Zeke and Micaela arrived inside a big house. As they were walking across an hall, Micaela said. "How much do you know?"
Zeke just asked with a normal tone. "About you, Ilias, or history?"
"...So it seems you know." She didn't need that much time to guess that Zeke already knew the truth of everything. "How do you know about these things?"
"My sources are of no concern to you now, I might explain later. Besides, my mind is a bit tired from traveling from Happiness Village to here because Alice doesn't want to stay here longer…"
"Who?"
Zeke waved her off. "It doesn't matter… What really matter is this." Then he took a deep breath and said. "Ilias' forces are ready, and they will attack soon if what I heard is right."
Micaela stopped and turned around. "Are you talking about Remina?"
"No, this world will see its second World War pretty soon, and unlike the Great Monster War, it will be targeted to humans."
"What do you mean?"
"Once the Monster Lord is defeated, or there isn't any other chance to defeat her, then Ilias will start to kill every human and replace them with creatures that will follow exclusively her, like puppets.
She also doesn't want to stop here, so she made a separate plan that I'm sure you never heard of, she wants to be stronger than the Dark Goddess Alipheese. And for the incarnation of this world's light, there is only 1 method to get stronger than she is…"
Zeke trailed off, and Micaela frowned, before speaking slowly. "Fusing with something that doesn't represent light… But the only element that is able to match her in strength is Darkness! Darkness and Light can't fuse together, it's impossible!"
Micaela was obviously put off from what Zeke was saying, if Ilias wanted to fuse with Darkness, it will never happen because they will just keep rejecting each other.
"I also don't understand how it technically works, but she can do it if the conditions are right, if she manages to transform, though… It is still possible fixing things, but it will be extremely hard and we need luck, so the idea was striking her before she starts the process.
As you probably already know, she already has Black Alice and Promestein as allies, and Ilias intends to use both of them to reach the end of her plans."
"This… Please, let's sit. It is too much for me to talk about this while we are standing." Micaela tried to calm down, but she got really stressed at the new informations so it was hard for her to keep a cold facade.
The two reached the living room and sat down in a different sofa for each. They faced each other and Micaela said. "What will happen if she manages to complete her plans?"
"First, I need to talk about something… Do you know what is Chaos?"
Micaela shook her head and Zeke explained. "Chaos is an element that doesn't exist in this universe, but it existed even before Ilias and the Dark Goddess Alipheese… No, it's more correct saying that light and darkness were created from Chaos.
Let's leave the past aside, and let's think about the future. If Ilias manages to fuse with Darkness, she isn't anymore something like an Ultimate Being or whatever, the correct term is "Goddess of Chaos"."
"...How can you possibly know all of this…?" Micaela asked with a fearful face, even she didn't know anything about what happened before Ilias was born.
"..." Zeke closed his eyes and relaxed his back. "Someone powerful told me about it. I'll be honest, the creator of this universe "told" me everything." He twisted the fact that he literally knew everything from a visual novel, so he used cryptic words.
"Before you ask, no. He won't do anything about this, because he doesn't care." Zeke continued before Micaela would ask about this 'Creator'.
"But let's put this aside. If Ilias manages to stabilize herself after the fusion, you are all fucking dead."
He paused, to let that matter sink in Micaela's mind. "Of course, as I said before, I can solve it if I am lucky enough… There are many ways to solve it: Gathering all the 25 Sun Authorities, Hakai, All-Fiction, Made in Heaven, and many others. However, I only have 1 Sun Authority and I can't gather all of them, while picking up the other abilities is almost impossible…
...This is why, it is better to strike before she starts the process, or while she is stabilizing her powers."
Micaela's eyes narrowed and asked. "And what about it?"
"For now, we will feign ignorance… I have an advantage that no one else has, knowledge. However, they are limited only for another timeline. The less changes I do with my presence, the less chances we have to screw this up. Also, you need to train and come back to your full power, because I will need you later."
"And when will we start the attack?"
"The next time we will meet, it will be the start of the end of Ilias' plans. At that time, I will tell you everything to both you and other participants. Also, you need to make some preparations because angels will attack everyone in all 3 the continents, even the Monster Lord's Castle. Until we meet again, I came here just to… Say hi to my Aunt. Alright?"
Micaela nodded, and sighed. "Alright… Is there anything else?"
"Yeah, your real nephew is also adventuring, and Ilias intends to use him to achieve her goals. Hopefully she will also see me as a pawn to make things easier…"
Micaela raised an eyebrow and asked. "You mean Luka?"
"You seen another Heinrich junior here?" Zeke said with a sarcastic tone, which made the tension slowly disappear from the room. Micaela couldn't help but chuckle a bit, and nod. "I guess you're right… Do you want to sleep here for the night?"
Zeke looked at the ceiling and sighed… "You know what? Fuck Alice, I'm not losing this opportunity to sleep in a bed without falling unconscious."
"So that girl around this house is Alice?" Micaela asked, already sensing someone outside the house. However she sealed everything with magic while she was walking across the hall of her house.
Zeke shrugged and said. "Depends, is the girl the Monster Lord?"
"Huh, I thought it was strange for the Monster Lord to be here, so you took her here?" Micaela asked in surprise.
"She said that she wanted to accompany me because she could enjoy some company while being… a gourmet." He sighed in exasperation, before he continued. "Just let her enter, we finished for today. Details will be explained the next time we meet, also, she doesn't know anything, so keep up the act I mentioned before."
"Alright… But I have a last question, what are your objectives? You know that if you helped Ilias, she will thank you? At least she recognizes the efforts her subordinates do for her, unless she planned to betray them."
Zeke stood up from his seat and smirked. "Do I need an objective to have fun? This thing just sounds so entertaining… Stopping a megalomaniac goddess from destroying the universe itself by accident. In normal circumstances I would have refused, but now that I have external help, I want to see what I can do."
Micaela sighed, then she snapped her fingers. Soon, Alice passed through the hall and reached them with an irritated face. "How is it possible for someone be able to keep me out…"
"Alice, we're sleeping here."
"Wha-?!" Alice was surprised from Zeke's sudden decision, but Zeke continued. "I'm not going to let go of this opportunity to sleep peacefully in a normal bed. Besides, even if we might not sleep here, we would have set up a camp just outside the forest at this time."
Alice remained silent and crossed her eyes, then she glanced at Micaela. "And who is she?"
"Apparently my mother had a sister, that sister is Micaela." Zeke gestured to Micaela, who waved at Alice.
Alice looked between Zeke and Micaela, and murmured. "Well, you two have the same blond hair, except for the length… Whatever, where do we sleep then?"
"I have some guest rooms in the 1st floor, do you want to eat dinner first?"
Hearing those 'Magical' words, Alice smiled. "Yes, I would like that…"
Micaela glanced at Zeke, who nodded. Then Micaela went to the kitchen, leaving Zeke and Alice alone.
After dinner, everyone went to bed…
