Chapter 202 - The Island(2/2)

But for now he had no plans to do anything about the dedicated training building, since something was still missing on the island that he still had to see.

To his doubts, Light nodded as she remembered him he developed a statue of what Qienta looked like. Even if at that time he didn't know her actual appearance, now he was able to see her in person, so he could judge the statue way better than before.

"...Actually the statue is located within the villa, but I wanted to show you this part of the island before passing on that.."

She explained to him there was a secret room in the villa, and that opened some kind of secret passage, almost like the same feature the house Loki gifted him had, just to a whole new level.

In fact, the villa was already divided on various areas. The main ones were the bathing area, as there was only one bathroom without a 's.e.x' separation, primarily because Ethan didn't need to bathe in that space, as his odour in the Domain resembled the one he had in the real world, so the only one who would use the bathroom was Light, or so she thought.

Even if it was thought for one person alone to be used, the bathroom was still pretty big, with several baths that would then be filled with different kind of things based on the owner's taste at that moment, and so he was happy Light chose to truly fulfil his somewhat high expectation of a villa.

Obviously, that was only a small part in the entirety of the villa. There was a room Ethan chose to have as a bas.e.m.e.nt, where weapons and armour, as well as everything he didn't use anymore would be stored, since his inventory wasn't that big to begin with.

Apart from the bas.e.m.e.nt, Ethan made Light allocate an area to study, as he would surely use that one room in particular to learn about magic and blacksmithing theories. Close from the study room lied a room for preparing food and also to eat in, with the uniqueness of it being a fusion of both the previous world facilities and Ethan's current world's style.

Another important area to mention was a smaller training area. It was almost a spare room in the villa where Ethan could properly do his daily training quest without having to exit the villa, since it was only provided with some utility from his previous world dedicated to training.

But even having seen almost the entirety of the villa, Ethan thought the secret room would've been in the bas.e.m.e.nt, but in the end he found out the secret room was in his own study room.

He questioned why she would put a secret room in such a place since it was easy to guess a hidden room would've been there, but to his surprise Light sighed.

"It's not like anyone can enter here, and even if they did before even stepping foot in this villa they would be dead, so what's the point of hiding it? I just used a hidden room because I didn't want the statue to be in a random location, but somewhere near to me."

She managed to scary him for a second there as her expression changed immediately. Like her mother, Light was gentle and caring by nature, but it seems she also inherited her way to be scary towards people threatening what she cared about.

'I wonder who am I similar to..'

He didn't have a clue on his mother and father, since he was only told his mother died giving birth to him, while his father wasn't present at that day at all.

'Still, the fact she chose to die in order to give birth to me is proof enough of her kindness.'

Ethan felt he was similar to Light. His own mother never had an occasion to tell him how much she loved him, so he could only assume this was the case. Even if he knew there was nothing to do about that, he always wished he would at least been able to heard her telling him she loved him from the bottom of her heart, or that his birth was truly a blessing.

He also wanted to feel special in his previous life, but he soon understood nobody would acknowledge this if he didn't prove it. So he soon understood special wasn't the correct term to define what he wanted to be. He had to strive to get noticed, that's why he had planned to become an important person in the future, but after his inevitable death and the realization this life couldn't go in the same way, he didn't wish to follow his whole life trying to meet the expectations he himself assumed his mother would have of him anymore.

He now believed she would be happy whatever he wished to do, so that's why he abruptly chose to change the direction of his life, aiming for happiness instead of power, but that also brought problems.

If he didn't have the latter, then protecting happiness was impossible, someone else would be there to end his life once again or even worse than that, someone close to him may die because of his own lack of strength, and that simple knife piercing him in the last life would now be a huge sword, carving for not only his blood, but also his happiness.

'I hope you're still watching over me. Mother, Father, this life won't end like the last.'

Even if he started with doubts, Ethan found even more determination than before from his thoughts, as he unconsciously tightened the grip on Light's hand as the two made their way into the villa to reach the hidden room.

