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I honestly have no idea what to do. Not even the slightest clue. You could throw me an obvious hint and I wouldn't be able to catch on right now. That's really just how lost I am standing in front of the two people before me.

Although, it's rather justifiable as the duo before aren't just anyone you'd find.

No, this is the CPU and CPU Candidate of Lastation.

With Lady Black Heart's rather blatant admission that we did indeed spend the day yesterday together, I'm at a complete loss as what to do. In fact it looks like even she is too.

She is currently just wearing an embarrassed smile and closing her eyes. I can kinda see some red in her cheeks too. Lady Uni appears to be lost as well, although for a different reason. She mostly just looks really confused right now as she's just looking between me and her sister with utter confusion on her face. I'm not too sure what I look like, but I can surely say that I looked shocked somewhat for sure.

To first have the girl who I saved visit me turn out to be the CPU candidate was one thing. To then have her visit me (however many times she did) until I woke up and formally met her is another. To be invited to the Basilicom for a 'thank you' dinner by said CPU Candidate is yet another thing. To then meet the CPU and CPU Candidate as my door greeters and confirm that the cosplayer of Noire (aka Lady Black Heart), is actually THE Lady Black Heart…

I can feel a mental overload that is threatening to make me faint right now. In front of the two powers of my nation no less…

"Uh, are you two okay?"

Luckily, Lady Uni's question bought my head out of the clouds. Good thing too, I really felt like I was about to pass out if my thoughts continued on the track that they were going on. Lady Uni truly is a Goddess.

Wait. Two?

Having finally gotten over my (however long) stupor, I look towards Lady Black Heart to see that she very well might be in the same situation I was in, if not worse.

Her face has gotten extremely red and I can clearly see that the embarrassed smile has started to tremble. Actually, her entire body is trembling! She's probably thinking about similar stuff like me to be having this sort of meltdown as well…or wondering why I'm just standing here without saying anything for so damn long and it's killing her.

Well then, ahem.

"Good Evening Lady Black Heart and Lady Uni, t-thank you for inviting me over for dinner…Uh, Lady Black Heart?"

I was hoping that as I spoke that Lady Black Heart would snap out of her little meltdown…but that isn't working apparently. She's still just standing there for a trembling body and progressively reddening face. I'm getting worried here… I really don't think faces should be able to get that red.

I look to Lady Uni with a questioning look...and she looks just as lost as I am. Although, she looks to be getting more and more concerned about the state of her sister…. And now she's trying to get her sister's attention to get her out of it. Now she's even moving her slightly/while slightly yelling now, trying to get her attention…And Lady Black Heart is somehow getting even redder!? Didn't think that was possible…Gotta do something about this…Ugh, I really hope I don't break any major boundaries here.

I approach Lady Black Heart as she starts to…wobble? Oh man, we really need to snap her out of it. As I get close to her, Lady Uni looks at me with a mixture of confusion and concern. I give her a slight nod and she backs off a bit with a trusting smile.

As I get into arm's length of Lady Black Heart, I can hear her mumbling to herself.

"H..pe…mind…fai…me." I wonder what she's saying to herself exactly, although I can sorta guess?

With a plan formulated in my mind, I move into action by putting both of my hands on her shoulders. The action gets me instant results with her opening her eyes and I'm…shocked to see what I see in her eyes.

As I've always have been, I'm pretty bad reading a person's eyes, but Lady Black Hearts clearly show me what she's feeling. Even an idiot like me can see the insecurity and fear she's showing in her eyes. Although now she's starting to look confused, probably because I'm suddenly so close and touching her.

But as I'm about go about my quickly made up plan, I begin to think about this whole situation. Here I am, in front of the Goddess of Lastation. The women who's supposed to be so prideful and powerful like her nation, the women that I and many others have put their undying faith into, to pave the way for the lives of Lastation, the women who I've always admired and loved since I was born into Gamindustri, is before me looking like she's about to cry just from meeting someone.

'This is my leader?'

'This is my protector?'

