"This is not the first time you are failing in this mission, Akai! I gave it to you because I trusted your capabilities but now…"
"Master Hisoka! The queen had acquired assistance from a human and judging from their affinity he must have been a—"
"Silence! You dare to interrupt me while I speak?!" his master glared at him down and Akai could feel the humiliation creep up the back of his neck in undesirable heat. He had never been scolded by his master in front of all the other tamers, and it pissed him off that it was happening. He could hear the murmurs of his subordinates and some even snickered, it only made him flare in anger, but he dared not show it to his master, "you are off this mission!"