NOVEL SIMPLE Ch. 9 [End of the 1st Arc]
"—W-Why...? W-Why is it not working!? I-I can't heal him... His magic resistance is too much for my sacred gear! W-What should I do!? Oh, lord, please! Lavinia-san? Rossweisse-san? everyone? "
The girl voices her desperation toward her surrounding, as she cannot mend the young man. He has a grave wound with a void in his chest, a fountain of blood pouring out without mercy.
Ikuze Tobio, still in black humanoid form, points his blade to the neck of fading deity and asks.
" Tell us. There is a way to cure him or this blade too. Will end up in your body, goddess of wisdom. "
" Fufu—You need not intimidate me, mortal. This Athena respects her defeat in a sacred duel. "
" ...Tsk. You better not try anything funny. We'll be watching you closely. "
He clicks his tongue in irritation and makes way for her.
The silver-haired goddess nodded briefly and walked toward the wounded slayer with a melancholic expression.
" Make way for me a little, o priestess of the spirit of light. "
" Ah-yes! Hah..."
Asia breathes in to clear her head then focuses on the goddess.
" Hmm...How peculiar...Is the ritual not performed as intended? I can discern myself fading away. Despite the state of Valen Lancaster's body is yet in severe—"
Though what with this familiar sensation of divinity coming from him.
The silver-haired goddess observes the slayer with interest while thinking of a solution she should take to honor the rite of the sacred duel.
" Oi, Athena Parthenos. Are you saying that Pandora's circle of usurpation does not recognize the result of the contest between Valen and you? How can that be? "
Elmenhilde speaks up with a watchful tone.
" So it seems, daywalker. Perhaps what has transpired in the homeland of shining Apollo may affect the ritual."
" H-Hyperborea! T-That place is real!? F-forgot about that for now! Can you do something about him!? We need to hurry before anyone shows up! "
" Please help Valen-san, Athena-san! "
Elmenhilde is shocked by the revelation though manages to hold herself back as there is an urgent matter that requires the goddess's attention.
Asia requests while staring directly into the goddess's eyes without wavering.
" ... "
The silver-haired goddess said nothing, while she kneels next to the god-slayer and placed her right hand on his chest.
" O All-giving mother of hope and calamity, heed my call. Come and receive the boon of your illegitimate children. "
Her right hand sends out what's left of her divine power into the wounded in Valen's chest.
But it did nothing even with direct contact with the injury directly the slayer still has blood flowing out of his wound, the goddess forms an irritated expression and then sighs.
" ...Your kind always compels me to bear such a great cost, all the same...Fufufufu. Cherish this occasion, Valen Lancaster—"
She then places her right hand below his chin and plants her face right into Valen's lip.
"—!?" "!!" "..."
The action of the silver-haired goddess catches everyone off guard and startles them completely. Despite that, no one moves as they can sense the divinity transfer from the goddess to the slayer without a hitch and can notice that the slayer's health is getting better as the second pass by.
Suddenly the goddess widens her eyes as she separates from the slayer in urgency. It seems something must have gone wrong, clearly not at the slayer, but at Athena herself. She has sweat forming clearly on her face and body, her skin becomes more transparent as time passes by.
"—hah... hah...This is...!? the divine authority of the princess of Cyprus. How can this be? What have you done to me, Valen Lancaster!? I cannot sense my other self anymore...No, this must be—!"
Before she can complete her sentence the silver-haired goddess turns into a radiant golden particle.
Rather than waning away, the particle got swept into the body of the unconscious slayer instantly as if it got devoured.
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*Phone ringtone∼*
Suddenly the phone rang from his pocket making others awake from their stupor and reach for it immediately.
" Eto...It's Serafall Leviathan...What should we do?"
Elmenhilde asks while looking around.
" Accepted it and explain to her that there was a bit of a hiccup in our mission, but first let's get out of here."
" Un...Va-kun seems to be stable now as well. I agree with Tobi. "
As the cause of action is set they all get into it and teleport away from the ruin of Tepe capital.
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-Valen-
" ? "
As soon as I gain my conscious again, I found myself in a weird place that was kind of hard to explain.
The grey-colored sky was stretched until the horizon, same for the floor, it was all in gray.
