001 - What Makes it Hard to Go Home ?

Some time later, I had finished processing all the scenes shown by Akasha about the future of this world.

"Rei? What's wrong with you?" I heard Ophis' voice because she was confused as I had been silent while staring at Akasha.

I finally sighed deeply while holding my head... because I didn't expect this world to be so troublesome.

I truly regret doing this, I could see many events that could destroy this world, from Trihexa escaping successfully due to the actions of a devil.

Three of the four Satans sacrificed their lives to seal it back, ExE invaded this world and killed Grisella, Norse mythology where Loki causes trouble, Hero Faction or whatever it is.

And the descendants of Lucifer who always cause trouble, Hades draining Lilith completely to create many devils for an army and many other problems.

Hahhh... I'm just so done with this.

I then turned to Ophis and felt sorry for her, because in the future if I don't come, Ophis will be betrayed by those who claim they want to help her drive out Great Red.

Although they failed to kill Ophis, they managed to steal half of Ophis' power...

I then crouching down so i can be at the same height as Ophis and staring at her.

Ophis looked confused by what I was doing, but in the end I hugged her before she could speak.

Ahh Ophis, i feel so bad for her... I then hugged her while patting her head, and sending the memories I saw about Ophis' future to her.

I don't know what expression Ophis showed because I was hugging her, so I couldn't see her expression.

But she let me hug her for a while until finally I released my hug and stood up, stroking her head.

"Don't worry Ophis, all of that won't happen now that Sturm and I have appeared in this world."

"Hmm..." Ophis murmured while holding my hand on top of her head.

While stroking Ophis, I then turned to Akasha and told them to return to their place because their task is finished.

"Thank you Akasha, for now return to your place."

Akasha, hearing this, their eyes began to change from bright red to blue, and eventually slowly disappeared until they completely vanished from this place.

Now, all that's left is to solve the problem with Rias and answer her request.

"Alright Ophis, let's go back home." I reached out my hand to her, which she accepted, and we began to walk back home together.

As I walked with Ophis, I took this opportunity to think about the information I had received from Akasha.

I know this is not my world and all of this is not my problem, but I have a nagging feeling when I learned about it all.

I don't know what to do... this could all be easily resolved if I use the Primal Beast Phronesis and create rules where they can't do evil deeds.

But that would not only affect devils but the entire world and disrupt the balance of this world.

Hahhh... if Djeeta were here, she gonna say something like "Let's go Rei, let's beat them all down. If we beat them so hard until they surrender to us, all of these problems will be resolved" while smiling.

And if Lyria were here, I would immediately use Akasha and rewrite everything, making devils normal creatures instead of maniacs who want to rule the world.

And there are also issues with Gods in other regions, especially the God of the realm of the dead Hades and Angra Mainyu.

There are so many problems in this world... and my strength still hasn't fully recovered so that I can open the portal and return to the Skyrealm.

Finally, the two of us arrived in front of the house, and we both began to enter the house. "We're back," I said as I took off my shoes.

Hmm? Strange, I can sense Sturm's aura? What's happening here???

We entered the living room and saw Rias lying on the floor, Sturm standing in front of her while using her Boundary Power, and Grisella drinking tea and looking at them both.

Huh?

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After that, I asked Sturm and Grisella about what happened here while Ophis and I were out.

But Sturm said that this was just a conversation between women, and Grisella just smiling as if she was enjoying all of this.

If this was just a conversation between women, why did Rias unconscious like this on the floor? Luckily, I had strengthened the entire house with magic from Io, so the furniture weren't damaged by the pressure from Sturm's aura.

"Because the source of the problem is unconscious, how about we pause this conversation for now. Plus, it's already evening, and I have to cook dinner as well."

Sturm upon hearing my words, immediately turned off her Boundary Power and looked at me enthusiastically. "Yes, yes, I agree, it's better to stop the conversation, and Rei, you better cook a lot of food because there is many people here."

"As for this girl, just leave her to me. I will move her to the guest bedroom." Sturm lifted the unconscious Rias and quickly carried her to the guest room.

...Whenever she hears that I will cook something, she will immediately forget everything and do whatever I ask her to do.

Ophis and I finally sat on the sofa in front of Grisella, but Ophis chose to sit on my lap rather than beside me... because Fenrir was nowhere to be found, so there was no Fenrir sleeping on my lap.

So now Ophis sat there, grabbing snacks from the table and eating them again.

"It seems Ophis really has become close to you," Grisella spoke as she watched her friend(?)'s behavior.

"Yes, I don't know why Ophis is like this. I thought she didn't have emotions because I couldn't see what she was feeling when I looked into her eyes."

I replied to Grisella while looking around trying to find Fenrir... where did she go? Wasn't she sleeping on Sturm's lap earlier?

