“LET’S DO THIS!!” I yelled as I poured every single drop of my will into my legs and suddenly, as well as very sharply, did a 180° turn, seemingly putting myself in a collision course with Isharnnat, surprising her! Good!

“Nononono! Not good!! You cannot be serious about doing what you’re thinking of doing! Don’t do it! You can’t!” Screamed the running Isharnnat as she repeatedly shook her head and made an ‘X’ with her arms, emphasizing just how much she really didn’t want me to do what I was about to do. Sadly for her, it’s…!

“TOO LATE!” I exclaimed as I jumped straight into the path of the descending lightning, moving up our meeting from soon to right now!!

In that moment, as I inched closer and closer to this thing made up of cosmic and divine energy, I caught a glimpse of the gods who had been cheering for us until a bit ago when the lightning was initially shot. Some, like the High Score-Giving God, were at the edge of their seats, abject amazement and the words ‘DO IT’ written all over their faces. Meanwhile, others like the Cotton Candy Fox Goddess were smug as heck, clearly thinking that I had handed them the win on a silver platter by doing something as stupid as this. Heh, I wouldn’t sing victory just yet though! I told you I was gonna make you eat that smugness, Cotton Candy Fox Goddess! Same goes for the rest of you who bet against me!! So just watch as I use the little trick I learned when I purposefully pushed back this golden doofus to feed it to you!!

“D-DOOFUS?! N-NO, THAT DOESN’T MATTER!”

Thus, guided by my memory of that, as well as that of the door that led me out of Isharnnat’s divine realm, I focused my will once again, turning it into this something filled with intent, the intent of taking and redirecting rather than pushing and escaping, and coated my entire being with it before reaching out to the lightning with my right hand and…

“STOP, AUROS!! SERIOUSLY!! THAT LIGHTNING IS NOT FOR YOU TO TOUCH LIKE THAT!! IF YOU DO THAT, HE’LL GET REALLY ANGR—”

…TAKING IT!! NOW, I GOTTA—“GNNNNAAHHH!!!”

“NO! AUROS!!”

“NGHHHHH!!” CRAPCRAPCRAPCRAP! TALK ABOUT GETTING CARRIED AWAY AND… GHH… UNDERSTIMATIG THINGS! IT’S TOO MUCH POWER! IT FEELS LIKE… NGHH… ONE WRONG MOVE AND IT WILL… AGHH… TEAR ME APART! BUT THAT’S ALRIGHT! I’LL HOLD ON… GAH… JUST ENOUGH TO LET IT FLOW THROUGH ME AND… GNNN… AND POINT IT AT ISHARNNAT!! THANKFULLY, THAT’S GOING TO BE EASIER SINCE THIS THING IS HELPING ME STAY ALOFT RATHER THAN FALLING! NNNGH… NOW, REMEMBER BESTO UNCLE’S ADVICE!! IN FROM ONE ARM AND OUT FROM THE OTHER! “GAHHH!! IF ONLY IT DIDN’T HURT THIS MUCH, DAMMIT!”

“OF COURSE IT HURTS, YOU IDIOT! YOU’RE MESSING WITH LIGHTNING MADE OF THE PUREST, CLASHING COSMIC STUFF!! NOW, LET GO OF IT! AND PREFERABLY NOT IN MY DIRECTION!”

“YOU…!! SHAMELESS GOLDIE...!!” YOU KNOW WHAT? TO HELL WITH THE PAIN!! I’M SHOOTING YOU WITH THIS YES OR YES! NOW IT JUST NEEDS TO FULLY FLOW THROUGH ME BEFORE—HM?! “WHAT’S… NGHHH… THIS?!”

It’s…! Nghhh!! It’s the strangely familiar feeling again!! The feeling of someone… ghh… related to Nerinne!! Could it be that this lightning was… gnnaahh… sent by another of Nerinne’s siblings to… gnn… help me? Perhaps a sibling that oversees cosmic storms that feels some kinship with me? And that’s why it was following me? Though, given the strength of this thing… aghh… it makes me think that they’re also testing my tenacity…! Still, as a big brother, I understand! I’d totally do something similar to see if my lil’ sister’s partner can follow her crazy pace! So thank you for this chance! Gnnn!! I’ll make full use of it and show you that your sister is in good hands!

