Ikuta went to the underworld and saw Persephone with Thanatos " Hello Thanatos " Thanatos looked at Ikuta and sized up the space of the abyss " Hello I have bought Persephone now I will take her back later " " are you going to stay for a while ? " Persephone nodded .
" I'd like to spend some time with my sister for a while " Ikuta wondered if he should ask but decided to focus on getting his apple enchanted with Fuyumi's branch ' Maybe I'll get Atsuko's (温子) when she's grown big enough '
They both paid the fee to Charon and reached the path that Zhack was guarding " Hi Zhack " " Oh you're dreamwalking ? " " I still have time until dinner " " Oh good you really don't want to be asleep all the time when something big is going to happen "
Persephone was curious about what that meant and Ikuta continued to walk " What does he mean ? " " Chara learned foresight and because of that she was able to sense danger " " I see " Persephone looks at the path to see what the danger was while they walked .
" Do you desire to plant seeds in different worlds ? " Ikuta nodded " I liked the snow and when Niflheim came up I thought it would be perfect if I could put plants there there are many primordial life there "
" That sounds nice a change of life's perspective " " Yeah , sometimes I wonder how Yggdrasil was able to live in conditions like that " Persephone walked along thinking about Ikuta's curiosity .
" If you think about it then you can say Yggdrasil represents the interconnections between different realms , it is the connections of worlds born from Ginnungagap " Ikuta wondered about the other things that were born in Ginnungagap like his father .
" So is that why there aren't any stories about Yggdrasil's creation ? " " I suppose so it is a powerful lifeform she is like Gaia but at a much higher place like how Nyx is stars " " The world sounds very strong but how did they fall "
Persephone thinks back " It's very hard for gods to stay on top there is always internal conflict amongst each other the Olympians are always against each other father Zeus he " Persephone stopped herself remembering she was talking with a child .
" Well he hasn't been a good father " Ikuta remembers his own father and wonders how everyone was taken care of " I know my father even though he seems like he isn't in my life he always is "
Persephone relates it to how Zeus has always watched out for his mistresses and illegitimate children " He sounds like a good father " " Yeah " " What about your mother ? " " Oh he is sort of both " Persephone was confused and wondered if it was related to how Athena was Zeus's mother and father .
" But it's weird that Gaia stopped attacking Zeus " " That's only because she was put to sleep by Hypnos at the command of Zeus the same is true with Tartarus " " So Hypnos is the reason they are asleep ? "
" Yes isn't he impressive " Ikuta nodded wondering how powerful Hypnos is " He really is " " But I've always wondered what was that thing that ended ragnarok ? there is supposed to be an end where Yggdrasil is reborn , is her children supposed to replace her ? "
Ikuta also thought of it too " We are spreading her seeds through different worlds and connecting them with Zhack's portal " " I suppose she is really gone " Ikuta thinks about it understanding that she isn't .
' A lot of gods fell because of dad ' there was a lot to understand about his father's power that not many knew about " We're here " Persephone said . She knocks on the door and Despoina appears " Sister "
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Chara walks to the mountain where Aichel and Redun the core should be ' I can't believe dad said they were twins ' she looks at one dark dart that represents the denier's power ' I can remove it now and get it over with but it's not right their dream to learn beyond our world on their own was too difficult '
She turns back and heads with Locke to spread yggdrasil seeds " Is it enchanted enough ? " " Yes with Hestia's blessing , we can prepare for the next seed " " Ikuta wants to plant seed over Niflheim so he might ask for Atsuko's branch next after Fuyumi's "
Cithrel was curious why Ikuta wanted it " So little brother wants to start a garden ? " " He is already raising some monsters that don't exist in our world having researchers learn from them he may as well make a whole world by himself "
" Didn't Harkness do that ? " Locke asked " Yes the point is the fact that Ikuta is doing a lot because he has been with mother for longer than all of us he knows how powerful they are " " I thought you would know too " Locke asked .
