As I was about to unmask H-0, a huge hooded bck dragon appeared. It looms over the entire pce, assessing everything around it.

  "What is that thing?", I asked the person I was choking.

  "It looks like a Dragon.", they stated, not bothered by me choking them. Is this their kink?

  "I know, but what is its name?", I tilted my head.

  "I don't know, do you think I would know every Dragon in the world? Sorry, no."

  Hm? I rolled out of the way, dodging a knife attack aimed at my neck. H-0 took the chance and stood up.

  The assaint was... piecing itself back together, but not to any success. Its body was too broken, bits of metal trying to reform. But Enuma Elis had destroyed too much to be able to repair.

  But surviving the onsught of arguably my strongest attack by itself is a miracle.

  "Who are you?", I asked it.

  "I am Outis.", it bowed to me, trying to mimic a gentleman before parts of its body fell.

  "Don't give your name like that!", H-0 yelled.

  Outis turned to them, its eyes reformed into a pair of dull ocean blue. Then it turned back to me.

  "I am Nobody.", it stated.

  Outis means Nobody, what the fuck is this thing getting at?

  "Listen here, Akasha.", the giant dragon spoke to me, directly to my mind, "You are the most irresponsible person here, tell me, what the fuck is this shit show?"

  With me being distracted, H-0 and Outis escaped by jumping through a portal. Fuck, I was going to kill them, since they aren't humans. I missed my chance.

  "Hey, hey. Akasha, are you home?", it snarled at me. The voice is warped, like a morbid mixture of an Italian and a Welsh... why the fuck was that so specific? I never even met a Welsh person.

  "Yes I'm here, don't call me Akasha.", I gre at it, crossing my arms.

  "Okay, Akasha.", it responded with a smug smile on its draconic face.

  I frowned, "I don't like you."

  "Neither do I.", it retorted, "Now please answer the fucking question, you cunt."

  I gre at it, even if the dragon has no eyes. We enter a staring contest...

  "This is getting dumb.", it lost, "I'm not paid enough for this shit— I don't even get paid!"

  "Who are you, exactly?", I questioned it.

  "Bitch, I am Theia, the motherfucking Ego of Earth!", it roared, shattering every remaining window.

  Luckily, I plugged my ears with my hands. But it was still very loud.

  So this is the Ego of Earth, an eight-limbed Dragon. Now that I think about it, it kinda makes sense. Dragons are the Heralds of Earth, it's only reasonable for the one behind the scene to also be a Dragon.

  So this is the final boss.

  "Please for the love of The Pale Court, just answer the damn question!!", it crawled down to the ground, facing me... actually, nah, I don't want to tire my neck out by looking up.

  "Okay, okay. You don't have to be so hasty. So a Herald of The Pale Court came to kill Jesus, wreck the whole thing up. Like a domino effect, the Beasts of Tindalos got involved, I killed them, a group called Akashic Insurgency came, I fought their leader and then you came.", I expined it in the worst way possible.

  "Bruh, so you used your strongest attack, cracking the fucking sky and pulling me out of my cubby hole? That should be illegal— you know what, from now on, you can't use that move anymore."

  "What the fuck?! I can't just use a move that rips the fabric of reality into pieces?! How is that illegal?!", I pointed Fallen Starlight at Theia, snarling just as it did before.

  "Do you understand what you just said?! Of course, it's illegal!! Cunt, I know you are a trigger-happy daughter of a bitch from my observation, but there must be a limit to what you can and cannot do!!", it took a few steps back, crashing into the Colesseum in order to get down to my level.

  "Then what do you want me to do?! If you nerf me, nerf the others too!! You must know I'm already nerfed without the st piece of my power, do something about it!!", I yelled at the dragon, and fire began to reform around me.

  It roared in frustration, "Arggh!! FINE!! I will limit the Records of Beast's virus thingy, and put a cap on the limit of things it can bring into its hivemind... a trillion should be enough. As for the Records of Nature... I will take away the option to blow up the crust."

  Shar can do what?! Blowing up the world?! Isn't that an automatic win?!? This isn't fair at all!!

  "THERE!! HAPPY?! Now I don't want you to use any of that shit again!! Understand?!", it roared at me again.

  I nodded, wincing a bit, "Loud and clear."

  "OKAY!! Now I will retreat back to my cubby hole! We are fucking done here, cunt.", it turned its back climbing up the walls of the Colosseum, "I swear... I should've taken a random meteor and hurled it at myself, these humans are a fucking headache... but their shits provide so much entertainment."

  "Your connection is still on, you know.", I reminded it.

  "Fuck you, I ate my twin and now parading using their name, I can do whatever the fuck I want! And I will erase the memories of the st five minutes. So only you know!! Fuck you!!", and it cut the connection.

  I must say, besides the gigantic dragon form, there isn't much to Theia... maybe it didn't care enough to exude pressure and bloodlust. Amelia said it was a psychopath... ah, it really didn't care enough to get angry.

  That made me want to anger it more... even if it was a bad idea.

  Theia flew up into the sky, merging back with the giant eye in the sky. Well, I guess everything here was settled—

  I spoke too soon, a massive three-headed dog flew past me. I look to the side, seeing Kert in his dragon form with scratches all over his body, bleeding out and panting heavily.

