NABC Chapter Epilogue 2 – Family Reunion
Chapter Epilogue 2 – Family Reunion
Chapter Epilogue 2 – Family Reunion
(Minos) “It’s been five damn years father!”
A gigantic imposing red dragon stands alongside a transparent much smaller one, the big one lecturing him in only a way a mother to a father could. Except, instead of being really angry, all mother really wants to do is nuzzle into the ghostly body of my father.
Strangely enough, it appears possible to do so with her head clearly hitting resistance as she just can’t help herself. I’d say it was cute and all if it weren’t my own parents, eww! Just because I see the irony with Brooks doesn’t mean me and Petra are going to stop in front of him!
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“Father!”
In but a moment, Minos already wants to beat our father’s soul to death and I can’t say I blame him. One thing I’ve learnt throughout the years is don’t have sympathy for my grumpy ass father who thinks he’s funny even now.
Our fearless kid jumps off my back before Petra even has the chance to help him down and stares face to face against the terrifying spectral dragon. Then, he does something even I can’t expect... he freaking bops father on the nose!
“That’ll be me, Brooks! Don’t ask my mummies how it works, all they ever do is mention a stupid stork. Who buy’s that cra-”
“Heh, language Brooks”
This is one of the reasons why I say this kid of ours is a genius, apart from his tendency to pick up on words he shouldn’t say, he already questions things someone of his age shouldn’t. It doesn’t matter how hard we try to convince him babies come from birds, the tooth fairy stealing teeth and Santa Claus. All of it, he refuses to believe!
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Both me and Petra pause and ponder from father’s question, neither are sure how to exactly answer this. You’d think at first glance our kid would be human but it’s rather complicated.
“That... we’re not exactly sure on that”
“Heh, does it matter? He’s still our pain in the arse, even if he ends up growing horns or who knows what else”
(Brooks) “Oi, I heard that! Wait... I’m not going to grow horns, am I!? That will suck!”
As the rest of us excluding mother chuckle from father’s stubborn racism,
Smiling gleefully, both me and Petra pat our kid on the head but already know the answer to this. I’ll do it to show but it won’t work.
‘Aesa... statusss’
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Before you presume anything bad or sinister, we don’t have a clue why our child is considered as such. Already spoken with Aesa and taken him to the mages or other magically inclined people, none have any clue on his race or even if he’s considered a God or not. We’ve even done the magical equivalent of DNA tests for Christ’s sake! I was sure Penelope was going to turn him into a rock at one point...
We did worry a little he might be like us, summoned from Earth but we have no idea whatsoever. We’d still love him, just I would prefer it if he wasn’t a panty obsessed pervert or something. That actually reminds me of something, I’m sure some of our clothes have gone missing recently. Then again, I don’t wear underwear so who knows...
‘Eww... that’s gross!’
All of a sudden, both mother and father start staring and speaking away from us, mother’s aura growing darker by the second alongside the craziness. Even Minos and Mute have no idea on what they’re doing.
“Petra... have those two gone insane? They’re speaking to no one”
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And there he is, Brooks, our boy waking up in the middle of the night to try on our clothes and he looking like he wants to cry or tear the world apart. And he just swore as well no less! I think we can let that one pass for now.
I want to focus on what’s going on but instead, Petra says something that causes me to immediately lose my composure.
“Heh... looks like he definitely takes after you, Ikarus”
“D-Damn it, Petra! This is serious... I think? Brooks, if ya want to be a girl or something, just say. Both of us won’t care at all”
For some reason, that suggestion immediately brings him back out of his timid shell and back to the demon like child we know and love.
“Why the hell would I want to be a girl!? I was just bored and the stuff you wear is cute and all. Being a girl sounds yucky!”
“They really do stink boy, especially the ones who aren’t forcibly genderbent like- ouch! They also appear to be a huge pain in the arse as well”
Getting a pinch on the backside and a pout, I’d say that’s a fair response for implying Petra stinks. If she had been patient and waited just a second, she’d have known I was going to add that she has a good smell! Like roses that have been thrown in the woodchipper or a grassy meadow that has fertilized with the most effective kind of fertilizer...
“Aesa must inform wife Ikarus just compared her scent to a field getting fertilized with manure”
Teleporting right in front of us, thankfully wearing clothes for a change, Princess Aesa has to throw me right in the mud! Why the hell did she do that!? Petra’s never had a noticeable scent and I’ve always liked that about her.
“It was a freaking joke, Aesa! Petra always has a great smell, all natural is the best way of things with none of that overbearing perfume crap!”
“Heh... actually Ikarus, I’ve always been wearing perfuse. Even in the days of the old empire... you just never noticed it”
“Damn it... don’t you start laughing at me! All I was trying to do is be a decent father but nooo...”
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In a dark, desolate corner of the Underworld, a decrepit building sits with only two souls trapped inside. The desolate building is roughly the size of medieval manor, but contains nothing of the luxury commodities, everything inside is destroyed baring a few chairs and a dusty bed. What once was the original house of Hades, now is filled with dust and cobwebs as thick as nets.
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“Still with that showmanship, even after death. You were a means to an end, a messenger only to deliver contents of the future. You never meant a thing to me, Asmodeus”
The woman scowls at the spiritual dragon who sits proud right where the old throne once sat, the oracle practically spitting at the grinning transparent dragon.
“Such a thing is...”
<...Pointless. You find this joke funny? Or are you looking for someone to stroke your ego, perhaps?>
Switching herself to her own transparent dragon form, the dragon form of Asmodeus can’t help but check her body out, all the while still possessing that absurd grin even as a lizard.
While he does this, the dragon turned Hestia can’t help but look for some kind of exit, scanning the wall for any sort of gap of crack but none are to be found. The only way into this palace was through using teleportation, the fake windows scattered around the place only being created for light magic to seep through. The openness is an illusion, Hades designed this place to withstand any attack from the inside or out.
Unknown to most, there are even darker corners of the Underworld that none shall visit, housing the souls that even Hades won’t touch. This place even holding a titan or two when Hades grow tired of it.
Now looking around frantically and even trying to crash into the wall, she scales the other side of the gigantic throne room only to find more imposing walls on every side. Try as she might, the impenetrable walls will never come down as they were built into the landscape itself. This building might as well be a bunker, hidden far and deep underground from anywhere or anyplace.
“...So, you might as well get comfortable. We could clean first... or tomorrow... or in a year from now. Time is endless!”
Switching to his demonic ghastly form, Asmodeus grabs a dusty bottle of alcohol off the floor and pops off the cork. Part of the deal with Hades means certain commodities would be teleported in on occasion. None know of what Asmodeus offered to the God of the dead in order to choose his resting place, but it would’ve been an impossibly expensive bribe for him to break his own rules like this. Whatever it is the demon lord wanted, this was always part of his plan.
Understanding his point perfectly, the dragon turned Goddess freaks out even more as she still desperately searches for an exit, even just the sound of something hollow behind would be a lifeline. There only way in and out was originally by portal though...