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Away from the center of town where the Magic Council building was located, Bernard and his friends from Psycho Circus were waiting around in an underpopulated section of town as he and Camilla were sitting next to eachother on a bench with Bernard rubbing his girlfriends shoulders.

"Ahhh... Thanks, I needed this." Camilla said as Bernard kneaded his hands into Camillas upper back.

"Jeez, why're you this tense?" Bernard said with a raised eyebrow.

"Oh, I don't know? Maybe it had something to do with a certain beanie wearing workaholic and his shirtless chimp friend getting arrested for fighting in public." Camilla said as she turned her head back to look at him, a look of embarrassment forming on his face.

"Uh-huh..." Bernard muttered as he looked at Camilla.

"Had to go back to the guildhall and tell everyone, they thought you guys were going away for a lot longer than a day. Then I had to have a chat with your father about all this before I had to start looking for your stupid sweaty tiger." Camilla said as she turned her head straight as Bernard continued to rub her backside.

"...What did the bowling pin say?" Bernard said out of curiosity.

"The usual bad humor: "Oh? Maybe he can get us some new members with the cellmates!"' Camilla said, repeating what Master Barnum said as Bernards eye twitched in annoyance.

"...He would say something like that..." Bernard thought.

"And even if you did go to jail, you wouldn't bring convicts into Psycho Circus... Right?" Camilla questioned as Bernard made a surprised expression.

"Hell no!" Bernard exclaimed.

"Hey!" Anatoli shouted as Bernard and Camilla turned their heads towards the direction of the screaming.

"Heads up!" Corvus said with a smirk as he swatted Anatolis ball with his wing and caused it to bounce.

"Give me back my ball!" Anatoli exclaimed as he ran after his ball as Vulp headbutted the ball out of the way for him to grab it. "Damn it you stupid mongrels! Stop messing with my ball!" He said loudly as he continued to run after his ball.

"Yo! "Tiger fur!" Give it a whack!" Corvus exclaimed as he was flying in the air as Tavio ran up towards the ball on the ground.

"Time to show my real strength!" Tavio said in his fake deep voice as he rushed at the ball.

As he ran up to the ball, Tavios tiny feet had tripped on a part of the concrete and proceeded to fall forward onto his face. Leaving an indent in the ground, Anatoli had managed to quickly grab his ball and sat down on it, using his Wind Magic to float up into the air.

"Finally!" Anatoli said in a relieved tone as he flew into the air to get away from Bernards pets.

"Awww! Fun times over!" Corvus said as he flew up to the disgruntled Anatoli in the air as Tavio and Vulp looked upward at them.

"Shut up you dumb finch!" Anatoli shouted as Corvus got offended.

"I'm not a finch! I'm a crow!" Corvus exclaimed angrily.

"Hey! Will both of you shut up?!" Camilla shouted as she stood up from the bench as she caught the flying wizard and the crow Celestial Spirits attention.

'"Ye-yes ma'am!"' Anatoli and Corvus said fearfully as Bernard looked at Camilla.

"Not the best idea to shout either you know..." Bernard said casually as Camilla scratched her head.

"I know, I know." Camilla said as she shook her head as she looked around at the buildings and concrete streets of Era. "Hey, anything on that note say anything about what this wizard we're supposed to be meeting looks like?" She asked as Bernard took out the note he had received earlier that day.

"No, the letter said that this wizard would be able to easily spot us." Bernard said as he read it over.

"They're probably looking for a pile of animals or a shirtless man on a ball." Camilla said as she pointed at Anatoli still bickering with Corvus in the air.

"Pardon?" A female voice said as Camilla and Bernard looked over.

Approaching the pair at the bench was a young woman with long silvery-white hair with a blue hairband and a swirl of hair on top of her head. Dressed in low cut blue and white dress that had a myriad of white feathers frilled around the bottom and a set of fake white wings sticking out the back and open toed shoes with white wings attached them, she appeared similarly to an angel with a cool expression on her face.

"Yes? Did you need something?" Camilla asked as she looked at the young woman.

