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Cubia really couldn’t believe that was happening with him. After using a suspicious item he received from an unusual friend, a strange thing happened: he was turned into a child.Not only that: he tried to use his powers, and noticed he couldn’t And he had no idea of how coming back to normal.
“Great! What if someone sees me like this? I swear, if I ever find who this AiSa is, I will kill them!!”
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The Twin Blade logged in Mac Anu. It didn’t take so long to other players, specially girls, to notice him.
"Hey, aren’t you…"
"Y-yeah"
"Cool! Can I have your Member Address?"
"Sorry…I am busy at the moment". He couldn’t. A certain pink-haired Heavy Blade would yell at him if he got any more fangirls’ Member Addresses.
Before the Twin Blade noticed, he was surrounded by players. That situation was becoming common after last Christmas.
‘I need to get out of here’
He ran to the Chaos Gate and choose random area words.
Useless, Annoying, Maiden
The field was rainy and depressive. There wasn’t any monster. It was like someone had already taken care of them.
"Alright! First, I have to think what I will do now…I can’t stay in this form forever"
Cubia looked around, trying to find another treasure chest. After all, it all started with a strange treasure he got.
He couldn’t find any, but what he saw was better than that. A person he was afraid he was never going to see again.
"Kite!". Then, he remembered the embarrassing situation he was.
"This voice…", the Twin Blade knew that person. "Cubia? Is that you? You look…smaller…"
"Well, it’s just…It doesn’t matter! Where have you been? I missed you!"
"I’m sorry…Some things happened in the real world. Also, my parents don’t want me to play online so often" Kite also missed Cubia, as well as all the friends he made during his quest to save Orca.
"I see…you could at least tell me…I was worried"
"I am the one worried now. What happened to you"
Cubia told Kite the strange story of what happened with him.
"Hahaha"
"What is so funny?", asked the AI.
"I didn’t know that you were so…cute when you were a child. Actually, I also didn’t know AIs could grow up"
"Not all of us can…I believe only the ones closer to…you know, her”. Cubia still had some problems with the Ultimate AI. ” And what did you call me, cute?”
"Yes. You’re too cute. Makes me remember my siblings"
"You have siblings? I didn’t know that"
"Yes. My brother is 5 and my sister is 3"
"Oh…". As Cubia imagined, there were still many things he didn’t know about Kite. He could only see one side of the Bracelet Bearer.
"Do you have any sibling, Cubia?"
"A sibling is…a child from the same parents? I guess you could say she is my sister…There are others too, but I don’t know them very well”
"Your mother is…"
"The old witch"
"Oh…". Kite didn’t know what to say. After all, he was the one who killed Morganna.
"Don’t worry. I say she was my mother because she was the one who created me. But we didn’t have any feelings towards each other like you humans do."
"I see…"
"My ‘family’ is very complicated…"
For a moment, none of them knew what to say next.
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"So…for how long are you staying like this?"
Kite was the first to break the silence.
"I don’t know…I don’t even know why this happened to me"
"Well, I don’t know if I can stay until late today, and I believe there’s no use in just standing here. Let’s go back to Net Slum"
"No!What if someone sees me? I would be too embarassed…"
"Well, it won’t be a problem if they don’t know you"
"I know most of Net Slum residents…"
"Really?I didn’t know"
"Well, it happened when you weren’t here. I got to know other AIs. I even made friends…"
Then, Kite did something Cubia wasn’t waiting for: he crouched down and hugged his friend.
"Sorry…sorry for leaving without saying anything. I won’t do it again"
Before Cubia could answer, a flashing icon appeared in front of them.
You received an AiSa message
Open? Yes No
“You can return to normal if you kiss the princess.
PS: Not everything is what it seems”
"Princess? Do you know who is that, Cubia?"
"Maybe…No, she isn’t exactly a…maybe…"
Kite seemed at least unconfortable.
"How many girls do you know?"
"Some…please, don’t be…"
Kite couldn’t take it anymore. Before Cubia could finish his sentence, the orange Twin Blade kissed him.
A pink smoke appeared. When it faded, Cubia was back to normal. And Kite…his face was completely red.
"What did just happened?"
"S-sorry. My Mom is calling me, I have to log out"
The Twin Blade dissapeared in blue rings.
"For him, it was probably only typing a comand. But for me…I will never forget it",Cubia though, when he remenbered his "princess" kiss.