Chapter 39: Ariel

-with Lucias-

"..."

Lucias opened his eyes and found that he was on the ground inside the familiar dark space where he and 'creator' usually meets.

"'creator'?"

Lucias called out in the dark empty space, causing his voice to echo throughout the realms of death.

"Lucias Frey"

The creator called out as soon as she entered the realm of death, wearing an oversized dress to hide the fact that she was pregnant with his child.

"Why did you suddenly call me?"

Lucias asked as he sat up from the ground with a confused expression on his face.

"... It is nothing important... I just wanted to try something with you"

The 'creator' said as she sat down between the gap between his legs with her back pressing against his chest, enjoying the warmth that his body brings with a satisfied smile on her usual cold and expressionless face.

"What's wrong?"

Lucias asked, confused about her actions as his hands was suddenly pulled by her and placed above her slightly bulging stomach.

"Caress my stomach, Lucias Frey"

The 'creator' ordered causing Lucias to tenderly caress her stomach, confused on why her stomach was slightly bigger than they last met.

"... Have you been eating a lot lately?"

"Indeed"

"Hmm... I never knew your race needed food to survive"

"No, we feed on the dying stars to replenish our spent mana from using our realm... in my case the realm of creation"

"Hmm..."

"Do you not like me getting fat, Lucias Frey?"

"Not really, I don't really care if you get fat or not"

"..."

The 'creator' stayed silent as she leaned closer to his chest, enjoying the warmth of his hand as the foreign feeling of happiness and satisfaction drowned her heart as she closed her eyes to enjoy the moment that they have together.

'So this is what the mortal calls as the warmth of a family'

The 'creator' thought, ignoring the fact that the other primordial being were watching them from afar with a light smile visible on their faces.

"Mother has been smiling a lot lately, is it because of our father?"

A small girl with pure white hair and sapphire pupils asked her twin brother who was sitting beside her.

"... Indeed, but... it's strange since the 'creator' never reacted like this when 'destruction' still had his pure form... only when he passed on his powers and will to the boy did the 'creator' became more honest with her emotions"

The boy answered as he held his chin, contemplating about their mother's strange reaction ever since the day where both Lucias and her met.

"It's more like she couldn't understand her emotions with our father from the past"

"What do you expect from two beings who doesn't understand the concept of emotion"

"Can't you guys just be happy for the 'creator'?"

A tall woman with wavy violet hair and dark eyes said as she walked closer to the twins.

"Void, what are you doing here?"

The boy asked as he looked up to his older sibling.

"I just wanted to watch the precious moments between our parents"

She grinned as she sat down next to the twins.

"Isn't that right, Order, Chaos?"

"You're the only one that grew extremely attached to our parents, Void" (Chaos)

"But you're also quite clingy to our father in the past" (Order)

"Please don't remind me of that, Order" (Chaos)

"My, this is quite a show"

Death muttered as she walked closer to her siblings, but stopped as the timer within her watch rang out, indicating that she must return his soul back to the mortal realm or else, he will permanently die and forever stay at the realm of death along with the deceased souls who isn't able to reincarnate or disappear from existence.

"I guess it's time"

The 'creator' muttered as a large familiar portal that she now detest appeared behind Lucias' back.

"Let us meet again in the future, Lucias Frey"

She said as she gave him a short peck on his lips before letting him go, as his soul was pulled back into his body in his dimension.

-with Lucias, Tobiichi, and Miku-

"... Something's strange about her"

Lucias muttered as soon as he woke up with Sophiel by his side as she tries to recall her strange actions in the past weeks. She always craved for warmth and care from him every once in a while, confusing him about the sudden change in her actions.

'Is she stressed about her work? Is that why she has been craving for warmth? I guess that's reason why'

Lucias thought, convincing himself that that was the case as he suddenly felt Sophiel move beside him.

[Good Morning]

She greeted while rubbing her right eye as she sat up from the bed.

"Good morning"

Lucias patted her head before getting up from the bed and walking towards the bathroom to fix himself up for the upcoming day.

[Are you done taking over the vampire ninja factions in this town?]

"Yes, but... for some reason the notification hasn't appeared yet so maybe..."

[New Quest!]

[Quest: Stab Ariel, Lilia Lilith, and Chris with the contract dagger and take control of the entire country Virie.