Though the floor is more liquid than a solid, overall it's like I'm in the Uyuni salt flat, but it's in gray instead of blue.
Where is this? Nolan's movie set?
" Hmm...am I dead? Is, Azazel messing up Sephiroth Graal while trying to revive me?"
Then I feel a gaze on me from somewhere close by, naturally, I turn toward it.
And there she is—a young woman with long purple hair sitting on a chair with armrests and feet decorated in gold.
Her garment is that of the ancient Greek with the elegant white toga and a veil covering the upper half of her face, but I can still discern that she is undoubtedly beautiful.
" Hey, you reckless fool."
She spoke up. Her figure sitting on the chair possessed refinement like a cat. She looked really sensual. However, her voice contained a childish reverberation somewhere in it.
" The name Prometheus means someone who thinks ahead. And, the name of his little brother Epimetheus means someone who thinks later. Unlike his elder brother, he was thought of as a fool who took action without thinking of the consequence. Yes, just like you. "
" ...Thank you? "
" You overemphasize the name of Epimetheus! ...Sometimes taking Prometheus into an arrangement as well would cost less price to your body and soul than what you have done."
She shakes her head in amusement even though she has been sermon at me her mouth is still smiling warmly like a mother teaching her children.
" But of course. A human who is even the slightest smart won’t even think about picking a fight with god, much less murdering one──You, god slayers, are a gathering of unequaled fools. Even though there is no blood relationship, there is nothing wrong with considering all of you as being related to Epimetheus. You all are the illegitimate children of the fool. "
She giggles pleasantly after stating all that. The emotion I felt from hearing her words gave me a nostalgic sense of affection I used to feel for my grandmother.
" Oh, please, Pandora-okaa-san. actually, I did calculate my plan before going all in, well ich..."
" Convey that to your body and soul, I have to reconstruct. Valen Lancaster, you're lucky that your body and soul are not entirely of the children of Gaia. But a distant world instead. How intriguing..."
" Sumimasen-Deshita! (I'm very sorry.) "
" So...Athena Parthenos, Ain't she a true divine? How come she appears in this form, when Ren has slain her in Primordial form? Interesting...and Imperius—Archangel with Solar authority, huh? Tyrael—with Justice. Hmm...the latter two cannot be counted in normal circumstances, though your ancestry seems to already mash with them before I can veto. Never mind...actually, I still can. Though my other children have made a gain against destiny and history lately and consider your circumstance..."
She touches her chin and grins like a cat.
" Mmm...the destiny of Gaia desires to rid of you like all of my children, while the destiny of your ancestry world endorses you. It's almost like you're a King of The End of that world. Oh! So that's the reason those demons and angels become heretic gods. Also, somehow a proper god has the prospect to stumble upon you as well. You've caused the fate of two worlds to collide. impressive. "
She gives me a thumbs up. Then the veil blew away by itself. Behind it was a beautiful face that seemed to be in the latter half of her teenage. But, even though it was a childish face, it was filled with mature composure and allure that was perfect for a woman.
" Despite everything. The sacrifice you have offered to me is sufficient. Just like I have offered my support for my other children go against the end of the world. I will aid you to go against it as well when the time comes. "
" Thank you very much, Okaa-san. But hopefully, I can delay it as long as I can. I have no regret using my life force to slay Athena as I don't want to face whatever my siblings, Ren and Aisha did. "
" Fufufufu∼. As long as you did not run away like a coward. I will always give support to my children—You as well, Valen Lancaster, is likewise a god-slaying beast. So chin up and be brave and you shall overcome all the impediments as your siblings achieve—"
Eventually, her voice becomes more distant even though I can see her smiling face nodding in pleasure.
"—Go forth, confront your destiny, my child....."
The surrounding was also gradually getting darker. Before long it was completely dark. And so was my conscious along with it.
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-Multiple povs-
" It's happening again...Strange... "
Mumbling, a man with a buzz-cut hairstyle with greenish-brown hair color and lavender eyes. He sits on a golden throne-like seat and his surrounding likewise decorate in the same extravagant fashion.
It happens more frequently during these decades almost like millennia ago when that old man was still active. Perhaps, an interesting affair going to transpire soon...Kukukuku. He chuckles to himself after concluding his thought.
