"Cyra! Look what I've brought for you!"
I gently knocked on her door after landing right outside her room. But there was no response even after waiting for a while.
Was she asleep or not even in her room?
I lightly turned the door knob and it opened easily. The room was empty without a shadow. It looked like I missed her again. With one wing half bald, where could she go?
Since she couldn't fly, she must still be somewhere in the Tivi Palace.
I decided to go look for her. There were only so many places she frequented in the palace - the training grounds, our rooms, the housekeeping room, the throne room and the makeshift classroom.
"What's going on here?"
As soon as I stepped into the throne room, I felt something was off. There were noticeably fewer angels than on my last visit. The two angels who usually stood behind the service counter were missing too.
On closer look, they weren't missing. Their heads were peeking out from behind the counter. Someone seemed to be crouching down there.
Why were they sneakily hiding there?
Curious, I went behind the counter to take a look. What I saw shocked me.
The usually quiet and demure four-winged angels... plus another unfamiliar two-winged angel were sitting in a circle playing poker!
"One pair of 2!"
"Four Ks!"
"Haha! Bet you didn't expect this.!"
"No way! We're on the same team. Why did you bomb me?"
"Huh? I thought you were both landlords... I'm so confused who's who."
"She's the landlord! We've been playing for so long and you still don't get it. We peasants have to team up and take down the landlord!"
"Oh, I see... Sorry about that..."
"Do you guys even know what landlord and peasants mean?"
I couldn't help but retort. Seeing this, Cyra immediately came to mind. I didn't expect her to move so quickly, teaching Norma and even the front desk angels.
"Ah! How may I help you?"
The three angels were so absorbed in their game that they didn't notice me. When they heard my voice, they jumped in shock. Recognizing me, they heaved a sigh of relief.
"It's just Feliciana. Don't scare us like that!"
Gwen, the four-winged angel I often saw, clutched her chest and complained.
"Yeah, this round doesn't count!"
The other four-winged angel, Juliet, completely ignored me and was eager to restart the game.
"Come on, let's continue! I have to get good cards and be the landlord this time."
"As if! If you're landlord we'll take you down!"
Hearing this, Gwen immediately taunted her, seemingly unhappy with her poker skills.
"Yeah, take you down!"
The two-winged angel I didn't recognize had just started playing recently, pulled in by them.
"What does 'take you down' mean?"
I was confused by their crass language so different from their usual behaviour. Since when did angels use such expletives?
"Oh, Cyra told us we must say this to the landlord player. It makes the game more ceremonious."
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Ethereal Ascendance: A Journey of Transformation(1-3VOL)
FantasíaOne day at a high school reunion, I was transported to another world and became an angel. What happened to my high school friends? Did they come here too? In this new world, everything was unknown. Why did we come here, and what will happen to us no...
