Meddling The Omniverse

*Creak…* "What are you doing, Eris…" Seth's voice cut through with eerie calmness.

"I could ask you the same, Seth." Chris (Eris) retorted, her voice icy with determination.

Wiz fell onto her backside in horror as a dagger grazed her stomach. But before it could inflict more harm, Seth's hand intercepted the blade with a vice-like grip.

The customers, stunned by the sudden attack, scrambled to the corner of the shop. Kazuma and the group just stared in disbelief at the lightning-fast assault.

Silence descended as Chris (Eris) struggled against Seth's gauntlet-clad hands. With the tension thick and palpable, Seth's eyes glowed as he spoke, "Let me introduce you… this lovely lady here is Wiz.."

"Seth, Do you know who she is." Chris's (Eris) eyes glowed with killing intent.

"She is the sweet owner of this lovely shop, a bit bad at business but you'll love her company."

"Don't joke with me, do you know what she is." Chris (Eris) questioned with an expression as dark as ink.

Seth's face became a tad colder, "She is an undead lich, but she was just an innocent woman who went through a series of unfortunate circumstances. She is still a good person at heart."

Without hesitation, Chris (Eris) drew another dagger with lightning speed and aimed it at Wiz's vulnerable neck, the blade gleamed ominously as it descended.

*CLANK!* Seth's gauntlet-covered hand parried the blade with a resounding clash, the sound reverberated across the room like a thunderclap. 

Chris (Eris) didn't relent, swiftly aiming her rebounded dagger at Seth's hand that gripped her blade. 

Seth reacted and released his hold, Allowing Chris (Eris) to distance herself and crouch into a predatory stance. Clad in sturdy gauntlets, Seth mirrored her with a horse stance of his own. 

The tension peaked as they dashed towards each other in a deadly dance of fists and daggers.

Shock waves and air pressure from their clash rattled the whole shop, stopping anyone from moving as the trinkets in the shop fell to the ground, adding to the chaos.

The onlookers remained rooted in place, Aqua looking at the standstill spoke her piece, "Seth! How could you stand her!? Any **** would have this icky feeling towards her kind!"

"I do feel the undead aura, but I don't disgust it," Seth replied as he greeted a few dagger slashes with his metal-plated fists.

"If you don't feel disgust at her, that means…"

Abandoning her futile melee with Seth, Chris (Eris) leaped back with feline grace, swapping away her old daggers for a fresh pair of enchanted ones. Her eyes burned with intensity as she locked her gaze on Wiz, who had taken refuge behind Seth. Her voice dripped with venom as she demanded, " Please, Seth, move out of the way."

"I refuse." Seth's voice rang out with unwavering determination. He prepared himself for the impending clash, never taking his eyes off her.

"So be it." Chris (Eris) launched herself at Wiz with her daggers poised straight at her heart.

Before she could reach her target, Seth tackled her in a blur of motion, pinning her to the ground with the force of a raging boulder. They crashed to the floor as their impact sent shockwaves rippling through the room.

"AQUA!!!" Chris (Eris) screamed like a banshee, her voice desperate amidst the chaos.

"Hie! Yes!?" Aqua's eyes were wide with alarm.

"CAST TURN UNDEAD!"

"Ah! Of course!" Her voice trembled in urgency as she raised her palm towards Wiz, a white light exploded from her palm, engulfing Wiz in its blinding embrace.

Wiz's anguished cries filled the air as she writhed in agony under the onslaught of holy power. Seth quick to react shifted his focus, his eyes narrowed with grim determination as he countered the divine assault with a dark incantation of his own.

"Raise Undead!" A sinister purple light emerged from the ground, pushing back against the blinding radiance and granting Wiz a momentary reprieve.

Seizing the opportunity, Chris (Eris) struggled with all her strength, rolling and twisting beneath Seth in a desperate bid for freedom. The sheer force of her momentum caught Seth off guard, sending him sprawling to the ground as she broke free from his grasp with a triumphant snarl.

With the tables turned, Chris (Eris) wasted no time. She launched toward Wiz in a blitzing manner.

Desperate, Wiz summoned a powerful magic barrier, one strong enough to repel the mightiest humans.

Sadly Chris (Eris) was more than just human. With a single strike, she stretched the barrier beyond its limit, causing it to tear.

Not one to take chances. Chris (Eris) gathered her power onto her dagger, coating the blade until it glowed dangerously white. With the strength capable of flattening multiple houses, she struck decisively at Wiz's barrier, shattering it like glass. barely any momentum was lost as she aimed straight for her eyes.