'This is my God-'

Stop. That isn't right Adam. She may be a Goddess but if there's anything you've learned from life is that any kind of leaders aren't emotionless monsters that deserve the expectations that we place on them. From the way the that teachers held themselves, you could make it out that they had to give it their all. Making sure the class is in order and everyone behaves themselves. Kasumi's sudden change and role in my life. From watching my parents and the events that led to my father's death. My mother's collapse and me having to grow up to protect and help her. It all showed me that although that there are people above me, they are still human. They feel everything that anyone else does. That my expectations or anyone else's shouldn't determine who and what they are as a person, no matter how close or distant I am.

I suppose that's even more true for a CPU. The people place their expectations and faith in them, but most don't likely bother to get to know them at all. In fact, it might even be lonely for them to be themselves. We human beings do have a tendency for not really interacting for things we worship. Also, considering from what we know of CPUs, they don't choose to become our leaders. As that thought crosses my mind, I think about Lady Uni and the rest of the recently born CPU Candidates. One day, they'll succeed their sisters.

With these thoughts in my head, I slightly tighten my hold on Lady Black Heart, look her in her crimson eyes, and speak.

"I'm not sure what's going through your mind right now and I may never know, but do know you'll always be my Goddess. I'll always have faith in you, my Lady Black Heart." That was actually much harder than I thought it'd be to say. I can literally feel my nerves shouting out at me in embarrassment and slight fear, I really hope I didn't overstep any boundaries here.

Lady Black Heart doesn't respond but only widens her eyes in surprise. I can only guess as to what she thinks of my words, hopefully positive things. Actually, how did I actually say that! It's embarrassing and so corny! Ugh, I can feel my nerves going even more crazy. Especially from her lack of response, seeing as she's just standing there. Also I'm getting more and more conscience of the fact that I'm so close to THE Goddess of Lastation!

She finally makes a move in the form of tilting her head down and hides her eyes from me. We stand here for a while longer with my hands on her shoulders. I'm actually starting to realize just how…s-soft her skin is. Wait…did I just mentally stutter!? My life is going out of control now.

"….thank you…"

Wait. What? Did I just hear a thank you?

Before I'm able to fully process that, Lady Black Heart moves away from me and turns around. I hear her breath in and out, then she turns around with a brightly confident face.

"Welcome to the Basilicom of Lastation. I, Noire, will be your host tonight. I hope you enjoy your time here, come Uni let's lead the way."

"S-sis!? Ah, wait for me!"

And just like that, Lady Uni went scampering after her sister. I stood in my spot baffled for a second before I shortly started to follow after them to not get lost. The actual dinner hasn't even started and I'm already going crazy from what's happen in the short time that's passed.

Now that I mention it…what time is it!? I sneak a glance towards the sister's as they start to give a sort of tour, and take out my phone to check the time. For me to see that it's 8PM…that means we spent a whole hour…

Sigh

"I can only imagine how the rest of this dinner will go. Hopefully I don't come home too late." I mutter to myself as I follow the sisters of Lastation.

Not long after we started our march, we encounter a large door. Speaking of the march, I had taken the liberty of observing the interior of the Lastation Basilicom. From my observations, I can tell anyone that the Basilicom is the nicest building I've ever been inside of.

With just being inside of it I can feel the difference in everything about it. It feels as if it's been touched and built with the Goddesses very touch. The design is so sleek and well-built and I could honestly go on about this forever. Which I won't considering who I'm with, so for now I'll hold my thoughts.

Also while I made my observations, Lady Black Heart had continued her tour of the Basilicom. Generally, she gave me an overview of certain rooms that we'd pass by. Of which mostly consisted of office space of various divisions for work. From technology to medicine and just about anything else. This really gives me even more food for thought at the absurd rate that we discover/develop stuff in Lastation…and the actual size of the Basilicom, it doesn't look that big from the outside.

"…And here we are at the dining room that we will be in tonight. Please, come inside." Lady Black Heart says as we come up upon a black door. Huh, this is one of the smallest doors I've seen so far. Almost any other door has been fairly large. Makes me wonder if this one is special.