“Since when are you so receptive to tests of suitability?! And why were you not like that with mine?! Not fair, Auros Argento! Not fair!! Hold on, that is not it! Older sister?! Siblings?! A test of your tenacity?! What nonsense are you even saying?! YOU ARE GRAVELY MISUNDERSTANDING EVERYTHING THERE!! LET THAT THING GO BEFORE HE MAKES IT DO SOMETHING FAR WORSE TO YOU THAN JUST SENDING YOU BACK!! PLEASE!!”

“AS IF I’D BELIEVE YOUR SEEMINGLY SINCERE PLEAS AFTER ALL THIS CRAZINESS YOU’VE PUT ME THROUGH! NOW… GNN… STOP RUNNING SO ERRATICALLY AND STAY STILL SO I CAN HIT YOU WITH IT!!”

“NO WAY!!” OF COURSE, YOU’D SAY THAT!! BUT THAT’S FINE!! I’LL NAIL YOU ANYWAYS!! I JUST NEED TO HOLD ON A BIT MORE! JUST A BIT MORE…!! NNNGH…!!

“YOU CAN DO IT MORTAL!!”

“DO IT MORTAL! DO IT!”

“NO!! HURRY AND GET VANISHED!!”

“YEAH! I WANT MY WINNINGS!!”

Hearing both the cheers and jeers from the gods as I try my best to not ruin this, I cannot help but crack a smile and laugh, “HAHAHAHA!”

And why wouldn’t I laugh? I’m experiencing one of the most isekai things in my life! The very type of crazy happenings I lived for back in my previous world! The kind of things that would make my imagination go wild time and time again! Truly, I know I’ve said it many times before, but I’m so glad I chose to go with Nerinne back when this isekai journey of mine started! And it only makes me love her more!

So who cares about the deafening crackling of this cosmic lightning bolt coursing through the entirety of my soul? Who cares about its nigh-blinding radiance or its raw, untamed power? Who cares about the pain and how it must be so overwhelming? I won’t give away until Isharnnat is all toasty and I’m back with Nerinne! Besides, I’ve got a guts test to ace! Not just as Nerinne’s dear, but also as the one who dared call themselves the King of Storms, just like my waifu! I cannot fail as either of those things! AND I WON’T!

“RAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!” I roared, raising my other arm as I willed the lightning towards it with everything I had, and when all of it gathered there, I slowly opened my hand, letting the cosmic levin bolt come out of it in an oh so familiar form before I grasped it with respect, but more than that, with confidence, and brandished it like a spear I was an instant away from throwing. Then, I gazed upon the running Isharnnat and saw that her erratic path had been cut off by an unaware god that came out of nowhere… literally! Which means—“IT IS NOW OR NEVER! EAT THIS! HA!!”

KRAKATHOOOOOM!!

“IT CAN’T BE! SHE WAS REALLY ABLE TO THROW IT AT ME?! HOW?! GIIII!!! I HATE THIS!! BUT I NEED TO GET AWAY BEFORE IT—ABABABABABABABABABABABABABABABA!”

“GOT YOU! AHAHAHAHAHA!” AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Man… I’m laughing so hard that tears have begun to pour out of my eyes, which is bad because I want the image of Isharnnat twitching and making funny, involuntary poses while being cartoonishly electrocuted burned in my mind as clearly as possible! Hahaha, seriously, just look at her! She’s even going through the x-ray and spazzed out, standing up hair combo! I can’t afford to be the only one who isn’t admiring this in glorious 4k!

And I mean that, because all the other gods are having a blast! And that even includes the ones who were betting against me! Like, just listen to them laugh their asses off! “GAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!!”

