by Andur
“He already knows that it doesn't look pretty at all. But he already foresaw the end of his world. So this outcome is still better than his apprehensions.” Celes hugs me from behind and I pull her onto my lap to embrace her.
We sit there in silence for a few minutes until I speak. “I am still a little mad that you didn't tell me about this new whirlwind, that's been added to the family.”
“Like I said, I found out only recently and I am not sure if I should have it.” -Celes
“What's the problem?” I ask her with a surprised voice.
“I have no idea who it will be. And having a random soul as a baby creeps me out.” Celes tenses up.
“Aengus was like that too? I could search for a nice one? It should be no problem, we did the same thing with Seria.” I am a little confused, but I won't force Celes into this.
“Aengus was already there when it happened. And Seria was Sofie. It's different.” -Celes
I smirk at my wife. “Why don't you ask Lada. She is still a little down despite her new job. Or Enyo she would be a real baby because she is completely wiped. We don't have any idea what to do with her besides rehabilitation.”
“You creep me out! No way! Enyo is complete out of question! And Lada is the president of the multiverse now!” Celes goes stiff and objects to my idea.
“Well, you could ask her. It's not like she still couldn't do the job. And she would get to be Seria's little sister. As for the time while she will be a child, there should be a replacement.” -Me
Celes elbows me into the side. “I knew that you are useless in this matter. This is a delicate field for a woman!”
“Hrm. Anyway. I humbly await the Queen's decision in this matter until she decides to make one. You know, it's been a long time since you sat on my lap. I didn't remember until now because you drugged me, but I really like this.”
I grab her chest with my right while I slip my left between her legs and bite into her earlobe.
“Hey!” -Celes
“What's wrong with it. I can't do any more harm than what's already done. Or do you want to tell me that it would turn into twins if we did a bit more.” I pull Celes from behind into a tight embrace.
“hhgn! That's not the issue! Haah!” Celes tries to get away but I attack her weak spot, which is her neck.
“I always wanted to try the cat costume on you! You know, the one with the tail!” I whisper into her ear while she starts to shudder under my arms.
“hhhhnn? Tail? … no! Not that one! No you won't stick that into..... I already have a tail! NOOOOoooo” Celes tries to resist but I already pull her onto the pathway to our wood house.
82 - Revelations and a goddess's vacation?
“This looks troublesome.” Mawu comments our tactical map of the multiverse on the table. There are several zones which are marked red.
We are in Asheim and are holding a meeting regarding the new appearances of the Spheres and demons. All ambassadors are present including me.
There are many different opinions on how to represent the multiverse. It's a little hard to make a map of different realities which overlap with each other in some areas. I like the twisted spiral which forms a circle with itself best.
It may be a very simplistic description of the multiverse, but it's the easiest to point out a specific location in it. The whorls of the spiral are different realities with different physical laws. Each representing its own universe.
In some points they a folded into each other and in others they are farther away. In reality the spiral doesn't form a circle, but it's more like a knot. For this meeting, we chose this representation.
“These Spheres pop up all over the place and cause havoc! My community already had to deal with seven of those incidents! We need to stop this!” Miruliru foams of anger.
“It's true. It's like those fuckers pull terrorist bombings at us. Just in this case whole worlds go up in flames.” Carne folds his hands together.
“They are trying to feed the Calamity.” Chiffre tightens a bolt on his mechanical arm.
“Feed it? They didn't have to feed whole worlds to it until now!” Zanders inquires further.
“They fed it with gods. Now they don't have that many gods available and have to use the souls of mortals. I guess the Calamity is on a pretty harsh diet right now. Otherwise they wouldn't go on a rampage like that. Being that active increases their risk to be found out.” Chiffre continues his assessment and places a drop of oil on the bolt.
“So the Calamity could really starve if we destroy all spheres?” -Gwallona
“It's a possible interpretation of the situation.” I look at the ceiling and purse my lips while I think.
“By the way. I heard that you saved the planet of that little god who begged you for help? How did you do that? We had to wipe our planets completely and sort the souls from the demons!” Miruliru asks me the dreaded question.
“I heard about that too! Give us that intelligence. It's needed at the moment!” Carne follows up and everyone gazes at me.
“For various reasons the magic we used for that purpose is a secret of mine. And a fortress like ours is needed for it. I would be of no help to you. And our fortresses are already occupied with these incidents. So it wouldn't change the situation.” I put on a firm expression.
