An Unexpected Turn

We don’t have the time to understand what happens, Kanamiyah gets drawn in and gets swallowed up by the monster.

All the little lava monsters stay around the giant lava monster.

I point my arm towards him, I am shocked and afraid so I shout.

“Kanamiyah ! No !”

I am about to cry.

Mihail taps my left shoulder with his right hand and points his finger towards the monster.

“Look, he seems to still be alive.”

Is it true ?

I look at Kanamiyah, my heart hurts.

I shouldn’t have brought him here. I’m really a bad father.

Iris tries to reassure me.

“Kanael, he’s still breathing so we still have a chance to save him, don’t give up now.”

I clench my teeth. Iris puts both of her hands on my cheeks.

“Kanael, you couldn’t know, nobody could know it would happen. All you have to do is save your son.”

She’s right, this is no time to falter.

“You’re right ! The goddess wanted us to be together so we surely need to combine our powers to fight it but we need to think about how and be fast. While you think of a plan, I’ll test this monster.”

“Okay, but first let Yogan try to eat it.”

“Okay.”

“Yogan !”

Yogan roars and runs toward the monster, she opens her mouth and tries to eat it but her teeths slip on it.

“Now, Aqua Auréole !”

Yogan throws water at the monster that doesn’t affect it.

“Hah, well it doesn’t work.”

“My turn.”

“Be careful.”

“Of course.”

I attack it and hit it with the blade of my sword when unexpectedly, the blade bounces on the body of the monster.

“What ? I didn’t think it was possible.”

The first giant lava monster was made of normal lava, for the second, the blade went through it and now it rebounds, so they don't have the same properties. Since it rebounds, maybe it doesn’t burn and that explains why Kanamiyah is still alive. All I have to do is touch it slightly to see if it burns.

I go closer to the monster and put my left hand on the monster when I feel the heat, I take my hand away quickly.

“Ouch !”

Well, now I know it burns.”

“Kanael !”

“Don’t worry, I wanted to check if it burns.”

“It’s a lava monster, of course it burns.”

“But Kanamiyah isn’t burnt, so I needed to check.”

I don’t understand, maybe it burns outside and not inside.

The monster let out a smelly breath.

“It stinks.”

There's a weird smell in the air.

I start shaking.

Wait, why is everything blurry ?

I stagger.

“Kanael ?!”

“Iris, don’t come ! Protect your nose everyone, its breath has something dangerous.”

I step back and join Iris, then I faint in her arms.

“Kanael ?! Kanael !”

When I wake up later, I see Iris above me.

“Kanael, how are you feeling ?”

“Fine, I think.”

“Thankfully.”

She strokes my hair.

“The monster is weird, it doesn’t attack, actually it doesn’t move at all, we don’t understand.”

“Well, since I was out, it’s better that it didn’t attack.”

“Yes, but we still don’t know its intention. Even the little lava monsters don’t attack, they just stay by the side of the giant monster.”

“Why did it capture Kanamiyah ?”

Wait, of all the children he is the only one who has not disappeared. Was that the monster's intention ?

“Iris, maybe the purpose was to lure us here to kidnap Kanamiyah.”

“Ah ! You may be right, since it’s the only child that didn’t disappear.”

“But what does it want to do with the children ? Maybe it wants to play with them.”

“Kanael, a bit of seriousness.”

“At least it didn't hurt the children or Kanamiyah.”

“Right, it’s a good thing. So what do you think we should do ?”

“Whatever, as long as we can save Kanamiyah.”

We all wear masks to avoid the smelly breath of the monster, Mihail announces.

“Let’s try our power on it for now !”

We all say. “Okay !”

“I have to make the biggest construction ever ! Costruzione gratuita !”

Mihail tries to block the monster in a big building but the monster breaks it because it’s too big.

“Hah… It didn’t even attack but it’s so big and deformed that the building couldn’t stand it.”

“Yahoo ! Hand Paint !”

Peachi throws paint on the monster, it makes the monster growls.

“It doesn’t really affect it but he doesn't like it either.”