" Is there something interrupting your vision, lord Indra? "
One of the servants that stand next to him conveyed his concern.
" Perhaps...and no. It's just that the old man finally taking an active role again. Well, this is just a mere minor inconvenience in the grand scheme of my plan. "
The chief deva shrugs and dismisses the statement as he assumes the reason as this type of event has occurred before by someone he knew of.
" Shall we reevaluate the agenda regarding your pet project then? "
" No, leave it for now. Little Cao Cao and his goon can play all they want. This going to be a good distraction for me in a while—Before the war with Shiva commence."
He grins cockily as his eyes shine like a star as if he is pleased with what he sees.
" Show me, that my investment is not wasted on you, mortal. "
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On the top of the highest mountain of the Thema Hellas, lies the entrance to the sanctuary or pocket dimension of the mythical realm of Olympus.
At the certain oval shape building in classical style lies two individuals of great importance of the ancient era, their might, and exploitation were well known throughout the world more so than anyone on the European continent.
" Well, that certainly was an impressive sight you have shown me, Grimnir. " The golden eyes middle age man with long silver hair and a beard spoke as he glimpse into the distance.
" I've told you so, Old friend. That this going to be worthwhile. " Another is an old man with likewise long hair and beard, but he is blind in one eye and has legitimate grey hair instead.
As both of them look in the same direction with bright smiles on their face rather creepy from another perspective if it is from someone that know these two infamous men.
" Never knew that Odessos's beach also has a lot of savory specimens like this! Your wisdom is still truly sharp after all these millennia, Grimnir! " The silver hair man spoke up with enthusiasm and praise.
" Of course, I am! Zeus, I did not hang myself on Yggdrasil for a wasted. These sights no matter the era is still my greatest feat! Look at that girl, by Ymir! She got tits and booty to die for! " The old man's glare is intense as drool starts to form in his mouth as the creepy laughter emerges.
" By Gaia's bountiful teats! You're absolutely right! But Blonde, huh? Reminded me of someone. " Zeus rub his beard sagely as he thought about certain angelic beings.
" Hah! Bring up Gabriel again, old friend? Admit it, she's not worth the trouble, we need to go through for her. also-" A raven appears out of nowhere went straight for the old timer, and lands on his shoulder.
It cry into his ear and then flew away.
" Well, seems like there's an urgent business that requires my immediate attention. Later Old friend∼."
He then takes a couple of steps away from Zeus as soon as the distance is right a murder of crows appears and surrounds the old man, and then—there was nothing there.
" Ha- Show off as always my friend! Hmm... Hera appears to still be occupied, so I'll take this chance∼! " Zeus chuckles at the sight and went to peek at the women on the beach again.
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At the same time in a place that seems to be stuck in the twilight hour, lies a small grove that contains a pool of clear bright water.
The murder of crows emerges out of nowhere and leaves the old man there and then evaporates.
" Urðr, Verðandi, Skuld."
The old man calls out the name quietly almost in a whisper despite that, the three women of different ages emerge from across the pond gazing at him with indifferent eyes.
" Alfadhir. " " Woden. " " Voltar. "
" I have come to hear the state of the flow of destiny. "
The old man asks without hesitation.
" It has been distorted, deviated—" " A beast has attempted to devour it—" " The lord of mankind has arisen—"
As the cryptic words were spoken by the Norns for a period, the old man nodded to himself, pleasing, and held his hand up.
" I've heard enough, you have my gratitude. "
The old man then throws a golden apple to them from across the pond and vanishes with a murder of crows again.
*CawCaw!*
"—By Bor's beard!? Dad? I thought you gonna be at the club all day long since your nanny is away. "
A huge muscular red-haired man with a full beard startle as the murder of crows appears beside him out of nowhere.
" Oh, you still here my son? I thought you would run away and leave a job to your brother again. Also, I'm not even in the oppai club! "
" For Ymir's sake, Dad. I'm at least a millennia old. I can work when I needed to. Whatever, this just arrived."
A red-haired man grumbles as he hands the document files to Odin.
"Tsk...fine, I believe you. And what great timing! This will surprise that kid for sure ahaha∼."
" I still did not understand, why you so clung to adopting that mortal. Oh, right! He does have a trace of divinity, so should I tell Mother?"
