38. Suspiciousness

After that fierce fight, a silhouette of a girl appeared above the trees' branch near the rice field. She observed what had just happened to her subordinates.

She looked up to the sky right at where the arrow was shot down.

"That arrow...?" She observed the shape of the arrow that pierced Rena's body from afar. Unknowingly, she instantly smiled when she sees the shape of the arrow. "My, my... Looks like someone's been naughty and run away from the jail." She looked up.

Although she could not see where the person who shot the arrow was. But she already knows who did it.

How not, she was the one who sealed him and locked him up personally in that prison. She seems to have a unique relationship with the demon.

"But unfortunately, he is still shy as always." The goddess smiled as she pressed her chin with her hand. "Teu masalah, kuring bakal nyekel anjeun deui(but no problem, I'll catch him again... soon.)"

A moment after showing her smile, the goddess disappeared without leaving any trace. No one can be seen at that tree branch anymore.

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Meanwhile, Randy, who just shot with his bow was falling down and breaking through the layers of space.

He must hurry because soon the effects of his transformation with Dalor will end. If he's too late to get to the first spacewalk after his time for transformation runs out, then he will freefall and burn as he hurtles through the sky.

"Shit! I must hurry! I don't want to be burnt!" Randy with all his might plunged to the ground.

The exosphere layer, thermosphere layer, Mesosphere layer, and stratosphere layer have been passed. Now what it remains is to dive freely into the troposphere.

But shortly after passed the border between the stratosphere and the troposphere...

Randy's body is back to normal. His demonic body has disappeared and was replaced by his normal skin. A weak and flabby skin that can't even punch hard.

"GYAHH!!! I'M FALLING!"

Randy freefall from the sky.

But for now, he should currently be a bit immune to Newton's laws. He who had just transformed would have little immunity in his body. Unlike the previous one, he could even die just from being pierced by tentacles.

Thump! CRASH! CHANK!

Randy landed with his head first. If he were a normal person, he'd probably appear in the news at the next morning.

He seemed to land onto the roofs of someone's house. The sound of a destroyed tile was clearly heard in his ears when his head hit as he landed. He is currently in a bedroom of a house.

"Aughhh..." he groaned while trying to get up.

He checks his back if it is alright or not.

But stupidly, he forgot that his head was supposed to be in seriously injured.

"This place...?" He looked around at where he landed.

There is a little familiar feeling in this room.

"This is my room!"

He looked at his room with sparkling eyes.

"What do you want to do?!" Dalor screamed at the young man.

Without thinking, he immediately jump and lay down on his bed. He looked at the ceiling of his room wearily.

"I want to sleep! It's been a long day for me!" He slowly closed his eyes and went into his world of dreams.

"Well, do you sleepy...?" Dalor's voice became the last voice he heard before entering that world.

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On the other side, the Valkyries and Justiciar take Rena's faint body to the house. The girl was put to lie on the soft mattress of the House.

"Is it okay to bring her to your house?" Celicia asked Farida.

"Yes, it's okay... Besides, you, Valkyries who come into my house are more dangerous than her!"(Farida)

"Eh, sorry! We just got carried away...." Naura apologized while clapping her hands and bowing many times.

"Whatever, my house is no longer a secret. My address can also be found in my data on the list of students in the school office. I am really sure that you(Celicia) can easily open my data without giving a suspicious activity."(Farida)

Don't know why, even though they just fought together. The awkward atmosphere between them was never gone. The silence just fall for a moment and no one knew what to say.

"I remember something..." Ira tried to become a mediator for them. "You said at that time, if Rena's magic was different from ours, right?"

Celicia and Hannah nodded to answer the question.

"In that case, when Dian unleash her dispel, then Rena should not be affected by that dispel, but..."(Ira)

"But?"(Hannah)

"I remember the first time she turned and on chaos. At that time, Dian tried to seal her magic, and as the result, her magic was sealed, but only affected 50% of her full power." Something Ira said made the group of girls look at her with wide eyes.

"Dian did it?" Widya put on a disgusted face.

