[center][h1][color=6ecff6]Ada[/color][/h1][/center]
[sup][@PaulHaynek][@Rezod92][/sup]

Ada didn't understand why the Ushi-Oni suddenly became so angry but she certainly didn't like her threatening Yang like that and she made it very clear to her, growling and hissing to the Ushi-Oni. Kira also quickly went to where Ada was to defend Yang, but seemed to take a more peaceful approach, trying to talk with her first, although with no avail. What surprised Ada the most though was when Yang herself gave a few steps forward, patting her and talking to both Kira and Ada. Apparently, she wanted them to get away and not involve themselves with what was happening. Ada did find that strange, turning her head to Yang, looking at her confusedly for a moment before looking back at the Ushi-Oni still in a threatening posture.

When Yang knelt down, patting her and holding by her cheeks to calm her down, saying that she and the spider lady were only going to play for a while. It was really strange on how Yang seemed to be calm on that situation, despite the clearly harmful intentions the spider lady had. Ada was reluctant to leave her side due to the dangerous situation but despite that, Yang didn't seem to think much of it. After some consideration though, Ada decided to trust Yang and walk back. Despite that though, she still had her eyes on the Ushi-Oni, a clear indication that if she saw that Yang was in danger she would intervene regardless if she wanted or not.

When Yang and the spider lady were about to start fighting though, the same guy who welcomed them into the cooking competition suddenly ran towards the spider lady, giving them a big slice of meat which surprisingly enough, made all her anger disappear in a moment. Even though Ada was surprised on how fast Nero moved himself, she was able to identify him even while he was running, due to the fact that Ada's eyes were already accustomed in seeing and identifying things in high speed, since she hunted mainly using her own speed.

After stopping the Ushi-Oni and dealing with her anger, it seemed that she had lost the will to fight, which was a good thing. Nero soon approached them to apologize for the spider lady's behavior. When he approached Ada though, he would quickly realize that she had her eyes glued on the big steak that the spider lady was happily eating as her tongue went in and out of her mouth and she sniffed the air. It didn't take much for Nero to understand that she was [i]very[/i] interested on that steak.

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[color=8dc73f][center][h1]Freyr[/h1][/center][/color]
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[color=8dc73f]"Don't worry. There are a lot of complicated circumstances... And, well... Love itself is already complicated enough by itself."[/color] Freyr replied to Sir Reed's words as he apologized himself.

[color=8dc73f]"I am thankful for you coming and talking to me about it though."[/color] he said with a smile and a nod towards him.

It didn't take long until the competition was resumed and all the contestants, called. The solution that they had found for the next part of the competition was definitely interesting though. According to the explanation they received, they were going to be shooting apples that would be dropped from a very high altitude. While it sounded simple enough, it was in reality, a very complex task. Not only the target was small and far, but there were things that had to be taken in account such as the wind, the speed of the apple and it's position as it fell and other things.

Much to his surprise though, when he was preparing himself, he heard Halley's voice as she approached him with a basket of apples in her wing, mentioning that she had volunteered to help in the competition. Since she could fly, she would be perfect to drop the apples for the next part of the competition.

[color=8dc73f]"Don't worry, I am pretty confident in my abilities and I'm sure you will do a good job."[/color] Freyr said with a chuckle as she heard her mentioning that she wouldn't go easy on him despite them being guildmates.

Freyr was going to mention about her not needing to stay there to watch the competition until it ended, but seeing how Haley was excited and willing to help, Freyr decided to say nothing about it. Haley was not the type of person that easily got bored, instead it was the complete opposite. Whenever she went she somehow made sure things never got boring.

With the competition resuming again, the competitors got into position as Haley flew in the air, ready to drop the apples. Given the technical difficulty of the shot, Freyr knew that he would have to aim calmly. Even for a Viera, hitting an apple in that situation wasn't an easy task. The first shots were easy enough, but as Haley started going higher and higher, the difficulty began rising noticeably. Looking to the other competitors, Freyr was surprised to notice that the one who seemed to have more difficulty among them was the Cupid and not the Kikimora maid. The cupid had managed to hit the last few apples but some of her shots had almost missed. When she was about to make another shot though, Freyr noticed how her aim was off by a noticeable margin. Instead of aiming below Haley, she was aiming directly at her. Not only that but she was using a different type of arrow too.

Freyr didn't have much time to think about it. Upon seeing the cupid aiming straight towards Haley when it was her time to take the shot, Freyr acted out of impulse, nocking an arrow and letting it go just as the cupid did the same. The trajectory of his arrow would cross hers and hopefully deflect her arrow before it could hit Haley. Even though he knew he could be disqualified from the competition from shooting out of his turn, he couldn't simply let Haley be hurt like that.