  I am really tempted to kill him and be an actual Dragon Syer. Or kill the dog— wait, a three-headed dog, breathing out fire... isn't it Cerberus?

  Why is it here? Does it belong to the Akashic Insurgency? Where can I get one?

  "Avalon.", I called my buddy.

  "What is it, Charlotte?", the cat appeared on my shoulder.

  "Can you take control of that dog over there?", I pointed over to Cerberus.

  "Of course.", they grinned.

  As the three-headed dog tried to stand up, it began to spasm. I winced as I heard bones cracking, trying to wrestle whatever Avalon was doing... and it was clearly losing.

  "What are you doing these days, Avalon?", I asked, starting some small talk.

  "Increasing our numbers, killing ourselves over and over and... until we achieve our perfect form.", they stated.

  I believe it, as Avalon cannot lie. Lying is exclusive to humanity after all.

  "What about Shar, or as you said, Kalpas?"

  "They are creating Dolls, creating an army, and biding their time. Can you win against us and Kalpas? As we are many, but one, and they are one, but many."

  "I still have nukes.", I reminded them. Just one or two can cripple a country. Ask Japan, they really earned their title as the Country of Rising Sun, they got a special delivery of two suns.

  All the smugness coming from Avalon vanished, "You will see, Charlotte. Of how wrong you are."

  "Do you have a giant lizard capable of absorbing radiation or something?", I joked, poking the cat's nose.

  "...", they silently stare at me...

  "Wait, you actually do have one?", I wondered.

  "...", still no answer.

  Damn, did I just guess Avalon's secret weapon?

  "I got control over the dog, what do you want to do?", they switched topics.

  I giggled a bit, "Do whatever you want with it."

  "Then I will send it to Avalon."

  The Cerberus vanished in thin air... huh, I just gave Avalon more ammo, didn't I?

  Well, I want it to be a challenging fight. Avalon needs all of the materials it can get.

  I am done here, so I should just pack things up and go.

  "Delusion."

  I vanished from the academy, and into an alleyway right outside of the front gate. Good, nobody is here.

  I guess it is time for me to go home, or at least find Hoa or Mitsuki. They weren't even among the students that tried to stay.

  I wonder what was wrong...

  =0=0=

  I got home, strange that Enna didn't come to find me, maybe she didn't want to get roped into whatever was happening between The Pale Court and The Almighty.

  Cosmic-level politic, I supposed.

  "Oh, hey Charlotte.", Joe greeted me over at his counter, still looking like your average person.

  "Hello, Joe.", I nodded.

  "Your friend gave me this letter, she said it was for you.", he gave me a neatly folded letter. Hmm, smells like cherry blossom.

  I opened the letter...

  [Dear Charlotte,

  First of all, I am sorry for not announcing this any sooner. I will take an extended leave and go back to Japan for family business, as my great-grandmother, Okita Mitsu, had summoned me.

  You don't have to worry about me, I will be fine! I promise! Just don't miss me too much, okay? I will still be your friend, and I hope you will still be my friend.

  Sincerely,

  Okita Mitsuki.]

  I feel bad for her... as it seem like she valued our friendship more than I expected. More than me at least...

  Hm? The light shines onto the paper, there are vague marks here... I change the angles a bit so that it reflect the letter properly... revealing a secret message.

  [HELP ME]

  "Help me...", I crunched the letter in my hand, "Mitsuki wants my help."

  It must have something to do with her family... Okita Mitsu... I can feel the fear coming off from the name Mitsuki wrote...

  She is my friend, but I cannot help her right now... but there is something I can do.

  "Thank you for the letter.", I said to Joe.

  "You're welcome.", he nodded.

  Quickly, I ran upstairs, throwing Fallen Starlight and Quirinus onto my bed. Then I stood in the middle of the room, closing my eyes...

  And I access the Library of Akasha.

  An infinite amount of bookshelves spread to the horizon, towering infinitely above the sky... all on a pitch-bck world.

  I began to say the keywords, "Okita Mitsu. Okita Mitsuki. Retionship... Fear."

  The Library shuffles around, from infinity reducing to only a single book titled 'Blood Matriarch'...

  I opened it and began to read...

  What I found was... horrifying.

  =0=0=

  As night falls, Iscariot steps outside of the main building, looking around at the devastation that was not regenerating properly. As John had used too much of his power during the day.

  Now, she wears a yellow construction hat, her hands on her hips with a thin smile.

  "Now, where do we start?", she gnced back, where Judas was standing, who also wore a yellow construction hat, rge enough for his head.

  "I recommend us fttening the ground first, as it would make traversing easier.", he said, stepping out of the shadow.

  "You know, when I said we would be fixing the problem, I did not think that we would do construction work. Since the problem resolved itself and we were already paid.", she chuckles.

  "Think about it! Haha! We, the Jury of the Pale Court, we who gave out execution orders to dozens of worlds, now are construction workers!!", she dances around, hopping onto Judas' shoulder with a flip.

  "Onward! We have to prove that we aren't just destroyers of worlds! But we can also help it!!"

  Rhaps

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