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Bab 76: Chapter 2 - Part 1 - Nembesouk, Rabbit Town, and Halzaham

Greeks Realm

Rabbit Youkai Village

Jin Skyward

What the hell did she mean by that? Help her fix what?

""What?""

Kurousagi and I both said the same thing at the same time, making Vera laugh. Suddenly she pulled out her spear and took a stance. She even used her black transformation.

"…Did they request you to capture me? If so, I will fight back."

Her power was slowly building, and she was staring daggers at us. If looks could kill, then the way she was looking at us, we'd be dead ten times over. Vera frantically waved her arms in front of her.

"No, no, no, no!! While I do want to drag you back into our own home, I… I requested the help of the Middleman to help fix your problem!"

She turns around to me and gave me a pleading look.

"Right? ~"

"…Yeah."

I wouldn't need to resort to such a roundabout way if I had been invited by them. However, since Kurousagi and Vera are my current ticket in there, I'll play along. However, Kurousagi didn't relax.

"So, servant of Ra, care to elaborate on why you ran away? Vera here hasn't exactly told us."

"…"

After a full minute, Kurousagi undid her transformation and put away her spear. She glares at Vera who pretended to whistle while looking away. She then turns her attention to me.

"What do you know?"

I tell her of what Vera told us just a few minutes earlier, and she falls silent during my explanation. When I said the mentally weak part, she scowled, but didn't say anything.

"What Vera failed to tell you is once you are chosen as the servant of that God, you will inevitably marry the other servant that's the servant of the other God. In other words, I, who is a servant of Ra, will marry the male who is assigned to God Osiris."

Kurousagi scoffed and had a look of pure hatred.

"I don't have shallow feelings or reasons for my escape. I detest that fellow. The one who was assigned to Osiris, he is scum that shouldn't be allowed to live. But in our race, the Moon rabbits, males are genetically superior."

"So, even if I try to rebel against the 'arranged' marriage, he is ten times stronger than I am. Even in my [Alternate War God] form. All of the Moon rabbits have this ability, however, only a few ever reach the 'black' form. It's been rumored that we may have something else above it, but no one has reached it."

I see, so, another arranged marriage, huh? First Rias, then Kiyome Abe, and now Kurousagi? I mean… I already have Rose as mine, so I doubt Odin and all of them will try to set her up in a fake arrange marriage, so I can rule that out…

"Can't you just—"

"No."

I try to say, but she interrupts me and continues.

"Trying to back away from it is heavily looked down upon. Although Ra is against me getting married to him since he knows about my reasons, and... Tch. I told Ra what kind of scum he is…"

"What about Osiris? What is his opinion?"

"Ra and I have approached him, and he understands, is sympathetic, AND supports me... Our race is insistent. The current 'leader' of our race is that scumbags' parents who are in favor of the marriage, and in turn so are the rest of them."

"My parents also support me, but they will eventually buckle to the pressure being put on them by the rest of our race."

I see. Everything is basically against her, but why can't she fight him for her freedom, wait no. Before that…

"Do you mind telling me why he's 'scum'?"

Kurousagi's expression became dark and she starts to tell this 'Scums' backstory.

"We've known each other since we were children. Truth be told, I quite liked him when we were young. I would even go as far as to say I loved him. But it was all a ruse to hide a monster. Many of our friends started to avoid us and it confused me, but I chalked it up to whatever I thought at the time…"

"But then some of them started to get hurt. One of them was severely hurt after a certain incident, and they began to shun us even more. I started to have my own doubts since he had begun to act strangely. So…"

"One day I followed him. After we parted ways after spending most of the morning together, I followed after him. He walked to a certain spot where some of our former friends hung out...…"

Kurousagi's emotions started to flare, and a look of rage appeared on her face.

"That sociopath, he just started attacking them at random. He broke one of their arms, and a leg. He bashed another's head in. However, since we're resilient they did not die. He didn't know that, so he tried to cover it up and threw one of them down a small ravine."

"Once he was done with his 'handy' work, he left like nothing happened…. We were 10 years old! He used his superior strength to his advantage since he was stronger than the average rabbit of our species. He even tried to kill someone... The one who was thrown into the ravine was rescued in time, but they have permanent damage to them, and is essentially disabled for the rest of their life."

"He is very distrustful of everyone, the only ones he trusts are his immediate family. And he got off free! Even when I reported it. After that day, I avoided him, my hate for him grew. The one he attacked was also a close friend of mine before they distanced themselves from us."

"But after that day, I also avoided him. Every time I saw him my own blood boiled, and I could only think of doing the same things he did to everyone else. But as we grew up, he also became stronger, and stronger, until… Another incident occurred."

I wanted to say something, but decided to keep my mouth shut. I have a feeling about what she will say.

"Like Vera here, he also had a rival who had the potential of being picked over him… So, he got rid of him, permanently this time, and made it look like an accident. When it happened, he already had a lot of backers, fans, and many in the village supported him…"

"While the other candidate had some support, and he was known, he wasn't on the same level as him. So, when he suddenly disappeared one day, there were some concerns, but many assumed that he just ran away since the pressure got to him. And so, he became the default pick for Osiris."

Kurousagi stopped talking, and she didn't seem to want to continue. She had unknowingly transformed into her [Alternate War God] form, the black form. But…

"You've avoided saying his name. What is it?"

"Halzaham."

She scoffs as she says the name with venom. She really hates the guy, huh? So, what do they want me to do? Bring him to justice? Stop her arrange marriage? Help convince Osiris? I wasn't too sure what they were asking me.

"So, what exactly do you want me to do?"

I turned to Vera and gave her a questioning look.

"Well, one, bring Kuro back to our realm, and two… I guess stop the marriage, and bring the guy into justice? As far as I know he has his own concubine right now, and I'm inclined to believe he would just add Kuro into it."

So does that mean she hates harems? But every time she looks at me, she usually has no feelings or is neutral.

"Do you hate harems or concubines, Kurousagi?"

"I hate him. What people do with their love lives is irrelevant to me. It's none of my business. Unless you're asking if I hate you, Middleman. Then no, I respect what you are doing, even if it's a bit questionable."

It's always the 'A bit questionable' part added in the end…

"Well, I am the Middleman, so I guess I can give it a try. Vera, do you keep in contact with your people? If so, what kind of reputation do I have over there?"

I nod to myself, and turn to Vera. She thinks about the question for a bit before clapping her hands.

"Hmmm. Although I keep in touch with them, well, with my parents, I haven't inquired about your relationship with them. One moment let me try."

She walks away while summoning a circle beside her. To respect her privacy, I don't listen in on the conversation. She speaks with them for at least five minutes, and during that time we awkwardly stand around as Kurousagi just stares at Vera.

"Hmm-hmm ~"

Eventually, she came back to us while happily humming a tune to herself.

"I have the results, Jin!"

She said dramatically while doing a strange pose. Glancing at Kurousagi she did not look amused and was clenching her fist quite tightly. Sensing the impending danger, Vera kept going.

"Haha… A-Anyway, it's a split. Half of our race adores you, and the other hates you, but it's mainly due to Halzaham. He doesn't like you for whatever reason, and has essentially brainwashed his followers and fans. Funnily enough his father is a big fan of yours."

Vera looks at Kurousagi and beams.

"We can use this, Kuro ~ if we bring Jin back to our home, and have him convince our current leader that Halzaham is a corrupt, sociopathic asshole. We then can have this arrange marriage annulled, have his past crimes come to light, and well… Whatever happens after that!"

Vera finished her sentence with a wide smile. Kurousagi also seemed a bit hopeful, but I doubt it would be that easy. Well, if I was normal, it wouldn't be easy… However, even with irrefutable evidence some won't budge and just double down.

[So, what's your plan, Partner?]

I have an idea. Hey, I have a question, Cúntóir. Is it possible for me to show the events of the past in real time?

Cúntóir: Answer: What do you mean by that, Jin?

I will ask Kurousagi to take me to where she saw Halzaham beat her friends in the past. I'll play the events of the past in real time for everyone present. That way, they can see what really happened… Though I can imagine them saying that it's just illusion magic or something, but it's worth a try, right?

Cúntóir: Answer: Yes, it's very much possible.

I see, I'll run it by them then.

"Hey."

They turn their attention to me, and I tell them of what I want to try to do. They seemed a bit surprised, even Rose and Raiko.

"Can we have a demonstration?"

"Demonstration, huh?"

I nod, and touch the ground. This place was perfect, Kurousagi was just training, right? So, I'm gonna have to show them that then. In the following part, I left it to Cúntóir since I had no idea how to accomplish this feat.

Cúntóir: Answer: Recreating past events...… Replaying past events... Processing...… Complete.

As Cúntóir finishes saying that, the area around us briefly glows white, and 'another' Kurousagi is shown to be jumping around, doing kicks, punches, and acrobatic moves. She looked very serious and was working very hard.

"Wow ~ so this is what you meant!"

Vera says in surprised enthusiasm, she walks over and tries to touch the other Kurousagi, but her hand just passes through her. She nods and comes back to us. Kurousagi just silently looks at her 'past' self just training when—

Thud!

Her past self tumbles and falls face first, in front of us was a full panty shot. I quickly avert my eyes as Kurousagi focuses her icy cold glare my way. I have no power over this, also it's you… You fell, I didn't influence it…

It eventually comes to a close, and the light being emitted vanishes as well as the 'other' Kurousagi.

"That can work, Jin! Well, we need to convince them slowly, but I believe they'll be convinced of this. If we can persuade Kuro's other friend to see it then…"

"He won't, the trauma is too much, and he's too scared to be near Halzaham."

"I can just heal him then."

Kurousagi shakes her head.

"No, as I said it's imposs—"

"I've woken up devils from the sleeping disease, healed a Goddesses' eye defect, and revived two of the Heavenly Dragons. I think I can heal whatever happened to your childhood friend, Kurousagi."

I interrupt her, and she stares at me in surprise. I bring my right arm in front of me—

"Hey, Ddraig, Albion. Come out for a second."

Shing!

Two balls of light come out of me, one red, and one white. The two of them then turned into their human forms.

[Freedom!!!!!!]

Smack!

{Behave, you imbecile.}

[The hell you say?!]

As soon as the two came out, they immediately started to fight. This was no different, as Ddraig jumped on top of Albion as they started to roll around while punching each other. Since I'm used to this, I will continue.

"As you can see, it's both the [Welsh Dragon] and the [Vanishing Dragon], alive, and very full of energy. I know we don't know each other very well, Kurousagi, but put that small trust in you into the Middleman, and let me try to work that miracle."

"…What is your goal?"

"I need entry into the Egyptian mythology. I would rather not barge in there since my reputation is already piss poor with some of the residents in there thanks to two of my past wielders."

I thought being honest would be the right course of action since Kurousagi was quite distrustful of people. After I said that, she stared into my eyes and I did the same. I believe she's trying to see if I'm lying.

Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!

However, it wasn't exactly too tense since the loud thuds and crashing sounds were happening behind me due to Ddraig and Albion's fight. I felt my eye twitch, and Kurousagi cracked a small smirk.

"Very well. I wish to see the Middleman at work."

"Yay! ~ I can finally bring you back!"

Vera jumped for joy as she hugged Kurousagi who had reverted to frowning. I stomp my foot gaining the attention of the two Dragons. The area shook a bit, and they stopped immediately. They then turned back into balls of light and disappeared back inside of me.

"Do you need time to prepare?"

I asked her and she nods.

"A few hours. It is my intent to depart today, but I need to prepare my home here first. Although I am returning, this will be my permanent residence. I am only returning to try to resolve this issue. After I have finished, I will come back here."

Kurousagi says shocking Vera. She was staring at the blue-haired rabbit youkai with her mouth agape.

"W-Wait, Kuro! How are you sure you won't be punished?!"

"If all goes well, and with the help of the Mid— Jin, it will proceed smoothly. I will tell you my plan in detail once I finish organizing my home. Vera, if you wish to know more, then come ba—"

"Let's go!! Sorry, Jin! But can you come back in a few hours?!"

I nod and give them both my number. I didn't need to explain and they understood before walking away. Vera making a big fuss and Kurousagi seemingly answering her questions.

I turned back to my companions, who had mostly remained silent during all of it.

"So, shall we head back home for the time being? We can explore this place in the future. I saw how intrigued both of you were earlier."

"Yes, of course, Jin."

"I shall follow what you decide, Jin."

Raiko, that's way too stuffy of an answer…

"Is that so? Alright, let's go."

Japan, Kuoh

Skyward Household

Once we teleported home, Raiko headed towards the kitchen and Rose turned to face me.

"Jin?"

"Hmm?"

"I will go to school to check up on my avatar, can you please turn me invisible?"

"Sure."

I touch Rose and she turned invisible; I then feel her teleport away. I go to the kitchen to see what Raiko was up to, and when I got there Grayfia, Kuroka, Inaie, Scathach, Penemue, and Valerie. I go over and sit on one of the couches.

"Hmm? Oh Scathach, you're back?"

"Hmm. Yes, I am, Jin. I had to check a few things in the Land of Shadows, and go to a short meeting of the Gaelic Alliance. It seems quite a number of things are happening around the world as of late."

"Yeah. I already have some subordinates in Ireland, and Ddraig is heading there too. Do you mind if you—"

"I will."

She answers my question before I even finish saying it. I chuckle at her, I guess she was anticipating me asking her that? Well at least I won't need to go into detail.

"Jin! Raiko-san told us why you came back, does that mean I can go with you?"

"Yeah, but stay close to me, alright? Even if you have the ring, I'm still worried. We should be due to step into the [Pocket Dimension] sooner or later…"

"Yes, sir!"

Sir… I'm not that old you know? I watch her as she's quite excited by the prospect of venturing into a totally different realm. She had been mostly stuck here in Kuoh, and had been getting some advice as well as practice from Grayfia on how to be a maid. I don't know the reason for why though.

Inaie is a lot like Ingvild and Valerie as they had to adjust to life in the modern era. Therefore, she had a lot of fun checking out the internet, and using other gadgets when she first came here. Ingvild and Valerie also helped her with that, so she's been steadily gaining friends.

I had asked if she wanted to enter into education, but she said she'd think about it. But she did say that if she did, she would wait until Rias, Akeno, Ingvild and I got into the college division before trying to enroll.

I turned my attention to Raiko. She also had been able to adjust well to the change. However, she was already a bit more experienced as she had a smartphone so she wasn't that alienated from the modern world.

As for Raiko, she also got along with a few other people, like Grayfia, Irene whenever she decides to visit, Griselda, Re— Lavinia, Penemue, and so forth. Every woman her age... I noticed that all the women in her age group were staring at me, except Grayfia who continued to cook.

"."

"What?"

They didn't answer me and just stared at me. I should get rid of that sooner or later.

"Your face is quite obvious. Jin."

Grayfia says without turning around. Damn, she's transcended into another realm if she can tell what I'm thinking without needing to see me! Although she does pride herself in that, it's almost like an old married couple knowing each other's habits and quirks.

Shuffle ~ Shuffle ~ Pomf ~

I looked to my side as Penemue had sat beside me. She was smiling at me, but I could tell she had other intentions. So I waited for her to do something. Everyone else had gotten back to chatting among themselves. Valerie was giving Inaie some advice on what she should and should not do while in another realm.

Such as respecting the rules, cultures and the like, and of course just general rules like not being rude and other common sense type rules. Inaie had her phone out and took notes… She sure is looking forward to this, even though shit might hit the fan when we get there.

Poke ~ Poke ~

"Hey, hey, pay attention to me."

Penemue poked my cheek as I was observing the other girls' interactions. I turn back to face her as she was a little pouty. For a grown woman of her age, she can certainly act cute. As I finished thinking that, she had an annoyed look on her face.

"…It's true though."

"...…"

"Alright, alright, my bad…"

"Mmm!"