" Don't you dare, Thor! Or I will upload a video of you talking to Mjolnir on a Magi-net! And nope, Vali is not my son nor even an Aesir or a Vanir."
" Try it, old man! and the video of your affair shall be on it as well! Again, why did you always call him like that? His name is Valen. "
" To prevent Ragnarök. "
Odin grins deeply and said nothing else leaving Thor's stupor as he shakes his head in dismay.
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Somewhere in Japan in the realm of the youkai or Ura-Kyoto, lies a court of Western youkai. At the center of its seat is the ruler herself, Yasaka, who holds a worrisome expression after she heard her guest's statement.
"...Tamamo-dono, you said that Amaterasu-sama senses something that can be a threat to Takamagahara? "
" ∼Yep, and that menace is supposedly here in this land, as of now, according to her anyway. I wonder if she just referring to the Kunitsukami or literally any of the ultimate and god-class individuals. Like jeez...she genuinely needs to get her ass down here sometimes instead of sending these cryptic messages to my head."
Tamamo no Mae confirm with an annoyed expression and voiced a bunch of disrespectful things to her god without care.
" Fufufu∼. That may be true as of now, even Nue and Hagoromo—I mean, Yamabuki Otome-dono can be considered a threat to Takamagahara as well or even me."
Yasaka replied with jest given the fact that she is also the ultimate class Dai-youkai.
" Right, right∼! Even Nura Rihon and his grandson are of the ultimate class as well. Anyways. How were you holding up after being under Nura Rikuo's Hyakki-yakou, by the way? This place seems more empty than before...Mmm∼. Is there any trouble occurring? "
" Uh-un, nothing to worry about, Tamamo-dono. Just most of the Tengu guards did follow my daughter to purge some Ayakashi. And what it's like working under the Nura...Fumu...Honestly, my work become more efficient than before as we now use their system to govern the western part as well."
The Nura use the hundred pandemonium system or Hyakki-yakou, it's like a feudal system with every lord gathering one hundred leaders of each youkai to work under them and so on.
Yasaka also keeps her own Hyakki-yakou that compose of the rulers of the region in the western side of Japan as it is her right as the supreme commander of the west.
" Fumu...good for you, Yasaka. Well, just tell me or Hagoromo if you wanna follow little Kunou around. We both use to control the leyline of Heian-Kyo before you were even born after all∼. You should spend time with your daughter more if you wanted—"
Both of them converse until the daughter of blonde Kyubi shows up along with her subordinate including a certain youkai of a variant nekomata race. She is not a member of Yasaka's Hyakki-yakou nor even affiliated with western youkai, but instead of the Nura Rikuo, the sole ruler of Japan youkai himself.
" Your contract is done, Kuroka. Please convey to Rikuo-dono, We're eternally grateful for his aid in times of crisis."
" Leave it to me-nya∼! And thank you for the wagashi, Yasaka-sama, and Kunou-sama! I almost forgot about it-nya! "
" Uh-un∼. It's fine, Kuroka-san. Please enjoy it with Shirone-san. "
" Will do-nya! "
As she was about to leave the place, the eldest kyubi voiced a couple of words to her.
" Little kitty, be careful on your way back. Annoying Kami warn me about another potential ultimate or god-class individual appearing. Be sure to inform us if you uncovered anything, alright? "
" Got it, Tamamo-sama∼. "
I better report this to Rikuo-nya and Rihon-jii asap then I can visit Shirone without worry. Also, need to hit the bar asking for news from Tobio-nya too. Nyaha∼! Also, kinda did hear something about a new guy in town who regularly feed my Shirone...better check on that too whether he's a threat or not.
The nekoshou hummed as she left the palace.
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In a place where the landscape consists of nothing, but white clouds, and blue sky that extend like an endless horizon.
The ambiance of this place can only be described as serenity considering the very source of light seems to come from between every cloud filling this place with its warm rays.
There is an eye-catching young-looking man with long fair-haired and green eyes sitting on an antique wooden chair looking off into the horizon with sobering air. The pale golden halo flickering above his head reflected his mood as well.
"—!! "
Suddenly the everlasting warm light flashes into red like dusk accompanied by the sound of a trumpet echo.
