Yuki woke up, Anastasia sat right beside her.
“Auntie? Where am I”?
Yuki rubbed her eyes, her hair wet as Anastasia rubbed Yuki’s hair with a towel and smiled.
“I have something to tell you about your mother”.
“Is she dead”?
“That’s not quite it, your mother was a god, instead of dying she was sealed deep underground”.
“Am I supposed to believe you? You know I’m not a child anymore right? Just tell me the truth”.
Anastasia looked into Yuki’s eyes, moving her hair off her face.
“My dear, you have the blood of the Greek Gods within you, your mother was the God of Battle Strategy, Athena”.
“Is that supposed to make me feel better”?
Yuki’s toes curled up as she buried her face between her legs, she started to sob.
“Don’t use some excuse, just tell me that she’s dead, I want to hear it straight up”.
Her heart sank, to the very bottom of her soul, her body curled up into a ball, she leaned her head against the cold steel wall.
Anastasia pat her head, and hugged her.
“It’ll be okay, I promise”.
She grabbed a golden shield with the head of a lion on it.
“This was your mother’s shield, her most precious possession, this is an S class item, I want to show you something, hold onto it”.
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Yuki held the shield in her hands, she could see herself within the golden glow of the magical item, her emerald eyes changing into a sky blue.
The shield had an emanating glow, the aura it released was like thorns piercing into her skin.
Anastasia held Yuki’s hand, taking a knife and slightly piercing her skin, golden blood oozing out.
“Ow”.
“I’m sorry Yuki, but your mother really is a Goddess, your blood is Ichor, the blood of the Greek Gods”.
Yuki rubbed her eyes, staring back at her hand yet her blood was still golden.
“Did you put something in my blood”?
“Of course not, my dear, don’t you feel a surge of power in you? That’s the power of the Gods”.
“Wait are you serious? The Gods are real”?
Anastasia sighed as she leaned upon the wall.
“The Gods are the most powerful species in the cosmos, their bodies are created by legends and myths, they cannot die no matter what unless they are erased from history, the Demon King Erebus is the God of Darkness, though I can’t find anything about his mother online”.
“Hey, if the Demon King is from another world then so are the Gods right”?
“Their creation was the beliefs of those who lived there”.
Neila leaned on the wall, his red eyes staring into Anastasia, his eyes full of malice.
Anastasia smiled at Yuki and put her arm on Yuki’s shoulder.
“He’s your great grandfather”.
Yuki stared at Neila, her face getting more aged than a grandmother, her shoulders slouched and her neck looked like a chicken.
“This creepy ass guy is related to me”?
“Miss Anastasia, you knew Jaclyn was showering didn’t you? Why didn’t you tell me”?
“Well my dear, I thought it’d be funny so what happened in there? Did you see everything”?
“Anyways how did you manage to get Vann’s weapons”?
“We had someone that could deactivate his abilities”.
“Can you give me the dagger then”?
“Hell no, we’re not letting an irresponsible 17 year old with one of the most powerful weapons in the universe”.
“And you’re asking me of all people to defeat the Demon King’s army”.
“Jaclyn’s defeating the Demon King’s army, you’re merely her backup”.
Neila sighed, as he stared at the floor, a random person came rushing in, he was sweaty and panting, he grabbed the corner of the wall as he collapsed onto the floor.
“Demon… outbreak”.
Neila stared at Anastasia and then towards Yuki.
“Is she going to join us? If she is, she’s going to need some field experience”.
Anastasia had a smile on her face, she pat Yuki on her back.
“Why not? Go with him, didn’t you used to want to be an adventurer when you were younger? Now you have no other choice”.
“That was when I was younger, I don’t want to be a goddamn soldier for the government”.
Anastasia pushed her towards Neila, her eyes were alluring.
“It may not look like it but he’s a B class, come on it’ll be a fun experience”.
“Hell n-“.