" I didn't think you would be able to find the defender Locke " Ratatoskr said " Yeah it was very unexpected " Zhack said . Ikuta was being enchanted by Cithrel using the broken runes ' These runes are incredible ' Cithrel thought and Zhack took out the seed from the storage " So I'm going to have to open another portal ? "
" Yes but with the current state of this world , you should connect it to Niflheim it was very hot here " Ratatoskr suggested " Alright I will " They all sat looking at the sky " Do you think there will be a night sky with this kind of core shining it ? "
" I could enchant it with dark magic " Ikuta said and they were reminded of Harkness's betrayal . They looked at Ikuta and watched him let his hair out of the abyss " Dang when did you do that ? " Zhack asked " I woke up to this and wanted it to be shorter so it went to the abyss "
" Maybe you should find a way so it doesn't get in the way of battle " Chara said " How about I make each strand of hair have its own tiny little portal ? " Zhack said . Chara thinks about it imagining how it would work " That sounds very hard " " Not at all , Even I have it on me "
Zhack pointed at his hair while Chara tried to see it " So wanna do it ? " " But what will happen to my hair ? " " My hair and fur fall into my spatial storage where I cut it in case I need space but if you like I can do it for you "
" What about my hair ? " " I can turn it into a scarf , it might seem unbelievable but I had made it work . But after I did everyone wanted to get one , so I stopped " Chara thinks about Zhack's popularity which constantly backfires on him .
" I had to burn anything that fell off me with acid from then on " " Like the ones of Hydra ? " " Something like that "
Zhack ties Ikuta's hair and makes it go through the portal " Wow that seems interesting " " Chara make her go away " Chara forms a barrier around Zhack annoying Aphrodite " So tell me more about the otherworlders ? And how Harkness appeared as a traitor , Aphrodite "
" short story really , the possessor of the fates' power went to find Harkness and made a deal with her saying she found the location of Erebus's divinity and kill him " " That's it ? " " Yes , I was too busy with my own activities "
Chara leaves to work on the norn's protection while Locke talks with her " Do you think father would be sad to hear that Harkness betrays us ? "
" Not sure mother doesn't even know that we saw her , but you better avoid coming to our house , we'll just say we found you fighting the otherworlders it's a good time to tell everyone about it moreover we do need someone to spread the seeds of Yggdrasil "
" That is important but will it be enough ? " " It should be if not we can always try to find more " After finishing the protection of Norn's Chara and Locke went to find a perfect place to put the seed .
" I'm going to school on monday so I'll visit my friends soon and definitely rest " " You definitely should " Zhack said and they returned home to eat dinner " So what's going on ? " Ikuta asked the next morning together with his friends at Druk's home with two younger dragons " I'm Tai " The girl said " I'm Roy "
" They said they wanted to move in because of you " " Zhack did say I have to be careful about being famous " Ikuta said " Show us your punches " they said " They're like mini Pyra's " Amber said .
" Okay " They were surprised to hear Ikuta agree " Although I won't be able to break anything anyways " " Aww " " You shouldn't be doing that we'd have to pay a lot if Ikuta does destroy it " Druk said .
" But if I destroy it isn't it me who has to pay ? " Ikuta said " Then why did you agree ? " Ezio asked " Because I wasn't going to be able to anyways , look " Ikuta hit the vase as hard as he could only for runes to suddenly appear .
" See " the dragons looked at it with confusion " Maybe you aren't hitting hard enough " Roy said " That's actually the hardest I hit " Nisse thinks about the runes that also appeared on Ikuta's feet " What are those runes ? "
" It's a very powerful set of runes , it was enchanted in my sleep so I don't know how it happened but I can now run without breaking anything " " You break things when you run ? " Druk asked . They hear something shatter and see the two dragons looking at the broken vase .
" I don't think the runes stay after I hit it " Ikuta said " Why'd you break it ? " Druk asked having a big problem at his hands " Don't worry Ikuta can fix it " Tai said with much confidence in her voice " No I can't " They looked at each other and started to blame it for the others' idea " Just clean it "
" Why would they do that ? " Amber asked " Probably just to see if it's hard enough that Ikuta can't break it " Nisse said " It doesn't matter , the enchantment makes it so I can't break anything " Ikuta said " It also makes it really cool "
Ikuta flicks his finger on Ezio " Wow so a finger flick can do that too ? " " Ezio that's just how strong his finger flick is " " You can tell how strong an attack is depending on how dense the runes are gathered together " Ikuta pointed out .