The man put on a watchful pose his eyes turning sharp as he unfurled majestic large eight golden wings of translucent feathers from his back and behind him, a large Celtic cross-like halo radiated brilliantly.
Along with that one-handed golden sword materialize in his right hand.
Its name is Ascalon, the blade that fell many foes of heaven including Lucifer himself in the first rebellion.
Then a shining line of letters materializes in front of the angel.
*Alert! Alert!*
Multiple Armageddon tiers being has been detected.
Determining the status of the sealed......
No changes were detected.
The beast is contained.
Determining the subtype of potential hostile.......
Recognized........Targets are of α type.
......β Type? Not recognized.
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Recognized........Targets are of Ω type.
Determining the attribute of the targets.......
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Demonic hazard confirmed.
Activating the sanctification protocol? *Warning this action may overload the capacity of the third heaven.*
Denied.
Dispatching...Heavenly Host?
" This...Father...I'm...sorry...We...cannot. "
The angel murmurs in a forlorn voice and then responds with a bitter smile.
Denied.
Determining another course of action......
- The targets shall be set into the subject of monitoring.
Dispatching...Grigori?
" Azazel...Shemhazai...Remiel...Barakiel...Kokabiel—"
The man mumbles out the name of the watchers while shaking his head at the message and chuckles to himself a bit then respond.
Denied.
- The targets shall be monitored solely by the system.
Affirmed.
" ...Maybe...Just...Maybe...I should contact him about this threat...I believe...They will aid us as this is our Father's will. Ours...will."
The Archangel nodded to himself after organizing his thought.
Alert! Alert!
A being of designated ΑΩ has been detected.
......Verified.
The being is harboring the original sin.
Determining the flow of destiny with available samples.....
Detected the likeness with Telos Karma.....
Verifying.....
Confirmed.
The being is aided by destiny.
Determining the opposing effect.....
Confirmed.
The being is capable of moving against destiny.
Assigning a moniker for the target.
- Flagellum Dei.
Determining the course of action......
Proposing - Observation.
Dispatching...Grigori?
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" Looks like there's no need for hesitation after all... "
The angel put on a soft smile and then stood up as the atmosphere of the place returned to normal. he pulls out a smartphone and selects certain contact on the line.
[Holy!?—Is apocalypse happening!? Michael calls me out of all people! Oh, dear Dad! It's happening! Shem, look! Who's on the phone!]
Archangel Michael's expression soften as he heard the exaggerated response from his fallen sibling.
He then put on a stoic expression to move the matter.
" Azazel. no, brother...We need to talk. "
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Grigori - Dispatched.
-Valen-
" Mmm...T-This is for h-healing...Yes! Come on, Asia! You've been doing this for two days now. Mmm...Excuse me, Valen-san∼...Hmm...he still sleeping. Let's do it! "
Finally, being able to see a familiar ceiling again gives me so much relief like never before.
Ah, home sweet home indeed.
Baa-chan(Grandma)...
I feel like I have to visit her after this.
Gotta admit these three weeks have been too damn eventful for my liking.
Heretic gods already appear and Issei is still human...Gotta change that, aye?
Why solve all canon shit show alone when you can get the protag to do it as well?
To be honest, I just want to see how much change I have caused to the timeline.
Probably a lot... No regret though.
And yes, I'll totally ignore the blonde Italian girl who slowly lowers her head toward mine while still filling with nervousness.
...So, time to close my eyes and pretend that I am still asleep, it is∼.
When life gives you a lemon. You make lemonade.
" Chu... "
As the sensation of softness and moisture fills my mouth and tongue. Huh!? she actually put her tongue in too!
Who corrupted my Seiso(innocent) nun like this!?
With that, I can feel the magical energy and spiritual energy from twilight healing passing from her lip into my body without any resistance.
So...she has been healing me this way for a couple of days, I guess?
Finally, getting my fellow god slayer siblings' experience in getting healed by our companion.
All those blood and sweat is indeed worth it...Thank you, Pandora-Okaa-san.
" Phew∼ Done... Fue—!?"
After she finishes the healing process and is about to leave.
I decided to open my eyes and try to act like I just woke up since technically I am.
" Unn...Asia-chan? ...How long have I been out? "
" V-Valen-san!? I-It's t-three days! Hnn∼! ...Did he notice? "
She replies alarmingly and then mumbles in a low voice while her face slowly gains a shade of red all over as she wriggles around.