“Maybe I can disturb it with the light ? Stella Nails.”

Fleur illuminates her nails and shows them to the monster, it suddenly bounces.

“It seems to appreciate it, maybe it really wants to play.”

Iris is thinking.

“I really don’t understand this monster. Why did it capture all the children if it doesn’t attack us. Why would a monster want to play ?”

“I don’t understand, the goddess said it’s the worst monster to fight.”

Mihail tells me.

“Maybe the goddess didn’t mean it the way you think.”

Kanamiyah opens his eyes and seems to look at me.

“Kanamiyah, do you see me ?”

He does not move at all except his eyes.

“He can’t move but I think he’s looking at me. Kanamiyah, don’t worry, I’ll save you !”

It’s my turn to use my power and I have to do something more complex than the other times.

“Bulles de Joie !”

I throw my bubble inside the mouth of the monster.

“Yes, it’s inside.”

I concentrate and make the bubble wrap Kanamiyah the closest possible.

“Now, I have to make it grow until the monster explodes.”

I make the bubble grow bigger inside the monster.

“Liebe Power.”

Lovy's halo surrounds me.

“Bigger !”

The bubble grows big enough to make the monster explode but just before I realize the monster is suffering and stop.

“Kanael ?”

No, that’s not what I want to do.

I stop the bubble from growing.

I have to get Kanamiyah out of there with my own hands.

I put my hands in the mouth of the monster, make the bubble go up and hold Kanamiyah and pull him out.

“Ah !”

My arms are burned by the lava.

“Kanael ! Why did you do that ?”

“I didn’t want to kill the monster, after all it doesn’t attack, I don't usually kill innocent people.”

“You, idiot.”

Iris holds me in her arms and is crying.

“I did what I thought was right.”

“That’s why you’re an idiot.”

Her head rests on my neck.

“You know you’re important to me.”

“I know.”

I kiss her head.

“I’m going to put cool paint on your arms to cool the wound.”

“Hand Paint !”

“Or maybe you want me to lick your arms.”

Iris hits Peachi on the head with her right punch.

“Ouch ! It hurts.”

Iris kisses me in a lovely and sweet way.

“Iris, I’m sorry to make you worry.”

The monster, to everyone's surprise, starts crying.

“Ouh !”

I get up and stand in front of it.

“Don’t worry, we’ll come back to play with you. That’s what you wanted. You wanted all the children to play with you, right ?”

Suddenly the monster sticks to me.

“Oh, it doesn’t burn.”

He rubs his body against mine to show his affection.

“You’re happy now ?”

My arms fell through his body.

“Oh ?”

My head hit his body.

“Ouch !”

“Haha.”

“Iris, help me instead of laughing.”

“You are good friends right ?”

I feel something warm on my arms.

It’s healing me ?

“Iris !”

My body goes through the monster and I fall on the ground.

“Ah !”

“Haha.”

Iris keeps laughing until she comes to help me.

“Iris…”

“Sorry…”

“The monster tried to heal me.”

“Hand Paint !”

Peachi takes out the paint of my arms.

“Oh Kanael you’re healed. It’s kiss time !”

“No way, it’s my kiss time."

Iris hugs me and kisses me.

“You’re my hero.”

“Thank you.”

Peachi sulks , then Mihail tells him.

“Peachi, you’ll find someone one day so no need to make that face.”

I add.

“Maybe it wanted to heal the children too.”

Mihail talks to the children.

“Kids, this isn’t a dangerous monster so you can play with it but be careful. Promise ?”

“Yes !”

“Mister knight, you are very courageous.”

“Thank you, it's my duty to take care of the princesses.”

“Hihi.”

The little girl is smiling and runs towards the other children.

“All's well that ends well.”

Iris stands in front of me and grabs my top.

“Iris ?”

“After all this fight there’s only one thing I’m thinking about.”

“What is it ?”

She puts her left knee on the ground.

What’s happening ? Don’t tell me she wants…

Iris speaks in a serious tone.

“Chevalier Kanael, the only knight of Kobatsuki District, will you marry me ?