We enter and I can immediately tell this dining room is totally different from any sort of formal or business dining room. I've seen a formal dining room from the few times I've seen TV and having been to Kasumi's home. The Kiro family came to Lastation due to their work in business and as such their home was tailored to also fit that need. A long dining room painted primarily black with complimenting colors, furniture going with the colors, all gave it the serious vibe business would usually be held in. It was so unlike the actual dining room of the Kiro family, mainly yellow and vibrant colors to make it feel alive. The furniture was also more family oriented. It felt like the same home dining area that I have at my actual home. Knowing all this, I could tell just from the atmosphere of this room that this dining room…

It feels like home.

This means then…this is their personal dining room!? That's another mental panic attack lined up for once I leave here.

It really does feel like the at home sort of dining room. Although it has the usual black, it plays more of a secondary color as the room is ruled primarily by blue. The table in the middle of the room is much smaller than how a business dining table would be, windows are expertly placed with a beautiful view of Lastation (and the moon that is rather apparent in the sky), well placed décor, and curtains that all compliment the room rather nicely. Even the table is different. It's rather small, fit for six people, a slightly darker shade of blue with black that is all done with a nice design towards the edges and legs of the table, while the middle is a dark brown that compliments the room quite nicely.

This is totally their personal dining room I'm in. Man my internal panic is going crazy right now. It's really is a good thing that I learned to hold this sort of thing in.

There's actually good reason for me to be having such a reaction to those who think I'm overthinking this. Lastation is mostly all business, as such any sort of personal time or place is quite precious to everyone. Having someone other than yourself and family in anything related to such personal time/place is something of great meaning usually.

So for me to be in such a place. Especially the Goddesses. I believe my freak-out is rather justified.

As I was having these thoughts, we had sat down in our seats. Lady Black Heart sitting on one end of the table and Lady Uni sitting on Lady Black Heart's left with me sitting on the other end facing Lady Black Heart. My nerves might get shot from having to sit in front of Lady Black Heart. Sadly, for me it's common etiquette for the guest to sit in front of the host. Hopefully I can take this sort of pressure.

"So Mr. Aoi, how was your trip here?" Ugh. I always hated formalities.

"My trip here was just fine Lady Black Heart. No troubles at all."

"I see, that's great…"

…

What's with this weird silence? Normally a conversation would start about traveling to the place of invitation, how the guest fares in life, the host's current affairs, and whatever sort of small talk before the meal arrives. Lady Black Heart just sorta stopped at the first question. Just looking at her I can tell that she's bothered by this silence, sneaking a glance at Lady Uni, I can see that she's starting to fidget…could it be? Let's try it.

"So Lady Black Heart, how is the affairs of Lastation going?"

She suddenly gets a look of surprise that slowly turns into happiness. I guess she didn't think I'd initiate the conversation. The kind of topic I choose probably helps too.

With that we started to talk about the state of Lastation. What Lady Black Heart has done, progress on the current projects to improve Lastation, and that was about most of the conversation was before dinner was served. Although, Lady Black Heart made it quite obvious that she wouldn't talk about anything regarding the future. Which makes sense really, telling anyone about their plans for their Nation is dangerous no matter what. Besides, Lady Black Heart only has Lastation's best interest in mind, so any secrets she holds are up to her.

Strangely enough though, I had to keep the conversation going as Lady Black Heart would sometimes just stop suddenly. There was no real reason I could even think of for her just stopping, it made for some awkward times though. Also, Lady Uni was pretty quiet throughout the conversation. She only really responded when I made mention of her. Not sure why, but it's her choice I suppose.

Soon our meals were served and we ate in silence mostly, which I'm fine with. It was an insanely good meal, so it'd be a shame not to fully enjoy it. It was a nice juicy steak that was cooked in something I have no idea in. I can cook, but nothing like this. Whatever they cooked this in gave it an amazing taste. It was just amazing. It also came with a side of salad and I just wanted a glass of water. At least something met my expectations, Basilicom food is the best. Check.