"I'm looking for someone I was supposed to be meeting here. The note I was given described a "smart-looking man with a fowl attitude and a beanie cap on."' The young woman described as Camilla turned to look at Bernard as the young man had a furrowed brow of agitation from the description.

'"Fowl attitude" and a "beanie cap" is true but "smart-looking" might be a bit of a stretch." Camilla said with a smirk as Bernard glared at her over her comments.

"Oh! Good, I found you." The young woman said as she extended her hand out for a handshake as Bernard stood up.

"Methods aside, it's nice to meet you. I'm Bernard." Bernard said as he introduced himself. "This is Camilla and the guy floating up there arguing with the bird is Anatoli." He said as he pointed upward, Corvus overhearing as he flew downward towards Bernard.

"Hey! Who you calling a bird?!" Corvus said as he perched on Bernards shoulder while complaining. "I'll show you a "bird!"' The crow bellowed as he begun to peck his master in the head.

"Ow! Ahh!" Bernard exclaimed as Corvus continued to stab Bernard with his beak. "Knock it off you jackass!" He said as he swung his arm around to get Corvus to stop.

"Both of you knock it off!" Camilla shouted as Bernard and Corvus stopped fighting as Anatoli, Tavio and Vulp approached everyone. "Sorry about them." She said towards the feathery girl.

"She looks familiar..." Anatoli thought as he looked at her.

"Interesting avian creature. And a fox and a cat?" The girl said as she looked downwards at Vulp and Tavio. "I guess it makes sense what they asked of me but it seems like such a odd deal..." She said, talking to herself.

"Excuse me?" Camilla said.

"Oh sorry, I still haven't introduced myself properly. My name is Sorano Agria but to most, they know me as "Angel."' Sorano said, revealing herself.

'"Agria?"' Bernard reiterated. "Any relation to Yukino Agria?" He asked out of curiosity.

"She's my little sister." Sorano said. "Been doing random independent work so I haven't been around the Sabertooth guild to say hi." She explained.

'"Angel!"' That's how I know you! You used to be a part of that dark guild, the Oracion Seis!" Anatoli said loudly as he pointed at her.

"Shhhh!" Sorano shushed as she wanted the chimp-like wizard to keep his mouth shut. "Don't go saying that kind of stuff out loud!" She said in a loud yet quiet tone.

"Oh uh... Sorry." Anatoli said embarrassingly as Camilla and Bernard looked at him with annoyance.

"Look, let's cut to the chase, the royal family sent you here to see me?" Bernard said as he turned back towards Sorano.

"Well... Before we begin, I'll start by saying this; the royal family gave me an exuberant amount of Jewel just for this job and I was very surprised." Sorano said as Bernard bit his lip.

"..."An exuberant amount of Jewel" huh?" Bernard said with a slightly annoyed tone. "...More of that "money spent on things that's not property damage is money well spent" stuff." He thought begrudgingly. "Well... What did they ask you to do? Something about a "gift?"' Bernard asked.

"Yes. And if I have what you are looking for, you came to the right place." Sorano said as she looked at the trio from Psycho Circus.

"What's that?" Camilla said.

"The princess asked me to give you one of my "Angels."' Sorano said with a smirk to the surprise and confusion of the others.

"...Your what?" Anatoli said with a raised eyebrow as Sorano walked away slightly to give herself some space.

"I shall show you." Sorano said with a smile as she stood back from the rest of the group as she raised her hand in the air, her body glowing as a magic circle formed under feet.

Shielding their eyes from the harsh glow, the group looked on as the light begun to slowly dissipate as they finally were able to get their sight back. Looking up, behind Sorano, was a large and winged figure that disturbed them. Tall and teal blue in color, the giant figure had five faces with horns in their mouths with four arms, four angel-like wings, tiny feet and a dragon-like tail.

"The hell is this thing?" Bernard thought as he and the rest of the group looked on at the creepy creature that Sorano summoned.

"This is Raguel, one of my adorable Angels. And one of the byproducts of my magic." Sorano said with a confident tone as Camilla approached it.

"...Why does it look so malformed?" Camilla asked as Soranos expression turned into one of insult.

