Chapter 13 Divine Realm

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Meanwhile, in the divine realm, it was a clear day on Isaac's planet with isolated clouds. Two large moons rotated the planet. The clouds were soft and made so that you could even stand on them and watch what was happening on the planet.

"Daaaaad." A young girl's voice echoed through the planet, shaking the earth.

"Daaaaaaaad!" the girl shouted even louder, and thunder accompanied her voice as rain clouds gathered in the sky.

"What do you want?" Isaac appeared out of the sky, his wings spread wide. His golden eyes shone like two stars, and his adolescent face was at odds with his eternal experience.

"D-daddy..." A girl with purple hair, golden eyes and long wings teared up as she flew towards Isaac to hug him.

"B-Baby, what's wrong?" Isaac asked, hugging her and stroking her purple hair.

"..." The girl buried her face in Isaac's chest and teared up softly. The rain poured over the entire planet.

"Oh, girl... What happened?" Isaac hugged her tightly, worried. Creating a barrier to keep out the rain, he waited quietly for the girl to calm down.

"Dad. I want to learn more about humanity." The girl finally answered him, looking at him with big eyes.

"H-How..." Isaac backed away, hoping the girl would say 'watch them from afar'. But...

"I want to live in Lightburn among humans. Learn with them in school" Her eyes lit up, and the sun reappeared in the sky, illuminating the moons and forests.

"Uh..." Isaac's face stiffened and paled, the sparkle gone from his eyes. The memory of how his daughter had met the humans before left him with a little desire for her to live among them. It was eight years ago, when his daughter gained the memory of her past life.

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8 years ago.

A rift opened up on Isaac's planet in Lightburn, and five adventurers entered through it. Leon, a warrior; Tod and Mark, hunters; Violet, an elemental mage; and Lisa, a healer.

They walked along the wooded path of the planet and could not find a single monster.

"I don't understand... It should be a SSS - rank dungeon." Violet said, looking around anxiously.

"The planet's air is breathable... Gravity's the same as Lightburn. No poisonous plants to be seen... No monsters." Lisa said, assessing the situation, but Leon put his hand on her shoulder and giggled softly.

"Don't jinx it." Leon said, and Lisa sighed and nodded.

Suddenly, a shadow fell on the entire forest, and when they looked up at the sky, their faces all turned white.

"W-What the..." Violet collapsed to her knees from the creature flying through the sky.

"N-Can't be..." Leon said, turning pale.

"Is it a dragon? Tod asked, not believing his eyes.

It was a giant red dragon, the flap of its wings covering the entire forest. It flew away slowly.

"W-Why do we have to fight against that creature?"

"That is impossible." Violet said.

Meanwhile, above the clouds, a young deity who had just turned 6 a few days earlier was playing with a winged horse named Pegasus. She was creating a rubber ball and throwing it far into the horizon, waiting for Pegasus to bring it back.

"Huh?" Suddenly, the girl with purple hair noticed a group of adventurers.

"What's that?" She asked herself. So far, on this planet, she had seen no life form that wasn't created by Isaac.

Pegasus returned with the ball and turned his attention to the humans. He tilted his head to get a better look.

"Do you know who these people are?" The goddess asked Pegasus, who shook his head.

Then the goddess spread her wings and flew higher to get a better look at the situation. She saw a hole in the dimension - a rift. A rift between the mortal world and the gods.

"Whoa." The young goddess covered her mouth in surprise.

"Pegasus, do you know what that means?" She asked Pegasus, who shook his head again nervously.

The girl smiled smugly. She knew her father didn't like mortals, so he didn't take her to the mortal world. But if they came to her... that was a different story.

"I won't break any rules if I make friends with them." The young deity floated back and forth in joy.

A nervous sweat appeared on Pegasus's brow, but he knew he wouldn't stop the girl. Pegasus sighed and nodded.

"First... Daddy said you need gifts when you're trying to make friends." She smiled and thought about what those people would like.

"They're warriors... I mean..." The goddess closed her eyes and created a magnificent magical dagger, complete with many enchantments and embellished with ornaments and diamonds.

"What do you think?" The Goddess asked, looking at Pegasus, waiting for praise for her wonderful creation. She held out the dagger to Pegasus and said.

"Take it to them." She wanted to show that this world is friendly, hospitable and not dangerous. So she decided that the weakest creature on this planet had better appear to them first.

Pegasus nodded and took the dagger in his teeth. He flew to the humans and tilted his head, watching them.

"Monsters..." Lisa screamed, and Leon quickly covered her mouth to shut her up.

"Don't scream. You'll summon more of them." Leon whispered in her ear.

Pegasus calmly walked over to who he thought was the leader and handed Violet a magic dagger.

"Uh... Thank you?" Violet said, confused, observing the magic dagger.

"W-What kind of creature is this?" Leon asked, looking around to see if there were any more monsters.

"N-Don't know." Lisa replied.

Suddenly, two deep throats appeared in the Pegasus' neck, and it coughed up blood. Pegasus looked at the three humans, who sighed in relief, and two hunters who had turned invisible appeared from the sides of Pegasus to swoop in and kill him.

"Well done." Leon said, taking Violet's hand

magic dagger from Violet's hand.

"Was that necessary? He brought us gifts..." Violet asked.

"Of course. For all we know, that dagger could have been a trap to get us to lower our guards." Mark said, wiping the blood from his dagger.

Suddenly, the sky clouded over, and the adventurers were terrified that the dragon had reappeared. But... A young girl flew above them, looking up at them with emotionless golden eyes.

"Another monster?" Leon asked, holding out his hand towards the sword holder.

The girl landed on the ground and looked at the adventurers with a frown. She noticed that the two hunters were invisible again, but she could see their auras, as if their stealth magic was nonexistent.

"H-Hey there little girl..." Leon said with a nervous smile as he waited for his friends to assassinate her.

"Dad was right about you. You brats." The young goddess said, stretching her arms to her sides and pulling out two beating hearts. Mark and Ted became visible with holes in their chests, and spitting piles of blood collapsed on the grass.

"She's talking..." Liza's face went white. It wasn't the fact that she'd killed two of their team members in one swift motion that frightened her, but that it was a talking monster.

"It's a sentient monster..." Violet shouted, creating a barrier between them and the girl. However, the winged deity flew through the barrier as if the mage made it of thin glass.

The goddess flew to Leon and smiled, saying.

"I'll eat your heart out." The young goddess squinted and put her hand on Leon's chest, pulling out his heart. Then she opened Leon's mouth and put her heart in it.

"Swallow." The young goddess said as she squeezed Leon's jaw hard, crushing it.

Turning to Lisa and Violet, the young goddess smirked and raised her hand to create a dozen flying swords that sliced the girls to pieces.

At that moment, Isaac, the father of the young goddess, sighed at the sky, closing the rift between the mortal world and the gods.

"Dammit, Lilith, you just couldn't stay away from humans." Isaac frowned, watching the massacre Lilith did.