Quest 49- Star-MaidenSoti later at Euphe’s workshop.
“It’s great that you learned how to blacksmith when you were out!” said Euphe with a slight smile on her face.
Clank!!
Clank!!
Clank!!
“Would be nice if I knew soone in the city with the Blacksmith Developnt ability to help!” Cirrus said, hamring away.
“Don’t worry! That one’s going to so random store!”
“Grrr….”
Since Cirrus learned to blacksmith Euphe had Cirrus help her out with her quota for the month of making 100 weapons or armor. Cirrus figured he and Euphe would work together, but instead, Euphe found this as a way to rest and work on other side projects that amounted to odd-looking sword handles.
After a few hours, Nox entered the shop in a black cloak.
“Oi! Cirrus! It’s ti for the eting!”
“Alright! Hey Euph, I got to get going!!”
“Okay!!”
Leaving the shop, Cirrus uses his invisibility cloak and enters one of the secret tunnels equipping his Ceryneian armor. Nox transford into her owl form and they both left the tunnel and made their way to the Hers Familia’s ho in Orario.
“Sorry, I’m late,” Cirrus said, entering the eting room, where he t a familiar face. “Lord Hers, who is…”
His eyes t with the ones in the rooms. He made his voice slightly sterner, maybe a tone slightly higher, and changed how he stands and walks, small changes work wonders with disguises.
“Ah my apologize Zephyr, but this is Astraea with her captain, Alise Lovell, and her vice-captain Gojouno Kaguya.”
“It’s nice to finally et you Zephyr,” Astraea said with a gentle smile.
Cirrus couldn’t help but find her divinity amazing. Its flow was that of Hephaestus, but more orderly and its color and appearance were like the Circinus Galaxy. Her divinity matched well with her walnut brown hair and deep indigo eyes, which were like a sea of stars.
“So you’re the Deer huh?” said Alise. “You must be so noble to wear those golden antlers around?”
Turning his gaze to Alise, a girl who seems to be about slightly younger than Kaguya, with green eyes and red hair held in a ponytail with a rapier at her waist.
“Does it matter? I assu this eting is to be in collaboration against Evilus, right?”
“Smart.” Said Kaguya.
“So shall we get started, Hers?” Astraea said.
“Yes, we waited enough.”
'God, my voice hurts. Just let
sit and listen in.'
They all sat down and began their eting. They discussed several points and plans to share their information.
“So we are in agreent, then!” Astraea said, putting her hands together. “You will provide us with information and we will take down their locations!”
“Yup! Yup! Now shall we get-go—“
“Before then, I like to discuss your child here,” Astraea said, looking at Cirrus.
“…” Cirrus remained as calm and quiet as he was during the eting.
“Um, what do you an Lady Astraea?” said Lydia.
“He’s the Demon of Shalzard, isn’t he?”
“….”
The Hers Familia all made stern faces as the room grew tense.
“Astraea, I thought we left that behind us!” Hers said with a fake smile.
“No, he has killed many innocent people in his pursuit of the Vritra Familia, resulting in a drastic shift in the 3 desert countries' political structure. As the goddess of justice, I will—“
“This is a fucking joke,” Cirrus said, getting up. “Lord Hers, I will be going now.”
“Wait!!” shouted Alise. “Our goddess is speaking right—“
“She isn’t my goddess; this eting is finished so I see no point in staying here.”
“Running away like a murderer!” Alise shouted.
Cirrus stops in his tracks and looks at Alise with eyes so strong it is as though he was trying to rip her apart.
“Fine, tell
Lady Astraea, what is it that you are trying to judge
for? Killing innocents? Is that a fucking joke? What the hell do you 3 know of what I did?”
“You have killed innocent by--"
“They were fucking soldiers of an enemy nation who allied themselves with Evilus," Cirrus said, cutting Kaguya off. "Even if they were forced to join them, they still participated in their depravity and did nothing, as they hired bandits to attack rchants who didn’t pay their absurd tax fee, which was basically daylight robbery!”
“But you still—" said Alise.
“What I did can be considered justice in the eyes of Shalzard and injustice in the eyes of Israfan. As far as I am concerned, I am in the right, for I am alive, and they are dead. My side won and so “Justice” had been served. Do you wish to judge
Lady Astraea? You can try but justice is always on the side of the winner and in these tis your black-and-white views are as short-minded as a child’s. Goddess of Justice, you may be, but you are no god of morality nor judgnt." He turned away and glanced back at Hers. "Lord Hers, I will be leaving. This eting is over.”
Cirrus then walks away, leaving Alise and Kaguya in fus, while Astraea sits with a complicated look on her face.
“…. Tsk! Fine! If justice is always the winner, then I’ll show him!” Alise said, coming after Cirrus.
“Alise! Wait!!” said Kaguya. “Lady Astraea, can you please stop her!”
“… I am sorry, but I must think.” She gets up and bows to Hers. “It seems I and my children have overstepped our bounds. If it’s not too much, could you stop them from fighting?”
“We can try, but… those words really cut into him,” Hers said.
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