"I hope you enjoyed the meal Mr. Aoi." Gosh that's annoying me.

"It was fantastic Lady Black Heart. Arguably the best meal I've ever had. Thank you." I say to her as I slightly bow. One must pay their respects after all.

"O-o-oh! It's no t-trouble! As long as you appreciate it, it's fine! Really, so stop bowing. Jeez…"

"Ah, my bad. I just wanted to show my gratitude."

"Just you being here is enough. Not many accept the invite you know…"

"Excuse me? Did you say something at the end?"

"N-nothing! Don't worry about it!"

I'm pretty sure she said something meaningful at the end, but I'll let it go. She is the absolute last person I'd want to ever upset after all.

It goes silent for some time at that and eventually I see the ladies of Lastation share a glance at each other and nod. Hmm, what do they have planned?

*Scrapes*

Suddenly, without any sort of warning. The ladies of Lastation rise from their chairs and walk to my left side together and promptly stand next to each other looking at me.

I automatically think I've done SOMETHING to offend them. With the way they just suddenly stood up, their non-verbal signal to each other, and… are they both blushing?

"Adam Aoi, we'd like to say something to you and make sure you listen to us! We won't repeat ourselves, okay!?" Lady Black Heart says to me in forced but serious voice. To which I simply nod to her in response.

I have full intentions to listen to whatever you have to say anyway Lady Black Heart. Pretty sure that goes for whatever you say as well. Wonder if that makes me the blind follower type? Nah, Lady Black Heart is always reasonable with what she does no matter what, and has shown that she can trusted with whatever no matt-…. I think I just contradicted myself there…

Anyway, I see the ladies glance at each again and Lady Black Heart nods at her sister. They turn back to me and I suppose it's time for their…thing… I really hope I didn't offend them.

Again, two pairs of red eyes meet me and I only sit and wait for them to say or do whatever it is they have planned.

*Breath in and out. *

"T-thank you for saving my sister!"

"T-thank you for saving me!"

Two stuttering voices say to me and finish with a bow.

…Wha…w-wait no! Don't bow! Must speak! Now!

"Your welcome you two and please stop bowing! It was no trouble at a- "

"No trouble!?" Lady Uni yells in near shock. I might have said the wrong words there.

"H-how can you say that!? You got so badly hurt because of m-me! If it wasn't for me being stupid, you'd never had been in the hospital. You wouldn't have worried your mom a-and….seeing anyone like that… is horrible…" Lady Uni slowly trails off with her voice cracking at the end. I think I just made her cry and that's the last thing I should ever do if the look from Lady Black Heart wasn't a clue.

"Look Lady Uni, I'm not sure what anyone experienced from the choice I made, but I knew very well the possible outcomes of my actions were. I don't regret any of it, especially since the person I put my life on the line for is alive. So please don't feel bad about the whole ordeal, it'd feel like I made the wrong choice when saving someone's life shouldn't ever be bad." I say to Lady Uni as I simultaneously stood up and spoke in a hopefully calming voice.

With my turn talking done, Lady Uni slowly calmed down and the look from Lady Black Heart also receded. I live another day it seems.

"...*sniff*...Your right, but!" Oh, I'm not clear yet it seems as Lady Uni raises her tone suddenly and walks towards me with her finger pointed at me. What's with this sudden shift in attitude!

"Don't go off thinking that you can just do something so reckless all the time okay!? That's how you get people to really worry about you…" Lady Uni says as she trails off and gets close enough to poke my chest. One internal sigh and a passing thought of only a tsundere to go from crying to scolding you later.

"Yea, I'll try to at least not make people worry about me. Promise, okay?"

"Humph, you better…idiot."

And with that, Lady Uni relieves me of the pressure of her finger and makes her way to the door of the dining room. Wait…is she leaving?

"I'm going to go now, thank you for coming to our home and have a nice night Adam Aoi." Lady Uni says in a more formal voice with a small bow and leaves…Although, I'm pretty sure she winked at the end there.

