Chapter 108: Possibilities – Part 1

Chapter 108: Possibilities – Part 1

The cobbled paths, the crooked buildings, the mixed architectural styles, the odd houses that look like they were sliced in half then rebuilt with a different design, the fondness for statues. Though Escanso is more colorful, Rabanara has a lot more charm, and I just love walking through these streets.

The wide variety of different races here makes for a nice sight as the demon race has fewer inhibitions than the average human, and though they aren't as fond of showing skin as the elves, they're a lot more flirty.

Most of the demon race women that pass by, and especially the succubi women, seem very interested in my horns and tail.

"But of course they are. It's like you're walking around with a big cock out at full mast," Roxanne explains through [Bind].

"You think someone would be up for a quickie?" I ask back as we walk past a succubi runway model that winks at me.

"Well, we aren't as promiscuous as the Chimeras..." She replies with mixed feelings.

"Promiscuous, no, but I'm sure you'd win at thirst," Hana comforts her internally, which restores some of her pride.

Her heart suddenly bursts with energy as she declares in my soul space, "That's it! If we rub my tail, then there's nobody out there who can gobble up as many cocks as I can!"

I grab her thin tail and lightly bite the dagger-like end.

"HYAH...!" She lets out a weird shriek, then silently recomposes herself and readjusts her rectangle glasses. "If we rub my tail, then there's nobody out there who can lick as many pussies as I can!" She quickly corrects herself.

"Better..." I quietly praise her.

I see Hukarere's eyes soften for a moment under her snout-shaped helmet. The rest of the Lordsguard and Azador also glance at us, and after they confirm that we're just playing around, they resume watching our surroundings for potential dangers.

Yunia is the only one of us who doesn't have some nostalgic memories about this place, but she can still join in our moment by opening herself up to the emotions that bleed through [Bind].Cheêck out latest novels at novelhall.com

So that they aren't left out, I pull out the golems to let them enjoy this place since Ted and Suzy were literally born here.

We walk towards the Temple, which is quite close to the Lord's Hall we arrived at, and the distance is short enough for Roxanne's precious little feet to not get tired from it.

Ciel asks Aoi to change into her humanoid form to avoid scaring the temple-goers, which was an excellent idea since the very moment we enter the Temple grounds, we cause a little commotion anyway as the orphans point and shout.

"Elves!"

"Wow!"

"Their armor is shining!"

"Is it really wood armor?"

"Beastfolk!"

"Dog!"

"She's mean-faced, so she's a wolf!"

It seems they're mistaking Hukarere for a Beastfolk. Aside from a few preteens (mostly boys) getting stunned by the sight of my wives (mostly Yunia), they mostly focus on my exotic snow wolf.

But a single word is enough to instantly shift the mood. "Ciel?"

"Sister Ciel!"

"CIEL!"

Then they swarm us, and Azador begrudgingly lets them pass.

"Woow, what is this dress?"

"Floating dolls!"

"Are these elven clothes?"

"So pretty!"

"Look, a Metal Lady."

"Ah! The Masked Fox!"

The thick cloud of perfume created by having all of my wives standing close together starts to affect them, especially the boys, who quickly become charmed by my chocolate angel's aura of kindness. Not only that, but my wives are so gorgeous that they're to die for, so they all end up charming the kids.

We all have high "Charisma," so even I stun a few little girls with my presence, but I get more coos of awe due to my shiny draconic features.

Ciel tries to calm them down, but then a few priests notice that we're nobility and come to chastise the kids, but then they recognize Ciel too and make more noise, drawing in even more priests. The situation snowballs from there until there's a crowd of people cheering around us and a very stressed knight trying to find a way to get things back under control.

I infuse a bit of [Godly Language] into my voice as I yell, "Please, give us some space!"

Then Alissa casts [Mesmerizing Butterflies] enthralling the children and the weaker-willed priests with the rainbow-colored illusions while the rest momentarily forget what they were doing.

That allows the Lordsguard to properly surround us while Ciel goes towards the front of our formation to talk with the more Illusion-resistant priests.

Then a familiar voice that tickles our ears draws her attention, "Ciel...!" And we turn to the approaching priest.

His figure is unmistakable. Arantos, the rotund and bald middle-aged man, quickly makes his way through the still charmed crowd, completely unaffected by Alissa's spell.

Ciel takes a step past the Lordsguard and receives her unofficial foster father with a tight hug.

"Hahahaha! You're back, you're finally back!" He shouts and laughs out loud.

"It took us a while, but we finally had the time," she replies with a trembling voice, suddenly feeling a bit overwhelmed.

Then they break the hug to look at each other.

"I didn't imagine that you'd come back so fast, though," he comments with a very wide grin, his beady eyes shining with pride from behind his half-circle glasses.

