Chapter 115 - The Black Cat II

Finally forcing my body to look back a little more, I finally saw it. The ferocious existence that was making me freeze up like this. Existence is so strong that a single gaze would prove dangerous. A feeling that I had felt twice in all my lives. In front of the purple flame that swallowed my soul when I died 6 years ago, and the black...

"Hello human. To think you are able to feel my presence even with my powerful hypnosis. Quite impressive, however, for someone who had gained divine energy, all on their own after barely 6 years of life... I have to say, I am slightly disappointed..." A black cat spoke, making the fiber of my very being shake and shiver in front of the is being. A being that made my very existence feel like that of a grain of sand in the vast Sahara.

I stayed silent.

"A day ago you saw me and tried to use your eyes on me right? I was quite surprised at the moment, but I remembered some of the other angels speaking about a new divine being awakening without a single blessing. It is quite impressive you know. Most divine beings from the planet are created by blessing. There is a slim chance they might become Apostles of a sin or virtue, but even then, on the whole planet, there are only around 14 apostles. I have to ask, however, who did you do it? were you born with intelligence or did you somehow develop it with your mediocre family?" The black cat asked, just to be not answered.

"Hello? You there?" It asked again, but this time. however, this time a voice did not come from me but rather it came from behind me.

"Pandora? What are you looking at? Are you okay?" Asked the major general. At the same time, Olivia was frozen stiff the same way I was, but unlike me, she could not look up to the source of this immense pressure.

"M-m-m-m-my lord! MY LORD! LORD TASTET! What brings you here today? Is there a person you want to bless? Have you come to bless someone other than me, my lord? I can take them in and train them in your arts! Yes! I can still be useful to you? Does that person happen to be Pandora over here? I can take her in! as you might already know my lord, she is the daughter of an important friend of mine! I can get her married to one of my children and take he-" While the bald man was stammering, after every word, the cat's face, which I had thought would lack facial muscles, started to frown deeper and deeper after every word before it finally snapped.

"SILENCE HUMAN! HOW DARE YOU SPEAK SUCH FILTH IN MY PRESENCE!? HOW DARE YOU SPEAK ABOUT SUBDUING HER WITHIN BOTH OUR PRESENCES AND WHILE THINKING THAT YOU CAN DILUTE HER DIVINE BLOOD WITH YOUR MORTAL GENES! KNEEL!" The cat roared, making the bald man's forehead slam onto the floor in a preaching position

"I-I-I'M SORRY MY LORD! FORGIVE ME A I BEG YOU!" The man begged, however, his words only landed on deaf ears.

"Sorry about that. I have to say, these humans are becoming more daring by the day. Let us begin again! My name is Tastet, an angel. I am really happy I got to meet you so soon since I had heard a lot about you from the other angels when they felt your awakening! Anyway, I already know your name, since my eye is similar to yours even though yours seems to be sealed right now, but I'll call you what the rest of the humans call, okay Pandora?" It cheerfully asked however, it did not get an answer from me, or anyone in the room.

While I could barely move, Olivia could not even move to see who was talking. On the other hand, we had the Major General who had been weirded out by how everyone was acting, wondering why everyone was looking at one of the corners in both fears and... preachings? However, a second later, the cat widened its eyes in what seemed like realization, finally voicing "Oh, my bad! I forgot to retract my aura".

A whirlpool of blue energy that I didn't even realize was in the air slowly started to be absorbed into the cat. It felt extremely viscous and had the power of hundreds of tsunamis behind it while being drained like a bottomless lake. Now that this was happening, my soul sensing had become completely stopped working due to the interference of the magical energy around me, while the Major General seemed to have finally felt the pressure we had all been feeling this whole time.

After a few more seconds that felt more like hours, all the magical aura in the air had been sucked into the cat, making the place look a lot less lustrous than it did before. Jack could finally see the cat we were all looking at, or trying to in some cases, while Olivia and I seemed to have imagined our abilities to move.

"Yeah, sorry about that. Since I don't spend a lot of time interacting with people below the Astral plane, I forget to retract my aura when I do finally talk with them." It chuckled before asking "So, should we start again or-?"

Frowning a little, I moved my joints around before looking back at the cat and asking "Who are you?" in a stern tone

"Tastet, even though I already told you that" It replied nonchalantly

"I mean, what are you?"