'"Malformed?!"' Sorano retorted. "This is an Angel! It's a beautiful creature made from holy energy! I spent years in prison cultivated how to create and summon these magnificent symbols of my personal desires! Only so many people alive can wish they had access to one of these!" She continued as the group looked at her with confusion.

"I guess your definition of "beauty" is incredibly specific..." Anatoli said as he floated up to the face of the disturbing Angel, Raguel. Pointing his finger forward to touch it, the Angel proceeded to blow one of its horns, startling Anatoli as he fell backwards towards the ground. "Ahhh! Ugh!" He screamed as he hit the ground.

"That's what you get for attempting to touch my Angel!" Sorano said annoyed as she looked at the downed wizard as Tavio and Vulp walked over to him.

"So this thing-" Bernard said before getting cut off by Sorano.

'"Angel!"' Sorano exclaimed angrily.

"Sorry... So this Angel, why did you show us this?" Bernard asked.

"As per the deal that was given to me by the royal family, I am to give you one of my Angels." Sorano said as Bernard looked at Corvus and then Camilla.

"...You're going to give me a manifestation of your magic?" Bernard said with a skeptical expression in his eyes.

"I'm not entirely sure how it's supposed to be possible but the princess and that general in the note I was given said something about your "high magical reserves" and "commanding habit?"' Sorano said as she looked over the note. "Granted, I was happy to see someone recognized my beautiful darlings for the wonders that they are. Given the cash I was given, I was happy to arrive to showcase my Angels to see which one's you wish to get a copy of." She said as she looked up at Raguel, admiring it.

"...What an eyesore..." Camilla thought as she continued to stare at the horn holding entity

'"Creature made from holy energy?" It looks like a conjoined baby monster with wings and trumpets..." Corvus thought as he stared at it as well.

"Uhhhh... Can you excuse us for a minute Sorano? Little "Psycho Circus" meeting." Bernard said as he motioned for Camilla and the flying Corvus to join him over to the bench as Sorano looked over at Anatoli, still face down on the pavement as she dispelled Raguel, as Tavio and Vulp poked at him with the foxes tail.

"Whatcha think? You think you could use one of those freaky things?" Camilla asked in as silent a way as possible.

"I already have something terrifying and it's made of demonic sludge and spikes inside my pacemaker." Bernard said with a shrug.

"I get what you're saying but you're the one wanting to get more things to use for your animal show." Corvus said as he flapped his wings at eyelevel to the others.

"He makes a point..." Camilla said.

"Yeah... But we have still have an issue with me holding Tavio. What am I going to do with a giant angelic monstrosity walking behind me all day?" Bernard explained. "What do you think?" He said towards Camilla.

"Not my call, it's more of your strange "pet army."' Camilla said with an unsure tone.

'"Pet army?"' Bernard said with a weird expression.

"Oh yeah, this could also be a problem with living arrangements..." Corvus said as he caught the pairs attention.

"Another fair point..." Camilla said. "Not gonna lie, I already have tons of issues with sharing our home with a bunch of random creatures, another one of these weird pets of yours running around and I think I'll get a constant headache..." She said as she rubbed the back of her neck.

"Hey! I'm not just some random "thing!" I have feelings!" Corvus complained as Camilla glared at him.

"Oh really? Then tell me; who's the one who has been rummaging through my underwear drawer?" Camilla said with a suspicious tone as Corvus sweated slightly, pulling on his Psycho Circus collar with his talon.

"Well... Uh... Hehe..." Corvus muttered nervously as Bernard shook his head.

"On top of that." Camilla said before looking towards Bernard. "Baurs tracks mud in the house sometimes because she's made of rocks, Tavio sweats like crazy because he's a fitness nut without wiping himself off and ever since you told him that you were going to be his owner, Vulps been laying on our bed more often while we've been sleeping." She said, rattling off different issues.

"You like Vulp sleeping with us! You said he feels like an "extra soft pillow" that caresses you!" Bernard retorted.

