Blitz gone?

Soon, the earthquake had stopped.

Julieth was riddened with concern,

"Did they somehow track us?!"

Thelamia was just dumbfounded,

"Who?"

The valkyrie stood up from her seat and looked outside. As she was outside the vast balcony, she witnessed that the rear of the castle was damaged severely. Not only that, she noticed there were lots of full plated men wearing the colors of red and blue who were marching up to the castle's walls.

Thereon, the valkyrie queen, squinted her eyes filled with rage,

"Revelas fiends."

She returned with everyone at the dining hall. She tried to tell her concerns for Goddess Julieth, although Julieth just interrputed her,

"Thamy? Want to get the support of the blood valkyries even more?"

Thelamia was determined,

"Yeah sure."

The valkyrie twisted her spear, as she was a real majorette again.

"For Goddess Julieth, she is already commited to her side and cause."

Then, she pointed her weapon at Thelamia's face again,

"But Let me ask you first, Goddess Thelamia. Are you determined to fight those people? You do realize they are still people of Athlus even if they are a threat."

Thelamia gulped as she was given a choice.

Another shock wave was felt from the castle grounds.

Julieth and Genocide were about to take initiative and face the enemies head on. Although, the valkyrie queen told them that they shouldn't worry much.

Everything was ridden in silence, while the ground was trembling at every second. Though, the valkyrie queen and her troops were calm and secured. Rather, the valkyrie queen was waiting for Thelamia's answer.

Genocide, Spheera, and Julieth looked tense, as Thelamia was still deciding in her thoughts in the midst of crisis.

As for Thelamia herself, her eyes were shut, while she was engrossed in her thoughts crucially,

"What should I do? They're the enemies here, but they're still our people who have souls."

Sooner or later, Thelamia steeled her nerves, clenched her fist and opened her mouth,

"I.—"

Though, she stopped midway and touched her chest instead, as she could't accept her own decision. She just looked down into the sorrowful abyss, as she had doubts in her own choice.

When Genocide perceived that Thelamia was in pain of her own indecisiveness, he also had sorrowful winds wrapped around him.

Another seismic wave was felt.

The valkyrie queen tapped the ground with her spear's end,

"Time's up."

She just snapped her fingers high. Then, she sighed,

"Take a look outside."

Thelamia went outside the balcony. Through the long distance, she witnessed that the footmen were clobbered by life-sized magical silver spheres. She turned to her left and saw the valkyrie queen was already beside her.

Then, the valkyrie queen sighed,

"I could feel that your heart is against bloodshed. So I'm just transfering them back to their own domain. Back to Revelas."

Thelamia was in awe,

"Cool!"

Though, there was something that boggled the Goddess's mind,

"Wait, my heart is against bloddshed? I always fight baddies before!"

Julieth followed them as well. She took notice that the catapults and siege contraptions were being decimated one by one,

"But their weapons are being destroyed one by one."

The valkyrie queen raised her own chin,

"Well, we can't just make it easy for them. So they have to make one from scratch. Although, I still have huge doubts they'd attack this place.

Then, she turned around,

"Also, their funny skirmish will be done soon. So it's time for all of us to continue our feast."

Julieth crossed her own arms effeminately,

"Agreed."

Afterwards, the three of them returned to the dining hall. There, they ate to their fullest. As usual, these elegant ladies were gobbling almost everything except for Thelamia. Though, they still had the poise of high-class women.

While Genocide was eating his grilled wyvern steak, he noticed that Thelamia wasn't eating much. He even observed that she had a frown on her face as well.

As soon as nightfall blanketed the sky, Thelamia was idling at the balcony. More or less, she was looking at the destroyed catapults and ballistas through the distance,

"I wonder why they wanted to destroy this beautiful place that much."

She felt the gales of serenity around the area, but she was still bothered by her own thoughts.

Sooner or later, she heard footsteps from behind.

As she turned around, she saw Genocide waving his hand at her,

"Sup!"

Thelamia made a weak smile and looked away,

"Hey Geno."

Genocide crossed his arms and leaned behind the balcony's marble armrest. Then, he exhaled his tensions,

Riiiight, what's with the long face my dear Goddess pet?"

Thelamia didn't mind his insult. Instead, she expressed her own worries, while she was looking through the distance,

"Geno, why do you think those Revelas people wanted to destroy this place so badly?"

Genocide grinned,

"You're truly naive, Thamy. But, I'll tell you my answer."

His eyes shifted to look at the starry night sky above,

"It's because they see this place as a putrid den of monsters."

Thelamia was seeped in confusion,

"Putrid monsters? But everyone here were all nice to us? And they look beautiful too!"

Genocide shut his eyes for a few seconds. Then, he opened his eyes after a while,

"That is because, they're on our side."

Then, he sighed once more,

"But for Revelanians, these blood valkyries are evil doers who protect the devil queen."

He stood up and patted the Goddess's left shoulder,

"And that's why they hate this place. Not everyone is a mere hero or a villain. Some people see these guys as villains while the others as heroes."

He scratched the back of his head,

Honestly, they're still people who have their own lives. So you can't truly say they're evil, since they only follow orders."

Thelamia had stopped feeling down in the gutters and she had a smile on her face instead,

"Thanks for the lecture Geno. But yea, I agree with you. Everyone has their own side."

