Oriente 6, Heaven

When I woke up, I was back in the room, once again on the bed, it was daytime, and I had bandages on my stomach, they were from the wound from my first time in the forest, it seemed like nothing serious had happened to me this time. The sound of someone walking made me turn my head, although it was a little difficult to see her because she was the Crystal Girl, she barely saw that my eyes were open, she spoke.

"Are you trying to break a record as the person with the most time unconscious?"

"How long was I out?"

"Is it another day?" I said as I sat down.

"No day has passed, it is only the afternoon, this morning you went to the forest, you were only unconscious for 1 hour, by the way, it was because you had a low sugar level. It will go away if you start eating better," she said as she also took a seat next to me.

"Well, the truth is that except for breakfast yesterday and today, I cannot remember eating anything since I was on the aircraft carrier.

"That happened last year!"

"You need to take better care of yourself, you are still recovering from several injuries you had when you escaped, in addition to the fact that you had another quite serious one yesterday, the hospital doctors do not want to see you so often".

"Of course I do, when I am with my family, but the problems seem to follow me".

"Well, you don't seem to do much to avoid them."

"Do you know where Tamamo is?"

"The girl you brought out of the forest?"

"She's recovering right now in another room nearby"

"What the hell happened to you?"

"I was hoping they would try to attack you, not that you would kidnap her!"

"Then I made it..."

"It's good to see that the effort was worth it," I breathed out in relief.

"I was expecting the same thing, but a crystal monster appeared and attacked both of us."

"I did not know that there could be hostile creatures here, I thought they did not exist here."

"I brought you something to eat," she handed me a plate with two sandwiches and some tea.

"You should get your strength back after all the nonsense you did.

"If you would just wait like normal people, you would avoid all these problems".

"I'm sorry, but right now I'm very nervous about Maria.

"I want to tell my family that I am fine and see how her health has been.

"But I've only made things worse.

"I also owe that girl an apology, because of me she was quite hurt".

After that Momo took a few things and went to the hot springs, because thanks to me she now has nothing to do until the new portal parts arrive. I went to the hotel reception and thought about how I could introduce myself to the girl who was hurt because of me. I thought about getting another cake, since the first one must be in the middle of the forest. But while I was going to the restaurant, another girl appeared, it was the owner of the place, and when she saw me, she went to me.

"Are you hurt in any way?"

"Don't you need a doctor again?"

"What are you going to do now?"

"If you go on like this, I will only recover the lost hotel with the bill I will send to your father.

"Thank you for your concern for me."

"As for what I'm going to do, I'm going to visit the girl I brought with me and apologize to her."

"Alright"

"But can you tell me what you know about her?"

"What do you mean?"

"Just a girl I met in the forest, nothing more"

"And she just happens to look like the girl you attacked and described?"

"I swear to you, it is just a very big coincidence."

"Did you know that I used to hunt demons?"

"Some even try to blend into human society, so being good at spotting lies is an important part of being a Yokai hunter," she said with a suspicious look.

"I swear to you, if this all goes well, I will talk to my father about your problem with the hotel, because you would be a great help to me."

"Are you sure?"

"Alright"

"What is an old rivalry from the past with the possibility of not losing my source of income," she changed her face to one of hope.

"But I warn you, if the slightest thing happens, you will have to be the one to talk to all the people around, not just me."

After finally getting the cake and tea. I went straight to the room where Tamamo was, because apparently it was Urakaze's idea to give her a room just for her to raise the price of my stay here even more.

When I got to the room, I knocked on the door and said hello. When I entered the room and saw her, I was completely surprised, her appearance was almost like a different person. Her hair was longer and blonde than before, it was like seeing the rays of the sun, her eyes were also lighter and shining as if they were illuminating but without losing the beautiful blue, her biggest change now was that she also had big fox ears similar to mine, but her tail was different because she had several of them behind her, they were the same color as her hair and she had also arranged them in a fan shape so that when she was sitting it gave the impression that she was sitting on a throne. Her beautiful kimono is beautifully decorated, with a beautiful pattern of a starry and tranquil night with occasional clouds moving magically in real-time to show the night unfolding as a glorious spectacle, In her hand, she held a beautiful fan that also moved, with motifs of a beautiful cherry tree and a large crescent moon. She had a melancholy look on her face, she even seemed slightly sad, which added to her charming beauty and undoubtedly reminded me of the powerful being she had in front of me, she was truly a goddess.