"...Okay, Vulp's fine, I do like those soft cushy rubs he gives me with his tail..." Camilla said with a smirk as she rubbed her backside. "Vulp's the only one of his pets I like, he's like a cute and cuddly canine buddy... Still not entirely happy the one moment of the day I can have a little bit of romance is now being intruded by my boyfriends overly loyal pet fox..." She thought as Bernard rubbed his forehead.

"Look, she's already been paid, which is something I had no control over given how the royal family operates, so regardless... I'm going to have to walk out of here with some odd new monster..." Bernard said. "I know I wanted to look for more beasts but this last twenty four hours have been so discombobulating, I'm barely able to think straight so screw it..." He thought annoyed.

"...Maybe we can ask her for help with some way to carry one of these things without it being a pain on our home life?" Camilla said with a shrug as Bernard scratched his head as the group walked back towards Sorano.

"Yes?" Sorano asked.

"I don't think Raguel was really "my" kind of thing... You have anything else?" Bernard said begrudgingly as Sorano made a bothered expression.

"Yeah, I have loads more of my darling Angels to show." Sorano said as she walked back to give more space to call more Angels.

"Okay... I'm pretty sure I'm not going to like any of these..." Bernard said while biting his lip with mediocre expectations.

"Haaa!" Sorano exclaimed as she raised her hands once more, glowing lights forming as another one of her Angels began to form. Much different than the last one, this entity was also large in size but now look more like a winged infant with a pompadour-like hairstyle and a toga. It's blank face, much different than the last Angel, also sported a noticeable smile and strangely, sticking out of its hair, was two pig-like creatures with large snouts. "This one is named Shamsiel, it's quite powerful and can use impressively destructive blasts of light energy." She explained.

"Hmmmm..." Bernard mumbled as he looked at the Angel, striking a pose with it's arms outstretched.

"Not a big liking to you either huh?" Corvus whispered next to Camilla.

"Nope..." Camilla replied.

"...Not much of a fan of this one either..." Bernard said as Sorano looked shocked at his statement, the giant cherub Angel suddenly morphing its stone-like expression into one of surprise as it fell to its knees from displeasure.

"Why?! What's wrong with Shamsiel!? Sorano angrily asked.

"Nothing against it but... At this moment in my life, I don't think I need a baby around my house or guild..." Bernard said as he rubbed the back of his head. "Good recovery Bernard..." He thought, trying to protect himself from bothering Sorano.

"Grrrr..." Sorano growled in frustration as she dispelled Shamsiel as it disappeared into particles. "Well then, here's another that might work." She said as she lifted her arms up once again. Much different from the first set of Angels, instead of appearing in one giant glow, the new Angels she summoned were in much smaller form, taking the appearance of three winged white clouds with mouths that had rows of sharp shark-like teeth that were floating behind Sorano.

"Hmmm? Well... These look better..." Bernard thought as he looked at the clouds.

"These are my "Devouring Angels," they have a penchant for biting things and are weaker than Raguel and Shamsiel But they are adorable beyond compare." Sorano said as one of the winged cloud Angels floated over to her as she petted it.

Suddenly showing interest, Corvus proceeded to fly over to one of the cloud Angels, looking at it with suspicion.

"What's up?" Bernard said towards Corvus.

"Hey, question?" Corvus said towards Sorano. "What's the difference between these things and a Light Elemental?" The crow asked as Sorano once again made an offended expression.

"Do not compare my Angels to some random creature made of light..." Sorano said disgruntled.

"Wait... But you said earlier, these things are creatures made of "holy energy," you're literally describing a Light Elemental." Corvus replied.

"And as I already stated, these are "Angels!" Not "Light Elementals" or "things!"' Angel said, starting to yell as she began to flail her arms in a childish manner.

"Okay, calm down, Sorano." Bernard said, trying to calm down the angelic wizard.

"Actually, I can't believe I'm saying this, but I have to agree with the bird... What's the difference between these weird monstrosities and one of those Elemental things like Baurs?" Camilla thought as she looked on.