Strangely, though, the only one who isn’t laughing despite being involved is the one who sent me the lightning, the very one whom I think is another of Nerinne’s siblings. I wonder why? Maybe Isharnnat was right, and I was misunderstanding things? That could be a… a… woah… dizzy… weak… falling on the… floor… slowly… I guess it makes… sense… I shot the thing… so no more floating but…

“Ughh…” Dang it… Can’t move… This really… took quite the toll on me, so much so that I can only groan… But I can’t stay like this… “I need to get up and find… Nerinne while Isharnnat is still paralyzed by the cosmic lightning…”

“HAHAHA—hold on! Hey! Mortal! Are you ok?! You need to use this chance to keep running! Get up!” High-Score Giving God… I’m trying… I really am… but everything feels… so heavy… and I’m not talking… about my boobs… Still…

“Yeah! Get up!!”

“Get up! Weren’t you going to keep going?!”

“GET UP, MORTAL! GET UP! GET UP, MORTAL! GET UP!” There’s so many gods cheering for me to get up, huh? Am I going to disappoint them and make them… lose the bets they made by placing their faith on me? Am I going to… disappoint the one god who hasn’t said a thing, yet I can feel them… gazing at me expectantly from their cosmic storm clouds? And hey, maybe I am misunderstanding things, but one way or another, they still helped me. But most important of all… am I really stopping here after everything? Hell no! I won’t! I won’t disappoint them! And I won’t stop here!!

That’s why… I shall break my limits right here, right now!! I will… GET UP! “Nghhhh!!”

Yes! Just like that! One leg… then the other! No matter if they’re trembling! No matter if they feel like they’re made of stone!! Then, as I stand up, I raise my arm in victory before looking at everyone watching and shouting the first thing that comes to mind with all my heart, which is… “STORMS FOR THE WIN!!”

Supportive as always, the High-Score Giving God immediately joined me and, with a big grin on his tech-filled face, he shouted, “YEAH!! STORMS FOR THE WIN!!”

Then, the rest followed, until all of the gods who were in my camp were chanting, “STORMS FOR THE WIN!! STORMS FOR THE WIN!! STORMS FOR THE WIN!!”

And yeah, that’s making me smile like an idiot right now! As for Nerinne’s sibling… they haven’t joined in the chanting—hm? All the gods in my camp have turned to the cosmic clouds and are gesturing at Nerinne’s sibling to join in the chanting! What an act of divine peer pressure! Welp, gotta join them!! So I turn to the clouds, clear my throat, and shout, “come on! Join us! If it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t have been able to do this! So this is as much as celebration of you as it is of me! Of all of us! Or could it be that you don’t think storms are the best?! There’s no way, right?!”

“HMPH! AS IF!” HOLY!! THAT’S QUITE THE DEEP, DEEP THUNDERING VOICE COMING FROM THE CLOUDS!! AND IS THAT AN INCREDIBLY BUFF ARM RISING OUT OF THEM?! “GO, MORTAL! WE SHALL PROPERLY MEET SOON ENOUGH! STORMS FOR THE WIN!!”

“HAHA! HELL YEAH!!” I exclaimed as I jumped from the hype I was feeling right now! And I’m not the only one! All the gods who were already chanting are going crazy!! This is glorious! Still, I gotta go!! I can’t really miss my chance! As such, I bow before loudly saying… “THANK YOU EVERYONE! I PROMISE I’LL GET TO MY DESTINATION!”

With that, I waved goodbye to everyone on my camp one last time and gave an oh so smug glance at both the jeering gods and Isharnnat, who was still very paralyzed by the lightning and twitching on the floor, before running off once again with a smile on my face, slowly picking up speed as I regained my bearings, if only through sheer hype and stubbornness!

Of course, I know all of that sounded very final, but it’s not as if both camps of gods have stopped watching this marathon of mine. After all, their bets were about me reaching my final destination, not about me using a lightning bolt to stop Isharnnat. It’s just that I know that I won’t have the time to be all grateful to them when I get to Nerinne’s, so it was better to do it now rather than not do it at all. Especially if I don’t want any troublesome flags to form by being seemingly ungrateful!

