I should have the epilogue finished before school starts. Anyways, enjoy this chapter!
Disclaimer: The To Aru Series is owned by Kazuma Kamachi.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
- Lao Tzu
He wasn't dead.
"Really? Accelerator mentally retorted to himself. "Not this time?"
Unlike the other two times, the esper was not lying down on the grounds of Academy City, facing the clear skies of Tokyo. Instead, the atmosphere was pitch black.
In fact, everything was completely black – devoid of anything. As Accelerator finally stood up, the esper looked around, only to see the same darkness in every direction he faced.
Accelerator recalled the events prior to his current situation: he had been fighting Nephthys in an evenly matched battle until the magic god used her tears to submerge him and the entire Queen Britannia into the ocean.
In that case, was he now at the bottom of the ocean?
No, that didn't make any sense; the hydrostatic pressure would have crushed his body into a fine mist long before he got the chance to wake up.
Accelerator also seemed to be breathing quite normally, something the esper doubt would be possible if he was actually 10,000 feet under.
So, where the hell was he?
Hell…that was certainly a possible option. With all the wrongdoings Accelerator had committed over his lifetime, the esper doubted that he had a chance to even reach heaven.
However, something in the back of his mind told him that hell wasn't the case either. After all, he CERTAINLY didn't feel dead; Accelerator felt his entire body in this weird dimension, not just his soul.
Dimension…wait a second, was he trapped in a phase?
"OH HO! Good guess, my dear, but we are past the point of phases."
Accelerator's eyes shot up in bewilderment. The esper recognized that laugh anywhere.
"Coronzon, where the hell am I?" Accelerator asked as he searched for the source of the great demon's voice in the permanent darkness.
"Paradise," Coronzon gently murmured; whenever the great demon spoke, her words seemed to reverberate in every direction. "Don't think you are dead just yet; I am not letting you travel down the same mediocre road of those magic gods."
"Paradise? In this place?" Accelerator asked, slightly confused on how 'paradise' was just absolute nothingness.
The great demon laughed. "You're not there just yet. You still need to find the needle in the haystack, dear, but I trust you have the ability to do so."
"Regardless, did you really think I would let you fight against Nephthys without any assistance? That promise of ours is not one-way."
Right, Accelerator's relationship with Coronzon wasn't like the others; for it to succeed, he had to rely on the great demon just as much as he expected her to rely on him.
Coronzon had stated that he had the ability to find whatever 'paradise' was in this unending darkness, and the esper was determined to prove her right.
Slowly but surely, using the great demon's voice as a guide, Accelerator slowly walk through the darkness. In an instant Accelerator realized just how much the great demon's aid mattered. Magnitude and direction were fluid in this place, and it almost felt like he was walking both forward and backward, both slow and fast.
Still, the esper managed to keep a solid pace until he eventually observed a dull white light in the distance ahead of him. As he drew closer, Accelerator realized it was a large gate made of light that seemed to bend itself into the dimension and not with the pitch blackness.
The gate would take him to 'paradise'.
Coronzon's voice had gotten quieter with each step he took towards the gate until it entirely disappeared altogether when the esper reached the doors. Even so, Accelerator had felt the feeling that he was getting closer to the great demon. She was behind the gate. The esper was certain of this.
Well, there was only one way to find out.
As the esper gently touched the gate, the large luminated doors slowly creaked open, and an even brighter light permeated the darkness around him.
Accelerator half-expected the darkness to simply be replaced by the blinding white light, but as the light also died down, the esper came face-to-face with something far stranger.
A field. The esper saw a giant field that gave life to a spread of grass, bushes, and numerous other flora that stretched out endlessly into the horizon.
The 'sky' above the biome was the same white light as before, lighting the entire area with a gentle glow and giving every plant in its presence a radiance.
The entire place was breathtaking, and even the esper had to stop briefly to admire the scenery.
