" Are you sure it was Chaos ? " " Yep Harry had memories of Chaos and hasn't been responding yet probably because of how much there is to learn from Chaos " Ikuta said and Chara checked on the mirror with Ikuta .
" Huh it is Chaos " " you can tell ? " " Oh it's Chara I believe it's been a while " Chaos said " Sorry about the interference on the world you created " " No it's okay the only thing that he broke was the thin line of normal reflections "
Ikuta watched on his bed seeing Chara talk with Chaos " It's possible that thin line shattering was so that Ikuta could go into your world to get a familiar " " Hmm and why would that be ? " " I am aware of how Familiar ceremonies are performed "
" Oh do tell " Chaos's curiosity about something so mundane compared to their own existence intrigued Ikuta yet Chara wasn't fazed by it " A special spell formula makes familiar ceremonies in this era , it's only function was to use the contractor as base with their soul , body and self . However , Ikuta's self couldn't be reflected by the body and soul "
" I would assume Odin's eye was a factor but it wasn't ? " " No the modern ceremony was very detailed to select only one individual even if Ikuta is connected to many , only he was applied for the selection so only he would be reflected "
Chaos waited for Chara to finish the answer " I believe that because Ikuta's self couldn't be reflected by the capabilities of his soul and body instead of a familiar they created a way for him to get one by shattering the thin line between the real world and the one you made "
" Oh are you suggesting he could find one through this world I made ? " " You are Chaos the origin of many creations , While Gaia gave birth to Cronus you were the one that allowed her to be able to do such a thing "
" Well she was one of my successful creations so you are suggesting that I create one for him ? " " Not at all maybe it has to do with Ikuta gaining the ability to break the thin line between worlds or planes , yours must just be a mere coincidence so we can explore more about his ability to break a thin line between two planes of existence "
Chaos looked at them thinking of the scope of Ikuta's ability " Alright then try the shadows " Ikuta looked down " It was the domain of Erebus before he died so see if you can enter it " Ikuta looked at a random shadow and reached into it " Huh "
" Seems to me you do have that capability " Ikuta pulled his hands back and wondered if the paintings would work too but considering its risk he avoided it " since you do have that capability you should be able to venture different planes instead " Chaos said .
" But I don't like how you break the line between this world and that so find a way to control it " Chaos requested and left while Chara sighed " You should solve that problem about shattering yourself okay Ikuta ? " " Yeah I will " while thinking about it Ikuta wondered how he could possibly get a familiar with this .
" How do you know Chaos by the way ? " " Met them a few times for their on reason " Ikuta wanted to ask more but Chara left to take care of Atsuki " how does this even work ? " Ikuta thinks about his ability to break the so-called thin line between planes .
' I know I can use other medium but what if I use something else ? ' he thought the best person to ask was Zhack but " I'm sorry Ikuta but that's totally different from my portals you were going to a whole new plane is different than me going through the same plane with coordinates "
Zhack said with his upper body being hugged by Atsuki " You can try looking for some specific realms " Ikuta was curious what Chara meant " Some realms can be accessed through that but they are very small " " oh you're right I have a few place in mind " Zhack said .
" Sorry little sis I'll be back " Zhack said with a smile " okay see you later " Zhack made a big smile and took Ikuta to the entrance of the forest of nymphs " I remember coming here and learning about a beautiful garden " Zhack walks with Ikuta and starts talking about what he knew .
" They had some weird stories about this place they said it was made by Hades and Persephone so that Demeter and Hades could talk about their marriage " Zhack continues walking and talking " They said it was supposed to be a beautiful garden which was very fast "
Zhack recounts his memories researching the place "It was one of the places I would wish to go which was why I used my force affinity to create my space affinity , it was very hard to make it especially since I needed a very strong force affinity to control gravity to bend space but once I got the hang of it I could open portals without bending space "
Zhack sighed as he got to that part of his disappointment " But it's sad because I wasn't able to find it , but with you , I'm sure I can . It's just weird for one I thought I'd be able to access it but it turns out that it isn't just bending space and time I have to make a portal directly to it . "
" I found that they have some ritual to create a special portal though it seemed like that culture was also adapted to the game we were playing . Although now that makes me wonder if the underworld is sort of the same , I mean it's impossible for the underworld to be the inside of Gaia right ? "
Zhack turned around for Ikuta's answer " Huh ? " ' where did he go ? ' Ikuta looked at the beautiful mountain wondering what this place was ' It's really beautiful ' plants which he had never seen grew and some life he has never known about also appeared .
Tiny little animals hopped around , a fruit that fell out simply cracked open and let the few seeds roll out ' This place is amazing ' he continued to look at the seed and watched it take root as it seemed that the foot of the mountain was expanding .