*PRANG!!!* In a blink, Seth appeared between them, using both of his gauntlets, he blocked the devastating attack.

*CRASH!!!* Shockwaves tore through the shop, sending dust flying and ripping a huge hole in the wall. Seth and Wiz were blasted outside. Seth took the brunt, his hands and back bloodied, while Wiz lay a distance away from him, unconscious but also barely harmed.

In a split-second decision, Seth had blocked the blow for Wiz, he positioned himself, especially his gauntlets, to absorb the brunt of the impact due to the kinetic force from her strike, they were flown through the air separated.

Pieces of Seth's shattered gauntlet scattered across the street as panicked passersby screamed and fled from the chaos. 

Chris (Eris) emerged from the hole and the dagger she used to strike shattered to dust due to the strain of bearing her godly strength. 

Looking ever emotionless and unhindered, she approached the battered duo. Seth lifted himself, yet Chris (Eris) was already in front of the shop owner, poised to deliver the final blow.

Chris (Eris) stood resolute, brandishing her other intact enchanted dagger over Wiz. With a flash of white light illuminating her blade, the dagger was transformed into a sword of holy might.

The bloodied Seth noticing Wiz's impending doom thought in his mind, She's coated her blade with divine power! It will penetrate and vaporize anything in its path! My body and anything my power creates can't stop its lethal blow! Think, Seth, think!

How could I forget!? He remembered his prophetic eyes. A red glow swirled in his eyes as his clairvoyance activated. But time was running out. Chris (Eris) took a final breath and initiated the plunge.

At the last moment, An answer appeared from it. With all of his strength, he leaped and struck the blade with his left fist.

Cink! A dagger blade embedded itself in the tavern's wall. Chris's (Eris) momentous strike was blocked. The ring on Seth's hand had scattered the dagger's godly energy, snapping its blade without a single scratch.

The ring glowed brightly in reaction to the strike, and *BHWOOMP!!!* two figures were flung into the air – Chris (Eris), who slammed into a wall, and Seth, who, while protecting Wiz, skidded across the street.

Kazuma, Darkness, Megumin, and the others stood frozen, unable to comprehend what had just happened. 

Only Aqua's urgent voice broke the silence. 'WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING? GET YOUR LAZY BUTTS HERE AND HELP ME SAVE SETH!' They hurried to aid their fallen comrade, minds reeling from the unexpected turn of events.

—

"SETH!!!" Wiz shouted in despair.

"Huh! This is my room!" She looked around to find herself comfortably tucked in her bed.

Looking at herself, Wiz found out she now wore a new set of clothes she didn't wear before the fight.

"What happened, was it a dream?" She got off her bed only to stumble, just like a toddler.

This feeling, mana deficiency, and weakness from almost being exorcised? That means the fight was real. That means!

"SETH!" She dashed out of her room.

"Wiz! You're awake! Are you really alright? Sir Seth did say you're fine, but still… If you need some medicine I could get them for you." Yunyun exclaimed in joy while she was serving tea to Hyoizaburoo, Yuiyui, darkness, Kazuma, and Seth around a decently sized table. 

She looked around and realized that the smashed wall from the fight was still there. Aqua was over there trying to fix it. Megumin on the other corner was playing with Komekko, her sister. 

"Wiz! You're just in time, Darkness has just inspected our product and decided she wanted to make a deal with us. We were going to discuss it when you woke up just in time" Seth replied. With this chance, Seth beckoned her into her seat. 

"Um… excuse me, but didn't we just get attacked before? If I remember correctly, it was a female rogue right?" Wiz asked with hints of fear.

"you were," Hyoizaburoo added. "The perpetrator is over there." he pointed. Wiz turned toward the place and found Chris (Eris) completely unconscious on the sofa.

"EEEK!!! Please No!" She immediately cried as she fell from her seat, but before she could fall, Seth picked her up. Kazuma who was next to him got jealous because he got a chance to act gentlemanly to a hot woman.

"Don't worry, she's not waking up soon. Plus, I also sealed her." As if responding to Seth's comment, a magic seal glowed on her chest, with strings of magic enveloping her.

Wiz who was in his embrace blushed, to which Seth nicely put her back in her seat.

With this chance, Wiz inquired how the chaotic situation previously became this casual. Kazuma and the others explained that Seth had cast a mass calming spell to defuse the mass and situation. 

Darkness guessed the reason Chris (Eris) attacked was because she is a devout believer in the Eris order. The Eris orders demanded beings such as the undead must be punished no matter what.

