My body hurts! Fuck! I can't feel my legs! I can't feel my legs!
Oh, those are my boots.
Where am I?
Wait... this is my personal underground home in the Freya Familia estate right under my shed. How did I get here?
"!" A flash of yellow peeked out of the door. Raising my hand, I held the railing on my beloved bed and pushed myself up, or I tried to. I barely managed to get up before I fell and probably smacked my head on the bed.
Shit...
Man, I messed up a lot.
"Hello," Dressed in her signature revealing dress, my boss, Freya, entered the room. To others, it might seem nothing has changed in her demeanor. However, someone like Ottar and Me who spent a lot of time getting to know Freya, I can see how a small sliver of relief was present in her eyes. "You gave us quite a scare."
"Us?" I could her clearly now. Shit... "How long..."
"Three days." My boss replied as she handed me a bowl with a spoon in it.
"I see, longer than last time," I replied as I took some spoonful of the porridge she handed me. Taking some handfuls, I was forced to spit and vomit some out along with some dark blobs onto a nearby bucket.
I could feel Freya's hand rub my back, easing the pain and discomfort by a small amount.
Blood.
Some blobs of blood were mixed in the mixture of vomit and black orbs on the bucket. My throat is dry and my body felt heavy. The digestion just finished and it was a bit too much for my body to handle.
"Mora visited and left a recipe for the medicine," Freya explained, and fair enough, I could feel the side effects of Apocalypse lessen. Only by a bit. It must be gradual and I owe that annoying eldritch entity a favor. Seems like I'll have to spend some on a nice pair of books from Altena... or could kidnap a deity and feed them to Mora.
"Where's... Nahida?"
"At the hostess," Freya replied. Freya had been taken in by Nahida's cuteness and she had become a well-known member of the Familia. But still, Freya wouldn't leave Nahida alone. Why? Because she knows Nahida. Without me, the only ones that she would feel safe with are either Riveria or Freya herself. If Freya is here, then that means that...
"Thank you, Horn." It could only be her, Freya's phantom. Her meme.
"You noticed?" Freya-Horn asked as she looked at me.
"Yes, Freya wouldn't leave Nahida alone knowing my condition." Also, not just that. "And... Haruhime, please make sure to not overwork yourself," I said to the observer that I have.
"Eep!" From behind the door of my room, the Renard and former member of Ishtar Familia, Haruhime, squeaked. A moment later, the blonde fox girl dressed in a maid uniform entered my room.
She looked less burdened than she was after I kidnapped her and threatened that bitch, Ishtar. She now works for me as an auxiliary member of the Freya Familia as my helper and mostly as Nahida's babysitter.
MY LITTLE GIRL NEEDS THE BEST GIRL! Don't worry Haruhime, you will meet Bell and you would be a part of his harem. After I made sure Freya won't become too much of a Yandere for Bell.
...
Oh no
That means I would eventually have to fight my fellow executives...
I think I just Legion-ed myself.
Good movie 10/10.
"Lady Nahida wanted you to have this," Haruhime said in her usual soft voice. She was carrying a small thing, nothing too impressive, yet beautiful. A small palm-sized orb with a border made of some sort of metal shaped mostly like a teardrop or a leaf with a point on top. At the bottom, the border has two points at the side pointing upwards and three points in the middle pointing downwards.
The orb was dull and gray. Touching the item with my right hand, it warms my heart that Nahida made me something like this. It glowed lightly and the orb lit up, revealing a beautiful shade of purple. Reminds me of hitman reborn's cloud flames. But knowing Nahida, this is not a vision, just a special potion container.
"She must have been worried and perfected this for me."
Suddenly, a slit opened in the middle of the orb, revealing the pupil of my friend.
"You, You're finally awake."
Skyrim reference, nice!
"Mora, sorry for skipping our daily coffee session."
It took me a few days before I could get out of the house. Damn, my body hurts!
The medicine Mora gave me worked well enough to bring me back to fighting condition but to be safe, I took some potions and brushed up on my hobby, reading. Anyways, here I am, on my merry way to the library I work in.
Despite looking like a regular two-storey building, it was bigger inside.
Hmm?
Someone's following me.
No bother, I only need to check up on some things anyway
"Oya?" That voice... "Fancy seeing you in here." Loki.
Looking at the trickster deity, I somehow knew that Hedin would be connected with this. Hm? She's not only with Riveria, huh? Ais and Lefiya too. Why?
"... Are you here for the book?" I asked the future queen of the elves. She borowwed a book a month ago and the deadline for it would be tomorrow.
"I am," Riveria answered, producing the said book somewhere from under her cloak.
"Good, let me just open this." Good, just ignore the flat-chested redhead. Reaching inside my pocket, I took out the tentacle-themed key bonded to me, given by Hermaeus Mora. Am I forgetting something?
