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Chapter 15: A Dragon, a Goddess and a Devil

Dark. Horrid. Terrifying.

Those were the thought Keith currently was having about the Familiar forest.

"Looks like it worked…" He trailed off, seeing the flyer Yasaka gave him slowly becoming ashes. He looked around for a bit and saw that the sky was actually purple. He looked befuddled for a few moments, then shook his head.

"Barely a minute passed and this place already creeps me out." He mumbled. "Now…where to start?" He began moving forward, marvelling at the multitude of, familiars he thought, flying or running around.

He kept on walking until he arrived near a lake. He was amazed to see how clear the crystal clear the water was. He could see the bottom of it! He also could feel at peace, like no problem would matter at all. The song he was hearing definitely helped with the peace, that is until someone broke it.

"Careful around naiads, young man." He spun around with amazing speed, True Longinus clutched in his hands. He widened his eyes however, when he saw a young looking girl, no older than 10, looking intently at him. Her burning red eyes were focused on his grey ones and her long brown hair was flowing like a waterfall.

She offered him a warm smile, slowly approaching him.

He took a few steps backwards, keeping the spear aiming forward.

"Fear not child." She spoke again, her tone soft and gentle. "I will not hurt you."

"Who are you?" Keith asked, narrowing his eyes. He could feel a very supressed godly aura coming from her.

"Oh my, how rude of me." She giggled, then bowed similar to a princess, her pure white robes touching the ground. "My name is Hestia, Goddess of the Hearth."

'Shit.' He almost dropped the Longinus. He honestly didn't expect to meet a God or a Goddess so soon.

"A pleasure to meet you, Hestia-sama." He bowed respectfully. He decided that being polite and respectful would be the best course of action right now. From what he has read, Hestia was a very docile and gentle Goddess, but he couldn't be too sure now, could he?

The Goddess frowned slightly seeing his still tensed form.

"May I ask what is a Goddess such as yourself doing here?"

She simply shrugged. "I like exploring whenever I have free time."

"Right…what did you mean by naiads earlier?" He asked.

"Look behind you." Hestia could barely hold in her laughter, already knowing what is going to happen.

Listening to her, Keith turned and found his face being drenched in water, courtesy of the naiads who made themselves known. They were young looking girls, seemingly floating on the water, currently giggling at their own antics.

"Of course…" The Longinus wielder sighed and willed the spear to dematerialize. "I forgot that the naiads are known for their…pranks."

"Please let me talk with Kei here girls." Hestia requested after managing her laughing.

The naiads spoke ancient Greek, Keith guessed, and dissipated into the water.

"Don't hold it against them. I was the one who brought them here." The Goddess snapped her fingers and Keith was once again dry, as if nothing ever happened. "Now, it is quite rare for humans to be here."

The young man, while calmer now, didn't fully trust the Goddess yet, so he thought for a few moments on what to tell her.

"I need to reach the Underworld to help a friend of mine." He said cryptically.

"I see." She nodded with a knowing smile. "Wouldn't this friend of yours happen to be a Nekoshou, would she?"

With wide eyes and mouth agape, he wanted to ask her how did she know, but she beat him to it.

"Us Gods know and see a lot of things my dear Kei." She giggled.

"I don't recall telling you my name." He pointed out.

It was Hestia's turn to ponder.

"I…kept an eye on you ever since you lost your mother." She said hesitantly.

Once again surprised by the Goddess, Keith remained silent and opted to look at her in bewilderment.

"Why?" He inquired after a few moments.

"It felt the right thing to do." She said softly. "I saw the love you held for your mother, and she for you. It was pure, beautiful and warm."

"Hmm, so you stalked me?" He said it in a joking tone, however the Goddess's face quickly turned red in embarrassment and pouted.

"I did not! I just made sure to keep an eye on you so Hades wouldn't welcome your soul in his domain."

He began laughing, but after seeing the intimidating look she was giving him, he wisely stopped.