Satisfied with my apology, she forcefully made me give her a lap pillow. However, she was aggressively rubbing her head against my thighs in an attempt to get me aroused. I'm not really in the mood, so her efforts were in vain.

I make brief eye contact with Grayfia as she smirks. Was that smirk aimed at Penemue? She looked very smug about it. Fia, you…

"Sex-crazed maid…"

I muttered, but she apparently heard it and I could see her cheeks were a bit red. So, I chilled with everyone else as we waited for Kurousagi or Vera to call me so we could go back.

Greeks' realm

Kurousagi

I had arrived home, and was slowly sorting through every item I owned, and cleaning others as I came across them. This has been my home for the last few years and I treasure it. I have made many memories here, even if not all of them were pleasant.

Vera, who was also a 'Moon Rabbit' just like me, and my rival had accompanied me to my home. It was not the first time she had come here, but it had been a few years since she entered it.

"Wow, it certainly has changed by a lot, huh? Ooh! When did you get this? Ah! You read some Light novels too, Kuro?"

She was just wandering around my home, checking things out, and haphazardly putting them back. Truth be told, I was a bit annoyed, but I didn't say anything. While silently suffering, I let out a hot breath through my mouth.

I do not like the label of 'weak willed, mentally or emotionally weak'. Even if it is true, I hate it. Because it caused my own downfall at times. For someone who was chosen to be the servant of God Ra, it's one of the highest honors.

If I had to be honest, I wouldn't have minded the arranged marriage if the other person was sound of mind, and not psychotic. But the thought slowly dawned on me over the years as Halzaham had always been at the top of the male rabbit youkai in our race.

I hated it, and I secretly wanted Vera to win, but my own pride and ego forced me to win in our match. I always regretted it. Maybe if I let her win none of this would be happening … I even brought Master Ra's spear with me.

I didn't disclose that to Jin, but I'm sure he saw me with it during the Tournament of Power. He will surely ask me about it before we leave. But I am also dreading heading back. I do not know how Master Ra will react. He is a kind God… Well, most of the time, but he does put his foot down when the times do need it.

The same with the other Gods, though some more than others. I hope with the Mid— With Jin being there, they won't immediately restrain me...… It feels like I'm taking advantage of J—

Shake! Shake!

I felt hands on my shoulder and I was violently shaken. I stared at Vera as she was the culprit.

"What?"

I asked her and she just sighed in relief.

"I was calling your name for like the last three minutes you know? You just stopped and stared at the ground there. Is everything okay, Kuro?"

She stared at me with concern. Even if we are considered rivals, and even when I treated her quite poorly over the years... She still considers me a friend. She also treats me with care and respect. But I… I sigh. I need to make it up to her in the future.

"No, it's fine. I was just lost in thought. Forgive me."

"Really? If you say so! Anyway, let's get to cleaning! Oh, right. Are you really betting on Jin helping you? What if he's not successful?"

I shook my head.

"He has had a 100%success rate so far. I want to bet on that. I'm also sure that he knows that I am, but he still accepted the request. He really must need to get to our realm if he's that desperate. I wonder why?"

"Hmm ~ why indeed? Oh! Why not just ask him? Surely he'll tell us, right? Unless it's something super important and he can't share it with us, you know?"

Vera was too positive at times, but I would like to think some kind of 'mutual' trust was achieved between us, even if this was our first time interacting. Maybe I was being too hopeful?

"Although I will consider the idea, I won't hold high hopes that he will tell us. Now then, let's hurry and not keep Jin waiting."

"Sure! ~"

I put any encumbering thoughts to the side for the time being, and focused on the task at hand. Vera also followed along, and we quickly and efficiently cleaned and organized my home.

Japan, Kuoh

Skyward Household

Jin Skyward

A few hours have passed since we came home. I was currently at the top of my home, and I was in the jacuzzi. Hopefully those two will contact me soon since I'm quite eager to get into that realm.

I looked up at the sky and sighed. In any case, if what Cúntóir told me is true, I might not have the best experience there. Also, from what Vera said, it was only her race, but they're equally split about me. I wonder if they were also affected by my past wielders.

I shake my head. There's no point in thinking about it, let's just focus on the present and get through that first. I'll contact Ignia now and ask him about when he thinks they'll attack. I tap my ear and connect directly to Ignia's mind.

'Ignia.'

'Father? Do you need something?'

'Do you know when phase two of the plan will start? Even if it isn't an exact date, it will be useful.'

'No. They've been quite vague about it. I think they know there's a double agent, but aren't sure who, so I think they're being deliberately vague about it. But 'soon' has been thrown around. I suggest you just stay alert.'

'I see. Alright, thanks.'

'Does this mean we can fight soon?'

Ignia asked with a bit of excitement in his voice.

'You can fight Aurelia or my other Electa when we go to Egypt.'

'Nice! Alright, I'll go now, father.'

I sigh again.

"So, no dice, huh? Guess they catch on quickly or perhaps Nyarlathotep or Lapis already knew what I was going to do. I'm not sure if they're smart and calculating or just paranoid…"

Creak ~

I looked back down to see Suzaku had come up here too. However, she was only wrapped in a towel as she came over to me, and got into the jacuzzi. She sits beside me, leans her head on my shoulder, and sits there for a moment.

In the last few hours Suzaku had joined us and was mostly speaking to the other girls. I had been either reading or watching TV. Now, I was kicked out of the kitchen since they wanted to have a 'girls talk'. So, I have no idea what they spoke about.

"What might you need, ma'am?"

Suzaku chuckled beside me but shook her head. I wrapped my hand around her waist and pulled her closer to me. We sat there in silence until I decided to speak up.

"Amaterasu will come to Japan when all this shit is over. So, just be ready, okay?"

"I see… Also, language, Jin."

"Yes, mom."

Pinch ~

"Sowwy."

Suzaku pinched my cheek after I teased her a bit, but quickly let go. We stayed silent for a few seconds until I felt her starting to move. I glanced at her as she had her eyes closed and had turned to face me. I leaned down and captured her lips.

"Mmm… ~"

Reaching over with my free hand, I grabbed a handful of Himejima titty. Suzaku let out a muffled moan into our kiss. I decided to push forward a bit and insert my tongue into her mouth. She was a bit surprised but quickly started to lick me back with hers.

"Nnn… Chu, nnn…. Chuupu…"

Squeeze ~ Squeeze ~

Our tongues rolled and lapped around each other. As we increased the intensity of the kiss, I felt Suzaku's hand touch the head of my member through my towel. She starts to poke at it, but then starts to circle her finger around the hand.

Suzaku proceeds to take off my tow—

Ring ~

We were brought out of our trance when we heard my phone ring. I was a little annoyed as I pulled away from our kiss. A small sting of saliva could be seen between us. Suzaku blushed quite hard as she stared longingly at me.

"…Hello?"

"Jin? We're done and ready to go."

"I see, I'll be there soon."

I end the call and throw my phone back into my [Inventory]… Now we could continue or I could go… I can always make a barrier around us—

"Su—"

"You have to go, Jin... A-As much as I would like to continue, please prioritize your work… For now."

Suzaku says to me while sounding a bit sad and disappointed. Since I found out about her being 'one' of them, I have felt a slightly deeper connection with her. Or it's always been there, and I had just been ignorant of it.

"…Yeah, I guess you're right."

I removed my towel and stood up.

"…!!"

I stood directly in front of Suzaku's face, and let my member be only inches away from her face. She stared at it with an even bigger blush.

"We can continue another time, Suzaku."

She didn't answer me, but I helped her up, and we shared another kiss.

"J-Jin, I—"

"Don't worry about it. We'll go at our own pace, no need to rush."

"…Thank you…"

I informed both Rose and Raiko that the two rabbit youkai were ready, and I'd be down in the entrance hallway in a minute. I got dressed and so did Suzaku. She was still feeling a bit flustered as we descended back downstairs.

"You three ready?"

""Yes""

"Yes, Grayfia and I prepared some food too."

Rose and I turn to Raiko as she showed us a basket of food. From the entrance of the dining room Grayfia smiled at us.

"I see, thank you."

I appear in front of Grayfia and I give her a kiss, the same as everyone else. Inaie looked away while blushing a little. I'm more surprised that she's not used to seeing us kiss yet. I go back to the three going with me and we head back to the rabbit village.

Greeks' realm

Rabbit village

I had teleported to the entrance of the village, located the two auras and began to make our way there. Just like a few hours ago, we were welcomed by them. However, I also noticed that Amalthea's aura was not here anymore.

She probably left during that time… We quickly arrived at Kurousagi's home. It was a medium-sized home, and looked like the rest of the homes here.

"Hey."

"Welcome back. We're ready."

"So, how do we get to the Egyptian realm?"

"Teleport to Egypt, and into the city of Luxor."

"Sure thing."

We walked over to the two, and I teleported us away.

Egypt

Luxor

The heat hit us in the face once we got there, however since our clothes were enchanted, we were fine except for Kurousagi and Vera. I had teleported to a quiet area with not many people so no one saw us teleport in.

"So, where to?"

"We must go to the Temple of Luxor. However, we usually do this at night so we will not be seen, or sneak our way in."

"No problem then."

I snap my fingers and turn us invisible. Vera was a bit excited and jumped around. Kurousagi reprimanded her and started to walk away. As we left the small alleyway we were in, we could see the hustle and bustle of the city of Luxor.

There were many people walking around, buying groceries, going into shops, or were on their way to a specific place. The buildings were mostly constructed of stone. When I looked up—

"Oh wow, is that… A hot air balloon?"

"Yes, I believe there are tours and businesses for that. If you wish you can book or just pay upfront. However, I'm not entirely sure since I did not spend much time in this country…"

"I see…"

We kept on walking and followed after Kurousagi. I turned my attention to Inaie as her mouth was slightly open as she quickly looked around her. Vera was telling her small fun little facts about the place, and she nodded along furiously.

"Enjoying yourself?"

"Mmm-mmm!"

I chuckle at her enthusiastic response. But we quickly reached the entrance to the Temple of Luxor. At the front were the two large pillars or also called 'Obelisks of Ramses II', and behind them were the 'Statues of Ramses'.

We passed by the large entrance and I looked at Kurousagi again.

"Where is the barrier of entry at?"

"It's within the Sanctuary area of the temple. Please be mindful of where you step and go, unless you want to accidentally destroy something."

Inaie stiffened and seemed to be on high alert, and felt a bit nervous. I chuckle and pat her on the head.

"Relax. Just be mindful and you won't break or disturb anything."

She nodded and we quickly passed by the Courtyards of Ramses II, and entered the Colonnade of Amenhotep III. Since it was daytime, the inside was being illuminated by the daylight outside. The inside was covered in unique symbols and hieroglyphs, they were mostly in the color of gold, with the occasional blue, and red.

"Ohh!"

Inaie says as she becomes even more excited. Luckily, there were no tourists in here with us, otherwise they would have heard her. But both Raiko and Rose were also fascinated by it. I won't lie, I was too.

But our time there was cut short as we reached the other side and exited the building. We now were in the Courtyard of Amenhotep III, in front of us were multiple pillars and beyond them was the Hypostyle Hall. There seemed to be a ceiling above it at some point, but now it was just open air. However, beyond that was a lone building.

"Just in front of us is the gateway into the Egyptian realm."

Kurousagi said while in front of us. However, I could tell that she was nervous and was a bit stiff. Vera was still telling Inaie some fun facts about the place while in a low voice. She didn't want to accidentally attract people's attention.

Once we were inside the building, Kurousagi had some sort of item with her that made us pass through the stone wall. The inside was illuminated by lights on the ground at each corner of the room. In the middle was some kind of tomb.

"Touch the tomb and you will be transported into our realm. But please keep in mind to put some 'energy' or 'magic' in order to do so."

She warns us and Inaie gulps beside me. She grabbed my sleeves and became a little more tense. I patted her head again to calm her down. Kurousagi looked back at us before touching the tomb and disappearing. Vera was next and she also disappeared. I let the girls go first, Rose, and then Raiko with Inaie, and finally I touched the tomb.

????

"Oh my…"

I heard Inaie say beside me and I could see something quite spectacular. In front of us was a vast city? It felt more like an empire. Anyway, we were on an elevated platform and in front of us was a long walkway that looked like it connected to the enormous palace.

I could feel some divine auras but it was only a few, maybe the Gods and Goddesses here weren't present, though that would make sense since they didn't know I would be coming. There was a large archway in front of us and two guards were there.

Below this platform and the walkway was the city below. Beyond them in the distance were also a couple of structures of varying sizes. There were many people down on the ground and they all seemed quite busy. I could see animals being used by the people, a few camels, and elephants for some reason. There were also some cats scurrying around and eagles flying high above us.

"We should meet up with Master Ra just in case. Follow me."

Kurousagi then starts walking away and we quickly follow after her. We are stopped by the guards when we arrive.

"Hal— Kurousagi? Vera? I did not think I would see you again, the blue-eared one. You have finally returned?"

One of the guards asked.

"For now… I have some business to attend to, I also brought the Middleman."

When they heard that they turned their gazes toward me, and nodded.

"I see. Welcome to our realm, Nembesouk. God Ra and Goddess Isis are the only ones present. God Osiris is currently out along with many others."

"It's fine, we need to meet with Master Ra."

The two nodded and let us through.

"Middleman."

One of them calls out to me, and I turn to glance at him.

"Good luck."

"Yeah."

With that we continue walking—

"Woah! Look at that! There are so many people down there! Oh, look, there's a family of cats! Oh, and some eagles flying together above us! Ohh! That elephant is much larger than the ones in the human world!"

Inaie was practically bouncing around as she checked out both sides of the walkway and commented on what she saw. Rose and Raiko watched with smiles on their faces.

"Inaie ~ do you see that building in the distance?"

Vera pointed at the building behind the palace and it was a bit to the left.

"No, is it a home for one of the Gods or Goddesses?"

"Huhu ~ close, but not anymore ~ it was formally Master Ra's home, but he decided to turn it into a public domain. Now it's sort of like a fancy mall. What attracts many who come here is the dancing competition they have there as well as the food ~"

"Because the Gods and Goddesses also attend those dance competitions, they also love the food there."

She explains in a chipper tone. She then proceeds to explain other things in the realm...… Food, huh? I wonder if I'll have a chance to go there when all this shit is over? I feel someone grab my arm and they hug it. Rose caught my attention as I glanced at them.

"Are you thinking of heading over there? The word 'food' was mentioned after all."

"…Heh, maybe."

"Vera, what's the circular shape building to the right of the palace?"

"Hmm?"

She follows my finger and nods sagely.

"That is the library! It's quite massive, isn't it? You can enter it free of charge, and it's quite extensive about our realm's history! It also includes our races' history, well, that's what my dad told me. I haven't been there myself yet."

""Library…""

Both Inaie and Rose mutter at the same time. I already know what they want to ask so—

"If we have time then yeah, we can stop by and check it out."

Chu ~

Satisfied with my answer, Rose gave me a kiss on the cheek. Raiko listened to Vera as she continued to act like a tour guide for us, while Kurousagi remained quiet and made her way forward.

As this went on, we were nearing the palace, and I could see from a distance that there were another set of guards there. Once we arrived by them, they saw Kurousagi and Vera. Kurousagi who was ahead of us by a relatively large margin spoke to them while pointing back towards us. They looked our way and nodded before parting ways to let us pass.

One of the guards looked at me with suspicion while the other was rather welcoming. I see, I just came across one that may have been skeptical of me coming here. We climb up some stairs and finally enter the palace. Gold, red, and blue dominate the interior. Many unique drawings were all over the walls, and ceiling.

There were expensive jewels and artifacts everywhere. The occasional plant was also there but they were few and far between. Kurousagi said nothing and kept on walking, so we just followed her.

"Woah…"

This time Inaie was just speechless, she just stared with her mouth open and Vera just giggled at her. I understand how you feel, Inaie, I had the same reaction when I first saw the Faerie Kingdom…

Now that I think about it… Kurousagi still has her 'authority' since she's the servant of God Ra, right? Even after running away and disappearing, they are not immediately surrounding her and arresting her. I wonder if Ra ordered that?