“Fortresses can be built. If one is needed to save a world from demons, we shouldn't spare the effort to create them.” -Chiffre
“Explain your reasons.” Miruliru tries to get a higher position in order to make an impression, but fails because of her body.
I continue to stare at the map while I contemplate on how to handle the situation.
“You should place at least that much trust in us. Why don't you want to share that magic? If you can't give us at least an explanation, this group has failed its purpose.” -Gwalonna
She has a point.
I decide to go with the truth. “It's my personal magic. I developed it long ago in order to kill myself. The magic is a disruption spell, which interacts with all levels of reality. It minces everything to pieces, be it physical or ethereal. It doesn't matter if the soul belongs to a mortal or a god.”
After a short silence I continue. “I don't want it spread. I don't like the idea of it being used like I used it. It's better not to use it at all. Saving the planet of Evenguar was just a test to see if it works on demons. I won't use it again unless the situation is dire.”
Mawu leans back in his chair. “I see. It would be a horrible weapon against gods in the wrong hands.”
“But the test proved its value. How can we not take advantage of something like that when whole planets are dying?” -Carne
“Can you promise me that the spell won't spread if Angrod gives you the magic system for it?” Miruliru looks at Carne but he shakes his head.
“Everything can be stolen at some point in the future if it's widely enough spread. It would be foolish to give such a promise.” -Carne
“I am with Angrod in this. As long as it stays in his head, it's relatively safe. The Chimeran's fortresses are also a relatively secure place at the moment. I don't want some maniac to use that magic in order to wipe one of our planets.” Zanders takes my position.
“Just tell me. Why did you develop that spell? You said you intended to kill yourself?” Chiffre glares at me.
“A long time ago I lost something very precious to me. And when I realized that I wouldn't get it back, I wanted to end it once and for all. I wanted to be sure to forget the endless cycle of hell I was caught inside.” I answer him.
“But even if a soul is minced like that it's possible to restore it relatively completely with some effort.” -Chiffre
“Not if nobody cares enough about you to do something like that. I wasn't a god at that time.” -Me
“Impressive.” Chiffre furrows his eyebrows at me.
“Haaah. Where is Lada when you need her? The president should be here for cases like this and give us her moral judgement of the
situation.” Gwalonna complains loudly to us.
“I was at her office earlier. But there was just this sheet of paper at her desk. Seems like she really needed a time out after her time with the Council.” Miruliru throws a letter at the table and I start to read.
Dear Children!
This old nanny of love and peace will go on a vacation! Sorry for letting you guys down but I need a little timeout. From what I've seen, you are doing it the right way anyway.
But be careful not to loose the right path or I will have to come back and haunt you! I have planned my vacation to last for at least twenty years, so don't bother looking for me!
You wouldn't guess where I went anyway, myahaha!
Sincerely yours,
Lada – LOVE ME. HUG ME. I am your ONLY one Goddess of Love and Peace!
PS: Find someone else for this boring job!
Pearls of sweat are forming on my forehead as I read the letter. They wouldn't have done that? It was a joke! A joke I say!
But the style of the letter looks so familiar! I can't help myself..... Seria?
“:.... so irresponsible!” -Chiffre
“..... Aw... and there I hoped we found the right one for this! I wonder where she ran off to?” -Gwalonna
“Let her have her vacation. She could go for a few thousand years too for all I care. Think about how long the Council ruled.” Carne waves his hand at the letter.
“I guess it makes no sense to look for someone who is an eternity ahead of us.” I smile at the group.
I am very silent and compliant during the rest of the meeting. Trying not to show that I want to jump up and run out of the room immediately.
As soon as everyone is gone, I grab the letter and teleport towards Celes's laboratory. I find her at a big machine with Seria tugging at her skirt and Aengus looming in a corner of the room.
“What's going on here? And has anyone seen Lada?”
Aengus jumps up and runs towards me, hugging my leg. “Dad! We have to stay united! It's more important than ever! They are multiplying!”
“What's multiplying?” -Me
“The little sisters! I am not against women! But four on two is unfair!” -Aengus
I walk towards Celes while pulling Aengus after me. Celes is looking at the screen of her machine and continuously mumbles to herself silently.
