94 Being a daddy! And teatime?

"He ran away!? Why didn't you stop him Seria?" Dad calls out in a surprised voice while sitting on his throne. 

"Geez! Don't call it running away. He just wanted to travel the multiverse and have a little bit of fun. It isn't like he won't come back at all." I try to calm dad down. 

"Hmpf. I wanted to give him a few jobs. Maybe retiring completely if he proved to be a good leader." Dad seems a little down. 

"Maybe it isn't so bad if he takes a good look at the multiverse first." I smile at dad. 

"Haah. There goes my vacation. Well, I am willing to let him run amok until it gets boring. It can't take more than a few years." Dad leans back in his throne with a grumpy expression. 

"Ahaha. Don't be so negative! If it gets out of hand I will drag him home." I am confident to set him right if the need should arise. 

"At least my cute little daughter is reliable! How about trying your luck as an envoy in Asheim?" Father has a dirty expression on his face! 

"Dad! You have that grin again... what's the other side of the coin?" I have to probe for more information. 

Dad slumps down on his chair. "You will have to deal with all those pests from the other powers." 

I grin at Angrod with a bright expression. "Then I will have to show them who the boss is!" 

".... actually. It might not be such a good idea. Do you want to have a political marriage instead? *Urgh* *Cough**Cough*" -Angrod 

I immediately jumped at that idiot father and gave him a flying knee into the belly. "What day and age are you from!?" 

"Thanks to you, your parents had also a political marriage! It would be fair to have you experience the same fate!" -Angrod 

"I am a different person now! It would be unfair to hold me accountable for the actions of my previous perverted self!" There you have it! Now a few tears! By combining mom's control of the inner mana flow and dad's telekinesis you can achieve some pretty convenient things. 

"Huh?" -Angrod 

And now the finishing strike! "Don't you think I have enough issues on my own! All those perverted memories of the old Seria, meddling with other peoples love life! And the peeking! I should have never taken that soul marble! You are a horrible father!" I turn around to run toward the exit. 

"W... Wait! I am sorry! Of course you can do what you want!" Angrod calls after me with a troubled voice. 

I stop. "Really? *sniff*" Okay! The snot out of my nose may have been a little too much. That's disgusting. 

Angrod comes to me and hugs me. "Of course! You can go for whatever guy you like! And if he doesn't treat you correctly, dad will have a little conversation with him under two eyes." 

Wait a moment? "*Sniff* Just two?" 

"Yeah! Someone who disrespects my daughter doesn't need useless organs."Angrod strokes my head while failing completely as a parent. 

I hug dad in order to have an excuse for not looking into his face. Scary! What else do you deem useless? "Okay." 

"Why is big sis crying?" 

My little sisters suddenly appeared around us! Oh so cute! I always wanted to be a big sis! All my dreams came true! Big Sis and little sister in one! "It's nothing! Big Sis got just a little agitated." 

I bend down to hug the little Lada. Mwahaha! It will be the best once she regains her memories! Especially how she lost that bet and had to become my little sister! She will never find out that I cheated her with Aengus's help. 

"We want to play with you! You promised to teach us a few tricks!" Eris grabs me from the side and links arms with me. 

"Yes! Or we could go tower jumping again!" Arianne starts to jump happily. "I found a really big cliff with a sea under it! And there are no guards who could disturb us!" 

"I don't want to get wet!" Eris starts to pout her lips. 

"You could try to take a pathway right before impact! That would be a new challenge!" -Lada 

"Oh, YESS! Cool idea! Whoever gets closer to the ground wins!" -Arianne 

"Don't do weird stuff!" Angrod snaps at them. 

"Daddy is mean!" "Scary dad!" "We aren't allowed to have fun..." 

"Please don't jump from high places! If Celes finds out we will all be in trouble! Promise!"Angrod makes a stand before the triplets. 

"If you take us somewhere cool?" "Like the zoo!" "Mnn. Fine..." 

"Ehm... Do what you want! I have work to do!" Angrod vanishes by using a pathway. 

"Does anyone know why daddy always runs away when we ask him to take us to the zoo?" 

"Nope." 

"But it's the perfect magic word to get rid of him." 

"Though we need a word to make him appear to!" 

"That would be too convenient." 

"He would be the perfect daddy." 

"Always there when you need him." 

"Always gone when you don't need him." 

The tails of the triplets swing in perfect synchronisation from left to right while they contemplate about Angrod's peculiarities. 

Then they turn in perfect unison towards me. "Now we can play!" 

***The Path, Headquarters!*** 

"Ahahaha. I would have never thought that you would manage to reclaim your godhood that fast!" Miruliru takes a sip of her tea. 