" I do I have known Yggdrasil and to think that mother could make her a giant structure disappear in an instant is impressive moreover to open up an abyss similar to Tartarus ... Do you think mother created the abyss by denying Tartarus's existence first ? "
Locke was confused " Can you tell me more ? " " Ikuta said that he was made with the blood of the humans that mother has killed what if anything she denies she gains knowledge on or the ability to create them ? " Locke thinks about it remembering the different understanding he came across when he was with Cithrel .
" What if in denying their self , they were able to deny the nonexistence of their self ? " " So you're saying that they are the opposite of life and death ? Without life there is no death , but I thought that only applies to the first life ? "
" Yes I know that ideology that life can't live without the death of another but if Mother had to die first before she could live , it is completely foreign to what we know " " So what's the point ? That we know father was able to create a life by the death of another ? "
Chara wonders if she's going to have to explain a lot " Alright so our firstborn was Redun and Aichel both are twins , I learned that dungeon cores like Redun are Titans that came out of Tartarus which they all constantly wish to invade the world because they were thrown into the abyss "
" Yeah so ? " " It's nothing , But with that in mind I should try rethinking why Mom created us , in the first place , both of them made civilization I could assume that mom just wanted a simple thing where people worship her but the problem is none of us actually knew about her before our deaths so worship was gone "
" True when gods make civilization , they normally make sure they are worshiped I know that dragon god did " " Exactly we had a time gap between the end of the civilization and our birth which is very close but the problem is where we were at by the end of our lives "
Chara draws a line with magic showing a core and a potion bottle " Aichel and Redun was out to find the secrets of worlds beyond us which was where mother revealed herself , we always had the idea that she only appeared when we were at the peak of our strength which we still have no idea why "
" Maybe father wanted a challenge ? " " If she does she would've went to Zeus or Cronus ... do you think she knows about them ? " " Don't know " " I assume that mother had killed Tartarus and both it back and was able to create the abyss I've already checked and the abyss is like Tartarus in a way "
" So you think this is going to tell us why father made us ? " " Well she made Ikuta from humans she killed so doesn't that mean she did the same with all of us ? Aichel was something else before he turned into another human and Redun is always a dungeon core so I guess the dungeon core could be made by killing titans that surfaced Tartarus "
" How does that help us get close to what Father wants from us ? " " I'm trying to get there but it's so confusing what does mother want to do , I tried to go to battle but she killed me before , but why did she kill Stork and his friends "
" Yeah even I don't know why maybe there's something in those gods " " From what I can tell mother has been keeping us from going further in life " " That's what I thought too it really makes me wonder if he cared for us or not ... or maybe we're not seeing enough " Locke said .
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" That is an interesting goal " Despoina leaves some warm soup for both of them " So as you have said you want me to help you as well as the few nymphs under me ? "
Ikuta nodded " I'm afraid I can't help you with my resources " " What why ? " " The cold isn't where life can thrive and the nymphs that do thrive aren't many "
" Oh ... okay I guess that means I'll have to find another way " Ikuta leaves the sisters and visits Sindri " Oh you are back again heard that you cracked open a planet " " Yeah it was hard since it's my first time "
" You say it as if it's a standard , so what are you here for ? " Ikuta shows the treasure apple on his palm " I want to enchant it with Fuyumi's branch " " Another world tree branch ? " Sindri looks at the branch Ikuta showed .
