It has been a few weeks since I went to Japan, and now I am back in Mu. Since the whole mess was caused by Mitsuki, I am to keep her safe at my house

  I kept the fact that I unleashed the Records of Cosmos into the wild a secret since it would be pretty bad if they bmed me for not finishing it.

  Anyhow, I am back at Ataraxia. It still hasn't been fixed yet, and after the newest terrorist attack, everything else needs to be revamped. We still have online csses.

  Why am I in the academy?

  Well, I am here to ask for an extended leave. Deliah, my sister, sent me an invitation to her wedding after ghosting me for so long. Well... nothing can be done about that.

  Hmm? I feel someone just walked passed me... I turned back, seeing no one. But I have a suspicion.

  "Judas Iscariot?", I said their name.

  Hearing me calling out, a white humanoid robot seemingly materialized out of thin air. It was hard to notice at first but... the sounds around me were all... silence. She smiled, her crimson eyes... they were judging me. Oh, and she's wearing a hard hat.

  "Greetings, one with a soft and beautiful voice yet fangs as sharp as the toughest bde. I am the Sinner half of Judas Iscariot, you can call me Iscariot.", she performed a deep courtly bow.

  Damn, she talks too much.

  "Charlotte Silvi.", I introduced myself.

  "You are the first human to see through my Noise.", she smiled, "You are quite the unique individual, I can safely say. In the Grand Tale of the Earth, I can see that you are the center of it all."

  "Of course I am. As the Anchor that split the Past and Future... I am the center of the world, of humanity.", nothing is new to me.

  "But unfortunately for this Sinner, I will not be here to witness the end of your Grand Tale. But I hope to meet you in a not so far future.", then she turned around, "Now! I still need to carry a few bags of concrete powder!"

  And Iscariot vanished as if she didn't even exist... that was a weird encounter.

  So I headed into the main building... huh, the Principal is at the front desk.

  "Hello, Miss Silvi. What brings you here today?", he asked me with a smile.

  "I would like to ask for an extended leave since I have some business needed to take care of.", I crossed my arms, sitting down on the chair opposite of him.

  "May I inquire what business you may have?"

  "My sister's wedding is coming up in August, and I will be trying to get a license to be a Leviathan Hunter."

  I thought about it, having a license is way more beneficial. I could use weapons of mass destruction like my God Syers and Quirinus without hindrance since apparently my fight with Avalon's whale was reported and now people are hunting me.

  "If it is about becoming a Hunter, you should consult Albert. Other than that... there is still a month left for your courses."

  Oh, right. I think my communication skill has improved, and I have friends now. This whole academy thing was all about letting me know how to be normal and sociable.

  My social life is going pretty well, and normal things are too far away now that I may or may not have roped myself into the schemes of Eldritch Gods.

  "With those reasonings, can I apply for an extended leave?", I asked, taking out a cigarette—

  "Ah, please, we don't allow smoking on academy grounds.", the Principal spoke with a x tone.

  I clicked my tongue, "Answer me, will you?"

  "Of course, it can be done. You just have to write up a report—", he flinched a bit, "I mean... I will do the process for you, only this time though."

  Why did he suddenly change his mind?

  Hm? These scally arms...

  "Hello, little one.", her voice was gentle, "Hello, John."

  "Selen, why are you here?", the Principal weaved his hands together, cmping until his fingers turned white.

  Behind me is a Selen Champin, the Leviathan of America. I look up, to see that she is looking back at me with her heterochromatic eyes, light blue on the right and magenta on the left.

  The only person to ever defeat me.

  "Can I transfer?", I asked her.

  "No, two more years.", she shook her head with a smile.

  "Please?", I stare at her intensely.

  That gave her a chuckle, "Your eyes are too scary to give puppy eyes."

  "Anyway, why are you here?", the Principal asked.

  Selen let go of me and walked to the side, her casualness and sleepy expression made the situation seem light, "There is a whole war going on at Libertas, I am too zy to talk with the parents so..."

  "You ran?", he was surprised.

  "Yes... you know Americans, if something doesn't go their way, they will make a fuss about it. Francis must be overwhelmed with work by now...", then she turned to me, "I need some time to unwind, could I go out and py with you?"

  "What do you need to unwind for?", I asked her.

  She seemed extremely rexed.

  "Private stuff, the boss told me to fix something.", she grabbed my hand, "Come on, I heard there is a drifting course in Darkovah."

  And she dragged me away... she is pretty gentle.

  "Just send me an email when my leave is approved.", I waved him goodbye.

  "See you ter, Miss Silvi.", he nodded.

  When we got outside, Selen let me go.

  "Could I try out your bike? It seems cool."

  "No, it is my private property. I don't really let other people use it. So about that drifting course—"

  As we turned around a corner, I spotted someone... emerald green hair and jade eyes... a bit shorter than me, not to the point of being a loli, more of a haughty brat. She is carrying her Relic give with her... Armillys.

  "Charlotte Silvi! I challenge you to a duel!"

  I sighed, then cracked my knuckles. Heha~ this might be fun—

  Selen ran past me, becoming a blur—

  "Oh fuck.", Armillys just stood there.

  Oh damn, she just uppercut Armillys, then jumped into the sky to perform a five-hit combo. And finished her off with a dropkick.

  What the fuck just happen?

  "So you are here, Armillys.", Selen sheepishly said, looking at the girl under her feet with a tired look. She brushed her purple and teal hair to the side.

