Interlude

~03 November 2006~

*Rizevim Livan Lucifer POV*

Ahhh~ Would you look at that. They successfully kill them~ All of them~ How exciting.

"My Lord"

I snap from my thoughts when I hear Euclid Lucifuge's voice coming from the door.

"Ahhh, Please come in. Is there anything you want to tell me?"

"Yes, but sadly, it was not good news, My Lord."

"Oh? Do tell."

"We can't find anything useful in the object you give us, My Lord. The sample of the dying will flame you give to me, fighting all the spells I cast to identify it. The red one eats our spell. The blue one makes the spell vanished. The golden one burns out our spell. The indigo flame absorbs our spell, and the cloud one attacks the spell with ferocity."

"I see. Is there anything else?"

"Yes, what makes matters worse, the flame is gone."

"What?"

"Yes, after fighting the spell, they are gone and not leaving anything behind."

"I see."

That is rather annoying, but it will not stop my plan.

"Let it be. While the flame is a fascinating specimen, we need to focus on our current plan. How is our Qlippoth project going?"

"Smoothly, my lord. I predict that we can summon two of the well known evil dragons in two years."

"Good… Good… How is Ophis doing?"

"She is… Upset, My Lord."

"Upset?"

"Yes. Yesterday she came to me and demanded why we let the Evil Dragon attack Faysummit."

"Oh? Do you tell her the truth?"

"Of course not, My Lord. I say that we do that to test our new weapon to attack Great Red."

"And then?"

"She begins to sulking but did not ask me any more questions."

"Hmph. Even though she is a Dragon God, she has the behavior of a child. Let her do what she wants. When The time's right, we will use her for our plan."

"Of course, My Lord. For our chaotic future."

"For our chaotic future."

I smile a little when Euclid walks away from my room. It looks like the future will become more and more interesting.

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*Kushina Uzumaki POV*

"Yotto!"

Currently, I help the citizens of Faysummit to build back our city. While magic can help repair many buildings at once, some unique buildings need to be built by hand—for example, this wine cellar. While the building itself is mundane and can be built using magic, but because the building needs a rune to make the wine processing faster, we need to do it manually. The runemaster needs to place the rune between the brick gaps. If we use magic, then we need to deconstruct it one more time, which is a waste of time.

"Yo, Oji-san! Where do I place this?"

"Over there!"

"Got it!"

I then go to the place where Oji-san points and place down a dozen logs from my shoulder.

'You seem happier in here.'

'Hey, Fuzzball. Did you finish taking a nap?'

'Stop calling me Fuzzball, you brat.'

'Nah… I don't think so.'

'You still didn't answer my question, brat.'

'Of course, I'm happy here. You also can feel it from there, can't you?'

'I don't know what you are talking about.'

'Hehehe, you don't need to be embarrassed by it. This place is like Uzushiogakure. It has the same welcoming atmosphere as Uzushiogakure. In Faysummit, I'm not Uzumaki Princess or Nine Tail Jinchuriki. In this place, I'm Kushina Uzumaki. Here I can be myself. No more do I need to force my smile when a noble from the Land of Fire comes to ask my hand for marriage. Here I don't need to endure stink eyes because I'm a Jinchuriki. '

'Heh. Look like the little brat I know has matured a little bit.'

'What do you mean by that?!?'

'Oh, do you forget how you act? Ramen~ Ramen~ Ramen~ Is the food of gods~ Dattebane~ Do you still remember that song? I remember that. Not only you sing it out loud, but you also do a little dance and…'

'Stop!!! I get it!'

'Heh. It's good you get it. Anyway, I want you to tell your mate to visit me if he has the time.'

'He is not my mate!'

'Yeah Yeah, Whatever'

Hmph, he is still grumpy as ever. If not for his Fuzzybutt, I will beat him.

'I hear you, brat!'

'Don't care!'

Hmph. Damn Fuzzball and his Fuzzy butt.

"Yo, Kushina!"

I snap from my thoughts when I hear someone calling my name. As I look to my right, I look at Mordred come toward me with her usual grin.

"Mordred!"

"Are you finished helping the construction guy?"

"Yup! They only need me to help them transport the first batch of logs so they can build the wine cellar."

"Heeeee…"

"What are you doing this morning, Mordred? I didn't see you anywhere."

"Ah, My men and I decided to patrol around Faysummit while Carol and her organization patrol in a larger area. I hear she decided to patrol the area between Bucharest and Faysummit."

"You guys work hard, huh?"

"Heh! It was nothing. You should see Lexian do all that paperwork and meeting with many people that come to Faysummit."

"There is another one beside the devil?"

"Yes. It looks like the merchant from another country decided to spread the result of our fight against the Tepes faction."

"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?"

"I guess both? It is a good thing because not only it attracts people to trade with us, but it also makes us a faction that cannot be taken lightly. On the other hand, there will be many people who come to visit Faysummit and try to recruit our people into their faction, and there will also be people that decide to use an underhand method like kidnapping, blackmailing, and killing them if they reject their offer."

"That is bad."

"Yes, that is why Lexian ordered Medea and you to build back our Bounded field and even upgrade it as much as you guys can."

"Sadly, I can't upgrade it…"

*Plak*

I rub my head and look at Mordred with her hand in the air.

"What with that sad face? You cannot upgrade it, so what? Learn more about it and improve your seal! You are a seal master! Even if you already have the title of master, it doesn't mean you can't improve, right?"

I look at Mordred with a shocked expression before laughing.

"O-Oi! Why are you laughing?!?"

"N-No. You are right. Even though I have the title of seal master, it doesn't mean I need to stop learning. There are many possibilities of seals, and I stopped learning because I thought it was enough. I need to learn more and listen to my seniors."

"Hahaha. Of course! You should listen more to my advice!"

I couldn't help but join the laugh with Mordred. She is right. I need to improve my skill, so I don't need to depend on Kurama chakra to win the fight. I'm an Uzumaki, and we are the proud clan of a whirlpool. Just like our name, we are a fierce fighter that will defend our home with everything we got. Just like a Maelstrom, I will crush everyone that dare invade my home. That is my promise.