"I see. Thank you, Hestia-sama." He said sincerely with a smile.

"Hmph." She looked away from him. "You have some gall to accuse me of stalking." She kept the pouty look until she couldn't anymore and began giggling herself.

In that moment, thunder rumbled in the sky, making Hestia sigh.

"It seems dear brother called for a meeting." She looked at Keith, then began glowing. The young man had to look away, but when the light died down, he looked at Hestia and his eyes almost bulged out of their sockets.

The Goddess was now in her mature form, giving her the appearance of a very beautiful young woman in her mid-twenties. Her hair length didn't change, but of course her bust grew along with her robes which did nothing to hide the two big mounds of flesh which the robes were hugging tightly. On her cloth now adorned different symbols made out of gold, symbols which Keith noted were her own symbols of power: the most prominent being the hearth.

"Ahem." She giggled. "As flattering as your look may be, do not forget that I am a virgin Goddess Kei."

Woken up from his stupor, he shook his head and rubbed the back of his head.

"Ahah, sorry Hestia-sama."

"Enough with the honorifics. Just call me Hestia." She leaned forwards and kissed his forehead. "There. I gave you a lucky charm."

"H-Huh?" He grunted dumbly with a blush. "What for?"

"Who knows…" She trailed off knowingly. "We shall meet again Kei." In a flash, she disappeared.

Keith remained looking dumbfound at the spot the Goddess left, unconsciously rubbing his forehead.

"This was weird."

When she returned on Olympus, Hestia couldn't supress the sigh which made its way out of her lips. She could already hear her own family arguing and yelling at one another. She frowned and rubbed her forehead, she could feel a headache coming.

"Ah Hestia, finally." She heard Zeus, King of the Gods grumble. He was sitting on his throne, his arms crossed against his chest. He had long white hair and a matching beard with moustache, dressed in his own white robes, adorned with gold around his waist and arms.

"Sorry for being late dear brother." She said, quickly making her way towards the hearth since she did not have a throne. She offered hers to Dionysus.

"Why were you late?" He asked, his eyes never leaving her.

"I had some work to do concerning my domains." She lied. She didn't like lying, but were she to tell him or any other of her brethren about Keith, they would, most likely, go after him for whatever reason.

Zeus looked at her for a few moments until he nodded in acceptance.

"I have called all of you here because I've heard rumours about an organization." He informed. "They call themselves Khaos Brigade."

"What is their purpose brother?" Poseidon, God of the Seas asked. He wore white cloth around his waist, draping over his knees, while his upper half was left naked. He had many marks and symbols drawn on his body. He was currently sitting on his own throne, rubbing his beard, his aqua eyes looking at his brother curiously.

"That I do not know." The King of the Gods grumbled, clearly unhappy. "And I am sure all of you know that Tsukuyomi is free."

All Gods nodded, some more worried than others.

"Ha! Let him come." A male voice resounded. All Olympians turned to the one and only Ares, God of War, who spoke. He was dressed in Spartan attire which consisted of a red tunic with a golden breastplate and matching helmet. He was holding his helmet under his arm, showing his dark brown long hair and orange-like flames eyes. "I will crush him."

"Oh please, you won't know what hit you." A female voice sneered. It belonged to Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt. She was currently in her adult form, giving her the appearance of a beautiful young woman in her early twenties, with long black hair tied in a pony tail and powerful silver eyes. Her bust, while not as developed as other Goddesses', was leagues above any mortal woman. She was dressed in silver attire consisting of a silver shirt made from the smoothest silk, with matching silver pants and hunting boots.

"What was that?!" The War God glared at her.

"You heard me." She said, matching his glare.

"Go back to your little girls Artemis. This matter is for grownups. A child such as yourself should not talk." Ares insulted.

