Just as Lita Rozay-en thought victory was in her grasp, a blast of blue flame answered her.
Aozaki Touko traced a sequence of Runes in the air with her finger, and the Runes turned into blue flames that shot forward.
Touko's move caught Lita Rozay-en off guard.
The blue flames struck their target, but did little damage and were quickly extinguished.
They merely burned away a corner of Lita Rozay-en's skirt.
Lita Rozay-en said, "You're asking to die!"
Lita Rozay-en had never dreamed that this redheaded girl would actually dare attack her.
Aozaki Touko said, "I don't care who you are. If you dare attack my familiar, you'll pay the price."
Aozaki Touko was not acting on impulse. She wanted to test her true combat strength as it stood now.
Plenty of fools had provoked her before, and Aozaki Touko had successfully taught them all a lesson.
But those victories had been far too easy to give her any real measure of her strength.
Now a powerful enemy had arrived, one strong enough to kill her.
And someone who could bail her out happened to be right beside her, so she might as well cut loose.
Yustica wanted to step in and help. Their opponent was a True Ancestor, after all, and she feared something might happen to her new younger sister.
But Yuan Shikai held her back and shook his head. He meant for her to intervene only if Touko called for help or her life was in danger.
Yustica also wanted to see just how much Touko had improved over the years.
Under her protection, did Touko still possess the strength of the future Grand Dollmaker?
After all, according to the story, Touko and Beo should not have lost this battle.
Yuan Shikai had been suppressing his presence