by Andur
“I am a different person now! It would be unfair to hold me accountable for the actions of my previous perverted self!” There you have it! Now a few tears! By combining mom's control of the inner mana flow and dad's telekinesis you can achieve some pretty convenient things.
“Huh?” -Angrod
And now the finishing strike! “Don't you think I have enough issues on my own! All those perverted memories of the old Seria, meddling with other peoples love life! And the peeking! I should have never taken that soul marble! You are a horrible father!” I turn around to run toward the exit.
“W... Wait! I am sorry! Of course you can do what you want!” Angrod calls after me with a troubled voice.
I stop. “Really? *sniff*” Okay! The snot out of my nose may have been a little too much. That's disgusting.
Angrod comes to me and hugs me. “Of course! You can go for whatever guy you like! And if he doesn't treat you correctly, dad will have a little conversation with him under two eyes.”
Wait a moment? “*Sniff* Just two?”
“Yeah! Someone who disrespects my daughter doesn't need useless organs.” Angrod strokes my head while failing completely as a parent.
I hug dad in order to have an excuse for not looking into his face. Scary! What else do you deem useless? “Okay.”
“Why is big sis crying?”
My little sisters suddenly appeared around us! Oh so cute! I always wanted to be a big sis! All my dreams came true! Big Sis and little sister in one! “It's nothing! Big Sis got just a little agitated.”
I bend down to hug the little Lada. Mwahaha! It will be the best once she regains her memories! Especially how she lost that bet and had to become my little sister! She will never find out that I cheated her with Aengus's help.
“We want to play with you! You promised to teach us a few tricks!” Eris grabs me from the side and links arms with me.
“Yes! Or we could go tower jumping again!” Arianne starts to jump happily. “I found a really big cliff with a sea under it! And there are no guards who could disturb us!”
“I don't want to get wet!” Eris starts to pout her lips.
“You could try to take a pathway right before impact! That would be a new challenge!” -Lada
“Oh, YESS! Cool idea! Whoever gets closer to the ground wins!” -Arianne
“Don't do weird stuff!” Angrod snaps at them.
“Daddy is mean!” “Scary dad!” “We aren’t allowed to have fun...”
“Please don't jump from high places! If Celes finds out we will all be in trouble! Promise!” Angrod makes a stand before the triplets.
“If you take us somewhere cool?” “Like the zoo!” “Mnn. Fine...”
“Ehm... Do what you want! I have work to do!” Angrod vanishes by using a pathway.
“Does anyone know why daddy always runs away when we ask him to take us to the zoo?”
“Nope.”
“But it's the perfect magic word to get rid of him.”
“Though we need a word to make him appear to!”
“That would be too convenient.”
“He would be the perfect daddy.”
“Always there when you need him.”
“Always gone when you don't need him.”
The tails of the triplets swing in perfect synchronisation from left to right while they contemplate about Angrod's peculiarities.
Then they turn in perfect unison towards me. “Now we can play!”
The Path, Headquarters!
“Ahahaha. I would have never thought that you would manage to reclaim your godhood that fast!” Miruliru takes a sip of her tea.
“Well, I guess I had a lot of help.” I eat another one of the delicious cookies.
“So what do you plan next? Do you want to join the path and work for me?” Miruliru gives me a heartwarming smile.
“I appreciate the offer, but I need to learn a lot of stuff first! Everything is completely new to me.” I bow a little to the goddess before me.
“Hah. I know! I suppose you have great plans. Like getting back at Angrod?” -Miruliru
“Yes! That's for sure! So can you help me taking revenge?” I grab her petite little hand.
“Forget it!” -Miruliru
“What? Why!” I slide to the floor.
“Because revenge means just bad karma. And besides. The current you is very weak. You don't even have basic knowledge about your new environment.” -Miruliru
“Then can you tell me at least why I was punished?” I go my knees and bow to Miruliru.
“Does it matter? Well I guess you will find out sooner or later anyway. You were a puppet of the great Calamity and did some pretty bad things as El Shaddai.”-Miruliru
“That name sounds male......” I can't help it. Somehow it sounds familiar.
“Tch! She noticed....” Miruliru turns to the side with an unhappy expression.
I sit up! “Oh. Nonono!”