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Although, they’re not the only ones watching me. That is to say, I can feel a couple of gods gazing deeply into me right now.

“I was wondering what all that racket was, but would you look at that… a mortal soul running through our city and using his levin bolts to stop her godly pursuer. Entertaining, indeed.” Said one of the aforementioned gods, their entire ethereal, ichor-like body waving and rippling with every word that came out of them save for their face, which was covered by a mask of crystalized… essence? Life force? Something along those lines.

“But have you seen the different colors swirling in that soul? I believe that is much, much more interesting than a simple game of tag. There is a story there. I am sure of it.” Mentioned the other god, whose appearance could be summed up with one word, chitin. Their entire body was covered in it, like an exoskeleton.

“Hmm… yes, now that you mention it those colors are indeed interesting. To think that one mortal soul carries three—no, four colors?” Wondered the former curiously as they cocked their ethereal head to the side.

“Four?” asked the chitinous latter, confused. “I just saw three.”

“Really? Can you not see the… what?” they paused, gazing at me again as if to do a double take before blinking in utter confusion, which kind of worries me since we’re talking about my soul here. There’s also those ‘colors’ I keep hearing about. Just what are they? “Is it not there anymore? I could swear that I… no, it might have been my imagination all along. You are right, there are only three. Old man Yawue’s, that strange girl Nerinne’s, and… huh? Isharnnat? Then why was she running after that soul with such vigor?”

“Who knows? She is an Old God; us young gods have no way to peer into their business beyond what is on the surface. And that only makes that mortal all the more interesting, as she is painted by not one but two of those and that Nerinne like you said…” Oi oi, why say things in that way and then not elaborate, chitinous god? What do you mean by ‘that’ Nerinne? Is her being a weirdo like Isharnnat said that big of a deal? Is it something else? Tell me!

Also, going by what they just said, I think they’re referring to my blessings when they talk about colors. But if that’s the case, what about the fourth one the ethereal god mentioned? Were they really just seeing things? Or could I have another blessing I don’t know of? Hmm… I think I’ll ask Nerinne or Yawue about it just in case. I don’t want another Isharnnat situation…

“I agree with you. It is such a shame that the blessings of Isharnnat and Yawue make it difficult for us to see just who she is…” Said the ethereal god, not outright ignoring my own running musings but also not responding directly to them. Still, if anything, thank you for confirming the thing about the colors being blessings.

“About that, there was something about an irregular reincarnation not too long ago. Maybe...” Uh-oh… I feel like I maybe should start running a bit harder just in case… yep, just in case…

“You are right. There was indeed something like that. It even involved both old man Yawue and Nerinne, but Isharnnat was not mentioned at all when I heard about it…” The ethereal looking god is gazing at me more and more… same for the chitinous one… I can totally feel their interest in me growing by the second!!

“Indeed, but don’t you remember, my friend? Yawue, Isharnnat and Nerinne are the—” what? THE WHAT?! THOSE THREE ARE WHAT?! COME ON, CHITINOUS GOD! YOU CAN’T JUST VANISH ELSEWHERE WITH YOUR FRIEND MIDSENTENCE LIKE THAT! AHHHHHHH!! I KNOW EAVESDROPPING IS IMPOLITE BUT COME ON!!! NOW I NEED TO KNO—WOAH!!! AUROS SENSE IS TINGLING!! GOTTA EVADE NOW!!

BOOOOOOM!!

“THE HECK?!” THE WALL THAT WAS TO MY LEFT SUDDENLY EXPLODED!! WHY THOUGH?! ISHARNNAT SHOULD STILL BE PARALYZED!! Wait, there’s someone coming out of the destroyed wall… please be someone else and let Isharnnat still be paralyzed… please be someone else and let Isharnnat still be paralyzed…

“Kakakaka! You really are underestimating me, Auros Argento!” OH COME ON!! IT REALLY WAS ISHARNNAT!! “Of course it is I!! I am a proud goddess of c-combat! Th-There is no way that something like a b-bolt meant to vanish you w-would have me down for the count that long!! AS YOU CAN S-SEE, I’VE FULLY RECOVERED!! KAKAKA!”