That was until Accelerator realized something about the field. Everything in it was ordered to perfection. The grass was flawlessly trimmed, the bushes showed no signs of dead life, and the plants were placed together to fully draw out their colors.
It was as if someone had cultivated the field into a perfect garden.
"Garden…" The esper's eyes widened in realization. "This place is…"
"BOO!" A feminine voice behind him screamed.
Accelerator launched himself forward in surprise. Turning backward, the esper was ready to face off against the unexpected visitor…
Until he caught a whiff of the prankster's long blonde hair, instantly recognizing who it was.
"Coronzon!" The esper yelled back in half-relief, half-annoyance.
The great demon, who appeared in the form of Laura Stuart, laughed out loud at Accelerator's reaction. "OH HO! That's my name, dear! Don't wear it out, will you?"
Accelerator growled at Coronzon's current playfulness, "Was that really necessary?"
"Yes. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!" Coronzon only continued to laugh hysterically at the esper's responses.
The esper could have gotten angry, but he didn't. Like last time during their walk in Academy City, there was no malice behind the joke. The great demon's laughter was just too pure in this place.
Thus, like last time, Accelerator wanted to laugh as well, but he shook himself out of it. There was still one crucial problem that hung on top of their heads.
As Coronzon's laughter finally died down, the esper stared at the great demon in more-than-slight worry.
"I'm glad you are also happy to see me, but I'm here in Eden for a reason, aren't I? Unless I already failed on the Queen Britannia against Nephthys, in which case, how am I not dead?" Accelerator reminded his companion.
Despite the esper's worries, Coronzon didn't seem to share the same sentiment.
"Do you still doubt yourself that much, dear?" The great demon chuckled once again as she asked rhetorically.
"Well, it's true that you are still at a disadvantage against Nephthys; don't worry too much, dear. We are here in Eden to…'even out the odds,' as you humans would say."
"Follow me, I will lead you the rest of the way towards the Sephiroth," The great demon happily assured Accelerator as she grabbed the esper's wrist before running forward into the horizon of paradise.
Eden was beautiful, but as Accelerator walked through it, the esper couldn't help but feel how undeserving he was to be here.
Everything in paradise was flawless in comparison to the completely flawed Accelerator. Every flower he glazed at and every blade of grass he trampled on almost personally felt sullied by him.
There was nothing to break the immersion of paradise; except for the imperfect being inside it.
Well beings actually. Along the way through the garden, Accelerator mainly focused most of his attention on Coronzon, who was still guiding him forward in contrast to Eden itself.
It was the only reason why he could bear this paradise. Someone here seemed just as out of place as he was.
Still, the esper could now slowly understand why Coronzon started to loath the Sephiroth tree.
What was the point of having an imperfect being guard Eden and the Sephiroth? Shouldn't it also be guarded - at the very least - by an equally perfect being?
Why was she ever needed if her attempts to succeed were always doomed to failure?
The great demon had once warned Accelerator that trying to emulate 'perfection' would only bring failure. That failure would lead to him blaming everything around him – including the little clone he had sworn to always protect: Last Order.
Coronzon had fallen into this despair, and it was a road that the esper was also once so dangerously traveling on until he had met the great demon.
Accelerator was still deep in his thoughts when something unique stood out in the middle of the horizon, catching his vision.
A tree, of which it bore fruit that resembled apples.
It was the only tree that the esper had seen until now, but something told him this one wasn't the Sephiroth Coronzon was taking him to. Its perfect form fitted in with the rest of Eden, but it also didn't exude the awe-gazing aura he was coming to expect from the Tree of Life.
However, it still felt equally as important.
"Is that…" The esper wondered out loud as he recalled Coronzon's story about the two trees.
"Yes, Qliphoth – The Tree of Knowledge." The great demon had momentarily let go of Accelerator's wrist to also stop and glaze at the tree. "The fruit of which, Adam and Eve ate; ultimately dooming themselves."
