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Vol.6 Ch.124 - New Plan

"Have you calmed down yet?" Selz groaned at the nauseous Meditation God.

"Two, three, five, seven, eleven..." Pry counted up, "Y-Yeah, it's mostly subsided by now. To think Ouroboras feels this on the regular..."

"Humans don't normally experience faster than lightspeed travel." I chuckled, "But on a smaller scale, we can get nauseous."

So the Gods really are this ignorant to how it's like being a human. Like watching a baby giraffe learning how to prop itself up on its unusually long legs. It's refreshing—but as Gods, shouldn't they already know everything?

"It's useless trying to explain anything to him in regards to humanity." Selz sighed, "He'll forget it soon enough anyways."

"Does he have issues with his memory?" Sheep tilted his wings.

"Ooh, I got this!" Pry was eager to explain, "Basically, since we Gods have an infinite memory capacity, all of that eventually gets cluttered in our noggins."

I don't get it. If you've got an infinite capacity, then how could it ever get cluttered?

"How come?" Energy didn't quite understand.

"If I asked you to name off every fact you knew, for example." Selz gave an analogy.

"Oh..."

"Right? Now imagine if he asked you what Color the sky is." Pry continued, "You'd know immediately that the answer is Blue."

Ah, I think I get it now. They "know" everything, but actually carrying all that knowledge weighs them down.

"That assumption you've all made in your heads is incorrect." Selz rolled his Eyes.

"Mental jinx!" Sheep yelled, slamming his wing into me, "Because we thought the same thing."

"How old are you?" Energy scowled, despite not having a face to do that with.

"Ahem, it is not that the knowledge weighs us down, so much that it confuses us." Selz explained.

"Our brains get forced to work overtime, having to constantly sift through each individual bit of information until..." Pry elaborated.

"Until?"

"Poof." He mimed, "The Gods go insane."

Oof, wouldn't want that ruling over your world. Nuh uh, definitely not.

"Poof, indeed." Selz continued, "Thus we have found a way to forever keep our sanities intact without sacrificing knowledge."

"Well, WE have." Pry snickered at him.

"What does that mean?" I asked.

"Pry, for the last time, Knowledge is my entire thing..." Selz grunted, "Sigh, basically—the Gods all purge their minds of useless information every so often. Intentionally separating the synapses in our brains to unlearn them. The human equivalent to this is referred to as "forgetting", which you may be a bit more familiar with."

"Forgetting, huh?" Pry smiled, "I forgot the word already."

"Eh? B-But...?" I shook it off, "Whatever. So you have to constantly forget stuff in order to not go crazy?"

"Yep, we only keep the most necessary information for any given situation, and that changes all the time." Pry nodded, "For example, I don't know a single thing about humans right now. That's why I'm so confused about things that are obvious for you all the time."

Purposeful, concentrated amnesia... That sounds convenient, but also kinda scary. Like, what if you accidentally messed up and forgot how to breathe? Or worse, forgot about your loved ones! Well, I guess that explains how the White Monster's Curse functioned...

"But wait, you mentioned earlier how you can't do that?" Sheep turned to Selz.

"For your information, I am perfectly capable of doing so." Selz snarled, "But I am the God of Knowledge, so it is my duty to never forget a single piece of information. Ask me anything, and I will know the answer."

"Okay, how do we revive?"

"I know." He nodded.

"Ack-! Then are you gonna tell us!?"

"I said I knew everything, not that I was willing to share everything with you."

What an ass. So does that make him crazy, then? I sure hope he goes crazy. Wouldn't feel bad at all.

"That is very rude to say, Migu." He lectured, "Praying for someone's downfall is one thing, but you're talking about the God who created you and everyone you love."

"Eh? YOU made humanity?" Energy chuckled, "I find that hard to believe."

"Yeah, 'cause he didn't." Pry exhaled, "Only for his own continent."

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"Hooray!" We sang in unison, "Wait, which one of us is from there?"

"Just Energy isn't."

"Tsk..."

Sheep and I were crushed to find out who our creator was. They say never meet your maker, or was it idol? Either way, I won't accept Selz as either. The guy's too bitter and smug. Just look, even now he's grinning at both of us with this annoying glint in his Eyes. Though, Energy seems just as smug and happy.

"Woohoo! I wasn't created by a snarky idiot!" Energy yelled.

Hearing this, the two Gods sort of held back some rowdy chuckles. They didn't want to break his heart, but it seems there was no other choice. They were too transparent.

"W-What?" Energy fretted.

"It's just, how do we put this lightly..." Pry bit his lip.

"Let's just the God that created you isn't a "snarky" idiot..." Selz finished his thought.

Ah, he's talking about the Fighting God, Auros. Out of the Five, he's the only one the legends specifically described as a moronic brute. Ironically enough, despite the fact the continent he was governing over was supposed to be in an endless cycle of war, the faint memories I have of my life only speak of peace down there. He couldn't even get that right, huh.

"Migu." Energy glanced up at me, "Why is everyone laughing?"

"It's better if you don't know..." I gently petted him.

Yep, if he doesn't know that he was created by the dumb God of the bunch, then that's all the better. Ignorance is bliss, which is—ironically enough—probably the Fighting God's favorite saying.

