Gate Guardian - Song Of The Frozen Soul

And we"re back!

As the tension rises, Rikkun approached me who had this bucket of popcorns for us two to enjoy. We"re sitting so close on the vast wasteland of Yami, and it would be romantic if only we"re not watching a b.l.o.o.d.y fight right now.

Speaking of b.l.o.o.d.y, Heushac"s nose has been dripping red liquid. I don"t know if he still has enough blood on his body, but it seems that he"s good to go. His is quite resistant to the G.o.ddess of Beauty"s charm. Almost.

"I... won"t lose to you!" Heushac tightened the grip on his sword. It"s clear from his voice that he"s struggling to keep his consciousness.

"Let"s see~" Lord Venus winked again. And in an instant, she made a swift das.h.!.+

"!!!" Heushac made a sideward swing with his flaming broadsword, but the G.o.ddess of beauty ducked to evade it!

"And now, for the killing blow~" Lord Venus shouted! "!!!"

The G.o.ddess swayed her hips, and then made a b.u.t.tcheek uppercut smash to the swordsman"s face! The impact was so powerful that it made a shockwave!

"Guh!"

Heushac fell flat on the wasteland, completely releasing the sword from his grasps. His face is now on full crimson mode as he lost consciousness and I"m not sure if it was because of the hurtful impact or the G.o.ddess"s love charms working.

Heushac was utterly defeated!

" is the ultimate anti-male spell that can knock out any guy in one hit. So watch out for me, boys~" Lord Venus made a flying kiss to us audiences.

An evil idea went to the G.o.ddess of Beauty"s brain when he saw the guy beside me.

"Oh, Ric-ric!" Lord Venus made an evil smirk on Rikkun! "Look at this! ~"

The shameless G.o.ddess displayed her naked body once again with a dazzling flash of light. When it faded, Lord Venus was surprised with the result. Rikkun is not affected by her charms!

"W-Why!?"

"Idiot. I already predicted that you would use that against me, and all I can do to negate it is to close my eyes until the blinding flash fades. In that way, your G.o.ddess charm will not work." Rikkun made an arrogant, chin-up smile.

"b.u.mmer!" Lord Venus smashed the air as she reverted back to her male form; Eliseo. Then the seductive crossdresser held his blus.h.i.+ng cheeks as he gazed upon the blonde prince with amazement. "That"s what you"ll expect from my partner in the Investigation Team~"

"You"re not my partner. You"re a g.a.n.g.b.a.n.ger." Rikkun coldly cringed.

"Mister Heushac!" I immediately went to my putrid friend"s remains as I made a first aid on his wrecked face. He"s held his head and shook it two times as he made a groaning sound.

"Uh… I think I just had a nightmare." Heushac said. "... A nightmare that made me horrified and aroused. Horroused, you might say...

"… That"s not a dream though…" I forced a smile.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the nightmare. It was Eliseo. For some reason, Heushac"s face went full purple as if he just forgot to breathe.

"Oh… My G.o.ddess of love and beauty…" He muttered. And then he pa.s.sed out again.

I think he"s perfectly fine.

<>

When we are now back to the Kozukata Shrine training ground in Earth Realm, Kristoff engaged a private conversation with me.

"Can I talk to you for a minute?" He said.

"Y-Yes. What is it?"

"About Alaric"s ... It"s true that it just gives warning that is bound to happen in the future, right? Warning, which means it can be prevented, right?"

I can sense the nervousness and fear of Kristoff"s voice. Most of the time he would be calm yet flirty but is brown eyes are now telling otherwise. He seems to be really worried.

"Yes. He managed to save me a lot of times from those . Don"t worry, we will be able to avoid that doomed happening!" I pumped my fist with a smile to cheer him up.

"Actually, it"s not about that. It"s about my daughter. I want to meet her as soon as possible… in case that I failed to survive…"

Kristoff lent out his phone which reveals the social media account of his ex, Naomi. In her profile picture, she is carrying a baby that seems to be one or two years old. That baby clearly inherited his father"s ash black hair and lion-like eyes. Moreover… That baby has an adorable pinkish cheek! So kawai~

"Tiara… I wanted you to talk to Naomi." Kristoff politely bowed.

"E-Eh?!"

"Please! I wanted to see my daughter in person! You"re the only person I can depend on in this group!"

"W-Why me?" I nervously asked. "T-There"s Rikkun and Mister Heushac that knows Naomi personally. I think it would be a greater idea if they handle it."

"Those Mirose Grande guys ain"t gonna cut it! Alaric is an a.s.shole! Heushac is an idiot! I think having a girl-to-girl talk with Naomi would be the best since you girls understand each other! And you"re the only sane girl in this team!"

"B-But I don"t even know Naomi…"

"I"ll include Alaric then. Just… supervise him. I don"t want him to act like a jerk in front of my ex."

If I"m with Rikkun, I"m sure I will be able to handle talking to someone I don"t know.

"...Fine…" I smiled, attempting to cheer Kristoff up. "I"ll do everything I can to fix your relations.h.i.+p!"

"Thanks!" Kristoff held my hand and I felt that he just slide some kind of hard paper on my palm. "This is the downpayment for your good deeds!"

I looked at the thing he gave me, and I was astounded! It was a picture of Rikkun in the fourth grade, wearing a gold medal for his achievement as an honor student! He"s so skinny and he still wears eyegla.s.ses here, and he"s so cuuuuuuuute~ I think I"m going to touch myself tonight… That"s a joke! Ahahahaha!

"M-M-M-Mister Kristoff! How come that you have this?" I asked with a blus.h.i.+ng face.

"I smuggled it from our grade school photographer, who happens to be my neighbor." Kristoff arrogantly smirked. "I"ll give you a whole photo alb.u.m once my problem is fixed."

"Don"t worry! I"ll convince Miss Naomi for you, I"m sure of it! With determination, I will never give up!"

I made a jolly warcry.

I just hope I can pull this off. Because I think I just got mixed in a whole new mess.