Miruliru starts to grin.
“NOOOO! YOU WANT TO TELL ME THAT I WAS A GUY!” Somehow everything is swirling a little. “What kind of extraordinary pervert is that Angrod?”
“The kind who harnesses very long grudges. You should be happy. There are individuals who are worse off than you. So do you still want your past back? I don't think that the current you would be very happy with those memories.” Miruliru places another piece of sugar in her tea.
“NO!” I won't manage to cope with that! “I am a woman!”
“~Without a doubt.~” -Miruliru
“You are making fun of me!” I cover my face with my hands. This is too much!
“Don't fret over it. If you would have become a god the normal way you would have had a few gender switches anyway. The multiverse isn't so nice as to place your soul in a fitting body during every reincarnation.” -Miruliru
“Haaaaah?” What is she talking about.
Miruliru sighs. “You know what? We will get some soul-mages and they will force feed you some basic knowledge! That makes talking much easier!”
“Force feed?” I don't like the sound of that!
“Don't worry. It's tested and reliable. There are very few cases of fried brains!” Miruliru takes me at the hand and leads me out of the office.
That's when her words hit me.
“?!Fried BRAIN!?”
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My head hurts! All that knowledge! “I feel like I was a barbarian before...”
“Comes close. Don't worry. It's the case for almost every mortal. Even those who have a few reincarnations behind them.” Miruliru has a happy expression now.
“Even so... am I not at a permanent disadvantage now? Other gods have thousands of years more life experience than me. Not counting the really old ones.” -Me
“It isn't so bad. There are very few of those. And there are always some new arrivals. Think of yourself as a newborn.” Miruliru claps her hands together. “By the way. You should go to Asheim and get yourself registered as a neutral god.”
“But isn't Asheim controlled by Angrod's faction?” I am worried about that.
“No problem. Nobody besides the rulers of the big societies knows who you are. Angrod has to protect his reputation. And those minor gods who had an eye on you while you were mortal are sworn to secrecy. If they wouldn't keep their mouth shut, Angrod would burn their world to cinders.” -Miruliru
“Hey!” That's my world too! And my family lives there!
“Ahaha. Sorry about that. And afterwards you could take a look around the multiverse. Seeing everything for yourself is better than just knowing. You know? Mwahaha!” -Miruliru
“I still don't know how to thank you for your guidance.” I hope she doesn't want payment later.
“It's fine. I was just a little disturbed by Angrod's grudge. It's not okay to relieve your stress on someone who doesn't even know why.” Miruliru signals me to follow and leads me outside onto the balcony.
“You remember? The biggest pathway leads to Asheim. It's better if you get yourself registered as a god. You have to know your divinity if you want to improve your power.” Miruliru looks into my eyes and immediately understands that I don't get it.
“Your divinity is the mental state of your mind which is responsible for your power. I suppose you already realized that being a god is purely a state of the mind. The further you are able to dive into that ….. feeling, the more power you get. My divinities are faith and determination. I draw power from the knowledge that many people believe in me.” Miruliru smiles at me.
I think about it for a moment. “So you don't get stronger because they believe in you, but because you believe that they believe in you? So if you would manage to believe that everyone in the multiverse believes in you.....”
“..... I would be the strongest god in the multiverse. Yes. And if you register yourself, you will get tested for your divinity. Spares you the time to find it out on your own.” Miruliru offers me her hand and I shake it.
“Thanks.”
“No problem. I did it for my own amusement after all.”
The little goddess leaves with a dirty grin on her face and walks back inside.
95 - Asheim!
Then for Asheim! ~Shanana!~ If all this new common knowledge is true then it should be a breathtaking sight to behold!
I concentrate on the big pathway and from one second to the next, I stand on a big platform made out of crystal. Around me are blue crystal towers! Wow! Everything is sparkling!
So dizzy!? Why? It's beautiful but everything is spinning....
*Flop*
Ah! I fell on my back. “HhhhHHh!” Why is it so hard to breathe?
“Ah... another newby! And a hot one at that! Do you want to go on a date?” A male guard comes into my view.
*Smack!*
“Don't you see that she is suffocating!” A female guard instantly hit her co-worker. “Hey, newby! Concentrate on your mana and release it through your body. The air on this world is toxic. You have to heal and enforce yourself by strengthening your aura!”