Since he had a serious look on his face though, Light chose to let him order his mind as she believed it was important for him to do so on his own.

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After the two reached their destination, surprisingly Ethan was the first to talk.

"Don't tell me I have to move a book for the secret passage to be opened."

He thought about this since it was a 'popular' way in his previous world's fantasy and supernatural stories to let the secret passage be activated with the simple pull of a book, or others used an area to touch casually in the room for the secret passage to open, but his reply made Light smile as she guessed he already resolved whatever doubts he may have had.

"You're underestimating this pseudo Goddess. To use the hidden passage leading to the room you have to simply will for it to open, if you're an owner of the villa then it will simply show you the way as you requested."

Her explanation surprised Ethan, as it was obviously a first for him.

"...You took the 'hidden room' thing to a new level, I'm honestly surprised."

"It was boring to do anything in your expectations, am I wrong?"

She developed the hidden room and passage on her own, without Ethan's instructions, and since every other thing was designed exactly as he requested, Light wanted to surprise him a little as she knew such a thing wouldn't be as common as a physical passage be established.

"..Ah and it's even more cool in this way, since the passage would've been able to be found if someone tried to destroy the villa, but since it's all the work of magic that won't happen,"

Nodding at her statement, Light and Ethan finally made the passage appear, and as if the blank wall opposite to the small bookshelf that was at the other side of the room was only a mirage a second before, Ethan saw a door appearing directly on it.

"..Oh, I see. That's why this part of the wall is empty."

In the room there was obviously a desk, but this one was particularly larger than the one present in his previous room in the Twilight Manor. The bookshelf also covered a large part of the walls, but there were also several drawers probably used to keep tools useful to the study as notebooks, pens etc, also equipped with shelves that weren't connected to each other, making the room very 'light' to be seen, but at the same time useful.

So, the only part standing out in the room was this strange part of 'empty', that was now filled with a door, completing the room style in perfection, like all the rooms he saw of the villa.

'...This is truly the work of a Goddess. I would have never designed such a complete style.'

Even if she utilized things from his previous world, Ethan felt the room would be a huge hit even if shown in the danmachi world, as it was simply impossible not to acknowledge its beauty.

"Don't fall in thoughts now, I want to really show you this. Since you saw my mother in person, you can tell me if the mistakes are evident, or if there are any."

Snapping out of his thoughts, Ethan nodded but at the same time sighed as if this was the work she did for a study room, then there was no way he would be able to tell her if there were mistakes...

With these doubts in mind, Ethan followed her through the 'hidden passage' that was nothing more than stairs leading downwards, even if there was supposed to be the bas.e.m.e.nt under the house.

'It seems this was what she meant for "the work of magic"...'

He thought this was a rather normal 'hidden room', but once they reached it, Ethan felt like his previous thought was an insult for what lied within the end of the passage.

This because in his eyesight, Ethan could see the 'statue' he developed, to a whole different league than what he drew. He could see half of the latter being the figure of the woman he saw in the illusory world, but the other half shocked him.

There was the appearance of a woman, resembling 20 years old, with her eye of a crystal clear azure, so different from what she became after all the time she spent in the void, but that wasn't the only thing surprising him. In the same way as the eye, her hair also had this special colour he couldn't just look away from, even stranger than Light's intense grey hair.

He saw how the part with her lips not yet corrupted was of a clear red, almost as if she had lipstick on them, but he knew it wasn't possible since Light wouldn't easily change her mother's looks, and if she did she would've surely told him, but what struck him the most was that the statue was smiling, a caring smile he saw clearly in the illusionary world, but he was surprised Light chose to replicate 'that' kind of smile, as he understood very well she wanted to see her mother smiling in this way, but he expected her to not show this side of her to him... or at least not so openly.

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(A/N: I'll finish the statue's description in the next chapter!)

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(Alternate Titles: "I just thought p*rn would see a new era if this kind of statue could be done in the real world...", "I'm sorry for the previous title, but you know Qienta is the real waifu of this novel", "Light is slowly opening up to Ethan!? I hope so!")

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