"It's not good to look down on others."— Narancia Ghirga, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

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  Roy knew what Ri wao ask.

  "Cire's tracted spirit suddenly became much stronger," she began, "and I know her well. She wasn't this powerful before. So, I wao ask if you had something to do with it."

  Ri knew Cire well, and this sudden increase in strength had left her feeling a bit envious and insecure.

  "Cire's tracted spirit, Scarlet, is actually a high-ranking Elemental Spirit. She was injured and lost some of her power, which is why she was so weak before," Roy expined. "I simply healed her injuries."

  "Scarlet is a high-ranking Elemental Spirit?!" Ri gasped, shocked.

  She knew how rare high-ranking spirits were. She couldn't believe that Cire, of all people, had one.

  Ri couldn't help but feel envious.

  Then, a thought struck her. Perhaps her own spirit also possessed hidden strength.

  With that in mind, she summoned her ice spirit, Fenrir.

  "Woof woof!" Fenrir appeared, sitting obediently like a dog and wagging its tail.

  Ri sighed. It seemed her expectatiooo high.

  "Ri, your Fenrir seems a bit unusual," Roy ented, the spirit.

  He could tell what she was thinking.

  He khat Fenrir was no ordinary spirit. It was an a and powerful Elemental Spirit.

  However, it seemed to be suppressed by a Demonic Spirit, which was draining its power.

  If they could elimihat Demonic Spirit, Fenrir's strength should recover.

  "What do you mean?" Ri asked, her eyes widening with hope.

  "It seems your Fenrir is being parasitized by a Demonic Spirit," Roy expined.

  "Really?" Ri looked at Fenrir with .

  Fenrir tilted its head, looking at Roy curiously.

  "This type of Demonic Spirit is like a parasite. O attaches itself to a host, it's uable, and it slowly drains the host's power until they die," Roy eborated.

  This was just a guess, but he was certain that this Demonic Spirit to no good.

  Ri's wrew. "What we do?" she asked anxiously.

  "I try to find this parasite," Roy offered.

  "Please, I beg you!" Ri csped her hands together.

  "No problem," Roy replied with a smile.

  He approached Fenrir and pced his hand on its head.

  Fenrir didn't resist.

  Roy eled his magito Fenrir, carefully examining its body.

  However, he couldn't find any trace of another being within Fenrir.

  It seemed this Demonic Spirit was good at hiding. Even Roy couldn't detect it.

  But then, Roy remembered that Fenrir had a pocket dimension within its body.

  This dimension allowed it to store items.

  Ri ofte to carry her luggage.

  If the Demonic Spirit wasn't in Fenrir's body, perhaps it was hiding in this pocket dimension.

  Roy extended his magito Fenrir's pocket dimension.

  After searg for a while, he found something unusual.

  It was a mass of bck mist.

  This must be the Demonic Spirit.

  Roy used his magic to grab the mist and pull it out.

  The Demonic Spirit struggled, but it was no match for Roy's power.

  Soon, it was dragged out, emerging from Fenrir's mouth as a cloud of bck mist.

  Fenrir growled at the mist, its fur bristling.

  It clearly sehe danger.

  "Is that the thing that arasitizing Fenrir? How disgusting!" Ri grimaced.

  "Yes, that's a Shadowtail. They're very difficult to detece they attach to a host," Roy expined.

  "What should we do with it?"

  "We'll just elimi. Without it draining Fenrir's power, it should regain its strength," Roy said, then effortlessly destroyed the Demonic Spirit with his magic.

  Ri sighed in relief. "Thank you so much, Roy!"

  "Don't mention it. We're cssmates, after all," Roy replied with a smile.

  Ri blushed, looking at him with gratitude.

  He had saved her three times when they first met and now had even saved her beloved Fenrir.

  She didn't know how to repay him.

  She gazed at the handsome Roy, her heart pounding. She closed her eyes and leaned in.

  Roy, who had been enjoying the pastries, smirked.

  He turned his head, waiting for her to approach.

  "Eh?" Ri's eyes fluttered open, surprised that her lips hadn't met his.

  Before she could react, Roy had captured her lips in a passionate kiss.

  Ri was stunned, her mind bnk as she was swept away by the ued kiss.

  Carol, her face flushed crimson, covered her eyes with her hands, though she couldn't resist peeking through her fingers.

  Fenrir tilted its head, watg them curiously. It felt like they were showing off their affe in front of a lonely single dog.

  After a while, Roy finally released Ri.

  Her face was flushed, and she looked at Roy with wide eyes.

  "Thank you for the treat. You're quite sweet," Roy teased with a grin.

  "Mmm..." Ri covered her face with her hands, embarrassed.

  "I should head baow," Roy said, seeing her flustered rea.

  "I-I'll see you out!" Ri decred, jumping to her feet, her embarrassment momentarily fotten.

  "Sure." Roy couldn't refuse.

  They strolled along the academy path, like a couple on a date, her of them speaking.

  "Roy-san, who are you?" Ri finally asked, breaking the silence.

  She was curious about his identity.

  "I'm... well, you could say I'm a Maou," Roy replied with a smile.

  "Eh? A Maou?" Ri looked at him in surprise.

  "Yes, a Maou," Roy firmed.

  "Amazing!" Ri's eyes sparkled with admiration.

  Although she didn't know what a Maou was, it sounded powerful.

  Sihe Dark Elemental Lord hadn't shared her power with any humans, there was no one in this world called a "Maou," even though Solomon had appeared.

  When the Elemental Lords had submitted to Roy, he had told them he was a Maou.