" So you are like one of those top-rank adventurers ? " " I'm not sure " " You gotta be close then ? " " We'll see I'm sure fighting against that giant snake isn't the last thing Ikuta is going to do . Hypnos has blessed him for sleep " Nisse mentioned
" Oh yeah you were asleep for a long time " Pyra said " Just like sleeping beauty " Amber mentioned " If I had a penny for everytime Ikuta was referenced as a fairytale character I'd have two which is not a lot but it's weird it happened twice " Druk said .
They all stared at him in the silence that spoke many words " I'm trying okay " " It's okay Druk " Pyra said cheerfully patting him at the back " But you can't really describe Ikuta as Rapunzel anymore he doesn't have his long hair "
They all nodded " But it still looks good on you " " Oh no I still have my long hair , see this scarf " Ikuta removed Zhack's makeover letting his long hair fly " Wow " they were all surprised to see the length of Ikuta's hair .
" How did you do that ? " " You know how Zhack doesn't go to a barber ? " some nodded " He uses a special spell on his hair and moves very tiny portals on his hair it's kind of why he never changes his hairstyle and looks like his hair never grew " " You know where the adventurer Zhack is ? "
Druk took his cousins away " Tell us about how you got it so long " Nisse asked " It just came that way when I woke up " " It's like more than twice your old hair's length " Nisse said " Yeah I know , apparently , Hypnos said I haven't had good rest so I slept for that long and got this "
" And you can control the length of your hair Ikuta you need to let me try this out tommorow we are going to my house and seeing how many hairstyles I can do " " Okay " " But we keep talking with Ikuta , so how did you make that cool black scarf unravel ? " Ezio asked .
" it was something Chara helped me , she was able to do the same when she didn't like her style " " So you get a cool black scarf that unravels like that it's so cool " " Imagine if all of your fur grows that much " Nisse said .
They all imagined Ezio with that kind of fur length and laughed " At least you get to make even longer braids " Pyra said and started laughing more after she imagined Ezio having braids on " I wouldn't be able to grow that much anyways my fur has a limit it can't pass " Ezio defended himself .
" How about you ask what Druk's trip was like ? " The cousins said " I told you to clean up the mess and write an apology letter " Druk said " Oh yeah how was the trip ? " Ikuta asked curious about it " It's nothing exciting I met with some relatives but I was able to grow some wings "
Druk said " Let me see " Ikuta asked " It's not as good as the defender's wings " " So we want to see it " Ezio said " Druk sighed and took his shirt showing smaller wings " They're still growing soon enough I'll be getting those special shirt .
" Cool can we touch them ? " The cousins blocked Ezio " No the wings are very fragile " " They'll fall off if you touch them too much " " Aww I wish I could get some " " Isn't your father's genes stronger than your mothers ? " Nisse said .
" I know I just wished I could have some " " Then how do you fly without wings ? " Roy asked " Sorry about them " " It's okay , there's no problem with that " Ikuta assured Druk .
" You know there are more people in the neighborhoods " Nisse said " Why do you know that ? " Ezio asked " Now that you mention it the neighborhood we were at had plenty of new people that came in " Amber said .
" Same as well at the apartment we live in " Pyra said " There were more people in this building " Druk wondered if they also knew about Ikuta " Maybe they never recognized Ikuta because he has long hair ? " Amber said .
They all looked at Ikuta's hair " what should we do about this ? " Nisse searched up the TV to show a clip of a movie showing Rapunzel's hair being braided " We should do that " " That could work " Amber and Nisse started by tying Ikuta's hair and they all watched them braid .
" I want to do it too " Pyra joined , they threw Ikuta's hair over each other and finally tied the end " Alright let's decorate it " Nisse went to her bag with some seeds " With these we can put flowers "
Nisse used her nature affinity to grow them decorating Ikuta's hair braid with flowers " Ahh it looks so amazing " Nisse took a photo while Amber whispered to Nisse an idea " Oh that sounds really nice "
" What does " Pyra asked " Nothing But Ikuta it's so nice for you to have such a long hair are you gonna cut it ? " " No , it's nothing bad for me to have it this long anyways "
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Aphrodite watched from Hestia's abode how Ikuta's hair was being decorated " Hmm what beautiful hair " she wanted to reach out and admire it until Hestia stopped her hand " Now now Aphrodite you know you shouldn't do such a thing to your savior "
" Ahh Hestia you don't have to worry about it , I was just going to give him my blessing " " Ikuta has no need of your blessings " " I just wanted to make his hair a little bit beautiful " " You will not stop at that "
" Fine I won't do anything but you should at least get back some of the powers of gods that are in his hands " " Afraid not , Ikuta beat Hermes in a fair race , he took the powers on his own , he won against each possessor "
" But you must understand it's important for us to safeguard it " Aphrodite tries to argue with Hestia " You and I both know we have failed to guard it , Hera has gone mad during her time with the otherworlders "
" Then we should ask them to do it properly , since we have failed to safeguard these powers " Hestia thinks about it too " Alright I will inform them of this " Hestia contacts Chara who answers " So you are saying that some of the souls that the gods have been trapped in a box ? "
" Exactly the Bestower is able to do that , it works similarly to a pandora's box which can control and contain anything composed of spiritual matter like a divine's soul but this one is much stronger hence why Hera uses it to remove some of their souls "
' It looks like it's very powerful but if that's the case , Richard should be too if he was able to handle the divine spirits of Numerous gods or maybe he stole Hypnos's soul first to make the gods sleep and then got the rest '
While thinking about that she remembers that Harkness's soul was also inside Ikuta ' If I think about it , she does have plenty of ways to hide information from us if she was able to access more memories '
Chara went to Ikuta's bedroom to grab the hammer ' Epimetheus made the pandora's box together with Hephaestus , he should be in the underworld now ' Chara dream walks to the underworld with Gungnir .