"However, that isn't our final destination. Either way, I suggest you not eat its fruits. God won't kick you out, but you might feel embarrassed if you start to realize your current situation."
Coronzon gave out a mischievous laugh. "OH HO! Although, I wouldn't mind seeing how that situation plays about."
Was she making a small joke? Accelerator wasn't exactly sure what Coronzon was referencing, but before he got the chance to retort back, the great demon had already grabbed his wrist a second time before once again pushing him forward.
Eventually, the two did reach the end of the garden, and with the journey nearly finished, a second tree started to appear in the esper's vision.
No introduction was necessarily or needed. With large ten ethereal circles luminating and making up its trunk and branches, Accelerator knew exactly what the tree was.
It was Sephiroth – The Tree of Life.
As Accelerator was still mesmerized by the tree's perfection, Coronzon once again let go of the esper's wrist before turning to face the esper by his side.
"We are at the last step, did you enjoy crossing the abyss, my dear?" The great demon whispered softly in Accelerator's ear.
The esper blinked at her words, finally pulling himself away from the captivation of the tree. "Crossing the abyss? What exactly do you mean?"
The great demon made a face of fake hurt. "Oh dear, did you learn nothing from me? What do you think I was leading you through all this time?"
"If you get this right, you can hold me to any question afterwards!"
The esper had to recall both Coronzon and Mina Mather's lessons on the Sephiroth. Mina had stated that a hidden circle existed in the tree that ultimately connected the rest of the circles to it.
Da'at, that was the name she had called the hidden circle.
Meanwhile, Coronzon had explained that her 'test of ego' was the first thing needed to fully ascend the tree.
Climbing…Crossing…Walking…Da'at…Abyss…Eden…
"!"
"To attain the ability to defeat Nephthys through the proper method, it is not enough to just ascend the visible circles of the Sephiroth." Accelerator finally answered. "To fully climb the tree, I must also climb through the Da'at."
"Climbing the Da'at means crossing the abyss, which...which is just another way of saying walking through Eden." The esper stated his last point with a bit of hesitancy.
Coronzon clapped her hands. "Almost perfectly answered, but one detail is missing. As I said before, we are not done just yet; you must still be purified of your sins."
"Purified of sin, and how exactly…" The esper's eyes widened as he suddenly looked up only to see countless fruits growing atop the Sephiroth's branches.
Despite being nowhere close enough to reach the fruits, Coronzon simply tiptoed up before reaching with her arm and somehow having one of the fruits materialize right in the middle of her palm.
"Here you are! All that's left to do is to eat from the Tree of Life. Enjoy it, my dear!"
Like the fruits the esper saw on the branches of Qliphoth, Sephiroth's fruits also resembled the shape, texture, and color of apples.
As Accelerator took the apple from Coronzon with his right hand, the esper studied it as he brought it closer to his mouth.
"Simply by eating this, all my faults will be washed away?" Accelerator rhetorically asked himself.
"Isn't this what you always wanted?" His mind replied back. "To leave the sins of that accursed experiment behind you?"
It was.
As the esper was about to bite into the fruit, he suddenly stopped as he apprehensively looked at Coronzon.
The great demon frowned as she took back at the esper with confusion.
"Isn't this what you always wanted? To leave the sins of that accursed experiment behind you?" His mind once again asked.
All the injuries, all the deaths, all the damage he caused won't mean anything anymore. This was his one chance to escape this cycle.
All he needed to do was simply eat the apple.
Was it really this easy?
"I'm not taking the easy road." Accelerator finally made up this mind.
Coronzon raised an eyebrow at the sudden exclamation. "Easy road? What do you mean by that?"
Throwing the apple down behind him, the esper made out his thoughts.
"To wash away my sins this easily would be an insult to those whom I wronged. Forgiveness shouldn't come this easily; it needs to be a road that is traveled on by each and every step."
