"Alright, we got our next goal!" I excitedly announced, "Become seraphim and gain our wings!"
Thanks to Vastoria, we've learned a very valuable piece of info about this place. According to her, there is a way to earn a pair of golden wings that supposedly allow limitless flight. With their powers, we could make traversing Heaven 2.0 a total cakewalk. Not to mention, we could freely go and visit her floating island anytime! Biscuits and tea, with a side of teasing the lovely Vastoria!
"Hehehe~"
"Stop grinning like that, you're making me uncomfortable." Sab scowled, "First you make her cry, then you laugh about it. You really are sick in the head."
"What? You think she cried because of me?" I furrowed my brows, "Don't be ridiculous. She just remembered something that made her sad. Nothing to do with us... I think."
"Nothing to do with me." He corrected the sentence, "You on the other hand, the girl that sexually harassed her at her own home..."
"You make it sound bad, but all I did was a bit of youthful teasing!" I argued, "Besides, we're all angels here, with literally no private parts to speak of!"
Granted, I do feel a bit bad about how far I took my jokes. It was all in good fun, and I'm sure she knows it too, but I guess from Sab's perspective it might've looked different. Alright, next time I see her, I'll be sure to properly ask her about it. And if she doesn't forgive me... so be it.
"Ah." I stopped as we were walking through the busy streets.
"Oh." A familiar face wearing a bright Green pair of shorts did the same, "It's you two."
"Migu, mind filling me in?" Sab darted his gaze between the two of us.
"It's that guy, whose house is across from ours." I pointed out, "I remembered the scars on his forearms."
"And you guys were even easier to make out." He chuckled, "You're the only ones in this place with proper clothes on. Heh, well, apart from me, that is."
It looks like he found himself a nice little clothes shop just like he wanted. Hmm, but if that's the case, wouldn't he have gone for more clothes than just that? Could he not afford anything else other than a measly pair of Green shorts? Wait, what currency does this place even use? Is it a bartering system? In that case, what could he have traded away? Gah, too many questions.
"Oh these?" He noticed me staring at them, "The Gods gave them to me."
"...The Gods." Both Sab and I heavily scrutinized the idea.
"Yep, Prylos and Selzion to be exact." He smugly crossed his arms, "While I was out looking for a clothes shop, I happened upon a large mansion. Out of it came out two giants, who revealed themselves to be the Gods I mentioned."
"And they were just... there?" Sab asked, "Like, physically?"
"Well yeah. I mean, we ARE in Heaven after all." He shrugged, "So I asked them for some clothes and they pretty easily obliged."
"Wait, they just listened to your request?" I cocked my head back, "Quit lying, come on now."
"I'm serious! They did say however that this is all they can give me though, since any more would make the other angels jealous."
Right, ain't no one gonna be feeling envious about a measly pair of Green shorts. They look radioactive, for Gods' sake! Still, if you can quite literally just go and meet the Gods at their abode, and what's more even ask them for a personal wish, then that's gotta be our next destination!
"Well then, lead the way." I ordered, "If you want us to believe you, then that's obviously the best way to go about it."
"Ugh, I've been on my feet the entire day though." He groaned, "Let's go tomorrow, 'kay? We're next door neighbors, so it's not like you guys won't see me ever again."
"Yeah, I'm pretty pooped myself." Sab agreed, "Let's call it a day for now. Once we rest up properly, we can go see the Gods."
These guys, are they hearing themselves right now? Prioritizing rest above meeting the literal Gods governing Heaven, what the hell kind of logic is that? Besides, we still don't know anything about the Gods. What if their house's location changes every day or something? Or maybe even every hour. We don't know that, so we should use this chance while we can!
"At least point me in the right direction, Greenie." I groaned, "You guys go back home if you want. I'll go wish to become a seraphim."
"The name's Elle." He corrected me, "Elle G. Not Greenie."
"Just tell me where the damned Gods are already!"
Who cares about your name? Freakin' Elle, isn't that a girl's name? Damned brat...
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"...Whatever, it's a huge house just down the road. Follow the straightest path, no detours." He explained, "You should see a huge plot of land, like 9 times the size of the rest of the houses."
"And the Gods are really there?" I asked to reaffirm.
"Can't miss it." He waved me off before going back towards our houses with Sab, "Hey, you guys got a name?"
"Yep, I'm Sab, she's Migu."
"Migu? No wonder she's so grumpy." The bastard rolled his Eyes as I lost them in the crowd, "I'd be like that too if I had a name like that."
The hell does that mean, asshole!? Damned Elle! ELLE! You're telling me a guy like that is smack talking MY name!? Oh, he is so getting his forearms scratched for that! Or maybe I could pull his pinkie finger? That part's golden, too.
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"Hoo boy, okay..." I said after walking for what felt like half an hour at least, "He did say it wasn't that near from here, but I feel like I totally missed it."
Maybe I should turn back? Oh, but if I did that, I'd be way too tired to even make it back home, much less walk all the way back here again. It'd wear me out too much, and as much as I didn't want to admit it, I was pretty tired as well from today's turbulent day.
