Chapter 3 : Please calm down Nacchan!

Awkward was definitely the adequate word describing the situation. Me and Nagito were sitting on the floor, pointedly avoiding eachother's gaze and looking around trying to find something to say. Well, I'm ignoring him and typing away information...But frankly, what should we say? I don't even know if he knows I'm his late girlfriend number two for goodness sake! Of course, that doesn't keep Himeko from twittering about random facts while getting dressed in the bathroom.

"... So she went, like, ' as if my goddess would bow down to the likes of you!' and the military didn't give two shits and..."

I interrupt her before we lose too much time on unimportant things.

" I think I get it. Hey, did you look at your status afterwards? I've been kicked off demigod-hood."

"I'm a primordial entity hon, they can't kick me down from it without all of them losing their powers too. Though, I think Yggdra can block us from using our powers on this plane, but she'd have to filter it... " I heard some beeping noises and she pranced in the room, a pissed smile on her face and a dark aura emanating from her form." A filter of faith, ahaha, I won't be able to use my abilities outside of enhancement and regeneration unless I bow down to that blasted tree. Now she's declared war on me, that bitch, ufufu..."

Nagito sighed.

"Translation for those of us who don't know what is going on here ?"

"Umm, to make it simple, Himeko here is the host of a god, and there's that other goddess that got her hand on an artifact that allows her to manipulate reality as she wishes, within some limits. They're at odds with eachother, and since Himeko - or R, depends on the moment, really- isn't okay with the whole 'Current mankind is unworthy, kill most of them to create the perfect world' plan, that goddess is doing her best to make her a non factor."

I turn towards the girl to continue.

"Since both of you have decided to coexist, does that mean that Himeko's human abilities will still be available? Is there a scheduled species change?"

Himeko's expression brightened.

"Yup, I'm gonna be a fae when they'll be available, I don't know which one though..."

"I didn't have a choice, but you should aim for elf or its evolutions, they're halfway between fae and humans, should help with the interactions."

The black haired girl leaned towards me and pouted.

"I never heard of that, how would you know about it, implemented before...?"

She trailed off before referring to my time with Y. That means she wants to hide it from Nagito ? Interesting.

"No, I hacked into her database." I deadpan with an impressive poker face.

She blinks.

"You're kidding me."

"No. What do you think I'm typing right now ?"

She takes the computer and sits next to Nagito, before smirking.

"That's my Nacchan. Ditch the computer though, electricity won't last. Here."

She snaps her fingers and a big, leather and metal bound tome falls on my lap. I yelp, surprised. That stuff is heavy!

"That's a Compendium, I've got the item creation ability so I used some leftovers from before to make this, just channel mana into it while thinking of the information and it'll be stored inside of it."

How... Convenient... I start immediately while hooking myself to Y's species folder. It's going to take a while.

"Ahem, could we go back to the main subject?"

"Aa, of course Nagito-nya! **Hem-hem** A long time ago, there was only the void and gigantic clouds of something-don't ask-. Then something happened and a dimensional gap opened, a flaming orb thrown in this dimension, why ? I don't know, just roll with it."

"That's not precise at all."

"Shut up catboy. Ahem, As I said, the flaming orb entered into contact with the clouds of highly flammable something, and that's how the Big Bang happened. The orb went to sleep for a few billion years later and found itself stuck as the core of a certain planet. It's influence caused the apparition of something called... Life!"

She made a grand gesture, and I have to agree with Nagito on this one, her storytelling skills suck when she's not lying.

"A particularly advanced species discovered the orb, and a select few were able to draw on its powers, that's how the first gods appeared. I don't really remember their names, they're not important anyways. What's important, though, is that one of them got the great idea to create some folded dimensions, anchored to ours, so that lesser lifeforms couldn't see them, but the gods could see the mortals. It took several generations of gods to discover the problem , though. The anchor couldn't be a spell, or an item. It had to be a living being, and what more ? There had to be several of them, as a failsafe. That's how we came to be."

She took a pen and paper and started to draw several spheres, a tree, two birds, a dragon and a squirrel, her voice lowered, all traces of humor gone, she obviously didn't like remembering the past.

"The root of the world, Yggdrasil, whose job was to support every possible dimension. The Wyrm, Niddhog, who was in charge of pruning Yggrdrasil's roots so that they wouldn't attract foreign dimensions and who was fed the darkest, most irredeemable souls. Vedrfolnir, the falcon, who was put atop an unnamed eagle, this one's pretty complex, but he mostly served as the eagle's minder, the eagle in itself was the collective knowledge of the worlds. And finally, the horned squirrel, Ratatoskr, whose job was to transmit messages between worlds and entities."