As I pondered this thought we eventually reached a large golden and black door. Kurousagi with the help of Vera pushes it open. I could feel three auras inside, two of them were divine while the other was normal.

Once the doors were opened the two rabbit youkai stepped inside first. The three of them turned their attention towards us, and Ra gained a surprised look.

"Oh?! Kuro! You're back?! Vera, did you succeed?!"

The Chief God of the Pantheon got up from his seat and ran over to us. He was followed by what seemed to be a maid and Goddess. Ra finally looks at me and a large smile spread across his face.

"The Middleman… I see, so Vera, you asked him for help, correct?"

"Y-Yes, but he did say he wanted to come here of his own accord."

"Hmm? Please tell me then, Middleman!"

God Ra is a young man with dark skin, medium-length white hair, and green eyes. He is tall and lean yet muscular, and always carries his sword with him. He dresses pretty flashily, with a gold chain wrapped around his neck, one end of which is clipped to his right ear and the other to a weight. He also wears a white off-the-shoulder tunic, white shorts, a thick golden belt, and gladiator-style sandals.

I look at the Goddess and used [Observe] on her, to my surprise it was Goddess Isis, and the maid was called Rashida. She had blond hair with a white fringe in the middle. She has elf-like ears, and red eyes. She wore a black and white maid uniform.

Goddess Isis had black hair that reached to her waist, blue eyes, and sported a one-piece white dress that reached all the way down to her ankles. However, they barely cover her breasts and I don't think she's wearing a bra. She wore luxurious golden colored ornaments and jewelry around her body. Especially her head, neck and right arm. She was staring at me with particular interest.

I'm pretty sure she's the Goddess of Healing, wisdom and magic in the Egyptian mythology while Ra is God of the Sun in DxD.

"Keep this a secret as not many know about it."

They seemed skeptical but agreed in the end, so I covered the room in a barrier.

"Right now, the Khaos Brigade is planning to attack three countries and probably their mythology. These are Russia, Ireland and Egypt. I have several double agents in the Khaos Brigade. Anyway—"

"I think they have another country they'll attack if they fail to conquer one of the three. I already have my subordinates in place in all three, and several others all over the world. The countries in the DxD alliance are on alert and are ready to act."

"My other objective was to inform you and to help protect it as well. As I mentioned a subordinate of mine is already here and—"

"Is he the eccentric fellow that does strange poses?"

Goddess Isis interrupts me and I facepalm.

"Y-Yes…"

Ra looks at Isis and I before bursting into laughter.

"I see, I see, so that's why you came to me not too long ago, Isis. You did inform me of such an interesting fellow. You couldn't feel his power, but he was very sure of himself, but also strange. Now it makes sense. He's the Middleman's subordinate, no, forgive me. Jin, was it? He is Jin's subordinate."

Ra seems like a rather chill God like Zeus and Odin… So far so good, I think?

"Thank you, Jin for warning us, and having some of your subordinate stationed here. Hmm, that isn't everything, yes? Kuro and Vera said…"

"Yeah, so it's a personal request from Kurousagi, and I want to help her."

Ra nods understandingly and hums for a minute before looking back at me, a wide smile still on his face.

"Very well! I will support it! I see this little one as a daughter of sorts. Do what you must! I will inform Osiris of your arrival and plans."

[It makes you wonder if your infinite charism is finally working, or is just completely random, Partner.]

I mean, I tend to forget I have a [Status] screen since I rarely use the thing. With that in mind, I opened it.

[Status]:

[True Name]: Aaron Toole

[System Name]: Jin Skyward

[Age]: 18 (Physically) (Soul: 87+ Quintillion)

[Potential]: ∞

[Rank]: ∞

[Gender]: Male

[Race]: Outer Ultimate True Dragon God (Evolution <1/2>)

[Titles]: Dual Dragon Emperor (Click to Expand)

[Sacred Gear]: [Boosted Gear] and [Divine Dividing]

[Level]: ∞

[Hp]: ∞

[Mp]: ∞

[Str]: ∞

[Vit]: ∞

[Dex]: ∞

[Int]: ∞

[Wis]: ∞

[Char]: ∞

[Luk]: ∞

[Gold]: Way too much (∞)

[Money]: Go ruin the economy or something (∞)

What the hell is with the [Gold] and [Money]?

Cúntóir: Answer: Teehee.

Don't 'teehee' me, woman! I inwardly sigh and look back at Ra as he had a confused expression on him.

"Sorry, I was talking to the two dragons. Thank you, Ra. I'll need to go to the rabbit's town/city/domain/realm, or whatever the hell it's called as soon as possible."

"Hmm. Very well, I will not delay you any further. Oh yes, Jin. You are invited to this realm, however—"

"I know. Ddraig and Albion told me. I mean at least some have forgiven them, right? I just gotta win their hearts and I'm all good."

I stop Ra as he looks at me a bit stunned before laughing again, and then finally nodding approvingly.

"Good! Good! You already know, so that saves me the trouble of informing you. Umu, we will talk another time, Jin. However…"

He looks at my companions, and sighs.

"You seem to have brought some interesting companions. A Valkyrie, a hybrid, and the legendary Minamoto no Raiko of Japanese mythology? Interesting, very interesting… Oh, yes, my bad. Feel free to explore. Kuro, Vera, we'll chat in detail once all of this is behind us."

He turns to Isis.

"I will go tell the other fellow Gods and higher-ups to be alert of the imminent danger. Help me out here, Isis, Rashida."

"I will have to decline, Ra. I want to observe Jin for a little while."

"Mmghm... Very well, let us depart then, Rashida."

"Yes, sir!"

Even though Ra said that, he starts to speak with the maid Rashida, so we took this opportunity to leave. Goddess Isis was also following us, so we had an extra person now.

"I will lead us to our realm. Please follow me."

Kurousagi starts to walk away again. Vera this time was beside her as she told her about some things to expect when they get back. Isis joined us as she silently stared at me. I felt a bit uncomfortable.

"Make this interesting, boy."

"Sure thing, hag."

Goddess Isis glares at me as I blankly look back at her. I don't know where that came from but it felt a little good. We quickly left the palace and were outside again. We go back onto the walkway and stand there.

"So, how do we get to your home?"

"The only way to reach our home is to be invited to it by someone from our race, or if a God or Goddess is the one to bring you there. Otherwise, you will never reach it as there is a powerful magic spell surrounding it, so that no outsider accidentally stumbles into it."

Kurousagi brings out her spear and then taps it to the ground, a magic circle appears underneath her. We stand in it and she teleports us away.

"Interesting."

We were in front of a large town's entrance. The walls around it were red, and the pillars had round tops with the top being pointy and it was the color blue. I could feel many auras in the town, and they were all rabbit youkai.

I looked behind me and could see a path but it was mostly covered in thick fog. The same holds true for the sky and the rest of the surroundings. This is probably the magic Kurousagi was talking about. I looked back and realized that there was a fountain in the middle of the town. In all honesty I was expecting this place to be a bit bigger…

"Is it safe to assume that the castle like structure is the house for Halzaham and his family?"

Kurousagi nods. Hmm, using a bird's eye view I check the entire place out. The houses are spaced, and there are multiple areas with street vendors, shops and there seems to be a large pond to the right side of the place. As for where Halzaham threw the kid…

Either behind us, or to the west or east. I can't see a reason for them to go north. But what I found peculiar was that there were no guards. Though seeing as how they have a powerful magic that turns away unwanted visitors, it's kind of unneeded.

"My turn! Follow me, we'll go meet our leader! I already informed them of your visit and Kuro's return. Expect them to make a fuss!"

Vera skips forward and is followed by the rest of us. As soon as we step through there were shops on the right and they were already trying to get our attention when—

"Wait, Vera?! Huh…? Kurousagi?! She's back?!"

As soon as one rabbit youkai said that, more and more started to appear until the two of them were surrounded and it became quite noisy. They were filled with questions about why she disappeared and so on.

"Hmm? Oh, isn't that—"

They finally turn to us, and Inaie hides behind me and grips my sleeve. The reaction was mixed, as some people became wary and some even hostile. Others appeared to become excited and happy.

"Hello."

"Oppai Dragon!"

"Ketsu Dragon!"

A few of the younger rabbit youkai came over to me and started running around us. With a chuckle, I summoned a plushie of the Scale mail from my [Boosted Gear] and gave it to them. They were happy about that and finally ran away while playing with it.

I did that on reflex and didn't do it to try to improve my opinion of the ones watching us. However, some seemed to relax due to that, so whether that was a positive thing or not remains to be seen.

"Well, we'll get going! The Middleman here has a request he needs to get done! So excuse us!"

Vera said it rather loudly, and that made the crowd part. She was also considered to be the runner up behind Kurousagi, so it makes sense that people listened to her. But when I look at the bunny youkai here, they really do vary in shape and size.

Quite a lot of the males were either, skinny, medium build or super buff. The females were usually thin or slightly muscular. Both Vera and Kurousagi were the outliers as they had what I would classify as the 'balance' builds.

Not too slim, but not too muscular. Perhaps that's why they were chosen as candidates? We continued walking as I pondered this thought. But the journey wasn't long since we quickly arrived by fancy blue stairs that ascended towards fancy looking blue gates.

However, this time there were guards, but they quickly let us through as—

"K-Kurousagi?! V-Vera?! Did yo—"

"Yeah, yeah, I heard it already. Let us through already."

Vera stopped them and waved them off. Their lips twitched but they did as she said. They also noticed me and greeted me quite cheerfully. Once we go through the gates, we see…

"Huh? Why's there a small pool of water with a bridge in the center of this place? What the hell's the point?!"

"Who knows? Hazzaham's father is also eccentric, but he isn't psychotic like his son. Anyway, let's go! ~"

We quickly go up another flight of stairs but they're quite short and enter the castle. Once inside it was mostly blue. Why the hell does this guy like blue so much? But some items were different in color, like red and brown. However, they were usually furniture or portraits.

"Um, this person… Your leader, he…"

Inaie starts but Vera laughs and finishes off for her.

"Likes himself a lot? Yeah, he surely does have a lot of portraits of himself, and nearly zero of the mother."

"Oh yeah… Now that I take a look there isn't even one portrait of her…"

I also took a look around and noticed that there wasn't a single picture, portrait, or small statue of her. I wonder why that is? Could he be following the 'male' dominated race thing in a literal sense?

We finally reach a door, and we didn't see a single indication that a mother existed, not even the son…

Knock ~ Knock ~

"En-te-r."

"…??"

Why did he say it so strangely…? Vera pushes the door open and we step into a throne room? It didn't look like it, it was more like—

"A pigsty…"

Inaie says beside me, and she was right. It was basically a pigsty, random junk thrown around the place, boxes, cartons, and other wrappers all over this room. In the center was a throne made out of piles of trash, and the 'leader' sat on it.

He had silver hair, purples eyes, and he was… Um, I wasn't sure if I should describe him as muscular or fat. He had white rabbit ears, but he wore normal clothes. I guess there is no royalty here, just… This thing in front of us.

"Hmm? Oh, Kurousagi is back, well done, Ver— M-M-M-Middleman?!?!?! Dual Dragon Emperor?!"

Boom! Thud! Crash!

The leader of their race fell from his trashy throne, but quickly composed himself and looked quite nervous.

"How can I help you? Oh, I'm Alnaham by the way!"

Both Vera and Kurousagi glanced back at me, so I stepped forward.

"So, I heard the real reason as to why Kurousagi left, and I'm here to help. There is a way for me to prove what she said was real all those years ago."

He sighs and looks at Kurousagi.

"You really approached the Middleman for this? Kuro… Very well, I will humor this. Please show me."

He looks at Kurousagi with a pain look, but turns back to me and nodded. I crouch down and touched the ground. The room glows lightly and he had a look of shock. Another 'Alnaham' appeared through the door while eating something.

He slowly makes his way to the trashy throne in the middle of the room, and then…

"Okay, dude...… Why here of all places?"

We all turn away, all the girls in disgust. The leader of the race, his majesty 'Alnaham' started to eat and masturbate at the same time. He also made weird grunting noises, of course, that was the 'past' Alnaham, and the current Alnaham was mortified.

"Wha— Wai— Okay, okay! Stop! Stop! I believe you!!!"

I quickly stop the 'show' and the girls were staring at the guy with disgust. I was awkwardly looking to my side.

'Gross…'

Even Velgrynd made her disgust apparent. I sigh and turn to look at him now. The leader was crimson red in the face.

"So, if I take this to the spot where Kurousagi said those incidents happened, then we can replay them like that."

"I see that it can show us irrefutable proof, however…"

Alnaham looks at Kurousagi and sighs.

"It won't be that easy, Kuro. As much as I love my son, I've come to see the 'real' side of him. And I was already starting to believe what you had said many years ago. However, as I said it will be difficult since his followers and fans are too loyal."

"This includes many of the elders and higher-ups. If they saw that they would just assume it's an illusion magic trying to frame him. He has everyone in the palm of his hands."

"Khh…!"

Kurousagi wasn't happy, and her emotions were already starting to increase, and her power was rising.

"If I may?"

Rose puts her hand up and everyone focuses on her.

"Why don't we just set up a trap? Any kind of trap will be successfully laid if Jin is involved."

You're giving me too much credit, Rose. I'm not that smart… But if Cúntóir is with me then—

Cúntóir: Answer: I love you too, darling ~

...…

{[...]}

'…Hmph.'

'Oh?'

'Be quiet, Rudra.'

'Hehe.'

"What are you?"

Isis's voice echoes throughout the room, I had genuinely forgotten about her! I turn to face her as she stares at me with a look of shock and concern.

"Jin Skyward, Middleman."

"…"

She just stared at me with an annoyed look. Inaie giggled on my behalf, thank you.

"Anyway, let's make a plan then. It's no surprise that everyone here will know of your return, Kurousagi. So with that in mind, let's use you as bait."

"…Bait…?"

This plan is simple, but I'm hoping Halzaham is caught up in the fact that Kurousagi is back and uses his common sense a little less. I'm betting on him being obsessed with her, and following her to 'that' spot, and forcing a confession out of him while we let the entire village hear it.

During the confession, I will also let the 'memory of the past' play, and also stream it to everyone in the village. Now it may be painful for the one who experienced it that day, but I'll also heal him. So he can live his life how he wants.

I tell them my plan, and Kurousagi thinks on it.

"It's simple, but I believe my son will fall for it. He has been thinking of temporarily leaving the village and searching for you, Kuro. So yes, you have been in his mind for quite some time."

"…Just hearing that makes me want to retch."

Alnaham wryly smiles at Kurousagi. She looks back at me and nods.

"Alright, Jin. I will follow along with this plan. Let's do it."

"Cool beans. Alright, hag, watch me do my thing!"

We had left the castle and Alnaham promised to help us as well. He apparently was going to call his son back; he also warned us that he may bring his 'group' of 'friends' with him as he had gathered them over the years.

"How long do you think it will take him to come back?"

"…He may be strong, but it will take him a little while since he is out training. Even though he's a sick psychopath he was quite diligent with his training."

Kurousagi sounded both impressed and disgusted.

Clap ~

"Well, since we have time, let's bring Jin around our home ~"

"This is not a vacation, Vera. We have to—"

"Prepare, I know, I know!"

Vera huffed but sighed in resignation. I chuckle at her—

"It won't take long, Vera. I'll just need Kurousagi to bring me to 'that' place and I can set everything up. Creating a holographic screen in the air isn't anything difficult."

Vera nods, claps her hand and turn to the three women that came with me.

"Then I'll bring these three around! According to Jin, it won't take long. I'm assuming Goddess Isis wants to tag along with Jin?"

Isis silently nodded, and the other three looked at each other since they seemed unsure.