The great demon couldn't help but be stunned at the esper's refusal. "Will you not achieve perfection by eating the fruit of the Sephiroth?"
Accelerator nodded, "Weren't you the one to tell me not to emulate what I perceived as perfection? How can I follow that advice if I try to purify my sins this way?"
The air was filled with a heavy silence. Now that the esper had blatantly rejected this road, what were the two supposed to do now?
Eventually, Coronzon's frown turned into an uneasy muse.
"You are correct. Perhaps I should apologize for making this offer in the first place. After everything that has happened until now, such an offer must have been outrageous to you."
The great demon's murmur developed into an ironic laugh.
"Hilarious, isn't it? You are the first person to ever come this far to encompassing all of the Sephiroth, something that a countless number of humans have strived for since the first Adam's sin, and yet you are also the one to reject it so outright."
Coronzon spread out her arms towards Accelerator.
"Nevertheless, you still need to find a way to somehow defeat Nephthys, and I also hold you to our promise that we would work on our problems together..."
"So, what do you have in mind?" Coronzon asked.
It was always going to come down to this wasn't it?
Accelerator was never the one that could make long-term, thought-out plans, yet here he was at the center stage, once again, on a road that would determine both their futures for the rest of their lives.
No Aleister Crowley, no voice, and not even Coronzon could come up with any new ideas; this time, it was just his own ideas now.
As he started to think, the esper unconsciously placed his hands inside his jacket's front pocket only to reflexively take them out once he felt something damp and gritty inside.
Wait a minute, was that…
Carefully scooping out the contents of his coat pocket into his hands, Accelerator was soon holding a small camp of soil that was starting to sprout a small tree.
It was the tree seed that Coronzon had given Accelerator to hold on to after their little walk through the greenhouse garden.
Somehow, through all the traveling and fighting, it had been completely unharmed and was now starting to grow.
The great demon immediately recognized the sprout, causing her to raise her eyebrows.
"That tree sprout, you kept it all this time?"
"Yes," The esper replied as an idea suddenly formed in his mind, "If I plant this tree in this garden, could I potentially draw from its powers?"
"I don't see why not; that was how God first gave power to the Sephiroth…" Coronzon eyes widen. "You don't mean to…"
Accelerator nodded, "Maybe this tree won't be enough to fully defeat Nephthys, but perhaps we can watch it grow during my lifetime, as a representation of my repetance."
As if the garden understood perfectly what was about to happen, a small semi-sphere of soil beneath Accelerator's feet craved itself open, revealing just enough space to plant the sprout firmly into the ground.
Stretching out his arms, the esper placed his fingers on the great demon's hands. As Accelerator split the soil, the duo held on to their part tightly until each held half, with the sampling placed firmly in the middle.
No words were needed to answer Coronzon's question. In perfect harmony, the duo knelt down to place the soil inside the hole before gently patting it down with more soil.
Finally, as the finishing touches were applied, Accelerator slowly stood up to get a top view of the sampling. The esper was now ready to head back and face Nephthys.
"So, how exactly get back on the shi…GAH!"
That could wait, however, as Coronzon pushed into him, locking her lips between his.
"Hold on! Watch the sampling!" The esper stammered only half-heartedly.
Unlike the last time they kissed, Accelerator was completely taken aback by Coronzon's action. Still, it didn't mean that the esper was incongruent to it.
As Accelerator sank deeper into the kiss, his current worries were washed away. He could stay here forever, forget about Nephthys, forget about Aleister and the band, forget about…
"Hee hee," A soft laugh rang out in the distance of Eden. The esper could also hear the distinct sound of footsteps touching soft grass.
That laugh, he had heard it before. Someone was somehow here in Eden with them.
Releasing himself from Coronzon's arms, much to both their disappointments, Accelerator turned toward the source of the laughter.
The sound of footsteps grew slightly louder, and the esper suddenly became aware of two – not just one – figures approaching them.
