บท 14: Ghislaine Dedoldia / Eris Boreas
Family house Rozzo, in the family living room.
Elinalise, dressed in her short pants and a small blouse, descended the stairs with a bottle of Coca-Cola.
"I really don't know where I got this from Kami-Sama, but it's the best thing I've ever had," Elinalise looked at the Coca-Cola bottle with affectionate eyes.
Two years ago, her God created something called a refrigerator, which seems to keep things cold, she didn't understand how it works, but in her opinion, it's amazing.
Most of all, because inside it, dozens of Coca-Cola cans are kept completely cold.
Walking towards the kitchen, next to the dishwasher a large white and black metal box was majestically placed.
Elinalise, who saw the large metal box, nodded in satisfaction. This box not only stores Coca-Cola, but also meat, chicken, and other frozen foods.
Throwing the Coca-Cola can in the trash, Elinalise walked to the fridge to get her favorite invention made by her God, opening the so-called freezer, Elinalise carefully took out a small plastic box and leaving the precious item on the counter, she prepared to open it.
"The divine invention, ICE CREAM," Elinalise opened the lid and a frozen liquid of colors appeared in front of her.
Without wasting much time, she took a spoon and then walked to her room, ready to continue reading another of her God's inventions, Comics.
However, before she could go up to her room, she saw her God in the living room wearing strange clothes.
He had a straw hat covering his head, wore a white and gray Haori, a long katana hung from his left side, and a bottle of sake hung from his right side.
Sitting with his legs crossed and with a piece of wheat in his mouth.
Elinalise was stunned by the sight. "Kami-Sama, what on earth are you doing, why are you dressed like a samurai?"
If it were before, she wouldn't know what a samurai is, but after reading hundreds of light novels, she is clear about samurai culture.
Kaylon lowered his head, his hat hiding his face, then carefully, uncovering the sake bottle, he took a sip.
"The moonlight reflects on my sword, tonight I will let the moon wash away my sins, because today all will be cut under my sword," Kaylon solemnly pronounced the phrase.
"It's daytime..." Elinalise said, then feeling immediately uncomfortable, she shouted, "RIVERIA-CHAN, KAMI-SAMA HAS FINALLY GONE MAD!"
The shout echoed throughout the house, causing the door where Riveria resides to open, and a confused Riveria came out, then quickly descended the stairs.
"What's with the yelling!?" Riveria, who came down to the living room, asked Elinalise confused.
"Look!" Elinalise pointed to Kaylon.
After turning and seeing her God, she remained silent for a while.
"Is it old age, Kami-sama? It seems like the hundreds of millions of years you've lived have started to affect you!" Riveria looked at her God with pity.
"Oh, I see, menopause and those old people things, it's a shame, do we need to hire someone to take care of him?" Elinalise also looked pitifully at her God and made a suggestion.
Kaylon's face under the straw hat was already as dark as the bottom of a pot.
"Shut up, idiots, in case you didn't know, one of you has lived for more than 8 decades and the other for more than two centuries!" Kaylon replied angrily.
The previously mocking faces of Riveria and Elinalise changed instantly, as if they had eaten the sourest lemon, their faces were almost distorted.
Their auras immediately changed, becoming extremely heavy, and a murderous intent radiated in the air.
"This samurai has to find his path of the sword, so I'm out of here!" Kaylon, seeing that the situation was bad, broke the window at enormous speed and escaped.
"Riveria-chan..."
"Don't worry, he'll have to come back."
"Oh, of course, kekeke"
"We'll fix it then, Fufufufu"
...
"Are you guys ready?? Damn it, we'll just teleport, invite Ghislaine, and I'll take Eris as my disciple, and we'll be off, if everything goes well, it shouldn't take more than an hour, why the hell does it take 2 hours to dress up?" Kaylon, who had been waiting for two hours outside, complained.
"Hmph, we have to make a good impression, as the captain of the family, it's important to look good, by the way, are you really not going to take off that ridiculous outfit?" Riveria looked at her God's samurai attire with impatience.
"What do you mean ridiculous, Riveria, if you want to pass as a master swordsman, then you have to look like one," Kaylon replied indignantly.
"Kami-Sama, Eris practices Western swordsmanship, not Eastern swordsmanship, so I don't think your costume will do" Elinalise, the culture woman, shouted from the side.