" ?? I see... Thank you for looking after me, Asia-chan. And sorry for the trouble I put you guys through."
I tilt my head in feigned ignorance then express my gratitude and then apologize to her for my blunder as I admit. From the perspective of an outsider, who did not know the rite of god slaying, my action is essentially suicidal and very irrational.
Oh, boy, I gonna hear a lot of sermons from many people for sure...There's no escape.
"Ah—Hai! I-It's fine! Anyway, excuse me!—"
She nodded in acknowledgment and then ran out of the room in a panic.
I just smiled at the sight and said nothing.
"...Well, looks like she still has a long way to go, huh? "
So I decided to get up and go on my morning routine and ready to face the consequences of my action.
Wanna bet that a certain devil king is waiting for me in the living room? Also, others in the slash dog team as well.
Not a fair bet I know, my sense become sharper thanks to me becoming a proper godslayer.
I can sense several people in my house including surprisingly Rossweisse too.
Hmm...that geezer probably allows her to stay longer so he can play around more for sure.
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" If I have a dime every time my friend goes overboard and end up bedridden for a while. I would have three, which isn't much, but damn this start to feel like a pattern. Right∼? Tobio, Lavinia, Valen. "
Kouki snark as soon as I arrive in the living room.
Of course, his comment makes Tobio and Lavinia put on a wry smile and chuckle dryly.
" Samejima-kun. Please be quiet. "
" Got it, Mom. "
Natsume shot him down, so he just shrugs.
I wanna respond with a joke, but others in the room have been sending me disapproving glares for a while now, and boy...it sting.
Especially Lavinia's stare...it's very cold and filled with dread.
Just like when I met her all those years ago before she mellow down. Joy.
Hmm? Rossweisse seems to notice my sight, she reacts with a pout and looks away.
Kinda cute∼.
" Morning everyone∼. Mission Accomplished? "
" Valen-chan. go sit over there, please∼. "
I attempt to joke my way out, but Serafall points at the terrace and orders me to sit there with her usual jolly voice, though her smile and eyes suggest otherwise.
Also, she did flinch a little bit when she stare into my eyes.
I wonder if is it because I now hold the complete authority of two archangels, but that shouldn't be the case as...my third one should offset that as err...let's just say I can camouflage my presence like Ren now.
" ?? "
As I walked toward the terrace I found Elmenhilde sitting on the edge of the terrace as well with her legs on the grass, she glances at me opens her mouth, points at her fang demanding to be fed, and then pouts.
I nodded while giving her an apologetic smile, but then I saw unexpected addition next to her in the form of Valerie Tepe, who stare at the sky blankly and hardly react to anything.
Wow...looks like I have to give a hint to my dearest uncle to find a holy grail for her asap...as seeing someone with an Alzheimer-like condition like this...trigger a certain moment of my life that I want to forget.
Watching someone who raises you slowly decay into a husk of themselves is not fun at all...
Yeah...let's go visit her after this, so I can clear my head before deciding the path to take from now on.
I nodded to myself as I sit down and stare at the sky aimlessly waiting for someone to speak up and take me out of my silly mood.
" First off, all of you answer me one thing. It supposes to be a stealth mission, right? "
Serafall asks as she pulls out her phone and projects a hologram map of a certain region to us.
" Yeah... " " Well... " " Ahaha... "
Some nodded, and some looked away awkwardly while chuckling dryly. I put on a stiff smile as I see what she shows us.
" What happened to the southwest of Braşov County? Mmm? "
She points at the hologram scrutinizing its content and then shows another map or the one before destruction commences.
" I'm pretty sure there are five villages there before, but now it's only an empty field full of nature and apparently a lot of meteor craters. The old castle is all gone! so, what kind of stealth is this? Hmm? Tobio-chan? Lavinia-chan? Rossweisse-chan too. explain, please. "
Demons happen...my dear Serafall, also gods too. actually, I think my fight with Athena is not that destructive, but it sure doesn't help either as now the castle evolve into a quarry site, thanks to that.
" Ahem...Serafall-san. Mmm...it's complicated... " " ... "
Anyways, as awkward silence ate us inside out, Lavinia replied timidly, and others just nodded along.
