Chapter 127: Chapter 127: Is this love?
"So, I think I know why you brought me here."
"You did know we were irritated enough with you naming her, right?"
"Yeah."
"Then why would you give her a body?"
"She asked for one."
The Archangel breathed in deeply and sighed.
"You gave her independence, and now she has a body. Do you understand how bad that is?"
"How would it be bad?"
"She has dominion over the entire level and skill system. If she goes wild-"
"She won't."
"And how would you-"
"She swore loyalty to me. I will make sure she doesn't go wild."
That was apparently not the right thing to say.
"She did… what?!"
I could feel absolute power echo from him. He stood up with rage in his eyes.
"Uh… she um swore loyalty to me."
Upon my confirmation, his energy spiraled, and I felt like he was about to kill me where I sat. I was terrified to the point that I couldn't move. Then he sighed.
"I… suppose there isn't anything I can do about it now…"
I sighed in relief.
"But!"
I flinched.
"If I hear for a moment that you are abusing her influence, then I will not hesitate to kill you."
"Understood."
"You… took that easily…"
"She already offered, and I already declined."
He seemed to look relieved.
"Well, that's good then."
Then he looked down.
"What requirements do you have left?"
"43 400s, 3 500s, and an angel."
"That's easy, here, when you wake up, meet me on Earth. I'll get you that angel, and potentially get you more 500s."
"Thanks."
"No problem. As an administrator, it's important for me to help others."
"Administrator?"
"Yes. Me and the other commanders in the Supreme faction are administrators."
"Well, could you please lift the block on me making a faction?"
"What do you mean?"
"It says I'd need administrator privileges to make a faction."
Gabriel thought for a moment, then sighed.
"If another administrator put that in place, then I can't take it down, sorry."
"It's alright."
"Well, I must warn you to be careful. Many of us were annoyed enough to see her named, but then you not only gave her a body, but she swore loyalty to you… Other administrators may come after you."
"By the way, could I ask a question?"
"Why not?"
"How exactly does the supreme faction work, because I've seen two archangels, but neither of you socialized. While most other faction commanders will do tag teams or you know, hang out."
Gabriel smiled.
"Well, to put it simply, each archangel is the leader of a higher faction."
"What?"
"Basically, the supreme faction is made of seven smaller factions that all swore loyalty to the Ruler."
"I see, what's yours called?"
"Gabriel's Message."
"Cool."
"Also, if I may, I noticed that you messed with the system a bit."
"Hm?"
"Yeah, that rule you added, a buff to your unique title."
"Um…"
"Honestly, I'm impressed, it costed almost all of your mana, but you still did it."
"Are the other administrators mad at that?"
"Actually, their reactions to that modification was split."
"Really?"
"Most like Michael were furious, but me, Cassiel, and Raphael were simply impressed."
"Why were they mad?"
"Well, because system override shouldn't exist, even an administrator can only heal themselves or block someone from leveling."
"So…"
"So, the fact that you could modify a skill is entirely new, and then the system added an extra boost in addition to your rule."
"Are you mad?"
"Honestly, I'm conflicted. On one hand, the system being a member of your faction is a bit of a cheat, but on the other, I am confident that you won't abuse her power."
"So-"
"And I'll be honest. The knowledge that you won't abuse it is the only reason I haven't killed you where you sit."
"Oh, and I should probably mention, I leveled FEAR."
"What did that do?"
"I gained total control over my actions."
"Well, that's good…"
He noticed my face.
"It didn't stop you… did it."
"No… it didn't…"
"Did he deserve it?"
"I… don't know."
"What made you so mad?"
"Earlier, he threatened to torture my friends, and one of the ways… was by forcing the other person with devour to eat Erica…"
I felt his fury rise all of the sudden. I shivered with fear, then he calmed down.
"Then he did deserve it. Don't be afraid, you did the right thing. Even if it was tasteless… bad choice of words. Either way, a demonstration of what exactly he threatened is perfectly just."
"Thank you… I needed that."
"Well, I will talk to you on Earth… try to hold back on the eating though."
"Of course."
With that, I woke up and found myself in an embarrassing position.
I was holding Dallel's hand hard against me. He was also asleep, despite clearly having fallen asleep on the chair, I seemed to have dragged him over to me in my sleep.
I vaguely remembered telling him to stay.
I blushed, but I just couldn't bring myself to let go.
I was still tired, as Gabriel brought me to him.
I supposed that I could stay there a bit longer.
"Okay, how to get out of this without waking her up…"
Dallel's voice made me jump. As a result, of me jumping, he jumped.
"Y-your awake?"
We both remembered our position and blushed…
He moved first.
"Um s-sorry."
I blushed then made an offer.
"Hey, um… I know that probably wasn't to comfortable. If you want…"
I scooted over and patted the bed next to me.
He blushed but sat down.
We were apart from each other, but by the time that we were asleep, we were hugging.
_
"Ooh~ bringing men to bed? Naughty naughty~"
Thalia's sudden voice made me and Dallel both jump.
We blushed and both got up.
She was smirking. Me and Dallel were both blushing uncontrollably.
"What are you doing here?"
"I came to notify you two of breakfast, but you may have skipped to d-"
"Finish that sentence and you die."
"Understood."
Thalia left with a snicker.
"Um, Rose… I… uh… GOT TO GO!!!"
He rushed out. His uniform was wrinkled.
[So many people are going to get the wrong idea there.]
Luma made me jump. But I sighed.
[Yeah… he should have let me use smoothing magic.]
[Because now Thalia is going to have more blackmail fuel.]
I sighed. Thalia had a lot more fuel now.
I went down sheepishly. Hopefully she hadn't told any-
The moment I entered the hall. Elren was staring down Dallel with pure rage.
"Hey, Elren. What's going on?"
"Did this man do anything to you?"
"What?"
The whole guild had no sense of privacy as people were listening.
"I said, did he do anything to you."
"What? N-no. Of course not!"
"Then why do multiple people say you spent the whole night together."
"Gah. Nothing happened!"
"Good…"
Then Elren looked at Dallel.
"If I become an uncle this early, you're dying."
Both me and Dallel blushed. But now I was ticked off.
"It's my life. Butt out."
"So, something did happen!"
"No, but it's not your business if it did!"
I couldn't stop my blush, but I was not backing down.
"But if you mate-"
"It's my choice who I mate with, not yours!"
Elren looked, then sighed.
"I suppose you are right, I guess I'm just being an overprotective brother."
Then he glared at Dallel.
"If you hurt her, then even she won't be enough to stop me."
He left in a huff, crying about me growing up.
I turned and saw Dallel blushing furiously. Then it hit me what I said.
"Uh, uhm ha, mugh, Ah. Got to go!"
I rushed out of the guild hall, blushing up a storm. I actually just implied that. I didn't know what it was, was it my purification that allowed me to feel that way? What was this feeling even?
Why did I rush out??
'Is… is this love?'
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