"Don't you worry," Miana grinned down at Usagres, as the evil blonde was taken away by the authorities. "You won't die just because of a little carrot scent."
"Meanie!" Usagres shouted again and again, not being able to use her powers correctly because of a collar of carrots that Miana had put around her neck. "Meanie, meanie, meanie!"
"Can someone please make her shut up?" Lunaria groaned from a small cage standing next to the bound sorceress. "How could I ever get to be the familiar of such a crybaby...?"
"Well, we'll take care of her now," one of the city's soldiers said to the High Priest with a salute. "We'll make sure she never bothers you again."
"Just wait a minute before you go," Reine said and walked up to the carriage in which Usagres was sitting. She looked down at the prisoner with a frown.
Usagres glared up to her. "What?" she snapped. "If you want to pity me, I don't need it!"
And suddenly, Reine stuck out her tongue. "That's what you get for taking away my job! Now it's mine again, hahahah!"
Usagres could only growl. "Meanie!" And she stuck out her tongue as well.
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"Well, you could say that's how the infamous 'tongue wars' between the incarnations of those two started," Setsuna smirked while looking over to Rei and Usagi.
Ami giggled. "I could imagine that."
Rei and Usagi simply huffed.
"So, Reine got back her old job as she said, right?" Minako asked.
"Not exactly... you see, after that magical duel the two sorceresses had within his temple, High Priest Hinos realized he was fed up with magic, oracles and all that stuff... so he decided not to retire. He moved to the country, where he bought a nice little cottage. Reine wasn't too happy with her grandfather's decision, but in the end, she agreed. After that, several other young women tried to fill the job of the Oracle of Ephesus, but none of them really gained the fame of Reine."
"So that's all?" Rei wondered. "End of the story?"
Setsuna nodded. "Yes. Did you expect more?"
"Well, I was only surprised that you didn't mention anything about the construction OR the destruction of this particular wonder."
"Hey, I never said that your previous incarnations were present during the con- and destruction of every single wonder, right?"
"I only wonder how you would explain that there have been cats like Artemis and me back in that time..." Luna muttered. "And from your description, they even looked like us."
"Luna, I won't explain it to you," Setsuna stated.
"Oh? Why?"
"Simple, because nothing I would say would ever satisfy you, am I not right?"
The black cat didn't not what to reply to that.
"Well, I liked the story of the Temple of Artemis, even if I wasn't in it this time," Makoto exclaimed in excitement. "So, what's next?"
Setsuna smiled. "The next is a story that especially Ami will find very interesting... it's the true story of the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus!"
"Um, why?" the blue-haired girl asked. "The Mausoleum had never been one of my favorite wonders..."
"Oh, not because of the wonder itself, but because of what happened to the person that had been your incarnation at that time."
"Let's see, she has been an architect and a bandit leader so far," Chibiusa spoke up. "I wonder what she will be in this story..."
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In the prosperous and noble Harlicarnassus, a rich woman named Amisia was living.
Amisia wasn't the ruler of the city, or even the mayor, but nevertheless, she was popular among the people of Halicarnassus. Born in a wealthy family, she donated more than once donated something to the town, may it be a new thermae, a school for the children or maybe some money, to restaurate a few of the older buildings in town.
Among the most famous buildings Amisia had built for the townspeople were the breathtaking towers that could be seen from afar. Ever since Amisia's architects built the first tower, Halicarnassus got famous for these landmarks.
There were some people that held a grudge against her, especially members of other rich families in Halicarnassus, who were envying her popularity.
Among those was a snobby young woman called Viluysia. She came from a family that had been enemies with Amisias family for a very long time now, and she was also pretty spoiled and couldn't stand the thought that Amisias was having more success than her.
So it really was no surprise that one day, Amisia would have to deal with Viluysias payback.
One day, Amisia woke up from a refreshing night's sleep and was ready to start the new day.
Suddenly, she frowned. Why was her bedroom so dark? Her family's palace was constructed in a way that her window was facing east, so the morning sun would shine into her bedroom every morning.
But not this day. Something was blocking the warm and bright rays of the sun.
"This is crazy..." the young noblewoman muttered. "The oracle never said anything about bad weather today..."
She got out of bed and walked to her window. And when she looked out, she quickly saw the reason for the darkness in her room.
"Viluysia..." she groaned. "I should have known it..."
Her silver-haired rival sneered as she looked out of one of the windows that were visible on the western side of the tower she was currently standing in.
A tower, that was standing directly in front of Amisias palace.
"Viluysia, what's the meaning of this?" Amisia frowned. "How could you build this tower in front of my window?"
"So you can see the proof for what I've tried to tell the people of Halicarnassus for a long time now: That I can build towers that are at least as beautiful as the ones you are constructing, if not even more so. And you see, the land on which the tower is standing, belongs to me."
She was right: The premises of Amisias palace ended just shortly behind the eastern wall, and the land that followed, had belonged to Viluysia for some time now. Previously, a lovely meadow was visible from here.
"Viluysia, this is ridiculous. We don't have to prove anything to each other."
"Oh yeah?" her rival mocked. "Then you won't mind if I continue to build towers among yours, right? Towers that are MUCH, MUCH bigger and impressive than yours! Bye now!"
And she walked away from her window, leaving behind a bewildered Amisia.
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