Kael spent the entire day, sharpening the blades. Getting the rust off, giving the blades a proper cleaning session. Cleaning every aspect of the blade, even if it meant that he had to supplement the blade by using its original smithing techniques. They were not easy but at the very least, the Weapon Spirits and Living Weapons looked better.
Their armors were in better shape, the bruises or any form of injury has left them. Though throughout the entire day, Kael was thinking about Josephine. Finding out how she died was an eye opener for him. It made Kael realize a lot of things. What if the same had happened to his other family? Were there still lies to how they died?
Those thing bothered Kael but at the very least, he had gotten some truth to one of them. Josephine appeared, where she leaned on Kael's back while he was working on the weapons. Perhaps Josephine preferred not to speak, this time she was able to rest. Night had came around as Kael walked out of the forge. Seeing a student staying outside of the forge, it was the owner of the blade that housed the fox from earlier. Kael did not say a word as he walked past her and used teleport magic to return home.
Seeing Baihua, Yueliang Hua and Xuehua working in the kitchen. Xuehua was working the wok like no tomorrow with the high heat. Kael joined his family by the table.
"So Kael... We heard about everything." Miriam said with a shaky voice.
"And erm... Who is that?" Lloyd pointed to the door. Kael turned to see Lucius just standing outside the door.
"That's.. The Supreme God, Lucius. Scarlet, let him in." Scarlet Vow opened the door as Lucius walked in.
"Supreme God Lucius?" Kael's family bowed to him, where as Ren ran up to him. Lucius picked Ren up easily.
"Kael, I heard you got a new job." Lucius spoke to Kael with a smile.
"Kael... Your family seems to have... Gotten a lot of attention... From them." Lucius pointed out where Kael could see the various Gods just staring outside the sliding door. Aerith, Lorbis, Mayala and the others were staring at him. Kael turned to the other Gods that were staring at him.
"Fine. Come in." They all came in.
"The people at the theme park! Wait, Kael they are gods!?" Lloyd panicked as he looked at the table. It was far too small. Then seeing Hati bow to a child who petted their hands.
"Thank you for taking care of my servants, Webster family." The child said, which Kael knew it was the child of nature. Eretus who is the son of Father and Mother nature.
"Oh, Eretus. Seems like you're taking care of a lot of things for your Father and Mother?" Eretus nodded, the boy was wearing a pair of shorts and a wolf pelt over his body. Kael petted Eretus's head who then turned to Ren. Lucius put Ren down as the two of them played rock paper scissors.
"What's going on? Kael asked where Lucius let out a sigh as the other Gods were speaking in their language trying to figure out what to say to Kael.
"The Avatar of a few of a few Gods have been... Reincarnated... They will be headed to your school. We've said that their friend is there. The Avatar of War, Avatar of Duel, Avatar of Summer, Avatar of Spring, Avatar of Winter and Avatar of Fall. Their reincarnation... Well..." Kael let out a sigh and raised his hand to stop Lucius from continuing.
"I know. We went through the same 52 cycles. I know because we shared the same problem. Our lives were so screwed up, that's what sparked us to be reincarnated. The Avatar of War was a child soldier. Avatar of Duel was a fencer.. Avatar of Summer was beach model. Avatar of Spring was a gardener, Avatar of Winter was a singer and Avatar of Fall was... Was a dictator of a country." Kael explained which made it easier for Lucius to accept it.
"They will be headed to your direction soon. They need some help. And you were their leader." Kael scratched his head as he looked at Aevery who went to the kitchen, taking a look at what the three swords were making. Aevery was not a bulky man, but an athletic figure who seemed to be disinterested in everything.
"That and... There seem to be False Avatars that are going to be running around... Oh by the way I forgot to introduce you to the new Goddess of Destruction." Lucius said as he pulled the girl, Velaya. She bowed to them and Kael was surprised. She literally looks like Ren's age. Ren seemed shy as he hid behind Kael's, tugging Kael's shirt.
"The Goddess of Destruction and my brother's shy. By the way Lucius, seems like you don't accept prayers of the common people." Kael said.
"Praying to me alone is what led to the cause of many gods to lose their powers and be forgotten. That is why I only limit myself to you anyway. I only hear your prayers, my avatar. For you were the one who gave faith to me. Besides, if it's you. You bypass the Gods and you can let me know if there's any problems on this earth. Though seeing Ren being shy, it must mean he must like my ward." Lucius said as he patted Velaya's hair.
"Ward?" Kael was a bit confused, he never heard about this part.
