บท 3: Future planning

Somewhere in Avalon place in Earth core.

The inner sea of planet.

{Elder Goddess Gaia (Mother Earth) POV }

Gaea was one of the Elder Gods born from the Demiurge circa four billion years ago. She is one of the strongest Elder Gods who didn't turn into a demon and stopped other Elder Gods with her children. She is Earth itself. She saw everything that happened on Earth.

She loves humanity and every living being on Earth as her children. She saw the destruction of every civilization. She didn't stop or save humans because she believed humanity should face everything and create a new path for themselves. She is a parent who wanted her children to stand on their own instead of relying on her.

In the past, when her brothers became evil creatures and started to harm Earth's organic life forms, Gaia summoned Demiurge and used his power to create a new god, her first son, the sun-god Atum, who killed every elder evil god creature. But her brothers, Set and Chthon, escaped and started to create their plans.

Now, the era of gods is over, but the fear of her brothers still haunts her. She knows one day they will come to kill or consume her.

She is not as strong as before, but she thought to summon again a creature strong enough to kill the Elder Gods. However, she knows that with her current power, she can't summon a strong creature.

"Whatever, I can't live in fear. Let's give it a try," Gaia said and started to summon again a warrior who could kill the Elder Gods.

Then she summoned a creature from the darkness beyond creation. She was surprised to see a creature who could kill Elder Gods and have positive energy roaming in the darkness. She thought she was lucky and summoned it to Earth.

Then she saw a kid with black hair and blue eyes. She was surprised at how weak he appeared. She thought she had failed in summoning but decided to analyze Ritsuka Fujimaru's soul.

Seeing Ritsuka Fujimaru's soul, Gaia, the elder goddess, was terrified.

"He is a monster," she said.

Ritsuka Fujimaru's soul was tainted with darkness and blood. His soul had properties of destruction and god-killing. Ritsuka Fujimaru started killing gods, demons, evil spirits, etc., to the point his soul itself became a weapon to destroy enemies.

Gaia panicked upon seeing Ritsuka and thought she had summoned her destruction but was surprised to see Ritsuka Fujimaru was not evil and saved Tony and Yinsen. She observed him and heard his story while he talked with Tony and Yinsen.

Then she saw his soul was very pure and noble.

"A soul tainted with darkness and blood but also pure and noble. How?" she asked herself. And he himself couldn't use his soul power.

If Ritsuka turned evil, he could destroy the world and all creation in this universe.

But seeing Ritsuka and understanding him somewhat, she could tell he wouldn't become evil.

So she gave Ritsuka permission to use her energy and summon his servants to check their attitudes.

After analyzing the circle Ritsuka had drawn to summon servants, she gave permission and energy to summon a servant with flesh and blood like humans. Then he summoned Morgan of another world's incarnated body to this world and was surprised to learn Ritsuka and Morgan were married.

But now she needed to think about the future. If Ritsuka's soul was taken over by evil beings, he could destroy the world.

The only choice was to kill him. But she didn't want to do it.

"Uatu, can you hear me? I want to talk with you. I know you're watching everything," Gaia said.

And Uatu the Watcher appeared in front of her.

"What do you want to talk about, goddess Gaia?"

"You already know it. Tell me, this child Ritsuka, can I trust that he will never become evil in the future?" she said.

"It's against our moral code to help, but I can tell you that Ritsuka Fujimaru never becomes evil in all timelines. You can trust him, and he is the last defense for humanity," he said and left rudely, but Gaia didn't mind.

"Okay, I've decided. I will make him my priest. If he dies one day, he will come to Avalon," she said. She knew that if angels, Mephisto, or other dimensional entities got his soul, it would be a problem, so by making him her priest, his soul would come to Avalon to rest like King Arthur, she thought.

Then she gave him the title and changed his future on a cosmic level.

(Lol! Marvel Goddess Gaia is a good mother-type character and always tries to save humanity because she loves humanity, but Fate Gaia didn't even care about humanity and would erase their timelines if humanity died.)

***

Next day, at 4 a.m., Ritsuka Fujimaru began having nightmares. He cried in his sleep, tears streaming down his face. Morgan, who watched over him constantly, saw this and grew worried.

"(Sob) ... (Pant) ..Patxi ...(Sob) ... (Pant) Asha ...(Sob) ... (Pant) ... Gerda..."

He appeared to be in agony. Seeing this, Morgan used her magic to wake Ritsuka gently, wiping away his tears.

He woke up and saw Morgan looking at him with a concerned expression.

"Morgan, what happened? Are you okay?" Ritsuka asked her.

"You are... No, it's nothing. Go and freshen up, my husband. You slept like a baby," Morgan said, avoiding the topic of his nightmares.

"Okay," Ritsuka replied, heading to the bathroom. As he undressed, he noticed his body had changed, Then he saw his little brother after removing dress in bathroom and surprised because his little brother is bigger than in his past life. He had other things to deal with, so he quickly got ready, donning a white shirt and black pants.

He saw Morgan gazing at the ocean from the window. When she noticed him, she walked over to the bed.

Morgan, in her elegant office outfit, looked stunning. She made the dress beautiful just by wearing it.

Ritsuka sat on the bed. Suddenly, Morgan sat on his lap, wrapping her arms around his neck.

"Morgan," Ritsuka said, surprised. He knew she always tried to be the best wife, but this felt like too much.

