NOVEL SIMPLE Tea time
So, we are being chased by essentially an entire country. Well, I just rammed straight through the checkpoint, destroying it and all the cargos with what essentially is an iceberg of steel. A steelberg?
"Utopia, drop the depth charges.", I ordered
"[As you command, Your Highness.]", the comns boomed.
"Are you going to seriously kill people?", Hoa asked, sipping her coffee.
"Well, indirectly kill them.", I shrugged after correcting her.
"I thought your whole thing was no-killing?"
"Not anymore, since I killed someone— that's why I am going rogue, to gather my thoughts and relax."
We are currently inside my room, which used to be four sleeping rooms plus the hallway merged into one big room. Having what the British call 'tea time', even though we are drinking coffee while having a high-speed chase in the canal is kinda fun.
"So do you need therapy?", she asked.
I shook my head, "No, not really."
I don't need therapy, I know that well. I've been doing better lately, being slothful is fun.
"I did kill for the first time, and like the saying, it is always hard the first time. Well... in my case, it is more literally than mentally.", I was dead set on killing Romulus from the start after all.
And now that I did it... it felt like a shackle got broken off.
"[We had escaped into international water.]", the comns boomed.
"Plan a course to Alaska, but avoid coming near the U.S.'s national water.", I don't really want to deal with Seria at the moment.
"You want to avoid your mom?", Hoa asked, placing her cup of coffee down.
"Yes, I don't want to deal with annoying things at the moment. Maybe I'll come back after the day before my birthday."
January 8th huh... or... April 21st? I don't really know. After I got back that half, I don't really know anymore.
For all I care, I could just set up a random date. Not that I will, even if I am a completely new person now.
Like, unleashing my World of Chalk essentially gave me a factory reset, and with the addition of my other half returning to me, an expansion.
So? Am I Charlotte Silvi or Romulus? I am still me, nothing will change that. However, I must say, that I had obtained a more passive look at things.
Hmm... I shouldn't self-reflect right now, maybe because a living breathing Vampire is in front of me? Huh, so her color is splashed on my canvas once again.
Food for thought.
Oh, right.
"Should we bring in someone else on board? Pun intended.", I asked with a smile.
"Someone else?", Hoa sighed, "Who would you bring on anyway?"
Seem like she didn't appreciate my pun. Seem like my social skills have gone down.
"Avalon, come here.", I called out to them.
And in my lap, a white cat appeared. While Hoa just stares at the cat.
"I don't believe you guys have met formally before.", I raised the cat in the air, "This is Avalon, the Records of Beast."
"Charlotte, you smell different.", it said in a monotone voice.
"Yeah, had a pretty rough time. You know, teen angst and all of that bullshit.", I said while hugging the cat, "As soft as ever."
"You.", Avalon then turned to Hoa, "You are warm."
"Uh... thank you...?", Hoa was definitely confused.
"Hey Avalon, can you call your atomic lizard body? Since my friend over here told me that an Eldritch God is on the move.", I stopped playing with the cat, placing it back down on my lap, "What does The Ivory Throne look like?"
"Think of an elephant, a huge one at that, maybe a few kilometers tall. It has eight legs, bug eyes, a few thousand tusks— oh, and its trunk has a mouth full of teeth."
"Anything came to mind?", I asked Avalon.
"Yes.", they replied, "A moving icy mountain."
"Oh shit...", Hoa quieted down.
"What is wrong?", I asked her.
"The Frozen Valley has made contact with The Ivory Throne...", she let out a long sigh, quite tired from the look of it, "Shit, two members of the Gallery of Eternity... this will be tough."
Another Eldritch Faction huh... this ought to be interesting. And two of them most likely combined from the look of Hoa's expression.
"Hey, Utopia.", I called the Grand Array.
"[Yes, Your Highness.]"
"Can you transform this ship into a mecha?", I asked, giggling as Hoa just stared at me.
"[That will require time, Your Highness. The complete reconfiguration will be difficult with the onboard material.]"
Huh... shame— wait, I got an idea!!
"Utopia, head towards the Pacific Trash Continent.", I stood up from my chair, "Avalon, can you divert their attention toward the trash continent?"
"Sure.", the cat replied and disappeared in a puff.
"[Route secured.]", Utopia replied.
I know Avalon will try to fight against those Eldritch Gods, prompted or not. There is something I realized after my soul became whole.
The Records of Mankind, Beast, and Nature, we aren't just characters in this Game. In fact, there is another purpose to our existence that benefits the World and The Pale Court, aside from being game pieces.