"A cat, and an angel." It replied with a small nod before remarking "Even though you already know that"

Massaging my forehead with my fingers a little, I looked back at the cat with a slightly aggravated expression and asked "And why are you here?" A bit more sternly this time.

"To see you"

"Why?"

Right when I asked the question, I could feel air elemental particles move around us before the sound from the outside was completely gone

"Who wouldn't want to see the first human in 300 years to achieve godhood all one her own. Well, it is what you guys call godhood, but for us, it is more like the path to godhood, if you know what I mean."

"I don't know what you mean" I glared at the cat while folding my arms

"You will understand later. All you need to know right now is that you might be identified as a divine being, but that just puts you on a higher plane of existence than these humans, yet a lower plane of existence than us Astral beings. You are basically in the same situation as the Paladin. Sadly the Dracoria had not reached divinity, nor had she been blessed by a god due to what she did in the past." It replied solemnly with a shake of its head.

"What is this astral think you keep talking about?" I inquired further

"Astral being, or people in the Astral realm, same thing. However, if I were to tell you now I would be burdening you with too much information. And that isn't good, especially when you haven't even traversed the first stage of the ethereal realm. Question from my side though, who did you awaken divinity?" It questioned while narrowing its eyes. It felt like it was looking at me, but at the same time, it felt like it was looking at something behind me, or in me.

"I don't know. I was fighting this lion thing and next thing you know, I was 'evoliving' " I quoted, but that simple gesture made the eyes of the cat almost bulge out.

"EVOLVING?! Wait, how do you know you were evolving?" It asked while trying to compose itself.

"I heard this voice in my head that told me everything. Actually, there were t̶̬͖̐ẉ̴̘̋̐ǒ̷̳ ̶̪͕͋̃v̴̙̇͐͜o̸͔̫̽i̸̧͑c̶̬̋̐ḙ̴̿̒s̸̢̊͒ ̵̨͕̽ḯ̸͙̤͋n̴͙̓ ̴̛͕ḿ̸͔ỳ̴̼ ̴̱͆h̸͉́̓e̸̤͝ā̷͇d̴͉͛.̵̰̬͘͠ ̷̛̫̫̀O̷͈̕n̴̙̙̓͝e̴̩̚ ̶̻̓ͅs̷̺̥̓e̵̔ͅé̷̱m̸̭̈͛e̵̬̋d̵̝̋ ̵̛̖͙͑h̸̬͕̋̿u̶̦̳͂̇m̵̲̗͗a̶̢̢͆͝n̸̬̆ ̴̱̭̈́b̴̤̣̌̎ü̶̧t̶͍̙̓̑ ̶̛̼̣͝t̸̖̓͜͝h̵̖͛͆e̴͎̊͂n̶̨͖̽ ̷̺̖̆͆s̶̡͖͝t̵̼̬͠ą̸̠̎r̵̤̿͒t̴̠͓̃e̴̡̘̓͠ḏ̴̲̃̀ ̷̙̔̇a̷̤̓s̶͙̱͐̏k̶̪͛͑i̴̭̓̈́ṉ̸̄g̶̪̱͆ ̵̹̬̋́m̶̮͐̚e̵̼͝ ̴̩̀̒l̷̨̈́͜ȏ̷̢̠â̸̩͕d̷̲̃š̵̝̳͝ ̶̢̣̍ö̵̹́f̴̥̽͗ ̴͈̝͌q̶̺̔́ǘ̵̳͎̇e̶͎̓̔ͅś̷̕ͅt̵͇̚ì̵̡õ̷͈̑ṉ̵̢̉̈́s̷̱̼͐.̵̖͍͋̂ while the other was monotone and informative." I replied with a little bit of excitement. This was the first time in 6 years that I had felt like I could talk to someone about something involving the weird kind of magic I use, while also Not having to hide anything since the person in front of me, or rather, the cat in front of probably understand what I'm going through. However, when I stopped talking, the cat had an unreadable expression on its face, and I say that even though cats don't actually have expressions.

"Uhm, can your repeat what you said please?" It asked nonchalantly, but I could hear a hint of nervousness in its voice.

"Uhm, why?" I asked while taking a step back, unwilling to find out why the cat had gone into this weird tone

"Don't worry! I won't hurt you. We divine beings take care of one another, so don't worry. I just want you to repeat what you said" It asked, this time with a small smile that I didn't think a cat could muster. It looked oddly creepy, forcing me to take another step back.