Well. With her gone, it's just me and Lady Black He- wait…. Wait wait wait wait HOLD UP!

Just to confirm that she's really there, I take a quick glan- and oh dear Goddess almighty, she's still there. I'm totally in a room alone with Lady Black Heart now. I wish I had more time for mental preparation before this…

"S-so Mr. Aoi, let's take this conversation to another room shall we?" I think I'm not the only one conscience of this development.

"Sure Lady Black Heart. Lead the way."

I'd usually pray to my Goddess to help me through a time like this, but I don't know what do when she's the cause of said trying time. I guess all I can do is hope that I come out the way I came in. Although, I really shouldn't be so stressed around her really, she IS my Goddess after all…

With that thought in mind, I start to walk a little more confidently as Lady Black Heart leads me to our next destination of the night.

We soon arrive at a spacious sitting that is similar in color/design to the dining room with just some minor differences. Aside from the design, the furniture inside is just like any sitting room you'd find, but it doesn't make me feel any better with the situation I find myself in.

Shortly after we entered the room, me and Lady Black Heart sat opposite of each other and had tea served to us. I've not the biggest fan of tea, but I enjoy it regardless. It was made in the Basilicom too, so I have no objections.

But after the tea being served and us sitting, nothing else has happened. Not even a single word has been uttered and it's making it awkward…guess I have to lead again.

"So-"

"S-so-"

...Well that just happened. At least she put the effort to start the conversation this time.

"You can go first."

"Y-you can go first!"

By the Goddess we can't go on like this. Lady Black Heart is going to get really red if we do if her face is anything to go by.

"I'll go first then, is that fine?" A shy nod is my response. Welp, better get this off my chest. I've been meaning for someway to say this throughout the night after all.

"Well, I just wanted to say thank you for saving my life Lady Black Heart. From what I heard from my mother and the doctor's, if it wasn't for you, I'd likely not be here. At least, not in the shape that I'm in now. As such, I'd like to thank you from the bottom of my heart." I finish with a bow.

It's quite true really, I was in such a horrible state that no modern treatment could possibly save me. My only hope would have been that experimental operation that even if it succeeded, I still wouldn't be able to live my life normally ever again. Not to mention I'd owe Kasumi something, of which I've learned is never a good thing to do. So if it wasn't for Lady Black Heart performing her miracle operation, I'd truly be dead.

"Raise your head Adam."

I do as Lady Black Heart says and I'm met with a sad smile. Why is she wearing an expression like that…

"Honestly Adam, I must apologize to you. After all, this all happened because of me." What?

"If it wasn't for me being such a bad leader and sister, Uni wouldn't have gone off like that. You wouldn't have gotten hurt as a result." No...no. It's not your fault...

"If I had been b-better, none of this would have happened. Y-you'd be fine, y-your m-mom wouldn't have been so worried, Uni wouldn't be in distress, a-and…..I'm just so sor-"

"NO!"

Here I am. In front of the Goddess of Lastation. Watching as she slowly breaks down in front of me with the burden of the responsibility she feels towards the recent events. The events that aren't her fault, the events that without them…

"Your amazing Lady Black Heart. To get up every day and work endlessly for all of us in Lastation without ever expecting anything back, even from those who don't have or lose faith in you, to be so caring during our times of need, and to be the Goddess that gives us all life. All the while you take all of the burden we put on you."

At this point Lady Black Heart has stopped breaking down and is raptly paying attention to my words as I stood up in the middle of my words.

"In reality Lady Black Heart, we should be saying sorry and thank you to you… So please don't think so lowly of yourself when you're so much more, especially since none of us know who you really are. I'm sure there's so much more to the you than the Goddess of Lastation. After all, your 'Noire' as well." I finish with a (hopefully) warm look in my eyes towards her.

"…"

You know, that was actually pretty embarrassing to say…I even said her name…Oh gosh, I totally overstepped something here!And now we're just…here. It really doesn't help that we're just sorta frozen here. Me standing, her sitting there, possibly shocked since she isn't sa- and I see tears. Yup. She's totally crying now. I might be going to jail now.

