(Eris POV)
Woohoo! Howzat?! Perfect plan isn't it?! [Bait]
Need I remind you that it was not your plan to begin with? Thank you again, Laverna. [Eris]
Pleasure… [Laverna]
Party pooper! But seriously dat's genius! I luv ya! [Bait]
All of us had a good chuckle while I stood at the side away from their chosen field of battle, right as Master gave the signal to begin.
I could see everyone was quite worked up as I had taken the first position out of the four, something I hadn't really expected to happen.
Laverna came up with the idea of withholding our manifestation ability and simply fought Master using one body first, lulling Master into thinking He only needed to face one of us.
It would obviously not have worked if Master was fighting us seriously but with the handicap He had levied on Himself, the plan stood a chance of succeeding.
And succeeded it did, for we had claimed the first spot of the Prime Sleeping Spot. That meant I got dibs on Master's right side, which was arguably the best spot.
The spar started anew and I watched as Master fended Himself against my fellow sisters' and brother's attacks, all of them eager to claim the second spot for themselves.
It seems like most of them have not realised Master's intention for this spar yet.
Should we tell them? [Eris]
Nahhh, where's da fun in dat? 'Sides, I think Master wants 'em to figure it out themselves. [Bait]
Indeed… [Laverna]
I watched as Master ducked under Lian Li and Guiying's lightning again before summoning a shield to deflect Manami's fireball.
Lilith came from the side to deliver a punch but that was easily parried by Master who countered with a punch of His own to send her flying away.
At this rate, I don't think anyone else can make it… [Eris]
Hmm? This one humbly thinks brother Brendan is onto something. [Denna]
I shifted my gaze and noticed that while everyone was trying their best to attack Master, Brendan was standing at the same spot and arranging his bottles of potions in front of him.
At first, I thought he was simply taking stock of what potions he had to use against Master. But I was proven wrong when he started to mix the potions in front of him into various, larger containers.
Oh, do ya think he's figured it out? [Bait]
Possible… [Laverna]
And to think he was trying to lie saying he had no interest in this. Never thought Brendan was a sneaky one. [Eris]
This one humbly thinks brother Brendan merely wishes to avoid disappointing Master. [Denna]
Oh yeah, I'm suuuuuure dat's the reason! [Bait]
No… I actually think he isn't thinking about the prize right now… [Eris]
Ahahaha! Doesn't dat' make it even more hilarious?! [Bait]
Dedication… [Laverna]
I wanted to say more but Brendan had chosen that moment to move. He picked up all the bottles in his arms and moved forward just as Master dodged the weird projectile shot by Elaria.
Brendan first threw one bottle that contained a light blue liquid towards Master's feet.
Master saw it and leapt out of the way before the bottle crashed and broke into pieces, causing a giant ice column to materialise from the spilled contents.
Brendan did not stop, tossing another bottle into the air, this one yellow in colour.
Master blasted the bottle away with a gust of air but another bottle had slipped underneath Master, smashing itself and spilling its green contents on the ground.
Vines immediately sprouted from the ground but were quickly burned away by Master, only for the ice column that Master had initially dodged to explode into shards. One of the said shards nearly hit Master in the back but a wall of fire had incinerated it before it could.
Undeterred, Brendan tossed the last potion he had directly at Master.
This time, the glass shattered even before it hit anything, its contents spilling out to form an impossibly large tidal wave that threatened to crash against Master.
Master raised his hands and the wave immediately froze in place, which also caused everyone else to stop moving, not because of the frozen wave but because of what happened.
"Well done. Second slot taken," Master chuckled, turning around to face Brendan who was gasping for breath with his fist outstretched, touching Master's back. "And you even asked me what you were doing here."
Brendan smiled, "I just didn't want to disappoint you, Master."
"And you did not. You earned the right to sleep by my side tonight."
Brendan's face paled, "Ah… Err… That's ok, I only wanted to prove myself to you, Master! There's no need for me to--"
"Nonsense, you won it fair and square, unless you wish to insult the others who are trying to achieve victory here?" Master interrupted him.
"N… No, Master…"
"Good. Wait with Eris there."
The alchemist trudged towards us and Master began the fight again, my sisters getting even more heated than ever.
Bait took control of my body and giggled, "Hehe~ Finally accepting your role in Master's harem aren't cha'?"
Brendan blushed up to his ears, "That… Was not my intention at all."
Bait slapped him on the back, causing him to stumble, "Ahahaha! I'm just messing with ya! Relax dude! But how did ya figure out what Master was doing?"
"Eh? Honestly I got it from you actually. You did something new that you've never done before, so I thought it was obvious Master wanted us to show if we could adapt and surpass our old selves in this spar, right?"
Bait wanted to say something but I pulled her back to take control of my body, "That's right. So what exactly did you do?"
"Nothing big really, just combined several potion effects together to make new ones."
"I'm not exactly proficient in alchemy but even I know that can lead to disastrous results…"
Brendan shrugged, "True. But I've been taught by Master after all."
I chuckled, "Fair enough."
"I'm surprised the others have not figured it out yet."
"They're too preoccupied with the prospect of sleeping with Master to realise it at the moment. I only managed to figure it out because I had Laverna doing the thinking for us. Anyway, there's something important I have to tell you first."
Brendan tensed up and turned to face me, "What is it?"
"I call dibs on Master's right side tonight."
