After the little conversation, I had with Freya when I left my room I head towards the stairs a little embarrassed by the conversation.
As we head towards the kitchen for me to get something to eat I keep opening and closing my hand to try to understand my current power, I also try to throw some punches in the air but without a reference, I couldn’t understand how much my power had changed, I still I didn’t have time to see my status.
“(I’ll check my status later, I think I’d better see everyone to show I’m fine as they must have been very worried.)” (I)
On the way I watch Fairies and Spirits flying around the mansion laughing while having fun, I see many talking and some even humming.
“How long have Fairies and Spirits learned to speak?” (I)
“Inside the Cradle, Fairies and Spirits grow faster, and they get stronger much faster.” (Freya)
“According to Nix and Layla, the Cradles function as a place that contains power, knowledge, and food to develop faster.” (Freya)
“You mean their minds are wired inside the Cradle?” (I)
“No, think of the Cradle as having a mind of its own, let’s take the Cradle of Fairies as an example, if a Fire Fairy is learning skills and spells, then the way that Fire Fairy learned is also stored in the Cradle of Fairies, the Fairies have access to the Cradle’s mind and can learn that way by sharing their knowledge, so the Cradle influences their growth.” (Freya)
“Does the Cradle of Spirits work the same way?” (I)
“Yes, the food for the Fairies would be elemental mana which is produced by the Cradle of the Fairies, the same happens in the Cradle of Spirits.” (Freya)
“I see, you seem to know a lot.” (I)
“This is common knowledge for Elves, besides Nix and Layla explained it to me better, I’m sure Sophia must know something about it too.” (Freya)
“Because of the Cradles, Fairies and Spirits have already learned many things, besides they are always interacting with the people of the camp and the mansion.” (Freya)
“Do you know how smart they are now?” (I)
“On the level of a 7 or 8 year old maybe.” (Freya)
“That’s an accelerated growth…” (I)
“Master!!!!” (Ibuki/Diana)
“You slept too much master.” (érica)
“Dad!!!” (Irius/Irina/Samira)
While talking to Freya we arrived in the kitchen and the moment I opened the door I was attacked by an onslaught of Diana, Ibuki, Samira, and Irina who hugged me tightly while Irius put his hand on my shoulder.
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After about 30 minutes of trying to calm everyone down, I managed to get everyone to let go of me except Diana who made me sit on her lap while her face was buried in my hair.
I tried to resist but she looked like she was going to cry, so I could only accept this humiliation while I was eating, I hadn’t noticed how hungry I was until now, I was enjoying the food so much that I forgot about the embarrassing situation I was in.
While he was eating Freya’s delicious food, he was also drinking bottle after bottle of blood.
It was after I finished the meal that I noticed that there were over twenty plates of food and over ten bottles of blood all empty.
“Now I’m satisfied, I hadn’t noticed how hungry I was.” (I)
“I’m glad you finished eating, now can you explain to me why you made such a big mistake?” (Vanessa)
I was so focused on the food that I didn’t notice that the kitchen had become crowded with people, but the one that caught my attention was Vanessa who was looking at me with apparent anger, plus I could see the veins all over her face swelling with anger.
“What are you talking about, I just woke up and if you’re talking the broken bed is Layla’s fault.” (I)
“Don’t you know why your evolution took so long?” (Vanessa)
“I know, it was the Goddess Selene who interfered with my evolution, that’s why it took me so long.” (I)
“You’re only half right, the Goddess sent an oracle to me saying that your condition was mainly because you started doing skill synthesis while your body is still being transformed by evolution.” (Vanessa)
“…” (I)
“(Wait! So it’s my fault? Now that I think about it I think the scales, horns, and tail I have are abilities I synthesized as well, in order to narrow down my list of abilities?)” (I)
“(Could that be why these abilities seem to have activated and I ended up in this state I’m in? It’s my fault?)” (I)
“Looks like you just realized what you’ve done, do you have any idea how much everyone was worried about you?” (Vanessa)
“Alright Vanessa, we all know you were one of the most worried, now give me some space because everyone wants to talk to the master.” (érica)
“I’m sorry for worrying you.” (I)
“…” (Vanessa)
I pull myself out of Diana’s embrace to hug my daughter Vanessa, at which point she returns my hug silently as her face changes from an angry expression to one of happiness.