"She's not my sister. More like an adopted daughter. There is a lot to it but it had to do with her crimson hair. So I took her in, and made her the Goddess of Destruction. Besides her offerings aren't that crazy like mine were." Lucius ended that sentence with a laugh, though he noticed Kael wasn't laughing and stopped. Coughing for a bit before looking at Kael again.
"Ren, just crumple a piece of paper and offer it to Velaya." Ren did as he was told, showing it to Velaya who smiled at it.Watching the paper fade and turn into dust.
"Kael... I was wondering if this may be troublesome. I was thinking of having Velaya learn what it means to live among humans. As you know, most Gods and Deities were human prior to their ascension but Velaya... She has not had such an experience."Lucius asked where Kael raised his thumb, pointing it to his parents.
"They raised me. If you want the me who is naive and innocent. They can help you with that. Besides, most of the kids I raised were warriors." Kael answered as Josephine appeared by his side, Violette and Emeline walked on over to Kael. Tugging the sleeves of his shirt.
"Ah.. I see. Josephine Chevalier and the twins. Kael.. .This must be hard for you." Maybellestra said as she stood with an umbrella in hand, dressed in black lace. To which Emeline and Violette were transformed into a pair of infants in Kael's hand. Kael looked at Maybellestra and Intresa, the Goddess of Summons who both did something.
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"When not in battle, Emeline and Violette will behave like infants. When in battle the armors that they wore will fight on their behalf. You can raise them but as they are summons. They mature quickly. We can skip the infant stage if you want." Kael turned to Josephine who was uncertain of what had been said by the blue haired Intresa in the trench coat.
"Is that really okay, Goddess?" Josephine asked.
"Of course. You are the Avatar of Destruction's wife when he was Sylvain. Feel free to speak your thoughts." Josephine was crying as Kael grabbed a tissue, then wiped her tears.
"Mom, dad. Are you okay with adopting Velaya with us?" Kael asked where Lloyd and Miriam were still trying to wrap this situation around their heads. The Gods were standing before them, Kael has a wife? Now they have two infants? Lloyd and Miriam were going to faint from all of this and they did.
"Jenny?: Kael could see Jenny had fainted with her eyes open and holding a cup of tea in her hand.
"Aerith." Aerith snapped her fingers and it woke them all up.
"Mister Webster. We will pay the fees for Velaya's stay. Is it okay? Because we wish for her to learn what it means to be among humans." Velaya looked at Miriam with her eyes. It was pure innocence, she seemed to be of a pure heart. Lush crimson hair, eyes full of curiosity and careful manners.
"Yes!" Miriam shouted as she ran over to hug Velaya.
"Honey?" Lloyd questioned what had happened.
"We are adopting her! She is a cinnamon roll that must be protected!" Kael turned to the Gods, he needed to make sure he heard it right. A cinnamon roll? Velaya is the Goddess of Destruction and his mother just called the Goddess a cinnamon roll.
"What's a cinnamon roll?" Velaya asked, which immediately triggered Miriam. Bolting to the kitchen faster than Kael could even say a word, she then shouted out.
"WHICH ONE OF YOU IS GOOD WITH COOKING!?" A God and a Goddess raised their hands.
"GET OVER HERE! WE'RE MAKING HER A CINNAMON ROLL!" The God and Goddess ran to the kitchen to help with Kael's mother. The others were trying to comprehend what was going on. They just watched the God of Food and Goddess of Cooking listen to this mortal and they were cooking with her in the kitchen.
Lloyd, seemed to have given up as he knelt in front of Velaya.
"Well. Velaya, is there anything else you want us to get you?" Velaya was unsure to what Lloyd asked.
"I.. I want to do something with colour..." Kael heard that and went to his dad's room, pulling out a large paper board.
"Good thinking, son. Let's paint." Lloyd said as he brought out the colour pencils and crayons.
"Just draw anything." Lloyd said as Velaya started to draw, what she ended up drawing was Lucius holding her hand. A vivid portrait with a background of the snow. Kael looked at Lucius who seemed to have thought of something sad. THey watched as Velaya took that painting she made and passed it to Lucius.
Lucius smiled but as Lucius's Avatar, Kael could literally see his thoughts pop up above Lucius's head like speech bubbles. Lucius was literally screaming at the top of his lungs. Kael could hear it but the other Gods couldn't hear it.
'That damned Artisan better keep his mouth shut or I'll blow his head off for insulting this.' Kael chuckled, it seems that even Lucius has a soft side. Perhaps because of what Velaya represented.
"Kael... I can see where you get your assertiveness from and the gentleness from."
"So... I get a younger sister?" Jenny asked, where Kael and Lucius nodded to her. Jenny went over to her room and grabbed a pink teddy bear, walking over to Velaya.