  "Wait wait wait! Why are you here?!", Armillys on the other hand, was panicking.

  "I just ran away from another mess, like usual.", she shrugged.

  So this happens way more often than it should... how the fuck doesn't she get fired already?

  "Anyway, your dad is very worried about you. Who knew you would be here.", she lifted her foot, letting Armillys stand up, "And you shouldn't challenge the little one to a fight."

  "Why can't I?!", Armillys frowned, gring at me.

  "Because she is stronger than you.", Selen pointed out, "On a totally unreted note, that girl is extremely racist, she would kill anything that isn't human without a second thought."

  Armillys flinched, frozen in fact, for some odd reason. Is she perhaps not—

  "Charlotte, we are done here. Let's go do some drifting.", Selen waved at me, signaling for me to get moving.

  I only have Quirinus with me right now, I want to fight Armillys... but Selen is here, she would probably stop me...

  For now...

  Let's just enjoy some drifting.

  As for Armillys... I gnce back, gring at her. She flinched from my gaze alone, it made me smile.

  Heha... I will deal with you ter, my one-sided rival. If you truly are a different species, somehow gain sapience... blending in with humanity.

  I will make sure you regret ever being born, for trying to blend in with humanity, your crime is of existence, to dare to live like a human.

  Humanity's Righteousness will soon find its way to you. This is my Creed of Justice after all, full of hypocrisy, violence... and cruelty.

  This is my Judgement.

  =0=0=

  The power of an Eldritch God can only be granted by the being in question, the ones receiving those power are called Heralds.

  However, as every possibility exists in the universe, there are exceptions to the rules. There is a legend amongst all life in the universe.

  Be it the worlds that mimicked The Pale Court, or life that came from the seeds of The Pgue Garden. There are those who were so close to their Eldritch God, may it be in either spirit or will, that they gain the power of a Herald, but only by a fraction.

  The Eyes of Judgement, they don't do much on their own, besides being very uncomfortable and haunting.

  Selen can feel them, those foreboding gazes of prejudice. It was instinct, telling her that Charlotte was close to carrying them... eyes are the window to the soul, and Charlotte's soul... they are becoming closer to the Eyes of Judgement.

  Sighing, she dragged the girl with her to the parking lot.

  "Selen, can I ask you something?", Charlotte looked at the Leviathan whole she took out the helmets.

  "What is it?", she crossed her arms.

  "I think there is something wrong with me, I've become more... considerate...", she looks at her hands, "I feel like I should punch someone, but I really can't find a drive to do it."

  Hearing that, Selen chuckled. She wanted to pat the girl's head, but those azure eyes made her rethink her decision, "Well, I say that you are becoming closer to your generation."

  "What does that even mean?", Charlotte frowned as she put on her helmet.

  "You were born in 2005, right in the middle of Generation Z.", she smiled, taking the spare silver helmet, "Generation of Nihility, that's what your generation is usually called. You have become so rexed with the current world, life seems dull to you, correct?"

  Hearing that, Charlotte considered what Selen said. Then she bloomed a sadistic smile out of nowhere, "If life is so dull... then I will just give it some meaning. Like you said, I am extremely racist... maybe I could try and put my agenda forward..."

  She closed her eyes for a second, "Maybe I could do something about the endangered species list."

  Selen widens her eyes in surprise, "I didn't take you as someone who cares about wildlife."

  "Hmm?", Charlotte tilted her head, "I don't give a shit about wildlife, what I meant is I want to remove all species on the red list, by exterminating every st one of them."

  That made Selen's jaw drop, "Err..."

  "Of course, I won't kill Dragons, although having 'Dragon Syer' in my resume might be interesting.", she chuckled, "You guys are needed for the world. I don't want to make an enemy of Theia just yet."

  Selen then sighed, "Well, if you ever want to be a Dragon Syer, I think I can hook you up with a Dragon in need of killing."

  "Really?", Charlotte smiled, giggling to herself.

  "Yup, have you ever heard of Cipactli?", the best way to not get her head cut off by Charlotte is to sacrifice another one of her kin.

  "The crocodile god thing?", she questioned.

  "Yup, one of the oldest Dragons, Cipactli. My boss went way too overboard in making him, he might not have wings but a few thousand mouths as compensation. Immortal and all of that good stuff. Plus, he's pretty big."

  "How big is pretty big?", Charlotte got on her bike, pressing her watch to wake it up.

  Selen got on the back of the sports bike before answering, "Just half of South America is his body."

  "But I read that someone sealed the thing a few years ago.", she revved up the bike, making an extremely loud engine sound.

  Selen jolted a bit from the noise, "Even though people said it's permanent, it really just makes Cipactli sleepier than he already is. The reason why Cipactli isn't as active recently is because of Brazil."

  After lowering the engine sound, Charlotte looked back, "Brazil?"

  "Yeah, their annual Purge event, you know, for one day every year, all crimes are legal. People usually kill each other, and unintentionally make sacrificial offerings to Cipactli the Devourer."

  "Waking up and fighting a continent-sized Dragon? That would be fun... but I don't want to cause unnecessary death, that many people dying would pnt a target on my back being the one to wake up Cipactli.", Charlotte let out a disappointed sigh.

  "Your conscient must've really grown.", Selen smiled, feeling that the girl in front of her had grown in such a short amount of time.

  "I just don't want to deal with the hassle.", and she began to ride off academy ground, "Before anyone in the world, I prioritize myself the most. "

  "This is my Law of Survival, after all~"

  Rhaps