Genocide felt kinda crept out by Thelamia agreeing with him for the first time ever,

"Hey it's just my opinion alright!"

Thelamia just giggled.

Somehow, Genocide felt that his core was hit by a cupid's arrow when he saw Thelamia's bright smile and giggle. Also, he felt that his body felt an unexplainable sensation of licorice bliss as he continued to look at Thelamia's radiant eyes.

Although, he tried to hinder his emotions by putting his arms on top of the balcony's armrest. Then, he looked through the distance,

"Thamy? Am I evil to you?"

The Goddess put her index finger on top of her lips and guessed above the midnight clouds,

"Hmmm...not evil. You're just a bad pervert."

Genocide laughed,

"Hahaha! That puts me at ease!"

Thelamia turned to look at Geno and gave her a lady's endearing smile,

"Also Geno, you're good too."

Genocide was struck with passionate hearts once again when he saw her shining face,

He just responded with an awkward smile,

"Gee uh...I don't know what to say."

After that, he patted both of her shoulders and looked at her straight in the eye as he was a determined knight,

"Also, I'll just be here when ya need me."

When she heard those chivalrous words, her heart skipped a sudden beat. Her face blushed. Though, she just looked away.

Genocide didn't notice her sudden reaction and he made a grin instead,

"Oh and Thamy, let's get some scraps from those dismantled siege weapons!"

He grabbed her hand and they rushed down to the castle bridge.

Somehow, Thelamia was feeling the mix of electrifying jolts and wooshing petals, while Genocide was grabbing her hand.

Soon enough, they were at the castle grounds, There, Thelamia saw the dismantled siege contraptions towering over her head,

"Wow! Those things are huge!"

She turned to her left,

"What are we gonna do here Geno?"

Though, Genocide was no longer there beside her. Instead, she perceived that Genocide was already pulling out some parts from the metal contraption nearby.

Genocide responded to her question, while he was busy ripping out the parts,

"Just gonna do my usual thing."

Thelamia was just dumbstruck.

Soon enough, Genocide was now carrying lots of metal gears and a crude metal wheel. He turned his glance at Thelamia,

Now let's go back before mom and valky queen see us!"

Thelamia nodded.

Thereupon, the two of them traversed back to the balcony.

At the corner, Thelamia was witnessing that the sitting Genocide was constructing something odd using the parts he had accumulated. To her eyes, he looked-like a kid who was making a building from toy blocks.

She took a closer look,

"That looks funny Geno."

There, she saw the small contraption in vivid detail. There were three steel rods attached at the base of the wheel that had gears.

Genocide brought out his hand. He asked something from the Goddess, while he was busy with tweaking his creation,

"Thamy, could you give me that green meteorite?"

Thelamia nodded with a smile,

"Yeah sure, just don't pulverize it."

She gave the small emerald meteorite to him afterwards.

Genocide accepted her item and he made a tricky grin,

"I won't."

Sooner or later, he placed the meteorite on top of the gears and the huge wheel. Next, he revealed a brown magical crysalis from his pocket.

Thelamia noticed that Genocide put the enchanted crystal above the steel rods end. Though, it didn't fall, instead it levitated with its mysterious powers.

He took a deep breath and stretched out his hand near the odd contraption,

"Crysalis...activate."

The crystal burst out a mild flashbang. A while later, the wheel glowed in crimson and the gears started to spin fast. The meteorite levitated as well. Though, it was also disintegrating bit by bit, as seconds passed by.

Later on, Thelamia saw that the cube was the only thing left from the meteorite. Thereon, she was very much amazed of what she had seen,

"Amazing!"

Genocide was delighted by the compliment of the Goddess.

After that, she asked him,

"What's that thing called that you invented just now?"

Genocide stood up and held his own hips, while he had a proud smug on his face,

"I call it, METEORITE STRIPPER!"

Thelamia's high expectations for him fell down the drain, as his pervert switch was turned on once again. She was only seedy-eyed after that,

"Is your mind just really full of perverted things?"

Genocide just scratched his own chin,

"Maybe?"

Though, he was filled with curiousity of the cube Thelamia was holding,

"I just wanna ask ya though, what's that cube even?"

Thelamia made an eager smile and pointed her finger at him,

'Mmmhmmm! I'll show you!"

She pushed the white button. The cube unfolded itself into a high quality laptop that had pink cat ears accesory.

Genocide was awestruck and scratched his own lower chin once again,

"Now that's convenient, a foldable laptop inside a cube. Really, Celestia Heavens is more advanced than Athlus."

Thelamia agreed, but she had a frown soon enough,

"Yeah. Sad news is, my laptop's battery has been drained."

She pushed the silver button blow and her laptop reverted back into a small cube.

Genocide just crossed his arms,

"Is that so."

Then Genocide walked around back and forth,

"Though, I think your laptop charger we just caught is still at your princess tower."

Thelamia was filled with hope,

"Yea!"

Although, she was mystified in her thoughts, regarding the recent statement Genocide had told,

"Wait, princess tower?"

Suddenly, the dazzling Julieth approached them,

"Sorry for breaking your bonding time together, but Zero invited us to an important event. Thus, we need to leave this place immediately."

Genocide nodded.

As for silly Thelamia, she was even more wishful in her thoughts,

"Hmmmmm...an important event. I wonder if it's another festival or a carnival even? Maybe a monster hunt?"