"Enough you two." Hera, Goddess of Marriage intervened. She was an unusually beautiful woman in her mid-twenties, dressed in a long white dress which only managed to add to her feminine beauty. She had dark curly brown hair and matching eyes. On top of her head she wore a golden tiara signifying her status as Queen of the Gods and wife of Zeus.

"Until we find out more about the matter, I forbid all of you to interact with him or with the Shinto pantheon." Zeus's voice boomed. "Are we clear?"

Everyone nodded silently, while Hestia was deep in thought.

'I need to be more discreet if I wish to see Kei again.'

With this, Zeus adjourned the meeting, each God flashing away.

"Stop running human!" A mighty and powerful female voice yelled out…well more like growled.

"I told you I do not want to fight!" Keith yelled back, jumping and dodging fire.

Yup the young man was currently running away from none other than Tiamat, the only female Dragon King and the most powerful among them too. She was in her Western Dragon form, offering her the appearance of a huge blue scaled dragon with two curled horns protruding from the top of her head.

"I don't care." She growled. "I am bored and you are the only type of entertainment in this blasted forest!"

Keith had to roll to the left in order to dodge her outstretched talons.

"Grr…do you have no honour?! Where's your fighting spirit?!" She landed in front of him with a heavy thud, making the ground shake, effectively cutting his path.

"I forgot it at home." He quipped. He cursed when she opened up her mouth and out of it came a torrent of fire. Calling forth the True Longinus, he shot out a beam of light towards the incoming fire. When the two blasts met one another, Keith was surprised to see that he held his own for a few moments, but ultimately had to dodge because Tiamat's fire breath was way too powerful.

"Ah, so you are the True Longinus' wielder currently." The dragon couldn't hide the savage grin which adorned on her face. "Do not bore me human."

"Shit!" Keith used his speed to dodge Tiamat's talons, but he didn't expect her to quickly turned around and shove him in a tree.

'Despite her size, she is quite fast.' He noted in his mind.

He got up fast and shot out a blast of holy energy towards her, only for the blast to bounce off her sturdy scales.

"Your puny spear cannot hurt me." She snarled, wearing a beastly grin.

"Light Arsenal!" Instantly, spears surrounded her and thrusted forward, but they broke when they hit her scales.

Tiamat was ready to mock him again, only for to growl out in pain when she felt something stab her in her foot underneath her scales.

Keith used Light Arsenal as a diversion, vanishing quickly from her sight and find a weak spot. Thankfully he saw a small space between the rows of scales and stabbed there. He had to jump backwards when Tiamat used her foot to crush him.

"Argh, you'll pay for that human." She bared her teeth as she used magic to stop the bleeding.

The young man didn't say anything else. He needed to find chance to get away from her without aggravating her too much. From what he has read, dragons could be quite vengeful.

Tiamat got up in the air again and began breathing fire, which would have incinerated him alive if he didn't manage to dodge in time. Using her attack, he quickly hid among the tall trees.

"Grr, where did you go coward?!" The dragoness began annoyed when she couldn't see him anymore. She started sniffing the air. "I can smell your scent human." She turned towards the trees he was hiding amongst, however she didn't expect him to jump high in the air and thrust the True Longinus with the attempt to stab her eye. Reacting quickly, she shielded her right eye with her hand, grunting in pain when she felt the spear's contact with her palm.

Panting slightly, Keith landed a few meters away from her.

Seeing her murderous gaze on him, he gulped slightly and took a few steps back.

'I don't know how much I can continue like this.' He thought. It was clear that she was merely toying with him and he couldn't harm her bad enough to make her leave him alone.

Tiamat let out a deafening roar and prepared to attack again.

Clutching the True Longinus tightly, Keith took a breath to relax himself.

"Piercing Rain!" He yelled out, raising his spear high in the air. The bladed tip began glowing strongly and in an instant, a multitude of spears began raining down on the dragoness.

Tiamat immediately shielded her eyes with her hands, the seemingly unending rain of spears pushing her back slowly.