"Go for, it won't take long."

While reluctant, they eventually agreed to Vera's suggestion. So, she cheerfully leads them away leaving Isis, Kurousagi and I.

"Follow me then."

Kurousagi turns right, so we're heading west, huh? She then started running, and when she reached the metal fences, she jumped over them. Isis and I followed her, and I was surprised that she kept up with us.

This may sound wrong or presumptuous of me, but I didn't think she was the type to be able to, you know, do athletic things. But now that I think about it, she is a Goddess so it makes sense she can keep up.

Once we were outside Kurousagi picked up the pace and started to run straight forward. We followed her and it was mostly barren land made out of rock. Nothing really changed, until around two minutes in and she stops.

We walk over to her and could see a huge drop-down. Below was just the black void, I wonder how long this is…. Cúntóir?

Cúntóir: Answer: It is 5,895m from here to the bottom. To put it simply, it is as if you jumped from the highest point on Mount Kilimanjaro.

How the in hell did that kid survive such a fall…? I look down at the ravine and was flabbergasted. I would understand if they were adults since they would know some techniques or have abilities to negate some of that damage, but a kid…?

"Kurousagi… How did your friend survive? From my estimates this is 5,889m, almost like Kilimanjaro. How did he not just go… Sorry for saying this, but why didn't he just explode when he hit rock bottom…?"

"I have mentioned that the males of our race are substantially stronger than the females. I did not exaggerate that. They truly are stronger, this proves it. If a female rabbit youkai were the one to be thrown that day, then she would definitely would have died upon impact."

Isis who had been silently listening and also looking down speaks up.

"Hmm. I have heard many things from both Osiris and Ra about your race, but to think a mere child could survive a fall, it's certainly impressive."

I give her a look that said 'really?' She didn't understand for a few seconds before nodding.

"My apologies, I did not mean to be insensitive, Kurousagi."

"…N-No, you were just making an observation, Mistress Isis, it's fine…"

Suddenly, there was an awkward atmosphere, so I decided to move on.

"Anyway, let's see how it turned out then."

I touched the ground and replayed the past. The area glowed, and multiple small children were here, among them was Kurousagi, who was hiding nearby, and a few other rabbit youkais. The other, who I believe is Halzaham, but smaller had a grin on his face all throughout them playing.

Finally, he suddenly attacked them. The ones who fell first and didn't get up he left them be. But the one who stood up and that tried to defy him got the beating of his lifetime. We see him break a leg and arm, and the guy had passed out.

Next, he dragged him near the edge… And tossed him. The grin on Halzaham never left him. I bent down next to the past memory of Halzaham, and peered into his face.

"This kid was defected from the start."

I look back at the two, and then back at kid Halzaham. When you look into someone's eyes you can tell a little bit about them, or a lot about them. It depends on your own observation skills, and other abilities, but…

Even without using my powers, I could tell from just looking into his eyes… There was nothing there. Even Vunzor, the Dark Elf King that I killed had a crazed look, a bit of insanity, but this child… Just had nothing. He was lifeless, soulless, if that's a thing.

Both are 'broken' but in different ways.

"What do you mean by that, Jin?"

Isis asks me—

"Isis, tell me, how much can you tell about a person you just met? Let's go with the assumption that you heard nothing about them, and it's the first time meeting them. A blank slate for the both of you."

Posed with the question, Isis nods and thinks about it. As she did, the memory kept replaying. Kid Halzaham left the injured kids behind and went back to the village. Kurousagi who had been watching in horror waited for a few minutes before running out of her hiding spot and helping the injured kids.

She was completely hysterical. But that's when the memory ended. But it then continued with Kurousagi leading the adults there and some of them jumping down and sliding down the walls of the ravine to go down.

After a few minutes, two of them came down with the badly injured child, one of the adults crying hysterically, I will assume they were his parent. The memory finally ended as everyone rushed away from the spot. I look at Kurousagi as she tears silently streamed down her cheeks.

"Jin."

Isis calls out to me, and I turn to her. I think it's better to let Kurousagi have that moment to herself, so I did call out to her or comfort her. I don't think I'm suited for that as we're still basically strangers…

"I believe you have a limited number of things you can learn about an individual. If it is the first time we meet them, and we have zero information about them then… I believe from body language and how they speak will be a key indicator in what kind of person they are."

"However, without information on them, it is severely limited, as you have to rely on your own judgment and observational skills. If we are not using our powers that is. If we are allowed then it would be quite easy."

"No powers…"

I tell her and she shrugs with a smug look on her face. Isis is the Goddess of magic in the Egyptian mythology, so it WOULD be easy for her to do that. But she is also wisdom, so I would guess she has her own ways of finding out how a person is without needed to use magic.

She's probably generalizing my question, and not putting herself in those shoes, even though I asked her if SHE was the one put in the situation. Like me, but I'm already well known so they know what to expect.

"Unfortunate."

Kurousagi finally back over to us and the tears that were streaming down her face were wiped away.

"Let's go back. I wish to meet with my parents, and hopefully go to the victim's home to have him healed… If you don't mind, Jin."

I nod.

"I did promise to do that. If we do, I— No, we'll get more supported, right? I see that as a win. But they won't turn you away, right?"

She shakes her head.

"He— Junaid, that's his name. He's only afraid of Halzaham, we have made amends a few years before I left. His family also does not blame me. They were thankful to me for telling the adults all those years ago… Enough, let us depart."

Not wanting to argue we followed after Kurousagi; however, she was going at a slower pace. Whether this was due to anxiety of meeting up with Junaid and his family, or coming across Halzaham, I wasn't sure.

As we arrived in the village, the sun was nearly done setting. Locating Vera's aura and the girls it seemed like they were having an early dinner. I make a note to join them after we meet up with Junaid.

We entered through the west entrance, and Kurousagi walked right past a few shops before turning right again and heading toward a blue-roofed shop. A woman and a man were selling fruit and vegetables there. There were still quite a few people here even in this corner of town, which surprised me a little.

The man and woman rabbit youkai look up to see Kurousagi walking towards them and their eyes widen.

"K-Kuro? W-When did you come back…?"

"Oh, honey, so many have been worried about you!"

The two hurriedly make their way to the blue-haired rabbit girl and started to check her over, and hug her. I see, so they really didn't blame her, huh? It almost seems like she was a daughter of theirs.

They finally stop checking her and look at us, their eyes widen—

"The Middleman and Goddess Isis… H-How can we help you…?!"

"So, I'm here to help you son."

We were invited into their home, and they had closed their shop an hour earlier. Their son, Junaid was in his room, and he was on crouches for the rest of his life, and had no use for one of his arms.

Creak ~

"Oh, mom, da— K-Kuro? Wha— G-Goddess Isis? O-Oppai Dragon?! W-What's happening here?!"

Junaid who had come out of his room saw all of us here and had the shock of his life. Not only he saw his childhood friend, who he regarded as his 'savior', but he also saw me and Isis. He quickly finds a chair to sit down since it looked like he might fall over.

His parents who were in the kitchen came over and put down some tea, and small snacks for us. Goddess Isis accepted the offer quite quickly and ate the snacks.

"May we know why all three of you are here…? But seeing the Middleman here, perhaps it's…?"

I nod.

"Yeah, I'm here to heal Junaid. Both physically, and whatever trauma he holds towards a certain individual of your race."

I decided to not use his name. I don't know the extent of the trauma, so I want to avoid giving him unnecessary stress. Junaid gave me an awkward smile, I guess phrasing it like that didn't trigger anything, so that's good. His parents, however, looked quite hopeful.

"How are you su—"

"He can."

The father starts to ask, but Kurousagi stops him and proceeds to tell him what I said before. Healing the devil sleeping disease and the others. They then bowed deeply towards me, even Junaid.

"""Please."""

Were the only words they uttered; Junaid's was slightly trembly. No, his entire body was trembling. Well, time to be a miracle worker again. I got up from my seat and walked over to Junaid. I stood in front of him and touched his shoulder.

I've never done the blocking or sealing of memories before. I've only mind-controlled some people recently, Cúntóir are they the same? If not, I'll leave it to you.

Cúntóir: Answer: It is slightly different, however, blocking or sealing it is effective, and using your powers it can never be broken or unsealed. However, I suggest we completely erase the 'trauma' he has. He won't forget about it, but the emotional turmoil will be gone.

I see, alright. I'll leave it to you then.

Cúntóir: Answer: Healing Junaid's broken arm, and leg... Erasing emotional trauma... Processing... Success!

A bright yellow light consumes Junaid; however, he does not panic. He remains still and calm. I could feel him putting his trust in me, so that's why he wasn't panicking. His parents were a little worried, but seeing Junaid like that they decided not to say anything.

The light eventually ends. Junaid opens his eyes and stares at me, I remove my hand from his shoulder and step back.

"Try moving your arm and leg."

He does so and it seemed like he never broke them. Upon noticing this, he expeditiously removed the casts on both his arm and leg. Once that was done, he started to swing his arm back and forth and moved his leg side to side.

"I guess that's all good. Now then, for the next one... Halzaham."

I said the name that would give him some sort of trauma. His parents looked panicked, but Junaid had a neutral expression— No, he was surprised. Surprised at himself that he didn't react negatively.

"I… Huh? I don't feel anything when you mention his name."

Both his parents were astonished. They started to ask him if it was really true, and he nodded. He turns to Kurousagi and started talking about what happened that day in detail.

"—After he hurt the others and came to me, I stood my ground since if I didn't, who would, you know? But I didn't think he would break both an arm and leg, or that he would drag me to the edge and throw me off."

"You know, as I fell… The thoughts of 'Am I going to die?', 'Am I going to see my family again', or 'Will those other kids be found?' kept on circling over and over in my mind. But as I finally hit the ground, I passed out. But the next time I opened my eyes, I was back in our town, you know?"

They kept going talking about it, and his parents seemed relieved. I sit back and let them talk, however, I felt a certain Goddesses' gaze on me even after I did my thing. I glance at her as she stares at me, so I stare at her back.

[It's a game where whoever blinks first or cuts eye contact loses. Don't lose, Partner!]

...Ddraig, Albion, when we go outside after this. I think both of you should head to Ireland and Russia.

[Huh? Where'd this come from, Partner?]

{I do not mind, Jin. But I would like to know the reason.}

We are unaware of when Khaos Brigade will start their attacks, so I want you two to be over there. I decided not to send my avatar or clones there. Seeing as both of you offered to go as well as my Electa and shadows being there… I think it's fine.

We also have Scathach in Ireland, but I guess Russia is the only I don't have a connection to— As in, a person I know prior, you know? Maybe I should send another Electa there…

[She should be fine with the Shadows and Albion, Partner.]

{Then why not Celestin? He's not exactly doing anything right now. He's also a reliable butler.}

...Sure, why not? Celestin is my only butler, and one of the Electa's I created. I made four in total, two male and two female. Selene is in Ireland, the other is here in Egypt. Celestin in my ring, and the other female in Russia.

"I'll go out first. I need to do something…"

I left before they could say anything. However, Isis followed after me. I jump back beyond the walls since I needed some space. But Isis kept on following me. Seeing as she won't stop, I just sigh and stopped.

"Celestin."

When I called his name, I saw a man in his 30s with short, combed light-blue hair, violet-colored eyes and finely tailored glasses. He's seen wearing a butler's uniform that's light and dark silver in color, a dark/grey-purple vest, a white-collar shirt tucked underneath the vest with a black tie tied around the neck collar, black laced shoes, and white gloves, which came out of my ring.

Ddraig and Albion followed after him, and were in their human forms.

[Finally, I get to fight! Well, hopefully I do.]

{We will get going then, Jin. I will be in Russia.}

[Ireland for me!]

"Jin-sama, I shall join Albion-sama in Russia."

Albion, Ddraig and Celestin all disappeared in that order. I glance back at Isis as her eyes were wide again.

"So you really did revive the two Heavenly Dragons, and that butler… He was strong, stronger than any God or Goddess here. You truly are intriguing, Jin Skyward."

I didn't answer her and just simply went back to the home of Junaid.

It didn't take them long to finish, and asked where I was. I simply answered I wanted to check the surroundings out a little more before the day came to a close. We didn't tell them of our plan, but we alluded to them that we were going to expose Halzaham soon.

Junaid had a look in his eyes that said he was all for it, and would help any way he could. Goddess Isis, Kurousagi and I were on our way to Kurousagi's home. We turned a corner and she stopped.

"Is it possible for me to only go?"

"Sure. I'll go meet up with Vera and the others then."

"Thank you."

She probably doesn't want us seeing her embarrassed in front of her parents, or she just wants to explain herself without us eavesdropping. So, following Vera's aura Isis and I made our way there. We passed by a few shops, and the place wasn't as dead at night as I had thought, hell… They seemed even more lively, actually.

"They are like this."

"Excuse me?"

With no prompt, Isis starts speaking.

"They are called Moon Rabbits after all. It doesn't matter what type of moon is in the sky, they get even stronger at night, the previous Goddess of the Hare, or Rabbit was called Goddess Wenet. However, since her supposed passing, the overall powers of the rabbit people of our realm has decreased."

Rabbit Goddess? That's the first— Well, I didn't know much about the Egyptian mythology…

"What do you mean?"

"Did it not occur to you as to why the females of this species were much weaker? And their birthrates were low? It's because of her 'passing', however, Ra has speculated that she is truly dead, and a new successor will come to be."

"I remain skeptical, but who truly knows? To my previous point, the females were equal in strength to the male, however, since she passed it has decreased. The real tradition was the strongest male was selected for Osiris, the second-strongest female would go to Ra, and finally…"

She trails off and glances at me, I was listening in to her so she continued.

"The one assigned to Wenet would be a female as she was one herself and wanted a female. Ra speculated that when an especially strong female rabbit youkai appeared, she would be reborn as the next Rabbit/Hare Goddess."

The two that come to mind right now were Kurousagi and Vera. As for who might turn into one… I have no idea. I wait for her to continue but she didn't speak anymore, so we silently arrived at where everyone else was at.

"Oh! Jin!"

She cutely hops over to me and starts poking me for some reason while giggling.

"Your harem here has praised you to the moon and back! Hearing so much of it makes me wanna know you more!"

I look at all three of them, Inaie was crimson in the face, while the other two gave me strained smiles… I really doubt they would play me up that much, I would guess they were just having a normal conversation.

"Is that so? I guess I'll need to praise them later then."

"I was joking about them all being in your harem! But you didn't deny it!"

It is inevitable. I won't deny that.

'Normally this is where Ddraig would say something, but since those two are missing… How about we provide commentary, right Velgrynd?'

'...Jin is okay.'

'Huh?'

'…'

I'm as confused as you are, Rudra. Anyway, I move on and ordered some food for myself with many of Vera's recommendation. The other three also gave the food praise. I also let Isis order as much as she wanted since I was paying.

"Phew! Thanks, Jin. I didn't have enough to pay, so I was panicking, and that's the reason why we hadn't left! I didn't want to dine and dash!"

Seriously? I look towards Rose and Raiko. In a way, Raiko is also 'working' for me so I was paying her the same amount as Rose, which was one million yen a month. Inaie was a roommate so she was getting half a million a month. Like Asia, she nearly had a stroke seeing the amount of money I was giving.

"It's fine…"

My food came after a few minutes of waiting, we just chatted about random things while we waited. I had ordered something called Egyptian Fatteh. It's an Egyptian and Levantine dish consisting of pieces of fresh, toasted, grilled, or stale flatbread covered with other ingredients that vary according to region.

I had Cúntóir look it up as we waited. I was eager to taste it, so I went ahead since Isis didn't have hers yet. Vera was looking at me expectantly, so after swallowing the food and processing my thoughts on it…

"It's good. However, I am interested in trying in all types of dishes around the world. Whether they be from the normal country or made in the supernatural realms."

"Huh? Why is that, Jin?"

I told her of my plans after I graduate from high school and she nodded sagely.