' I wonder what this place is ' Ikuta continued hiking the mountain ' I'm sure Zhack will be fine ' while thinking of that he went up the expanding mountain ' This is gonna take a while '
He looked at the sky thinking about Chaos ' Chaos said that Gaia was one of their best creations but why ? ' he was well aware of the fact that Gaia was very powerful to give birth to monsters that could topple even Zeus .
' What about Nyx they said that she represents the night but in reality , night was just all they could describe space so Nyx would also be a very powerful being right but why ? I mean are stars not that great ? '
He remembers that stars were made from Musplheim's spark according to the stories about Odin and wondered if Chaos made that happen to create Nyx " Maybe the nine realms are the center of all creation , Muspelheim was where stars came to be . "
" Ahh so that's why the primordial life burned so much there was too much fire , but then if so " Ikuta checked Surtr's flame , wondering if it had the equivalent power of the sun ' are each fire giants capable of creating a star ? '
He remembered that he literally gave the core of the world he cracked all the souls " Hmm I should do something about that right ? " while thinking about it and hiking the mountain .
Zhack returned with a situation " Oh good you're here " Stork said while trying to calm down the voidlings who screamed " What's happening ? " Zhack asked watching Chara , Hades and Thanatos calm the voidlings down .
" They're panicking " Hades said while checking their soul to read their intention " It seems they saw Ikuta disappear for a long time and couldn't see him and are now out to trace him " Zhack looked at the painting which showed darkness .
" It must be that Painting " Hades said and Chara checks on it " It lose Ikuta's location " she couldn't tell how this world and Thanatos was keeping a barrier to stopping the voidlings from causing .
" Saintess keep this barrier in place I'll call my brother " Thanatos leaves and returns with Hypnos who forces all the voidlings to sleep " Hmm what a ruckus " he goes back to sleep while Zhack explained " It's possible that you lost him while you were going through that forest . "
Stork said and Chara extracted the recordings from the painting " We'll have to take care of this , let's head back to the location " Chara and Zhack walked to the entrance and viewed the recording .
" So there is an instance where the forest looks like this and suddenly turned into this , it must be related to Ikuta's ability to crack the thin line "
Zhack looked at it and tried to see the exact location " Do you think I can break it ? " " You can try but you have to be careful if Chaos was able to create a mirror dimension and if Ikuta was able to pass through shadows it must mean that gods make these dimensions on the same level as Chaos or Erebus "
" You met them ? " " Of course and we have too few gods on that same level to make a good assumption of who it was " Zhack finds the line and tries to create a portal " Oh it worked , why didn't it worked when I was inside " " Don't you need to be aware of the location before you can enter it ? "
Zhack nodded " But that also means Ikuta was cheating , he can just get himself into them without even making the effort " " This must mean the painting is restored let me check " Zhack opened a portal for her and she found out that it was indeed back .
" he's climbing a mountain , any chance you can keep this portal open ? " " I could but I would need some materials for it to keep it open " " Then we'll check on that later for now I'll invite some Nymphs to watch it with you "
Zhack wanted to refuse but remembering that Ikuta was inside and the commotion that happened before he was around " Fine but I won't be staying here forever " " You won't plus the material for maintaining these kinds of portals only existed when the core was around and we're about to get them soon "
Ikuta gets closer to the top and looks down surprised to see how big the mountain really is " Hello ? " he spots the night as if someone had poked a hole in the day revealing stars casting a dark shadow on top of the mountain wondering what that means and under it was a beautiful lady .
Yet she slept so peacefully while the night aided her rest " Who is she " as he got closer he could hear nice lullabies and wondered what they were for . He sat on the grass to observe the sleeping beauty unaware of who she was .
Something about how the grass was divided by sun and shadows made this plane he walked into feel more beautifully strange . Fireflies would buzz which only made this place a better sleeping place .
The stars in the sky were also very beautiful to gaze yet they didn't seem like stars as every spark was followed by a sound of a small bell and the soft wind rustled leaves creating enough noise to make a soothing sound for the sleeper .
" Hello ? " Ikuta was confused as to why even his voice was reduced " What kind of place is this ? " he heard a soft fall and turned to see Chara " Chara " Ikuta picked her up to see that she was sleeping and dragged her back to the sunlight .
" Ahh " Chara looked around seeing that Gaia was still sleeping " Oh great Ikuta ? " " Yeah ? " Chara gets up and dusts her body " Come on you have to come home " " What about this place ? " " They'll be fine for now we have to return back home because the voidlings are going crazy "
Ikuta looked at Gaia wondering who she was " Who's she ? " " Gaia , it's best we don't wake her up right now , there's a reason why Hypnos put her to sleep " they returned home with Zhack closing the portal .
