Tea

"The ring... it was one of the ten rings that Biblical God gave to Solomon, the King of Magecraft."

Zeoticus explained to Karna as both were seated on couches while the women had left the two men to talk on a serious matter.

"We don't know where all the rings are but... devils, angels, and fallen angels, each faction had one of those. But... today we lost the ring in our possession. It was the Gremory family's responsibility to keep it safe. This... this will bring great shame to our clan."

Zeoticus was close to bursting into tears. Karna understood that this mattered a lot to his clan.

"But why does the Old Satan Faction steal the ring?"

Karna asked.

"I never heard of Old Satan Faction vying for Solomon's rings. From what I know is that all the ten rings shouldn't be gathered together, but collecting all of them is just impossible."

Zeoticus pondered.

After hearing his words, Karna felt an ominous feeling in his heart as the world was about to end.

"Lord Gremory, I believe I have overstayed my welcome. I thank you for having me as a guest but I should take my leave."

Karna knew that the Gremory family was in no position to entertain any guests so he decided to go back to Swarga immediately.

Zeoticus could only nod in agreement. He had no energy to even get up and say goodbye to Karna, as continued staring at the floor.

Karna didn't wait for him and left the room.

Venelana and Rias were there to say goodbye once Karna and Akeno were about to take their leave.

"I'll come to meet you soon."

Rias said to Akeno as they made a pinky promise.

"Thank you, Lady Gremory for your hospitality. Also, Rias, take care and be a good girl."

Karna said.

Venelana smiled while Rias giggled.

After that Karna and Akeno got on the vimana and flew out of the underworld.

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Karna smiled looking at Akeno who was enjoying being so high in the air for the first time.

Her eyes were glued to the beautiful scenery that Earth had to offer.

Eagles were flying alongside them, ripping through the clouds.

"It's amazing to be able to fly in this whenever you want."

Akeno wondered as she looked at the beautiful sunset.

Karna had slowed down the vimana so she can enjoy it to her fullest.

Karna nodded with her statement. It would be a lie to deny that he doesn't enjoy flying in the vimana.

"Hey Lord Karna, where is your home exactly? Is it in some other country than Japan?"

Akeno asked curiously.

"We are headed towards Swarga. You can say that it is something like heaven."

Karna replied increasing the black-haired girl's curiosity more, expecting the place to be extremely beautiful and magnificent.

And she wasn't disappointed. The Swarga was more beautiful than her wildest imagination.

Swarga's capital, Amravati, which means the city of the immortals, was much larger and grander than Tokyo, the largest city she had ever seen.

The buildings of the city were made mostly of beautiful white marble with the largest building, Indra's palace at the center of it.

Beautiful gardens that house sweet-scented flowers such as hibiscuses, roses, hyacinths, freesias, magnolias, gardenias, jasmines, and honeysuckles, were spread all across cities.

Akeno could feel the sweet aroma from afar.

Low sweet music could be heard that filled the heart with calmness.

Akeno couldn't thank god enough for allowing her to visit this gorgeous city. Although she had to thank a particular sun god for this.

Once the vimana reached the destination, a beautiful palace, Karna landed it on the lawn.

The palace was assigned to Karna as he was now a god in the Hindu pantheon.

The palace, like other buildings in the city, was made of white marble and was one of the most dazzling palaces in the city, only inferior to Indra's.

Karna and Akeno stepped down from the vimana and were greeted by a beautiful woman. Several more beauties were standing behind her. These were the servants of Karna who looked after his palace.

"Welcome, Lord Karna."

The servant welcomed Karna with folded hands.

"Please prepare a room for Akeno here. She will be staying with us from now on."

Karna ordered before entering the palace followed by Akeno and the servants.

Akeno decided to make her useful and entered the kitchen alongside servants and made tea even though Karna was against it and suggested taking some rest.

The tea that was made and served by Akeno tasted heavenly and Karna couldn't get enough of it.

"If you like you could prepare tea for me daily."

Even though Karna don't want to give any work to Akeno, he couldn't control himself as he wanted to continue having the tea prepared by her.

Akeno happily agreed to Karna's desire. She was glad that he like the tea.

"I'll do it. Though I have a request from you, Lord Karna."

Akeno added making Karna raise her eyebrow.

"If you could spare some time and train me to become stronger, I would be eternally grateful to you."

Akeno requested with a bow. From Rias she had heard that Karna was a god thereby must not have much time in his hands so this could be too much of a big favor to ask.

"Very well, Akeno. Every morning, I'll train you."

Karna agreed to his request and continued sipping on the tea. How could he deny a request from someone who can make such good tea?

And on top of that, he felt Akeno have great potential. As the daughter of the vice-governor general of Fallen Angels, she was sure to be strong and if she gets personally trained by him, she could reach unimaginable heights.

Well, he got himself his first student.

"Thank you very much, Lord Karna."

Akeno wasn't expecting him to agree so she was very happy. Finally, she could become strong enough to defend herself or her loved ones.

After thanking him, Akeno left to look around the palace and the room assigned to her.

Meanwhile, Karna was in deep thought about Solomon's rings. Maybe they were the reason other timelines were destroyed and to prevent this God Shiva brought him into the future.

Nothing was clear to him but he knew he couldn't stay still and had to do something about it.

The rings were shrouded behind a mystery, as this artifact belongs to the Biblical Faction it's best to know more about it from someone belonging to them.

And Karna had the perfect person in mind.

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Hey guys, Indian Rake here.

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So Karna loves tea because all Indians love it.

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