"I see, the Skyward restaurant of the supernatural world. I wish to taste some dishes on day! Mmm-mmm!"

I let Vera ramble on about the food in my restaurant is going to be amazing, even though she hadn't eaten a single bite, but I assume the girls told her about it so it kind of makes sense. While I ate, I felt the aura of Kurousagi slowly approaching us.

"Hmm? Oh, Kuro. You're done on your end, huh?"

"Yes. I am ready… He's also here."

Yeah, I also felt a couple of auras enter the town, and they were quite interesting, but one stood out completely. His aura was wild, like an untamed animal ready to pounce on anything that moves.

"It's safe to assume that he knows about my return, and the appearance of the Middleman. He does have a lot of fans in the city. It would not be strange if he was contacted by them."

Kurousagi says while looking at all of us. She then stares at me directly.

"Jin. Prepare yourself, perhaps the ones who hold you in contempt have been mostly silent, but if Halzaham riles up his supporters and fans it may become—"

"Yeah, I know. Don't worry about it."

I only really need to watch out for two of the girls who came with me, and even then, they had the rings, and the shadows to protect them. Also, they hadn't slacked off as they do go to the [Training Facility].

Just as Kurousagi was about to sit down a figure with multiple others appeared behind her. The wilder aura grabbed her shoulder and a wide grin on his face. I used [Observe] on him and it was Halzaham.

Halzaham was a young man with a fit build, he has messy white short hair which covered his left eye while his right eye is red with a black sclera. He is also shown to have sharp teeth. He has black rabbit ears with one of the ears drooping over his left eye.

He wears a collar with a black bow on his neck. Two black suspenders hooked across his shoulders supported his extremely tight and revealing black shorts. He also wore a large white rabbit tail on his back. His shoes were a pair of black dagger high heels.

I didn't expect him to look like that… He's wearing a females bunny costume of all things… He's truly unhinged.

"I didn't expect you to come back here all by yourself, Kuro-Kuro ~ it makes me so happy, do you know that? We're finally reunited after all these yea—"

Swosh!

Kurousagi sends a kick towards Halzaham and he swiftly dodges and jump back while laughing. His group also laughs with him.

"As spicy as ever! Haha! I expected as mu— Hmm? Well, well, if it isn't the Middleman and Oppai Dragon. I didn't think the rumors were true, but I'm happy to meet you ~"

He says this but he doesn't really mean it. All his words were empty, however, his posy were staring at me with so much malice that I was a little surprised. So, they're the ones who hate me, huh?

Wait a minute, don't tell me— I turn to look at Isis, and she was already staring at me… I see, so. I get it. They were also responsible for her death, huh? The past wielders of the [Boosted Gear], and [Divine Dividing]. They accidentally, or purposely killed the Goddess Wenet.

"I don't want a killer anywhere near me."

"Oi, oi, I'm no killer ~ what are you even talking about, Kuro? ~"

He said that in a sickeningly sweet voice, and had a shit-eating grin. He didn't even try to hide the fact that she was right. However, Kurousagi hadn't said anything. I left it to her in how to lead Halzaham down to that place.

"You disgust me."

"Haha ~ oh well, let's catch up later, okay ~ I'll leave you now then ~"

I wasn't expecting that, and he left with his group. Their figures slowly vanished and Kurousagi sat down.

"…I will lead him out there tonight. I know that look he gave me before he left. He will be stalking me for the rest of the day unless I go home. Please be ready, once we are finished here, I will commence the operation."

Everyone nodded and I finished my meal with relative ease. However, we waited for Isis to finish since she got her meal during the confrontation of Halzaham and Kurousagi.

After a few minutes, Isis was done, and we made a note in finding a small hostel and going in there for the night. Both Vera and Kurousagi left us after we went in.

Kurousagi was to be leading Halzaham to that place. Once we were in our rooms, I put invisibility on all of us.

"I will remain in the town."

Isis says and goes back t reading a book she summoned. We didn't argue and left her there. I will be streaming the whole memory thing to everyone in the village after all, so she won't need me to be there.

Inaie, Raiko and Rose will be staying behind and making sure nothing violent will be happening. Vera will also be helping them. Vera will go check with the King to see how much he's going to help us.

I had given them temporary transceivers so we can communicate. Kurousagi's one is invisible so Halzaham can't see it. I touch my transceiver.

[Alright, let's get this mission started.]

[Roger.]

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Bab 77: Chapter 2 - Part 2 - Wounds of the Past, Strength of the Future: Birth of a new Rabbit Goddess

Khaos Brigade

Hero Faction

Jeanne

Not too long ago, and after our attempt at conquering Kyoto failed, we, the Hero faction tried to use other means of traveling. One such way was through the Dimensional Gap. I, along with some I am close with did not go on that excursion, but…

It ended in disaster. Before their demise, a few managed to send out a message via communication circles, and that 'shadow-like' beings, one that looked like a knight and another that looked like a dragon whipped them out.

It's known that the Middleman has subordinates that look like humanoid shadows, so it wasn't too difficult to understand who was responsible for it. Other reports were of a giant lizard monster and a giant moth.

We didn't anticipate that he would keep subordinates in the Dimensional Gap, and that was the reason for our faction to suffer a great loss of members. However, other factions within our organization have noted this and will avoid the use of travel in the Dimensional Gap.

But… We have run into other problems as of late. As I mentioned earlier, our mission in Kyoto failed, but that also gave us another problem to try to overcome, however, I feel like it will be impossible to do so…

Our leader, Cao Cao was pacing back and forth. Soon our next mission was going to start, we will be traveling to Egypt. Both in the real world, to a certain spot, and into the mythology. At first, we weren't all too sure in how to get to the realm since there were so many active Gods there, but…

We found some unexpected help from a certain rabbit youkai. He was quite strange, but we moved past that since he was willing to let us into their realm of Nembesouk. He gave me the wrong vibes so I didn't interact with him that much, but he seemed to be obsessed with someone else so I was thankful for that.

"Make sure you have everything you need, all of you."

I heard Georg-kun's voice as he addressed all of us. Since our founder and original leader's mental breakdown, Georg-kun has decided to lead us on his behalf. He is always calm and calculated, even now, but I suspect he has some doubts and anxiety as our original leader is a bit off right now…

"We have a chance to fight some Gods, you know? Isn't that amazing? I look forward to it!"

Sieg-kun says with a lot of enthusiasm.

"Fighting Gods will be difficult you know? Even with our [Chaos Break]. Lapis-sama recently mixed it with the red vial and said it had become even more potent and powerful. It makes me wonder how much more…"

"It doesn't matter, we'll eventually need to use it, that's without a doubt in my mind!"

Heracles-kun says with a grin. Haaa… I'm with a bunch of muscle brains. Only Cao Cao and Georg-kun uses their brains…

Ring ~

A sound of a phone notification resounds throughout the room we were in. It came from Georg-kun and he takes his phone out and reads the message he received. His neutral face slowly morphed into one with a strained smile.

He puts it away and sighs heavily. Even Cao Cao who had been pacing back and forth stops to wait for what he was about to say.

"…Halzaham has informed us that the Middleman is in the Egyptian realm. This may make our mission considerably harder. Keep that in mind."

The two meat-heads had huge grins on their faces and I just sighed. I feel like we won't come out of this alive, or ourselves. But what caught our attention was Cao Cao.

"Good. If he brings that woman there, I can settle it with her. As Georg said, go prepare. We'll be leaving soon. The other factions should be nearly ready too."

At the thought of fighting the woman named Aurelia, his composure returned— His old personality did, perhaps he was saving it to be calm and collected during their fight? Whatever the reason may be… I had a terrible feeling about all of this.

Ireland

Scathach

"Hmm? Oh, [Welsh Dragon] Ddraig. You came here?"

I, Scathach was currently in the place called Skellig Rocks, or Skellig Michael. Skellig Rock is southwest of Ireland and are two islands away from Country Kerry. Early settlers named it after the Seraph Michael. Little did they know he actually exists… This is where one of the newest Electa was stationed at.

Selene, the Moon Dragon God. She had been sitting on top of a rock while drinking some sake. I believe she may become a formidable opponent and sparring partner in the future. However, she seemed quite relaxed, but I could not find an opening.

[Yeah, I said I'd come here on Partner's behalf. Anyway, change of plans, he won't be sending an Avatar here. But with all of us, it should be more than enough. Especially Selene and the shadow knights.]

"Mmm."

[When do you think they'll come here? I mean why pick this island too?]

"I am unsure, however, there were many religious humans that lived here at some point in history. Perhaps they may have something significant on this island that we are not aware of? Selene is the one who chose to come here."

After I said that, we both turn our attention to the woman. Her eyes were still closed and she was still drinking the sake. But she finally opened her eyes and stared at me.

"I do wonder…"

I hate that she remains cryptic even to us.

"Where has the [Vanishing Dragon] been sent to?"

[Hmm? Albion? Oh, he's going to Russia with Celestin. Edel should be there already. But knowing her powers… Isn't she at a disadvantage? I wonder what Partner was thinking…]

"I see."

Celestin. I had sparred with him once, and I had difficulty in landing a blow, but he was quite skilled. Much like Sharon, he's a 'super butler' as Natsume Minagawa and Xenovia Quarta calls him.

However, Edel… It is true, many of the abilities she's shown me are plant or wood based. But I believe Jin wouldn't just give them access to a singular ability. So, he must have sent her there for a reason.

"We, the Electa are more than meets the eye, [Welsh Dragon]. You should be aware of that; aren't you close with Jin-sama?"

Ddraig grumbled about something that I didn't catch.

"Oh yes, what about the one in Egypt?"

I asked the both of them.

[What about him? He's a complete weirdo, and I'm quite unique myself. So, if I say he's weird… Then he's definitely weird!]

Well, I only met him briefly, but… It is as the [Welsh Dragon] says. He was a unique individual. He was overconfident but could back up his own ego. He had many strange mannerisms, as he would sometimes speak in third person.

"Fufu, Serena is certainly unique… Hybrid Theory, or Eight-Dragon God Serena… He certainly is an interesting person, don't you think?"

Interesting is one way to put it… Ddraig mumbled something and left for the other island, leaving Selene and I alone.

"Come now, Scathach, let us chat before our day becomes troublesome."

Selene summoned a chair and table with some tea. Agreeing with her, I went over there to have a little chat with her.

Russia

????

Albion

{Hmm. This is quite something.}

"Indeed it is, Albion-sama."

When Celestin and I teleported to where the other Electa was stationed at. We were greeted by a large circular blue lake with many trees surrounding it. Feeling her mana, I start walking in that direction.

It didn't take long for Celestin and I to reach where she was. Edel is a young woman with long greenish-blonde hair and violet eyes. Edel wears a long pencil skirt in beige with white frills, and a padded white dress shirt with a black vest over the top. She wears a large sun hat, that is a pale green ribbon with a purple flower in it.

"Edel."

{Edel-sama.}

The woman in question, who had been sitting on a rock looks over at us with a smile and waved us to go over to her.

"Albion-chan, Celestin-chan. I'm glad you could join me. Isn't this place beautiful? I've enjoyed my time here, even if it was short."

{Well, certainly. That giant lake in front of us is quite something.}

To this, Edel giggles at me, and then points toward the center… W-Wait is that…

{Why is there such a large hole in the middle?}

"Did you know? This is called the Bottomless Lake here in Russia, as well as the Blue lake. Perhaps Khaos Brigade found something in it. Well, we can speculate all we want, but our priority will be helping to defend this place. However…"

Edel stops and stares at Celestin.

"Yes, leave the Russian Gods' realm to me, Edel-sama. You and Albion-sama will be the ones to defend this place."

Clap ~

Edel claps her hands happily.

"Wonderful! I've already made contact with them, and the Chief God is more than willing to let us in, however, he said he would just accept one for now since it isn't the Middleman himself. It's understandable after I told him of the events happening."

Has she already made contact with them? I didn't think she would, but it does make sense since Jin will go there eventually. We also don't know if they're only attacking this place, and not the realm of the Russian Gods too…

{Who did you meet up with?}

"Mokosh, the Chief God's wife. Well, one of them."

Mokosh… I vaguely know of her, but Perun, huh? I do believe Jin and him will get along swimmingly. Apart from being in a relationship with more than one woman… I am eager to see their interaction.

"Where is Jin-sama by the way?"

"He's in Egypt. Jin is about to start a little mission since he accepted to do a request so he could enter the realm for a justifiable reason. Instead of waiting to be invited or just barging in there."

Edel smiled and tilted her hat.

"Huhu, I see. I can't wait to get this mission done so I can go back ~"

"Yes, I agree. Jin-sama's home is quite lively after all."

The two of them were already quite loyal to Jin, the females already hold him in high affection. I wonder who else he'll make…? He hasn't made a leader or captain for the Shadow Knights, and I doubt Igris or Bellion wants to lead them.

Clap ~

"Anyway, go ahead, Celestin. Albion-chan and I will remain here."

"Yes, of course. Until we meet again."

Celestin bows before disappearing. I was left with Adel as she jumps down from where she was and stands next to me.

"If you want, you can fly around to inspect the surroundings. Ah, but be careful of potential humans spotting you ~"

"Yes, I was going to do that. I was curious about the giant hole in the lake. Thank you for the warning."

I spread my wings and prepared to take flight.

Egyptian Gods' Realm

Kurousagi

[Alright, let's get this mission started.]

[Roger.]

Jin says through the transceiver, and everyone else answered. I, Kurousagi was making my way towards the spot where all this started. Even before I left the town, I already felt Halzaham and his group in pursuit of me.

What Alnaham said was true. It does seem he has become more interested in me since my disappearance. I walked out of the west entrance as I didn't want to alert them that I knew of their presence.

However, once I was outside, I readied myself and jumped away while increasing my speed. They also did the same thing and continued their pursuit. Halzaham lowered his speed so he wouldn't catch up to me, and so that his group could keep pace with him.

The temperature in our realm lowers significantly when it's nighttime. Like in the human world, in the desert when it's night the temperature drops and it becomes very cold, in contrast to the temperature during the day.

Nevertheless, our race has adapted to it over many years, and we have no problems with the huge change. But our race does get stronger at night, perhaps it's due to us being called 'Moon Rabbits' or a completely different reason, I do not know.

The Rabbit Goddess Wenet. Master Ra and Osiris have mentioned them in the past, I found out about them through reading books, through word of mouth, and as I said, through the two Gods. Ra said that she died a long time ago, he did not say how or to who though.

Reincarnation. I wonder if it's real? It appears that Master Ra thinks so, but I'm skeptical… If she— Goddess Wenet was meant to come back, wouldn't she already have done so? What was taking her so long? Even though I know Gods and Goddesses are real, I sometimes feel like I'm an atheist.

I was nearing the spot now, and Halzaham's group was slowly increasing their speed to catch up to me. A few more seconds and I reached it, but they didn't join me and watched from a distance. I have to keep up the act. I walk over to the edge of the cliff and stare down.

Step ~

"I didn't think you were that nostalgic, Kuro ~"

"…"

They finally stepped out of their hiding place and were behind me.

"Why are you here? Murderer."

"Murderer? You've got to be kidding, right? What happened here was an accident! You hurt me, with such lies, Kuro. Aren't we childhood friends? We're supposed to have each other's back! But when I was accused of such things you turned your back on me ~"

[Keep calm. I am nearby so don't worry too much. I'll let you fight your own battles, but if you get in a pinch, I'll step in. I've started broadcasting everything when you have him start to confess, and I'll also start the replay of the past after he confesses.]

Jin says through the transceiver. I couldn't even feel his presence, but I will trust his word on that.

"Your lies do not work on me, vermin. Stay away from me."

"Oh ~ still as spicy as ever, huh? I like that about you, Kurousagi."

They inch closer.

"Many believe my word for it, sooner or later it will come out. All I need is to get the proof. Junaid will regain his courage sooner or later and won't be scared of going against you anymore."