“AS IF I’D BELIEVE THAT, YOU IDIOT! YOU’RE A MESS!! YOU’RE STUTTERING AND EVEN TWITCHING! THERE’S COSMIC STATIC ALL OVER YOU TOO! AND YOUR HAIR STILL HASN’T RETURNED TO NORMAL!”

“Details, d-details! What matters is that I have finally caught up with you once again! And I do not plan on letting you out of my sight anymore! So why don’t you stop running and accept your fate? If you do that, I won’t have to launch myself at you for a second time!” DID YOU REALLY JUST SAY THAT?! LAUNCH YOURSELF AT ME AGAIN?! YOU DESTROYED THE EFFING WALL!! A WALL OF THE CITY OF THE GODS!! IF THAT HAD BEEN ME, I WOULD HAVE DIED!! AGAIN!! OF COURSE I’M GONNA KEEP RUNNING! I’M GONNA GO EVEN FASTER! “Oh, come now, Auros! I knew you were going to dodge it!”

“YOU ARE CRAZY!!” Seriously!! I need to find Nerinne’s divine realm before she comes up with even nuttier tactics to catch me!! Otherwise, I might really die!! Still, where are you, darling? Where? I told your older sister that I was bound to find you and I don’t plan on going back on my word, so let’s try again. Let’s tune out Isharnnat’s craziness and focus only on Nerinne. Remember her unique godly aura, her scent, her warmth. Remember—huh? This is…! Found her! “THERE!!”

That pastel pink door at the end of the hallway!! It even has chibi stickers of us all over it!! And not just of current me, but of past me as well! Ahhhhh, my love gauge for her is already maxed out and yet, somehow, this woman always finds ways to make it go over the limit!! Can’t wait to get inside and see her!!

“Sadly, you won’t! I shan’t let you!!” She screamed, desperately trying to grab at either of my arms or shoulders, but I’m not letting her!! NO SIR!! EVERY TIME SHE TRIES, I MANAGE TO BARELY JUMP OUT OF THE WAY, ALL WHILE INCREASING MY SPEED! WHY?! BECAUSE…

“…I SHALL SEE HER!! MAXIMUM EFFORT!!” With that mighty war cry lighting an even brighter fire in my heart, I go for one last push with everything I have! My soul’s legs, which already felt like they were gonna give out at any moment lots of moments ago, go into over-overdrive and make me run faster than ever before. It’s to the point that Isharnnat can only watch in shock as I leave her behind and reach the door I’ve been looking for all this time.

The very next instant, I reach for the doorknob, and she screams, “NO! WAIT!”

“NOPE!” I scream back, quickly getting inside and shutting the door right in Isharnnat’s face before locking it. Thankfully, despite Isharnnat’s vigorous banging—pun so not intended—and crazy doorknob pulling and turning, the door isn’t budging… for now at least. And that’s good because I really needed another breather. “Phew… now I just need to go to Nerinne, get my collection back, and all of this will be over—huh? What is this?”

Nerinne’s divine realm… it’s looks completely different than last time… It… It… IT LOOKS JUST LIKE STOCK BACKGROUND FOR THE INSIDE OF A HOUSE THAT THE DEVS OF MY WAIFU’S GAME USED FOR THE DREAM HIGHSCHOOL SLICE OF LIFE VISUAL NOVEL CHAPTER!! THERE’S EVEN THE MISPELLED WELCOME RUG RIGHT BESIDE WHERE YOU LEAVE YOUR SHOES BEHIND AND PUT ON SLIPPERS INSTEAD!! THIS WEEB GODDESS!! SHE IS BESTO!! BESTO I TELL YOU!!!

Of course, I immediately took off my shoes and put on the one pair of slippers that have my name on them, which shows that Nerinne had already thought of me coming here again, and that warms my heart. As I said previously, this woman just keeps making me love her more and more.

Yet, as I enter the ‘house’ proper and look at the empty living room, kitchen, dining room, as well as the stairs leading to the second floor, I came to a realization… “Just where is Nerinne? Hasn’t she felt my presence?”