" I would need help from nymphs but this is very new territory Ikuta , I mean Yggdrasil does connect worlds but it never meant she grew life in all of it " " If she doesn't connect to worlds then how is it possible for her to thrive ? "
" Well , she is a natural at living in Ginnungagap " " Oh so any of her children could do the same ? " Sindri nodded " But don't plant her children at Ginnungagap " Sindri said " I know I won't do something like that , But does that mean that these seeds can grow at Ginnungagap ? "
" Well they can " " Yeah but what about the seeds from the treasure apple ? " " Oh then you're gonna have to ask other people like those three caretakers of yours " " I don't want to rely on them very much they are working very hard "
Sindri pushed the apple back into Ikuta's palm , forcing it back into the abyss " And so have you , in the time you have shown yourself to the world after being stuck at home like some hermit you showed promise of the potential you have so the thing you can do is rely on others with all the work you did "
" Hmm fine I'll go back " Ikuta woke up at his bed and at dinner where he was eating with Claire and Louis only he asked Vedrfolnir " Interesting goal , in fact you can probably get Atsuko's branch and enchant it on your own "
" I can ? " Vedrfolnir nodded " But you don't have to , just bring Sindri to Niflheim and have him cooperate with Fuyumi and enchant it " " I'll call Thanatos " " Nuhuhuh I will call him and you will get your rest however I will require some amount of lifeforce "
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Ikuta fell on the bed looking at the ceiling " It's a long day " " Yep I can't wait to see our new sister tommorow " Yukina said and Ikuta closed the lights and went to sleep .
The next day he woke up and heard that there was no school today " Hmm why ? " Ikuta was very drowsy and checked "There's gonna be an earthquake today" Ezio texted "Wanna hangout with us Druk ?" Pyra asked "Sure"
"Ikuta can we visit the voidlings I wanna pet them" "Sure" Ikuta got his backpack and took it with him , leaving it on the couch " They said there's gonna be an earthquake today " Ikuta said " Good thing you have friends or you would spend your days in a very dull room "
His father said while Ikuta wondered how well everyone else were doing . He heads out to have fun with his friends " It's so nice to be crowded like this " Amber said " Do you think they'll accept them as your familiars "
" I'm not sure I sort of have Yukina and her sisters , the world tree's caretakers and the worms that are eating whatever apple that came out of the original " Nisse chuckled while hugging one of the voidlings .
" No that's not a familiar we know " Nisse carried the voidling that was as small as a baby on her " A familiar is something made from your essence it could be your blood but the way it works is that a familiar reflects what you are "
" Yeah , I wonder what Ikuta's familiar is gonna be ? " Ezio said " Wait we are getting one ? " Ikuta asked " Yeah they say having a familiar is good because they can protect you " Druk said " It was supposed to be today but earthquake "
" Now I'm excited " Ikuta said " Me too " Ezio said " I wonder if mine is gonna be big like the wolf Fenrir " " Or maybe a bird " Nisse said " I'm just curious what mine would be " " Everyone is " Pyra said .
" But the new students wondered what yours would be like " Nisse said " You know they joked that you might have a weird chimera " Ezio said " Look " he took his phone to show the picture of what Ikuta's familiar could be " Even my cousins were wondering "
" It's something every parent is excited for " Druk mentioned ' Parent ' Ikuta thought about his ' What is father supposed to be like he is definitely not like Cronus , he always supports me yet he will eventually kill me so why hasn't he ? '
Ikuta was lost in thoughts thinking about his father ' Everyone was killed before they could've done something great , Harkness said she couldn't find Erebus's divinity which is why she betrayed us , Stork was with his god friends when it happened , Zhack was at Mount Olympus , Chara stopped coming back from Valhalla , Locke was trapped and stopped and the firstborns were stopped before they could discover the secrets beyond the world '
' Chara do you think dad was keeping us from doing something great " Chara who was at Muspelheim together with Locke and Cithrel thinks about it ' It could be possible but why ? ' Ikuta thinks about how Amber's father and brothers were always making sure she was safe .
