Chapter 8 : A place to call home (1)

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After the whole eldritch fiasco. I am sitting in the observation room with Smith, it seems that there are people who are affected by the presence of the old ones.

"So ..."

"yeah?"

"Is that really an Eldritch God?"

"Dunno.."

I shrugged my shoulders.

"..."

"..."

"..."

"... ok just say it."

"Are you perhaps one of them?"

"No."

"But you knew their language!"

"True, but learning their language doesn't mean that I'm one of them."

"Ok..."

"And I'm sure that tentacle cosplayer rewinded everything that he did, and removed his influence from this world."

"uh uh...."

"Plus, I'm pretty sure that he's not the only one that has set sights in this world, seeing that there's a lot of so-called 'returnees'."

"... makes sense...."

But come to think of it, If I was a tentacle monster idling about in space why would I even bother with beings equivalent to ants ... oh yeah curiosity and research and whatnot. I bet some of them, yes. I'll ask them next time I encounter them again.

"But..."

"But?"

"... nah it's probably nothing."

"Oh come on you're probably nothing turns out to be a freaking old one from a cthulhu mythos and now you said it's probably nothing!?"

"... Touche"

"Now out with it!"

"She had that brand before coming back right?"

"Yeah. it's even here in the pictures."

"But look at it right now."

"what you mean... oh"

Yup. In the picture, all traces of the eldritch brand are gone.

"How the hell do they ..."

"You do know that these old ones usually bend reality to their will. never fight against them unless you had to. and even if you do, make adequate preparations."

"Wait wait wait, If they can bend reality how the hell did you manage to scare them off like that?"

"It doesn't work on beings on par or greater with them. and they also have emotions like us. their powers fluctuate greatly depending on ---"

"HOLD ON A GOD DAMN MOMENT! You're on par with those freaks?"

"..."

"..."

"I will neither confirm nor deny that."

"F*** No wonder, they all cower before you, it makes sense now! but to think that our trackers and scanners show that you're weaker than a 9 year old! hah! who said that Sci-fi technology is the greatest It's magic I tell ya!"

"Debate-able."

"Nope! Why would I need a cannon the size of the moon to destroy a planet when I could just kill it out of existence? And no don't go GUNS IS MENS ROMANCE ON ME!"

"... I mean you can always use magic as mana is always around us... but you need to advance a very specific technological path to wield an energy blade like Ethans... furthermore wiping out a whole world requires more mana than the world can even produce, so it's still a no go."

"God Damn you're right. Sigh... I hope our tech can reach up to that level soon."

I think I'm forgetting something here... meh If I did it wouldn't have been important right?

"Oh yeah anyway, I was wondering if Eli has a home to go to?"

"Isn't this her home?"

"I meant a home for her to rest and a room for herself?"

"Hmmm.... I'll ask the renovation team to make her one then."

wait for the renovation team? is there something I'm missing here?

"Ummm.... when you said this is her home do you mean?"

"Oh yeah I guess I forgot to tell you, This company... no the whole city is built by Ethan, and thus this city and all its neighboring territory is Ethan's By fact and By law... "

And here I thought Ethan was a homeless bum....

"And the residents?"

"Ah most of them are Returnees families. and returnees themselves. it's a neat little community we built, right?"

"..."

"... why are you looking at me with a blank face?"

"If this is our territory then why are we sending our citizens and firepower to other cities like yesterday's invasion?"

"Oh... yeah I guess I should start from the beginning."

"Oak-Polis, is a city owned by Return Corp Incorporated or RC-Inc for short."

"We provide world's leading Technology, Manufacturing, Automotive, Medical, and even HR support. As long as there's a returnee whose world is more advanced in way, we would try our best to replicate it."

Holy shit Ethan I take bake all I said about you.

"But I'm curious... to me you're not the type of guy who cares about this kind of thing?"

"I didn't... at first."

"Oh?"

I think he's fishing for me to explain further. but I won't.

"Ok then Smith, tell me smith... why does Ethan---"

"Treats Eli that way huh?"

"..."

"I can tell... well I only know a bit of his story, but Eli is Ethan's daughter... her mother seems to be some kind of Space wizard Queen. but since Ethan is neither nobility nor strong at that time, their rendezvous is kept a secret"

"... can you skip to the point?"

"... tch, insensitive, fine. Long story short, Ethan is a Space Wizard Queen, their daughter is cursed to be a stillborn by an Evil Witch. Evil witch killed Space Wizard Queen, Ethan killed the Evil Witch, The evil witch's soul escapes and hides herself in Eli's soul mixing with it at the end. "

... YOU SKIPPED A LOT OF IMPORTANT PART! But wait.... two souls mixing? impossible.

Even if there's something wrong with her soul, I would've noticed first. but so far I haven't seen a single thing. So that means only one thing.

That Evil Witch is Eli after going to the cycle of reincarnation...

Sigh... Ethan you poor SOD. He probably knew too. or at least have his doubts.

"That's quite the story huh..."

"Yes it is..."

"That's why Ethan always keeps Eli at a distance. not too far yet not too close. So if there's ever a need to... you know."

I dunno how to react to this. I never had to kill someone close to me, as somehow all my journey is filled with betrayals and me beheading them.

"Smith..."

"Yeah?"

"What's your job here?"

"Huh?"

"I mean I see you managed everything. I was just wondering what's your official job title here?"

"Oh... CEO I guess?"

"Then what's Ethan's job title?"

"Ummm... Mayor? Shareholder?"

"Then what's mine?"

"Unpaid intern..."

"Isn't that illegal?"

"Society's law doesn't work here..."

"Then what's with the title? Isn't intern the lowest part of a company."

"I made unpaid intern the highest title, nobody can refute me."

"Then I'm everyone's boss?"

"If you think that way."

"sweet"

"of course"

"LIKE HELL YOU THINK I DON'T KNOW WHAT UNPAID INTERN IS A**HOLE"

and we broke out into a fistfight.

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