“She’s upstairs to the right. In the very last room at the end of the hallway. You won’t miss it, Master~.” Said the always reliable Erevain with a smile after appearing to my right, her maid uniform lacking any imperfection as always.

“Thank you, Ere! Please don’t let the person banging on the door get inside!” I told Erevain as I ran up the stai—wait… Erevain? But we’re in Nerinne’s divine realm and… not in the castle… Then! “Could she be…?!”

Having quickly turned around to confirm my suspicions on that maid’s identity, I… find her to be gone. Vanished without a trace. No, there’s a trace. A cartoonishly massive lock on the door that wasn’t there before, one that has a tiny note pasted on it with ‘use in case of Isharnnat’ written on it, as well as a chibi of Nerinne drawn on it. Just what kind of annoyance is Isharnnat that even Nerinne has countermeasures for her?? No, that’s not important right now. Rather, was that… was that maid Ere’s mom?

“AUROOOOOS! OPEN THIS DOOR! NOW!” Dammit, Isharnnat! I’m trying to think about this very important plot discovery, you know?! Gahhhh! Then again, I really shouldn’t linger any more than this. Even that massive lock doesn’t look like it will hold for long, so I guess this is yet another thing I’ll just have to leave for later. First, let’s get to Nerinne’s room!!

As I finish going up the stairs and turn to the right, I immediately find Nerinne’s room and beeline towards it. Then, after so, so many shenanigans, I finally enter and what do I find?

“Yes! Got the new S rank! This level of bounciness… and this outfit… I’m so stuffing Auros in it, fufufu~. Oh? What’s this? There’s a new volume of the ‘Black Knight of Doom Loves Magical Girl Parfait Puri-chan’ novel?! I’m getting it right now! I have to know what happens next after last volume’s cliffhanger left us with the Black Knight being outed as a woman and missing her date with Puri-chan!”

I find a weeb goddess lying on the floor, playing gacha games, reading novels, eating snacks, and so on. In other words, she’s having an awesome weeb night while enjoying my collection. A collection with several new additions, if I might add… There’s even figures of me and the maid-knights… Some are 1 to 1 faithful representations of us, while in others we’re wearing bunny outfits, neko lingerie and ears, and even virgin killer sweaters… Neko lingerie embarrassed Kris is quite something… Ahem… and of course, there’s also posters and dakimakuras of both the wholesome and lewd kind… those last ones are only of me though. All in all, this is so cool… and so… so… NOT FAIR!! I WANT TO ENJOY THIS TOO, YOU KNOW?! Still, since she hasn’t noticed me, I SHALL SPOOK THE CRAP OUT OF HER AS REVENGE!

Thus, I take a deep breath and shout, “YOU WEEB GODDESS! SO THIS IS WHAT YOU WERE DOING WHILE I WAS RUNNING LIKE CRAZY!!”

“KYAAAAAA…!!” she screams, leaping off the ground and turning to the source of the sudden scream, me, which only adds to her terror. “A-AUROS?! W-WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!! OH NO! YOU REALLY DIED FROM OVERWORKING?!! WHAT AM I GOING TO TELL OUR DAUGHTERS?!!”

“CALM DOWN!! I AM NOT DEAD!! I HAVE COME TO TAKE MY COLLECTION WITH ME!! MUAHAHAHA!” I declare menacingly, turning her terror into horror!!

“NOOO!! EVERYTHING EXCEPT THAT, YOU MEANIE!!” This Goddess…!! She’s shielding my collection with her body as if protecting it from some thief! But I’m the owner! “That doesn’t matter! And why are you a gyaru?! You look so cute! Let me take some pictures!”

“That won’t stop me, you lovable goddess! And alright, take as much as you’d like!” I exclaimed, before proudly posing for all the pictures that my darling wanted and some more that I wanted like… “LET’S DO A DOUBLE GYARU SELFIE!”