Even then, I chose to say it anyway. My life and death were in the hands of the cat in front of me, and if I were to not say it, I had a feeling that I might die the moment I refuse. "I s-said I heard this voice in my head that told me everything. Actually, there were t̶̬͖̐ẉ̴̘̋̐ǒ̷̳ ̶̪͕͋̃v̴̙̇͐͜o̸͔̫̽i̸̧͑c̶̬̋̐ḙ̴̿̒s̸̢̊͒ ̵̨͕̽ḯ̸͙̤͋n̴͙̓ ̴̛͕ḿ̸͔ỳ̴̼ ̴̱͆h̸͉́̓e̸̤͝ā̷͇d̴͉͛.̵̰̬͘͠ ̷̛̫̫̀O̷͈̕n̴̙̙̓͝e̴̩̚ ̶̻̓ͅs̷̺̥̓e̵̔ͅé̷̱m̸̭̈͛e̵̬̋d̵̝̋ ̵̛̖͙͑h̸̬͕̋̿u̶̦̳͂̇m̵̲̗͗a̶̢̢͆͝n̸̬̆ ̴̱̭̈́b̴̤̣̌̎ü̶̧t̶͍̙̓̑ ̶̛̼̣͝t̸̖̓͜͝h̵̖͛͆e̴͎̊͂n̶̨͖̽ ̷̺̖̆͆s̶̡͖͝t̵̼̬͠ą̸̠̎r̵̤̿͒t̴̠͓̃e̴̡̘̓͠ḏ̴̲̃̀ ̷̙̔̇a̷̤̓s̶͙̱͐̏k̶̪͛͑i̴̭̓̈́ṉ̸̄g̶̪̱͆ ̵̹̬̋́m̶̮͐̚e̵̼͝ ̴̩̀̒l̷̨̈́͜ȏ̷̢̠â̸̩͕d̷̲̃š̵̝̳͝ ̶̢̣̍ö̵̹́f̴̥̽͗ ̴͈̝͌q̶̺̔́ǘ̵̳͎̇e̶͎̓̔ͅś̷̕ͅt̵͇̚ì̵̡õ̷͈̑ṉ̵̢̉̈́s̷̱̼͐.̵̖͍͋̂ while the other was monotone and informative." I repeated.

"What language is that?" It questioned again before its eyes turned into slits.

"What language is what?" I asked back, this time getting into a battle stance and engulfing my hands in white flames.

"YOU! YOU SPOKE TO THE HEAVENS!?" It roared while growing in size a little.

This time, I did not answer, but instead pointed my hands at the cat, ready to engulf it in my flames and run away if that was possible. Everyone else couldn't hear what was happening, but the moment they saw me step back they knew something bad was about to happen. Jack tried to get me to apologize, siding with the cat over me, a human. Yet even then it fell on nothing but a magic barrier to cancel out sound, while the mind link between me and Olivia was forcefully blocked.

Right before I was about to shoot my flames, I saw a bright light fall upon the room, before a woman barely covered in white cloth, wearing a translucent halo on her head descended down between us.

"Tastet? What are you doing? Do you want to be punished by father again?" it asked looking at him with her diamond blue eyes, sending shivers down his spine.

Her blonde hair waved around in the air while the light of the heavens seemed to bounce off it, making her look extremely appealing to the eye.

"And you? Atlas, am I correct?" I asked before a message appeared in my retina, written in golden letters

[2 Divine beings detected]

[Malicous intent detected]

[Protocol must be followed]

[If harm is done to -Atlas-, the Σ̸͚̪̭̭͆φ̵̻̖͍̝͋ρ̶̲̚α̵̼̼̞͐͝γ̷̢̱̥̈́͂͝ί̷̛̰̳͑̕̕δ̵͎̈α̷̻̫͍̈̆ ̴̣̥̀χ̷̜̘̰̇́͝ά̵̜͙̖̾̈̚͜͝ο̷̞̥̭͂̏̐͝υ̶̧̤͑̋ς̷͉͔̦̂̎ will be lifted]

[WARNING! If the seal is lifted, soul energy will deplete dramatically and the use of mana will be sealed for 6 months]

"Are you not going to answer my question?" The figure asked, slightly agitated by my silence

'What the f*ck did I get myself into' I sighed, waiting for all this to simply end