Iridescent Outshine

Chapter Three

Stella went outside to get Harold and Edgar while Cecilia stayed inside the restaurant glaring at Bastien.

As Stella reaches for the doorknob, Bastien tries to stop her with a red Lightning Beam, but Cecilia sees this coming.

Cecilia unleashes a pulse of black Fire Midrash at Bastien. This move is called Fire Pulse. Her move collides with Bastien's Lightning Beam. The Fire Pulse is strong enough to negate the Lightning Beam. Not only did it negate it, it also went through Bastien's attack and hit him.

"Go, dear!" Cecilia said and then looked at Bastien. "I'll take care of this guy by the time you have come back."

"And I hope you're not talking about the good kind." Stella said as she opened the door and stepped out.

Cecilia smiles at the little joke that her daughter just made.

"You'll pay for that!" Bastien snapped.

"For what?" Cecilia asked as if she didn't already know the answer. She walks closer to him and attacks him with another Fire Pulse.

Bastien tries to use his Lightning Beam to counter incoming Fire Pulse, but Cecilia's attack only goes through his own attack.

"How are you this strong?!" Bastien shouted.

Seeing that Cecilia is getting closer and not flinching, Bastien panics and tries to punch her, but is met with a loud slap to his face. The slap was so loud that it vibrated around the room.

Cecilia finishes the fight with another slap, but this time, it is coated with her black Fire Midrash. The attack is called Fire Slap!

Bastien falls to the ground as the front door opens with Harold, Stella, and Edgar coming in.

Cecilia turns to the opened door and smiles. "Hey, boys! Glad you could make it!"

Stella walks to her mom. "Wow, Mom! I didn't know you were that strong! And you beat him up so fast, too."

Cecilia smiles. "I did give birth to two strong daughters, you know."

"But we also inherited Dad's genes, too."

Cecilia sighs. "Let's get out of here and let the boys do their business."

"Oh, we were supposed to eat. I'm hungry!" Stella said and started to walk to the door. "Bye, Harold! Bye, Edward!"

Harold and Cecilia let out an unexpected laugh and stop themselves.

Edgar frowns. "It's Edgar…"

"Oh, Edgar, sorry!" Stella giggled and walked out the door.

Cecilia quickly goes after her daughter leaving Harold and Edgar with Bastien.

Bastien rubs his left cheek as there is a huge red mark on it. The slap from Cecilia really was that painful.

Harold smirks at Bastien as he walks to him. "How was the slap?"

"Get out!" Bastien called out.

"Not until you tell us what you know." Harold said. "Why did you lie to us about seeing the Unicorn?"

"And were you setting us up?" Edgar asked.

Bastien scoffs. "Tsk! I'm not saying anything!" He walks to the back door and walks through it.

Harold turns to Edgar. "Don't let him get away."

"Huh? What?" Edgar asked.

Harold nods to the back door. "He just went through that door. The last guy you tried to question ran away from you. Don't let that happen again."

"Oh, right!" Edgar ran to the back door and opened it.

The room that Bastien just entered looks to be a kitchen. Harold soon enters after Edgar.

"We're not going anywhere." Harold said.

"You're not as strong as I was told!" Bastien said. "You needed two girls to come after me? Pathetic!"

Harold just smirks as he walks up to Bastien.

"What?!"

Without any moment of smirking, Harold punches Bastien in the face. Blood spills out from Bastien's mouth.

"What the heck!?"

Harold turns to Edgar. "Why don't you try interrogating this guy?"

"Me?" Edgar was confused. "I thought you were gonna do that?"

"You need the experience." Harold grabbed Bastien by his shirt and pushed him towards Edgar.

Edgar looks down at Bastien and bends down to make eye contact. "Where's the Unicorn?"

Bastien wipes the blood from his face and laughs at Harold. "See? You are weak! You need someone else to do your dirty work!"

Harold ignores that comment and signals Edgar to continue.

"Where's the Unicorn!?"

"I don't know!"

Edgar sighs in frustration. "I'll ask you again, where is the Unicorn?!"

Bastien just laughs. "Haha! Such a loser!"

Edgar stands up and looks at Harold. "It's not working. He won't talk."

"Beat it out of him if you have to." Harold said.

"But we aren't allowed to use force on suspects." Edgar countered.

"What's he gonna do? He's gonna tell everyone that we beat him up?"

Edgar sighs and shakes his head. After a moment of hesitation, he kicks Bastien in the stomach. "Where's the Unicorn?!"

Bastien is surprised. "That's it?! That's the best you got? Wow! Both of you guys are weak!"

Another moment of hesitation, Edgar gives another kick, but this time harder. Harold takes a deep breath and softly pulls Edgar back. Without hesitation, Harold kicks Bastien several times with much force. The high number of kicks combined with the high power level, Bastien screams out in pain begging Harold to stop.

"Please!" Bastien cried out. "No more! I'll tell you!"

Harold stops and looks at Edgar. "That's how you do it!"