"What!? " Kaylon, who remembered that Eris doesn't use katanas, but rather a long dagger and European-style swords, was dumbfounded. (If you want Eris's new sword to be a katana, leave your preference here, if you want her to keep her original weapons, leave it here as well)
Kaylon, who had gotten into character for nothing, didn't give up, snapping his fingers, his clothing changed to a light golden knight's armor with black trim, and his sword also changed to a Western knight's sword.
"For Camelot, for King Arthur!" Kaylon changed his character again, now becoming a knight in shining armor.
Raising his sword high, he will now be a knight of the round table.
"It can't be..." Riveria took her forehead with importance.
"I!, I!, Kami-sama, please put me in Scáthach's clothes," Elinalise pleaded.
"No, you can't, it doesn't go with my armor," Kaylon refused, aesthetics above all else.
"Hmph, Kami-sama, how dare you insult my Scáthach, if someday we go to Fate, I'll tell her you insulted her clothes, let's see how you deal with that," Elinalise, an Otaku fanatic, threatened her God.
"You know I'm a primordial, right? I can erase Scáthach with a snap?" Kaylon felt his majesty was insulted, if you're going to threaten him, then at least do it with something of his own level.
"E-eh, thinking about it, I don't think Scáthach-sama would care," Elinalise imagined Scáthach launching an attack, and then being erased, and shook her head.
'Scáthach-sama, it's not that I'm not loyal to you, it's just that the enemy is too strong,' Elinalise collapsed on the floor defeated.
Kaylon, who saw the scene, wondered if he should take back the manga he gave her.
"I'm ready, let's go!" Riveria, who finally finished dressing, announced.
"Uhh, it's about time," Kaylon said with a sigh of relief.
"All right, let's go!" Kaylon said and opened the portal to the nearest location of Ghislaine and Eris.
"All right, it's time for our fourth member," Riveria prepared to add one more member.
"Heh, don't worry, Captain, Ghislaine will surely charm you, she's an adorable fool," Elinalise gave her approval.
"Um, Ghislaine may be as foolish as a donkey, but she's a warrior you can trust with your back," Talhand also supported.
"By the way, Kami-sama, how will you convince Ghislaine to join us, and Eris to become your disciple?" Riveria asked curiously.
"By giving them a beating," Kaylon responded naturally.
"Oh, I see. Wait, WHAT!?" Riveria looked horrified at her God.
"What? Both Eris and Ghislaine are warriors, unless you have a bigger fist than they do, they won't listen to you. Well, Ghislaine is a bit more patient, but ultimately she's still a warrior," Kaylon knows the type of people Ghislaine and Eris are.
In his opinion, the easiest way for Ghislaine to join his family and for Eris to take him as a master is by showing his strength.
"Um, I think that's the best way too," Talhand agreed with his God's decision.
"Well, I guess it's the easiest way..." Elinalise scratched her head feeling somewhat guilty for suggesting her friend be beaten. "Don't be too hard on them, Kami-sama," Elinalise persuaded.
"Oh, don't worry, I won't hurt them gravely or permanently," Kaylon assured.
"What a bunch of savages..." Riveria viewed this with a stunned expression. She wanted to refuse, but seeing that everyone else accepted, she kept quiet.
"All right, it's time," Kaylon walked toward the portal, feeling Talhand, Elinalise, and Riveria.
...
Third-person POV
Walking along a mountain, two figures could be seen, a semi-human woman with tan skin, dressed in revealing attire, and next to her, a young girl of about 14-15 years old with wild red hair, both carrying swords at their sides.
"Are you sure about this, Eris?" Ghislaine asked Eris for the third time.
Eris Boreat remained silent for a moment, then with a determined look, she looked at Ghislaine and said, "Ghislaine, do you know what it feels like to have the man you love stabbed through the chest in front of you, and not being able to do anything but watch and plead?" Eris clenched her fists tightly and spoke with a hoarse voice.
Ghislaine remained silent and didn't respond.
"At that moment, I realized how weak I am. Unlike Rudeus, who at least managed to harm that being, I could only crawl on the floor and beg for help from the people who hurt Rudeus," Eris took a deep breath, trying to calm herself.
Raising her fist and clenching it tightly, a small gust of air came out of her fist.
"That's why I promised myself that I would become strong, strong enough to punch that damned God's face," Eris gritted her teeth and spoke with conviction.
Ghislaine saw the determined aura of her young apprentice and smiled.
"Then I'll help you. We'll go to my master, he'll train you," Ghislaine told her apprentice. Her strength is insufficient to guide someone who wants to reach one of the strongest people in the world.
