Chapter 167: Arc 4, Act I, - 12: Throughout the Night
Meanwhile, in one of the grandest rooms of the palace lied a woman in bed with arms behind her head; purple locks all over the pillows as she stared up to the canopy several metres above her.
"Lesser affinity..." the princess muttered, turning her head to the nightstand too far away. All the lights were off and no one stood nearby but the Royal Guard patrolling outside.
With a smirk she got out of bed onto the vast carpeted floor of her room. If Jotou could have a second affinity... why couldn’t she? She swivelled her head left and right and walked to the centre of the room.
Exercise equipment were stashed under the beds and furniture. She had kept her temper and manners proper for as long as she could remember after arriving here...
She raised her bare foot with a grin, "Quake," she whispered coarsely before stomping onto the carpets. "Grr...rrrBR... Br..." Her nightstands and chandeliers shuddered ever so slightly with the rumbling ground.
"Okay, I can control how much I make the earth shake..." she wriggled her fingers as she ran her mind... "What other affinity could I even have...? Hm... Niah would’ve told me if I had a second.
No way, I gotta have more than Jotou. The hell can it be? Healing? Eugh, boring. Probs not illusion. What else is there...? Screw it, if I don’t even know, how the hell am I even gonna do it."
She grunted and stomped the ground to rumble it again; just enough not to cause any alarm to the guards outside. "Fine loser, I’ll just get better at my manipulation then.
I’ll beat ya," her eyes shimmered for a second. She placed her hands against the wall, "Haven’t had time to practice this new one. Now’s as good a time as ever."
Daiyu began pushing into the marble walls of bronzish-purple, right next to the door of her massive walk in closet. "Mould Earth," she casted and forced her hands into the wall as the muscles of her arms began to show themselves.
Her eyes narrowed and narrowed, and her legs and feet tensed. "Come... on..." the tips of her fingers slowly began to sink into the marble.
Her brows raised and eyes waxed open completely as a grin curled onto her lips. The marble felt akin to clay, allowing her to push her fingers deeper till the knuckles. "HAha!"