We are the reason why Shemiss Aluqdim allows other Eldritch Gods to be on Earth - they knew very well that those weakened Eldritch Gods could not fight against us. It is not only to show those Visitors and Invaders what we are made of, to prove the superiority of the Real Deal against the fakes in the wider universe but also to act as arbiters protecting Life.
This is what I learned from Romulus, his experience was passed down to me on a subconscious level.
I have a duty, that is to protect humanity...
But my way is... a bit more brutal, full of prejudice and prosecution.
Anyhow, let's get back to the thing at hand.
"Well, rest up, my friend. You need all the strength you get.", I stood up from my seat, "I have something to do first."
"Fine... nobody really knows what you think, but don't do anything too crazy.", she also stood up.
I just stare at her with a sly smile.
"...", she stayed silent, "Fuck you, don't give me that look."
"Fuck you too, bitch.", I waved as she left the room.
Now all alone, I snapped my finger, "Welt Ealam, phone please?"
A phone dropped down from a black portal.
Then I instantly dial a phone number, "Hello, Seria."
[Yo Charlotte, how is life being a loner?], she casually answered. Well, nothing unusual since she always watches my streams.
"Pretty good, sailing the high sea in a warship. Drinking latte every morning while smelling the salty air— Anyway, I have some intel.", I gestured to have Utopia move a screen close to me, it is a map of the sea routes.
"There are two Eldritch Gods on the loose, The Ivory Throne and The Frozen Valley. A source of mine said that they belong to a faction calls the Gallery of Infinity.", I explained to her, "Currently, they are moving towards the Nothern trash current. So, I would like you to do one thing for me."
[And what would that be?], she said in a serious tone.
"Stay out of it, I'll handle it myself."
[And why should I?], there is a slight tease in her tone.
"Because I want to be independent. Please, Mom.", I want to test out a mecha.
[Fine~], she was quick to agree, [But you have to return home after all this is done, okay? You are getting a scold for ghosting me!]
"Haha~ well, I'm looking forward to it.", I laughed a bit, "And could you tell Ennael and Mitsuki I'm sorry for leaving them out of nowhere?"
[Sure~ you did leave your wallet and phone behind though. It was a pretty big red flag that you are doing something crazy. You do owe the two an apology.]
"I know.", I sighed, not wanting to think about them. I did ditch them after all.
[So see you later, my daughter.]
She ended the call before I could. I burn the phone away with my flame.
"Utopia, when we approach the trash continent, be ready to collect everything."
"[Yes, Your Highness.]"
Ooh~ it really tingles when I get the respect I deserve.
=0=0=
Trash everywhere... floating above and beneath the blue ocean. For decades plastic and other trash had gone and travel with the waves and currents of the sea, accumulating here...
Over two trillion pieces of trash. Hahaha~
I walk forward as Utopia creates a flight of stairs downward. I held my hand out... creating a single droplet of Reverie into the heap of trash.
It soon spread out, consuming the colorful sea of trash, dyeing everything black as the sludge of creativity and imagination break them down— filling my reserve once again. A whole continent of trash to myself~ I feel almost unfortunate that I would be using all of this. Almost.
"Gather.", I commanded the Reverie Sludge, as they crawl back to me...
"Deconstruct.", with one simple command, the sludge stopped as it was about to absorb back into me, still like a sculpture with electricity crackling.
With my right hand, I caress the ship, with my left hand I touch my Reverie.
"Reconstruct."
And all eighty-eight thousand tons of Reverie Sludge began to merge with the ship.
"[Your Highness, it is a great boon to receive such an amount of pure Material. I will realize your Wish.]"
"Just make sure the mecha isn't too humanoid. A mermaid would be fire.", heh.
"[As you Command, Your Highness.]"
Oh, and Avalon had returned in the form of a seagull.
"It is approaching fast.", the seagull said before flying away, joining a flock of all kinds of birds... they are flying around in a... circle.
!!
Rising out of the water at first is a whole mountain made of ice— holy shit, it just keeps going— towering over the clouds. When does this stop?
Oh, the mountain doesn't rise anymore, but the next thing is... just as Hoa described it, an elephant-like creature with eight legs, shiny black skin-like armor, thousands of tusks on each side, bug eyes, and a trunk full of needle-like teeth.
I wonder, HOW THE FUCK DID NOBODY FOUND THIS THING BEFORE?! It's a FUCKING MOUNTAIN ON TOP OF A MOUNTAIN!!
I was on the deck in a flash of lightning— Hoa was already here with Fallen Starlight charged, bursting out red fire from the Runes.
"Are you ready?", I asked.
"I am.", she nodded, her eyes focused on the b.
I held my hand out, "Utopia, my lance, and the coffin."
Just as I commanded, Utopia delivered Quirinus and Ouroboros Omniscia to me.
It is time to kill a mountain!
