[166] Schemes in a Foreign Land; Jaguar and the Tiger

[166] Schemes in a Foreign Land; Jaguar and the Tiger

Chapter 166: Schemes in a Foreign Land; Jaguar and the Tiger

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We were greeted by the stellar spirits that served this realm as servants, and it was no less than a royal treatment. Just standing beside Serafall, I could feel her jealousy at the devils never getting to greet me in the same manner, or anything close.

As guests of the realm's ruler, the eyes of the stellar spirits looked at us with respect and awe.

The Ninth Heaven was called the abode of the White God and Stellar Spirits; with the former being Quetzalcoatl herself, and the latter being the entities that greeted us.

While they were called stellar spirits, they certainly were not some creatures made out of photons. They were angels but with a more colorful pair of wings than the bland white ones that the Biblical Angels adorned.

Among those who greeted us, there were a few humans too. Since this was heaven, human worshipers of Quetzalcoatl ended up here. The few that were present before us, however, must have been particularly incredible during their living period since they were allowed to stand with the angels.

I felt a few of them sending me odd looks, although they tried to hide them. That was a little confusing to me; they didn't give the same look to Serafall, who was a devil, but why me?

"Let your eyes wander, my friends," the proud Dragon Goddess led us through the red carpet that had been spread for us, as petals of flowers were showered at us by the servants standing on the sideway. "We shall enjoy a feast, first and foremost!"

"Sure thing," I was curious about Aztec cuisine, myself.

Serafall and I followed behind the dragon till she came to a stop at the end of the red carpet. A man who wore a similar outfit to her stood, although his one was brown and generally of a darker shade. His hair was an odd mix of blue and green, while he held a stone tablet in his hand, as if an iPad.

I saw a lot of resemblance from him that matched Quetzalcoatl.

"It has been a while, my lady," the young, muscular man bowed to her.

"Yaxkin, my favorite prince," the dragon woman smiled and looked back at us. "He is my current Avatar and assistant and has been so for centuries. Yaxkin, you already know who these two are."

The young-looking man raised his head and nodded, "It is a pleasure to meet you, Satan Leviathan, and White Tiger Sage. If you need anything while you're staying in Ilhuicatl-Teoiztac, I'll be happy to fulfill all your requests."

"Heya~! Nice to meet you too!" Serafall did her bright greeting, while I just shook hands with the man. I guess that wasn't the most culturally appropriate thing to do, but who knew what worked as a handshake's equivalent to them?

"I'll lead you to the main chambers," the Avatar said, and we followed after him. He took us to the edge of the stone pyramid we had landed above, and at the edge, there were large stone tiles. We could see the lush forest below, although a few patches of clouds obscured some parts.

"Step in any," Yaxkin said, stepping into one of the tiles to demonstrate. Serafall followed after, as Quetzalcoatl and I did the same.

"We could have just flown there," Serafall said while Quetzalcoatl scoffed.

"Of course, you'd say that since your place can never offer such luxury," she said just as the tiles shot forward at a breakneck speed.

Within a few seconds, we appeared atop a majestic pyramid-like castle. How tall was it? It was mind-boggling as we stepped to the top of the pyramid, with Serafall's eyes looking around in awe.

Then we were led inside through a literal elevator. I don't know what I expected, but a modern elevator in this building was not it. The elevator opened to a hallway where we walked, heading towards the dining, as my eyes flickered by the paintings on the wall.

"A lot of painting,"

"Some are pictures," Quetzalcoatl said.

"Aha. What's up with this one?" I stopped beside a frame and pointed. It was quite a suggestive photo, of a curvy girl wearing a bikini and a cap, showing off her tattoos.

It looked like a photo, not a painting.

Wasn't it a bit too slutty?

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"So you say, Yohualteuctli," he called her after she was done with her report. "This... young human has such a strong scent that he reminded you of me?"

"Indeed, Father..." she kept her head low, her ginger hair and jaguar ears eerily still in his presence. "I even thought he may be one of my brothers whom I didn't know the existence of, because of the similarity in your human appearance as well."

"Hmm."

"However, it turned out to be the young human who's been famous recently. It's he who turned into a Demi-God by himself, the boy going by the name White Tiger Sage," she paused for a moment before continuing. "I've also heard the news, though I'm uncertain about the source, that he has defeated the current wielder of the White Tiger Sacred Beast in Japan with minimum ease."

"....Is that so," Tezcatlipoca slowly rested his elbow on his throne's arms, and his chin on his palm. "Befriend him. Do not be hasty with anything, just try to stay on his amicable side. This can't be a coincidence, I sense a destiny in this—perhaps he will be my trump card in throwing off that rude woman's tyranny."

The Aztec calendar was rolling towards that date when the other part of Quetzalcoatl would awaken. It was an opportunistic time.

"Understood, Father," Yohualteuctli said in affirmation, nodding at him while she looked up at him with her red eyes.

She was curious about what type of person this young boy was.

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"Cheers!" Serafall was grinning brightly as she slammed her mug of alcohol against Aqua's and poured it down her throat.

The jealousy from earlier about how cool Quetzalcoatl's heaven was compared to the underworld seemed to vanish as alcohol drowsed her senses. She giggled like a schoolgirl and slammed back the mug on the table.

"Th-this is-" she hicced, "Good stuff. I'd like to have some for home!"

"Yes, of course!" Quku declared from the other side of the table with a drunk blush on her face. But she didn't act drunk, her tolerance seemed quite high.

"You ladies need to chill with the alcohol," Aqua rested his chin on his hand and looked at the two of them with a soft smile. His face too had a hue of red, and his speech pattern had a tint of flirt in it that he didn't usually have. "It's dangerous to get drunk with a young man in his teens when you two are alone."

"He's drunk,"

"He sure is~"

The two ladies giggled as they looked at him, and he shrugged. He was a little drunk, that's why he felt like switching, but it was far from enough to turn him into an idiot.

"We'll be fine," Quetzalcoatl said, pointing outside the massive gap in the wall that acted as its window. "Look, those outside are getting ready for celebrations too. This is the 10th month in the Aztec calendar, the month of fruit and harvest. People are all loud and celebrating around this time in heaven. So no, we're not alone with you~"

That was true. It was heaven, those people had no other thing to do but enjoy themselves. So while the three of them were alone in this pyramid, enjoying this drinking party after having eaten food of heaven's grade earlier, they didn't exactly feel alone.

Still, if these two ladies thought that the celebration outside would keep them safe from him, they were mistaken. Because fuck the booze was good, and he got all horny out of it.

He's going to hit at least one of them today for sure, and he was looking forward to who it would be.

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