"What's this?" Velaya looked at the pink teddy bear with confusion. She is not able to understand its meaning.
"It's a pink teddy bear. Normally people keep teddy bears to keep monsters from hurting us." Jenny said only to see the teddy bear change to become a pink bird that sat on Velaya's head. The teddy bear was still in Jenny's hand. They turned to a child that held the teddy bear in her hands.
"She's the Goddess of Dreams. Alanait. Wait... Ala you're not." Lucius was cut off when they watched the child with the teddy bear grabbed Jenny's teddy bear. Booping its nose twice. Then they watched it change to a pink anthromorphic bear with a huge axe on his back.
"Mister Cuddles?" Jenny called out.
"Yep. Oh. Goddess.." The bear turned to Alanait.
"The story about Teddy Bears protecting people is part of my existence. People that believe a certain item wards of demons or any sort of evil. When given to a child, it will be given life when given care and attachment to its owner. That is why Mister Cuddles changed. Velaya got something that was said to protect her. It is a falcon but it is currently in its more child friendly form. Thank you, for offering Mister Cuddles to her but as you can see. Mister Cuddles refuses to be away from you." Alanait said with the child like voice, playful and acting all coy.
"Well. We may come around from time to time. Especially the child like deities since they will be coming a lot to play." Lucius said to them as they bowed.
"We're going to need an extra room for her." Lloyd said then he could see Mazik the God of Builders and the Kizarti the Goddess of Architechture appear to Lloyd.
"We can handle it but... Let's see what you can do?" Lloyd went on ahead to take out a piece of paper and sketched the entire room. From the top plan view to the rough sketch of what the room is going to look like. Through out the entire ordeal Mazik and Kizarti were going 'ooh' and 'aah' to what Lloyd was doing.
"We might need more materials for it." To which Lloyd then was turned to Mazik and Kizarti who had stars glowing in their eyes.
"Kael! Your dad's going to be our Avatar!" Mazik said.
"An Avatar?" Lloyd asked with confusion. Now Kael was literally seeing question marks over Lloyd's head.
"Being an Avatar means that you are the God's represntative on this earth. Basically buildings and architechture you make. Will essentially be able to withstand a lot of stress. Mazik and Kizarti were the ones that build the realms of many planets and dimensions and worlds. If you take it, whatever building you make. Can only be destroyed by someone who is an Avatar of Destruction." Kael explained to his father.
"Which means your son. Or anyone Velaya chooses." Lucius added on. The others turned to the kitchen seeing how Miriam was correcting the Gods with how they were cooking. Their technique was bad, their workings in the kitchen was bad. Miriam's assertiveness was holding the God and Goddess hostage but they seem to be amused by her. Then watching Miriam plate the cinnamon roll with vanilla ice cream. Cutting a piece and then bringing it to Velaya.
The young goddess took a bite. Hook, line and sinker. She was cooing happily to the taste. Velaya turned to the others with that beaming smile and the Gods and Goddesses put on their shades. Kael could see speech bubbles appear above their heads.
'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH' From Lucius.
'The mortal was right. I finally understand why... Velaya is a cinamon roll.' From Aerith. The others were internally screaming at how adorable Velaya was.
"She deserves the best. Miriam Donnis. Dorris? I am unsure of how to speak your surname. Whatever they stopped eixsting. Back to the point! You will be our avatar. Because we wish to make sure that Velaya gets to eat good food everyday." Miriam turned to Kael.
"Basically being the Avatar of both God of Food and Goddess of Cooking. Literally means any ingredients that you pick out from the store will always be fresh. Food does not spoil. Food has more nutrition in them. Er..." Kael paused then turned to Lucius.
"Basically. Food made by you will always taste surreal and Godlike.. And when you cook for your loved ones, they will always turn out perfect. You also master every culinary technique. You could cook a poisonous snake and the snake's posion will just leave its body when you make it. Though I have to be surprised at you both. Bodaine and Palia. I can't believe you would do this so easily." Lucius said.
"Don't question us Lucius." The two rebutted at him angrily.
"I will allow you both to be the avatars. Take care. We will come around the villa from time to time." Lucius said as he vanished. Kael then turned to Josephine who was holding Violette and Emeline, Kael took Emeline.
"Let's go. We should put them both to sleep." Kael said as they headed to the room where it was remodeled with baby cribs and toys. This has to be the work of the God of Fatherhood and Goddess of Motherhood. Doting parents, Kael then sang a lullaby for the two infants that cooed at the sight of the unknown figure but perhaps they recognized him as their father by the soul.