I was tired and sweating. I hate sweating because it makes me feel gross. I fell down and looked at Lobelia. She had healed from all the wounds I had given her—Was this a joke? I had used up all my muscle strength for nothing? "What the hell are you?" I was annoyed. But then, I saw light. It was coming from Melissa. It was so bright that I almost went blind. I closed my eyes and when I opened them again, Melissa was gone and Lord Akagi had a huge double-bladed axe in his hand. The axe was even bigger than him and seemed heavy. He stood on the blade at the lower side which protruded out like an elephant tusk. The axe seemed like stainless steel with pink marks on its holdfast. Evgeni was up by then.

"Milady," I turned and Lict stood beside me.
"Lict—We need to help lord Akagi—"
"He might not need our help anymore" Lict smiled and looked at them. What was this squeak saying now? I swear if Lord Akagi dies, I will obliterate this guy first. I looked ahead at them.

"Alright Melissa, let's see how strong you are." Lord Akagi shouted and dug the axe into the ground. Lobelia ran towards them, Evgeni looked into his diary, "Magixiya 43, Orfografii v tret'ikh, Vyzov forma tri, Rosa Swogaris" Lord Akagi was surrounded by hundreds of swords.
"Lict—"
"Just watch, Milady." I realised Lict was collecting back the spirit energy he had lost by resting. He seemed tired and dull—Talk about being useless—That's what we both were at that moment.

As all the swords moved towards Lord Akagi, he grabbed the holdfast of the axe and rose up making a human flag. He moved around it in the air, deflecting the sword, one of the swords hit him on his shoulder and tore off the arm of his coat. Then as he got down, he rotated it so fast with so much force, I felt the wind on my face. He disappeared and Lobelia made a shield before her. He came through it, breaking that shield in pieces, "Lobelia! Magixiya 7, Orfografii v tret'ikh, Vyzov forma tri Purin gravity" Evgeni shouted.

"It's that same gravity spell," Lict said.
"Oh no—Lord Akagi," But he dodged all her spells, she couldn't catch him because of how fast he was. She was beginning to grow irritated. Lord Akagi was awesome. He removed his coat and stood before her in his shirt. His eyes were glowing red, "He seems excited," Lict said, "A demigod's eyes glow when they are excited."

I didn't know that. Lord Akagi was winning. Can't believe these people are the strongest. They just have more Magixiyas with them, that's all.
"Alright, playtime's over," Evgeni said and Lobelia smirked. Oh no, something bad was going to happen, wasn't it?

"Lobelia, Vivana silenca—Second form,"
Evgeni was using his star spirit's second form! I couldn't believe what I saw next—Lobelia began glowing and became a fucking dagger! What the fuck! I burst out laughing but then quickly covered with my very natural cough.

Well, this would be an easy win. Lord Akagi ran towards him. Lict quickly stood before me and moved his arm making a shield before Lord Akagi while Evgeni moved the dagger in the air. I saw a light which moved towards Lord Akagi but Lict's shield protected him. Now it was a fight between Lict's shield and Lobelia. She turned back by then and Evgeni fell on the floor, tired and out of breath. His nose was bleeding. Was he tired already?

The shield was developing a crack on it meanwhile Lord Akagi ran away from there. I looked at Lict's hands, his palms were bleeding.
"Lict!"

"You haven't changed at all," Lobelia grinned, "Even now, all you care about is others and that's your biggest weakness. Isn't it, dear twin brother?" What—Twin! I did know that the twelve stars were siblings but Lict had a twin?! The shield shattered and Lict fell on his knees, grabbing his chest and coughing in pain.

She walked towards us and looked down at him, "I will kill you with my own hands."
"Wait—Are you twins? Why would you want to kill your own twin brother?"

She made a sword and swung it at him. Blood fell on Lict's hair, my blood. He looked up and Lobelia seemed shocked. I had brought my wrist before her sword, "If you want to reach him, kill me first. I don't care if you are twins or not, if you hurt him—You are an enemy," I looked into her eyes.

She had been getting on my nerves for quite a while now. She smiled, "Fine then," She raised her sword again and I looked at her, "You go down first!"