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"Then, have you gotten to learn a bit more about the responsibilities of being a God?" Pry asked us like we were school kids.

"I learned just how powerful you truly are." Energy blandly replied.

"I learned that I have to rely solely on Selzion if I wanna have any chance at bringing Vastoria back." I sighed.

"And I learned that we should really get going." Sheep floated up from his seat, "I love chowing down on some tea and biscuits, despite the fact this body has no mouth to consume them with, but we've been dawdling about too much. Pry, you feeling up for it?"

"Eugh, I'll try my best..." He begrudgingly staggered up as well.

"Then, Shopkeeper." Selz gave the order, "Please pick Vastoria up once more. Make haste, we will wait for you outside."

"Got it!"

That being said, we blinked and Sheep was already calling for us to get out of the mansion. It seems his ungodly speed is still leagues ahead of our own. At this point, I finally get what the Gods meant when they said just Sheep would be enough. Really, Energy and I are here to do nothing but keep them company. I did say deadweight or not, but I kinda wish I wasn't being a burden to everyone like I am now. I gotta wonder-

"Migu, don't think like that." Pry comforted me, "I know it may seem like it, but we wouldn't already have gotten this over with without you two. Sheep is speedy, and we're knowledgeable, but he still needs to stop to ask us for directions constantly."

"...I told you not to read my mind without my permission." I pouted.

"Who in their right minds would ever permit such a thing?" Selz rolled his Eyes as he walked right past us and through the front door, "Now get a move on. Our next stop will be most pleasing for your ears to hear."

We could only roughly presume what he meant by this, at least until we entered the vessel that was Sheep. Once we did that, he really didn't have any other excuse to keep us in the dark any longer, so he finally came out with the next step of their grand plan.

"We need to get Elegy." Prylos revealed.

"Oh." We paused, "Wait, what?"

That's it? That's the secret they wanted to keep from us for so long? We gotta backtrack!?

"Well, why didn't you say that from the beginning?" Sheep asked, "He could've gone with us."

"No, he couldn't have, which leads us to our next point." Selzion made clear, "Under no circumstances, EVER, should Elegy learn of what we had just told you."

"Which part?" Energy asked.

"Every part. Down to the last sentence." Prylos reiterated, "As far as you're concerned, we zipped to Vastoria's floating island, picked her up, and went back. Not a word was uttered here."

That sounds... somehow even sketchier than the previous stuff they said. Keeping secrets from us is one thing, but making us keep secrets from our team? I think that's a step too far, besides...

"Let's go, then." I nodded.

"Hm?" The Gods looked at me funny, "Did you say something?"

"I said let's go, come on." I signaled for Sheep to floor it.

"No, there was something els-"

Zoom, the Sheep-mobile flew past the speed of sound... well, at least a thousandfold. I couldn't even blink once before we had already arrived back at district G. Home sweet home, as they say. That being the case, the Gods once again felt their human bodies struggle to keep up.

"Sheep, dude...!" Pry was about to fall unconscious, "You didn't have to rush so much...!"

"...No!" Selz realized, albeit all too late, "They did this on purpose! They're planning... to...!"

"Whoa." Sheep felt his internals rocking up and down, "What just happened?"

"They both fell unconscious." Energy reported.

"Oh dang, I heard Migu's call and got a bit jumpy. Sorry, we're gonna have to wait for them to wake up."

"No, you did good." I smiled at him, "Sheep, set us down. I got something to tell you two."

Confusedly, they heard me out as we exited Sheep's winged embrace, leaving only the two unconscious Gods inside. Now, they were curious.

"Migu, what's this about?" Energy asked.

"Sheep, Energy and I will go find the others. I got something I need to tell them, but I can't have the Gods find out." I winked, "Think you can keep them unconscious with a few hours of joyriding?"

"Hours?! Do you know how much time that equates to for me?" He fussed.

"I'm sorry, but we need this." I begged him, "Sheep, please!"

"...Sigh, I guess I have no choice." He obliged, "Want me to drop you off near them while I'm at it?"

"No, we'll be fine going on foot." I patted Energy, "I got somewhere I need to stop by first."

"Sheep, take me with you." Energy pleaded, "She's scaring me more than the Gods are."

"No can do, gramps!" I brushed him off, "I'm gonna need you for a very special thing!"

Man, it feels good to finally have my own head to myself for once! Knowing that the Gods were listening at every waking moment, I really couldn't rest too easy, but now that they're gonna be out for at least a few hours, I can finally return to how I once was—a wild, unadulterated, no-filter femme fatale!

"Ugh..." Selz's voice could be heard waking up from inside Sheep, "Nothing about you... is even femme..."

"Ack! Sheep, get a move on already!" I slapped him on the wing, "Be sure to speed up even more at times to really make them sick!"

"Got it, but if they throw up inside, you're gonna have to clean it up!" He yelled, suddenly disappearing from our sight.

"Wow, it really is instantaneous." Energy remarked, "So, you gonna tell me YOUR grand plan now? Or are you gonna be taking a page from those Two's Book?"

"There's nothing for me to hide. My plan isn't nearly as complicated as theirs is." I chuckled, "All we gotta do is find them and warn them. We're not gonna let them take Elegy with us. I have a gut feeling that's not gonna end well for him if we do."