Connecting the dots, Wiz asked, "Aren't you afraid that I'm a lich?"

Kazuma replied, "You don't look bony, actually you look very hot, so Lich or not I don't care OUCH!" Seth swatted Kazuma to remind him of his manners.

Hyoizaburoo answered, "Honestly, when I got back here it was shocking to know you're a lich. But after getting hit by Seth's calming spell, I realized, the fact that we are doing business with a Lich IS VERY EPIC! Think about it, One of my buyers of magic items is a powerful city-ending lich! I could brag about this to all those in the village!"

If he knew that Seth's a God, he's gonna be hysteric. Kazuma added in his mind.

Yuiyui added, "The other reason is you still sold our magic items way before Seth came into the picture, we have known you for a long time and you never betrayed our trust. From this we knew even if you are a lich, you are a very good person at heart."

Finally, Darkness added her piece, "I have heard of you, never in my wildest dream that the rumored ice witch is an undead lich. The fact that I have never heard of any evil deeds from you and the testimonies from these three fine people have proven me enough of your trustworthiness." She pointed to Seth, Hyoizaburoo, and Yuiyui.

Wiz hearing all this compliment released a smile of relief, knowing that while she is not human anymore, she does not need to worry about being treated as a threat by them. 

Suddenly a doorbell rang throughout the shop, signaling a customer had just entered. The customer was shocked at the hole and asked Aqua if the store was still open.

"A customer! Yunyun, please handle him," Seth asked nicely.

"Ah! Eh…" Yunyun flustered with hesitation.

Wiz gave her support, "Don't be nervous Yunyun. You've been working as my amazing employee for a week. Since we will have this important business talk, only you could do it since only you know the ins and outs of my shop."

"Ah… Alright! I'll do my best." Yunyun finally complied and left to tend to the customer. Those on the table noticed her happiness from being praised and relied on.

—

It has been an hour since they started their business talk. Yunyun has tended and successfully sold a few not-defective products (courtesy of Seth's fixing) to a few customers. On the side, she saw the shop's partly repaired hole while Megumin helped Komekko take a nap on the shop's cozy couch.

"The business talk is over, we snagged another business venture and… I noticed you wanted to say something?" Seth spoke matter of factly.

Yunyun spoke of wanting to learn more from him with Megumin, which Seth casually accepted. Then Yunyun continued by asking the reason why he planned to leave and more.

After answering all that Seth announced, "I'm gonna start concocting Megumin's super potion, don't bother me." he carried two chests and walked back to his cabin where his cauldron and chemistry set were. 

Megumin couldn't help but be filled with doubt about the super body potion. She thought, could I even survive that mix? AGHH!!! It's your fault, DAD! But I still have faith in Seth's judgment and skills!

—

A day has passed and everyone from the shop yesterday has gathered in front of Seth's cabin.

Kazuma and Wiz were chilling on the side watching Megumin levitate a piece of rock with her magic.

Yunyun was coaching her and Komekko was playfully chasing the rock. Megumin's mom and dad, who were watching her from afar, teared up seeing their little girl cast a normal spell other than explosion.

Darkness was in her crusader armor, with her usual jovial smile on her face, She then remembered something and asked, "Now that I think about it, where is Chris?"

"Don't worry she is still resting at her place." Seth reminded.

Megumin suddenly shouted, "I just realized something important, if you're gone, how will you make sure Dad's stuff would not scam the customers away." They could hear an angry 'HEY!' from the distance. 

"The same way I will teach you magic, by Kazuma. That's why I pulled him into the business talk from yesterday, he will replace me as the product checker, if he can't do it, he could just call me for help. If that's not enough, I have already taught your mother the trick."

"Huhuhu don't worry Seth, I'll make sure of it…" Yuiyui giggled with slanted eyes.

The only one left was Aqua, she was watching him from a distance, feeling conflicted about many things.

Seth shouted, " Aqua, don't cause trouble! And don't try to exorcize Wiz!"

"YES, I KNOW! I'm not that dumb!"

"It's because I'm worried and I'll be gone for a while," 

Seth said his goodbyes to all of them and took a few steps back to an open field. A large teleportation circle emerged and with it, Seth twinkled out of existence. 

A few final words Echoed as he faded away, "Well, then see you…"

Sparkles of mana trickled down as Aqua accepted that Seth had left. Looking at all this, she kept mum, but her face spoke it all.

—

In a mysteriously black room, a white flash struck the room, and from it emerged Seth with Eris in his embrace.

"So how was it?" A familiar voice echoed across the room.

"I have many things to report."