"Besides, we have enough "flyers" in the group with me and "whiskers" over there." Corvus stated as he pointed his talon at Tavio, who was now using the still downed Anatoli as a trampoline while Vulp watched. "We really don't need these puffy gap-toothed balls following us- Ahhh!" The crow continued until he suddenly noticed the Devouring Angels had become agitated by his insults and opened their mouths wide to attempt to bite him.

With Corvus flying in the opposite direction, the Devouring Angels continued to try and bite the crow Celestial Spirit for his comments as he flew away in an effort to avoid getting hurt as Camilla, Bernard and Sorano just looked at him making an ass of himself.

"Is he always that rude and obnoxious?" Sorano said with her arms folded.

"Yes." Bernard stated bluntly.

"Uh-huh..." Camilla muttered.

"Well? How about them?" Sorano said as she pointed at the cloud Angels, now chasing Corvus in a circle above the ground.

"...I think I'll pass on them too..." Bernard said with an embarrassed tone as Sorano began to violently shake with annoyance.

"Gaaah!" Sorano exclaimed in frustration. "Fine!" She said as she snapped her fingers and her Devouring Angels dispelled into particles, finally allowing Corvus a moment of reprieve as he flew down to the ground, panting from exhaustion. "Then what do you actually want?!" Sorano asked.

"Sorry for him being kinda picky, he's looking for something a bit more "specific."' Camilla said as she approached Bernard and Sorano.

'"Specific?" How so?" Sorano questioned.

"Well, I'm pretty sure you didn't get any context in the note but our guild holds a showcase for wizard performers and I've been trying to put another show together for magical creatures but as of right now; I have an electric crow, a shapeshifting fox, a loud flying cat, a large lizard made of stone and a big demonic slime..." Bernard explained as Sorano raised an eyebrow.

"In other words, we're looking for something a bit more... Animalistic?" Camilla asked. "And preferably something he can handle carrying around?" She continued as Sorano pondered their words.

"Hmmmm... I do have a method for travel for my Angels, it's a technique I used to use back when I first developed my magic." Sorano said as she held out her hand.

With a bright glow of light, a set of four golden coins had appeared within her outstretched hand as Bernard, Camilla and the returning Corvus looked over at them with confusion.

"Coins?" Bernard said as he picked one up.

"How will these help?" Corvus said as he looked at them.

"Back when I was first developing my techniques, I used this method for summoning my Angels. I would pay a "fine" of sorts to call them. After a long time of practice, I learned how to summon my Angels without any need for these coins." Sorano explained.

"What kind of "fine?"' Camilla asked.

"A "life" fine. I would sacrifice part of my "living time" to summon my darlings back when I first was trying to use my magic." Sorano said with a dark smile as the others looked up at her.

"Wait?! You were... Giving up your life just to summon these things?!" Bernard exclaimed with surprise.

"It was back when I was a dark wizard, of course. Those days are long behind me and if you want to seriously have one of my Angels at your disposal, you're probably going to need this method if you're worried about closet space." Sorano explained as she put the coins in Bernards hand.

"Hold it! Hold it!" Camilla said. "I'm definitely not comfortable with anyone making "sacrifices" just to summon some strange monsters." She said.

"Angels!" Sorano shouted, attempting to adjust her phrasing.

"Sorry, whatever!" Camilla said as she rolled her eyes.

'"Life force" huh?" Bernard thought as he looked down towards his chest as Anatoli finally proceeded to get up from the ground, causing Tavio to fall off him and startle Vulp.

"Yeah! No ones going to be happy if Bernie suddenly keels over just from having one of your weird things?!" Anatoli exclaimed as he got back on his ball.

"For the hundredth time! They're "Angels!"' Sorano shouted, getting more and more fed up with the groups inability to refer to her summons correctly.

"Shut up everybody!" Bernard angrily screamed, startling Camilla, Anatoli, the creatures and even Sorano, who was not expecting him to show so much rage. "I can't think with all of this in the background!" He loudly exclaimed as he examined the coins. "Sorano, I'll take the coin method." Bernard said to the surprise of everyone.

"What?!" Camilla said with a tone of resentment.