' At least I'll be able to take a look at Tartarus ' Chara walked through the underworld and looked at Tartarus's gate upon arriving ' Tartarus the original abyss before Hades came and turned it to be part of the underworld ' she looked at the ground to see that even Tartarus was resting just like several other gods .
' I shouldn't wake him up ' she silently passes the screeching gate and meets the furies " You again " Alekto asked " Sorry it seems like I'm not welcome " " No it's just that it would be better if you inform us you were "
" Sorry , how was the underworld ? " " Very relaxing compared to the past centuries when Hel wasn't in charge , many things got better , My sisters decided to divide our work and since I was the most social one I was the one taking of external matters that happened to disturb our work "
" Then are you also able to lead me to Ephimetheus ? " " Of course but he's not at Tartarus , we don't punish souls who did some minor things to the god , however Prometheus is stuck in here because of his cooperation with the alchemist "
' I've heard about rumors that he was with the alchemist back then' " I do would like to talk with Prometheus too is that okay ? " " Considering your credit score with the gods I suppose a little talk with one of the assistant founders of the ancient civilization will be fine "
Chara tries to see what information she can remember about the ancient civilization through the book of legends ' Mother wrote that it was a great civilization where magic was utilized through knowledge , certainly Prometheus was punished for stealing such knowledge maybe he did it for the alchemist '
She didn't have plenty of insider stories since the denier always wrote them in the eyes of different people " We are here " an eagle flies by and they hear a scream " I'll leave you to it , we only keep him here because we don't want to anger Zeus "
After Alekto leaves Chara walks to the rock " Prometheus ? " " Huh an elf ? What are you doing in these terrible lands ? " " I first wanted to find your brother to ask about the pandora's box but then I remembered your connection with the ancient civilization "
" Oh right , I remember dear Aichel , they used to be much weaker before , but the kept changing their body and the result was a very strong human form they have no greater sensory advantage their senses are average at least and slightly higher than the average but the strength of the body was astronomical , but not very versatile "
Chara became curious about it " What does it look like ? " " There was barely any aesthetic need for it they say you can change a few aspects , but the best form was a tall man with white hair that reached his waist , why do you ask "
" Just trying to make sure I understand what I'm supposed to be looking for what about the core ? " " Oh I remember the core it's supposed to be in a dungeon but it disappeared mysteriously , are you looking for these two ? "
" You can say I am " " Then when you do , please tell Aichel to visit me " Chara was glad it became that easy but was thinking about other things that could potentially screw over it " Do you know where Aichel could be ? "
" No I've been stuck here stealing knowledge from the gods " an eagle flies and Chara kills it " I'm sure another will come but in the meantime just keep screaming " " Oh thanks for the break lady "
Chara leaves Tartarus and searches for Epimetheus , finding the titan working at a shop " Oh new customer one with fame too " Chara looks at the Titan who is now a humble shop owner " What do you sell here ? "
" Talents , traits and skills it's very well desired by plenty but the price is big " Chara sets the hammer on top of Epimetheus's counter " So tell me about the level system you supposedly created "
He was surprised to sense the power of Hephaestus in it " Come to the back , Pandora dear please take over the counter " they both arrived at a small room with a few lockers " My employees will have a break soon make this quick "
" How do you destroy it without harming whatever is inside the bestower " Epimetheus was terrified to hear that question " Should you really take that as your goal ? " " Would you rather have the bestower on the hands of those otherworlders who have been implanted the seed of madness "
The argument was solid to the titan " That's what I thought so too , I've only been alive until Ragnarok while I'm glad the world is progressing very well without a problem the otherworlders whose fame paints them as heroes is disturbing which is different than the 12 labors of Hercules "
" You can destroy it but if you want to safeguard the things inside all you have to do is find the key and open the lock " " You don't think it's impossible to change the lock they have ? " " No it's possible "
" Does the key change ? " " it's possible " " So is there no other way to remove the lock ? " " there is " " What are you suggesting ? "
" The bestower's material is special but it doesn't mean indestructible , its use is to contain any spiritual matter and store it without letting anything inside it mix up , it is also capable of dividing spiritual matter hence why you can use it to remove a person's gift or grant them a curse "
