After a brief standoff, Arcueid was the first to make a move.
"Altrouge struck first!"
Altrouge refused to be outdone and retorted righteously.
"I was protecting Samael from your vicious hands! You nearly killed him last time!"
"Then what about this time? You threw him out!"
"You did the same!"
"I went to catch him!"
"So did I!"
"If you hadn't stopped me, I definitely would've caught him!"
"You were the one insisting on stopping me!"
Amid the uproar, Samael finally lost patience. He raised his hand and delivered two sharp knocks, one to Altrouge's head and one to Arcueid's. The veins on his forehead throbbed, and his expression darkened further.
"Both of you, shut up. From now on, you answer whatever I ask!"
"Okay."
The two Millennium City Princesses, knowing they were in the wrong, held their heads and answered sullenly.
After several rounds of questioning, Samael, the victim in all this, finally sorted out what had happened.
After the battle with Fuhai Lin, Altrouge had felt guilty over being saved by him. Once she learned of his whereabouts, she voluntarily took on the task of finding him and hurried to Misaki City overnight.
The commotion Samael had caused on the mountain with the Four Exorcist Families had also caught the attention of Altrouge, who had not long arrived at the station.
However, when the Black Princess hurried up the mountain, she ran into Arcueid first.
Old grudges and new hatred combined, and Altrouge charged in a fury, directly clashing with Arcueid. Their fight carried them all the way to the riverbank, dragging a certain innocent man taking a bath into the sisters' brawl.
Having sorted through his thoughts somewhat, Samael asked quietly.
"By the way, weren't both of you here to protect me? I was on the back