" Well, there's no casualty among the human as the vampire civil war already expels them a couple of months ago so that's fine, I suppose. Anyways, Is it about this? Hmm? "
Then she shows footage of large golden armor with wings of light on his back arms with a golden spear fighting a red eye middle age man with a large hammer who was covered by a crimson aura leaving a trail of fire on his every movement.
Both of them laid destruction upon the land with every swing they exchange. then the video stops as the man or Baal looks at the camera and smiles eerily.
Bet, the guy who spies on us just run the hell away in fright the moment Baal detects him. Understandable.
" And Valen-chan...Explain this, please. This is you, isn't it? "
She gives a disapproving gaze as she questions.
" Technically, no, but yeah...that's me getting my ass whoops by a Prime Evil—"
Then I take a reign to explain what happen that night to her in detail and also send a bunch of info about the demon and their leader to her, also about Inarius and the Nephalem as well just in case.
Of course, my dear uncle already has this information for a week.
He probably got PTSD from Inarius with his likeness to Lucifer for sure. Heh...
Wait...If heretic god Inarius exist, then I'm kinda fuck on the conceptual level too! I'm not Uldyssian!
In the end, as everything cleared up she sighs and approaches me then grab my cheek and stretch it.
"...Why did you not cooperate with your friend properly, Valen-chan? If what your guys said is true then this is like getting into a fight with Zech-chan in his true form! Are you crazy!? You really need to think hard before taking action, Valen-chan! "
" Sowwy. Sowwy. I-i got it. I-i got it—"
Then she releases me after a short session of a sermon on how reckless my action is.
" ...Your groups sure are lucky that the old crow knows how to push the blame on anyone else, but his faction. No one except me knows the mess you've caused. "
Of course, Azazel is oddly reliable on that part, as you know ERE in this timeline did not outlaw the practice of polytheistic religion like the Western empire.
And the lag of response from heaven makes things easier on Grigori.
Well, you get the concept, during the fifth century there were still plenty of people worshiping the old gods without getting persecuted, so I guess, Azazel just went around securing allegiance from the weakened pantheon.
Don't know what he said to them, but from my experience talking to them during my travel they are pretty much only listening to Azazel alone.
Also, the Province of Mesopotamia becomes Iraq after world war two due to Azazel giving in to pacifying the local Pantheons in that area due to the mess caused by Kokabiel.
The same happened to Sicily and other western Mediterranean isles as well.
" Right..., gotta give it to him. "
" Hmm... Well, that's it for me, I have a bunch of Devil King work waiting for me so..."
Serafall snorts at my response and then turns toward the girls excluding Sae-san for obvious reasons.
Asia evades my sight as she was still embarrassed from a while ago.
" You girls can grill him now, as he seems to be healthy enough for it. "
" Oi! "
" Also, Valen-chan, please visit So-tan after you're done. She has something to consult you about. Anyway, good day to you all∼. Levi-tan out—!"
She then pecks my cheek and teleports away in a flashy manner with a rainbow and stars.
...What with the magical girl effect on her teleport circle?
That's new.
" Well, I gotta evacuate from here as well, Valen! Good luck and see you on Friday! "
Said Kouki who smirked toward my plight as he waved toward me then change into a middle finger as he leave.
Also, don't flicking decide on our night out suddenly. you arse!
" Us too, Tobio-kun let's go. "
" Unn...well, Valen-san...good luck, I guess? And see you on Friday. "
Tobio and Sae left as well.
Then the atmosphere turns a bit chilly for me as I'm about to face the consequence.
" Can I go now? Kinda hungry, to be honest..."
Without a warning, the coldness assaulted my lower body as the Blue ice began to freeze over my legs up to my torso.
This is Absolute demise's ice for sure as normal magic ice does not affect me like this.
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" Lavinia...Isn't this too excessive?—That's what I said to them, but it seems to serve only to fuel the fire more, as even Rosssweisse used her runic formation to make the ice even more deadly. Well...to a normal human like now, it doesn't even tickle me one bit. "
I chuckle to myself quietly and continue to narrate out loud more like I'm telling a story to someone.
Well, technically I am.
As I look at the line of the stone pillars that holds the name of my family, from the left would be my grandfather, Rokuhara Nobuharu.