"Thank you, Ghislaine," Eris sincerely thanked.
Ghislaine only nodded.
Walking for about 20 more minutes, suddenly Ghislaine stopped walking abruptly.
"Uh, Ghislaine, what's wrong?" Eris, who crashed into Ghislaine's back, asked.
"Eris, stay silent, and don't speak unnecessarily. The person ahead of you is a God-level power," Ghislaine spoke in a serious tone.
"Eh, God-level power, what are you talking about, Ghislaine!?" Eris asked confusedly, then looking ahead, she froze.
On a cliff of the mountain, at the corner of the mountain, a man in golden armor, with golden hair and golden eyes, was standing, facing the sun.
He emitted a sacred and powerful aura.
"Who is that, Ghislaine? Is he really a God-level power?" Although the man's aura was sacred and noble, she didn't feel any powerful aura from him.
Ghislaine remained silent and continued to look at the man.
"It's been a while, hasn't it, Ghislaine?" The man spoke with his back turned.
"Yes... Several years already," Ghislaine responded cautiously.
"At that time, I told you we would meet again, remember?" The man continued speaking with his back turned.
"Yes, I remember. I wonder what you want from me?" Ghislaine asked.
The man fell silent for a moment, then his body turned, and he set his eyes on Ghislaine and Eris.
Ghislaine, who was preparing in case the man made a move, upon meeting the man's eyes, her whole body froze under the immense pressure, not letting her move a single muscle.
Eris, who had been listening to the conversation with curiosity, upon seeing the man turn around, looked at him, then immediately a huge aura descended upon her body, freezing every part of her body, her body couldn't withstand the pressure and she fell to her knees.
Horror appeared in Eris's eyes as she tried to resist the pressure with her touki. 'This pressure is as strong as that of that being, the Dragon God Osterd.'
Ghislaine, who was receiving most of the pressure, upon seeing Eris's state, got angry, using all the touki in her body she managed to stand up, then taking her sword, she rushed towards the man.
"Heh, resisting a small part of my aura, and also counterattacking, as expected of you, Ghislaine," Kaylon released a soft laugh, then drawing the sword from his side, he easily blocked Ghislaine's strike.
Ghislaine, who was blocked, didn't flinch, and continued attacking faster each time.
Kaylon continued easily blocking the attacks, then suddenly in an opening left by Ghislaine's attack, he delivered a strong punch to her side with his left arm.
~CRACK~ ~CRACK~
Two sounds of breaking came from Ghislaine's ribs.
~GAHH~
Spitting out a mouthful of blood, Ghislaine flew a few meters and then fell to the hard ground.
Kaylon, seeing this, didn't take advantage to attack but instead let Ghislaine recover.
After a few deep breaths, Ghislaine used her Touki to cover her wounds.
Lifting her eye patch to expose her demonic eye, Ghislaine tried to see Kaylon's mana flow to find any weakness.
'What is that energy!?' Ghislaine was amazed to not see mana but a much stronger and denser energy practically pouring out from the man.
Frowning, Ghislaine had to close her already bleeding eye.
"What you just saw is my divine energy. We gods don't use mana; instead, we use the energy you saw. I suggest you not look at it with your eyes again or they might break," Kaylon advised.
Ghislaine couldn't help but feel somber; she couldn't break his defense, predict his attacks, or see his mana flow. No matter how she looked at it, she couldn't find a way to win, or at least escape.
Suddenly, before Kaylon and Ghislaine could continue their second round, a shout caught both of their attention.
"STOP!! Leave Ghislaine alone, I'm not willing to! I won't lose anyone else. I'll become strong like I promised Rudeus!" Eris, who was previously kneeling unable to move, was now doing everything she could to get up.
Clawing at her legs and biting her lips until they bled, Eris used every ounce of her strength to stand up, managing to grab her sword.
Then, with red eyes, she looked at Kaylon and said, "This time, I won't just lie there. If I'm going to die, I'll die fighting!"
Seeing the scene, Kaylon's face broke into a broad smile.
"Hahaha, Eris Boreat, you're a woman with an iron will. You have my sincere admiration," Kaylon laughed heartily.
"Before, I only thought of giving you some guidance on the path of the sword, but now that I see, it seems I underestimated you, brat. I recognize you. If after you wake up you wish to be my disciple, I'll accept you." Kaylon said firmly, then with a snap of his fingers, Eris fainted.