Nah, I made sure to have some of my men develop that anti-horny spray for Freya. Honestly, why?! Why did she decided to have that orgy when Nahida was in the manor?! Damn it, woman! You were my first pick as Nahida's godmother!
Wait, Nahida is not my daughter!
Bah, semantics!
She is Alf royal forest's-
Huh?
The door to the library was open, but why is Lefiya looking like she saw... oh shit!
"Mora," I called out to the indescribable mass of an eyeball and tentacle floating inside the house, each tentacle held a book with its eye focusing on one after the other.
Huh? Seems like they're all frozen.
"Cruz, I have jut finished collecting the books." My friend said and sure enough, I can see some seekers carrying some books.
"Oh? I'll try to stock up on some for next month," I said with a smile. Removing my gloves, I entered the library and watched as Mora and his seekers disappear back to Apocrypha. "So, you guys can come in now," I said to the members of the Loki Familia.
Reaching towards my face, I pulled the mask, showing my real face to the four of them.
"You never told me you worked for... whatever that is..." The future queen of the elves said with a slight shiver and a sweat.
"You work with Mora!?" Loki shouted as she looked at me.
"I do, Aesir... or should I call you Jotunn?" Sitting on my chair behind the counter, I couldn't help but see the evil grin on the deity's face.
"Oh? As expected of you," She said with a smile. "Now, what is your connection with my Riveria-tan!?"
"?!"
"Eh?" The voice of the thousand elf echoed throughout the room.
Looking at her, I can see she was trembling and was looking at me and her mentor, Riveria. While Ais, Riveria's 'daughter' merely tilted her head like a puppy. A cute puppy that I ship with a white rabbit.
Oh, God. I am losing my mind.
"I won't allow it! My Riveria-tan is mine alone!" She announced while hugging the princess of the elves. Was Riveria embarrassed? Probably.
"Fiance," I said as I opened the book the princess set down a few second ago. Checking the book, I immediately scanned it, skimming over tha pages before taking out a library card and stamping it. Oddly enough, it was quiet.
"And what makes you think you're worthy of my Riveria-Tan?" Loki asked menacingly.
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...
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"I'm not. Why do you think we're working to cancel our engagement?" I said to he redhead without backing down. Hell no! There are only a few things I care about, Nahida, Getting back home, Nahida, coffee, finding a way back home, Nahida, not dying, coffee, Making sure Freya doesn't become a yandere and that she finds her Odr, and did I forge to mention Coffee and Nahida?
"Eh?" And with that, Loki's momentum vanished.
"We've been planning this ever since I caught wind of the plan of that headache and bitch,"
Somewhere, a hooded freya and Hedin sneezed.
"Indeed, Ren here became a count after he helped resolve a conflict on my home." Riveria explained as she took a seat once Loki got off her.
"Here, your request," I said to Riveria as I pulled out a book from the secret stash of the library,
"Impressive, where did you get this?" Riveria asked, flipping through the book about magical theories.
"Altena, I met a merchant from Altena and traded some books with him," I said, hiding the fact that I sent my secret dremora servant to take and steal some books there. I needed to have it fenced though, so I wasn't lying.
"Oh? Seeing someone with connections there is rare." Loki said a she leaned to look at the book.
"You two," I called out to the thousand elf and sword princess. They snapped into attention. "Since this is your first time here and your group is the first one to enter here today, I want you girls to have this."
A book about magic and swordsmanship. Basically, some books Mora told me during the time we somehow got drunk. Only the beginner versions and a copy of them but it would be enough.
I mean, this sword style is focused on killing 'dragons' and this book about magic is just focused on decreasing the cost of spells.
Pushing the books in front of them, I just knew I found a pair of loyal customers.
"Hoh? I thought you were trying to break the engagement and you just gave us your dowry," Loki said with a grin and shit...
I need help!
Please help me!
"Yngvi, I brought some snacks I made." Tthe door opened and out came my boss. Oh no...
The goddess of love stopped and let out a smile as she removed her hood.
"So, you finally accepted the engagement." Freya said with a smile as she ignored Loki. By her side, Hedin gave a smug smile. If looks could kill, these two would already be dead.
"You're Vanadis Yngvi?" Loki announced with a shit-eating grin.
"..."
Without any other word, I knew what to do. I reared my head back and.
"Oops," Freya was already behind me and gave me a push. Sadly, I remembered that I gave her an enchanted bracelet that lets her be as strong as a low level 1... enough to push my weakened self and launch me over the counter and into the ground.
huh, tastes like fruit. And why does it feel like I'm holding something soft... Oh shit... I was kissing the princess of all elves and was committing the most unholy and lewdest of all acts. Unprotected handholding...
Off to the side, hedin raised his glasses. 'Just as planned,'