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CHAPTER TWO: NIGHT VISIT
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It took him for a while to tracked down where Gilgamesh and Karna went.
Arriving at the City of Lost Destiny, nostalgia came to him as he was assaulted by memories as his vision was being mesmerized by the scenery that what comprises of Mare Melum. He grasped the the fabric covering his left chest with a clench, caused the by the heavy thump coming from his heart. Although he had come to accept that he couldn't held Altera in his arms, it pricked his heart as if vines of thorns had coiled around it.
That feeling began intense as other female faces came to his head. Nero who was clad in a dashing red and gold vibrancy and Tamamo, who was garbed in her blue brilliance. Then there's Berserker and her bizarre maternal love, Ruler whose faith outshines his own, Rider whose loyalty can move mountains, and Lancer who trained him day and night in the ways of combat despite saying his abilities as a fighter were "mediocre" at best.
And there's Rin, Rani, and Sakura...
Taking a deep breath, he tried to push those thoughts at the back of his head as he tried to regain his composure.
Entering the throne room, he saw a white haired figure clad in golden armor and red cape sitting on one arm of the obsidian black throne with a chalice on his hand, sipping its contents with a close lidded eyes. It seems that he was enjoying it well.
"Karna." He spoke as he tread forward, his brown rondures roaming around the room. "Where's Gilgamesh?"
"He already went back to sleep, Master." The white haired man named Karna responded, his visage directing towards the Victor of the Holy Grail War who was accompanied by the Hero of Justice. "He was really in a bad mood. You should've seen him earlier."
"From the looks of things, it seems you have managed to relieve his stress."
"Yes. However in the long run, we were able to calm his... annoyance." Karna replied, tilting the chalice that he was holding to Mumei who only smirked at him.
"Lucky. And here I thought you got your head cut off, Son of the Sun God."
"You're not wrong though. He was aiming for it the whole time."
As he left his 2 adjutants exchanged some words with one another, he mesmerized the scene that was loitered around. The ground was filled with craters and disheveled stones. From those said craters, numerous Spiritron particles were emitted signifying the automatic restructuring program of the Moon Cell working as it should be. It didn't take him long to fully grasped what was transpired here earlier.
It seems that Karna had done a great job.
"Anyways, the position we are currently in is beyond words." The paled skin man uttered. "Master, what's your next move? From the way I see things, we will be put in a tight spot."
"Karna's right." Mumei added, his grey steel orbs staring at him. "Even within this great distance, I can tell that this World is filled with strong creatures."
He could only agree to their sentiments. Even if he wasn't able to roam on earth in his home world, he can feel that this world is very different. Upon awakening from his slumber, he felt the air somewhat heavy and deluded. Every now and then, his body would send him signals of warnings back at the hospital. He could feel that there were eyes everywhere, gazing and stalking at him in great distances as if he was some kind of lab rat trapped in a cage and being observed by men in white lab coats.
The stimulation caused by such only made him feel uncomfortable.
"Master, since this is a new world for us. It is appropriate to learn as much as we can about this parallel Earth."
"We can use the Regalia to obtain some information."
He nodded at Mumei's and Karna's suggestion. They were right, after all he could see himself as a cub left behind by his mother to face a world that wasn't his natural habitat. Surely he was such in a disadvantageous predicament however...
Gazing at the ornament embracing on his left ring finger, he began to access the historical archives of this world starting from the day the planet was formed down to its present state. Normally, the large amounts of data would kill him due to information overload but thanks to the Regalia who acted as a "filter" for unwanted and excess data, the flow of information was rather smooth.
"That's something." He commented with a frown as he opened his eyes back. His words caught the 2 men's attention.
"What did you find out?"
As a response to the tanned skin man's query, he shared what he learned from the Moon Cell's records to them through the ring. After a couple of minutes, the 2 people understood why he was a little saddened.
"That was a surprise." Karna told him.
