Adventure Awaits

"Hey idiot, yeah you, fuck you!!" = Conversations

'Idiot?! Me?! I hate this guy...!' = Thoughts

"Begone Thot!" = Spells, Attacks, Rage moments, demonic forms, yada yada yada. You get the point.

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Enma's POV

"Oi You damn rabbit! Where are the carrots this time?! Don't tell me you decided to use them as accessories again!" I shouted in frustration as I wandered around my Magicka Tower while looking for a certain mischievous rabbit.

A few minutes later...

"Gah! Ow! Why did you hit Pekora-peko?!" I crossed my arms as Pekora crouched down in front of me while she held her forehead in pain.

She glared at me with her mesmerizing orange colored eyes while I just smirked at her.

"How many times do I have to tell you that carrots aren't hair accessories?" She only pouted and looked away from me.

"Alright alright, don't be like that. Here, since you wanted carrot as accessories so much, I made these for you."

I held out my hand and opened it, on top my palm was two pairs of orange-colored gem hairpins, shaped exactly how a carrot would be like. They also function as magicka essence storage if ever.

"Ehh? What's this peko? Is the almighty Archmage Enma going to--- OWWW!" I bonked her forehead once again before I sighed and facepalmed at her antics.

"Just take it already Pekora."

She giggled like a child given candy before she placed the hairpins on her twintails. Not gonna lie, they look cute on her.

"Now now, let's not waste anymore time dwadling around Pekora. We have an adventure ahead of us, one that I look forward to." Pekora hummed in response.

I took that as a yes before I looked outside Magicka Tower. The endless expanse of azure and why above and the infinite green fields on the ground, all of it called out to me.

I really should thank Pekora for what she have done for me for the last 8 years. Especially those words she said last night.

It opened my eyes to countless more possibilities that I have never even thought of. The world is a vast place, and I'm sure, out there I will find the meaning of my life.

[Flashback to last night]

"Is this the farthest I can go? Can a mortal really not reach the realms of Divinity? All those years of enacting my revenge brought me here and yet, it seems so dull. What am I missing?" I uttered those words while I looked at the powerful essence fluctuate to and fro in my palms.

I closed my eyes and felt within myself. I can feel it, a barrier or rather a gate is closing off my path. Beyond that gate lies the power of Gods, Divinity.

But then I remembered something, I opened my eyes and once again stared at my palms.

'Why, am I even doing this in the first place? Revenge? That was already fulfilled a long time ago. Power? I have no use for it after I got my revenge on those nobles. So why did I keep on trying to gain more? To rule the world? Ha! I don't even know how to manage my bookshelves and stop Pekora from her pranking craze. Much less ruling the world. I have no more family left in this world, the only survivor of the cursed Fumiyoshi clan. I thought of reviving my clan but that will only bring more tragedy to my already cursed clan, I thought of removing the curse but even someone like me, the so-called "God of Magicka" (As if) are befuddled by its complexity.' These kinds of thoughts continued to linger on my mind for several hours.

"Ugh! This is so frustrating! I am Fumiyoshi Enma, the very first magician to ever touch upon the boundaries of Divine and yet I am having a goddamn existential crisis?! ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!" I couldn't but shout at the heavens before I breathed in lightly and calmed down.

"Ugh no use shouting at those goddamn Gods. At least Death-sensei is tolerable." I muttered to myself as I laid down on the roof with my arms beneath my head.

I stared at the starry night sky in boredom while the question of my purpose keeps repeating in my head. A voice however, decided it was the right time to interrupt my existential crisis. "Oi Enma peko, why are you still awake at this hour peko?"

"Nothing much, just having an existential crisis over being overpowered." I felt a light tap on my head before Pekora sat beside me.

"Heh? You? Overpowered? That's the biggest pekojoke I have heard in my entire life peko." I whipped my head to the side and glared at her. I then found her staring at me smugly and while she munched on a carrot.

Where did she even get that? Also, why the hell is she looking down on me? 'Oh right, I'm laying down on my back'

"Cause it's amusing peko. I don't have much this fun back in my peko homeland peko."

"Oh that's right Your Highness." I smirked as her eyebrows twitched and her rabbit ears bristled at what I said.

