The place was blank, nothing existed beyond two women staring at each other as they sat at a tea table. One of them was a redhead dressed elegantly in a black dress, with long red hair and red eyes, bearing bite marks on her neck.
She sat cross-legged, gazing at the other person, who coincidentally resembled her greatly, except for her red hair with small flickers of fire. She wore a white dress with gold accents and had amber eyes.
"Do you want to know what's been happening in the Spirit Realm? I thought you weren't interested in such matters anymore, mistress, since you left me all alone," the woman in white said, pouting, clearly saddened by Valentina's actions.
"You chose to take a break," Valentina replied authoritatively, lifting her teacup lightly and sipping delicately.
"I didn't ask for a break! I asked for a few weeks off! That was two hundred years ago!" She exclaimed, throwing a tantrum and hitting the table.
"Hmm, I forgot, Igris," Valentina said, pretending to ponder, but it only further enraged the familiar in front of her.
"Mistress!" She shouted, pounding the table, and Valentina couldn't help but laugh. "Fufufufu," and the veins on Igris's head only bulged more, her hair was aflame, and two fire wings had already appeared on her back.
"Calm down, are you still a child? Fufufu," Valentina said as she savored her teacup.
"Come on, tell me what's been happening in the Spirit Realm, I need some information," Valentina said, laughing as she leaned on her arm.
Igris was slightly perplexed by this scene; she wouldn't usually make such a face! What had happened in two hundred years? Where was that woman? Valentina!
These were Igris's deep thoughts, which were nothing but confusion upon seeing the bitter woman being so gentle.
"Come on, I came to see you for this; it's important," Valentina commented as she looked deeply into Igris's eyes.
"Sigh."
"Okay, you must want to know about the incident, right?" Igris asked as she looked at Valentina's surprised eyes. "Oops," she let slip.
"What incident? Come on, spill!" Valentina was quick, and Igris sighed deeply once again.
"A mass genocide occurred on the last floor of Etheria," Igris said, and Valentina's face slightly changed to an expression with no explanation or description, clearly screaming "CONTINUE!"
"Nearly two billion spirits were massacred a few weeks ago. I don't know the actual facts, but combining the information I've gathered, it seems that the Spirit King interfered in something outside," Igris said, and Valentina's eyes trembled slightly.
"That damn spirit!" She roared, but didn't show it to Igris, who continued speaking without interruption.
"The last floor of the Spirit Realm is a place forbidden for any spirit to enter, even I, who is of the highest class, am prohibited," Igris commented, seeming to be trying to hide something.
"Igris, my son was banished from the Spirit Realm," Valentina said, and with just one sentence, Igris's whole body burst into flames of anger.
She knew Valentina better than anyone else. As a primordial spirit, she had accompanied many beings, but Valentina was her greatest contract; it wasn't hard to say she was her only true friend in her immortal life, and she had just found out that not only did Valentina have a son, but that same son had been banished from the realm she was associated with.
"Valentina, since when do you have a son?" She asked lightly as she lowered her furious aura.
"Almost fourteen years ago," she commented as she calmly drank her tea, acting as if nothing was happening.
"Fourteen years... and you didn't even think to introduce him to me? Petty!" She snarled as she drank her drink from her cup.
"I was going to bring him personally to meet you; I was waiting for him to grow up. I thought about passing my contract to him," Valentina replied, and it was true. When Dante grew up more, she wanted Igris to become his familiar because both of them were quite similar, and unlike Valentina, who didn't have much patience, Dante was someone who had plenty and would get along well with Igris.
"I would never accept that, you know that," Igris commented, subtly laughing. She couldn't do that. "I figured, Fufufu," Valentina laughed along.
"Anyway, back to our subject," Igris commented. "Even if I accepted, I don't think I could be your familiar," she remarked, and Valentina was more confused by the question, but she answered anyway.
"A few weeks ago, when he tried to make the contract with a familiar..." Igris immediately connected the dots and then gave her verdict to Valentina.
"It's just a guess, but when your son tried to establish a connection, the spiritual world sent the banishment signal and prevented the familiar from connecting to him... I can't believe I'm thinking of such an absurd thing," Igris said as she stopped her explanation.
"CONTINUE!" Valentina shouted, startling Igris. "Hey, calm down!"
"Hmpg, as I was saying. He connected with the spiritual world and received the banishment signal; the connection was made with that woman," Igris commented, her head lowered, fearing what she was about to say.
"The only person who lives on the top floor, Voralith," Igris said and choked slightly on her tea, alone.
Valentina was puzzled; who the hell was Voralith?
"Voralith, starting-class familiar spirit, formerly a... well, I can't reveal. Basically, she's the most powerful familiar spirit there is; she herself has such surreal power that she can kill spirits forever. In this case, she did that a few days ago," Igris commented, and her eyes slightly showed sadness; the spiritual world had suffered a great loss...
"I don't know many details, but only she could cause something like this... And if your son did happen to connect with her, it means he was a good master for her to follow. She's been trapped in the spiritual realm for a million years, so if this is really the case, the commotion had a reason," Igris commented and took her teacup again, taking the last sip.
"The balance in the Spirit Realm has declined; the celestial entities are probably already trying to resolve it. Make your son try to enter the Spirit Realm again, using me as a guide. If they intervene in this decision, it's likely that he'll be able to enter again in a few months," Igris finished.
"I see, thank you, Igris," Valentina commented as she got up. "Are you leaving already?" Igris questioned.
"Yes, I need to inform him about this news and also take care of some things... I have a fairy to hold accountable for what she did," Valentina commented and started walking.
"I'll come with you later; I'll just inform the Spirit King of my absence," Igris commented and saw Valentina nod as her body turned into flames.
"This is the last time I do anything for you; our debt is paid, Kazess," Igris said, and a man appeared by her side.
"Okay, as long as Voralith leaves the spiritual world, her power will be absorbed during the contract; she'll become very weak while the boy grows up, and we'll have time to prevent another genocide if she decides to return," he commented and turned to look at a familiar face.
"It's good to see my favorite comedian fix the mess he made. Thanks for your hard work, you trash!" The Admin commented, and Kazess disappeared into the wind.
He looked at the familiar lightly and smiled, but of course, Igris saw nothing but a black void in the man in the suit.
"System," he said as he appeared in the vast expanse of galaxies.
A keyboard appeared in front of him, and he began typing on a kind of CMD
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[[7:23] 893723133: /unban "666002777-Dante Scarlet" <Etheria Server>]
[[7:24] System: The user "666002777-Dante Scarlet" has been unbanned from "Etheria" by the Administrator <893723133>]
[[7:24] System Notification: The Balance is being restored, please check, open the System Manually and see the performance graphs of this Sector
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"There, everything balanced," he sighed as he sat in an armchair and watched a black hole emerge.
"Make a contract soon and drain that damn celestial, I can't stand managing that celestial bitch anymore. Stupid Yggdrasil wants to balance reality by leaving that monster loose! Idiot!" He said and fell asleep in the chair