"My husband, what's wrong? We need to talk about our situation," she said, avoiding his eyes. Morgan was easing his stress with her love, knowing Ritsuka dreamed of a happy, normal family with a loving wife.

Both of them blushed, and Ritsuka felt a stirring reaction from his little brother but controlled himself.

'This is too much,' he thought, but he cleared his mind and maintained control.

Morgan admired how Ritsuka could restrain himself even in front of the Goddess of Love he controlled himself.

Ritsuka began explaining how he had appeared in front of Tony and Yinsen, saved them, and escaped. He also mentioned not feeling drained while summoning. He explained the history of this world to her but withheld information about his past life. He also explained about Tony and Yinsen.

"I see. This world is more dangerous than ours. Even after the Age of Gods, it still contains magic and Mystic powers," Morgan said.

"And my husband, did you notice the change in your body? Check your mana level," Morgan urged.

Ritsuka checked his magic power and was shocked. Despite collapsing from summoning a servant yesterday, he now had a large amount of magic power and could naturally draw from the world around him.

"How?" he wondered.

"Because you became a priest for Goddess Gaia of this world. I saw the essence of the world with my 'Fairy Eyes' and understood Gaia's message. This world itself summoned you and acknowledged you as Gaia's priest. This world's Gaia is kinder than ours," she explained.

"I see. But I thought only True Ancestors like Senpai Yu or Archetype could draw mana from the world," Ritsuka said, recalling his senpai and girlfriend.

"The title of 'Priest of Gaia' have great value and advance like True Ancestor. Our world's Gaia never gave such a title or acknowledged your efforts to save the world," she said, disliking their past world.

Ritsuka understood. Now, he could use unlimited magic power from the world itself. He had always wanted to become strong and now had the means to do so.

Realizing Gaia was responsible for his power-up, he thanked her. "Thank you, Miss Goddess Gaia. I will do my best to protect this world."

"My husband, this world's Gaia has the powers of both Alya and Gaia like in our world. She also did something to my body," Morgan said shyly.

"What happened, Morgan?" he asked, concerned.

"I got an incarnated body. Gaia permitted this, meaning I can bear your children and give birth like a human. We can have a family," Morgan said, her face reddening.

Hearing this, Ritsuka blushed as well.

"Okay, Morgan. Once we settle down, we can marry again in this world and have children," Ritsuka said, dreaming of a family but knowing he needed to become a strong, good father first.

In his previous world, he never had time to think about family due to the constant dangers.

"Then let's build a big castle, my husband," Morgan said, stopping as their faces drew close. They kissed, breaking apart after a few seconds, both blushing heavily.

But then again, he realized that all the servants he would summon in the future would also have incarnated bodies like Morgan. This could become a problem. However, Morgan reassured him that he could still give command orders and control there actions, as he had the authority of a priest of Gaia.

"I think we should meet Tony and Yinsen," Ritsuka said, standing up.

He held Morgan's hand as they started to move. Morgan smiled, happy with her husband and their new life.

'I think I'm happy, and this time I won't lose my precious things. I'll become stronger and protect everything that's mine,' Morgan thought, determined to safeguard her newfound happiness. She always feared that when she found her happiness she always lose it but this time she was determined to save it.

Ritsuka, meanwhile, decided To let Tony start the age of super heroes. So he won't interfere with his destiny or stop Obadiah. But he try his best to protect him from Obadiah if he goes too far.

"My husband, I forgot to mention something important. I can sense Excalibur in this world. It might belong this world," Morgan said, dropping a bombshell.

"What?"

***

They went to Tony's place and introduced Morgan to Pepper Potts. Tony and Pepper then left Yinsen, Ritsuka, and Morgan at home to attend to some work.

Tony met with Rhodes to discuss a project, but Rhodes refused and advised Tony to take some time to clear his mind. Tony was frustrated, suspecting someone was spreading rumors about his mental state, which could become a problem. Trusting his own company was becoming difficult.

Later, when Tony returned home, he found Yinsen, Ritsuka, and Morgan waiting for him.

"What's up? I'm mentally okay. No need to worry about me," Tony said.

"It's not about that, Tony. Ritsuka and his wife want to talk about something important. I bet you'll be surprised to see real magic," Yinsen said before leaving.

Tony was puzzled by Yinsen's words.

"Tony, both Morgan and I have decided to buy all the stocks in your company. Also, we need Jarvis to create fake documents of our identities from the black market," Ritsuka said.

"How are you going to—" Tony began, but was cut off when Morgan created a huge boulder of pure gold. Tony, shocked, touched it.

"Jarvis, analyze it. Is this real?" Tony asked.

"It is 100% pure gold, sir. While producing 100% pure gold is typically impossible, Mrs. Morgan's creation is genuine. However, I must inform Mrs. Morgan not to create 100% pure gold for obvious reasons. 999.99% gold is sufficient," Jarvis reported.

Tony laughed in amazement. Magic truly was on another level. He wondered how the world would react to such pure gold.

"Okay, but why do you want to buy my company stocks, which are currently losing value?" Tony asked.

"Well, I have great faith in you, Tony. I believe you can bring the company back to the top," Ritsuka replied. Tony was surprised, not expecting Ritsuka to buy the stocks at their lowest point. If the company's stocks rose again in the future, it would be a different story.

Tony smiled at Ritsuka's words and shook his hand. They became business partners. With Jarvis' help, they obtained fake identities, although Ritsuka knew SHIELD could track them. For now, this was enough for his plans. Ritsuka already knew Tony will become Top again.