"Uhh, Lady Black Heart? Are you okay? D-did I say something wrong!?" I stutter out as I'm starting to panic.

Instead of verbally responding, she wipes away her tears and shakes her head. Oh thank goodness, I'm not going to jail tonight.

"Are you sure?" Gotta check though.

"No, you said nothing wrong. I'm just happy that you care enough to say such words like that. E-even though some of them were pretty embarrassing and I'd preferred that you'd never say anything like that again."

I quickly nod to the rather venomous tone her voice quickly took.

"Good, regardless, t-t-thank yooou for saying them."

"No problem Lady Black Heart, I'll always have faith in you."

"D-didn't I just tell you not to say anything embarrassing again!?"

"Oh, that's right. Sorry."

"As long as you understand, idiot."

I'm starting to learn how dangerous tsundere's are.

"So, what did you have to say Lady Black Heart?" I say before we start with the awkward silence again. Seriously need to stop that.

"Oh! Uh well. I was just going to ask you what kind of reward you wanted." Huh?

"Huh? Reward for what?"

"For saving Uni of course! You didn't think you'd get nothing for saving the CPU Candidate and my sister? I mean, that MUST be why you saved her in the first place, right?"

…What?

"Uh, I think you have my character confused Lady Black Heart. First, I saved your sister not knowing she was your sister. I just ran into the situation without knowing anything else besides that someone was in danger. Also not to mention that no one knows what Lady Uni looks like since she hasn't shown herself, so I wouldn't have known who she was anyway. It actually kinda makes me sad that you think I'm that sort of person that only does stuff for a reward." It honestly does. I've never been that selfish I like to believe.

"B-but you're a hunter! You've been doing quests since Lastation's reformation, I thought since there were no other hunters that you were just reaping the benefits!" Lady Black Heart says in slight panic.

"No, I just wanted to ease your burden of rebuilding Lastation." And have extra income, but that was a secondary thing. Also, she knew I was doing quests?

"…" Well this quickly turned awkward. Especially since it looks like Lady Black Heart isn't going to be talking soon, judging from the sharp blush and her looking away. Can't really blame her.

"So uh. Yea, I don't really need a reward. Just knowing that I was able to save someone is enough for me." Lady Black Heart seems to regain herself at that and stands up quickly.

"B-but you need to be given something! No matter what, you saved my sister, and you deserve…just…. I don't know…. SOMETHING!" Well, I'm learning Lady Black Heart is stubborn. Luckily, I just thought of a proposition that will hopefully satisfy her.

"Well how about this. The invitation is more than good enough. Not many people get to meet you personally Lady Black Heart, as such, it's already such an honor enough to have even received the invite to your home."

It really is quite the privilege to be invited to the Basilicom. Only typically on business ventures does anyone get invited, but even on those occasions barely anyone actually meet the Goddess. So for me to be invited to the Basilicom AND actually meet Lady Black Heart? It's more than what anyone has ever gotten.

"Also to actually meet you Lady Black Heart has been wonderful. I feel like I can try even harder for you in the future now. So, thank you for having me."

"…You really don't mind me?"

"Huh?"

Lady Black Heart looks down at her feet with her question. She sounds really bothered by something.

"I've shown you so many embarrassing things today, and I could barely keep any conversations going. You had to do all of it…are you sure about me?" Well at least she's aware of it all.

"I'd be lying if I said I wasn't thinking about all of it." She seems to slump a little with my admission.

"But I decided that I'd still keep my faith in you." She jumps slightly and is looking straight at me now.

"You've done so much for us after all. Even when Avenir was in control, it was known that you were still here trying your best for us all. You've done a great job with rebuilding Lastation, and you even saved my life. How could I lose faith in you from actually meeting you in person? In fact, it's great to actually meet you Lady Black Heart. Even if our first meeting was by accident, I'm glad to formally meet you regardless. You did a great job with picking out my outfit by the way" She blushes a little at that. It was pretty embarrassing.

"S-so your fine with me?"

"Of course."

