Chapter 307 – Waffle Picnic.

Chapter 307 – Waffle Picnic.

*DING*

A small timer went off, letting everyone know that the tasty food that Akagi had prepared was finished cooking.

"Alright, everyone, waffles are done! Its time to dig in!" Akagi excitedly opened the waffle irons, revealing the golden, fluffy, goodness within. "I put out a small topping bar over there, so help yourself! We've got chocolates, fruits and vegetables and all sorts of awesome things that I copied from that nice Dutch place Yumi and I went to the other week." She greedily slapped one on a plate as Yumi helped herself to some peanut butter syrup.

“That place was amazing! But I'll have to take off a few points from my approval of the Dutch for Hagelslag though.” Yumi chuckled.

{I mean, sprinkles on bread? How is that a real food?} (Yumi)

"Ok, so would someone please tell me... WHY ARE WE HAVING A WAFFLE PICNIC WHILE THE IMPERIAL CAPITAL IS LITERALLY ON FIRE?!?" Amakusa yelled as she looked down the hill toward the city in chaos. There was all kinds of fires burning and mages were flying around using water magic to try and put them out.

"Because I wanted waffles?" Akagi said as she sprinkled small chocolates onto her waffles. “And isn't that the only reason that matters?”Yôur favorite stories at novelhall.com

{YOU DON'T EVEN NEED TO EAT!} (Amakusa)

"Oh! Are those fresh strawberries?" Halifax said as she helped herself, ignoring the Amakusa's venting. "I'm so glad I only had that apple this morning!" She smiled.

{YOU DON'T NEED TO EAT EITHER!} (Amakusa)

"Alright, I give up. Lady Elariel, please tell me that I'm not the fucking crazy one here, please." Amakusa pleaded to the Goddess who was sitting on the picnic mat silently, not paying attention to her or anything else going on.

"I... Um... I'm sorry, I haven't really been paying attention to what's been happening..." Elariel gave a wry smile as she snapped out of her stupor after being poked in the shoulder by the Hero. The Goddess felt the death of her sister, and despite knowing that it was coming, the Elariel was caught off guard by the sudden loss.

{Tahena... She's gone...} (Elariel)

"Now now. Leave the Goddess alone, pet." Akagi said while chowing down on a fluffy waffle. "I can only imagine what's going through her mind at the moment, so don't go trouble her with your pestering. If you want pets and ear scratches I'll be more than happy to provide."

“I don't-” Amakusa was about to retort, but knew that would get her nowhere.

{As for what's in that Goddess' head, I'd wager that its probably a mixture of shock and horror.} (Akagi)

"But Elariel, I hope that you understand this will be far from the last time you have to deal with one of your little siblings biting the big one." Akagi commented, waving a fork at the Goddess. "It's too bad that I couldn't eat her. Otherwise she would've probably made for a far more tasty treat than these waffles." She laughed as she stared a piece on her fork before munching on it.

{Gods lacking souls to consume is a very annoying feature. I suppose I'll just have to find a way to deal with that later, though luckily lacking a soul doesn't mean killing them is any harder.} (Akagi)

"Hmmmm. I don't know, these waffles are pretty good." Halifax said with a smile as she took a bite. "Yumi is just far too good of a cook! It's not fair that you get to enjoy this kind of stuff all the time!"

{Says the sword that's joined in on the Dragon and Vampire in eating me out of house and home...} (Akagi)

"Considering that I make food for such a fickle little kitty over here, I need to make sure it's especially good." Yumi snickered.

"It's not my fault that I got hooked on fine dining." Akagi shrugged. "Blame the Imperial Nobility for showing me just how good the good food can be."

"And by good food she means Sake." Yumi commented. "This one here couldn't get enough of that during our adventures, and always pitched a fit when we ran out."

"Approve or disapprove if you will. I don't care what you or most anyone else thinks, pet." Akagi shrugged. "I've said it before, and I'll say it until I'm blue in the face. The fact that I've allowed things to mostly run as they have before is an incredible generosity on my part. I can retract said kindness if you'd like." She smirked. “But then who would be the real villain here?”

{YOU! IT WOULD STILL BE YOU!} (Amakusa)

"I'll say that Humanity placed in chains would make the construction of the statues in your honor far easier." Yumi laughed, Amakusa not entirely convinced that the Priestess was joking.

"Would they be of Catkagi or regular Akagi?" Halifax asked. “Because I think we need more floof.”

"Probably a mix of the two, though Catkagi might end up having slightly more." Yumi replied with a giggle.

"And don't forget the skull throne!" Akagi reminded them of something very important. "I need that so that I can sit on Yumi's lap and act all menacingly as they build the statues below."

"Now I'm just imagining people pushing massive heavy blocks around while being whipped. Meanwhile, a recording of the kitty's MEW plays over a loudspeaker on loop." Halifax laughed.

"Hmmmm." Akagi thought about it for a moment.

"Oh god, please don't tell me she's going to do that..." Amakusa sighed.

"I think I'll test it out on Armalthy first." Akagi nodded. "He could use a bit of spice to change up his torture a bit."

"Do I even want to know what somebody did to warrant you taking a personal interest in their torture?" Amakusa had a bad feeling in her gut, since she figured Akagi wasn't one to dirty her hands in such a way normally.

"The long and short of it is that he tried to take Yumi away from me, and on the list of things never to do that one's number one by a country mile." Akagi answered with a scary smile.

"I know people go kinda crazy for the one they love but..." Amakusa's words faded away as she retreated into thought.

"Love..." Akagi mouthed the words. "Listen, the only thing that you need to know is that I'd sooner obliterate everything else than live without Yumi."

{And I love you too.} (Yumi)

"Such passion!" Halifax said with an over dramatic hand to the forehead. "I can only wish to one day have a woman love me so deeply! Oh the beauty in such pure affection!"

"Well, to be fair, it was Akagi who stole my heart first." Yumi giggled. "Though it took far too long for her to even come around to the idea."

"That's because I was an absolute moron who had no clue how such things even worked." Akagi shrugged. "Hell, I still don't..."

{I... I... Alice... Are you right? Do I... Can I really feel love? Is it really possible for someone like me to...} (Akagi)

"It's okay." Yumi slid over and hugged Akagi. "As long as we can be together, I don't care how bad you are at it." She smiled.

{Gag me...} (Amakusa)

"So..." Akagi's eyes snapped to the suspiciously quiet Goddess, who looked like she wanted to say something. "Is there something you'd like to share with the class?" She could tell that Elariel still wasn't in a good place mentally and that it was taking all her strength to keep it together.

"I..." Elariel gulped, her next words said with a slightly shaky voice. "I think I might know someone who can help get you into the Heavenly realm."