"Well, I guess I had a lot of help." I eat another one of the delicious cookies. 

"So what do you plan next? Do you want to join the path and work for me?" Miruliru gives me a heartwarming smile. 

"I appreciate the offer, but I need to learn a lot of stuff first! Everything is completely new to me." I bow a little to the goddess before me. 

"Hah. I know! I suppose you have great plans. Like getting back at Angrod?" -Miruliru 

"Yes! That's for sure! So can you help me taking revenge?" I grab her petite little hand.

"Forget it!" -Miruliru 

"What? Why!" I slide to the floor. 

"Because revenge means just bad karma. And besides. The current you is very weak. You don't even have basic knowledge about your new environment." -Miruliru 

"Then can you tell me at least why I was punished?" I go my knees and bow to Miruliru. 

"Does it matter? Well I guess you will find out sooner or later anyway. You were a puppet of the great Calamity and did some pretty bad things as El Shaddai."-Miruliru 

"That name sounds male..." I can't help it. Somehow it sounds familiar. 

"Tch! She noticed...." Miruliru turns to the side with an unhappy expression. 

I sit up! "Oh. Nonono!" 

Miruliru starts to grin. 

"NOOOO! YOU WANT TO TELL ME THAT I WAS A GUY!" Somehow everything is swirling a little. "What kind of extraordinary pervert is that Angrod?" 

"The kind who harnesses very long grudges. You should be happy. There are individuals who are worse off than you. So do you still want your past back? I don't think that the current you would be very happy with those memories." Miruliru places another piece of sugar in her tea. 

"NO!" I won't manage to cope with that! "I am a woman!" 

"~Without a doubt.~" -Miruliru 

"You are making fun of me!" I cover my face with my hands. This is too much! 

"Don't fret over it. If you would have become a god the normal way you would have had a few gender switches anyway. The multiverse isn't so nice as to place your soul in a fitting body during every reincarnation." -Miruliru 

"Haaaaah?" What is she talking about. 

Miruliru sighs. "You know what? We will get some soul-mages and they will force feed you some basic knowledge! That makes talking much easier!" 

"Force feed?" I don't like the sound of that! 

"Don't worry. It's tested and reliable. There are very few cases of fried brains!" Miruliru takes me at the hand and leads me out of the office. 

That's when her words hit me. 

"?!Fried BRAIN!?" 

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My head hurts! All that knowledge! "I feel like I was a barbarian before..." 

"Comes close. Don't worry. It's the case for almost every mortal. Even those who have a few reincarnations behind them." Miruliru has a happy expression now. 

"Even so... am I not at a permanent disadvantage now? Other gods have thousands of years more life experience than me. Not counting the really old ones." -Me 

"It isn't so bad. There are very few of those. And there are always some new arrivals. Think of yourself as a newborn." Miruliru claps her hands together. "By the way. You should go to Asheim and get yourself registered as a neutral god." 

"But isn't Asheim controlled by Angrod's faction?" I am worried about that. 

"No problem. Nobody besides the rulers of the big societies knows who you are. Angrod has to protect his reputation. And those minor gods who had an eye on you while you were mortal are sworn to secrecy. If they wouldn't keep their mouth shut, Angrod would burn their world to cinders." -Miruliru 

"Hey!" That's my world too! And my family lives there! 

"Ahaha. Sorry about that. And afterwards you could take a look around the multiverse. Seeing everything for yourself is better than just knowing. You know? Mwahaha!" -Miruliru 

"I still don't know how to thank you for your guidance." I hope she doesn't want payment later. 

"It's fine. I was just a little disturbed by Angrod's grudge. It's not okay to relieve your stress on someone who doesn't even know why." Miruliru signals me to follow and leads me outside onto the balcony. 

"You remember? The biggest pathway leads to Asheim. It's better if you get yourself registered as a god. You have to know your divinity if you want to improve your power." Miruliru looks into my eyes and immediately understands that I don't get it. 

"Your divinity is the mental state of your mind which is responsible for your power. I suppose you already realized that being a god is purely a state of the mind. The further you are able to dive into that ….. feeling, the more power you get. My divinities are faith and determination. I draw power from the knowledge that many people believe in me." Miruliru smiles at me.

I think about it for a moment. "So you don't get stronger because they believe in you, but because you believe that they believe in you? So if you would manage to believe that everyone in the multiverse believes in you....." 

"..... I would be the strongest god in the multiverse. Yes. And if you register yourself, you will get tested for your divinity. Spares you the time to find it out on your own." Miruliru offers me her hand and I shake it. 

"Thanks." 

"No problem. I did it for my own amusement after all." 

The little goddess leaves with a dirty grin on her face and walks back inside.