"Your surey sure? I won't forgive you if your lying."

"I wouldn't dream of lying to you Lady Black Heart."

She tilts her head down again and I can hear her mumble something? At least I think it's mumbling.

"T-then I know exactly what can be your reward for saving my sister!" Huh?

"But I thought I sai- "

"But nothing! You're getting something and you better be grateful!"

…Well, I guess I should be grateful. Something from the Goddess can't be bad after all…Tsunderes are stubborn though.

"Alright, what is it then?" And she's blushing again. What can it be for her to be so embarrassed about suddenly?

"I'll permit you to be my f-f-friend! Only for a reward! Not because I want you to be my f-f-friend or anything! Got it!?" I can feel the tsund- wait. Did she say friend?

…I've been holding in all the panic desires all night, but I think I might finally burst now. What do I even say to this? I've never formally been asked to be someone's friend, so this is kinda weird. Wait, who actually asks to be friends with someone!? I'm so confused, why would she want to be my friend? Doesn't she have friends? You know, it really doesn't help that she's looking straight at me, blushing, and looking so worried. You know, before I lose my mind, I'm just going to accept her proposal.

"Well, in that case, I'd be honored to be your friend Lady Black Heart." I'm honestly surprised I was able to say that without stuttering. This is so weird.

"You really will!? You can't take back what you say if you really mean it you know? I'll hold you to this forever you know!?" Lady Black Heart says threateningly suddenly. Never thought I'd be threatened in such a fashion.

"I do mean it Lady Black Heart. As I said before, I wouldn't lie to you."

"Hmm, I'll believe you for now, and since you are now my f-f-friend. I'll let you call me 'Lady Noire' and I'll call you Adam, but only in private! Also you better not make me regret this!"

So confused…so lost…Lady Bla- Noire. Ugh, I wanna go home…WAIT!

"Wait, Lady Bla-." A stern glare meets me. "I mean Lady Noire. What time is it!?" And the glare is gone, whew. That's going to be hard to remember.

"Huh? It's 10PM, what abo-." I guess she realized the problem as she froze mid-sentence.

"I think I should go home right about now Lady Noire." A terse nod is my response.

"Well, I'd like to thank you for the invitation. I greatly enjoyed the company of you and your sister, maybe we can do it again sometime." I say with a bow. This time she nods with more energy.

"I'll make my way home now Lady Noire, thank you again for the invitation. Good night!" I say to her somewhat frantically as I make my way towards the door.

"A-ah! Wait!" Hmm?

"Yes Lady Noire?" I say to her as I turn around, hand on the knob. I really need to go home.

"Do you even know the way out?" Oh...

"…I don't."

"Humph, I'll lead the way this time. Next time don't be so rash okay?" Lady Bla- I mean Lady Noire says to me in a teasing tone. Guess I was rash there a bit.

"Thank you Lady Noire, I'll try not be so rash next time."

"You better, now let's go...Adam." Oh gosh, this is going to seriously take some time. At least the formalities are gone somewhat. It really was annoying me.

As I'm being leaded by Lady Bla- I mean Lady Noire, I begin to process a bit of what has happened these past few hours. I met the Goddess and CPU Candidate of my nation, I played councilor to said Goddess a few times, was thanked for my good deeds, and spoke privately to my Goddess.

Now I get to be her friend. Although, in a rather weird form of becoming her friend. Still her friend nonetheless, I hope. Still feels weird.

I look towards Lady Noire as she leads me, Lady Noire…it's really gonna get some time getting used addressing her in that way. I've called her Lady Black Heart my whole life, but I don't dislike it. But I'm sure I'll be glad for this relationship I've formed with her. Who knows where it'll go really.

After all, it is the Goddess of Lastation, Noire that I'm talking about.

A/N: Sorry for being so late but as you can see from the length of the chapter, I've been busy. Busy in multiple ways but I won't bore you with the details.

Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed your thanks giving and had a good time with the following craze of buying. If you went black friday shopping that is.

Thank you for reading and have a fantastic morning/evening/night!