Avira decided to change her strategy.
First off, this girl was nowhere near as scary as she’d imagined. She was probably the same type of fool as that Hero Squad bunch.
Her top priority was to figure out her identity. Though it felt a bit strange… after all, they had just been enemies moments ago.
“Alright, Sister was wrong. Sorry, Aina.”
“Sister, it really is you! Waaah, I missed you so much!”
Aina nearly lunged into a hug, but before she could, Avira pinched the little wing-like protrusions on the sides of her head. She used a bit too much force, nearly making the girl cry again.
“Aina, can you tell me what happened while I was away?” Avira tilted her head with a smile, trying her best to embody the vibe of an understanding big sister. She reached out and wiped the tears from Aina’s face.
This girl had one glaring contradiction.
Why had she only shown up now?
No matter if her past had been miserable or happy, through all those events—whether kicking her when she was down or offering aid in her hour of need—she had done nothing.
At best, she had been an “observer.”
Thus, Avira reached a simple conclusion: she was connected to the time regression.
And most likely, deeply involved.
“Sister, we… we had agreed before to rule the world together…” Aina’s tears flowed even more. She knelt on the sofa, her sitting posture as cute as her demeanor.
“Ha?”
It took Aina a few minutes to recount everything she had been through.
First off, this world actually had a species called 【Angels】.
However, these ancient beings were on the brink of extinction, leaving only one egg in the end.
That’s right—an egg.
And from that egg hatched two little “angels”: Aina and her older sister.
When Aina was still young, her sister abandoned her and ran off with another woman. That seemed to be when Aina began resenting her sister.
Aina tried all sorts of methods to make her sister realize her mistake.
But after seven or eight attempts—using information gaps, sneak attacks, direct confrontations… none succeeded. Each time, she was beaten until her power scattered, only waking up years later.
So by now, Aina had developed a massive psychological shadow toward her sister.
She even believed that even at full power, even if her sister had lost all hers, victory was absolutely impossible!
That was why, when Avira threatened her earlier, it reminded her of her past selves—how she had prepared fully, challenged Avira confidently, only to end in failure.
—Sister was invincible!
“Such a thing…”
Avira rubbed her temples as she spoke.
“You should have told me earlier instead of fighting me all this time.”
“I know I was wrong, Sister…”
Avira patted her little head: “Sister was wrong too. To abandon such a cute little sister for a woman…”
Avira simply went along with her topic to extract more information.
Then Aina cried again:
“Sister, you always lose your memories. You always run off with that woman. This is the first time you’ve accepted me, waaah… I-I’m so touched!”
“What?” Avira felt she had latched onto crucial intel:
“Who is that woman?”
“The Demon King!”
Aina answered without hesitation:
“That woman is very dangerous!”