" I should visit this place sometime " " If you do be careful about it " " I know " they arrived at the voidlings' home and Hypnos removed their sleep and they all swarmed to Ikuta " Ugh I'm stuck "
It took a while for them to disperse and by the time that happened the gods already left and his friends came to visit " It's just you two ? " " yep Nisse , Amber and Pyra are with Atsuki " Ezio said " It's too bad you didn't get your familiar , a lot of people happen to get that when the ceremony occurs "
" I know " Ikuta said " But Chara talked with Chaos when they realised that I broke the rules of the mirror dimension " ... " That Chaos ? " " Yep Chara said she met them a few times " " Oh so do they cause reality to break ? " Ezio asked .
" I can't tell they stayed in the mirror dimension while talking and I found a nice ability look " Ikuta reached into the shadow letting his hand past through .
" Wow " Ezio was impressed " While Chara was talking with Chaos she said I got this ability to help me get a familiar probably because the familiar my body and soul could get wasn't good enough for me "
" So is there like an upside down dimension ? " Ikuta wasn't sure about that " I'm not sure I never even checked but there's definitely a mirror dimension where Chaos lives they don't seem to like me breaking the rules they set up " Ikuta said .
" Rules are meant to be broken " Ezio said " They definitely would be mad if you break the rule " Druk said " Just like how my cousins broke the vase last week "
" It's not like I can do anything about it look " Ikuta showed their phone which didn't even show his friends' reflections " Wow that does look freaky imagine if something suddenly appeared "
" Chaos did " Ikuta said " Oh " " Question , if you can go through the mirror doesn't that mean anything at the other side can come ? " Druk asked " Of course they can't unless they're near me of course "
Ezio looked at Ikuta's shadow " Why can't you fall into your own shadow ? " Ikuta looked back and wondered " Oh yeah why haven't I passed through it yet ? "
" Maybe because you weren't thinking about passing it , I mean if you did want to pass through your shadow wouldn't you have already passed it "
Ikuta got an idea and looked at the mirror " I just have to think about not passing it " " It can't be that simple right ? " Druk said and Ikuta touched the surface and saw his reflection " It is , thank you Ezio " " Haha glad to help " Ezio said proudly .
Ikuta looked at Druk and Ezio " Where did your familiar go to ? " " Oh they shrink like this " their familiars came out of their bodies Ezio's fur was ruffled by wind and Druk's familiar perched on his horn with a flash from his body " Wow that's amazing "
" I know right , but you'll definitely get bored about it if you keep doing it " Ikuta looked at the familiars and wondered why he had the ability to open the thin line " Hmm Harry are you done learning about Chaos ? "
They heard a yawn and Harry woke up " Yep I went to sleep since I worked very hard Hypnos's blessing is really good " " Oh good then can you help with this Idea " Ezio watched excited about what Ikuta had planned wondering what kind of ideas Ikuta has .
" Okay so Druk first " Harry turned to Druk who felt uneasy because Ikuta had an extra eye " Hmm okay it worked now then " Ikuta reached out as he tried to create a portal ' It's just like the dark flame but instead I'll be using lightning '
A spark appeared and more continued " Oh cool you got lightning now ? " Before Ikuta could do anything the sparks grew brighter . A thunder flew out of the portal " Stop " Ikuta grabbed the lightning in a flash and quickly closes it .
" Wow " Ezio was amazed and Druk was baffled to see Ikuta holding lightning in his hands " I didn't think this could happen " Ikuta held the lightning which didn't flash out " Do you think you can throw it ? "
" No don't do that " Druk warned " I won't Druk but I am curious if this can do anything " Ikuta threw it to his hand wondering if he could change the shape and turned it into a ball with sparks coming out .
" You can do that ? " " I had lessons with the three cyclopes who made Zeus's lightning bolts , it's how I can make these things " Ikuta showed a dark shard that came out of his hand " I can even do the same for fire but I'm still not sure how wind works but I got thunder correctly "
Ikuta thought of how he could contain it " I should find something to keep it right ? " " What about a battery ? " Ezio asked " I think you would need a very big battery " " or I could just freeze "
Ikuta froze it and watched the lightning sparks spread like cracks in the air and freeze in place " I should keep it safe something bad might happen " they watched lifeforce water coat the lightning ball and form an ice cube surrounding it .
" Wow that looks amazing " Ezio said and Druk looked at it " It looks weird " " I know " Ikuta said " It's not like the lightning we froze when you used lightning " " Isn't that just because Ikuta turned it into a solid just like how Cyclops made Zeus's lightning bolts ? " Ezio said .
A voidling eyed it and sneakily swooped in to steal it , taking them all with surprise " What the ? " Ikuta looked at it and watched them swallow it immediately " Stop " Ikuta went to the voidling who thought they were just playing .