"Just five more minutes... of walking, that is." I braced myself, "Come on, Migu! Walk now, so you can soar through the skies later!"
And so it was. Walking at a pace of 2 steps a second, I had breezed through Heaven's avenue—yard after yard, block after block. I was dead tired by this point, but backing out would only take me further from my goal. Nah, I was in too deep. Quitting now would make all this effort worthless in the end. And just when I was reaching my limit, I found it.
"Finally..." I smirked with a tired yet victorious melody as I encroached upon the vast yard, "You guys better not send me back empty handed, y'hear?"
Just as Elle had described it, two giants had walked out of the spacious mansion in the center. Rather, they floated out of it. I guess Gods can just do that without the aid of wings. In any case, one was indeed taller than the other, but he was also super skinny. Their skin color too had immediately piqued my interest, as it wasn't the regular shade of White I've come to expect. These guys really were unique, now all I could hope for was that they were amicable as well.
"Speak." The lanky one said.
"E-Erm..." I bit my tongue.
"Out with it!" He demanded.
"Eep!" I fell on my butt.
"Selz, you're scaring the poor thing." The buff, shorter one calmed him down, "You were the one who suggested we live among them, so no need to get so butthurt."
"But this is the second time this cycle, Prylos!" Selzion (apparently) shot back in a fit of rage, "The second time one of them just waltzed into our abode, presumably expecting something out of it!"
"That's-!" I yelled.
True, actually. I quite literally want something way out of my league, that being the rank of seraphim. Err, maybe I should change it to something more reasonable, after all? Even just asking them to tell me how to earn it would be plenty, I'd say. Yeah, we'll go with that.
"Okay, what do you want?" Prylos asked with a reassuring tone, "It's okay, don't be shy. He made this world for you, so he's definitely not gonna bite, haha."
"U-Uhh, uhm..." I stuttered before finally mustering up the courage to ask, "S-Seraphim, could you tell me..."
"Too late." Selzion groaned.
"Eh?"
"You're far too late for that, don't you know the cycle is almost over?" He continued, "You won't be able to accomplish that in time even if we told you."
"Wait now, Selz. The angels don't know about the cycles." Prylos whispered poorly enough for even me to overhear it, "A-Ahem, as my colleague said, though, we simply cannot hand such information out to you."
"Speak as formally as you want, I'm not leaving until you tell me." I remained seated on the grassy lawn, "Of course, you could always just outright give me the rank."
"Wait a second, you're from before..." Prylos muttered something.
"I'm tossing her out." Selzion flicked his hand, sending me flying out of their yard in a flash.
"Unf! Whatever, I'll just come back to bug you again and again!" I shouted from the street, "Actually, if you don't tell me, I'll just send the entire angel population to your doorstep with promises of any wish they want granted, then we'll see who gets the last laugh!"
As expected, threatening the Gods with solicitors was a surprisingly effective strategy of getting my way. In the very next moment, I was seemingly teleported right back at their doorstep, with Selzion angrily glaring down at me with his hands folded over. He was pissed.
"What makes you think I can't just delete you from existence right here and now?" He threateningly asked.
"I don't doubt you could, but I know you definitely won't." I shrugged, sitting down on my butt as I figured, "If you really wanted to, you'd have done it already. But also, you guys bragged earlier about how this new and improved Heaven houses EVERYONE."
In other words, if he deleted me, then he wouldn't be able to pride himself on that anymore. He seems like a stuck up, prideful sort of guy, so surely he'll take the bait. Besides, so long as Prylos is here to mediate the heat between us, I'm sure it'll all turn out okay.
"See? I told you, she's one of the first three angels." Prylos reminded him nervously, "Look, you said it yourself, she won't make it in time before the reset, so just humor her and send her off!"
"Reset?" I tilted my head.
"Zip it!" They both turned to shout at me.
"Prylos, I appreciate your willingness to make everyone happy, but I just cannot tell anyone such an important secret." Selzion pouted, "After all that hard work to encrypt the quest line, for us to just allow someone who heard about the final reward to skip the entire thing is preposterous!"
"Look, last time she asked for us to add in Name Initials." Prylos pointed at me, "This time she's just asking for pointers on where to start the mission. It's not like she's asking for the rank directly."
"Although I wouldn't mind that either-" I noted.
"Will you SHUT UP for a second!?" Prylos begged.
"Got it." I zipped my mouth shut immediately.
The two Gods bickered for a while after that. Though I couldn't catch everything they said, I did get the feeling that they have met me before, and I'm not just talking about that time before me and those other two randos got our golden parts. I mean physically, in the flesh. Regardless, they reached a rather disappointing verdict.
"The answer is no." Selzion turned back around to enter his house.
"Sorry, you can ask for anything else but that." Prylos weakly smiled, "He seems adamant about that."
"Okay then, tell me about the reset!" I smugly grinned.
"Tch." Selzion stopped dead in his tracks, glaring back at me with a visceral hatred, "Must you always cause problems for us..."