"Hmm (nodding)... But the thing that disappears is just the black smoke that comes out from her body."(Ira)

"I have a bad feeling about it..." Celicia who heard that immediately started to sweat.

"What do you mean?"(Farida)

"This is just my estimation, but if Dian hadn't sealed her magic at that time. Maybe Rena can even destroy the whole city." (Celicia)

The words Celicia said has made the atmosphere become even more tense. Her speculation that leads to death makes their hair stand on end.

"Wait, you mean! Rena not only has power from other goddesses but also that goddess's power?!" Farida tried to digest.

Note: 'That goddess refers to Goddess Apate.'

Celicia nodded slowly. She also could not be sure whether this was true or not. But one thing is certain, they will surely die if Dian does not immediately seal half of Rena's power.

"Ah-- So am I like a hero?" Dian blushed lasciviously by staring at the floor.

But still, she couldn't say that Rena's rampage was because of her. 'This secret will be mine only!'

"What does the other goddess want to do?"Naura held her chin.

That girl's question sounds simple but difficult to answer.

Today no one knows the exact purpose of that other goddess.

At the same time, both Ira, Hannah, and Dian glanced at Naura with a cold and scared look. But with the power of acting, they try to act relaxed as if nothing happened.

On the other hand, Celicia looked at the leader of Justiciar suspiciously. "Farida, when did she become deviant?" She asked something else.

"Why do you ask that?"(Farida)

"Maybe it has something to do with Naura's question?"(Celicia)

Farida looked resignedly at the Valkyries. She had no choice but to divulge this information.

"Just during the first day of Jormungandr's week." Farida's eyes turned sharp.

"Jormungandr? Ah, the snake, huh?"(Celicia)

"Why aren't you surprised?"

"Because we defeated it." Celicia put on a contemptible smile.

Farida couldn't believe it. For her, the monsters she fought were not just a random monsters. It will take at least about 2 weeks to defeat it.

"How can this be?! Was it just the first week?" Farida stared irritably at the leader of the Valkyrie.

"I don't know, we can't tell you this. Because these are different things from this one." (Celicia)

"So, were you also the ones who defeated that starfish?!" Ask the girl who just lost her glasses.

Hearing that, the Valkyries could only stare at each other. They didn't even know what the leaders of the Justiciars meant.

Celicia tried to stare at Ira. But Ira immediately shook her head, she had even told Celicia her plan at that time.

"Not us..." said Celicia softly.

"Not all of you? Then who?" The upset Farida has now even turned anxious.

But it all stops at one conclusion. They all stared at the Deviant Justiciar.

"Let me check..." Farida tried to touch the belly of unconscious Rena.

But the result...

"Empty, there is no key at all in her belly." The look on Farida's face was getting anxious.

"If not her, then who?!" Celicia puzzled.

"Can you all think again!" The aged Windy raised her hand to break up those two leaders' argument.

"Windy?"

Celicia looked back right at where Windy was sitting, then followed by Farida.

It is rare for the girl to sit down during a discussion. She usually prefers to stand or lean on the wall than sitting like this.

"Why don't we try to look back at when we fight against those strange Crusaders..."(Windy)

"You mean when we were shotted by them?"(Hannah)

"Yes! At that time, there were several other attacks that attacked Rena. It is like someone was fighting with us secretly. Moreover, Naura who was got shot was also originally due to that attack as well."

"I remember when I was going to attack Rena with a surprise attack. Suddenly there were two fireballs fly and shot and ended up hitting my back. I jumped to the ground after that, but immediately there was a cotton flower that became my soft land." The shy Naura tried to explain at length.

"There seems to be a lot of things that we still don't know..." Celicia stared at the floor of that room with a feeling of emptiness.

What happened right now? That's what they're asking right now. Then who attacked Naura then? Is she was the same person who shot the arrow at Rena?

Note: I use 'she' because they still don't know Randy's appearance.

On the other hand, Ira, Hannah, and Dian can only silently pretend to be drifting in their discussion.