Seeing his chance, Keith willed the Longinus to disappear and began running in the opposite direction, not even bothering to look back.

After a few minutes, he stopped near a tree to get his breath back.

"I hope I won't see her again any time soon." He said between breaths.

He groaned when he heard the loud sound of flapping wings and a roar.

"Don't you know when to give up?!" She was beginning to annoy him.

Tiamat merely narrowed her eyes at him and stepped forward.

"Wait, wait!" He raised his hands up in surrender. "What about a deal?"

The dragoness stopped and tilted her head.

"A deal?"

"Yes, you let me do the thing I have originally come here to do and we will pick this fight some other time when I will at least be more prepared."

He became nervous when she didn't respond and just continued to march towards him. When she was close to him, she stopped and began glowing. After the light faded away, a gorgeous young woman who looked to be around 22-23 years old greeted his eyes. She was dressed in dark blue jeans with a red top, matching her red eyes and azure hair respectively. The cloths only managed to entice the eyes even more due to them hugging her big breasts and wide hips. All in all, she was a top notch beautiful model with a killer body which many women would kill to have.

"Is that so?" Her voice kept its powerful tone, however Keith noticed it was more pleasing on the ear now. She smirked when she saw his faint blush.

"Y-Yeah." He stuttered. He could also feel her dominant and wild aura.

"How do I know you will keep your word?" She asked, now being only a few steps away from him. She crossed her hands under her breasts, raising them slightly.

"Huh?" He was surprised she was even listening to him.

"Are you deaf?" Tiamat hated to repeat herself.

"No, no. I uh, I was just surprised." He chuckled nervously.

"Surprised?"

"Yeah, I didn't expect you to even listen to me."

"I am in this form, aren't I?" She inquired with irritation. "Or would you prefer to talk while in my stomach?"

He paled considerably.

"No, no, no." He flailed his arms around. "Anyway." He coughed in his fist. "I am not entirely sure how I am supposed to show you I will keep my word."

Tiamat rubbed her chin thoughtfully.

"I will join you wherever you need to go. After you are done, we will pick up where we left off." She said.

"What?" He frowned. It was safe to say that he didn't trust her. Tiamat seemed like the type of person who would eat someone and ask the questions later.

"We could always continue right now and see where it goes." She offered with a sadistic grin, beginning to be surrounded by a blueish aura. "So pick your choice."

Keith remained silent for a few moments, then let out a defeated sigh.

"Fine."

The dragoness nodded.

"Why are you here anyway? Humans aren't exactly welcomed here."

He thought whether he should tell her or not.

"I need to reach the Underworld to investigate a place." He said cryptically.

"Is that so?" Tiamat hummed. "Do you even know where you're supposed to go?"

"Uh." He rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.

The Dragon King sighed.

"Follow me. There's a hidden passage not far from here."

Keith didn't say anything else and just began walking after her.

Both remained silent during their walk, however when they arrived at the secret passage Tiamat was curious about something.

"So tell me, what Faction are you part of?"

"Youkai." He responded simply. He saw no reason to withhold that information.

"Oh?" She exclaimed surprised. "It is very rare for humans to join the Youkais."

"So I've been told." He said, then looked at the strange markings on the wall of rocks. "What am I supposed to do here?"

"Touch the wall and pour some magic into it. The markings should lit up." Tiamat instructed.

Doing what he has been told, he was surprised when the wall opened up like a double door.

"Woah."

"Come." She began moving, but was stopped when Keith grabbed her hand.

"Um, I don't think it is a good idea for you to come with me there." He said, trying to keep the nervousness out of his voice. This was a dragon he was talking to after all. A tremendously powerful one at that.

"So you go back on your word?" She glared at him, her eyes glowing.

"No!" He raised his hands. "It's just…well…you're quite powerful and the Devils might sense you. The whole point of me coming here is that being human and having a weaker aura, it would be easier for me to sneak around."

