RM Vol 3: For a World without Boundary – Prologue: The fine line in the sand
It's ironic to say this as I was one of the most powerful figures in the Omniverse but... That was Divine.
That weeklong vacation with Yggdra did wonders for my wearied body. It also allowed to have so ti for once and did a miraculous job for my psyche. During the said week, Yggdra led on to visit the various parts of Inaba, old and modern alike. We tried out many delicacies around the ti, attended an impromptu concert, visited a beach, and even dabbled in crafting a blade of our own, personally... We also hang out with that group of students that called themselves the Investigation Team. Funny bunch they were, but very driven in their cause to uncover the culprit behind the series of murders around the town. Yggdra and I left behind a substitute to sponsor them. That and hooked them up with their predecessors. It's funny how both sides reacted when they ca face to face with each other.
Though I do admit that I couldn't help but pity the kids. None deserve the fate of picking up a weapon to clash again eldritch horrors, only to sacrifice themselves to prevent the collective subconscious of humanity from killing, well, humanity in the end. Yggdra said that our daughter will co to deal with it soon enough so I need not worry much about them.
They're worlds apart, literally.
Anyway, I digress from our main worldline. Like I was saying, I did have so ti alone for myself. Well, enough ti away from either being a blushing ss due to Yggdra's teasing or indulging in carnal desire that will leave a succubus ashad. Nevertheless, I've once again mulled over my plan to unify the world under one banner, the V2 plan. Very soon down my train of thought, I realized that more than half of the pieces for the puzzle are coming together.
We, in relative obscurity, have raised one of, if not the strongest ard force in the world currently. And unless we shaved away half of our IQ, seizing the entirety of Europe under our influence will be a cakewalk. Granted, controlling them might still be a hassle but nothing that ONI can't handle. That said, we can extend our reach oversea more prominently now.
But first, Spain but with the silenced S. With the Spanish Civil war heating up for its climax, ONI has been gathering a treasure trove of data with Drear and Mobius having a field day over the corpses of Sardegnian Crusaders. Their autopsies have shed light on the Sardegnian's production thod of enhanced human and as expected, it didn't look pretty for any of us. Excerpting from Mobius's words.
"Their way of making supersoldier is crude, wasteful, ineffective, and may I say, inhuman. They're using a part of the magic formations that the traitorous wood elves used to birth Ningyo and forcefully expanded the mana vessel of a female. This painful and deadly process allowed a previously magically inept female to wield spells and magecrafts at a higher level than normal. Yet, the success rate is abysmally low, 1 out of 20 with randomized strength, not to ntion the exorbitant price they have to pay to perform the said process. Failure or not, each treatnt needs the sacrifice of approximately one hundred souls, and considering there were fifty Crusaders at the beginning stage of the Spanish Civil war... You can do the math."
When I first heard the report, I couldn't help but imdiately find sothing to vent on. This ans I headed for the shooting range and unloaded countless bullets on the steel target with Benito Mussolini painted on it. If even I felt like that then imagine how livid Alaya, the Will of Earth, was feeling when such bloody slaughters that blatantly violated Divine Laws occurred under her watch.
So here's the thing, Alaya struck a deal with Yggdra to supervise and control the ever-spreading mana, right? aning non-humans and humans that were aboard Yggdra's seed ship will have barricades hampering their access to mana and by extension magic. Humans of Earth, on the other hand, don't have barricades but literal dams, a hard cap on how much mana they can store and utilize at the sa ti. The restrictions are there due to the fact that Alaya wanted a non-volatile developnt of the human race. She is fine with guns and nukes, and a few spells here and there but is not fine when humankind askew their years of scientific progress for an outlier that is magic. And with magic being the closest thing to a miracle, you can imagine the chaos it would cause for Earth if left unchecked. Hence the restrictions in the pact between Alaya and Yggdra.
Nevertheless, those shackles will be lessened slowly after a few cycles of Months of Demons. Gradually, science and magic will be combined and proliferate across the entire world, not just being limited to Belka. Though I think Belka will be having the most say in when and how of the latter. Yet, rules are ant to be broken.
By forcefully expanding the mana vessel of their Crusaders, essentially breaking Alaya's dams and rebuilding them further down the river, Sardegna triggered Alaya enough that she is actually building a judgnt force. And with the fact that the magic formations the Papacy used actually ca from the basent of the burned-down Castle Itter, the judgnt force will be coming for Belka sooner or later. Because let's be honest, Sardegna needs to have a traitor of Belka to even dream of not just creating the enhancent process, but also has a pocket dinsion that has been eluding my Einherjar. I doubt the judgnt force will be open for negotiation. Thankfully, we have ti, for a short period of building the judgnt force in Alaya's eyes is a long ti for us mortals. I would rather we deal with Sardegna first before we tackle the traitor or traitors and by extension, Alaya's goons.