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"So you came to see me after all," she said, looking up at me.

"I'm very sorry about how this all ended," I bowed my head.

"I don't know how to respond to my shortcomings."

"I hurt you with my impatience."

There was an awkward silence for a few moments before she raised her voice again.

"Although it was not really your fault, you come to apologize to the person you saved"

"Who exactly are you?"

"What do you want from me?" She said.

"Okay, it seems right after what happened to you because of me.

"I will tell you the truth, although I have no doubt that you will not believe me," I said with a little doubt in my voice.

"My real name is Cesar."

"I am a human being who ended up trapped in this body."

"My sister has had some problems with illnesses in the past, so I'm afraid that strong news about me could harm her, so she wants to go to her right away to show her that everything is fine".

"After discovering that you are a goddess, I thought maybe you could help me operate a portal to return me to Earth with your magic."

"I think you have a bad head if you think they will let you out of heaven so easily," she said in a tone that emphasized contempt.

"The permit I already have, it was given to me by THE BOSS himself, what I lack is the means of transportation, because due to some technical problems, the portal will be out of service for at least a month," I replied.

"That's amazing"

"But it has one big flaw"

"I don't know if you know me, but I am not a goddess who can be considered good."

"I have killed many people."

"For which I am under arrest."

"Technically, being here now would be considered an escape, and you would be my accomplice for helping me."

"So it would be better for you if you just leave now and pretend that you don't know me," she said again with a sad face.

Her face seemed to be crying from sadness and loneliness, she tried to hide it by looking at the window while she spoke, at no time did she turn her head to see my face. I didn't know her very well, but I still wanted to help her, or at least comfort her, because I knew very well how terrible it is to be alone for a long time without anyone to help you.

"You're not completely an evil goddess, are you?" I said quietly and calmly.

"Wha... what are you talking about?" she replied in surprise, obviously not expecting me to ask her that.

"When you attacked me the first time, you were scared and trying to defend your house, weren't you?"

"You're also warning me now that I should stay away if I don't want to have problems with the angels."

"And the fact that you didn't try to escape even though you woke up."

"Besides, I knew your story from before, and it always seemed very unfair the way they treated you."

"You just wanted to live a normal life and help people as a human being, but they only persecuted you for a crime you did not commit. "

"After that, you just tried to defend your life from those who wanted to hurt you."

"Is it bad to try to defend yourself?"

She almost cried for a second when she heard me speak, so I decided to change the subject with the first thing that came to my mind.

"By the way, I hope you like chocolate cake."

"I brought you some as an apology for what happened."

She finally turned to look in my direction, now with a surprised expression on her face, and after a few seconds, she smiled and spoke again. I started to serve dessert and tea for both of us.

"What a strange person you are."

"Not only did you manage to defeat me fairly in battle."

"You also saved me from a monster later, and you even came to me with a gift as an apology."

"When I was on Earth, no one showed me such kindness, even in the palace."

"Everyone there treated me well at first, but that was only because I had a good position in the palace. "

"No one really cared about me or how I was."

"And when the hard times came, they blamed and persecuted me for no other reason than that I was different from them, because I was not a human being."

"But with you, everything was reversed."

"We only saw each other in bad situations."

"And yet you treated me kindly in all that you could."

"As if you were the hero of a story, a story that I thought it was impossible for me to experience firsthand."

Then she closed her eyes for a moment and put her hand on her chest before speaking again.

"You said your real name was Cesar, right?"

"Then I imagine with that name you are actually a man."

"Am I right?"

"That is correct."

"My current body is that of a girl, but I am really a man," I told her sincerely.

"All right," she said, opening her eyes.

"Then it's decided."

"I can help you get back to Earth"

"But I want something in return"

"That's fair, right?"

"I agree."

"I'll do anything if you can get me back to Earth"

"Ok, I have to prepare some things"

"Come back in a while, probably for the night it's ready"

"If you can help me, I will be eternally grateful," I said.

"Yes, but soon you will be even more grateful to me.

"No one has ever managed to make me as excited as I am right now."

"What do you mean?"

"Don't worry, everything will be fine"

"Don't you have something to do?"

"I'm sure there was a Crystal Girl you had to take care of, or was it the other way around?"

"Go and do something while I prepare, and don't you dare spy on me."

She said as she pushed me out of the room and slammed the door. Seeing that she was right, I thought about going back and hanging out with Momo while she got ready for whatever she was planning.