64 The brewing storm

While I appreciate you guys giving me stones it is not necessary, just telling you first. I'm not quite sure how you put this.... I have a lot of hobbies and writing is one of them and I'm not thinking about using it to make money any time soon. Since somehow D&D is making money right now, and is making me learn voices and react to how my PCs hold stupid conversation, surprising how much you can still learn from hobbies.

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"So....."

nods nods

"You decided to stay with me..."

nods nods nods

"So... you're telling me, you want to go to the same school like me next academic year, in Tokyo?"

nods nods nods nods

"What about them?"

"I am but a humble servant for this young man" said the man with the rough face, instead of the sci-fi looking clothes, he's now wearing a suit and tie, and honest to god he looks like some kind of evil prime minister. but apparently the creator is in front of me....

nods nods

"AND I'm HIS WIFE!" The not so little Amano is not sitting on top of the young man's lap.

"And What's his name?"

"It's -------- "

"Huh, can you repeat that?"

"I said -------- "

I looked at them with a strange face, as the young man gestures toward Amano and whispers something.

"Ah it seems that you cannot comprehend the language, then you give him a name!"

"!?"

the young man stares at me expectantly.

"Then Dojima Nobi. How does that sound? I'll use my Family name, so it can be easier"

"That... IS AMAZING! I'll be called DOJIMA AMANO NOW!"

the young man also nods approvingly.

As we're having this conversation outside our house, Izanami appears to have noticed our guests.

"Ara I didn't expect to see you here Amano, and brother..."

"! BIG SIS IZANAMI!" The blue haired girl rushed towards Izanami and held her in a hug.

"There there, and stupid husband of mine, why don't you invite the guests inside, you wouldn't hold a meeting with leaders of other faction in front of your house now would you?"

actually that makes sense, I wouldn't want them anywhere near my house if possible, but this one....

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"So.... You're saying he's your long lost brother?"

"YOSUKE SHUT UP FOR A MOMENT!" chie just loses it when Yosuke said something dumb.

"Oh, this is a real life soap opera drama! Does that mean that you'll try to organize a coup within the organization and try to dethrone Akira-san? And thus taking power for yourself?" as an excitedly clapping yukiko interviews Nobi.

hey hey hey that's not going to happen now... will it?

"That would be badass! but man I never thought that your father would have an overseas lover."

ah yeah, I told them this is apparently my brother from another father... and this happened. It appears that the reality alteration power of Nobi-san is really.... a cheat. He just wills himself to existence and now here he is. and I believe that is not the only thing he wills into existence.

Apparently he's not the patient type of guy and thus wills the whole manga and novel division into existence. I wonder if the world will be a better place if... you know what I'll not put my mind there... because I'm sure that mentally he's the same age as the rest of the protagonists are. Now that I look at him he's not that tall. if you count his hair he should be around 160ish CM so around 5"2.

but all that aside... Why now of all time?

"Ah you must be wondering why the young man wants to come down now of all time."

I wanted to nod but stops myself midway. and just simple say "yes"

"Then you will be surprised to learn that he never finished his life. and thus is very curious through and through. think of it as growing up and he's at his rebellious age."

I wouldn't want a rebellious creator now would I?

"Is he really your brother? I cannot see the resemblance... no I cannot see it but I do 'feel' it."

sharp as always nagato... too sharp... are you sure you don't have any mental abilities that I'm unaware of.

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"AH YOU MUST BE THE MESSIAH! HUGE FAN! your work with the gate is exceptionally romantic!"

that cut straight to the point. now aigis is also looking at them with interest.

"AH! You should know that even though we're like this in a sense we've only become divinity not too long ago. and thanks to you we manage to seal off the door for good. and speaking of which .... " as she turned her head towards me. I have a bad feeling about this.

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After a round of chatter, the sun finally rises to the apex. It's noon. I was thinking of taking them all for a meal outside, but one thing led to another and I ended up calling a few chefs to come and help prepare meals in our kitchen, and also do some shopping.

"Yum! I never knew you humans manage to cook such delicacy. Nobi! Nobi! Try this!`` She said so, but her actions speak the opposite as she shoves food non-stop into her mouth.

"Oh yeah! I ALMOST FORGOT! there's also that topic that we need to talk about."

Nods. but from what I can tell Nobi nods means something completely different.