Tiamat snorted. "Human-" She didn't continue, opting to stare at him.

"Um…what?" He tilted his head.

"I never asked you for your name."

"Ah! Uh, my name is Keith Nakamura." He offered her a hand to shake. "Just calling me Keith is fine."

The dragoness just looked at the offered hand, but didn't shake it.

"I see. My name is Tiamat, the Chaos Karma Dragon and the strongest of the Dragon Kings." She puffed her chest in pride, making her breasts jiggle enticingly.

"I kind of knew that." Keith said, chuckling. "Your colour kind of gave you away."

Tiamat merely grumbled under her breath something the human couldn't understand, then looked at him.

"I will join you in the Underworld." She said with finality. "I am more than capable of hiding my presence."

Not wanting to irritate her further, Keith nodded and entered the secret door. Tiamat looked at him for a few moments before following after him.

When they exited the wall door, Keith was surprised to see how barren the place looked. It was Hell after all, he reasoned.

"What are you supposed to search?" Tiamat asked him.

"From what I've understood, I need to go West and look after an abandoned mansion." He replied. "Does the name Naberius ring any bells?"

He took a step back when the dragoness began growling.

"The Naberius clan." She snarled. "I've had my fair share of fights with them."

"You did?" He asked curiously.

"The long story short is that the past heirs tried to…persuade me to join their peerages." She said in disgust.

"What came to them?" He inquired, although he had a vague idea.

Tiamat didn't answer immediately, merely patting her belly with a scary grin on her face.

"Let's just say they served a better purpose."

The young man nodded slowly, internally cringing.

"Right…Let us go then." He really didn't need to know more about it, so he decided to drop the subject.

Their walk through the Underworld was undisturbed, although Keith had a strange feeling their were watched. He didn't put much thought into it, believing he was too worried without real reason.

After passing through a forest, artificial Keith thought, they arrived at the supposed mansion. Its windows were broken and the walls looked ready to collapse soon.

"Huh, they sure never came back here." Keith said. The two made their way to the door. "Anybody home?" He asked as he opened it, creating a creaking noise throughout the whole building.

"What are we looking for?" Tiamat asked, her eyes darting through the interior.

"A lab." The Longinus wielder replied, looking around.

The two began searching the ground floor, then moved up to the first floor.

Keith couldn't help but snort when he saw a portrait of a creepy looking man on the wall who was spotting a lopsided grin. He had shoulder length black hair, teal eyes and glasses.

He believed this was Kuroka's master.

"Definitely not looking like an asshole." His grin screamed arrogance.

"That is Aster Naberius." Tiamat informed, sitting behind him. "Or rather was."

Keith nodded and the two continued their searches, until the dragoness stumbled upon a secret door when she returned back on the ground floor.

"Keith!" She called his name.

He hummed questioningly until he saw what she found.

"Huh, smart bastard." He grumbled. "Great job Tiamat-san."

She nodded.

The two went down the stairs in a dark room, the door remaining opened a few moments until it closed. They were instantly hit with a horrible pungent smell.

"Ouch!" Keith yelped when he hit his foot in something hard. "I can't see shit in this darkness." He grumbled.

"Will this help?" Tiamat lightened the room by engulfing her hand in fire.

"Yup." He replied, but then widened his eyes in shock when he saw Naberius' lab. The room was full of different torture items Keith couldn't even begin naming them. A few sets of beds and, much to his horror, huge containers with transparent glass which could hold a person inside. When he looked around, he could still see dried blood on the beds and walls.

"W-What is this?" He asked softly. He moved closer to the containers, warily looking inside. Much to his relief, they were empty.

"From what I have heard, Aster Naberius busied his time with inhumane experiments." Tiamat growled darkly.

"And nobody ever was curious to even check?!" Keith could feel his blood begin to boil. "How many people had to die by his hand?!"

The dragoness remained silent. She was familiar with such cruelties since she was alive for quite some time now.