Next to it would be my grandmother, Rokuhara Yuuna.
And then my father and mother, Rokuhara Haruki and Clara Lancaster.
Talking to a gravestone helps a lot in clearing your mind, you should try it sometimes.
" And then Poh-kun appear to bite my hand on Shigune's order. His teeth feel a bit tickling, but still alright and that is when Natsume made a wind cage around me by using Griffon wind manipulation. Not gonna lie, from that moment onward I start to feel the cold a bit. "
I thought about the cold that I have to endure a while ago and shivering a bit as that does remind me of that one time I try to sleep in the desert without proper equipment.
Yes, I am stupidly thinking a Nephalem body can handle that stuff, thankfully a pair of Bedouin mother-daughter passed by so my ass was saved.
" After a few minutes pass they stop and start to convey that I worry them too much by fighting while being heavily wounded. Suzaku de-froze me with a talisman, though she did say that she want to join in the punishing, as her flame doesn't work on me, but others already put on work so she hug me instead, "
That's kind of unexpected coming from her, and others also take turns afterward, so the harmless cold was worth it.
" Asia-chan also bonk my head with her hand too and said that she doesn't want to see me like that again. Gotta admit, seeing her teary eyes did a lot of emotional damage to me as it hurt more than being stabbed by Baal—"
Elmenhilde did not do anything only drink my blood probably a lot more than usual as she stuck there for a while.
Thankfully, I don't feel much due to my body being improved and she did say my blood tastes different as well.
Is that a good thing? I wonder...
Probably...since I see her euphoric expression after finishing sucking my neck.
Pretty boner-inducing scene to be honest. Like that Seras Victoria scene in Hellsing.
"—After that, I confess to them about being a godslayer and explain why I have to take a foolhardy act like that—"
That confession made Lavinia sulk and ask why I never tell her that and Asia-chan too as I know them for years.
So I earn myself another bonk from both of them as I respond with because they never ask.
Well deserved, I know.
For Rossweisse, she seems to realize something as she mutters about Odin.
I guess, that geezer already knows about it somewhat.
Odin is still Odin after all no matter the iteration. Thank the Gods, it's not Neil Gaiman's version.
I take this pervert geezer over Wednesday anytime.
"—Then they discharge me and left while leaving Valerie here as they said that uncle think hiding her here is safer than in the underworld. Understandable...Anyway, I grab a bouquet of hydrangea, your favorite flower on the way here as the one in our yard still doesn't bloom. "
I stare at the bouquet with a melancholic feeling and shake my head.
Speaking of our yard, I did give Rossweisse and Lavinia several of the Horadrim magic tomes that had been sitting in the dust in the storage to them.
It is useless to me now, due to my change so I give them away.
Thankfully, Lavinia said that she will share the content with Le Fay as well.
If it's those girls they will come up with something great for sure.
Sigh...the upcoming month hopefully, it's just gonna be a Riser arc, so I can focus on pacifying these girls while Issei can do his own storyline.
" Anyway, I think, you gonna like the fact that our house is now become lively and feels like home more than when it's just two of us for sure..."
As the permanent residents are Me, Elmen, Asia, Valerie, and—.
" Don't you think so∼? Athena-san. "
Then a snow owl materializes on my shoulder and it stares at me with glowing eyes.
[That matter does not concern me, godslayer.]
Follow by the cold voice of a girl in my head.
" Aha...Still cold as before, huh? Well, it's useless to brood like that Athena-san. You're stuck to me like Stellar stuck to Ren. Though, I hope my soul is cozy enough for you∼."
[...] I can hear her breathe out at my reply.
And then the owl flaps its wings and flies away.
I shake my head at the sight and sent a mental message to her.
'Don't go too far, okay? With my luck, I'm sure you gonna run into trouble somehow.'
[There's no need to tell me, thanks to you. Destiny loathes my presence as well... I will be around this town.]
After accepting her retort, I check my phone and found that it was almost noon and I have to visit Sona today as well.
" Well, Obaa-chan that's also our new resident hopefully, she can adapt to our life soon. "
I look toward the sky and see a snow owl still flying around the town as she said.
Then look at the grave one last time before moving on.
" I'll come again. "
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