“OH! YES! LET’S!” Excited by my suggestion, Nerinne immediately changed into a gyaru uniform of her own and… SHE LOOKS SO HOT! OH MY GODDESS! SHE IS SO HOT I’M MELTING! I WANNA GO AWOOGA ALL OVER HER AND… Err… I mean… we started taking selfies. Lots of them. All in different poses and the like. Some were wholesome, while others were pure, delicious risqué fanservice material as it was intended by the laws of all things isekai! I’m in heaven, literally and figuratively… It was… so worth it coming here… Although, I think I’ve forgotten something in my bliss… or more like someone… oh crap, that’s a flag for that someone to just bust in here at any moment now, isn’t it?

“Auroooos! Why did you put that big lock on the door? It took me a while to enter!” AND THERE SHE IS! WHAT THE HELL IS IT WITH THAT TIMING?! WHERE YOU WAITING FOR ME TO GET TO THAT POINT IN THE NARRATION?! DON’T WINK AT ME LIKE THAT! MUCH LESS POINT AT ME PLAYFULLY WITH THOSE FINGER GUNS! “Oh do not be like that, Auros! Did all the things we did together made you forget that your penchant for the dramatic rubbed off on me a bit, kaka! It is understandable though. After all, we did plenty to each other. To be honest, it was quite fun even if I’m a little ragged from all of it.”

“PHRASING, YOU IDIOT GODDESS!! PHRASING!! And stop leaning on me!! What if Nerinne misunderstands all of thi—?!”

“Auros, dear.”

SHIVERS. LOTS. OF. SHIVERS. I DON’T WANT TO TURN TO HER BUT I HAVE TO. “Y-y-yes, d-darling…?”

“Why is Isharnnat here?”

“F-Funny y-you s-say that… y-you see… I was—"

“Why do you have Isharnnat’s color all over you?” D-Darling, I was a-about to explain everything b-but you interrupted me… so please s-stop making that incredibly scary face and l-let me d-do that… Also, is it me or is the room ge-getting da-darker? “Why is Isharnnat acting like that? Why did she call you by your name?”

“D-darling… now you are growing… massively… and your l-lovely voice is becoming distorted… ”

“When did you two get so close? Why are you letting her lean on you like that?” D-darling, I can explain…! Just stop turning into a nightmare…! PLEASE!! Wait… are… are those eyes?! So many eyes!! Nonono! AND WHAT IS THAT OTHER THING?! “Did I not tell you that other Goddesses are off limits?”

“AHHHHHHH!!” HOLY CRAP! HOLY CRAP! HOLY CRAP! HOLY CRAP! MY GIRLFIREND JUST TURNED INTO A LOVECRAFTIAN NIGHTMARE!! I CAN FEEL THEM!! I CAN FEEL MY SANITY POINTS GOING DOWN ON A FREE FALL!!

“Nerinne, may I come in? It is Yawue. I lost sight of Auros for a moment. I fear Isharnnat might be involved so I came here as soon as possible…” YES! YAWUE!! YOU FINALLY CAME!! HELP ME!!

“Hah?”

“…” YAWUE?! WHY DID YOU GO SILENT?!! WHY DID YOU FREEZE UP?! I KNOW SHE MIGHT LOOK VERY SCARY AND INTIMIDATING, EVEN MORE SO WITH THE LOOK SHE JUST GAVE YOU, BUT YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, RIGHT?! “I shall leave you to resolve your problems in private.”

“NO! DON’T LEAVE ME! YAWUEEEE!!”

“Dear, yOu HaVE SoMe ExpLAining TO do.”

“L-Let’s calm down, d-darling… Let’s j-just calm—is that a tentacle?” IT IS!! AND IT’S ON MY LEG! WAIT, WHY IS IT TURNING INTO EVEN MORE TENTACLES?! AHHHHH! I NEED TO RUN AWAY!!! I NEED TO… Wh-where’s the door? W-Wasn’t it behind me? It was behind me, right?!

“It iS GoNE. THerE iS No EsCaPE.”

“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! YADAAAAAAA—!!”

To be continued… (cue tentacle doujin featuring Auros?)

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