" Like Erysichthon ? " " Yes you should be familiar with several stories of god's bestowing mortals a gift , blessing and curse so you can look into that " " Glad to see you cooperate " " No need to thank me , I'm just disappointed I wasn't able to do much when I'm helping my brother "
Chara leaves giving Pandora a short bow while returning back to her body " Hey what if we use Gungnir to search for the alchemist and the core ? " " Don't in the first place we aren't actively searching for our siblings , we are supposed to create a scenario where we do "
" Then we can just say that Ikuta wanted to do it because he has us right ? " " He stumbled into Harkness on his first day at school , Stork when he went to find the Bifrost and us when he went to create the perfect environment for our world trees "
" What about knowledge ? The alchemist has a philosopher's stone so we can actively search for it for Harry " " That is possible then you should go make up the story already as for the core maybe I should look into Dungeon cores "
" Oh don't worry I went ahead to do the work and I figured that if Dungeon cores randomly appear why don't we get the norn's to make the core randomly appear later ? " " That could be possible , they only cut the ends of the weaving when there is nothing left for them in life perhaps we can have them weave the core's fate "
" Yep I can't wait for them to come and lose " Chara contacts Estrea to check if everything is going well with the preparations .
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Ikuta went to the elevator with his friends after leaving Druk's home " See you tomorrow " some of the apartment residents were surprised to see Ikuta with his decorated hair ' I'll have to ask Zhack about how to do this hair thing myself '
When he got home Harry shouted with so much excitement " IKUTA PLEASE LOOK FOR THE ALCHEMIST I WANT THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE !!! " Ikuta grabbed Harry to calm them down " Why ? " " It has the knowledge of many they said that is how they make their own internet I wanna know how they make one "
Harry was excited and Zhack was satisfied with the result " Okay but I don't even have any clues for it " " Then let me stay as your extra eye again " Ikuta sighed and removed Harry from the katana .
The flesh on the katana turned back to lifeforce and Harry was fitted back to Ikuta's mind " Wow this feels so much like home " Ikuta went to Zhack's room to see him loading a game " Zhack can you teach me how to do that thing with my hair ? "
" Can't you just put it in the abyss ? " " That's true but wanna know how to do it " Zhack looked at his game and hesitated but considering how Ikuta has been " You can't really do it without space affinity "
" I have dark flames " ' I can't use it to go to the midnight mansion anymore but if I use two it can work ' " Alright I'll teach you "The result of that was Ikuta's hair with a short flame burning upwards and the same thing on his scarf .
" Wow this is cool " Ikuta says looking at the mirror to look at his hair " It's hard to tell when the flame and your hair are the same color " " Well it's okay I'm just glad I don't have to drag this long hair with me "
Ikuta looked at the scarf made of his hair and twirled it around " But is it really okay for you to have that kind of hair as scarf ? " " Why not ? Some people gather their own fur to make one "
" Yeah fur , not hair strands " " Didn't you try it too ? " " No , I cut my hair but gather my fur for a scarf " " Well it's not like I have a choice it's either a scarf or Nisse will keep decorating my hair "
Chara comes down to have some dinner ' Everything is going well with Estrea , I also got some leads on the alchemist Aichel " ' Great , so any precognitions ? "
' Yes Zhack you'll be visiting the underworld soon and guarding the path me and Hel laid out , Ikuta for you I'll bring most of your things and prepare a disenchanting ritual , all you have to do is use the dark flame to move yourself to the location "
' What about Stork ? " Ikuta asked ' He enchanted his weapon with a lot of enchantments I'm sure he can fight unless he has other plans " Zhack mentioned and they finished dinner going straight to sleep not wishing to make Hypnos make them sleep longer than they planned .
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Harkness shows a book to the new possessor of the Norn's powers " Here you go " " Hmm impressive " they handed Harkness a cracked sword " It's the oathbreaker it'll be useful when they use Baldr's oaths " Harkness smiled holding it .
" But it'll break if you swing it too hard it's meant to break oaths only " she burns it with the dark flame storing it away elsewhere in the mansion " Can you help me translate these ? " " No , it's a kind of trial you will have to go through anyways you've got half a month to do that "
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