Another piece of information that's frankly disturbing is that the sacrificial lambs Sardegna has been using consist of Jews in the majority and various smaller ethnic groups. As if laughing at our attempt at tracking them, we learned that the pocket dinsion they're hiding in is nad Auschwitz. Yeah, definitely Belkan, and I am reserving an execution of being strapped to the end of a battleship cannon for the bastard that nad it that way.
Now back to Spain. Well, things haven't changed much there, to be honest. Still so skirmishes but no major battle, yet. Japan, however, boy oh boy, have they done fucked up now!
So before I was spirited away on a honeymoon with Yggdra, I did read up a report on ONI rounding up the last of the Japanese spies, right? What you didn't know is that I sent out the first batch of Ravens on manhunts soon after. Trials by fire basically and they completed them with flying colors. Apparently, they hit them so hard that the Japanese operatives failed to remove all the incriminating evidence against a bunch of high-ranking Japanese officials, a few of them sporting the rank of General too.
As such, do you know where am I right now? Have a guess. Hints would be that I am using a telescope to gaze upon the starry night sky, managing to spot large chunks of debris and teorites orbiting Earth and the Moon... Ok, that's a useless hint now that I think about it.
How about this one then? A certain Sun Goddess with brown hair and eyes will be knocking on the door, or her servant will, in five... four... three... two... one.
*KNOCK* *KNOCK*
I smirk before turning around, twirling my gray kimono with a blood-red fla motif. "It's showti~!"
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When you combine them all into one person, normies will find it hard to get along with her. Though I can see myself working together with her just fine if circumstances permit.
As the girl takes her seat to the right of Amaterasu, curiously checking the quality of the sake imdiately after. The Sun Goddess twitches her eyebrow before coldly admonishing Villia.
"Villia, what did I say about not greeting my niece?"
As if just rembering my existence, Villia imdiately turns to wave at with a smile. "Oh, sorry about that! I was lost in thoughts back there, was busy working on so schematics, you know? Anyway, I'm Villia but my friends can just call Vill-V! I prefer the latter, to be honest, shorter and rolls off the tongue that way, don't you think? Also, you seem like a girl of science! May I interest you in a tour of my workshop later? I swear it will be fun and we can shoot each other with enough scientific junk to break the facade of our lovely Amaterasu here!"
It's Amaterasu turn to choke now, the jester way that Villia, or Vill-V, introduced herself has also plunged the lobby into silence. This girl got the guts to do that, I'll give her that much, or it's just that she is that unique.
I smile, patting my aunt on her back to comfort her. "You'll get used to it. Trust , it's not the first ti I have had to deal with girls like Vill-V. You will be hard-pressed to get her to tone it down so it's best to just roll along with it."
"Dear Izanami, I sure hope not!" Amaterasu bite out in exasperation. As for and Vill-V, we give each other a thumbs up behind Amaterasu's back. Oh yeah, we will get along... Hopefully.
"Anyway, you can just call Yuki, while I will call you Vill-V. No need for needless honorifics among families. And yes, I'm a girl of science, although I am striving to make it no different than magic later down the line. Given the chance, I would love to get a tour of your workshop, with permission from Amaterasu and you, of course. As for teasing my poor aunt here, it's best if we cut her so slack and do it in private, don't you think? After all, her cute expression is best seen by us only."
Smiling with her head bobs up and down many tis, Vill-V replies, much to Amaterasu's chagrin. "I see, I see! You are a woman of culture as well! I would gladly give you the rundown later!"
"Yuki, not you too..." Amaterasu sighed in defeat. Fearing that our joke may have gone too far, I give my aunt a loving hug.
"Sorry about that, Amaterasu. I just wanted you to loosen up while you still can. It has been a while after all."
"Yes, yes," Vill-V mimicked my action with honesty in an attempt to cheer up my aunt. "Yuki is correct. It's nice to take it easy since it's a party for your niece, after all."
Fortunately, our action manages to put a smile on Amaterasu. I trade a thankful look with Vill-V before we take turns serving Amaterasu. Do rember that I am doing this while being the sole niece to Amaterasu. And while we're taking care of Amaterasu, ignoring the party that has reacquired its liveliness, it's increasingly harder to put aside the boiling anger and despite that are gaining traction in the middle of the crowd.
Although I've tried my best to put Amaterasy's mind away from it, I've co to understand that it's high ti the situation must be addressed. I turn to my right, seeing that even Vill-V is feeling the need to do so while showing an apologetic look. I just smile and accept it, clearly knowing that even with the tight grasp that Amaterasu has created over Imperial Japan, there would always be sothing she cannot control with her current regi.
Stupidity.
"I've had enough!" Bellowed a thunderous voice from a table that was a step below us.
Once again, the party is plunged into dead silence as a deep-seated fear slowly surfaced among the invited guests. I, on the other hand, am calm, unfettered by the storming aura the voice possessed. Taking a look at Amaterasu and Vill-V, they're much the sa with my aunt being annoyed by the intrusion into her downti.