"To think that the Christian God is..." Mumei inferred as he crossed his arms on his chest. "So Master, what are we going to do?"
"Observe...and maybe travel around the world." He answered truthfully.
He wasn't given the chance to do such activity since he spent all of his life suspended in a cryogenic pod and inside the Moon Cell participating a Holy Grail War. Now that he is now in this Adjacent World, alive and breathing, he won't slip this chance.
"Sounds good. Just like what I did when I was "alive" back then."
The Hero of Charity just nod his head in agreement with Mumei's words and his decision. Although he was delighted how his 2 adjutants agreed with his course of action that he would take, his heart was in turmoil when he learned that the crisis of the White Titan didn't occur in this world...
...That Altera didn't exist in this world and it pained him.
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The next morning...
"What do you think of the scenery, Kishinami-san?"
"It's quite refreshing."
He replied, his brown rondures absorbing the full ambiance of the green scenery presented to him, which was more relaxing and refreshing than the bland and white painted concrete of his room. Currently, he was suspended in a wheelchair and had been taken in a stroll by Doctor Penny Moe.
"Master, be careful. This is no ordinary woman."
He could hear Mumei's warnings in his mind. Although he didn't receive any cautious advice from Karna, he was sure that the hero of the Mahabharata epic was eyeing the woman behind him warily. Even the Regalia was sending him some forewarnings repeatedly that would make an average human cry in tears due to its excessive exhortations.
Despite it all, he appeared calm and collected.
As he enjoyed the trees and flowers at the large and wide hospital garden, his thoughts then hovered at the informations that he had accumulated from the Moon Cell. Specifically about the Great War fought between the Three Factions of the Bible Factions, namely the Angels led by the Christian God, the Devils led by the Four Great Satans, and the Fallen Angels led by the Grigori.
The result of such large conflict were catastrophic to both sides, with both belligerents suffered with heavy losses and the deaths of the Christian God and the Satans. Even with the loss of the only deity, the Three Factions are still a dominant force in the world due to the religious dominance of the Judeo-Christian sect, with almost 3 billion religious followers spanning across the globe.
Turning his head slightly, he took a glimpse of the female doctor that was currently pushing him and his wheelchair around the garden.
Penny Moe. That was her name but is it really her true name? Sure it was the honorific printed on her tag pinned over her breast pocket, however for some reason he felt that the way how her name was placed or designed was something he found strange...
"I get it now." Mumei spoke in his head, the red cloaked man's words that told of realization got his attention.
"What is it?" He mentally asked.
"The doctor's true identity is Penemue."
"Penemue?" He and surprisingly Karna, replied with an inquired mental tone. For his part, the name sound familar but he couldn't point out where he heard such name.
"Penemue is a watcher in Enochian lore. He is a curer of stupidity in man, mentioned in Bereshith Rabba. As an angel associated with Abraxiel, Penemue was also likely of the order of healing angels called the Labbim."
"So in other words..."
"The doctor is a Fallen Angel."
Oh.
That was... quite alarming.
"Wait." Karna intruded, somewhat confused. "You said 'He'. But this woman is entirely female."
"In Biblical myths, Angels are androgynous. They can appear as a male or female in the human eyes since they have no definite genders." Mumei momentarily paused as if in thought. "But what you said is true, this woman appears to be indeed a 'woman'."
He was at lost. He wondered how these 2 were able to determine a person's gender without even being physically present. Maybe it's their experience when they were alive back then. But more importantly, he was now presented with a real question.
What does a Fallen Angel like Penemue want with someone like him?
"―are you listening?"
His eyes quirked as he recognized a female voice. In front of him was the black haired Penny Moe or Penemue as Mumei argued, staring at him with concerned eyes. Although he know that Fallen Angels were creatures that are masters in the art of deception, for someone like him who could see one's true self, he could only see genuine feelings from those purplish orbs of hers.