Ghislaine, seeing the scene, became extremely nervous and ran to Eris.
"Relax, Ghislaine. If I truly wanted to kill them, they would have been dead long ago."
Ghislaine, after checking that Eris was okay, breathed a sigh of relief, then turned to Kaylon and asked.
"What do you want from us?"
"I'll tell you on the way. There are people downstairs who will clarify your doubts," Kaylon pointed and walked down the mountain.
Ghislaine carefully picked up Eris and followed Kaylon.
...
In a dark room, a girl of about 15 years old could be seen lying on a bed.
Suddenly, the previously sleeping girl woke up.
"Ghislaine!" shouting upon waking, Eris breathed heavily and looked around in panic, then recognizing the place, she tried to get up and run.
However, before she could get up, the door opened.
Cautiously looking for her sword and not finding it, Eris grabbed the nearest thing she could find, a metal cup.
Seeing the shadow enter, Eris struck it with all her might.
~BAM~
A direct blow to the head, but despite the blow, the shadow didn't move.
After the light revealed the person who entered, Eris suddenly smiled.
"Ghislaine!" Eris hugged Ghislaine tightly.
Ghislaine received the hug and patted her on the head.
"Ghislaine, are you okay!? What happened with the man, did he leave? Or did you escape?" Eris bombarded Ghislaine with questions.
"We're okay now, calm down. The person we encountered had no hostility towards us; I met him several years ago, and he was looking for me for something," Ghislaine explained to Eris.
"I see... But why did you attack him then?" Eris asked confused.
"Well, his pressure scared me... And you were in trouble too, so I attacked without thinking twice," Ghislaine scratched her head, now thinking that her decision was really stupid.
"By the way, Ghislaine, what about that tattoo on your back?" Eris asked about the symbol of the tattoo on Ghislaine's back. (I still don't know what symbol to use, like the family tattoo, if you have suggestions, you can make them)
"Oh, well, about that... The truth is, that man made me a proposal I couldn't refuse, so I accepted it, and now I'm part of his family," Ghislaine scratched her head, nervous about Eris's response. However, after Elinalise and Talhand explained the advantages of the Falna and how a family works, she couldn't refuse.
"What!? Ghislaine, did you become that man's wife?!" Eris asked horrified.
"Eh? No, you're mistaken. It's a family, you see, let me explain..." Ghislaine told Eris what she meant by Family.
"Is there really something so good? Are you sure you weren't deceived, Ghislaine?" Eris asked suspiciously.
"No, two old friends have already joined, so it shouldn't be a lie. Besides, when I received the Falna, I truly felt the improvement in me," when her new God gave her the Falna, she truly felt her previous bottleneck break, now her strength could grow again.
Thinking about this, an excited smile appeared on her face; she had reached the limit of her potential a long time ago, but thanks to her God, she could continue to grow stronger.
"Oh... Then will you leave me, Ghislaine?" Eris tried to sound calm, but her voice broke; her family died, and now all she has left in this world is Rudeus and Ghislaine.
"What? No... My God said I didn't have to stay here. If you want, I can go with you for a while, so if you want, I'll take you to my master... However, Eris, do you remember my God's last words before you passed out?" Ghislaine reminded Eris.
"The last words?" Eris tried to remember.
"I remembered, he said that if I wanted, he would accept me as his disciple. Ghislaine, do you want me to take him as my master?" Eris asked, taking Kaylon as a master, the man who hit Ghislaine and made her embarrassed, doesn't excite her much.
"Well, if you want to defeat that being in the future, you have to find a strong master, and my Kami-sama is stronger than my master, but well, in the end, it depends on your decision," Ghislaine had to say that Kaylon is stronger than her master; before, she doubted it, but after their "fight," she confirmed it.
"And do I have to join his family for him to take me as a disciple?" Honestly, she doesn't hate the idea; after all, being in the same family as Ghislaine would be nice, but she'll have to return to Rudeus in the future, so she can't tie herself to the family because she doesn't know if Rudeus will join in the future.
"My Kami-sama said that if you want to be an official disciple, you have to join, but if you don't, you can be a disciple in name only," Ghislaine told her God's words.
"I see Ghislaine, then I'll accept it, if I can become stronger, then I'll become his disciple," Eris said, as long as she can become stronger to not be a burden to Rudeus, it will be enough.
"Alright then, let's go talk to Kami-sama."
...