"Lobelia, don't kill a demigod," Evgeni said and she stopped immediately. So, I had the upper hand. I grabbed her sword but it didn't break—Was my sila drunk today?! Like, bitch, work when I need you. She pulled the sword away and kicked me so hard, I went sliding down the corner of the bridge and reached the end. Lord Akagi appeared behind her, aimed at her arm and chopped it off.

She wasn't weak. They were fighting two demigods seemingly effortlessly. I was holding on to the end of the bridge. Mortals, the bridge was among the clouds. Imagine falling from there—Yeah, definitely not an experience I wanted to go through. I like death when it's peaceful. My hands were strong! But fuck my Sila—That bitch had to work at that time. The bridge collapsed and we all fell.

"Lict!" I shouted but he was still bleeding. Just a moment, Milady, He wiped his hands off of his shirt but the bleeding wasn't stopping. We were all going to die! "Lobelia, Magixiya 13, Orfografii v tret'ikh, Vyzov forma tri, Wings of fortune," And she had white wings on her back. She picked Evgeni into her arms and flew towards the sky while we all fell. "Lict!" I shouted. "Melissa, revert," Lord Akagi said and the axe turned back into Melissa.

"We are going to die!" She shrieked as we fell.

"Not so fast," Lict made a golden slide and we all fell on it and slid down towards the ground. It was fun—Like that amusement park rides mortals enjoy. We landed on my bed inside the hotel room. Have I ever told you that I love Lict's powers? Wish I had something like that. His blood had stained his clothes. Aleksei and Maks walked inside my room after hearing that loud noise. We were all covered in blood.

"Lemme guess—A parade?"

"Get a first aid kit," Lord Akagi ordered. He and I had healed already. We just needed a bath to clean off the blood. And Melissa was clean thanks to that transformation. Lict needed some help with his hands. Lord Akagi went for a bath and Melissa followed him—Seriously, talk about shameless! Leave the man alone. I was about to follow her and pull her away from him but then I saw Lict sitting on the floor and taping his hands.

I walked towards him and looked down at him, "What are you doing?"
"Oh, this will stop the bleeding." What an idiot—At least disinfect it!
"Give it here!" I snatched the bandage away from him and looked at his hands. I sat down, right in front of him. I took a cotton ball and poured some disinfectant on it. I pressed it over his cut.

"Hurts!" He whispered and pulled back his arm.
"Be a man!" I slapped his head. His cuts were deep "How did it go so bad?"
"Shields are nothing but spirit energy in an intact form. When they break, the spirit energy balance inside us collapses and it creates wounds on the body, inside and outside."
"It seems very painful"
"It is, a bit."

"I thought you hated Lord Akagi. Why did you protect him?"
He smiled, "Because you like him."

I didn't feel nice hearing that from Lict. I felt guilty and ashamed of myself. It was true, I did like Lord Akagi but I didn't want him to say that to me.
"Lict,"
"Yes?"

I'm going to be very selfish.

"I like you more than him. So, don't make a sacrifice." Well, am I not a bitch?
He smiled, "It's okay, Milady. You don't have to lie, I can read your mind so I know. And I'm fine with it. After all, who you like is all your wish. I cannot force anything on you, can I?"

What have I done? He doesn't trust me anymore. I quietly wrapped that bandage around his palms and then looked into his eyes. He looked away and that hurt.

"Lict,"
"Lict!" Melissa ran into the room and sat beside me, "Milord threw me out. He caught me peeping!" What a pervert! "By the way," She was eating roasted peanuts, "I never knew you had an elder twin sister,"
"She's younger," Lict said. Well, looking at how bratty, disrespectful and immature she was, I am not surprised.

"Hey, how are stars born anyways?" I asked.
"By a god's happiness, a star is formed."
"Then, how are twins formed?"
"When the star formed is not stable it will further break to achieve stability. So, now those two parts are twins." Lict explained.

"How do you come to Earth?" I asked.
"We come in search of a soulmate, our demigod. Because being alone forever is difficult." Lict replied.
"But you have to fight if you come here. And you might even die"
"Doesn't matter. At least we get to live with the one we love. A life with your soulmate is worth dying for," He smiled.

A love that is worth dying for. I want to know what living for a love like that feels like.

-To be continued

Lict: The hour of Music
Dear Ms Lady Demigod