“Geh! Why do you bother? Most of them suffocate anyway. We patch them up and it's done. Teaching newbies is a waste of time. Even if they are hot chicks! And it's easier to hit on them if they think that they owe you a favour.” -male guard
My power! That bastard guard! I search for the power within myself and start to release it through my body. “Haaaaa! That feels much better!”
The female guard pulls me to my feet. “Don't take it too serious. It's a joke amongst the gods to send the new arrivals here without telling them about the environment. That's why we are stationed here. It's too bothersome to deal with the dead bodies of newbies.”
The guard smirks at me. Are those Chimerans? Idiots! Station a healer here! What if someone doesn't get the trick in time!
“So? What about the date newbie?” The male guard asks me with lecherous eyes.
“~~If you run a hundred thousand laps around this platform within the day I might consider it~~”
“Really?!” -male guard
“~~YES!~~”
The guard starts running. No chance in hell that he will manage it. Mwahaha! Punishing evildoers is the best! I love it!
“That's a neat little trick newbie! But don't do it again or I will throw you into the prison! Disrespecting the law is heavily punished. I will overlook it this time because he is an idiot.” The female guard smirks at me.
Oh, no! I didn't even think about this! This could have ended badly. “Oh... Thank you! I guess I was carried away. Can you give me directions? I am completely new to this god-business.”
“Sure. You see the big central tower? At it's feet is a big plaza with stores and the evaluation centre. You can get yourself registered there. Have a nice day.” -female guard
I wave at the female guard and start to walk towards the central tower. No need to rush! There is so much to see! A town out of crystals! Now that's what you call a place for gods!
Not bad at all. Who knew that the Chimerans had such a sparkling taste? While I walk, I realize that this town is very lively! There are people... uh.. gods.. people... well I guess we are still people? Anyway! There are so many people here!
They are trading goods or talking. And they all look different. There are so many different races, I rarely see more than one or two individuals who look similar.
After a while I arrive at the plaza. Ha! I am proud! I didn't even get lost! But I suppose it would be sad to lose your direction with a really big tower bathing the city in it's shadow.
Now I just have to ask someone for this registration thingy! I choose a shop owner, who doesn't look very busy.
“Excuse me! Can you tell me where you can register yourself as a new god?” I decide to be blunt.
“Over there at the foot of the tower miss!” The shop owner points out the direction.
That's when my eyes fall onto the price tags on his goods. The goods are all made out of crystal and the finest materials I have ever seen.
“What is GP?” I am looking at a fine looking mirror which is tagged with fifty thousand GP!
“Those are guildpoints young lady. A guildpoint is equivalent to a decent meal.” The shop owner gives me a short answer and I thank him while I turn to leave.
Those things are fucking expensive! But I guess that gods would only trade luxury items to each other. What a bother. So I probably can't afford anything in this city!
“AAAAAAAA!”
“HAHAHAHA!”
“HOHOHOHO!”
“KYAAAAA!”
Hmmm? What's that voice? Is someone in danger? Strange. Nobody is paying any attention to the screams?
“Miss! Above! Evade! They are jumping again!” The shop owner from earlier calls out to me.
Huh? Above? WaWaWaWa! Falling bodies!
“AAAAAAAA!” *Thud*
Waa! So close that almost.... HIII!
“HAHAHAHA!” *Thud*
There are more!
“HOHOHOHO!” *Thud*
“KYAAAAA!” *Thud*
“I won! I WON! HA!” “Again!” “Sis.... you got one!” “Nice! It's hard to hit one!” “Hn! They get better at evading every day!”
“Owie! That hurt!” They fell on me! Two of them!
“Miss are you okay?”
I look up and realize that a red haired demon is holding her hand towards me. A real demon! With horns and tail! I thought those exist just in fairy tails and as statues above my mothers house!
“Um. Thanks. I guess I am not injured. My name is Sharid and I am new here.” Ugh. Why do the eyes of that demon sparkle so suddenly?
“I am Seria! You are a new god? Welcome to Asheim! Those are my little sisters. Lada, Eris and Arianne!” The red haired beautiful girl introduces me to the other three members of her party.