" Druk what happens if you eat lightning ? " Ikuta asked " Why would you ask me ? " " Because you are the one that went to that place " Ezio said " Bathwater and drinking water is different , I don't even think you can eat lightning "
" Ahh I should've put it away " the voidling nudged at Ikuta sensing that he was stressed " Hmm " Ikuta looked at the voidling and saw they already digested the lightning " Harry what's happening "
" They kinda stored it " Ikuta checked the information and calmed down " Oh thank goodness they're fine " Ikuta said " I shouldn't open a portal like that " " well I mean maybe you should just open one that doesn't open to a thunderstorm "
Ezio suggested while Ikuta guessed his idea " Okay I'll try yours then " " This reminds me of the portal gimmick of the game where they used cards for the portals to bring them to a realm " " That idea sounds fascinating though I suggest you be careful with it "
" Chaos ? " Druk and Ezio were curious about where Chaos was and Ikuta went to the spring " Hold on I'll make a mirror " " No need to waste your time but I am curious about this ability of yours , I felt that you'v taken it under control "
" Yeah , Ezio just said I shouldn't think about going through and it worked " " Interesting a solution so simple that it's overlooked " Ezio was proud of it and Chaos continued " It seemed like you had an interesting idea of opening portals to designated locations I would like to watch you continue "
" So you are just gonna watch ? " Ikuta asked " Occasionally " Chaos disappeared and Ikuta saw his reflection in the water " Oh " " Come on Ikuta try me " Ezio said pulling Ikuta away , Harry got the information while Ikuta was thinking about what Chaos does .
Ikuta opened a portal and felt the wind " Wahhh this feels so cool " Ezio said " There's definitely more wind elements here " Druk said " Do you think this is the sky ? " Ezio asked " Not sure " Ikuta said and closed the portal .
" Maybe we can go back and try Nisse's and Amber's " Ezio suggested " Sure let's go " Ikuta carried Ezio who was surprised " Uhm Ikuta can we " " Don't worry you won't feel sick " Ikuta zoomed back home and Druk waited for a few seconds and Ikuta was back " Your turn "
Druk couldn't protest and saw the scenery at a fast speed , stopping at the house feeling slightly dizzy " Ohh " Ikuta opened the door while Druk followed in and saw Ezio talking about what Ikuta's ability was and meeting Chaos .
" It might not work " " Why ? " Ezio asked " Because Elves get their nature affinity from Yggdrasil so if you use that you won't find it " " What about Yukina ? " Amber asked " No , I'm not like mom even Ikuta's nature affinity isn't as good even with my other sisters "
" So how about we try Amber's ? " Pyra suggested . they played around a cave full of refined earth mana and returned home .
Ikuta eats with Chara alone and asked " Chara is Nyx born from Muspelheim ? " " Why'd you think that ? " " I was climbing the mountain and was thinking about it " " You guessed it correctly , in fact quite a lot of beings are born in the nine realms "
" So the nine realms the center of creation ? " " Yes , Chaos told me a lot about the creation of our world , as the origin of all they started with a few creations , the greatest creation they wanted was when a being can communicate with them "
" So was Nyx was first ? " " Not really from that time life was growing but not through the direct control of Chaos , Odin was born from the primordial lifeforms from Niflheim and only after defeating Ymir did he go to Muspelheim to spread its sparks which turned to stars "
" Then why is Chaos the creator of Nyx if it was Odin and his brothers who spread the stars ? " " Because Chaos commissioned them to do it " Ikuta was surprised to hear that .
" Chaos was willing to help create Asgard as long as the stars were spread out so there would be fire to sustain other lifeforms , you can think of Muspelheim as a working star factory but it stopped when the souls fell asleep which is sort of like death "
" Uhm didn't I use their souls for the star when we cracked the world " " i talked to them already " Ikuta breathed a sigh of relief " Impressive " Chaos voice echoed through the TV screen , their reflection was shown sitting on the couch .
" Are they still making stars ? " " Not at all Chaos , I've talked them into only cooperating with Stork to control the planet core to power his forge "
" I've heard of that blacksmith , his prowess can certainly outmatch Hephaestus , perhaps it's because he's been learning from the many figures in the underworld "
Ikuta was curious why Chaos was revealing themselves so easily to him " I thought you'd be watching " " There's only so much I can learn from watching . Interaction allows me to get direct answers to my questions "
" It's sort of why they always appear before me when they missed something " " You have been helpful during those times " Ikuta wondered if Chaos didn't have the ability to see much just like his father .
" So are you here to inquire about something ? " " No I have been watching for a while and there has been no need until this boy shattered the thin line " " You haven't visited Nyx yet ? " " No but it is great that you have helped her "
Ikuta remembers how they were able to bring back most of her children but wondered why Chaos didn't do it " Why didn't you help ? "
" As a mother and father have to let their child go I too must let them continue on their own way , It is not like my creation has no future if gods ceased to exist , you mortals have proven that "
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