Reward: Map of the True Holy and Demonic Swords.

Limit: 1 year.

Failure: Trapped inside the current dimension for an eternity]

[Quest: Find and control the 4 former members of the Seven Abyss of the Underworld.

Sophiel Hellscythe (Achieved)

Eucliwood Hellscythe (Achieved)

Meringue Salveria

Naegleria Nebiros

Reward: 500 Sp

Failure: -300 for every stats]

(N/A: Note that I replaced the captain with Sophiel and also changed the reason why they disbanded)

"Nevermind, my predictions were true. It seems like I still have to do a few things inside this dimension"

[Good Luck... I'll help you in anyway I can]

"Thank you, Sophiel for your assistance"

Lucias said as he wore his black jacket, getting ready to leave the room.

[It's only natural for me to help my brother-in-law]

Sophiel wrote down, showing it to Lucias causing him to unconsciously pat her head before leaving the Sophiel's room before walking down to the living room where both Tobiichi and Miku are found, watching the news as they drink tea from their cups.

"Good morning, where are the vampire ninjas?"

Lucias asked as he looked around the living room to find any signs of the vampire ninjas from before.

"They're training outside using the assassination skill that you thought them to further increase their capabilities"

Tobiichi answered as she clung on Lucias' body as soon as he walked closer to their direction.

"How diligent of them"

Lucias commented as he drank from Tobiichi's cup, ignoring her flustered expression while looking around the room searching for the grey haired teenager inside the room.

"Where's Ayumu?"

"Ayumu? He's at school but... for some reason, I feel uneasy about today" (Tobiichi)

"Uneasy?"

"Yes... It just happens when I feel something bad is going to happen"

"... I think I should check on him, just in case"

"Should we go with you?"

"No... but I do want you to find someone for me"

Lucias says while taking out a piece of paper from Sophiel's extra notepad before writing down the names of the beings from his quest.

"This is?"

Tobiichi asked as she took the piece of paper from his hands.

"A new quest, I need you find those people for me... If you locate them, capture them if you can but if you can't handle their strength, immediately retreat, alright?"

"Sure, I'll look into as soon as possible"

Tobiichi said while placing the piece of paper inside her skirt as Lucias stood up from his seat before taking out the katana from his inventory.

"Thanks, I'll see you girls later"

Lucias smiled at their location before disappearing from his position leaving the 2 of them inside the living room.

"... Shouldn't we follow him?"

Miku asked while staring at his original position where he disappeared.

"No... his strong enough to handle himself, we still have a mission to accomplish"

-with Lucias- 

"Something is... wrong with that man"

Lucias muttered as he stood above the rooftop of the school, leaning against the fence while staring at the middle-aged man teaching the students inside the classroom without any enthusiasm whatsoever.

"You think so as well?"

A high pitched voice suddenly called out from behind him, but knowing that the figure had no malicious intentions towards him, he decided to just ignore her.

"Moo... It's rude to ignore a lady"

"What do you want?"

Lucias asked as he turned his head to look at the source of the voice and found a little girl with whitish-light blue hair and golden eyes wearing outfit seems to be a professor's uniform, staring at him with smile on her face.

Ariel

Race: High Human

Sacred Gear: None

Title: Great Teacher

Job: Masou-Shoujo Instructor

Level: 3,400

Hp: 4,100,000/4,100,000

Mp: 9,800,000/9,800,000

Strength: 4,600

Intelligence: 9,800

Endurance: 4,100

Agility: 4,370

Luck: 200

Charm: 2,000

Skills:

High Human's Physique (lvl maxed) - Increases the ratio of Sp to Hp/Mp to 1:1000.

Mana Manipulation (lvl maxed)

Barrier (lvl maxed)

Memory Manipulation (lvl maxed)

Psychokinesis (lvl maxed)

Ultraspeed Hp Regeneration (lvl maxed)

Ultraspeed Mp Regeneration (lvl maxed)l

Supreme Reflexes (lvl 90/100)

Supreme Senses (lvl 88/100)

Teleportation (lvl 97/100)

Wind Manipulation (lvl maxed)

Power Nullification (lvl 42/100)

Curse Manipulation (lvl 81/100)

Advance Swordsmanship (lvl 97/100)

Duplication (lvl maxed)

Anatomical Manipulation (lvl 71/100) - Grants the user the ability to remodel the anatomy of any living beings, or destroy any organs inside their body.

