Chapter 96: What Could Gone Wrong?

"What the… is my eyes playing tricks on me or this thing malfunctioning?" Melanie complained as she and Miltia spent two hours trekking through the Grimm infested Forever Fall forest only for the tracking app to show Ray suddenly in Vale city again.

No, there must be something he is hiding over there. Her gut is telling her as she focuses to reach the last location he was before reappeared in Vale city. Meanwhile Miltia just wordlessly tags along with her older sister as these Grimm aren't much of a trouble as long as the older ones didn't appear.

The Forever Fall forest was regularly cleaned off strong Grimm by professional Huntsman and teachers from Huntsman academy since this forest is often used to train aspiring Huntsmen from their respective academy, mostly Beacon Academy.

When they got close to the river bank, the twin noticed significantly less Grimm and plenty of signs showing battle had taken place. Some Grimm corpses are still fresh and dissipating into smoke.

Suddenly, a group of Lancer appeared. A wasp-like Grimm. They headed towards the twins and they responded with a battle ready stance. They are about to attack when the Lancers get close but only to be ignored and moments later, a group of four black horsemen appear and pursue the Lancers.

The twins look in shock as another group appeared from the opposite side and ambushed the Lancers before efficiently slaying them. Then they leave without bothering the two. In fact, they act as if they don't exist. Which reminds Melanie of that infuriating person. Defiling her body with his eyes, humiliating her pride as a woman and then pushing her aside as if she is a plague.

(I also pull the classic cliché of him seeing her body and now she cannot be a bride anymore thingy. Now she seeks Ray to take responsibility while also wanting him to take back the [not] humiliation for rating her beauty 3/10.)

Oh, yes. It felt very familiar and thankfully she trusted her gut feeling and continued forward.

"Let's go, Miltia. He is definitely close by." Melanie wake her shocked younger twin and made her way over to the river bank where Ray vanished.

When they arrived, there isn't any presence of Ray but that doesn't deter Melanie as she and Miltia take a rest on a boulder and now wait. Stubbornly so.

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"Hmn~ Hum~ Hum~" I hummed happily as I shop in the department store. Buying gears for a forest camping and especially foods. Foods must be good or else the camping will feel lacking.

After paying for the stuff, I walk to the back alleys. I keep everything in storage ring before returning to the campaign spot only to found the twins was there.

"*Sigh* What are the two of you here?"

"As I said. We received the payment and take no refund." Melanie said while pointing at me and her Miltia nodded in agreement.

"You know what? I don't even have the strength to argue. Do whatever you like." I didn't even care anymore. I'm here for vacation and I'm gonna do it. As long as they don't disturb me then do whatever they want.

I went and set the small canopy over my head, then the cleaning the leaves filled ground before laying down the chair, coller box and camping lamp. After that, I create a campfire and the fishing rod stand.

By the time I'm done, sky is getting darker as forest get dark faster than normal. I quickly went to collect some fire woods and pile it beside my chair on the left while right side is the cooler box. By then, there's little light left and I started the campfire and the camping lamp.

The twins observed me with intrigue from start to end as I am actually is just camping out in the woods. They thought this were just an act of sort to conceal my real objective.

Afte everything is set up, I take a seat and as usual, set the bait and start fishing as I enjoy the ambience of the forest while drinking and snacking.

The twins come forward later and look at me.

"What do you want?" I made it clear to show my annoyance in my voice which made them both flinched a bit.

"You said we can do whatever we wanted. We want to join too." Melanie said while trying her best to hide the tremble in her voice and appear confident and proud as usual.

Seeing no falsehood in her speech, I nod and Traced two more chair for each of them and let them sit around the campfire. Not that I can send them away in such environment, at night. Not exactly the company I wanted since but beggar can't choose. I'll just make due with what I have in hand.

At least they are cordial and understanding as they let me have my peace. I offer them snacks and drinks. Well, non alcoholic drinks because I rather not set flags and allow such opportunity to arise.

We sit in silence for a long while before the bell start ringing which mean something bite the hook. I responded quickly to reel in a fish. Quite big too and did the usual, gutting and cleaning scale before cooking it while humming happily.

After the fish was cooked, I offer it to them since I do noticed the nut and sunflower seed isn't enough to fill their stomach that probably empty with pizza being the only food they had eaten today.

"Take it." I said as they look reluctant to accept but I shove it into their hand and return to my seat to wait for another catch.

Their hesitate vanish when their stomach growled in protest and they soon feast on the fish until only clean bones are left.

"Ray…" Melanie said but stopped. Seems to be hesitating to talk.

"Hmn? What do you want to ask?" I entertain this conversation since it's awkward to have people around but stay silent.

"Who… No, what are you? Those knight-like Grimm is your power too right? A person can only have one type of semblance." She asked the question that been surfacing a lot in her mind today.

"I doubt you believe though. But, feel free to use your imagination and guess." I laughed it off and give her a question instead of answer which made her pout a little before trying to guess.

"You are the God of Darkness right?"

I laughed even harder. Well, I can see her reasoning because of my Legion of Undying have similarity in apperance to God of Darkness' creation.

"Nope." I said with both finger crossed into an 'X'.

"Can you give a hint?" Miltia ask.

"Sure." I nod. "The answer you sister said is incorrect but not totally incorrect."

"God of Light?" Miltia guess.

"Nope. Wrong again." I said and taking another bottle from the cooler box and turn the bottle into a glass like magic trick to their eyes.

