69. The Girls

"Hey, you cheated again didn't you!? This is the seventh consecutive time that you won! I demand we change the game; I demand it….! Uwaaa!" A little girl with glowing white hair began to cry as she accused the black-haired young lady who seemed to be in her early twenties of cheating.

"Don't say such nonsense, I told you I didn't cheat, I~"

Tak, tak, tak.

From the long and baggy sleeves of the black-haired lady were mahjong tiles. Her eyes widened in horror but still smiled as she looked at the little girl, "Surprise~? Hehehe."

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Three balls of light passed by the black-haired lady's neck. Blood dripped as a small cut was created from her cheek. Her face darkened before running away.

"Get back here, Darkness! I'm going to kill your ten-timing cheating ass!"

"Hey, I already told you that's not how you use that phrase. Didn't you learn from his memory? Also, stop that! You're going to actually hit me."

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Three more light bombarded the girl named Darkness as she runs away from the danger.

"DIE!"

Three more light appeared and just as it was about to reach her back, Darkness waved her hand and a wall of darkness swallowed the light balls. She looked at the little girl and then chortled.

"Hehehe, I told you little brat you'll never reach me. Jahahahahaha! It's futile, you'll never catch me once I decide to make my move!"

"Bastard!"

The little girl didn't care and came in swinging as her tears burst out of her eyes. Then, while the two girls were fighting, the remaining lady whose hair was as gray as ash cleared her throat and spoke while gathering the tiles.

"Ehem, do you two want me to go over there before you stop fighting? Light stops shooting those lights you might birth another star and the Mortals think it's another premonition. Darkness, don't devour those lights and stop cheating or we'll stop this game right now."

"Ugh, okay Root." Darkness and Light lowered their heads before the lady named Root.

"Now, go and apologize to each other."

"But~"

"No buts, sisters shouldn't be fighting each other."

Darkness was very reluctant to do it but, in the end, she apologized to her sister.

"…I'm sorry Light, it's just that you and Big Sis Root had been winning too much that I did it…so, sorry about that."

"It's fine, I'm also at fault here. Sorry for shooting those light balls at you."

The two hugged it out and returned to the table where they were playing, which now that Colt took a good look at it was actually a mahjong-table slash kotatsu that is used by the Japanese people.

But his attention was still poured to the gray-haired girl. She was very beautiful and seemed to be the oldest of the three. She sounded and acted very mature and her beauty has already bloomed to perfection.

But that's not the reason why Colt was staring at her with such intensity. It was because while the two were fighting, Root was actually hiding some extra tiles of her own.

'She was also cheating. Sigh, I think this is not me tripping.'

When Colt saw this, he could not help his eyes twitch. He shook his head and seeing the three was about to start another round, Colt finally spoke to get their attention.

"Um…excuse me can you guys tell me where I am?"

His words echoed in the almost empty world of white. The three turned to look at Colt and as they opened their mouths the only thing that came out was, "Huh?"

Seeing Colt in their presence made their minds stop working. They looked at one another and back at Colt. Staring at their themselves, they realized something really absurd and frantically moved about.

"Light!"

"I understand!"

Colt didn't know what was happening and before he knew it, a bright light exploded and he was momentarily blinded.

"AAAAHHHH!" Colt felt like he was flashbanged, which had never happened before but he had played some games so he thought that it must have felt like this. He held his eyes and then gradually regained his vision.

Slowly, he got to see again, and when he looked at where the three were seated and saw three beautifully dressed ladies instead of the shabby t-shirted ladies whose hair was let down like they were at home, are now wearing grandiose robes that exuded majesty.

Their hair was neatly decorated, and the kotatsu slash mahjong-table was now nowhere to be found.

The girl named Root stood in front of the three. Light was on her right and Darkness to her left. Approaching Colt with elegant steps, Root reached her hand to Colt as she spoke, "Young Mortal, how did you reach our realm? Hooh, are you too shock to even answer my question? I supposed I should explain where you are…this is the Celestial Realm, the place where we, the Goddesses of the world reside."

Colt looked at them, shocked. He was shocked that these people were the same cheating ladies were the Goddesses of this world.

Light who seemed to be the youngest approached Colt and crouched on the ground. She was now facing him. She creased her brows and realized something, "Big Sis, this guy is the one! He's the second guy to drift in our world."

Darkness heard Light's words and stared at Colt very carefully, "It appears that you are correct. It seems like his soul had also assumed the face of this body."

"You know me?" Colt asked, confused at what they are talking about.

Root heard his question and laughed ever so softly, "Yes, that is correct. But I failed to notice your visage for your face from when you were from your world. It seems like you and one of our children's wishes have been granted. That is good. So, how did you get here?"

"I don't know myself…but, Goddesses, you don't really need to act like this. Um, I already saw what happened earlier so…um, can you please just act like how you did earlier?"

"…"

The Goddesses didn't say anything for some time but their faces all changed dramatically. At first, it was dejection and embarrassment but after little Light's face beamed with happiness, the other two just shrugged their shoulders.

"Light, blind him."

"Ah shit, wait, I'll just turn around!"

Too late as the little girl named light already blinded Colt. When he regained his vision, the Goddesses were no longer wearing robes but t-shirts and some pants, they looked like ordinary people, just that they were too beautiful to be ethereal.

Colt was also already inside the kotatsu and as he felt the warmth it had, the little Goddess Light tugged on his shirt and showed him a deck of cards.

"Do you want to play UNO?"

"Say what now?"