She sighed, uncharacteristically weary-looking.

"Or well, that's what we were supposed to be anyways. The problem with sentience and individuality, is that selfishness and conflict accompany them. Gods or humans, they have the same origins, and share the same problems. Before long, alliances were created, conflict erupted, and the different pantheons went to war against one another. Innocent souls were sent to Niddhog because they believed in the wrong god, Vedrfolnir saw lies and libel spread, corrupted knowledge being weaponized, Yggdrasil got trampled by people crossing between the worlds and her branches were cut down to cause the collapse of entire planes. I was chased around, they wanted to shut me up since I was a messenger, so I simply hid in a hole I found in Yggdrasil's bark. This war forced the four of us to act outside our parameters of creation, and somewhere along the way, we became sentient. Yggdrasil and I devised a plan, getting Niddhog and V to go along with us, and after years of careful planning, we separated Yggdrasil's plane from almost all of the others, who floated around in the void for a while, before being absorbed by the Forge of souls. For a while, we thought it would be enough..."

"And then, you went and betrayed all of us."

I squeaked and jumped away from where the voice was heard and saw him lounging leisurely on the windowsill, expressionless golden eyes scanning us. He entered and turned towards me.

He found me, oh god, Seiryuu found me and now he's going to eat me or worse and...

"Who would you be?"

If before he felt dangerous, now he was on a whole other level. I could almost hear the scream of the damned he devoured when I looked at those eyes. In fact, I can't bear it anymore, so I look away and shudder slightly before answering. Lesson number one, a bad guy ask for your name: lie, lie, deny, deny.

"Na...Na..."

I force my mouth close. What the heck ?! I can't lie ?!

His steps get closer to me and soon, I find out that I'm cowering behind Nagito. Seeing that, Himeko approached and put herself between Nagito and him.

"Oi, you big worm, stop picking on little girls and tell me what the hell you're doing here.."

The pressure is gone, I look up and see that he was looking at Himeko with something akin to disgust in his eyes.

"I'm a wyrm. But that's not what I'm here for. Hmph, so you've gotten so low that you would force a newborn soul into the fight ? How disgusting. Hey girl." I squeak again and hide. "Don't listen to that damned squirrel he's a traitor of the worst kind and a menace to this world."

This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.

'So says the soul eating dragon that's in cahoots with a megalomaniac tree to destroy the world. I'll take my chance with the squirrel' Is, in hindsight, what I would have said back then, but I was too busy panicking and so hid my face behind the only sane guy's back.

"Hey, I resent that! I'm very obviously a girl right now."

Nagito nailed it when he said " I don't think that's the part you should dwell on..."

Himeko turned towards the black haired teenager, before putting a finger in the hair as if she solved a mystery.

"Ah, yeah, I don't force babies in any fight. And fighting in a war ? Please, I'm an escape specialist, not a warrior."

"Then explain that!"

I hide more while their attention turn towards me.

"As I said, she's not a newborn."

Stop needling the bad guy! Uweeee, he's staring at me, he's staring at me ! Make him go away !

"Uuuuuuu...."

Uwaaa, I'm about to cry... Hold it in, hold it in.. aw, screw it, I'm twelve. The dragon's scaryyyyyy!

"Uwaaaaaaaaaa!"

I started bawling uncontrollably, emotions all over the place and my mana draining steadily, which didn't help at all. My world was in utter chaos, and I was still gripping that frustrating guy and I feel tired and why is it always me anyways huh ?!

"Damn, I'm not good with this, why couldn't that damn bird do it ? Listen girlie, you need to calm down...!"

"Right, because that is sooo helpful..."

"Shut up you mangy rodent! You go and calm her down!"

Calm down ? See how's this to calm down!

Countdown...3...2...1...

That goddamned murdering dragon that killed and devoured my little brother, ruined my childhood, made me an outcast in my own house, tries to kill everyone, and eats souls wants me to calm down ?!

[Force of Nature] Activated

I'm perfectly calm you thrice damned iguana on steroids!

"%£µù$*!" I scream something I don't even understand, white noise fills my ears, and I shut my eyes, gripping hard on the nearest things around. An indescribable noise deafens me, and next thing I know, I land on Nagito after quite a fall.