"Tiamat-san." He got her attention. "Search for anything worth of value: images, journals, whatever you can find."

She normally wouldn't have liked being ordered around, but from what she could understand, what happened here was affecting him greatly.

The two kept on searching until Keith found a book with the Naberius clan symbol on it. Narrowing his eyes, he opened the book and began reading slowly. The more he read, the more agitated, angry and disturbed he became.

"How did this fucker even manage to keep this a secret?" He asked, glaring at the book. Tiamat stopped her searching and looked at him. "He conducted experiments, trying to create Super Devils." That he already knew from Kuroka. The methods he used, however, were the ones who pissed him off.

For her part, the Dragon King widened her eyes. There weren't many things which could surprise her but this…this was insane.

"Keith." She called him. "I found some of his journals…" She trailed off.

"What do they say?" He wasn't completely sure he wanted to know, but fuck it.

"The experiments are failing to respond to the substance I have created." Tiamat began. "The first to die were the children, however I have noticed that those who happened to be half-breeds were resisting longer than the Pure Devils."

"Children?" Keith repeated, horrified.

Before Tiamat could continue, a voice interrupted them.

"I finally managed to catch up with you." A female voice said.

The two turned to the entrance, seeing a young looking woman in her late teens with black hair tied in twin tails and pink eyes. She was dressed in a magical girl outfit, holding a wand in her hand. The outfit hugged her curves perfectly.

Keith instantly summoned the True Longinus and got into a stance.

"Who are you?" He asked coldly. If this person was from the Naberius clan…

"It is not nice to ask for someone's name without introducing yourself first!" She scolded playfully with a pout. "Ah Tia-tan!" The strange woman exclaimed happily.

"Don't call me that!" The dragoness yelled, glaring at the magical girl.

"But it is a cute nickname!" She moaned like a child. "Plus it has been a long time since I last saw you."

"It doesn't matter! We are not friends." Tiamat growled.

The pink eyed woman's pout hardened, then her attention focused back on Keith, tilting her head seeing his glare.

"I will ask again: who are you?" He was in no mood to play around. Not after what he has read.

With a sigh, the woman introduced herself.

"My name is Serafall Leviathan, one of the four Devil Kings!" She curtsied and winked at him.

Keith cursed under his breath. He was way too weak to even think of fighting against her. He has read about the Devil Kings and how powerful they were.

"Why are you here?" He asked, his voice calmer now that she wasn't a part of that cursed clan.

"I could ask you the same spear boy." She quipped. "I am surprised to see a human in the Underworld." She eyed the spear with both wariness and glee. Maybe…just maybe she will have her first Peerage member! "More so if he is the wielder of the True Longinus."

"Did you know?" He asked after a few moments of silence, his hair shadowing his eyes.

"Hmm? Know what?" She looked at him curiously.

"About Aster Naberius and his…vile experiments." He said distastefully.

Of course, Serafall knew exactly what he meant. Her eyes moved to the floor, a frown gracing her flawless face.

"I…We had some vague ideas of what he was trying to achieve." She said softly. "However we didn't know the lengths Aster willed to go to."

"And you never bothered to search this place?" He inquired further, his eyes cold and focused on the Devil King.

"We did search it up…but we couldn't find anything." She said. "Zechs-tan said that it was probably a spell to hide everything and since we didn't have evidence, we couldn't go after his father and others from his clan, nor could we have asked Aster since he was dead."

Taking a few calming breaths, Keith willed the spear to dematerialize and grabbed the book he found.

"Leviathan-san." He began. "If you were to have evidence…would this case be reopened?"

"Of course." She nodded with a smile. "To this day we are sorry for what happened to the Nekoshou…and we know it will always be our fault, but if there is a chance for us to help out, we will take it." She said sincerely.

"Here." He walked towards her and gave her the book, along with the journals Tiamat found. "This should be enough evidence."

Taking the book, Serafal began looking through it, with each read, her eyes widening more and more.