For a moment, he was lulled by those beautifully carved eyes until he saw her lips twitched upwards in amusement. Several snorts echoed inside his head, and in instinct he adverts his face from the woman.
He could feel his cheeks getting hot.
"Fufu. You're quite cute when you blushed Kishinami-san." The woman chuckled much to his chagrin, "You seem quite lost in thought. Do you have any problems you want to talk about?"
He was silent, his mind looking for possible actions and words that he could express. He could put a lie although he didn't pursue such tactic as Mumei warned him about how Fallen Angels can perceive lies from truths.
"Well..." He started, his visage looking straight at the woman before staring at the birds chirping on the tree branch. "I was thinking of travelling around the world when I get out from this hospital."
"Travelling huh, that seems a good goal." The raven haired woman said as she began pushing his wheelchair slowly. "But would it be appropriate to go to your parents? I'm sure that they will be delighted to see you."
"I'm an orphan."
"Oh. I'm sorry. I didn't know."
"It's okay. Though there is someone I want to meet." He said while remembering a silver white haired girl that this world's Hakuno Kishinami had met 10 years ago in a college entrance exam.
Even though it wasn't him, he could feel how his heart beat in an excited manner upon recalling the face of the woman that caught this world's Hakuno Kishinami's heart. The woman was 'his' girlfriend as far as he can remember. They even manage to spend a night together, enjoying the embrace that they share and releasing the 'tension' that were inside their hearts.
"Is it a girl?" The doctor asked, intrigue lacing on her voice.
"Yes. Although I bet she has another one now. Even so, I just want to see her just one last time."
"But what if she waited for you all of these years, Kishinami-san?"
"Ten years a long time, Doc. Even long-distance relationship doesn't last that long, mostly."
As he said that, he felt the sudden halt of the wheelchair's movements.
"Let's say that you are right, Kishinami-san. What will you feel when you saw 'her' happy being with someone else?"
"Of course, I will be saddened but I won't blame her." He looked up to the woman who was slightly surprised by his reply. "It is her choice. She choose to be with someone who can grant her happiness over someone who isn't certain whether he will wake up or remain in slumber for the rest of his life. That... I can understand."
He ended those words with a smile.
Yes. For someone like him who had already suffered much worst, a simple heartbreak is just a small scratch wound.
The doctor gazed at him for a moment before a small smile graze on her lips as she started to push his wheelchair. Though he noticed the woman's reaction, it left him wondering why.
Unknown to him, a pair of eyes filled with jealousy were watching them from a far.
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The clock ticks at midnight.
The light from the moon entered his room through the glass windows. It was already past midnight when he woke up from his slumber. He was ejected from the Moon Cell as soon as he was assaulted by hundreds of warning signals coming from the Regalia.
"Master."
"We got company."
Hearing the heed of his 2 adjutants, his brown orbs dawned towards the door of his room which was slightly opened. Just a few meters in front him stood a figure of a man garbed in something like a male nurse outfit. In his hand was a long rod with a pointy tip, its frame glowing in a bluish radiance.
"Oh my, you're awake."
His eyes slightly widened as he saw the man's face when the moon beam revealed it. A guy of a Middle Eastern descent, with long black hair and a creepy smile on his visage. He knew who he was from that face alone...
...The male nurse who always by Penemue's side.
The Regalia on his ring finger heated in an instant, as if it was ready to explode every minute now.
"Don't worry, dear patient." The young man had the nerve to bow with glee. "But for Penemue-sama's sake, you need to die."
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A/N: Hello guys, Caelus here. First of all, I would like to thank everyone who fave and followed this story. You have my warm thanks, really. Anyway, this is the 2nd chapter. I hope you guys like this "rewritten" version. You can take a guess who will be the first Heroic Spirit summoned by the Moon Cell in order to aide our protagonist in the world of DXD. If you want a hint, it is a SHE. Hope you enjoy this chapter. Until the next update, signing out.