The Villainess's Savior

The Villainess's Savior: The Hidden Cave

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Chiyo then tried to tear the talismans off only to get burned. “Fuck. Akio, you try it.”, Chiyo said as she stepped back from the talismans.

Akio then went and tried to take off the talismans and it came off. ‘Wow...’, Akio then continued to take all the talismans off. After that, they headed into the hidden cave.

“Let’s go Chiyo!”, Akio said.

“W-what? Did it not hurt?”, Chiyo asked as she stared at Akio’s hands.

“No? I guess I’m just that powerful.”, Akio stuck her tongue out. “Anyway…”, as they continued running, they reached a dead end. “..?? Where are we now?”, she asked Chiyo.

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“There doesn’t seem to be anything, but let’s look at the walls in case there is a secret passage.”, Chiyo said as she grabbed the torch from Akio and set it in the middle.

When Chiyo set the torch onto the ground, it started to show a circle with some unknown writing. “Chiyo! Look at the ground!”, Akio shouted.

The ground began glowing. ‘Ah, shit. We are dying huh… it was a good life in this body.’, Akio thought.

Chiyo tried to grab Akio and make a run for it, but she crashed into an invisible wall surrounding the circle. “Dammit!”

“Fear not my child.”, a female voice echoed.

“Who’s there?!”, Akio yelled.

“We are spirit kings and we want to form a contract with you both.”, a male voice spoke.

“No thanks.”, Chiyo and Akio said at the same time.

“Why not? Everyone wanted to form a contract with us-”

“And we don’t.”, Akio picks her nose.

“Yeah, we don’t trust a voice who claims themself as a king.”, Chiyo scratches her butt.

“What?! No, you are going to accept us!”, the female voice cried out.

Chiyo smiles evilly, “Did you two get stuck in here for so many years, you are almost desperate to get out?” (◣∀◢)ψ

“Of course not! We can go out as much as we want!”, a male voice shouted.

(◉◡◉) “Then, go away and let us out.”, Akio said. “Also, appear in front of us or are you scared?~”, she teased.

“Hmph! You will regret this..!”, the voices shouted in unison.

Suddenly, a bright light blinded Akio and Chiyo. As the light faded, Chiyo and Akio could make out two figures.

As Chiyo’s eyes adjusted to the dark once again, she saw how the two creatures looked. “Oh my goodness. There is a lion and racoon..”, she said with a shocked face. (ﾟ艸ﾟ;)

‘So many regrets.’, Akio thought. ‘They look ugly and scary...’ (╥︣﹏᷅╥᷅)

After a few moments, the two creatures suddenly shrink. “Oh no!”, they shouted in union.

“Did you two run out of power? Is that why you want us to form a contract?”, Chiyo asked as she bent down to have a closer look.

The lion and raccoon looked away nervously, “Hehe.. yeah.”

“It’s such a coincidence to have met the two-spirit kings already..”, Akio said.

“..Oh my, I remember them! Those two are like the spirits Nanami had in the game except she had a bird called Hikari.”, Chiyo whispered.

“Hikari?... How do you know him?!”, the raccoon exclaimed in surprisement.

“That monster..! He was banned from the spirit world!”, the lion trembled in fear.

“Monster? Can you explain more about it to us?”, Akio asked.

The raccoon and lion both hesitated.

The lion answered, “Hikari is no ordinary spirit. He was made from forbidden magic. It took 1,000 spirit users to lock him up. He was locked up 14,000 years ago. How-”

“You guys are so old.”, Akio interrupted.

Chiyo smacked Akio’s head. “Continue.”, she said.

“Ahem, how do you know his name? He was forgotten by all races. But he was never forgotten from the spirit world. Only the elders in the spirit world know of him. Not even the young ones nowadays know.”

“Chiyo, did Nanami use some sort of magic to obtain this creature? If so, then Miyoko was definitely controlled. What should we do? If we tell the crown prince or anyone, they wouldn’t believe us anyway…”, Akio said.

Chiyo sighs and shakes her head, “We don’t know it's true power, but for now we can assume that Nanami controlled Miyoko with her spirit, Hikari.”

The raccoon walked up to Akio and Chiyo, “If you want, we can aid you considering that we are Spirit Kings.”

“Since we’re spirit kings, we have more power. We can sense any danger around you. Spirit kings cannot be controlled by other spirit holders and we will be loyal to you. If we betray our holder, we will slowly die off and disappear from the spirit world.”, the lion said.

“Alright, we’ll make a contract with guys. But, what do we get in return for making a contract?”, Akio asked.

The spirit kings smiled proudly, “You get fancy weapons and our loyalty.”

“Hmm… What else?”, Chiyo question.

“..And we’ll also help you save Miyoko from that Nanami.”, the lion said in a serious tone.

“Then... Let us start the process of the contract.”, Akio said as she walked up to the lion. “Do we choose or you choose?”

“Preferably, I rather choose.”, the lion paused and stared Akio in the eyes. “Seeing how you walked up to me, it seemed like we are in a mutual agreement.”

“Heh, how observant of you.”, Akio chuckled.

“I guess that leaves me with you.”, Chiyo smiled.

The raccoon felt a shiver up her spine. “O-of course.”, she replied as she avoided eye contact.

“The first step is to drop some of your blood on our head.”, the lion pointed at a white jewel on his forehead.

Chiyo lowered down to the raccoon’s height and reached her hand out, “Use your claws to cut me.”

The raccoon obeyed her words and cut Chiyo’s palm. “Now repeat these words when you are dropping your blood on my jewel: I ask of you to form this contract with me, be my aid, oh holy being. I am hereby announcing the bond between us. What is your answer?”

Chiyo hovered her bleeding palm over the raccoon’s jewel, “I, Chiyo Ishikawa, ask of you to form this contract with me, be my aid, oh holy being. I am hereby announcing the bond between us. What is your answer?”

The raccoon bowed down and spoke, “Wherever you may go, I shall follow. Give me a name and I will protect you for life. Loyalty is by law, if I betray you, I will seek any punishment given even death. You.. are my master.”

A light glowed from Chiyo’s hands. Her cut and burn disappeared without a trace. “You are now Hoshiko..”, Chiyo smiled and patted Hoshiko’s head hand.

Akio did the same thing as Chiyo where she asked the lion to cut her palm. The lion then said, “Repeat this as well as you give me a name: I ask of you to form this contract with me, be my aid, oh holy being. I am hereby announcing the bond between us as you give me a name. What is your answer?”

Akio said the same thing as Chiyo, “I, Akio Ishikawa, ask of you to form this contract with me, be my aid, oh holy being. I am hereby announcing the bond between us, Alpha. What is your answer?”

The lion bowed down and spoke, “Wherever you may go, I shall follow. Loyalty is by law, if I betray you, I will seek any punishment given even death. You are my master, Akio, I am your servant, Alpha.”

Akio’s cut disappeared when a similar light appeared on her hand. “Thank you..”, she smiled as she stared at her hand.

“Not at all..”, Alpha replied softly.

To Be Continued…

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