As the two figures came into his vision, they were the individuals that Accelerator least expected to be in Eden.
A petite brown-haired girl wearing brown loafers, a Tokiwadai school uniform, and a large visor on her forehead. On her back was a transcendent girl with equally white wings and hair that seemed to look like jellyfish stingers.
A Misaka Sister and Qliphah
What in the World!?
While the esper was still in shock, the Misaka sister clone continued to step forward until she reached the freshly planted sampling.
Finally turning towards Accelerator, the clone spoke: "Yo, it's been a while since we met Accelerator / return. Do you still remember me / return?"
!
It was the Will of the Misaka Network. The last time the esper had a conversation with her was in Denmark after his fight with Touma.
"How…how the fuck did you two get in here? And why the hell is Qliphah on your back?" Accelerator asked, still too much in shock to make out the situation.
It was Qliphah's time to ask about past visits. "Heh heh, why wouldn't we be here, father? Don't you remember what I said about us meeting soon?"
Wait...
"You will know when we meet again soon. Father. Bye!"
"You!?" Accelerator was just being bombarded with one revelation after another. "You were the voice, brat?!"
Qliphah continued to laugh in response as she drifted towards the esper. "Heh heh, of course, when you and mother planted the third tree, I was finally born."
"How is that even possible?!" Accelerator shouted in disbelief as he stared at the tree sampling.
Qliphah howled at her father's reaction. "Ha Ha Ha! You planted the Clonoth. How could you not know about the miracles it can create, especially if combined with the other two trees?
That answer absolutely nothing, but before any more revelations could be revealed, Coronzon injected herself into the conversation.
"So, you were the voice all along." The great demon spoke to her supposed daughter. "I only began to suspect you after your father brought it up on the train."
Daughter…father…it seemed that the great demon was handling the news better than the esper was.
"However, that doesn't explain how you were able to influence us when you wouldn't have even existed. Does this anomaly have something to do when you were first created solely by me?"
"Heh heh," The demon laughed again. "Not at all, mother. The answer is much simpler."
"Not all roads on the Clonoth are straight; some are curved, bumpy, and rough, and some even go backwards. Is that so much different than climbing up and down the Sephiroth?"
While the other three continued to dwell with each other, Will had already picked up the apple that Accelerator had thrown away behind him. A fact that the esper only noticed after she brought it toward her own mouth.
"Qliphah is prone to nonsense and mischief / return." Will stated as a matter of fact. "I suppose she inherited that trait from her mother / return."
"Accelerator, if you are wondering why I am here as well, it is also due to the third tree you just planted – Clonoth / return. With this, the sisters can finally understand what it means to be human / return."
Without fanfare, Will threw the apple toward Qliphah, who caught it mid-air. The demon happily took it before baring down on the fruit with a giant grin.
"In any case, Accelerator, I would like to thank you for your choice / return. You choose not to take the easy road to purify your sin / return."
Despite the good news, Will's stoic face morphed into a more serious frown which caused the esper to tense up. "However, I have one more request for you. After all of this mess in the UK is over: leave Academy city…for good / return."
"What?" Accelerator stammered, unsure if he heard Will correctly. "Leave the city?! What about the rest of the sisters?"
"After all this time, you still don't get it / return."
Will made a tsk sound that was halfway between smugness and disappointment.
"In Denmark, I said the difference between you and Kamijou-Chan was that only one of you viewed us as human / return. The other kept us trapped in the role of 'victim' / return."
"The guilt you have felt was genuine, and while it will never be erased, it should only serve to guide you forward on this new road you now travel on, not chain you down / return. Just as you broke your own cycle of villainy, break this one for youself as well / return."
"Return to your original goal before the experiment / return. Let us both travel our own roads from now on / return. Do so, and we sisters will finally forgive you / return." Will once again repeated.
His original goal - something that seemed lost so long ago - was now being thrust front and center back into his life.
It was to stop being defined as only the strongest esper and finally make some friends.
