CHAPTER 53

MELANIE MALACHITE POV

She put her hand on the tree and opened the portal to Home.

"Let's go!" she said cheerfully as she carried the unconscious girl on her shoulder "We'll wait for Jaune at home."

Her sister didn't say anything but she did follow behind her.

They arrived in the usual arrival area and scared away a herd of deer from their arrival.

She looked at the mansion in the distance and sighed.

"I really hope we'll be able to find a way to arrive closer to home." She said with a pout. "I don't like walking for half an hour to get there every time we come here."

"We could probably steal a Bullhead and bring it here." Miltia said. "Though I'm not sure if we'll be able to get it through the portal as don't know how large that portal could become."

She shrugged and turned to wink at Miltia "Or we could just ask Jaune to give us a 'ride'."

Miltia gave her a deadpanned expression but she could see the hint of desire in her eyes and the blush on her cheeks.

"Ohh~ Miltia wants the D of the Drago-ouch!" she grimaced at Miltia pinching her sides.

"You want to sing again sister?" Miltia asked in a sweet and innocent voice which sent a shiver of fear down her spine.

But she wouldn't be the fun twin if she didn't take risks.

She carried the unconscious girl on her shoulder and started running toward their new home "MILTIA WANTS THE D OF THE DRAGON~" she shouted at the top of her voice and then ran faster as Miltia chased after her with a promise of retribution.

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JAUNE ARC POV

"Are you two alright?" he asked as he looked at the two disheveled girls with numerous cuts and bruises on their bodies.

He… had no idea what could do that to them.

"Did you ran across one of Salem's agents?" he asked as he started pouring his aura on both the girls who for some reason wouldn't meet his eyes.

"Hey… look at him." He said in a more gentle tone.

Melanie looked at him while Miltia's face turned red for some reason.

"What happened Melanie?" he asked in a soothing voice "Who did this to you?"

By now their aura had already been filled by him and their wounds had vanished as if they were never there in the first place.

Melanie was silent for a moment before she huffed and said "Miltia did this to me."

He eyes widened as he looked at Miltia who was looking similarly shocked at Melanie's admission… and why was she turning red again.

He thought about it for a moment before he carefully asked "Did you two have a fight?"

Miltia looked away from him but gave a small nod.

He let out an exasperated sigh.

All his worry because the twins got into a little scuffle.

"And why were you fighting again?" he asked.

"Because Miltia wants the D of~ uff." Melanie instantly stopped her singing as Miltia buried her fist in her sister's gut with an annoyed expression.

"Miltia." He said and the girl huffed before looking away.

"You're not going to punish her?" Melanie asked as she smiled as if she had not just been punched a moment ago "She hit me?"

"Because you did something to provoke her." He said before the smile on his face vanished and his expression turned somber "Did you get her?"

They both nodded, their demeanor serious once again as they led him to the Guest room in the mansion.

In the bed of the Guest room, he could see the unconscious form of Ilia Amitola.

He has already thought about this in detail the day before so he didn't hesitate as he moved forward and shrouded the girl.

Once she was captured, he instantly sold her to the Company.

And that… was that.

He felt a sudden bout of mental exhaustion at what he had done.

He shook his head and looked at his buzzing scroll.

Selling Ilia gave him 16 points.

It left him with a bitter feeling.

But…

No point in angsting about it now.

He now had 58 points in total.

He scrolled through the catalog until he reached the Bounty Tracker and clicked on the Buy button.

Bounty Tracker Purchased for 50 points.

And now he had the 8 points left in his account along with the location of all the Bounty Targets in this world.