"Maou-san, you see, you know that there are multiverses right? it appears that there's a world in the 4th axis of space and time that's about to collide with ours due to an external force."

PFFFT. I spit out my drink towards Nobi, but somehow instead of covering Nobi with my spit and chewed meat, those things simply float in front of my mouth and disappear entirely.

And why are you dropping this bomb onto me? huh? can't you like to erase it out of existence?

"I know you're shocked Maou-san, but it seems to be out of the reach of our authorities."

Now that I look at the whole table, everyone seems to be freezing in place, except for the protagonists. Yu is as shocked as I am, but Minako seems to be expecting this.

"So what do I have to do?"

"Well---"

"We intend to send you to that world, and steer it away, if that's not possible then..... eliminate it." The rough looking man cuts off Amano's words.

nods.

"Do you know what kind of world it is?"

"It's a world where civilization developed, but they tapped into a forbidden power."

Just as we're having this conversation, suddenly we heard a poof. As you know a wild Sojiro appears, he seems to be in Victorian era clothing with a tricorn hat and whatnot, but he smelt like blood.

"What? Maou-sama? who? where---"

I managed to sum everything up for Sojiro to understand.

"So you're telling me the world's gonna end if we don't do something about it..... I get it, but why me of all people?"

"Silly you, you've been fighting them actively, of course you'll be the primary fighting force along with Maou-san."

"Fighting them actively? but I thought we're going into people's subconscious--- wait... now if you put it that way..."

"Precisely, you see, those 'subconsciousness' aren't supposed to be there, they are tempted by forces outside our jurisdiction. hence their desire becomes twisted."

"What?"

A scroll manifested in her arms.

"Here you go. Those are the known cases of Foreign interference. that's the list of names who the Foreign entity manages to get in touch with."

It's a scarily long list. and from a glance, those are important people in the world. perhaps....

"Impossible! that's.... that's ---"

"It's true Sojiro, Wakaba and to some extent her child is influenced by the Foreign entity. So, I ask you Sojiro, are you going to fight?"

"*sigh*" his trembling hand stops, his body straightens, determination burns in his eyes.

"I shall, but I need to gather my ---"

"Ah, you don't need to worry about that. *snaps*" she snapped her finger as figures appeared before us. It seems that there's a Goth doctor, a certain prosecutor, a certain failed politician, a scamming fortune teller, and Iwae? Why are you there?

"HEY! Why are we ---" they suddenly found themselves unable to speak.

"*snap* This is why I hate explaining things, every time we get to the good part, someone always needs me to repeat it, you know what you do, proto!" like a child throwing a tantrum, he handed the job of explaining to the rough looking man.

"As you wish, so in summary ---"

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"So... when is it?" a certain white haired prosecutor asks with determination in her eyes.

"The faster the better, we predicted that in 600 hours, a huge collision will happen. we shall prepare what we can within this time frame--"

"I understand.... do we still.... have time?"

"Time is something---"

Before the man can continue I cut him off.

"It takes 12 hours. After 12 hours, we will depart. do what you want."

"I... I see.... then... Please excuse us."

I simply nod towards Nobi, he nodded back, and with a snap of his fingers everyone of them got back into their original positions.

"So.... what kind of world is it?"

"A world where dreams and reality are intertwined. but that world has gone off course and is on it's way to be consumed by the dreamer."

Wait... dream... so it's an old one? but why does it feel so familia.. oh shit don't tell me.

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It's 11. I'm lying in a hotel room with Izanami by my side. She was not frozen in place so she heard everything that we said, and decided that she wanted to have a private chat with me, so here we are, in Tokyo, in one of it's 5 star hotels.

"So you're decided to go with them huh..."

"Yeah"

"Why? I thought you trust them?"

"It's because it's a world that I know of. it's a twisted world where a certain creature's blood is treated as a cure for disease, but unfortunately for them, the blood is just a prelude to disaster."

"Hmmmmmm.... then, what's so peculiar about this world that makes you want to go? I hope it's not that you need to escape me?"

"It's not that I don't trust them. It's more that my intuition tells me to. I got this scratching feeling that they'll not succeed without me."

"Is that so...."

"Well then I suppose if you've made up your mind then I also need to make up mine..."

and she did not just make up my mind, but also *cough cough*.