Halzaham laughs at this, no, he's howling in laughter. Even his group is a bit taken aback by it. It appears that he found what I said genuinely funny. I was disturbed by it. He eventually stops laughing and wipes a tear from his eye.

"I didn't think you could make jokes like that, Kuro ~"

Shwwip ~

[It's starting.]

"Since it's been years since we last saw each other, allow me to just personally confess to you. But first, yes, I love you, and will have you join my concubine."

"…"

"Oh, come on. Don't give me that look, they all enjoy me you know ~"

The thought of it makes me physically sick. I felt my body recoil a little, this made him let out a chortle.

"To your other point ~ sure, why not? I did beat those kids up that day. I mean, they were having too much fun, and didn't invite us— Invite me! I'm amazing you know? And when I found them having fun without me, it pissed me off."

"That doesn't give you the right to hurt them!"

I shouted at him, but he snickers.

"Might makes right, and I stand at the top of our species, and I definitely stand above you! This is the simple rule of the supernatural world! They can try to make it look like they're being reasonable, or use political and all that mumbo jumbo!"

"But at the very core of everything, they— Be it the Four Satans of the Underworld, the Seraphs of Heaven, or any number of leaders of the factions and pantheons around the world. THEY! HAVE! POWER! No one would have picked them to rule otherwise!"

Even if it's true, they still…

"They were also picked for various different reasons. Just because they're powerful doesn't mean everything! The Seraphs are mostly neutral to passive, the Beelzebub of the Four Satans may be called a 'Super Devil' but he's mostly interested in his own research and technology. Even the Leviathan! She's a magical girl!"

"It's all a façade! If they didn't have their own morality, then they would be ruling with an iron fist! It makes it easier! It's been proven in human history in the past!"

"It's also been proven wrong since most of those tyrannic rulers were overthrown!"

Halzaham's powers were rising, and so were my own. His group had backed away as we were getting out of hand. I was meant to make him confess… So, how did we come to this?

"That dumb rabbit, what was his name? Junaid? He stood up, he went up against me. The rest stayed down; they knew they belonged there. But a dumbass like him? Standing up to me? Don't make me laugh! The weak should know when to stay down. They never had a right to begin with!"

He laughs—

"He tried to fight me you know? It was pathetic. Such a weak punch, it felt like I was hit with a weather. But he had balls back then, but I guess a little tumble down this ravine made him think otherwise, eh?"

"I enjoyed dragging his unconscious body over to it and then tossing it over. I would have wished that he was awake during it. A shame. Maybe I can just do it now? I mean, who would even miss him? He's just a cripple, a disgrace to our species."

A massive grin spreads across his face.

"Just like that runner-up fucker. What the hell was his name? Batil?"

"Akil! His name was Akil! Shame on you! He had a good chance of competing with you!"

My blood boiled at the blatant disrespect of the supposed dead.

"Ah right, Akil, yes, Akil… I'll admit that he was strong, not as strong as me, but he had potential. Hell, if he was still alive, he'd probably reached my level if he continued with his training. But that was something I couldn't let pass, so…"

"You killed him."

Clap ~ Clap ~

"As expected of my future first wife, you sure are smart ~ yes, I, Halzaham killed him. I mean, nip that problem small problem before it becomes a bigger one, right? I would say I was logical about it."

"You kill him in cold blood!"

"Nothing is gained without sacrifice! His sacrifice was necessary for my own growth!"

"…What did you do to him? Where is he?"

"Huh? Why does it matter now? He's long gone. Probably shit."

What…? He apparently was amused by my reaction, so he kept on talking.

"I meant what I said, Kuro. He probably became multiple rabbit's poop. Ever notice why some of the food at a certain restaurant was a bit… Let's say 'weird' or had a 'unique' flavor for a few weeks? B-i-n-g-o ~ some of you ate him ~"

W-Wha— Is this person…

'This kid was defected from the start'

No reasonable person with a moral compass would do such a thing…! And also making our friends, family and strangers eat...… The thought makes me sick…

"Oh, right. I'm not gay by the way, but I did want to try mating with a dude once. Even if he was a dead corpse, sooo, I tried that too."

Doom! Ksh! Spppp ~

"Ah, ah, ah. Don't do that now, Kuro ~ you know it won't end well for you. I would rather be…Gentle with that body of yours."

I had summoned my spear and tried to pierce his head, but Halzaham only needed to slightly move his head to the side to avoid the attack. I had also gone into my [War God] mode, my hair had turned pink.

Seeing as I missed, I jumped back. Halzaham was just grinning at me. I looked back at his group, but they were reluctant to join him. They were probably too shocked at what he had confessed… Our town should surely have heard it all, right…?"

Vera

Oh my rabbit! I didn't think Halzaham was that unhinged… Also, that makes so much sense in why the food of that restaurant was so weird… Ugh, thinking about it made my stomach turn…

But everyone who had been watching and listening before that had reacted like how Jin predicted. I was just outside the hotel that they were staying at. Goddess Isis had joined me outside.

However, as the conversation continued to be heard, and the fact that Halzaham outright confessed to the crimes he's committed… The entire town had fallen silent. Even Goddess Isis was staring at the holographic screen in the sky with very scary and cold eyes.

"Tell me this isn't true! Our hero! The once in a lifetime genius…!"

"You heard him confess you fool! If you still support him after this then… You're as guilty as he is!"

"We ate…. Akil?! Oh, no… I'm going to puk—"

The crowd was obviously outraged, some still holding on to the fact that their 'hero' might be set up, and framed, but he— Halzaham had unequivocally admitted to his crimes. There was no shadow of a doubt that he did it, and some are just in denial.

"Tell me, Vera. What do you think will happen after this?"

"Eh?"

What will happen after this? I-I would think Halzaham will be brought to justice? Isn't that the logical course of action?

"It's not that simple. Your species will always need a servant to each God. If Halzaham is taken away, who is going to substitute for him? The one you call Akil is dead, there has been no talk of the one after Akil."

"…I…"

It's true. Only the one after the chosen ones are mentioned, anyone else below them just go into obscurity, never to be heard from again, but…

"Perhaps we can just hold new trials to see who the strongest is after he is brought to justice? If my memory serves me right, there were quite a few who tried to become the next servant of Osiris. Maybe after his demise, the ones who were afraid of stepping up may not do so."

[Uwa… Eating a person, that just sounds unthinkable for me…]

Inaie-chan says through the transceiver, I can totally understand. But I may have involuntarily eaten some in the past…

[He's despicable.]

[Yes.]

Rossweisse, and Raiko hate him. They already did, but I guess finding about this just made them detest him even more…

"Jin should be showing everyone the past events soon."

Goddess Isis says beside me. I also fall silent as I wait for him to do that.

"It's the Middleman! He randomly showed up, and now this is happening! He's trying to frame Halzaham and destroy our village!"

One of Halzaham's supporters shout trying to rally the others. A few join him, but overall, not many do so as Halzaham did confess. Seeing this was in vain, they quickly ceased their attempts, and quietly looked back at the screen.

"It seems like his efforts weren't in vain."

Kurousagi

Plop ~ Plop ~ Kshshshs ~

"Ah? What the hell's happening now?"

The same feeling from before… It's starting. In front of us, the past images of our younger selves appeared.

"This is… I see, hahaha! You set me up! Amazing! Did you get the Middleman involve in doing this? I see, I see. You really did think this through, huh? It's pretty simple, but I guess I fell for it since we hadn't seen each other in a long time!"

As he said that, more and more of what had happened in the past played out. The fact that he attacked the others, injuring them, and then finally brutally beating Junaid. He finally threw him into the ravine, and left. Then the adults came, and finally it ended. The light disappeared and Halzaham was just laughing.

"Is this all funny to you?"

"Everything is, Kuro. If you're a genius— No, if you're a naturally born monster like me, everything is quite boring! Of course, in order to keep that, I had to get rid of certain individuals. Haha ~ well, it doesn't matter anymore. I've abandoned this terrible boring town, and its people."

He then snapped his fingers… What did he do?!

"Did you know? I joined up with the Monkai Association of Khaos Brigade. While my status is still quite low, I believe— No, I know I will rise through the ranks at a brisk pace. First, I will lay waste to this town, and then the rest of Nembesouk. Rejoice, Kuro. For you are one of the first sacrifices for my inevitable godhood!"

Doom!

Halzaham powered up… It was overwhelming! He had become even stronger since the last time I saw him. He had gone into his own [Alternate War God] form, and summoned two khopesh as he duel wielded them.

I also entered my [Alternate War God] form, and summoned the spear that Master Ra gave me. I don't stand a chance, but… I have to try. I don't want Jin's help in this…

[Don't help me.]

[…]

Clang! Clank! Kachiiing!!

We dashed towards each other as my spear and his khopesh clashed. Sparks flew, the air around us distorted, and the ground beneath us was destroyed. This will be the toughest fight in my life so far. I did not feel any urgency when I faced against Lianne, one of Jin's subordinates.

It was an exhibition match, not a fight where my life was at stake.

"Don't get distracted, Kuro!!"

Halzaham increased his strength as he started to push me back!

"Khhh….!"

Ding! Ding! Ting!

"What's wrong?! Can you only defend?! Can't you fight back?! Eh?! Strongest female rabbit?! Or is it all a lie?! Did you fuck your way—"

Zing!

"Don't be absurd!"

Halzaham tried to insult me, he tried to force my emotional outburst so I would fight recklessly and so he could find an easy win over me. No, I won't give him that satisfaction… I thrust my spear towards his abdomen and he dodged it, however, it grazed him a little.

"Nice, nice! See?! If you let your emotions go wild, you can reach me. Not really, but still!"

"Shut up, and fight me."

Grinning, he increased his speed even more. What I saw was after images of Halzaham appearing around me, I couldn't tell which one was the original him.

[If you can use touki, focus on his life energy. Those afterimages are only images and has no life in them. Stay calm.]

Hearing Jin's advice, I do as I was told… I closed my eyes and focused on finding his life energy and… There! I turn left and fired flames from my spear towards the ones on the right!

"Agh?!"

It hit Halzaham as he quickly jumps away and looked at his injury. He had a look of disbelief, and pure rage towards me.

[Good job.]

"…"

I felt a smile creep up on my face. I injured him, and from the looks of it, he wasn't expecting such a thing to occur.

"Don't get fucking cocky, you dumb whore… You just got lucky. I'll take this seriously now…"

Halzaham gets down on all fours and a large burst of light erupts from his body. It consumed everything around him… Once it disappeared, he looked completely different. The left side of Halzaham's hair turns black, while the right side becomes pink. His right eye also turns a lighter shade of pink.

"Wha—"

"This is what lies beyond the [Alternative War God] form. I dub it [Hybrid War God] form, it's a mix of the two previous forms. Pretty fancy, huh? Well, whatever. I'll end this now."

Tang! Slice! Slice!

"Ugh?!"

He disappeared and re-appeared beside me, I reacted on time since I faced Lianne before and she was much faster! I blocked both his attacks, but I somehow received cuts all over my body…! H-How?!

"Hyahaha ~ can't keep up, can you?!"

Ting! Slice! Cut! Ting! Klang! Cut! Cut!

He kept on running all round me while attacking from a distance. He created blades of wind with his weapons, and every time I parried or blocked them, I would get injured… At this rate I will lose too much blood.

I was bleeding all over and my vision was starting to blur. Did this mean the difference in strength was too great? Was it all for naught…?

[What? You're giving up now? Don't you want to help Junaid? Even the others who he hurt? What about Akil who was killed in cold blood? Stand up, Kurousagi. Aren't you known as the Spear of Sun God Ra? The Strongest of your species? Stand up to him. Go past your limits, right here, right now!]

…Jin…

"…Kh!"

Doom!!!!!!!

A sudden surge of power swells from deep inside me, and my powers increase exponentially. Halzaham gained a surprised look on his face.

"Oh?! Haha! You still had more in you, huh?! Good! Struggle more, Kuro! Don't make me bored before I kill you!"

With his crazed grin, he also powered up too. This is it… This is my final stand. I summoned flames around my spear, this is my last attack. I, either win or lose.

White, and green flames erupted from Halzaham; he was also going to end this too. With a final shout, I charged towards him. I will put every last bit of power, every last bit of my strength left in me into this attack.

As I ran towards him, the blood that was seeping through me increased. I was pushing my body… I felt my own vision slowly going dark. Will I even reach him? No, I will. Halzaham's figure quickly reached me and I thrust my spear in front of me, and he swung both his khopesh down at me.

Kabooooooooom!!!!!!!!!

Vera

I didn't think it would turn into a fight! Kuro has no chance! Even though I wasn't here personally to see it, my parents had been keeping me up to date with many things, this included how much more powerful Halzaham became.

But what shocked me even more was that he achieved a higher form than [Alternative War God]! We always thought that there was one, but no one had achieved it!

"Godhood, huh? If that's his answer… Then he's far from reaching it. She— Wenet did not look like that. Whatever form that is, it's certainly unique to him and him alone. What this race has lost over the years is that, what lies after the [Alternative War God] form is [Godhood], the true form of the Rabbit Goddess."

"When one reaches that form, they will become the next Rabbit Goddess or God."

Goddess Isis says that so casually… W-What?! Is that true?! Wait, yes, because it's coming from a Goddess herself. D-Does that mean anyone can reach it?! Wait is that why…?

Goddess Isis continues, and tells me the whole truth of there being three Gods, and it was originally three who were chosen to serve them.

"Where was Goddess Wenet laid to rest?"

"That's the thing, her body just disappeared."

"Eh?"

Disappeared? Why did it disappear—

Kabooooooooom!!!!!!!!!

A large explosion occurred in the monitor, and we also felt the shockwave from here… No, who won?!

Jin Skyward

"Heee? So you were here too, Middleman? ~"

Even though Kurousagi told me to not interfere, her life would have ended there, so I had to step in. However, the aforementioned female rabbit was on the ground, and her breathing was quite ragged.

"Haha ~ it doesn't matter, as soon as I cut her it was over for her ~"

Shatter! Don!

"Ugh?! W-What? I can't move…?!"

I destroyed his weapons and punched him in the gut. I also 'froze' him in time when I punched him. Now then… I have a few things to do. First, let's check his memories.

...…

...…

Nothing. As he said earlier, he wasn't that high up in the factions' rankings, so he wasn't given enough sufficient information, however, he did spy on some and found it will happen within the week. So, I at least can anticipate it may happen today or the next few days. As the week was going to end soon.

After inspecting his memories, I go over to Kurousagi and hold her in my arms. Cúntóir, scan her.

Cúntóir: Answer: His swords were coating in some kind of substance, I detect traces of Lapis' power, and Wenet. Conclusion: I believe Lapis mixed her power, with Wenet's blood from many years ago. Perhaps Nyarlathotep planned this in advance?

Cúntóir: Answer: As of right now, you could call this the rabbit youkai's version of Samael's blood, as it is slowly killing her. I would suggest you speak with Kurousagi and creating a new body for her.

"…"

After hearing Cúntóir's explanation I look at Kurousagi...… Now, what shall I do?

Kurousagi

I was a failure, and even now I was a failure. The Mid— Jin… He was holding me as I was dying. I don't believe Halzaham would lie about this since I could feel my own body shutting down. I can't read Jin's face, as he was staring at me with no change in emotion…

We just met; would he feel sad about me passing…? What kind of useless thoughts am I thinking…? I felt him holding my hand. This was being shown live to everyone else, hopefully I don't traumatize the younger ones because of my death…

My strength left me fully, and my eyes finally shut.

...

...

"Hey, Kuro. When we grow up, let's become the strongest together!"

"…"

I… Was I living through my past memories? I could see a younger version of me and Halzaham. This was way before I found out his true nature. He looked very young and innocent here. His smile even seemed genuine.

"Mmm! I want to be strong!"