Pocket Reality Manipulation (lvl maxed) - Allows the user to create a pocket dimension of their own use.

Vibration Manipulation (lvl maxed) - Grants the user the ability to control all vibration around a radius of 10 km.

Fear Nullification (lvl maxed)

"... Ariel?"

Lucias unconsciously called out her name in shock from learning her identity... The same girl that the quest told him to capture and control.

"Ara, I'm quite flattered that you know me, True God-san"

She says with a joyous tone as she walked closer to his location, causing her white lab coat to flutter from the strong wind on the rooftop.

"It's quite surprising that someone from this dimension knows what I am"

Lucias calmly said as he removing her gaze from her before placing her sight at the middle aged man inside the classroom where Ayumu is found, weakly sitting on his chair from being bathed by the warm light from the sun.

"I will never mistake the presence of a True God, in fact... I'm quite interested why a being like you decided to stay at the house where my student is living at the moment"

"Oh, you mean Haruna? Don't worry, it won't be long until I leave that house so you can rest assured since I won't do anything to hurt this student of yours"

"That's very assuring, True God-san"

She says as she stood beside him with her hands hidden inside the pockets of her lab coat.

"You're not leaving?"

"It is a rare opportunity to meet a True God such as yourself so I wanted to savour the time we had together"

"Aren't you afraid that I might do something to you?"

"My, True God-san, even though you are technically a god, I can sense that most of your powers are still sealed inside your body, isn't that right?"

"As expected from an instructor"

"Thank you for the praise, True God-san"

She says before intertwining her petite arms around his left arm with an innocent smile on her face as she gazed directly at his golden eye without any hint of shyness or embarrassment.

"What are you doing?"

"May I ask for your name, True God-san?"

She asked, ignoring his previous question as she leaned closer to his body.

"...Lucias Frey"

"Can I call you Lucias?"

"Do whatever you want"

He answered taking his eyes off of her as he gazed at the classroom while feeling her ribs pressed and small breasts pressed against his arm.

"I wonder are you waiting for her to show her true form?"

She asked while looking at the middle-aged man inside the classroom with an amused expression on her face.

"It sounds like you know 'her', very well Ariel... I wonder if what happened to her is related to you"

Lucias asked before placing his sight at the silver haired loli hugging his left arm with an unchanging smile on her face.

Due to his suspicions from before, he silently casted [Appraisal] at the middle aged man to confirm his suspicions but what caught him in surprise is that the middle-aged man is actually a girl of the same race as the little girl beside him.

"Ara... It's jus-"

She said but was cut off when she felt a sharp blade placed on her slender back, causing her to jump back and create a large distance between the two of them, staring at his location with a gentle smile on her face.

"I knew it wouldn't be that easy"

He muttered while staring at the middle-aged man with a wide smile on his face from his extreme luck of finding his targets as soon as he left the house without much difficulty.

Chris

Race: High Human

Sacred Gear: None

Title: Exile

Job: Teacher

Level: 3,437

Hp: 4,230,000/4,230,000

Mp: 10,010,000/10,010,000

Strength: 4,717

Intelligence: 10,010

Endurance: 4,230

Agility: 4,760

Luck: 100

Charm: 2,000

Status: Cursed

Skills:

High Human's Physique (lvl maxed)

Mana Manipulation (lvl maxed)

Barrier (lvl maxed)

Memory Manipulation (lvl maxed)

Ultraspeed Hp Regeneration (lvl maxed)

Ultraspeed Mp Regeneration (lvl maxed)l

Supreme Reflexes (lvl 90/100)

Supreme Senses (lvl 88/100)

Teleportation (lvl 97/100)

Flame Manipulation (lvl maxed)

Cloning (lvl maxed)

Illusion Magic (lvl maxed)

Time Stop (lvl maxed)

Wind Manipulation (lvl maxed)

Power Absorption (lvl 67/100) - Allows the user to steal any skills from its target via absorption (Ex. Kiss)

Power Nullification (lvl 87/100) - Temporarily Nullifies a skill from its target.

Fear Nullification (lvl maxed)