Will was asking him to finally continue on with it. To leave the city, and start somewhere fresh.
As the shock settled in, Accelerator finally reluctantly agreed to Will's request.
"If you have trouble, you can always call for my help either way."
Perhaps it really was for the better.
The esper's preposition only caused Will to let out a small sigh. "Sure, but I don't think we will need it anytime soon / return."
"Heh heh!" Qliphah laughed at the conclusion of her father's exchange with the thought entity.
Coronzon interrupted her daughter's amusement with a slight jab. "Child, there is a time and place for laughter. This is not one of them. You should learn that."
Qliphah bowed her head in slight shame and whispered a small sorry.
The great demon continued, speaking to the rest of the group: "Right now, I can feel Aleister struggling against Mathers. He will have to let go of the barrier spell if he wants to survive against the Stigmata."
"We still have a few more battles to deal with, but our presence in Eden is no longer needed. I will see you soon, dear, in the material plane."
As Eden's scenery dissolved into the white light, Qliphah leaped onto his back. After the events that occurred with the planting of Clonoth, it seemed that she was now generally corporeal.
"Of course! Let's go, father! We still need to teach that upstart magic god a lesson!"
Nephthys was at her wit's end.
As the floating magic god watched the Queen Britannia sink, she hoped for this event in her long life to finally be over.
However, apparently someone else had other plans.
A massive rumble suddenly threw her off balance. Then, her open surroundings were changed to the sight of multiple rows of seats.
Somehow, Nephthys was back in the Queen Britannia Opera house, as if the fight with the rank 1 esper hadn't happened yet.
"What the meaning is this?!" Nephthys shouted out in pure shock as she focused on a certain albino boy who was phasing back into existence. She was certain that her magic spell had crushed the upstart esper like a bug. Why were strange silvery wings now adorning the boy's back?
Accelerator meanwhile blinked as he finally stopped flashing. He too was also now back on the ship with Qliphah.
"That was a fun ride!" Qliphah giggled as she landed herself next to the esper.
As Accelerator looked around, he finally caught on to the magic god on the stage. With the way Nephthys was glaring holes into his skull, the esper could easily tell that Nephthys was trying to shake off nerves for another death match.
Much to the shock of the magic god, however, Accelerator didn't respond in kind. Instead, however, the esper did the unexpected.
He turned around, attempting to walk out of the Opera house.
That action, however, was instantly sharked on by Nephthys: "HEY! Where did you think you are going, esper?!"
"Leaving," Accelerator gave his signature 'tch' as if the esper had stated the most obvious fact in the world. "I'm done fighting."
The peace offering, however, didn't sit well with Nephthys. Who gave this bug the confidence to leave the Queen Britannia as if nothing had happened.
"Rivers of the Nile…" As the magic god prepped for a magic spell, Accelerator suddenly turned around before raising his right arm. Instantly, several vortexes of wind condensed into spears around him before they were flung at the magic god.
Nephthys did not have the time to react as she suddenly dropped to her knees with the spears ripping large chunks off her body.
However, that wasn't the horrifying part.
"What?!" Nephthys' fear and shock quickly grew to even greater heights as the magic god realized she couldn't regenerate from these wounds.
"How is this possible?! This is not magic from the Sephiroth or the Qliphoth!"
Nephthys trembled. "So, what in the world did you just do? No…" The magic goddess was suddenly struck with a horrifying realization of what had just occurred.
It had been one of the insane ideas of the magician Aleister Crowley, something the magic god had once paid little attention to.
However, now it was something that was very relevant.
"YOU PLANTED THE THIRD TREE PLANTED IN THE ABYSS? HOW DID YOU EVEN ACCESS….NO…YOU AND THAT HIDEOUS DEMON CORONZON!? HAVE YOU GONE MAD!?" Nephthys shouted almost hysterically.
