We had returned to Alledra to rest for a bit and I was wrapped up in my tails in my new house. I was thinking about what Hablena had told us 4 days ago. So, some god wants to get Noelle to the gods' realm. Why? Did she piss off a god too? That is possible, very possible, actually. But why send her to the gods' realm? And why on a timer? or was she a goddess herself? but mythical beasts hate gods, and it was unlikely one would get with one.
There was so much I didn’t understand and so many problems I had to deal with. Which problem will solve itself If I ignore it?
Fairy problem? It seems to be fixing itself, so that is one thing I don’t have to deal with
God problem? Yeah, ignoring that is getting more homes destroyed. So that is something I have to deal with.
Noelle’s problem? Ignoring it will make It worse. How do we even get her back once she gets sent there?
Spirit problem? Same as the Noelle problem. Ignoring it will make it worse.
Witch killer problem? As long as she doesn’t find me, I should be fine.
Dimensional collapse problem? Can't ignore this, can I?
Missing Hourai problem? Not something I want to ignore.
Demon problem? That’s Greg’s problem, but his problems are also my problems. I don’t think he can ignore it.
Strange creature problem? This I can ignore, although there are some that are a problem and shadow behemoths might fall under that same problem, in which case the humans might need some help.
My race going extinct problem? I also can’t ignore this because it will get worse if I do. What other problems am I forgetting? There are too many to track. I’m sure I forgot a dozen. I just remembered that I forgot the Biian problem. I hope she forgot about me, but she probably didn’t.
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I was starting to miss the times when our only problem was not getting caught by our mothers when going on adventures. I sighed and petted Nilah. Bread Agnis came to mind. A rosy life, eh? I wish he was correct in that. I would trade places with him in a heartbeat, it’s just that I really have to hate who I trade places with. It also reminded me of the conversation I had with Thalia years ago. I had almost forgotten about her. Another problem that needs to be solved. And yet here I am relaxing in my house. I started to laugh at the ridiculousness that’s my life.
This can’t be real right? This must be a bad and long nightmare. I will just wake up in my bed. I probably passed out from crashing into a wall after peeling the potatoes for mom.
I tried to wake myself up, but I was already awake. Maybe this was the real nightmare, all this being real. I wonder if I can go 9t mode, use [Elgard Overload] and undo the attack on Hourai. It would probably kill me without getting any results.
It flowed into another thought. The one responsible for most of my deaths is myself. Nothing has killed me as much as me myself. But the problem is that’s with me trying to be careful, things seem to get worse when I’m careful. I take too long or make choices that end up being more harmful.
The last time I got ‘Careless’ was in Event Horizon when fighting Cygnus. It helped us escape and gotten great results besides Ted dying… I tried to be careful and it almost killed Giana. Had I just blasted everything apart, none of that would have happened. Being careful has the opposite effect for me.
Maybe I’m the ‘High risk, High reward’ kind of person and I don’t get any rewards because I don’t take high risks. My buddies aren’t going to like this though.
Do I try to continue and keep my identity hidden, try to limit collateral damage and take the route that would be ‘humanly correct’ or do I just follow my 9t instincts?
There are large cultural and social differences between 9t and humans. Torching Hablena to keep her in line would be normal for a 9t but I’ve seen some humans react unfavorably to it. Would she have stayed in line if I didn’t do that? Maybe, but the alternative is way worse.
I have decided. I will no longer use human morals and standards. I will go for what my instinct tells me, and my instinct tells me to sleep!
Nilah lets sleep!