"What's the aning of this," She turned to where the voice was, a cold facade with all of her godly aura wafted about the lobby. "Susanoo?"
Taking a look at the wild, impetuous god associated with the sea and storms, I can't help but lant the fact that the quality of Gods these have fallen by a few steps, those that are outside of Belka, at least.
Though he is stumped for a few seconds by the sharp aura Amaterasu suddenly ca up with, Susanoo soon regained his wild aura, saying out loud. "I ant what I said, sister. What's the aning of this party anyway, huh?! To let that horrendous excuse of a hero fool around, not paying respect to her better? To curry favor with a little girl, one that suddenly arrived at our sacred land without any notice?!"
"Watch your tongue, Susanoo! Villia is the brightest mind in our nation and that girl is my niece, and by extension, your family!" Amaterasu said sternly, disregarding the concerning hands from Vill-V and . We both share a look but ultimately, the situation must progress before we can do anything of note.
Scoffing, Susanoo stands up, hands waving majestically as if to emphasize what he will be saying next. "That girl that was picked from a gutter will never be my family! Unless she's proved her worth, she's a disgrace to our lineage!" Each of his words is accompanied by the shaking of his wild flowing hair and beard. His body which is reaching two ters and is packed with muscles radiates power in defiance of Amaterasu's will.
With such a show of despite and power right in front of her niece, who is just a normal person, Amaterasu, and Vill-V step forth with the forr showing a rare look of fury.
"Enough of your trap, Susanoo!" Exploding out her power, visible in the shape of a golden fla coating her body, Amaterasu addresses Susanoo with spite. "I will not allow you to insult Yuki, and by extension, with impunity any longer! You've dishonored our nation by lashing out at a defenseless girl that is also our ally! Reign in your power and get out! Reflect on your action or I will make you regret it!" Amaterasu emphasized her threat by channeling the power she gained from her worshippers and materializing her Yata no Kagami, a divine artifact that is a major path of her mythology.
With the threat lingering in the air as the warm sun clashes with an unbridled storm, the lobby is soon sparse of people as the partygoers evacuated to the sides, watching the proceeding with a variety of gazes. Finally, Susanoo is the first one to step down, clearly disappointed, rather than angry at his sister. Pulling in his power, Susanoo crouches down and picks up a big bottle of sake before speaking to Amaterasu.
"I hope you know what you're doing, sister, and may your actions ensure the eternality of our land."
Amaterasu, on her part, doesn't respond, Susanoo isn't waiting for one anyway. Rather, he directs a stealthy glance, subtly nodding at before swaggering out while taking a major gulp of his sake.
Now sitting behind them, I allow a small grin to plaster my face for a second. All is according to plan.
After taking a few deep breaths, Amaterasu turns around to offer her apology. "I have nothing else to say but sorry, Yuki. Clearly, it was a mistake to invite this unruly brother of mine."
"Don't be, Amaterasu. I clearly understand that it's not your fault, the situation was out of control, just like back then." Though I said it in a light tone and with an understanding smile, Amaterasu and Vill-V were weirded out by my choice of words.
"... Back then?" Vill-V tilted her head with a finger on her chin as she asked in place of my aunt.
Rather than explaining, I stand up and walk up to them, my hands coming in for a single clap before I say aloud. "Guards, do bring in the crates I've brought along, please."
Although my action confused the Hell outta them, Amaterasu and Vill-V still allow the servants to let mbers of my guards, led by Erika and Lola, bring in ten ornated crates into the middle of the lobby. As they lower each of them down with major thumbs, signifying the weight of each crate, my aunt can't help but direct a perplexed look at .
"What's this, Yuki? Surely you aren't ant to say that all of those contained gold and jewelry?" She is shocked, however, by the cold professionalism I now display, unlike prior warm and familiar expressions.
I answer tersely. "Unfortunately, it's much of the opposite." Before my aunt can ask anything, I tell Erika. "Kick them open."
And that she does. Having unlocked the crates prior, Erika and the rest of the guards kick hard at the crates onto their sides, thus spilling their disgusting contents on the once expensive carpet. What are they you asked?
Well, what else but the dismbered heads of each and every single spy that Japan instilled in Belka?
As nurous gasps are heard all over the room and my guards and the Japanese Imperial Protectors raise their weapons at each other. As Amaterasu and Vill-V recoil in shock and horror and Nicolae materializes herself next to as protection.
I speak up.
"So? Any question?"
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"Why?" Standing to one side with Vill-V trying to calm her down, Amaterasu demanded an explanation for this major incident. Clearly, there's no way that both sides can sweep this under the rug when what seems to be hundreds of Japanese citizens are decapacitated and presented before themselves by mbers of the Belkan retinue.
Amaterasu flinches when a guest, a mother by the look of it, rushes forth to the spilled heads on the floor, shocked and crying when she identified one of them as her son.
"That is a broad question." I responded calmly while being served sake by Nicolae who was wearing a purple kimono.
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