“Not planned. It should be three. Not planned. It should be one boy. Not planned. I have to recalculate everything. Not planned. The budgeting for the next thirty years! Not planned. So much work! Not planned............”
“Honey? What are you doing?” I smile at Celes, who is looking at an ultrasonic scan with two little bodies.
Seria turns towards me with a wide grin on her face. “Ah! Daddy! Look! I will get two little sisters!” She points at the screen. “This one is Lada! And we could call this one Arianne! But it's just a suggestion, I don't know her so well. But I figure she will be a nice little sister.”
“OW!OW!OW!OW! OWIE! I AM SORRY! I WON'T DO IT AGAIN! MY EARLOBE WILL WEAR OUT! NO WORSE! IT WILL RIP OFF!”
Suddenly Celes grabbed Seria's ear with two fingers and actually lifted her half a meter off the ground like something really dirty.
“I WILL TEACH YOU! TO IMPLANT THE SOULS OF OTHER PEOPLE INTO ME WITHOUT CONSENT! YOU DID IT WHILE I SLEPT DIDN'T YOU! PREPARE FOR HELL!”
83 - A new perspective.
“I think it's time for them to go to school.” I continue to polish my nails while I wait for Angrod's answer.
“Do you really think that's necessary? They already know everything that's important. And if they regain the rest of their memories....” Angrod answers me with a complicated face.
“You are too soft on them. It will be good for them to be together with others of their age. And the teachers there are doing nothing else than helping children with too much knowledge.” I smile at my husband. Yes. They will go there and learn a little lesson.
“KYAAA!”
“That sounds like you bribed the teachers there.” Angrod scratches his cheek.
“I did nothing of the sort. I just met some old faces and gave them detailed instructions on how to handle the situation.” I smile a heart warming smile while I think about the future.
“You totally told them to be as strict as possible! Who is working there!?” -Angrod
“Oh... people like Samarin, Jeniva and most important Tongrod!” I answer cheerfully
“AAARRGH!”
“The raccoon geezer is still working as a teacher? .......Celes, don't you think you are going a little overboard with this punishment?” -Angrod
“NYAAA!”
I bathe in another of Seria's screams. They are a little muffled because she is in a soundproof room. But they are clearly audible. “No?”
“Those screams are disturbing! What did you do to her?” Angrod has a few pearls of sweat on his forehead and looks a little jumpy.
“If you go and help her, you will be next! And by pulling that stunt on me, Seria volunteered to test a new drug of mine.” -Me
“MYAHAHAAAAAA!”
“That sounds like it was a failure.....” -Angrod
I think about it and answer. “No. I tried to find something to stop the pain during the metamorphosis-process. I didn't find anything. But I found a drug which induces the phantom pains alone. I used it on Seria while monitoring her brain waves. Maybe I will get a hint on how to stop the pain.”
“You are using our daughter as a lab rat?!” Angrod looks shocked at me.
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!”
“Seria lost all her advantages with me by pulling that stunt. From now on she is on the short leash! And by assisting in this project, she has at least a little value for the future of our society.” I glare at Angrod, but he looks away.
“And why are you punishing Aengus too?” -Angrod
“It's a lesson to prevent future mistakes. If they both know that I will punish them both for the mistakes of one, they will try to stop each other from causing mischief.” I nod at my words and give my fingernails the last touch.
“MAAAMAAA!”
Yes! Perfect!
“I see the logic behind that.” Angrod stands up to leave the laboratory.
“Where are you going dear?” -Me
“Back to work. Those screams are disturbing.” Angrod turns around and vanishes.
I shrug my shoulders while I listen to the music of my educational methods. If that won't teach them respect. Nothing will.
“NyaHAAAAAA!”
Maybe I should cover my hairpins with the drug? It seems to work fine on gods......
Somewhere else on a nameless planet
“Hihihihi.” Mortals are surely stupid! You can play so many tricks on them as a god.
“Oh great Eris! Goddess! Tell us how to deal with these demons!” The knight bows down in front of my statue.
“Dance the Hokey Pokey! Stand up, wiggle your butt, raise your hands above your head, and shake them wildly as you rotate 360 degrees. If you do this before each fight, no harm shall befall you!”
The knight gives the statue a dumbfounded look. Obviously he didn't expect an answer. “Yes! My Goddess! Thank you for answering my prayers!”