[Vol.4] Quest 330- Killing TiRoom of Prayer.
Cirrus reaches the end and opens it to find Ouranos and Fels discussing sothing.
"Hey-o! Am I interrupting sothing?" Cirrus looks at them both.
"Yes, but it can wait for today," Ouranos said.
"Are you sure, Lord Ouranos? It is—"
"It's fine for today, but tomorrow will be a whole new story," Ouranos said, cutting Fels off.
"…Very well." Fels nods their head.
Today was not the day. For just a bit longer, they wish to give him one more day before he must return to work.
"Um… Okay? Well, I’m here just to talk with you two since it’s my—"
"Birthday! Oh, how could I forget?" said Fels, coming up to them.
Fels ca over to hug Cirrus.
"You are 35 now, Cirrus; ti truly has passed by."
"Yeah, it feels weird. I’m this old, you know?"
"We wouldn’t know," Fels said, looking at Alise. "May I hold her? It has been ages since I t with her." They tapped their magic tool, and they gained their flesh back.
Fels slowly picks Alise up and holds her in their arms.
"Oh, Circe said she’s working on making a better version of that magic tool, Fels."
"Is she? That’s wonderful. Maybe with that, I can actually produce warmth." She parts her hair and then hands her back to Cirrus.
"Are you sure you don’t want to hold her for longer?"
"No, she will wake if suddenly there is no warmth next to her or a heartbeat."
"Well… How about you, Ouranos?"
"I hope you realized I have never held another being in ti immorial."
"Really? Are you sure? You didn’t have one you loved in heaven?"
‘It's fucking Gaia, co on!’
"…" Ouranos closes his eyes and thinks before opening them again. "Ah, there was one. Those mories seem so far away now... I’m sure right now she is helping heaven manage the influx of souls."
"Hm, I see," he said, walking up to the throne and placing her on his lap. "Don’t drop her."
"…" He looks down at Alise.
"Mmm… Hm?" She opens her eyes to et his azure-blue eyes. She turns to see her father and Fels. "Who are you? And why do you have pretty eyes like my mom?"
"My na is Ouranos. I am the god that watches over the world."
Her eyes light up.
"R-really! A-and who is that?" she points towards Fels.
"That is your grandpa/ma Fels. They work for Ouranos, so everything goes well," said Cirrus.
"Wow!" She slowly gets off Ouranos’s lap, and he helps her get down and slowly walks down to Fels. "My na is Alise! My mom nad
after her best friend!"
Fels knelt down to et her.
"That is wonderful, but we have already t. When you were born, I was there as well."
"But you never co around?"
"I am very busy with work; my apologies."
"Hm! Can I get a hug?"
"I-well um… At the mont, I have so dirty clothes and hands."
Alise looks at Fels, her eyes darting around them. They could feel her sharp gaze on them.
"…Okay!" A beaming smile shone through her, believing Fels' excuse.
After so more talking, Cirrus picks her up, and they leave through the secret passage heading to Euphe’s workshop.
"Rember to keep this eting between us okay."
"Got it! It’s a secret we share!"
"Exactly."
"But... can I get a cloak like what Grandpa/ma Fels has?"
"Oh, a bribe, huh?" He could see a smirk similar to Lyra’s. "Well, here you go." He reached into his coat and pulled out a black scarf. He wrapped around her, and she smiled brightly. "Now the deal is sealed. A person is only as good as their word. Got it, Alise?"
"Hm! I won’t say anything!"
"Especially since not even Calli or Auby know, so this is even more special."
"!!" Her eyes glittered like a sea of stars. "Hm! Hm!" She would not leak this information to her older siblings. Seeing this as a bond shared between her and her father.
Arriving at Euphe’s workshop, he finds her reading so books.
"Yo! How’s it going, Euphe?"
"Oh, Cirrus!" She turns to see him. "What luck you didn’t catch
working!" She got up and walked to him. "And I didn’t forget it was your birthday!" She then hugs him, and he returns the hug. "And I didn’t forget you, little Alise." She pinches her cheeks.
"Hehe!" Alise giggles. "Your hands aren’t dirty, right?"
"Uhh…" Euphe looks at her hands and makes an expression.
"Again!" Alise shouted, rubbing her cheeks.
"I’m joking!" She lightly grins. "It’s always nice to see you make sour expressions."
"Hmm!!" Alise will rember this, along with all the other tis.
"So are you just here for my hug?" Euphe looked at Cirrus.
"No, I ca by to see how you were doing."
"I’m doing fine since being able to be Lady Hephaestus’s co-captain business has been stable, albeit many are still trying to reach your feats."
"And how many are close?"
"Hmm... with
and Tsubaki, there are about 5? Welf is almost there."
"That’s good."
"Say, when is your oldest son coming back?"
"When he was 12, from what Ai had said, he made so friends who wished to co along."
"Oh, is that so?"
"Um, Dad, what is he like?" Alise said.
Haku hadn’t had the ti to go and see Alise. The only ti they t was when Alise was born. Every other ti, the schedules and tis never aligned.
"Well, he’s a bit like
and his mom."
"So smart and a bit aggressive?" said Euphe, smirking.
"…That seems about right."
"Um, what ti is it, Dad?" Alise asked, looking around.
"It is—" He looks at the clock in her workshop. "About 3:21, why?"
"No reason!"
"It’s the part, isn’t it?"
"No!"
"Yeah, it’s the party," Euphe said.
"Nuh-uh!"
Alise was resolute in the charade.
"Hmm… Say, do wanna play with Gersemi?"
Her mood changed, and she smiled like her father.
"Hm! I do!"
Soti later, they arrive at the Hestia Familia ho.
"This place is really big," Alise said, looking around. "Do you think Gersemi is in?"
"Probably."
They go up and knock on the door, and after a few minutes, a familiar face was seen.
"Oh, Cirrus!" said Bell, now at age 26. "What brings you here?" His appearance is more manly in that he has long lost so of his boyish charms, but so remain.
"Oh, Alise wanted to play with—" Cirrus looks down at Bell’s leg. "Gersemi."
By Bell’s legs was a white-haired girl around Alise’s age with violet eyes.
"Oh, really!"
"Yeah, we just popped by to kill so ti. Hey Alise, would you like to play around with your friend?"
Alise walked up to Gersemi, and Gersemi did the sa.
"Do you wanna play tag again?" Gersemi said, smiling.
She had her father’s smile but her mother’s confidence. This terrified Cirrus with such a lethal combination.
"Hm! One, two, three, not it!" Alise said, running off inside.
"Not fair!!" Gersemi runs off, chasing after Alise.
"…Hey, Bell, you don’t mind if I crash here for a bit of a nap?"
"Oh sure! Your family is planning another birthday party, aren’t they?"
"They sure are!"
Bell let Cirrus into his ho, much like every other ti his birthday ca along.
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