' Maybe to keep us safe ? " Chara thinks about what everyone had to go through ' That's possible then I'll have to ask Locke first or maybe Cithrel " " Cithrel do you know who put all of those seals on Locke ? "
" Oh yes there was a cult of black mages that did it , but I believe you have already killed them " " Oh you mean Richard ? " Cithrel shook her head " More like the black book , that one had the potential to kill Locke , I was lucky to have found that it happens to be closed and sealed when I got there "
Locke turned his head " It was ? " Cithrel nodded " It wasn't that way when I saw father " Chara asked for more information and figured it out " Oh I see , so Mother killed you before they could but why ? Did that mean that Harkness was going to die when she was fighting Erebus where we also going to meet the same fate ? "
" Maybe we can receive those answers when we bring our last siblings back " Locke mentioned " Hmm you're right " Chara shared this with the rest and the day slowly ends . Ikuta yawns and goes to sleep while his father appeared .
" Hmm he's gonna get a familiar " his father watched Ikuta sleeping and smiled while Vedrfolnir took a glance at Ikuta " Did he get some water ? " Ratatoskr came to Ikuta's bedroom to get a few things ' He's sleeping so well must be great for him to have the blessing of Hypnos '
The next day Ikuta went to school excited about the summoning and it was the first activity to happen too . Ikuta waited by the benches with his friends and watched them get called .
He sees runes appear on the spell formula showing the unique differences of each student and the familiar would appear depending on each student .
Nisse's familiar appeared as a small bird which flapped it's wings in an illusion of a forest . Ezio got his in a windy plane as a wolf . Amber's came out of the ground , Druk's familiar appeared through a single thunder flash and Pyra's appeared through fire .
" So your affinities also affect the familiar ? " Ikuta asked " Yeah they say they use your affinities as base but they also say that your own character can affect it " Ikuta looked at the small dragon that was perched on Druk's horn " So they're basically you " Nisse said .
" Which is why they don't act as if they are alive it's just an extension of your self but that's also a reflection " Nisse explained " And you can use your familiars as catalysts for magic " Ezio said . Ikuta wondered if that's all familiars are about , he looked at the grounds and saw his father .
' why is dad here ? ' Ikuta waited for his father to leave and watched him just stand there " Ikuta Seishin " Ikuta walked to the platform and stood by it while his father was facing him " Okay you ready ? " Ikuta nodded and his father prepared a dark dart .
The familiar manifesting ceremony begins , unfamiliar runes suddenly appears , Ikuta's spell formula was being drawn with so many kinda of runes that weren't in the curriculum , dark runes , Niflheim's , Muspelheim's , Odin's and the Norns .
Everyone starts to see cracks from on the earth , the runes' light flashes brighter while the dark runes spread their darkness . Everyone was terrified of how great the familiar manifestation could be and watched the runes start manifesting Ikuta's familiar .
However , the cracks stopped they closed and now appeared a mirror " Huh ? " the mirror didn't reflect his surroundings and was simply dark . He got closer and saw himself " Huh " he wondered if his father did anything about this .
He reached for the mirror wondering what it was and slowly an image of him appears . A reflection of him appears " What ? " everyone was wondering how everything was so calm and watched the cracks close in " Uhm is this supposed to mean anything ? "
" It will be " his father said and stabs the mirror with a dark dart . Ikuta looked at his mirror self who smiled and grabbed Ikuta's hand " Huh " everyone gasped when Ikuta got in and the mirror shattered to pieces .
Ikuta looked at the place and saw the world " Wow " he looked around wondering what it was " huh " He looked at the benches knowing he shouldn't be here " I came here through a mirror maybe I can do the same with another "
He went to grab a tumbler and threw the water down . He then froze it all over the floor and then got through . Meanwhile , everyone watched the tumbler float and then freeze and finally Ikuta came out of it .
" Oh hey everyone , I don't think I got my familiar " the teachers didn't know how to handle this situation . Ikuta saw a crowd and wondered why they weren't at their seats " We have two now " Ikuta was confused " Two what ? "
The crowd turned to Ikuta with surprise and Ikuta spotted " Oh hello me " Ikuta was baffled and wondered what his father did " I didn't want a perfect copy " " Hello ? " His mirror self who had a much higher voice hinted that there was a difference .
