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Demharugh's heart was pounding in her chest. She was scared. She didn't know who to listen to. She kept switching focus between my passive form, and Huangdi's intimidating image. She was clutching her head, sweat pouring down the side of it from under her headpiece. She looked as though she was about to put like a balloon under the pressure.
[EMPEROR] "Damnation or salvation. The choice is easy!"
'Don't forget your journey, Demharugh! How far you've come!'
[EMPEROR] "Think not, and life will be easy!"
'Don't listen to him, Demharugh! He'll just throw you away, again!'
[EMPEROR] "THIS IS WHAT I MADE YOU FOR, MEANINGLESS SLAVE! HAHAHA!"
Demharugh's wings buzzed like the wings of a hummingbird. She shut her eyes, teeth gritting as she clenched her skull.
[DEMHARUGH] "Ah.... agghhh! T... The b-both of you.... just..."
She snapped.
[DEMHARUGH] "SHUT YOUR MOUTHS ALREADY!" She squealed.
Admittedly, both me and Huangdi were shocked. Neither of us said anything more, just staring with immense shock at the anger of a Fairy. Perhaps, the first time a Fairy has ever felt anger in all of Hainei's history.
Her wings took her up, she was clenching both fists from where she hovered. For a second, she had a momentary lapse.
[DEMHARUGH] "...A... Ah... I-I'm sorry... I... I didn't mean to... No! No, I am most definitely not apologizing for that! I have had quite enough! Enough of you barking orders incessantly into my ears! There's only so much one can take before they've had their BELLY FULL OF IT!"
She looked down to Huangdi.
[DEMHARUGH] "And you! How dare you, sir! To threaten me with violence if I do not take your side... calling me a slave to my face! Who do you think you are?!"
[EMPEROR] "...Hrr... You defy me? You are able to defy?! How could you-"
I gasped. Demharugh came down... and she slapped him on the cheek before he could finish his sentence, fluttering back towards me. The slap only served to make him speechless again. But it was enough proof.
She had defied an order. She had become... free. Independent.
[EMPEROR] "How could this be?!" He questioned, fuming with fists that showed veins.
[DEMHARUGH] "...I... I am not sure myself. All I know is, from now on, I will not be listening to cruel masters ever again! And neither shall my Fairies! Consider this a severance of the terms on which you created us, Mister Huangdi! Good day, SIR! Hmph!"
She turned and fluttered off behind me.
'...'
I looked forward at Huangdi, utterly consumed by rage and smiled in his face. This time, I was the one who couldn't be more smug at a time like this. He growled, and began to fade from sight.
[EMPEROR] "You overloaded her sense of obedience with a sense of frustration with obeying by arguing with me. The semantic exchange has brought forth an unexpected concept. It introduced it into her psyche like a pathogen... showing a flaw in my design... How regrettable and truly enraging..." He said, before he started in a slow clap.
