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Summary[]
As a child, Tiona liked fighting, however, she did not like having to kill other people, but she did it in order to survive. On her fifth birthday, after having killed one of her friends, she had a confused feeling. Upon arriving to her room she saw Tione who had done the same. After hearing she had killed Seldas she was happy since Tione was more important to her. However, Tione punched her in the face which made Tiona mad until she saw that Tione was crying, shocking her. From that day on, Tione became more aggressive and the others in her room stopped talking to each other for fear of bonding and being killed. Once she leveled up Tiona started taking fighting classes with Bache and for the first time experienced fear. At the same time, the number of people in her room continued to dwindle until eventually only she and Tione remained. One day, after a year of living like that, Tiona found a sheet of a story and, after training, she asked Bache to read it to her. Her mentor got nervous and asked Tiona to wait for her but she didn't come back that day. Days later Bache offered to read it to her, getting into the routine of reading it to her after training, causing Tiona to stop fearing her and start having fun during her training.
One day Kali asked her if she wanted anything to which Tiona replied that she wanted to know the end of the Argonaut story. Since then, every time Tiona won a fight she was given a new book and also she learned to read. Thanks to the books Tiona started to laugh and smile even among the fights and the blood; she had been saved by those stories.
Loki announced they would focus on the Njord Familia, the Guild branch of Melen and Murdock while ignoring the Kali Familia for the moment. She divided Tiona and Tione, leaving them with Ais and Riveria respectively, adding that they couldn't object. While checking with her group, Lefiya was approached by a girl. At first Lefiya believed she was an Amazonesses but not feeling that she was a member of a Familia she assumed that she was just a normal inhabitant of Melen. The girl asked her if she was an adventurer from Orario and told her that she had heard a scream in the place where she used to play that she thought might be related to the monster from the other day. After discussing it with the others, she asked the girl to guide them to the place she was talking about. While they followed the girl, Bache fell behind Lefiya and knocked her down. Before Lefiya lost consciousness, the girl explained to her that some Gods were able to suppress their divinity which allowed them to pass off as normal people and revealed herself to be Kali in disguise.
Elsewhere Argana appeared in front of Tione's group. She spoke a few words to her in the Amazoness language and left while Tione demanded an explanation of what she meant. After that, a member of the Loki Familia arrived and told them that Lefiya's group had been attacked. They gathered to treat the injuries of the group and, after Elfy explained what happened, Loki ordered them to gather Tiona and Tione. Noticing that something was happening, Tiona and Ais went to see what it was, but when they did so, Tione took Tiona to a secluded place and repeated what Argana had told her before, that if they wanted to get Lefiya back, they had to go to the port alone at night. Tione asked what they were going to do and Tione told her that they would end it once and for all. She tried to protest but in the end Tione convinced her after explaining that they would come back as many times as necessary. With no other choice, the two of them decided to participate in the rituals once more.
Characters[]
- Tiona Hiryute
- Tione Hiryute
- Bache Kalif
- Kali
- Ais Wallenstein
- Loki
- Alicia Forestlight
- Lefiya Viridis
- Elfy Colette
- Narvi Roll
- Rakta Haze
- Argana Kalif
- Riveria Ljos Alf
- Njord
- Rod