A younger version of me says happily… How naïve of me… The scene around me changes as it shows a small montage of Halzaham and I, training together, over time other rabbit youkai of our age joined us, and that our friend group was formed. This also included Junaid, and the others he hurt.

We seemed very happy and energetic back then… If only those times stayed…

The scene changed, and we were a little older. This was after the incident and when I and many people distanced themselves to Halzaham. However, he was still quite charismatic and many were drawn to him.

This was also—

"Hey, you're Kurousagi, right?"

"…Who's asking?"

"I'm Vera! And I declare myself as your rival!"

"…Huh? Are you stupid?"

That's right, that was the day that Vera came up to me and declared herself my rival. We hadn't even been picked to be the potential candidates yet, but I guess… In a way it was fate for the both of us to meet.

The scene changed again, and it was when I was chosen as Master Ra's servant. I looked very happy and ecstatic. But that feeling soon changed as I— My past version of me saw that Halzaham would be the other servant of Master Osiris. Even then, Master Ra saw my disdain for the fellow.

"Are you not happy, Kuro?"

"…No, I am happy that I was chosen, but seeing the other candidate over there…"

Master Ra looks over at Halzaham and nods, he misinterprets it and waves happily toward us. Master Osiris gave Ra a strange look, but he shook his head.

"Tell me, young one. Why you do not like him."

"…I wish to speak of this in a more private setting, i-if that isn't a problem to you, I mean…"

"It is not. We shall speak about it once all of this is over. For now, bear with it for me."

"Yes sir…"

The next few changes of scenes were of me working for Master Ra for a few years, and also working with Master Osiris, however, anytime it happened I had a frown or look of antipathy towards Halzaham. Even Master Osiris noticed this, but I think he didn't think too much of it…

I truly don't know what he thought. Perhaps I'll never find out since I'm dying or just died…

It also showed the aftermath of the disappearance of Akil. I even confronted Halzaham and he denied it with his usual carefree attitude and grin.

Finally, it showed me running away from this realm, and wandering the human realm for quite some time. Many were intrigued by my clothing, but somewhere down the line I found my way into the Greek Gods' realm, and everything from there seemed a little more bearable.

Even when Vera pursued me there, the years I spent there were almost magical compared to my time in my hometown. Since it felt so suffocating being near a murderer. The rabbit youkai of the Greek realm, the friends I made there…

Amalthea-sama… She was a frequent visitor or that little village. She listened to my worries, my troubles, and even to my past. Not only that, but she never tried to give advice, but just listened. That was enough for me. Even Artemis-sama and Demeter-sama would sometimes visit.

"I want to see them again…"

"Then why don't you do that?"

"Eh?"

After I said that, I heard a tiny child-like voice say that to me. I look up as I had been staring at the ground since the visions of my past stopped after showing me in the Greeks' realm.

In front of me was… The younger version of me…?

"W-What? How can you…? Am I hallucinating?"

"Did older me become a little bitch?"

"E-Excuse me?!"

"Excused, now tell me, are you?"

W-What the… Was I always this sassy as a kid?! I didn't think I had such a vulgar mouth too…! The younger version of me huffed and put her small hands on her hips and glared at me.

"Did we become strong? Did we fulfill our promise to ourselves? To become strong enough to protect not only ourselves but our friends and family too? Or did you become like Halzaham, and forget about it? It's cliché, right? But that's what you— What I promised myself all those years ago. So, did you fulfill it?"

"…"

"No. I didn't, I was weak. I am probably dying or just died right now."

"…Are you sure?"

?! W-What? The both of us turn to our left and saw… Jin…? H-Huh? How did he get here? Wait, where is 'here', where am I…?

"W-Wait, Jin? Where is this actually? The afterlife? The land of the dead, Duat?"

"You are dying, Kurousagi. But there is a chance to save you."

He explains what Halzaham had done, and what's happening to my body... So, I really was dying…

"So, I propose I make you a new body using my powers, and then transfer your soul and consciousness into it."

"H-Huh?! Y-You can do that?!"

"I revived the Heavenly dragons and gave them bodies. Do you really think this is beyond me?"

He says with a smirk. I mean if he says it like that then…

Smack! Kick!

"Why are you hesitating?!"

"Ow?! Why did you hit me?!"

My younger version kicked me on the side of my leg. That hurt you know!

"You want to live, don't you?! So stop hesitating and accept the deal! You get to live, and fulfill more things in life. I certainly wouldn't want to die now! Are you stupid?! Hey, Jin person, is the older me just stupid?!"

T-This little…

Jin laughed at what the younger version of me said, but shook his head in the end.

"No, she's quite smart, but she can be stubborn at times. Anyway, you won't be bound to me or anything, Kurousagi, but…"

He seemed hesitant to say the next part, but—

"We'll be like linked to you or something?"

The younger version of me asks, and surprised Jin.

"No, not really, but… You will be stronger than what you are. In a way, you'll have a body that's a mix of rabbit youkai and dragon. Like a—"

"Draconic rabbit?! Oh my gosh, do it! Do it!!!"

The younger version of me started to jump around excitedly. I guess she shows her age, huh?

"Yeah, that, and also… You'll probably be reborn as the next Rabbit Goddess."

""...""

""HUH?!""

He proceeds to explain to me how the real history of our race is since he added that Goddess Isis told him about it…

"T-The next Rabbit Goddess… W-Wait, aren't you actually making me into a—"

"Draconic Rabbit God? Yeah, I guess so. So, will you accept?"

"I…"

"She does."

"…Can you not decide things for me?"

"We're the same person."

"I am the older one!"

I sigh, I really want to hit my younger self… Is that child abuse…?

"I accept, Jin."

"Great."

He holds his hand out, waiting for me to grab a hold of it. I look at it, and back at my younger self, who looked annoyed at waiting. I really had an attitude problem when I was younger… How anyone tolerated me… That's a mystery in of itself.

I finally reached out and grabbed his hand... After that, everything started to turn white.

"See? If you just stopped hesitating and doubting yourself, you can achieve so much more. Now, go out there and beat up Halzaham."

Those were the last words I heard my younger version said to me. A giant grin spread across her face.

Jin Skyward

I already created the new body for Kurousagi, and only needed her to accept the proposal. Once that was done, the transfer began, and it was instantaneous… Now I don't want to leave her old body here, so I'll just… erase it.

I don't want the Khaos Brigade to get their hands on it, or someone else, and create copies of her, just like how they did with Issei's old body, and created clones of the [Boosted Gear].

Shing!

A large circular bubble encompassed Kurousagi's new body. It slowly got brighter and brighter until it exploded and out came—

"W-What?"

Kurousagi. She still looked the same, but when I used [Observe] on her, her race had become a [Draconic Rabbit God], and her current rank and potential had increased. She— Kurousagi had changed to become a Low-tier God-class, and her potential had changed from High-tier God-class to the peak of Dragon God-class.

"How about a rematch then?"

Kurousagi silently nods and she transformed, it wasn't like any form her race had seen before. Kurousagi's hair slowly turned white, and her eyes turned golden. I wasn't sure if it was because of Goddess Wenet or because of me, but she was bursting with divine aura.

I unfroze Halzaham as he got into a stance and prepared to fight Kurousagi again. With his weapons gone, he had to fight barehanded. Even if he did have them, I would have removed the blood that was on them.

"Well, I guess I might as well announce it. This is a birth of a new God. A new Rabbit Goddess."

"Quit fucking with me!"

Halzaham who was already in his [Hybrid God] form quickly dashed towards Kurousagi who was silently standing there.

Don!

"Agh?!"

Halzaham threw a punch toward Kurousagi who also met it with her own fist. When their fists collided, a large backdraft was created, however—

Spshhhhhh!! Crack!

Halzaham's hand spurted out large amounts of blood, and as well as his bones starting to break. He jumped back and recoiled in pain. He clutched his broken arm as he looked at Kurousagi in horror.

"That's the first time I've seen you with that look, Halzaham. Do I scare you?"

"Me? Scared? Don't be fucking delusional, Kuro…"

He clenched his broken fist and winced.

"That was just a lucky hit."

"…"

He dashed back towards Kurousagi who remained motionless, and starting throwing punches and kicks at her. However, Kurousagi parried and deflected them all with a finger hand. She had become blasé about the current situation.

Don! Don! Don!

After blocking a few more attacks from Halzaham, she hit him with three punches. One on the neck, one of his guts, and another on his crotch, once the hits finally registered— Halzaham was launched backwards as he lost consciousness.

He crashed to the ground with a loud thud, and Kurousagi summoned her spear and ignited it. She stared coldly at the down Halzaham.

"You hurt many people, and killed many. I must admit that you sound irredeemable, as I am the new Rabbit Goddess, I will personally execute you. Perish."

Kurousagi spun her flame-covered spear a few times around her hand before swing it down towards Halzaham who was crawling away in a desperate attempt to avoid the attack. In front of Kurousagi, the entire area lit up in flames, an enormous fire tornado erupted from the ground.

It consumed everything in front of us. It looked like the fiery depths of hell had come to the land of the living, the heat around us was quite high as the surroundings were slowly melting, the smell of burning flesh wasn't pleasant either.

However, from the fiery flames of the tornado. The screams of a young male rabbit could be heard. The screams were horrific sounding, it was as if he was pleading for his life through those screams.

But as quickly as the fire tornado appeared, it also vanished. The ground where Halzaham once stood had been turned into a fiery, gooey mess. He was gone, not even a single strange of hair, or a single bone of his remained.

"I guess… You set his heart ablaze, huh?"

Smack!

"…"

Kurousagi, as if on reflex smacked me with her free hand. Okay, that's my fault. I guess it wasn't time for a pun. Kurousagi undid her new form and put away her spear. She turns to me—

"Let's head back. Everyone else saw what had just happened."

"Sure thing."

Vera

"Ehhhhhhhhhh?!?!? Kuro became the new Rabbit Goddess?!?! I thought she was going to die for a second there?! But she suddenly came back to life and ehhh..."

I was so confused! One second, she was dying, the next she got up and had a new form and called herself the new Rabbit Goddess!? I stared at Goddess Isis for answers and she sighs.

"To think she would become the new Rabbit Goddess… No, she couldn't have done that on her own. Jin. We must question him."

R-Right, that's right! Jin was holding her as she was dying, and then bam! Some weird bubbling thing appeared over her and she had white hair all of a sudden! But I wasn't the only one freaking out! B-Because—

Boom! Boom!

When Halzaham snapped his fingers we heard some explosions outside our town, but Rossweisse and Raiko told us not to worry about it. Even Inaie also told us that… For the last few minutes, we had been hearing explosions outside of the town.

However, they gradually stopped, and only a sound of some kind of battle was heard around the north side of the town.

[Please don't mind the sounds, just wait for Jin to come back.]

I wasn't sure on what to think anymore… So many things were just happening and—

Boom!

Ah, they're back…

Jin Skyward

When Kurousagi and I got back to the town, all of the denizens were just staring at us. Most of them were still too shocked to give a proper reaction. Many of them were staring at Kurousagi, we started to walk towards where Isis and Vera were.

I was leading while Kurousagi walked beside me, but she was a little behind. I'm not sure what she was thinking. How does she see me now? Some kind of savior? Does she feel gratitude? Or are we still the same? As in, strangers or acquaintances.

When we reached the two, I felt Inaie finally finish off the last cryptid that she was fighting. I left it up to Rose, Raiko and Inaie in dealing with any backup that Halzaham had. I had assumed that he was in Khaos Brigade, and had those three ready for combat just in case.

"Yo. We're back, how were things on your end?"

"O-Our end? I mean we didn't really have to do anything, Jin…"

True, but I felt obligated to just ask, for formality's sake, you know? I nod.

"True. Anyway, what do you think, Isis?"

She was silently staring at me, and at Kurousagi. Who was squirming slightly, finally, Isis sighed and shook her head.

"I contacted Ra and Osiris, they'll be here shortly, however—"

Shing!

"Is it true?! Oh my me (God)! It really did happen! Haha, Kuro! Kuro! You did it, you became the new Rabbit Goddess! I was waiting for this day to happen!"

Ra almost seemed like an excited child walking around Kurousagi and poking at her. Kurousagi stood there awkwardly not too sure in how to react.

Shing!

Another circle appeared and out came an adult who had dark skin, green eyes and hair. He wore green and yellow kalsiris robe, belt sandals and multiple fancy ornaments and jewelries. He spots Ra and Osiris before walking towards us with a smile.

"Hmm? Oh, you finally made it, Osiris."

"Yes, although I did not think it was this urgent, but alas it is. To think a new Goddess would be born this soon… No, it's been many years, forgive me. Kurousagi was it? I, Osiris congratulate you."

He spoke in a formal and polite tone. He was carrying a staff and book... Wait, is that Game of Kings? The knockoff of Game of Thrones in this world… He looks around us and nods.

"Let us entertain the thought of moving to a more private space to continue this conversation."

The other two Gods look at each other and nod. Ra then turns to the rabbit youkai and addresses them.

"Hear my word, denizens of this land! It is I, the God of the Sun, Ra! We will address the current situation in the morning as we have much to discuss about! So, for the time being, please go and get some rest. Whatever you saw and learned tonight may have been a lot to take it, right?"

He started out sounding like a leader, but near the end he sounded a lot more casual. He smiled at them in the end, and without a word, everyone started to disperse. They must really like him, huh?

I glance at him, and Ra grins at me. What charismatic idiot. My companions also joined us during that small speech of Ra. Ra makes a small circular motion with his fingers, and everyone else steps closer to him. We do the same thing and he claps his hand and we were transported to a different place…

No, this was the palace in Nembesouk, the throne room.

"Phew! Now that we're here, let's talk a little?"

Ra says and turns hit attention back to Kurousagi. Osiris then addresses us.

"Middleman, no, Jin as well as Isis and Vera. Please tell us of any detail that Kurousagi may have missed if you don't mind. Please also include your own perspectives."

We agreed and Kurousagi started from the very start. From the incident, to her running away to the Greek Gods' realm, to asking me for help, and my reason for coming here. Well, they finally know the real reason I helped her, but it doesn't matter. I would have told them down the line.

After that, she told them of our plan while I added my own, the same with Isis. Kurousagi also told them of the confrontation and fight from her perspective. Vera and Isis did the same. In the end, they looked at me—

"What did you do?"

Isis asked and shrugged.

"Kurousagi was dying, and I had thought of removing whatever was slowly killing her body, but I decided why not give her an upgrade instead? An upgrade to be the new Goddess of her race. So, I did. No big deal."

Pinch ~

As I finish saying that, Rose had slunk to my side and pinched my cheek.

"Sho, yheah. Kuwousawgi ish dha new Wabbit Gyoddeshs, pwetty neat, wight?" (So, yeah. Kurousagi is the new Rabbit Goddess, pretty neat, right?)

They were a bit taken aback at me casually continuing one like nothing was wrong. Fufu, do not mistake it! For I, Jin am used to this! After a brief silence Ra begins laughing and slapping his sides.

"Oh, you're great. It's like some kind of comedy act. I'll assume she's part of your con— No, harem, right? You certainly have interesting tastes, Jin! A Valkyrie, a hybrid and a legendary hero figure of the Japanese Mythology. Very interesting indeed."

Ra says while eyeing me. Isis shook her head and sighed in frustration.

"That doesn't explain how you did it. Does that mean you can create new bodies? And also resurrect the dead? Transfer souls and consciousness to a new body? I have only been with you for a day, but the things I've seen you do… No normal human can do that."

I look at her strangely.

"Who said I was human?"

She goes to open her mouth but stops. She gives me a questioning look before closing her eyes and thinking about what I said. But this is true though, for most beings I've met, be it Gods, Goddesses, or whatever. They just assumed I'm a human. The only one to ask me out right was Azazel, and Sona…

I gave Azazel my answer, and of course, Sona knows since she was there in the Peace Conference. But they've been quite good since they've kept it a secret for me.