The platinum-colored wings behind Accelerator glowed brighter. "Maybe it means something greater in the greater picture, but I had none of that as an intention. I simply chose the road that I want to travel."
"Now it's time for us to choose our next roads. Should we try peace for a change?" The esper asked, getting ready to walk away once again.
The magic god didn't answer that question. Instead, she started to once again chant: "Tears of Transmission…ARGHHH!"
No tears were seen. Instead, Nephthys' eyes were suddenly burned out in frenzied flames of madness.
"Hmmm." Qliphah stomped at the floor of the opera house. "Insulting you and mother like that…father, let me teach her a lesson!"
Accelerator looked at the in-pain magic god. A small part of the esper felt pity for Nephthys. It almost felt like the first time he faced against the magic god, only the situation was now completely revered.
In the end; still, one of the most powerful beings in existence was being reduced into a crazed mess.
"You gave me the opportunity to live instead of killing me on the train, and I want to extend the same gratitude. You have one last chance to get off this road of destruction." Accelerator warned.
Nephthys didn't take it. Whether it was an insult to her pride or something else; instead, the magic god decided to fling herself at the newly formed abyss crosser with the last of her strength.
Qliphah mocked Nephthys actions. "Some people cannot see the cliff ahead, even with all the warnings."
It was Qliphah - the wielder of all three trees - turn to showcase her powers now.
"My numerical value is 545. I guide those on the roads they choose to travel and disperse the endless possibilities ahead.
As she spoke, three effects started to materialize near Qliphah.
The spears of Clonoth, Qliphoth's aura of madness, and Sephiroth – MAGICK: FLAMING_SWORD: all three echelons of powers, were pointed squarely at the magic god.
"Sephiroth, Qliphoth, and Clonoth show the consequences of those who tread down this specific path!
In an instant, the three powers targeted Nephthys before completely eviscerating the magic god into nonexistence.
She didn't even get the chance to scream.
"Are you still Qliphah?" Accelerator asked as the duo made their way back to the deck of the Queen Britannia.
Qliphah who made her comfort on the esper's back giggled. "Heh heh! I encompass all three trees, so I suppose it isn't the most appropriate name now; however, if you want to stick with that name, father, I guess you can call me that."
"…Although, I much rather prefer 'favorite daughter' if you don't mind. Ha Ha!" Qliphah bursted out laughing at her own joke.
The esper clicked his tongue. "Tch, you really do take more of Coronzon, don't you, brat?"
As the two finally reached the deck before breathing in the fresh salty sea air, a brilliant flash of light streaked across the British skyline catching both their eyes.
Undoubtedly, it was Coronzon rocketing straight to Edinburgh Castle.
The great demon was just in time. Just as the duo noticed her light, shouting could be heard throughout the corridors of the Queen Britannia, and the previously unconscious guards on the deck also started to slowly stir in their sleep.
It seemed that applying the powers of the trees to remerge Queen Britannia also had the effect of rejuvenating the guards that Nephthys had once defeated.
Accelerator only shrugged at the new aftermath. "We should leave now; let the guards handle the aftermath."
As the esper's platinum wings unfolded, Accelerator turned his head towards Qliphah who still held on tightly to his neck.
"Come on, I will be introducing you to the rest of the family soon."
Over 5K words. Pretty long for this story in general.
You thought it was Accelerator that was getting the broken power-up, but it was actually me...Qliphah!
I think I got most of the big revelations revealed, but maybe it was a bit rushed. I apologize if so, trying to turn a one-shot into a full part story is a lot tougher then I thought it would be. A lot of things starting from the first chapter had to be added for it to make sense.
Fun fact, Qliphah wasn't even in the original one-shot.
Also there probably was a lot of stuff about the Kabbalah in general that I didn't write about, but that concept is as confusing as it already is, so I really only went with something simpler
Like I said, I think I can upload the final chapter before next Monday. Thank you who read and commented on my story up until now. It means a lot to me as a writer.