"If both answer is wrong, then what are you really?" Melanie can't figure out the answer because to them, existence of another god other than the aforementioned two is simple foreign and unthinkable.

"Do you really want to know? You know, people always said that curiosity kill the cat." I said the ominous words in a playful manner.

The twins flinches again because they can feel the subtle threatening feeling radiate from my body which I intentionally release.

I thought it would deter them, especially the older twin. But it seems I underestimated her stubbornness or perhaps it's her pride?

"Yes." Melanie answered firmly while Miltia seems to be intimidated and didn't want to know.

"If you said so. Don't say I didn't warn you." I smirked and subtly bring forth All the World's Evil and bathe them in it's aura.

"I am a God. King of the Demon God." I made some flair by summoning the 72 rhombus eyes to stare at them.

They seems to be affected by the demonic aura and shaking in terror as the younger one was almost crying with her eyes turning wet while the older one hugs her younger sister by instinct to shield her when herself also shocked with very pale face.

I couldn't hold it anymore and slap my thigh before laughing out hard. I did want to prank them because they were annoying but I didn't expect to see such beautiful kinship.

"Ahahaha… Sorry, I was joking just now. Don't take it seriously." I tried to dismiss the death threat I mentioned earlier but they seems to mistaken my words.

"So… you are not King of the Demon God?" Melanie sound confused but relieved because she thought she was getting killed for offending an Evil God.

"No, I am King of Demon God. Baal." I called and he appeared in front of the twins in his humanoid form.

"I answer your summon, king. Should I exterminate these pests?" Baal seen my annoyance towards the twins and offered to dispose them. But I quickly stopped him.

"No need. Do you think K really need your help for such trivial matter?"

"My apologies for overstepping my boundary, king. How may I serve you in this occasion?" Baal bowed deeply before immediately asking for order again. Sheesh, he is too diligent in his duty.

"Nothing, I summon you to show them the proof of my title as the King of you and the other pillars."

"I see. Then, I shall do my best to fulfill your expectation, king." Baal then turn to the terrified and meek twins.

"Rejoice, pest. The king taken interest on you lower life form. It's your greatest honor and pleasure to serve his whim as his toys and p-"

Before Baal can complete that sentence and create more trouble for me, I unsummoned him. Seriously, even my summons are actively inviting problem to my life. *Sigh*

"So, you got your answers." I look at them and shrugged before emptying the glass on my hand and took another one.

There was a long silence before the twins calmed down enough to look at me again.

"Y-You will not kill us?" Melanie look guardedly and ready to sprung forward to distract me while her Miltia escape. The younger twin also have the same thought apparently.

"Do I look like I will? I literally told you I'm on vacation. I'm taking a rest from all those stuff to relax and enjoy my life." I just remembered the marshmallow I bought and take em out to try melt some up to eat with crackers like sandwiches.

The two calmed down again and feel exhausted with a rollercoaster of emotions and adrenaline from the reveal just now.

I melted two marshmallows and sandwiches them between a pairs of crackers before giving it to them.

"Here, eat something sweet and calm down."

They surprisingly accepted it instead of wary if I poison it or something. But it work well. So, let it be.

"So, how do you feel? Do you regret knowing my identity now? I can send you two back to Junior's Club." I offered as a portal opened up and I pray to a higher God out there that they accept it and leave.

Well, the reason I even purposely introduced myself as King of Demon God is to intimidated Melanie so she and Miltia will go back and leave me alone. I can't see how this isn't a greay idea that won't backfire on me.

"No. I don't wanna leave." Melanie said.

"Mhm… I see. I bid you two fare- Wait, what did you say?"

"I don't wanna leave." Melanie repeat again and as many times I want.

"You are crazy. What is it you want? Power? Money? I'll grant your wish so just leave already you crazy woman." I massage my head as a headache start to affect me. I finished another glass to try ease it but nothing happen as the headache still there.

"I want you to admit that I am beautiful and take responsibility for defiling my purity." She said strongheadedly that Miltia become worried and try to discourage her elder twin from offending a literal God.

"Fine, you are beautiful. Happy? Also, what responsibility? It's not my fault you idiots kicking your legs up while wearing a skirt. Wear a pants or something if you don't want people to look at your panties, ye dumb bitch."

"Y-You!" Her face blushed deep red like a tomato as she tried to deny it but what I said is truth yet she is too prideful to admit.

"You you what? Are you saying you never expected this would happen, huh? It's you that should apologize to me and all the men out there for having to suffer such illogical and baseless resentment just for taking a look on a piece of fucking fabric!"

"Do you think I even want to look at yours? There's plenty out there that are willing to line up and show me their underwears in a heartbeat. Why would I even want to look at your if not for yourself shamelessly flashing yourself at me to blame me with your nonsense!" I don't even know what am I saying at this moment as I venting my frustration.

Looking at Melanie, she become silent and incapable of refuting my words as I look at her victoriously. Her head hung low trying to hide her face as her body twitching from shame probably.

"Come on, say something." I gloat knowing I won the verbal battle.

She didn't say anything before turning away and run into the forest. Her face was filled with tears as she ran away while being chased by Miltia.

"Good riddance." I express my relief and give myself a pat on the shoulder. J also ordered my Wraiths to ensure they returned unharmed by escorting them back.

I might hate them for being annoying. But, it's not to the extent of wanting them to die. Or else, I would have kill her the moment I found her to be annoying.

Now, I can continue my vacation in peace. She won't dare to show her face anymore unless she is a masochist that like to be verbally attacked like this.

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