"Hmm. Then what are you? No, before that, who knows?"

Isis finally asks me, and they look at me curiously.

"Well, the Four Satans, the Four Great Seraphs, and some of the leaders of Grigori, probably."

Well, they know the half-truth. They know me as a hybrid of a dragon god and human. Not an Outer Dragon God, but that's beside the point. Isis looks at me with a 'go on' look, and I shrugged.

"Gotta get more friendship points from me to disclose that kind of information, Isis. Anyway, how are things going with preparations, Ra?"

"Mmm. I've informed many of the Gods and Goddesses here, and as well as trusted individuals. I will inform the rabbit town tomorrow along with the new Rabbit Goddess here. There are two more prominent area in our realm."

"Only two? I thought there would be more, seeing as how large other mythologies have been."

"Hmm. Well, we don't have too many other races or species here, the ones who live in that area just wanted to live by some oasis. So, you could say they are oasis-based towns? Anyway, Ash, the God of Oases usually governs the place. He's neutral toward you, but when he learns of your recent achievement…"

He may lean more to liking me. But he's probably informing me of this since it might be a potential area that Khaos Brigade may attack. So I'll go check it out and maybe put a barrier around it.

"Oh yes, even though I said it's one area, it's more like two separate towns. So yeah, and yes, it's as you suspect. One is for you, and the other is against you. They have been divided like that for many years. So—"

"Only go to one? I can't afford that. If Khaos Brigade decides to attack the other and if I didn't go there to inspect before the attack it can spell disaster for them. I'll still go."

Ra chuckles at me.

"I also suspected that, I cannot stop what you do, Jin. But please do be aware that they may be hostile and not so welcoming. Some may even try attacking you. Please don't hold it against them."

"I won't exactly blame them, but I will defend myself by putting them in some kind of sleeping magic if they do, though that may be just an extreme."

Ra nods and turns to Osiris.

"What will we do for your servant? Shall we hold a small tournament to find the next servant? On my end, it should be Vera but…"

"A-Ahahaha… I-I don't particularly want to…"

Vera awkwardly laughs and rubs the back of her head. Her eyes keep darting between Kurousagi and I for some reason. Ra laughs to this and nods.

"Then that means we need to have a small tournament for both. Do you want to watch it, Jin?"

"…As much as I would, I need to go to that other area in your realm. I just need a guide…"

I was curious about it, but I had to decline Ra's invitation and look at the two rabbit girls and Isis. Isis rolls her eyes while Vera was all for it.

"Hmm. I see, it's a shame but understandable. However, we must keep Kurousagi since she is the new Rabbit Goddess, so she will need to watch over the tournament. So, Isis and Vera can go with you instead."

"Cool beans. Then we should—"

"No need, Jin. You and your harem can stay in this palace. There is more than enough room. Rashida! Guide them to their chambers."

"Yes, Master Ra. Please follow me."

That was quite generous of him. The girls follow after Rashida but I don't. I stop and turn back to him.

"Seth is the God of Sand in the Egyptian Mythology, I also heard some rumors that he may not like me, or me visiting. Is he here? Or anywhere near where Ash or that area I'm going to tomorrow?"

Ra shakes his head.

"Fortunately for you, he is not here at the moment. He has been gone for around a week, actually. But it is true that he is not fond of the Heavenly Dragons or their wielders. His former territory, a large city in the desert was completely decimated by two of your seniors."

"…I see."

I start to walk away and follow the girls' aura—

"He was also powerless to stop it. That's why he's against you, Jin. I do not know if his heart can be swayed at this point, but you can try. The same with Ptah, however his former lover Sekhmet is neutral towards you."

He chuckles behind me.

"Perhaps you can quell the dying embers of love between them? Ah, I'm just speaking from nothing, forget about what I said, Jin."

I finally left the room and quickly found the room that they were staying in. Did they just put us all in one room…? Rashida left the room and bowed to me. I stop as she walks past me.

"Are you Ra's lover?"

"…I am nothing but a mere maid. Master Ra has his wife, Mistress Hathor."

"I see."

Rashida finally left and I also entered the room. Once I did, I saw Inaie bouncing on the stupidly large bed, larger than the one I had at home.

"They really put us all in one room, huh?"

Rose sighs and looks at me.

"You did not confirm or deny the question if Raiko-san and Inaie-san were in your harem earlier, Jin. That's perhaps why Ra-sama put us in one room."

"...…Point taken, that's my bad. Sorry about this, Raiko, and Inaie. I can always—"

"It's fine, Jin! Lavinia-san and Akeno always says it's comfortable sleeping with you, so I've been curious. So will you let me?"

Inaie interrupts me and asks rather quite innocently. I'm sure she's not naïve, but I agree in the end. I look over at Raiko and she also agrees to the arrangement, albeit a bit embarrassed.

"Well, let's rest up before we go check on that town Ra mentioned for tomorrow. When we get there, and if any of you find a magic circle of any kind, or traces of magic or energy, tell me straight away, okay? I'll say this again tomorrow."

I say that to them while removing my clothes.

"W-W-W-W-W-W-What are you doing?!"

"J-J-J-J-J-Jin?!"

Both Inaie and Raiko panic and I give them strange looks. Rose makes another heavy sigh and shakes her head.

"As he forgot to mention, he sleeps in his boxers or underwear. Please do not panic, Inaie-san, Raiko-san."

Rose said this while changing into her own erotic nightgown making the two of them blush at her choice. Rose gets on the bed and pats it; I chuckle and join her. I wait for the two others to get ready.

"Haa…"

"Huh?"

Rose gestures for me to take lay on her thighs and I do so, once I do, she puts her hand over my eyes.

"Ah, that's what you meant!"

As bad as this sounds, it's great not having Ddraig. He may have said something along the lines of: 'He uses his [Penetrate] ability from the [Boosted Gear] on his eyes to see through your clothing! He knows how you look without clothing already!'

I have never done that….

Cúntóir: Answer: ...…

'...'

'Cúntóir? Velgrynd? Why are you looking at Jin like that…?'

Yeah, I never did… I'll just ignore those three… Rose eventually sighs and takes her hand off my eyes and I turn to face her crotch.

"Jin. Wrong way…"

"No—"

Crack! Spin!

Rose not amused forcefully changed my direction and I heard a weird cracking sound. However, I was greeted by a Raiko in tight purple/violet lingerie, and an Inaie in cute pajamas, that were black and purple with a feather design.

Raiko's boobs are really sticking to her—

Slap ~

"You're ogling the both of them too much, Jin."

I remove her hands from my eyes and sit up. I move over to sit beside her, look at her, and smirk.

"You certainly are acting like we've been married a long time, Rose. Did Fia influence you?"

She looks at me while sporting a small blush, however, she didn't answer me. I chuckle at her and just lie down on my bed. Rose also lies down on my left side. Raiko to my right and…

"—Oof… Are you sure, Inaie?"

"Mmm. This is fine… Also, there's not a lot of space…"

Inaie had opted to use my chest and body as the bed and pillow. So, we went to sleep.

Ireland

Scathach

"Ddraig, is something the matter?"

Selene and I have been chatting for the past few hours, she's a woman with great conversational skills, charisma, and can speak about many different topics. However, around one hour ago, we saw Ddraig walking back and forth looking a bit irritated.

He stops to look at us.

[Uh, do you know where Halloween lives?]

"Halloween? Oh, do you mean Queen Halloween or Queen Maeve? She lives in her own realm, and governs her own people, why do you ask?"

[Apart from letting me help here, he also asked me to help or check on them. He said it was just a gut feeling.]

A gut feeling? Perhaps Jin and Cúntóir speak about it? I do know where it is…

"It's in Dublin, Ddraig. In a place called the 'Hellfire Club'. If you go to a certain part of the building, you will find the border between the human realm to Queen Maeve's realm. It's called Thine Ifreann Réimse, or Hellfire field. Though it looked normal and not a lot of fire."

Queen Halloween has always had a weird naming sense, though she shares that a bit with Jin…

[I see, I'll make my way there then. You two will be fine, right?]

"Yes, go ahead, Ddraig."

Selene answers for the both of us and he teleports away. I turn to look at her and she smiles.

"He will have a much more enjoyable time there; he loves to fight after all. If whatever Jin-sama and Cúntóir-sama sensed there, then it will be worthwhile for the [Welsh Dragon]. We have twenty other Shadow Knights here; it will be quite easy to defend."

I nod. She speaks the truth, with my current new power level, and add Selene with the twenty Shadow Knights… It will be a breeze, but—

"He will be fine. He is a Heavenly Dragon, the Dragon of Domination after all. He has also gone up in power, put some trust in him. If he does struggle, Jin-sama will be there. He won't let anything bad happen to the [Welsh Dragon]."

Selene has a degree of trust in Ddraig. Is it because they are fellow Dragons? Or is it because Jin considers both Ddraig and Albion his 'brothers?' Whatever the case may be…

I look at where Ddraig once stood and look back at Selene who smiled...… When will this begin? I am also feeling restless…

Shing!

""Hmm?""

A new teleportation circle appeared. I am familiar with this. A blonde-haired magician with a witch's attire appears from it.

"Lavinia, why have you come here?"

She smiles at my question.

"I wanted to help defend Jin's home country ~"

"We do not need your help, Lavinia-sama. Please go join Ddraig."

"Ddraig-chan? Where did he go?"

Selene explains what he had just discussed and she nods.

"Okay! I'll go meet him over there then!"

She waves to us before disappearing again… That woman… Even though Jin said to leave it to us, she just appeared… If what Jin said was true, then she may be facing a small portion of her past during this time.

Will she be okay?

"She is strong. Trust in her, Scathach."

"…I suppose you're right. Come, let us continue our previous topic."

Ddraig

I had arrived in Dublin and in a place called Phoenix Park. I was about to leave when I felt a teleportation circle appear nearby. I wasn't too alarmed once I recognized who it was, so I stood there waiting.

She comes out of the tree a little clumsily, spots me, and runs over to me. With my enchanted hearing, I could hear many people around us commenting on her beauty. What I didn't like was—

"Are they dating?"

"They look good together."

"Should we cuck him?"

Yeah, no. Partner would kill me one hundred times over. Not to mention that Lavinia Reni sees me like an older brother figure to Partner. I'm also not interested in her, like how Partner mentioned once before…

'Hey Ddraig. Did you and Albion have any mates in the past?'

'Maybe that Tiamat person?'

Velgrynd says casually making me shiver. I would rather turn gay than be with that psychotic dragon.

[Neither of us had one, Partner. We were mostly preoccupied with getting stronger before we met, and fighting anyone strong. After we met each other, well, you know the rest.]

'Hmm, then how about now?'

[It's not in our minds that much, Partner.]

'He'll probably wait until you go to other worlds, and then strike.'

[Shut up, Rudra! No, we won't!]

{I won't deny the possibility.}

[White one?!]

{Seeing Jin in so many relationships makes me sit down and reconsider. Perhaps I too will settle down one day. We have been revived after all.}

I was left speechless. I wasn't sure in what to think.

"Ddraig-chan?"

"Huh? Oh, sorry about that. We're going to that Hellfire Club or whatever, right? Let's go. I would rather not lose to Albion."

"Hehe ~ so competitive. Let's go ~"

Charging ahead of me, Lavinia Reni lightly jogged away.

"…Settling down, huh?"

I shake these thoughts away. I'll think about that another time, I have to focus on this first and foremost.

Nembesouk

Next day

Jin Skyward

"I first ate Egyptian food yesterday, and now I'm eating it for breakfast. It's quite tasty, Ra-sama, oh, um Master Ra?"

"Either works for me, Inaie!"

We were currently having breakfast and after this, we would be going to whatever the hell that area is called. Everyone in my group, plus Ra, Osiris, Isis, Vera, and Kurousagi was here too. They all decided to sleep here for the night.

"So, are you going to be doing the tournament right away?"

"Yes. After we tell them of the birth of a new Goddess, we will conduct the tournament straight away. After that, we'll assign them to both mine and Osiris's servants. Kuro has said last night that she doesn't want a servant and we will respect her decision as she is a fellow Goddess now."

"I see. Good luck, Kuro."

She seemed a little surprised. Did I call her that too soon? But in the end, she smiled and nodded... I guess not...… Hmm? This aura…

Slam!

"I'm back!! Hubby ~ ….Hmm? We have gue— Oh, the Middleman, Jin-chan! ~"

A new Goddess appeared from the door behind us. She walked past us and waved, she goes over to Ra and they share a quick kiss.

She had long pink hair, blue eyes, and brown skin. She wore a unique-looking wraparound gown and close-fitting sheaths. She also had many fancy, unique and colorful ornaments all over her head, neck, and hair.

"Welcome back, my beloved Hathor! How was your trip to the human realm?!"

"Wonderful!"

What an energetic couple… But that's Goddess Hathor, huh? The Goddess of love, beauty, music, dancing, fertility, and pleasure. Interesting, I wonder if Ra is married to anyone else?

"Did you have breakfast yet, my love?"

"I have not."

Clap ~ Clap ~

"Rashida!"

"I was prepared, Master Ra."

Rashida instantly appeared with another plate of food. Hathor seemed pleased and hugged Rashida making the maid blush at the contact. Hathor after hugging the maid sat down and began to eat her breakfast.

Ra started to tell her of what had recently transpired and that Kurousagi had become the newest Rabbit Goddess.

"My ~ I know you had it in you, Kuro ~ good job!"

"T-Thank you…"

She turns her attention to me next—

"Thank you for saving her, Jin."

"No problem, I like Kuro too, can't have her kicking the bucket yet."

Nudge ~ Nudge ~

"Do you hear that? He likes you ~"

That's not what I meant, woman…

Hathor gained a cheeky grin and started to nudge Kurousagi who was trying to eat her breakfast. Her ears were drooping and she blushed. But she ultimately decided to ignore the teasing, this was probably somewhat regular.

"Will you behave? Geez, who would even take you seriously as a Goddess."

Isis scolds Hathor and she just sticks her tongue out at her in response. Osiris stifles his laughter at their interaction.

...…That somehow feels like a punch in the gut, I feel like many would say that about me… Huh, now that I think about it. Kuro and I will have the same problems. She'll have to try to change her way of thinking that will fit a ruler or God. That should be a fairly interesting thing to watch.

"So, that's why Jin is going to Emzusai after breakfast."

Emzusai? Is that the name of the town? I look at Ra and he nods.

"I see. Good luck, Jin! You'll have a tough time at the west side of Emzusai since they hate you. The East is a little more welcoming though. Even though some of them suffered in the attacks. I guess you could say they are a lot more forgiving?"

Hathor says and Ra nods.

"But once the rest of the realm finds out you are here, and as well as how you helped the Rabbit town, then it may sway more opinions of you."

Hathor adds a bunch of 'that's right' after Ra said that, the other two didn't say anything but just kept on eating. I haven't met many, although I had spent most of it in the Rabbit town, and I didn't really go there to explore, so I had a limited amount of exposure to it since I was already doing a job.

Maybe I'll get a more accurate representation once I go to the west side of Emzusai since there are a lot of them there, haters I mean. If they wish to hate and harm someone, they can put it all on me, but they better not extend that to the ones accompanying me.

But maybe Isis' presence might stop some of it. I wasn't sure yet, but we'll see when we go there.

We were by the entrance hallway of the palace. We finished eating breakfast not too long ago, and everyone was ready to depart. Hathor was going to accompany Ra, Osiris, and Kuro.

"I will leave it to you then, Vera. Get them there safely."

"Yes, of course, Master Ra!"

Ra and his group left first and we were the ones left in the hallway. Vera turns to us with a large smile on her face.

"Okay! Let's get going then, but first! We have to go outside…"

So, she leads us out into the walkway again and turns right. We follow where she was looking and she seemed to be looking at a certain building that's being elevated to a higher altitude.

"We go there to teleport to Emzusai!"

Huh, I thought all we had to do was teleport there ourselves…

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