"Oh my Satan…" She exclaimed softly. "Ajuka-tan and Zechs-tan must see this immediately."

"I thought you would be more against it." Keith narrowed his eyes at her. "Wouldn't this create problems?" He read about the Elders and their…views.

"Oh to hell with those old coots." Serafall giggled. "They are scared of us anyway, especially me and Zechs-tan."

"Come, we will talk more about it with the others." She grabbed his hand.

"Woah, wait a minute magical girl wannabe." He attempted to get his hand back but he couldn't even budge it from Serafall's steel grip.

"I am not a wannabe!" She puffed her cheeks. "I am the real deal!"

"Uh huh." He hummed sarcastically. "And I am Jesus Christ."

"I am serious!" Her put intensified. "I am the magical girl Levia-tan!"

"Right…anyway, why are you taking me exactly?"

"You were the one who found these so of course you will be needed there." She then looked at Tiamat, who was seemingly forgotten. "How did you and Tia-tan meet anyway?"

"She attacked me." He deadpanned.

"Oh?" Serafall tilted her head.

"I was merely trying to find some sort of entertainment." Tiamat huffed.

"So you are strong?" The magical girl asked excitedly with stars in her eyes.

"Not…really. I was shoved in this crazy world of your two months ago."

"Oh." She frowned slightly, but quickly a big smile came to her face. "That will change once you join my Peerage."

"I am sorry what?" Keith asked.

"Oh, uh, nothing!" Serafall giggled, not knowing that Tiamat actually heard her. The dragoness smirked but didn't say anything. "Let's go. We must talk with the others immediately."

"Also, you never told me your name, you meanie!" She puffed her cheeks again.

"Name's Keith Nakamura." He sighed.

"Kei-tan then!"

"Kei-tan?! Who's Kei-tan?" His answer never came. She grabbed the two's hands and in a magical circle they teleported away from the run-down building.

A/N: Yo! What's up people? So, it took me a bit longer to get this chapter out, but it is finally here! I hope you enjoy it. I have tried to keep Serafall as canon as possible, although I am afraid to say that I am not sure I did a good job lol. And Tiamat barely makes an appearance. The Wiki doesn't have much info on her either so yeah…I will write her how I would like her to be like *shrug*. Some good news! I am finally completely free! I have passed all my exams and managed to pass my BA exam, along with the BA Thesis presentation! So I will, most likely, return to posting a chapter a week. Some of you might find Hestia's appearance a bit random, but I tried to explain it a bit. The naiads were brought in the forest by her so of course she will keep an eye on them. I also already mentioned that I am a mythology nerd so expect gods and all that good stuff to appear more in my other fanfictions. This will not be the last time you will see her either. Oh an one last thing! Keith got another ability! It is obvious I have took inspiration from God of War Ragnarok lol. The Draupnir spear has an ability called Artillery of the Ancient, so yeah. It is basically the same xd.

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Trueopulence: Yup! Always fun to have quality time with a fox :P

Guest: I agree. A lot of Death gods/goddesses are seen as negative characters, but I can understand why. However, at the end of the day…they are just doing their jobs.

Anon: I will see what I will do, and I am happy you feel so about the romance!

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Guest: Well, my next fanfiction would probably be something about DxD too, but I do plan to venture in other fandoms, such as Percy Jackson and the Olympians (didn't read the books but I do plan to do so. All I know about it is from fanfictions lol). I also think about writing Transformers fanfictions (will include the movies and the Prime cartoons). And I also do plan to do some crossovers, but we'll see!

Gameboy: Yeah, I agree, but honestly didn't really know what else to include in the romance scene lol. I was also afraid not to make it too long. I am pleased to see you are enjoying my story so far!

Dante687: Soon enough!

Skull Flame: It is perfectly fine to have a dirty mind lmao! We are all DxD fans so it is to be expected. It will be a while until Yasaka gets hers :P

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