'What's a female doing in this far side of the forest?' He took a few steps to the side, looking behind him, wary about it having some sort of trick to it. Watching a certain anime didn't help one bit.

"I had wanted to go hunting, but never had I envisaged I would get a handsome catch." The female's voice echoed, making it difficult to pinpoint the location from which she spoke.

'At least she called me handsome.' Nix nodded his head in agreement. Aiming fireballs in a presumed location. Setting ablaze some of the branches it had come in contact with, temporarily illuminating the shadows in the forest, then it suddenly died down.

Clap!

Clap!

He gritted his teeth, this was getting annoying, the thought of burning the whole forest to bring her out was a bit tempting but also felt stupid at the same time.

Stepping out of the shadows, revealed the female, her long black hair flowing behind her in the wind.

She was dressed in a sleeveless see-through top; underneath it was a black singlet that had a deep V-cut that showed her cleavage, a plain chain necklace falling into the middle.

'Who lets their daughter dress this way under their watch?!' Nix gulped, tearing his gaze away from her cleavage, convincing himself that she was still a danger to him if he couldn't appeal to reason.

Cursing under his breath at his earlier speech of telling her to face him if she was confident.

She put her hands into the pockets of her black, skinny pants, with ripped on her knees, she was wearing a pair of combat boots, and a pair of white gloves as her orange eyes were glowing.

"Were you planning on burning me along with the forest?" She sneered, raising the corner of her lips.

,m 'Orange eyes, that face!' He stared, finally facing the one character he didn't want to see at the moment.

This would only make his task a lot more difficult than it should be.

Nix recognized her as the same little girl he had seen in that vision.

'Well... not so little anymore.' He deadpanned with a frown, making sure his eyes didn't go to her bosom. It almost felt like she grew overnight, and staring almost felt wrong.

It all started to make sense, she was merely treating his presence as an intrusion into her territory.

"I'm not here for you, nor am I stealing anything." He tried to reason with her, she was innocent in his eyes, and he didn't want to engage in a senseless battle with her.

Tilting her head to the side, she narrowed her eyes at his words; yet didn't reply.

"You aren't scared of my gift?" He pointed out the strange yet warm feeling he was getting from her.

With a raise of her brow, she threw a kunai at his ankles as he dodged it.

He jumped back, but his reaction was a little too slow; his eyes widened as a red light exploded into his vision, a strong scent of smoke drifted into his nostrils, and his eyes widened even more as he felt a burning sensation spread throughout his body.

"Arrgh!" He gripped his throat as an excruciating pain coursed through his body. Spurting out blood in the process.

It felt so similar to the pain he had felt in his arm at the onset but worse.

"I have to confess, you are strong. One doze of that is meant to kill you." She rolled her eyes and laughed at his reaction. "I'm sure you have never seen my kind in your entire life."

Gasp!

[Warning: Toxins found in the body]

'You think?!' He screamed in his thoughts at the user interface in front of him, the message was unnecessary.

Forcing one of his eyes open, he needed time to use his healing potion, there was no way he was going to let her get close to him, to his last breath, he was going to be the one to teach her a lesson once he recovers.

He growled as his eyes snapped shut, his mouth forming a thin line as he tried to speak, "That... was... a... wrong move." His voice was low and dangerous.

[Gift: Fire dome in effect]

A dome of blue flame burst out, encircling and encompassing the area around him with a 10-meter radius of a fiery aura surrounding him, he knew he couldn't move his legs anymore, but she couldn't also get to him.

She did several backflips in other to escape the heat and the flames.

Using that as a distraction, calling up his inventory, he quickly pulled out the healing potion and gulped down.

[Health Potion unavailable]

[Usage: Complete]

The flame dome died down. And in its wake was an enraged Nix.

Wiping the corner of his lips, his eyes glowed.

He wasn't one to hit ladies, but after what she had done even when he tried to speak with her. It was the last straw.

Hana stared with shock at his ability to recover in such a quick period, that was impossible, even her father couldn't concoct such a concentrated form of a curse that she had developed herself even without possessing such a gift.

[Agility activated. Your movements have been increased by 100%]

In a blink of an eye, he wasn't within her line of sight anymore. "What the heck–" She felt him grab her neck and raised her upwards.

Her fingers clawed at his hand, trying to get free no matter what.

Nix hissed to the pain that was caused by her actions, welts forming right after in thin long strokes.

[Trait usage: Defensiveness in effect]

A blue flame-like glow engulfed Nix's hand. Hana's eye was in shock at what was happening, she felt it drain her strength, making her drop her hands to her side.

Satisfied with her inability to move, he proceeded to release his grip. She dropped to the ground with a thud.

Hana let out a sigh of relief at having escaped his grip. This was different from what her father had told her about the fire users. She hoped he would at least leave her in her state. He did say he wasn't here for her.

To her dismay, she felt him lift her by the waist and onto his shoulder.

"What are you doing?!" She screamed at the top of her lungs, cursing at the fact of her inability to move her body.

"Your father didn't properly educate you on the dangers of picking a fight with your elders... so I'll do it for him. You're welcome!"

Slap!

"Kyaaaa!" She screamed at the slap to her buttocks. A tingling sensation coursed through her body, gradually she gained the feel of her limbs once more.

Slap!

Nix snickered at the sounds she made as he continued his actions. "I won't kill you, but accept this punishment."

Slap!

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