After that I spoke to each of them, Nolan seemed very happy to see me too and said he was so worried that he couldn’t play a single game for two months.
Lyra said that she hasn’t been working for a month because she’s been too distracted by worry, so she ended up blowing up the lab twice and Ivan forbade her to continue working.
érica didn’t say a word, she just gave me a tight hug for a few minutes.
I spent the whole morning talking to everyone individually before I got hungry again, so I went to eat some more while Irina and Irius followed to tell me something new.
“What do you two want to say to me?” (I)
“I don’t blame you for not remembering, so much has happened that you must have forgotten.” (Irina)
“What are you talking about?” (I)
“Haven’t you learned that you have to be more direct when talking to Father, sister?” (Irius)
“You’re right.” (Irina)
“I’ll be more blunt this time, do you remember the reward you asked for the Black Market if we managed to defeat the extremists?” (Irina)
“Bounty… Black Market bounty…” (I)
“You mean that…” (I)
“He’s been with us for a month, because of that the people of the Church of Light decided to persecute us.” (Irius)
“Take me where it is, I want to see it with my own eyes.” (I)
“Do you want to go now?” (Irius)
“Yes now.” (I)
As I ate I listened to what Irina and Irius had to say before going out with them to a house made of normal stone blocks, I noticed that there was a sound barrier around the house, apparently, it was inside, I looked around and no Fairy or Spirit approached this building.
I walk in with Irina and Irius, in the entrance room I find Lilith eating a large piece of monster meat stuck on a bone, she was eating in large pieces, but as soon as she saw us she dropped her food and ran towards me.
“Dad, why didn’t anyone tell me you woke up?” (Lilith)
“Put me down please Lilith.” (I)
“(I forgot that she also became my daughter.)” (I)
Lilith runs to me and lifts me into her arms as she spins around with a big smile on her face, she had an innocent smile on her face but her deep and intense eyes along with the bloodstains on her clothes gave me a bizarre feeling when looking at her.
“Sorry, I’m really glad you woke up.” (Lilith)
“For you to be here means that Irina and Irius have already talked to you about him, right?” (Lilith)
“Yeah, where is he?” (I)
“It’s in the backroom, let’s all go together.” (Irius)
The four of us walk towards the door, when we enter I see a large cell at the same time that a terrible smell seems to punch me in the face when I enter.
Irius and Irina have an expression showing that they don’t like the smell, but Lilith doesn’t seem to mind the smell and enters humming a happy song.
What I see when I entered was that there were four prison cells, three were empty, but one of the cells had a person inside the cell was strangely dark, but I could still clearly see inside a place that has nothing, besides there was a lot of blood dry smeared on the walls, floor, and ceiling as if it were the scene of a massacre.
There was a man full of scars, white hair, a single empty eye since there was a hole in the place of the other eye and skeletal as if he was malnourished, with my super sensitive ears I could hear his voice faintly deep alone, a voice from which I still remember.
“Unclean beings… unclean beings… how dare you to go against a servant of God… I will kill them all… the Great God Baldr will punish them… ha ha ha ha ha…” (Archbishop Thomas Galaretto)
“It looks like you suffered a lot while I was gone, but after so many things you’ve done you don’t deserve forgiveness, right worm?” (I) .
“…” (Archbishop Thomas Galaretto)
“That voice… that hateful, repulsive voice… those different eyes… you finally appeared Zenos Demon!” (Archbishop Thomas Galaretto)
“I don’t know how you found out my name and I don’t care, I said it wouldn’t matter where you were I would find you and make you suffer, now you’re in my hands.” (I)
The moment I speak to him, his one empty eye looks at me and he struggles to his feet as his face becomes filled with anger, hatred, and contempt.
“You brothers who must decide if he’s had enough or not, as those who suffered the most at the hands of this worm that is your right.” (I)