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Chapter 17: Duplicated Armour "How did Queen Torteliangra die anyway? I thought the wearer of the armour was immortal?" I asked Jakito. "She absorbed too much energy and overloaded herself." he replied. I stared at myself. "Her breaking point was much higher than yours." Jakito added. I fingered my horn gently and ran a finger through my silver hair. "Artemis!" Alexis called from upstairs. I ran up to see a horn growing out of her forehead! "What the!?" I stared at her. Already, she had a tail exactly like mine! "What did you do!?" I asked. "Nothing!" she answered, horrified. I stared at her chest. It was expanding all right. She ended up with silver hair and her transformation stopped there. Her armour was still normal. Now we really looked like twins! "But I didn't do anything!" Alexis sobbed. I patted her on the back and placed my hand on her chest, closing my eyes. "Analyze." I commanded. Golden light bathed my hand. "There's more water in there than normal......" I said. "Maybe the Siren?" Alexis raised an eyebrow. "I didn't do it." the Siren squeaked. Alexis's armour suddenly flashed and her armour completely melded into her skin. Transparent wings shot out of her back. "Whoa!" I gasped. "That fast!?" even Jakito was astonished. Alexis ran for her wardrobe and put on a new suit of armour. The top couldn't buckle together, her chest was too big! She was forced to leave it open. I spotted a black scaly claw reaching out of the hole. The claw groped around for a few seconds before a claw latched onto the top of her swimsuit! For some odd reason, she hadn't noticed it. Her swimsuit's top started to stretch. I quickly ran as fast as I could towards the claw. Running in water is hard and I soon exhausted myself, but I managed to grab the claw and I punched it as hard as I could. The claw shot back into the hole and Alexis's swimsuit snapped back into it's original state while the black hole disappeared into thin air, or rather water. "Weird, I feel a bit top-heavy." Alexis admitted as we got out of the water. I gasped. That claw was probably coated with magic from the dimensional jump and when her magic-tainted swimsuit snapped back to normal, it probably pushed some of the water into her chest too. I quickly told her about it. She folded her arms. "NOW you tell me about it." she pouted. "I thought you might get scared or something that time." I placed my hands on my hips. "Your armour bears the same enchantments as the one Artemis is wearing, so you are now also immortal." Jakito smiled. "I don't like this." Alexis sobbed gently. She grabbed a box and started whacking her horn. A few seconds of whacking her horn left her hands empty and a larger chest. "Is there a way to discharge extra energy other than transferring it to someone else?" I asked. "I remember Torteliangra using an artifact called the Akasha Charm." Jakito scratched his head. WHAT!? THE AKASHA CHARM!? "You have got to be kidding me." I stared at Alexis. She stared back at me. "Using the charm, the owner of the armour can store a significantly larger amount of energy in the stone itself. A Demon Stone can also suffice, but that's extremely dangerous." Jakito said thoughtfully. "The armour neutralizes the powers of the charm and turns it into a storage, so don't worry about accidentally sucking in people's souls." he smiled. "In fact, I can create one using the armour's energy." he added. The next thing I knew, there was a stone stuck on my chest and my chest had expanded again. "Sorry i didn't tell you earlier, I was panicking." "Wha?" Alexis stared at the stone. Sunlight reflected off it. "You'll need one too." Jakito made a stone appear on Alexis's hand. She quickly placed it on her chest. It gleamed in the sunlight. I suddenly felt tired. Some parts of my armour reappeared altogether and my wings vanished. I quickly slipped my Dark Lineros off as a metal plate with a cloth reappeared around my chest. and my bikini reappeared. "Creating those stones takes a lot of energy...... I almost depleted your supply..." Jakito was panting. Alexis still wasn't happy with her horn and tail. "I look hideous." she mumbled and slammed her head into a wall. She poked a hole in it and quickly fixed it. "Watch the horn." I warned, tipping my own. It wasn't shining as bright as it was earlier. I placed my index finger on the Akasha Charm on my chest. White smoke roiled around inside. I concentrated on it. My wings immediately sprouted out again and my armour disappeared. I quickly slipped on my Dark Lineros. The pool was refreshing after all that commotion and Alexis and me dived in. She was in her swimsuit and I had to borrow one of hers. Our tails helped to swim better and the horns illuminated the water ahead of us. |
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