"Look, I got this!" Bernard said as he put his hand up to get his girlfriend not to argue with him. "Okay, look... I need something a bit more beastly in form because everything I have right now has a bit of a "circus animal" vibe to it. Please, tell me you have anything that fits that description?" He asked as Sorano looked at him.

"Well... Yes, I do have one. It's a "she" and she won't talk back much but she can be a bit of handful when it comes to a certain... "Desire" of hers." Sorano said as she rubbed her chin.

'"Desire?"' Anatoli replied.

"Shall I be frank?" Sorano said as the entire group looked at her. "This Angel fits your specifications and will listen but to get her to be as obedient as possible, you'll need to let her stab things." She explained to the confusion of the group.

'"Stab?"' The collective of Psycho Circus wizards and Bernards pets thought with disturbed confusion as Sorano took back the coins from Bernards hand.

"Allow me." Sorano said as she stepped back to give room to summon her Angel.

With a bright glow behind her, Sorano had made a new Angel appear but this one had more of an appealing form to the group. Instead of looking like clouds or cherubs, this Angel took the form of a large female deer with a greyish turquoise colored body, blank eyes and a tail that was slightly longer than normal. On the sides of her body were a set of blank face masks, similar to ones previously adorned by Soranos other Angels and noticeably on her head was a peculiar set of large white spiked antlers that had miniature sets of angelic wings scattered throughout it.

"Whoa, that's much better than the last ones." Camilla stated as Bernard and the others nodded in response while Soranos eye begun to twitch from the continued insults over her cherished beings.

"If we're done insulting my Angels... This one's name is Zaphkiel." Sorano said as she presented the angelic deer to the group.

"Huh, this one's actually pretty cool." Bernard said as he looked at Zaphkiel. "It's not as malformed or disturbing as the other ones, it might not scare anybody." He thought with a relieved tone.

"Wait if it's female, why does it have such large horns?" Corvus asked.

"She's a very masculine doe and her horns are sharp enough to pierce armor. One hard charge and bam! Holes for days... Or bleeding wounds." Sorano explained.

"Sounds like she's a good match for Vulp with his spikey fur." Camilla said as she looked at Vulp who was merely staring at the Angel deer.

As they looked, Zaphkiel proceeded to look at Anatolis ball, prompting the monkey-like wizard to make a face of confusion. Pulling back her leg for a charge, Anatolis eyes widened as Zaphkiel proceeded to rush at Anatoli with its head down and horns facing out. Jumping high into the air to dodge, Zaphkiel proceeded to pierce Anatolis ball, deflating it.

"Ahhh!" Anatoli said as he landed on his feet as he looked at his destroyed ball. "My ball!" He exclaimed in a despaired tone.

"Hey what was that for?!" Corvus exclaimed as Zaphkiel turned her attention towards the crow. Charging up her legs once more, the Angel deer proceeded to jump high into the air as Corvus, in a moment of impulse, flew higher into the sky to avoid getting stabbed. "Whahaha!?" The crow stuttered in fear.

"What the hells wrong with- whoa!" Bernard tried to say before the deer landed on her feet and turned her attention towards Bernard, prompting it to attempt to stab him as well as it charged at him.

To stop it from causing more trouble, Camilla quickly got in front of Bernard and lifted her hands up as a row of barriers formed, Tavio hiding behind Bernard out of fear from the rampaging Angel. To assist, Vulp whipped out his tail and stretched it to wrap around the body of Zaphkiel in an attempt to stop her as she begun to stab through Camillas barriers, one by one.

"So strong!" Camilla thought as she tried to hold her barriers up as Vulp continued to try and pull on Zaphkiel to stop her tirade.

"Enough!" Sorano screamed, prompting Zaphkiel to stop moving as the deer turned her head towards the wizard. "No more stabbing!" She ordered as the deer calmed down, prompting everyone but Anatoli, who was still crying over his destroyed ball, to breath a sigh of relief.

"The hell's wrong with this damn doe?!" Corvus exclaimed angrily.

"As I stated, she enjoys stabbing things. Whenever I've summoned her, she appears to first find a target to impale on her winged horns and won't stop until satisfied." Sorano said with a shrug.