Grisella seeing me looking around as if searching for something, immediately understood what I was trying to find.

"If you're looking for Fenrir, your friend, when you were leaving, she suddenly woke up from her sleep and looked in a certain direction and then said 'I sense something,' and finally forced open a portal to go somewhere."

Huh? Sense something? What did Fenrir feel then? Fenrir isn't like me and the others, she always uses her ability to sense someone's aura from a very far away.

Because she is a wolf, she is used to sensing many things at once, so it's not a problem for her, unlike us who might get a little overwhelmed because we can sense the auras of many people.

So we chose to reduced that ability by using sealing magic, but if we wanted to we could easily break the seal and sense the auras of many people in this world, even those hidden in other dimensions or behind barriers.

"Hmm, so she did that again. Fenrir does like to wander off alone, but she'll be back soon so there's no need to worry," I replied to Grisella.

Grisella nodded, then she placed the tea she was drinking on the table and started to look at me. "In that case, can you tell us about your world?

Seeing your abilities and your two friends, I'm sure your world is not a normal world or one that I can underestimate."

"I also want to know," Ophis spoke while also chewing on her snack.

About my world? Hmm, I don't think there's anything interesting about Skyrealm other than living on a floating island in the sky... or otherworldly beings with the ability to rewrite reality while fighting... or creatures from the moon who want to destroy Skyrealm... or the immortal phoenix that causes trouble... or when fallen angels and Lucillus wanted to destroy the entire world and then rebuild it again.

Huh, come to think of it, there were actually many problems happening in Skyrealm. All of that occurred several years ago, and since we arrived in Estaulica, everything has been peaceful, with rarely any issues.

I then proceeded to tell Grisella and Ophis about my world, about the scenery, the various primal beasts living there, and some of the adventures we had.

The conversation lasted quite a while, but they both seemed to listen to me seriously, especially during the part about otherworldly beings. Midway through the conversation, Sturm returned and sat next to me, joining in to listen to my story.

"Oh, by the way, Sturm and I used to be enemies because Sturm was a mercenary who wanted to kidnap one of my friends, so we used to fight each other often," I told them.

"Rei!! Stop reminding me of that," Sturm immediately panicked and hit my right hand, feeling embarrassed about that time.

"Hahaha, it's okay. Remembering your past actions actually makes me happy. I remember when you used to be shy, but now you've become quite aggressive," I teased.

Sturm blushed even more upon hearing that, and I could see her face turning even redder.

"Okay, okay, I'll stop mentioning your past," I said to Sturm, then turned back to Grisella.

"So, is there anything you want to ask about my story?"

Grisella then began to ask many things about Skyrealm, how the islands could fly, why there were so many creatures with extraordinary abilities beyond comprehension, and many other questions.

I could answer some of Grisella's questions, except for a few that I also didn't understand, such as why there were so many creatures with abilities beyond comprehension.

We all continued talking here until the day seemed to be drawing to a close, and then I decided to end the conversation.

"All right, that's enough for now. I have to prepare dinner, and Fenrir still hasn't returned. If she hasn't returned by the time I finish preparing dinner, then I'll will summon her here."

After that, I moved Ophis, who was sitting on my lap. "Ahh..." Ophis looked slightly disappointed, but I had to cook for all of them.

I shifted Ophis to my left side and stood up, but before leaving for the kitchen, I stroked Ophis' head first and then headed towards the kitchen.

I started to cook many dishes with the available ingredients... huh, I didn't remember having this many ingredients. Maybe someone had stocked up on a lot of food items, perhaps Katalina or Lyria.

Sturm and Grisella looked like they were helping me by carrying plates and the finished dishes to the dining table.

I made a lot of food because I knew Ophis and Grisella would eat a lot... as all the dragons I've encountered always eat a lot like Wamdus.

A while later, I finished cooking, and Grisella and Sturm also finished helping me. Now, we were sitting around the dining table waiting for Fenrir or Rias maybe she's gonna wake up after smelling the food.

"Huh, where is Fenrir..." I complained because usually Fenrir didn't take long when she went to check something.

"Aren't you going to summon her?" Sturm suggested to me.

Hahhh, it seemed like there was no choice but to summon Fenrir, but before I could do that, suddenly I sensed something entering this dimension.

Huh, did Fenrir bring something back? I could sense the auras of two people entering this dimension; I recognized one as Fenrir, but I didn't know who the other person she brought was.

"Fenrir is back, but it seems like she brought something with her here," I informed them.

They looked confused upon hearing that, and we stood up to check out what Fenrir had brought.

We all went out of the house to see who Fenrir had brought... huh, why was there a large wolf that looks like already get beaten up behind Fenrir?

"Hey, boss, look at this, I brought a wolf with a name similar to mine. That person with weird hair called this big wolf Fenrir too."

...What?