  Although Roy had disappeared, the Elemental Lords wouldn't allow anyone else to cim that title.

  ...

  ...

  Greyworth, who had been eavesdropping nearby, was stunned by Roy's words.

  Maou...

  She had heard that term from a high-ranking Elemental Spirit before.

  Thousands of years ago, a war had erupted between the five Elemental Lords and the Dark Elemental Lord.

  The entire Elemental Spirit World was involved.

  Then, a man who called himself a Maou had appeared. He defeated the Dark Elemental Lord and then the five Elemental Lords, f them all to submit.

  He had ruled the Elemental Spirit World, bringing pead ending the war.

  Many peace-loving spirits praised his as.

  But after peace was restored, the Maou had disappeared. No one had seen him since.

  The Dark Elemental Lord and the Water Elemental Lord had also vanished, along with most of the high-ranking Elemental Spirits.

  That was why high-ranking spirits were so rare now.

  And this mysterious and powerful man before her cimed to be a Maou.

  Could he be the same Maou who had uhe Elemental Spirit World thousands of years agreyworth was shocked by the possibility.

  ...

  Meanwhile, Roy had just parted ways with Ri when he entered Cire.

  "Roy-san!" Cire called out from a nearby staircase, waving at him.

  A gust of wind blew, causing her fiery red hair and skirt to flutter.

  "Cire..."

  "What?" Cire looked at him with a puzzled frown.

  "I see everything," Roy teased with a grin.

  "What?!" Cire blushed, quickly pressing her skirt down.

  "Just kidding! Hahaha..." Roy ughed at her flustered rea.

  Cire sighed in relief.

  "I-I also made some pastries. Would you like to try them?" she offered shyly.

  "Pastries? Sure," Roy agreed.

  Cire's eyes lit up.

  She led him to her room.

  Roy sat on the sofa.

  Soon, Cire returned with a pte of beautifully decorated pastries.

  Roy was surprised. These didn't look like something Cire could make.

  He remembered her disastrous cooking from the inal story.

  But he had fotten that Cire's terrible cooking was due to her inability to trol Scarlet's fmes.

  Now that Scarlet had regained her full power, helping Cire with baking was a simple task.

  Seeing that Roy hesitated to take a pastry, Cire puffed out her chest.

  "This is the first time I've baked for a boy!" she decred.

  "Cire worked very hard!" Scarlet chimed in.

  She shuddered, remembering the taste tests earlier. Although she could trol the heat perfectly, Cire's baking skills were still questionable.

  "I'm just surprised you could make such beautiful pastries, Cire. They smell delicious," Roy said, taking a pastry and trying it.

  "They're not bad," he ented with a nod.

  Although not as good as Shizuka's or Saeko's baking, for Cire, it was quite an aplishment.

  "Really?" Cire beamed, her eyes sparkling.

  "Of course. Here, try one." Roy picked up a pastry a to Cire.

  "Mmm!" Cire blushed, surprised by his sudden a.

  Being fed by Roy made her heart flutter.

  Just then, the bd white spirit seals on Roy's arms glowed.

  Est and Ren emerged.

  "Roy, feed me too! Ah~" Ren g to his arm, ag cute.

  "Roy, Est wants some too!" Est chimed in, tugging at his sleeve.

  They were jealous of his intimate gesture with Cire.

  "Alright, alright." Roy couldn't refuse their requests.

  He fed both of them.

  Cire stared at the two girls who had suddenly appeared, then realized they must be high-ranking Elemental Spirits like Scarlet.

  "Roy, who are they?" she asked curiously.

  "They're my servants," Roy replied.

  "This is Est."

  "And this is Ren Ashdoll."

  "Servants? You mean they're your tracted spirits?" Cire was fused by his terminology.

  "Yes, you could say that," Roy nodded.

  Est and Ren fiheir pastries auro their spirit seals.

  Roy prepared to leave.

  But as he opehe door, he found Ri eavesdropping.

  Ri, caught red-handed, froze in embarrassment.

  Roy chuckled inwardly but didn't expose her.

  "Ri, what are you doing here?" Cire demanded, gring at her.

  Ri, annoyed by Cire's rude tone, retorted, "Hmph! It's none of your business where I am, you stray cat!"

  Since Cire was being impolite, Ri wouldn't hold back either.

  "What? You called me a stray cat?! You're the one who's a stray dog, always stealing things!" Cire retorted, her face flushed.

  "Who are you calling a dog?!"

  "You, of course! Your family crest is a dog!"

  "That's not true! The Laurenfrost family crest is a proud white wolf, not a dog!" Ri argued.

  "A white wolf? More like a Chihuahua!"

  "..."

  Cire's taunts enraged Ri.

  "Cire Elstein... you've crossed the line!" she growled.

  A wave of icy air swept through the room, and the temperature plummeted.

  O ferocious ice fang, merciless hunter of the forest...

  I hereby ihe blood trace more.

  Obey my and!

  Ri ted the summoning intation in the Spirit Language.

  A blizzard erupted.

  A beautiful wolf with silver fur emerged from the swirling snow, its presence radiating an icy aura.

  It was Fenrir, the ice spirit.

  Cire, however, looked at Fenrir with disdain, her pigtails swishing.

  "Hmph! Your little dog is still as pathetic as ever. The only det thing about it is its fur."

  "You... you called my Fenrir a dog again! How dare you insult the Laurenfrost family?! I won't five you, you ft-chested girl!" Ri shouted, pointing at Cire acgly.

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