Exiting the room with Ghislaine, Eris found herself in a luxurious yet cozy house.
"Now my Kami-sama is in the courtyard, let's go," Ghislaine walked ahead.
"Uh, you know Ghislaine, I'm not used to you saying 'My Kami-sama,' it always feels weird," Eris said uncomfortably.
"Is that so? However, I accepted joining the family and I'm receiving the benefits, and the one who gave me all that is my Kami-sama, so it's correct to call him that because he's the God of our family," Ghislaine is a loyal woman, once she gives her word, she will fulfill it to the end, and although she has just joined, she has already accepted her new identity.
"Tsk, that guy is lucky to take a treasure like you, Ghislaine," Eris naturally knows Ghislaine well and knows what kind of person she is, so she is clear that Ghislaine's loyalty is now with this family.
Walking through the long corridors of the family, Eris saw a painting in the main hallway.
In the painting, the man who will soon be her master has his arm around the shoulder of a beautiful elven woman; on the other side of the elf, another elf is bending her hip forward and making a V sign with her fingers; on the other side of her future teacher is a dwarf, with his arms crossed.
Eris saw the big and sincere smiles on their faces, and she thought that this should be a happy family. "I guess you'll be in the painting soon, Ghislaine," Eris said with some envy.
Ghislaine looked where Eris pointed, and seeing her friends so happy, a smile appeared on her normally stoic face.
Responding to Eris, Ghislaine said, "I'm not sure if I'll be allowed to be in the photo, Eris."
Before Eris could reassure Ghislaine that she would surely be, a soft voice sounded behind them.
"Of course you'll be in the photo; that's the family portrait, all family members will be in it, as a new member, of course you'll be in it soon," Riveria, who had appeared behind them at some point, said.
"Captain," Ghislaine, who saw Riveria immediately, made a slight bow.
"Sighh... I suppose trust is earned over time," Riveria frowned at seeing the polite Ghislaine, but thinking that she had just joined the family, she said nothing.
"I suppose you must be Eris, maybe you didn't see me, but I was not far from the scene of your encounter, and I saw the whole scene, and let me tell you that you are a strong girl, Eris," Riveria smiled and congratulated Eris.
"I'm not strong, I'm weak, and if I could stand up to his pressure, in the end with a snap of his fingers, I was at his mercy," Eris replied angrily.
Riveria shook her head gently, "strength is not just about the power you possess, being truly strong means much more, but I suppose you'll learn that little by little with my Kami-sama," Riveria didn't want to persuade further; until Eris goes through training with Kami-sama, she won't realize what true strength is.
"Let's go, my Kami-sama is waiting for you in the courtyard," Riveria guided Ghislaine and Eris.
After walking a few more hallways, they finally reached the courtyard; there in the middle of the courtyard, Kaylon without his cosplay and in his normal robe was sitting on a chair waiting.
Beside him was Elinalise, with a manga in her hand and an ice cream cone in the other.
After they both entered, they noticed them; Kaylon raised his eyebrows, and Elinalise put the manga on the table, but continued eating ice cream.
"Oh, the sleeping beauty has awakened, for a moment I thought I would have to pour water on you," Kaylon said with a wicked smile.
"Hmph, if you hadn't knocked me out, I wouldn't have had to sleep for so long," Eris replied with a dissatisfied snort.
"Haha, if I hadn't knocked you out, you would have cried," Kaylon laughed, remembering Eris's eyes that seemed about to start crying at any moment.
"WHAT!? I wasn't going to cry, not at all, you're saying nonsense," Eris blushed and yelled.
"Hehe, sure, whatever; leaving jokes aside, will you accept to be my disciple?" Kaylon asked with some expectations; he likes Eris's unbreakable will.
"You? Will you make me strong?" Eris asked nervously.
"Strong, in every sense," Kaylon assured.
"Then, I accept to be your disciple!" Eris said, then knelt down and bowed; this is the noble etiquette when accepting a master.
"Alright then, get ready, because what awaits you is hell," Kaylon narrowed his black and gold eyes, and said with a serious face.
"I'm willing to die, as long as I become strong," Eris replied with conviction.
"Then let's begin!"
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Well, that's it for today's chapter.
Today I was supposed to upload two chapters, but I found it difficult to plot the next chapter, so I had to use the chapter I had planned for yesterday afternoon, today.
However, don't worry, I haven't forgotten that I owe you an extra chapter, and I'll pay it during this week.
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