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TL Note: In case you have forgotten, Serphiano is a dullahan. It was explained in book one chapter 3 when she was first introduced.
TL Note: After kindergarten insults, we got a kindergarten catfight.
ED Note: Does it seem like the stronger the demon, the greater the effect of Suzuki's ability? If so, how would the Demon Lord react?
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"YA—Y. This is payback for the previous Crystal Ball Communication where you kept bragging. I—diot! Piece of crap! Sucker!"
"Th-This f…!"
(What the hell, with this tramp! I'm so furious! I want to retort! But the other party is the greatest mind in the Demon Lord's Army! I can never match her with my mouth! What should I do!?)
Nephira saw her fists trembling with anger.
(Th-That's it! This is it!)
"OohRAAA——AAAH!"
After pulling her right arm far backward, Nephira slammed her fist into Serphiano's abdomen.
"BAOH–!?"
With a dull sound, Serphiano folded in a boomerang shape. After she vomited the contents of her stomach, her eyes snapped wide open with a "pachikuri." Surprise outweighed the pain.
"Eh– Huh–!? What the hell are you doing? I'm, the head advisor of the Demon Lord's Army—? Just because you lost in a battle of words, isn't violence the lowest you can go!?"
"No, since I'm a demon! Lowest is splendid! I'll do violence!"
"'I'll do violence!' was it…! Ah—, I see! Yes, yes! It's that kind of defiant attitude, isn't it? Yes—, I understand now—! Well then, I'll slug you too—!"
Serphiano looked at Nephira and made arcing movements with both hands like a martial arts performance.
(T-This is my first time fighting Serphiano! What kind of attack would a woman of such a renowned reputation launch?)
Nephira was a little nervous. Serphiano extended her hand to Nephira's chest and pinched her boob.
"Ouch!? No, where are you touching?"
The bottom-of-the-barrel attack of being pinched on the boobs was even more than what she had expected, and Nephira's tone reverted to normal.
"I mean, is this the attack of a skilled general!? Are you, an idiot!? Hey!?"
"No, the one that called the other an idiot is the BIGGEST idiot! That's why the idiot is Nephira. I—diot! I—diot!
"You know, you've been making me really angry for a while now!"
"I've been furious at you for a long time—!"
"What the?! Geez! This idiot!"
Nephira also grabbed Serphiano's breast with one hand. Then she pinched back. However, her target was the tip, and Serphiano gasped with a sound of "Ahe–!".
"No, No, No!! You can't pinch the tip!! That's an unspoken agreement… Ah da da da da!? It'll come off——!! Please sto——p!! I give!! I give u——p!!"
She yelled in a desperate cry of surrender, and Nephira let go with her hand. With teary eyes, Serphiano looked down at her breast under her dress and huffed and puffed, "Fuu fuu," around her nipples. After the probably pointless treatment, she glared at Nephira.
"Nephira… It seems that you have seriously angered me, the chief advisor of the Demon Lord's army, aren't you…"
"I have been seriously angry for a while now!"
"Shad-up, Idiot. Anyhow, to fight me, who can foresee the near future, is the height of folly! I will prove it to you! That I am better than you in terms of pure offensive ability!"
(I guess I made Serphiano serious, didn't I!? But bring it on! Because I'm extremely pissed off!)
Serphiano smiled with a calm, wide grin at Nephira, who was thinking —— that she had to win on the first move and crush her before she had time to make any moves. Serphiano then pointed to the floor with her index finger, which had long nails.
"Look under your feet. You are soaked, aren't you? While you were pumping yourself up earlier, I was roaming around the room scattering conductive liquid."
"What do you mean…"
"Don't you understand? It means your lightning strike, which is your specialty, is sealed. The only way you can defeat me now is by using physical attacks. And then, the next step is to block those physical attacks with my third eye."
(Ugh–! I thought she was an idiot, but maybe she is smart after all!)
"Third eye activation–!"
The reptilian eye on Serphiano's forehead slowly began to glow.
(Every physical attack will be neutralized! I have to do something before it's fully activated!)
"I-I have to make it!"
"Fufufu, you fool. The distance between you and me is 3.68 meters. At this distance, your attack will not reach me. My third eye will fully activate first."
However, even Nephira did not rush in without a plan. In Nephira's hand was the slice of sour fruit Ramonne, which Serphiano had put in her tea earlier. Nephira rushed forward and crushed the Ramonne fruit in her hand,
"Take that–!"
The juice was then directed at Serphiano with a motion of her hand as a sword in striking. The Ramonne's juice splashed onto Serphiano's face.
"Ah———–? The Ramonne's juice seeps into my e—ye! My third eye won't open, Igugabooh–!?"
Nephira high-kicked Serphiano in the nose while she was talking. With a dull thud "Gouh–," the tip of her toes dug into Serphiano's head. The force of the blow was so powerful that Serphiano's head snapped off and separated with a "Gochi–" sound. Somewhat like a pinball, Serphiano's head bounced back and forth across the room.
(Ah… this is bad…!)
Finally, Serphiano's head landed with a thud "doboon" in an ornamental aquarium tank in the room. The head looked as if it was in agony with a "gahogaho." Serphiano's body, which has lost her head, rushed to the rescue. Her body fished her head out of the tank and pressed it against her neck.
"I-I apologize. Dame Serphiano. I went too far…"
Nephira felt so guilty that she bowed her head down, and Serphiano spat out a tropical fish from her mouth with a "Pyu–."
"Good grief. If I wasn't a genius, I'd be dead!?"
(Does it even matter if she's a genius or not!? I mean, this person is also immortal, isn't she!!)
"However, I, too, have calmed down a bit now that my head has been in the fish tank. Anyway, now is not the time for infighting. I'm worried about Suzuki."
"Y-You're absolutely right!"
"Nephira. Let's work together to find Suzuki."
Nephira firmly grasped the hand offered by Serphiano, and the two women nodded silently to each other.
They made up for the time being, but Nephira's heart was still pitch dark with hopelessness.
(But, even though I said I will find him, what am I supposed to DO!! While we were doing this, Suzuki might be being turned into a dooooooolll!!)