"Welcome to our home. I know it's not what you expect from rebels like us but even we need power and money to pull off some of the things we do."
Huye sounded proud as she led Yohan into the fully furnished base in front of her. It was a huge mansion furnished to the brim with luxuries Yohan had never seen before in his life. It would not be too exaggerated to call it something out of a fairytale.
The place Yohan entered was far too rich and outspoken to have worked as a secret base. But somehow, it still did its job perfectly well.
"I am impressed that you managed to keep this place hidden for as long as you did. This place has too much personality."
Yohan did not mean it in a bad way but he could see why his words made Jay clench his teeth in an irritated way.
If there was one person who was unhappy with Yohan tagging along with them, it was Jay. and Yohan had a decent idea why that was.
"This place works well because idiots keep their mouths shut and then officials are too into themselves to check a local nobility. The founder of the rebellion was smart in that way."
Huye laughed Yohan's joke off as she led him further inside the base. There was a lack of security when it came to the mansion but there seemed to be no signs of any break-through.
The mansion was hauntingly beautiful with a lack of human touch. Even Yohan got a weird feeling as he walked through the hallways and it was making his head dizzy.
He tried to remember the way out of the hallway but surprisingly, he could not remember what direction he had walked in to get in there.
"Don't try and force your brain to remember the way out. This place has magic cast on it to ensure no one but the members remember how to get in or out."
Yohan understood Jay's caution and the lack of security now. With such a mechanism in place, there was no way anyone would be able to walk these hallways.
But still, what these people did not realize was that Yohan had a way to remember the way out. And that was because of his system. But for now, he would let these kids think that they had successfully managed to trick him.
"I see. It's such interesting magic and I won't mind learning some. Do you think I can learn how to do this?"
Yohan was interested in such magic but he did not want to push to learn it.
"Yeah sure, you can learn it. If you can talk to the dead and somehow find them. The people who made this castle are already dead."
Jay's grim words were trying to dash Yohan's spirits and make him lose interest. But Yohan was not going to let it bring him down.
'Pufff, talking to dead is not a big deal. I can even bring them back if I have enough resources.'
Yohan wanted to brag since it had been some time. There was an itch underneath his skin that made him want to open his mouth and spill out everything.
But despite his need, Yohan kept his composure and did not cause any trouble. He wanted to get along with these demons and learn more about the realm.
In the end, he was led toward a mass of colors and Jay pressed his hand into that mix. It sank into the space and soon he was out of the corridor. Huye did not give Yohan any explanation for what happened.
She winked at Yohan playfully and then pressed her hand against the swirly mix as well.
"Be careful and take care not to get sick. But even if you do, I am sure you will still look cute."
With those playful words spoken, Huye was gone as well and Yohan was left in the corridor alone. He quickly took a look at his system and there it was - the map of this place which showed how to get out.
If Yohan wanted to, he could have his freedom and act alone. He had enough resources to make his group and to try and take the realm key from the queen. But he still decided to be with the rebellion.
After all, when you have an established group, why did you want to try harder way?
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The heavenly realm hardly ever came together but this was an emergency. It was also the little goddess's first time seeing such a gathering and she had no idea what to expect from such a gathering.
She was scared but she was also anticipating what would happen the next minute.
"We have all gathered here to discuss something about important events. It is to tell you all that two of the realm keys have gone missing. Moreover, one of the human realms almost collapsed last week."
The main goddess's words caused everyone to freeze and then start talking to each other. They all talked among each other in excitement about how this could have happened.
Everyone was too busy talking with each other so they did not notice how the main guardian angel tensed up and smacked her staff down on the ground.
"Everyone, calm down and pay attention to what I am saying. This is no time to sit around and be loose in your defense. We need to know what happened in those two realms."
The head goddess sounded pissed off and for good reason. The matter of realm keys was not a laughing one. It was the highest form of power anyone could wield. And no one had enough power to wield two of them.
Even the little goddess knew how serious the matter was but she could not stop her curiosity from peaking.
'How strong could a person be to contain not one but two realm keys? I wonder if I will be able to make that person obey me.'
The little goddess was a proud person and she knew how liked her face was. People offered to serve her left and right.
So she was sure that she would be able to make this strong person fall for her as well. Mayne she should act like a damsel in disaster to evoke feelings of pity and protectiveness from this man?
"Anyway, you all are tasked to find out who this man is. And you are permitted to take out our new weapon if you want to as well. I am sure 'that traitor' will like some exercise as well."
The little goddess had a feeling that she should take advantage of this situation to get herself a stronger backer. Recently, Zadkiel had begun to go against her so the little goddess needed a new toy.
She just hoped she would get one that would be good-looking. She was recently coming to terms with her desires as well.
'I guess I will be able to finally have fun. I should put in my request to have the newly developed weapon and take her with me.'
The little goddess was sure that she would be able to win the bid for the weapon without trying. She was the one who had brought the traitor known as Ruri back to heaven. Surely her request to use her weapon would not be denied.
"Are you looking forward to participating in the hunt as well, dear?"
An insignificant goddess asked the little goddess and the little goddess almost sneered in the other goddess's face.
She wanted to show the inferior goddesses why they should not talk to her, much less consider themselves as her senior. The little goddess had been born mighty after all.
"Humph, of course, I will participate in this hunt and I will win as well. Not only do I have the best at my disposal but I am privileged since birth. I will be the next head goddess as well."
The little goddess was proud so she did not notice how uncomfortable her words made the other goddess feel. The little goddess was too proud of her power to pay attention.
"Ah, I see dear. In that case, I should not disturb you anymore and let you do what you were doing now."
The other goddess finally left once she realized that the little goddess did not care about her words. But of course, the little goddess did not notice this change and quickly was lost in her thoughts.
She was busy thinking about how she could use her new servant as status.
"Look at her, thinking herself as all high and mighty. She's nothing without that angel slave of hers."
"Where does she even get her attitude from? She is going to be killed one of these days and no one will come to her rescue."
Behind the little goddess's back, everyone continued to badmouth her. These people appeared sweet on the outside but they were no less than snakes behind your back. One needed to be careful when dealing with them.
But the little goddess had never seen their real face so she was unaware of what was being said about her. And thus, her ignorance reared its head up once again.