"We aren't taking something this dangerous!" Camilla shouted.

"Look, this is part of the deal! I have to give you access to one of my Angels and "beanie boy" here wants one that's more akin to an animal and this is all I have to offer after you insulted my other Angels appearances! Take it or leave it!" Sorano retorted, becoming more and more fed up with the situation as Bernard and Tavio got out from behind Camilla.

"...Okay fine, I'll figure out something with her. Just... Tell her to not stab me, okay?" Bernard requested as Sorano nodded.

"Zaphkiel, as part of a deal that I was given, this man is your new master. You are to follow his orders and not stab him. If you're on your best behavior, he may let you stab something else for your enjoyment. Got it?" Sorano explained to the deer as it simply nodded before walking over to the slightly fearful Bernard, standing at his side as if waiting for an order.

"...Well... At least, it's not trying to kill us anymore..." Corvus said with a disgruntled tone.

"How do I return it back for me to carry around?" Bernard asked of Sorano. "Okay so... "Life force..." If I just use my pacemakers energy instead of my own, it won't affect me on a physical level so that way I can summon this psycho with no repercussions... Except for its murderous tendencies." He nervously thought.

"Hold out your hand, give it some of your life juice and it will return to its coin form." Sorano said.

Holding out his hand and dispelling some of his energy, Bernard transferred it to Zaphkiel as she transformed from her deer form into a set of four golden coins that were now placed in Bernards hand. Looking at it for a second, Bernard then proceeded to put them in his pants pocket.

"Are we done here? Good, this was annoying..." Sorano said, finally giving her opinion on the situation.

"Sorry for the trouble and thanks for the deer- I mean, Angel." Bernard said as the others gave her a wave goodbye.

"You're welcome and I hope we don't meet again soon." Sorano said with a bothered tone as she walked away. "He's so lucky the royal family paid for this... Those zeroes on the end of the check kept me from letting Zaphkiel just impale his douchebag ass..." She thought with aggravation as she walked down the road, away from the Psycho Circus wizards and Bernards pets.

"Well now we added a bigger "black sheep" than the tiger..." Corvus said as Tavio flew up to Corvus with his wings.

"Hey! Who you calling a sheep?!" Tavio said with his deep voice.

"The guy who hid behind the kid because he's afraid of charging deer." Corvus said with a smirk as Tavio just continued to look angry.

"Enough you two... I just want to go home now." Bernard said as he walked over to Anatoli with Camilla. "You okay?" He asked as his slightly naked friend was still sobbing.

"My baaaallll!" Anatoli screamed as he was over the discarded remains of his ball that startled Camilla and Bernard.

"Hey, calm down, it's going to be alright. We'll find you a new one!" Camilla said in a reassuring tone as Anatoli continued to sob.

"This day freaking sucks! Wahaha!" Anatoli tearfully shouted as he slammed his head on the ground.

"He's not wrong there... Now I have an extremely violent deer to take care of... I just want some sleep... And a pie from Kiernans..." Bernard thought as he scratched his head.

Let's have a moment of silence for Anatoli's ball... Okay that'll do. Bernard and co. were still stuck in Era as they waited for a wizard that was sent to meet them from the royal family. Lo and behold, the wizard happened to be Sorano Agria, formerly known as the Oracion Seis member "Angel." With a large payment in her hands, she was told to give Bernard access to one of her Angel creatures but their off-putting appearances kept them from being anything Bernard wanted until she summoned one last Angel; an incredibly violent female stag named Zaphkiel. With Sorano giving Bernard her Angel, Anatoli's ball destroyed and the group out of prison; will stuff return to normal? What will happen to Anatoli now that he doesn't have his ball? Is there a shop in town that can provide a suitable replacement? Is there bandages and air pumps capable of fixing it? WILL ZAPHKIEL PAY FOR WHAT SHE DID!?... Okay, I'll be quiet now. Till next time!

Authors Note: (Hey, I'm sorry I took so long for this chapter to get done compared to the others, I had a LOT of stuff happen to me on a personal level these last number of weeks so the time for me to write was dwindling but I finally got it done.)