"Shut up, you are no better peko. Mr-I-Lost-My-Way-Because-Of-Salt"

"Oi, the salt accident was unintentional okay? Who knew that using Void Magicka to find salt will end up getting me teleported to your chambers." I raised my finger at her to which she blushed at the mention of her chambers.

"You still have to take peko-responsibility of that peko." I groaned as I remembered what happened that time.

"Your mother was glaring at me the whole time, I reckon that if I ever show at least slight hesitation before, I would be fed to your dogs or something." Pekora laughed as what I said was true.

Speaking of laughter, there she goes with that weird yet cute laugh of hers.

"So, this existential crisis of yours peko. Why now peko?" Pekora tilted her head and munched on another carrot.

"Before that, where the hell are you pulling out those carrots?"

"Eh? It's part of my magicka peko, shouldn't you peko know that?"

I raised my finger for a second, ready to argue, but then I pulled it down.

"I feel so stupid right now." Pekora chuckled before she spoke up again.

"So regarding my earlier question peko, why now?"

"Well, Pekora, I'm going to be honest. As I am right now, I'm stuck at a bottleneck. No matter what I do, this gate in my mind wouldn't budge. Regardless of how much I train, fight, or meditate, nothing seems to work. Other than that, I'm questioning myself why would I want to be even stronger as I am right now." I replied to her while keeping up a straight face. She seemed baffled for some odd reasons.

I glanced at her at the corner of my eye and made eye contact with her.

"You know peko. I'm curious about how you are still mentally stable after all those things you've been through." I chuckled at that before I once again turned my eyes towards the night sky.

"Well, I did have you Pekora. You stuck by my side the moment you saw me wandering around your palace halls."

I felt a smile tug at my lips before I answered her question honestly.

Pekora then muttered something incoherently from beside me. I only raised my eyebrow at her odd action but decided not to ask.

"Yeah yeah, laugh all you want or whatever. But I still haven't found the answer to my existential question."

"I wasn't laughing peko." Pekora deadpanned at me, I waved my hand around in dismissal before I replied back. "That's what they all say."

I can felt her stare and I only laughed at her. Which probably wasn't the best decision as I received a "light" jab on the top of my head.

"Well, I may have a temporary solution peko." With a straight face, Pekora subverts the topic as if she hadn't just booked my head. I couldn't even feel any kind of regret or sympathy in her tone.

'This damn rabbit, that hurt.'

"Suuure, now what is this temporary solution you have?"

"Hmm, well~ Have you ever ventured outside of your Magicka Tower Enma peko?" She asked me and I tilted my head to the side.

"Well not really, even if I do, I don't stay out for too long, as I said. I was too focused on becoming strong and gaining more power before so I can enact revenge." I answered her as I traced various complex Magicka Arrays on the tiles of the roof.

"Well then peko. Maybe instead of thinking of the answer on your own, why not peko venture out and ask various kinds of people out there peko?" I couldn't help but smile after she said those words.

Maybe I am looking at it the wrong way, I need a change of scenery perhaps. Maybe then, just maybe, I will find an answer to my question.

"Oho, since when did you have enough wisdom to say those words? Your highness is getting smarter it seems." I laughed lightly as I immediately jumped down from the roof.

"OI YOU DUMBASS! WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN PEKO?! ARE SAYING THAT PEKORA IS DUMB?!"

"What?! Noooo, you said that yourself."

"Huh, I really did... EHHHH OIII!! COME BACK HER PEKO! I'M NOT DUMB PEKO! IF I AM, MY PRANKS WILL BE CHILD'S PLAY IN FRONT OF YOU PEKO!" Huh, I guess she has a point there. But I won't say that to her, it might cause more problems later on.

"Fufufufu! You're the one implying those, not me Pekora. Fufufufu!" As I run away from a certain murderous Usagi, I couldn't help but look forward to my trip outside the confines of my Magicka Tower. After all, it's also high time I update the records on my Grimoire.

[Flashback end]

"What's wrong Enma? Having second thoughts peko?" I shook my head in amusement, then patted Pekora's head.

"Nah, just excited for this journey to start." I smiled lightly at her, which she returned with her own smile, plus that cute laugh of hers.

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