" I'm you " Ikuta sat with Atsuki at an office " So she's not your familiar ? " " I've always wanted a twin for you all I needed to do the same thing as Dionysus and Zagrues except both of you are not the same person and one is a completely different gender " his father said beside Louis who was there to talk about Ikuta being unable to get a familiar .
" We will take care of her since she is the mirror of Ikuta " Louis's discussion with the involved party ended and Atsuki was now headed home to Ikuta " So mirror me what does our house look like ? " Atsuki asked " huh you don't know ? " " I know science , maths , how to fight but right now I only know what I see "
Atsuki was looking through the window while Ikuta wondered if she is pretending to ignore their father or not " what about Chara and Zhack ? " " Who are they ? " " So you are a mirror of me but you don't have all of my memories ? " Atsuki nodded while her head was glued to the window .
" But I do have your knowledge " " that's cheating " " I know " Ikuta was annoyed that all the knowledged he worked for was easily obtained by Atsuki . He laid his back on the seat beside the driver and waited for the whole ride he reached to flip the mirror down to see what she was doing .
" You're the anomaly " he quickly shuts the mirror back " Huh ? " He left the car and saw the same person again at the car window " Wow who are you ? " " Looks like you can see me I was thinking of using this world to observe the real one but to think you an anomaly could interrupt the nature I made on this world "
The person seemed to look like both a male and female . They looked at Ikuta " Please find a more appropriate mirror if you want to continue this conversation " Ikuta wondered who they were and quickly went to his room passing the task of entertaining Atsuki to Zhack who was there for the fridge .
He reached his bedroom and used life force water to make a mirror since it was his fastest water source " Hmm what an interesting mirror you made " the person said while Ikuta wondered who they are " are you Hermaphrodite ? "
The person chuckled " hmp I suppose that joke is appropriate with my appearance but mind you Hermaphrodite was both beautiful and handsome not both a man and woman . So no I am not Hermaphrodite , many have different names for me and but it's better for you to use , Chaos "
Ikuta was surprised to learn that Chaos was in front of him " the real Chaos ? " his head was crammed with knowledge through Harry ' Harry ? " he couldn't get a word from Harry while Chaos remained ignorant of Ikuta's thoughts .
" Yes there aren't stories of me because of my lack of involvement but you can be assured I am Chaos itself , this form of mine is merely a fusion of the many intelligent lives in my child's land "
' they must mean Gaia ' " so why are you here with me ? " " I was curious about a rare occurrence , first the reflections of a few subjects disappeared within your vicinity and your reflection wasn't your reflection but a different person , can you provide answers for my curiosity ? "
" I also don't know what's going on I was supposed to get a familiar but instead a reflection of me appeared which isn't a familiar and I'm not sure why there aren't any reflections of people "
Chaos sat on Ikuta's bed thinking " I made this world to be unable to affect the real world but it seems like you have broken that law somehow , but how did you do it ? "
" I wasn't trying to do it there was a familiar ceremony that did everything " " so you are suggesting that you have no control over it ? " Ikuta nodded " Yeah I don't even know why it happened " " then leave it be I am curious as to why this happens " Ikuta wondered if Chaos wanted to investigate it .
" So you won't need my help ? " " Yes you may go on with your day however should you have any answers I will remain in this reflection of your room " Ikuta was surprised at how short the meeting with Chaos was and wondered if this was his first time .
He went down and saw Zhack and Stork pampering Atsuki " Here you go little sister " Stork showed an ingot to Atsuki " you can pull out any weapon you imagine from it but it'll take a while before I can make it happen"
Meanwhile Atsuki was hugging Zhack who sat on the floor " Your fur is really nice Zhack " " Don't mind them we should talk about how your familiar ceremony went " " you know why a mirror appeared at the center of the familiar ceremony ? " " Well I know that now "
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