"Ooof! You're **cough** heavy, I think my ribs are broken... Good thing I regenerate. Though I've never thought That Nagito-nya would be the one on top of our little threesome."

I open my eyes and look around. A giant crater took the place of the motel, people crawling out slowly of the hole. I can't see Seiryuu anywhere. I finally realize I'm sitting on Nagito, who is sitting on Himeko, who doesn't look too well and... Oh god, she's coughing blood! Erm, heal , heal heal ? Ah ! There !

"[Major heal]!"

Warning, not enough mana, consciousness extinguished in..

I feel drowsier and drowsier. Needing mana to remain conscious suck. And where's my damned chocolate?!

"Uguu..hic.. I wanna get home..."

In the land of renewal....

The troublemaker class was training in a meadow, when Seiryuu appeared in a flash, looking half burnt.

"Son of a ... Onee-san, we have a problem!"

The others looked curiously as Lily approached.

"Problem?"

"Yes, problem, Ratatoskr somehow managed to create an elder spirit!"

Lily's eyes narrowed, suddenly glowing gold and her voice became deeper.

"Explain."

"I went to see what exactly that damn squirrel was doing on its own, when I found it explaining the whole story to catboy and a newborn girl. I think Ratatoskr forcefully accelerated its growth, because she looked in her early teens. She had some measure of insight, because my presence caused her to panic, next thing I knew, I was blasted away with a stage 6 light spell. She said her name was Seven*."

Lily's expression became unreadable for a while, transmitting the information, before the air around her started buzzing, in agitation.

"Lost primordial light affinity and several others. Yuri can't answer. Seven probably has light. Question : How did she get them, she's newborn, affinities lost at least a week ago."

"Ratatoskr?"

"Impossible."

The two of them settled in an uncomfortable silence, the incarnation of Yggdrasil particularly alarmed, for that would mean they had another opponent that had yet to show itself, while in Hell, or whatever they chose to call it today...

"It's her fault!"

"Certainly, but how did she escape ?"

The hole in the bark that was supposed to serve as a prison for their processor entity was empty, meaning it somehow escaped.

"Nevermind the how ! What are we going to do now, 'Queen' ? Mind sharing a grand plan? Because I have none."

The tall blonde woman in a black and white dress looked really annoyed at the silver headed one, before answering slowly.

"The matter of her means of escape is more important as of now. She probably doesn't know much, that sentimental squirrel shields her from the more... extreme aspects of this plan. She's too passive to be much of a menace now, but Lily informs me that the spirit of light attacked Seiryuu as he was spying on its discussion with R, that should be your priority for now 'Reisen'."

A golden form appeared among them, clad in an armored white dress.

"What now?"

"Ara, Reisen and I can't find any lead towards the identity of that light spirit. Perhaps Yuri will know more?"

"Where Yuri?"

"My, I don't really know, after all, processing all of that.."The Queen gestured towards the tree above them." Takes its toll on her."

"Hm. Tell her I need to see her.

With that, Lily disappeared, leaving the two women alone. The silver haired woman with a rotting left side asked, bored.

"We're going to have a problem soon ?"

"Not 'we'. After all, R makes for such a good scapegoat..."

"You're such a bitch, queen."

"Hmph, somebody didn't look at a mirror today..."

"Hmph, you do it enough for both of us..."

A sly expression broke on the Queen's face.

"Ara, you're right, after all...

Back to the crater.

Fiona's body flopped to the ground, its owner currently dreaming about pastries while the two teenagers were getting up, of in Nagito's case, getting away from eachother.

"..."

"Don't look that annoyed, Nagito-nya."

"..." The glaring got more intense.

"I swear I didn't know she could do that!"

"..." more glaring.

"Oh, enough already!"

Himeko got up and slapped the boy's head before helping him up.

"It was a possibility, but you see in what state it left her ? Good thing it was a weakened version of the spell or she'd be dead. Besides, it's not as if she could spam it everyday, by the looks of it, she can only use it every 6 or 7 days. So, now Nacchan can't spy on us, I need you to know of a few things...

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*Seven : Fiona stuttered when trying to resist the spell forcing her to saying her name, so she stuttered, saying Nana, which is seven in japanese. Why Seiryuu, thought she said seven? Because he's paranoid about everything pertaining to R and will always imagine the most complicated solution.

2600 words and I'm stopping here for the night u_u

Some basic information, more to come, with Nacchan's ace in the hole revealed already. Too bad she can only use it once a week (tee hee)

I don't really now what else to say u_u