She smiles wryly as she replies, "Yes, even for us, it was unexpected and a bit sudden."

He raises his eyebrows and gives us an amused look. "'Even for us.' That phrasing means you've already accepted how extraordinary your life is."

She closes her eyes for a second in annoyance but continues smiling. "Y-yes... I just can't lie to myself now, can I?"

He chuckles happily and pats her shoulders a few times, then releases her. "Now, let's not leave all these people charmed forever. I'll help you organize this into a more orderly greeting event, and then we can talk inside the temple after."

Alissa dispels [Mesmerizing Butterflies], then Arantos starts yelling at the crowd until the people that want to greet Ciel have formed a proper line.

After almost the entire Temple has exchanged a few words with the famous Queen Ciel Ryder, the Star of Hope, we follow Arantos towards the temple.

"Weird shaepe," Hukarere quietly comments as we walk, her Reo accent making a rare appearance.

The marble half-sphere that is the temple is quite unremarkable aside from its unusual shape. It's just a symbolic representation of the Realm, though the land we walk on is more like a flat Earth than an actual spherical planet, as far as we know, that is.

"You won't find anything exceedingly beautiful inside the temple itself. It's a place for solemn meditation, not artistic expression," Ciel sagely explains.

"Still weird," Roxanne whispers, earning herself a glare from my angel.

The cheeky succubus glances at my white wolf, and I see Hukarere's eyes smile under her helmet.

The inside of the temple is just a wide circular hall where the statues to the sixteen Humanoid Gods are arranged in a circle near the wall with the large sphere representing the Genderless God of Existence in the center.

It's Hukarere's first time inside a temple, so I make a mental note to tell Sandoro to have the Chimera soldiers be taught at least the basics of religion.

"[Are there any Chimera Gods?]" Hukarere asks excitedly in Reo.

"[No, there aren't...]" I quietly answer, and I pity her as her excitement is replaced with a somewhat depressed look.

"Your nation was gone long before the first Humanoid God Ascended," Ciel explains, and Arantos gives us a curious look, but keeps walking.

"We stumbled upon something related to it, and we think the Gods want us to learn more about this topic," Ciel stoically explains.

"Hm..." Arantos hums as he thinks and readjusts his half-circle glasses. "I assume you can't tell me more about your reasons for this request."

Ciel gently shakes her head. "No, and this time, we might never be able to."

Arantos sighs and massages his neck. "Well, what you want isn't forbidden knowledge, just extremely peculiar."

"We'd be grateful if you could keep it private," Yunia politely requests.

He nods in understanding. "I'll ask Logan to compile it since he already knows most of you, so he should be discreet about it."

"Thank you," she softly replies.

Alissa, Hana, Roxanne, and Aoi will meet with Selina, my first crush in this world; Ciel will search for Bitar, her old friend; Lina will visit Gimbo, her Enchanting teacher; and Yunia and I will go meet with the Ryzeks.

Before we split up, Arantos takes me to the library, where Logan spends most of his days.

His large and wide back is instantly recognizable from among all the small and nerdy other scholars, which is a somewhat comical sight.

As we pass one of the priests, I notice an incredibly familiar device.

A large, wooden rectangle the size of an open tome, large buttons marked with either the symbols for one and zero or the basic arithmetic operations, and small lights that turn on or off based on input.

This is an electric binary calculator.

I stop in my tracks and stare as I interrogate the girls. They're absolutely sure that the most advanced calculator they'd ever seen before was a mechanical one made by dwarves that we have in our treasury.

But this one is definitely electrical.

Arantos looks back at me confusedly. "Hm?" He hums, then he follows my gaze and grins. "Ah, that. That's our own homemade version of the electric Lylanine, a computer that Lyle Rizek invented. It's built using a peculiar invention he named Wolf's Gate, and it uses another of his inventions, Lylean Logic, as the theoretical basis to form these electrical circuits. About a month ago, he all of a sudden completely shook the field of Mathematics with his inventions."

"We were still inside the dungeon, so we didn't hear about that..." I mumble, still a bit stunned.

The scholar using the "Lylanine" notices my stare and raises an eyebrow in confusion as Arantos approaches me.

He stops beside me and grins like an excited child as he continues, his gentle voice sending a chill through me, "I heard that you were the one who guided Lyle towards his incredible discovery, which just furthers the mystery of 'who in Hell and Paradise are you?'"

"I did...?" I blurt out.

"Wait, you're the Wolf Ryder?" The scholar suddenly asks in disbelief.

"The very same," Arantos answers for me and chuckles mischievously.

The scholar looks at the calculator, then back at me, and suddenly exclaims, "You're the one who guided Lyle Ryzek with your Blessing! Do you have any insights to share related to the calculation of the position of the moons? My calculations are correct, but the results don't line up with reality."

I did WHAT...?!

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