The school where we were was the biggest in the city and used to be the one where I went from first to eighth grades, it's been years since the last time I was in this locker room. Some funny situations happened to Hope and me in this place the funniest was when her intercom fell to the toilet, well later was funny at the moment she was desperate. They are water resistant, so in the end, the janitor managed to recover it for us, she got a new one anyway shortly after for her birthday…
Since Pinky has to come from the sewers, it was likely that he was going to climb through the drain. Of course, this wasn't as easy as it sounds, there were a lot of safety mechanisms that prevented anything from coming from the sewers, there is another story to that, but I wasn't born at the time.
"Pinky?"
I decide to call out loud to see if the white lab rat could hear me.
'You must be Rose, I have wanted to meet you for a while, Spirit Watcher.'
Spirit Watcher? It sounds nice tho, I wonder if the title gives extra stats or abilities, that would be nice. I wonder what kind of title the others would have?
'Can you come up here?'
'I have no way to climb there, but we can talk from here, the Former Demon King told me that your kingdom needs a favor that involves the Blood Lord's lackeys? He seemed busy with the Hero dealing with the Swamp Lord's troops, so he didn't have much time to explain.'
I thought about going down using Paws ability, but I remember Spencer's smell the time he spent almost a day in there and rejected the idea.
'Yes, there is a group of people coming from the south to attack, we need to stop them, but I think that Dante can help, and bring them to our side if we manage to capture them.'
'You want them to come back to the side of the light and respond to the teaching of the Snake Goddess! Indeed Spirit Watcher…you are a smart and kind person, no wonder you are the main wife!'
Wait… what?
Main wife?
What is he talking about? Is Spencer cheating on me?... No that's not possible. If Spencer was cheating on me I would know, I'm with him most of the time and we have the Astral Link… I would know.
Right?...
'What do you mean with the main wife? We are not married yet, and he is not seeing anyone else!'
'It's a matter of time for you to get married and be the main wife. About other women, they will appear eventually, every hero needs a harem, he has to have a big family and lots of strong children so when he leaves this world and go to the higher realms, to ascend and become a god himself he will know that his family and this world are safe!'
"He would never leave me! and I can have all the children he wants!!"
I was a little pissed at him, just as I was yelling at him a woman left one of the toilet booths and looked at me worried.
"Sorry to bother you, it's just that the white rat I'm talking to pissed me off…"
"…Ok. You should talk with someone about this rat."
She left right away… I should have stayed quiet… at least I didn't add that I talk about it with the cat she would have dragged me to the hospital right away.
Why did I even open my mouth?
Now I get why Spence and Dante don't like to talk about this guy… I was so annoyed with him that I thought of leaving, but I haven't heard the answer about the favor yet.
'Can you do it?'
'We are on it, I don't think we can do it without hurting them, they tried to against the Snake Goddess, even under other people's influence they must pay for their sins.'
Another voice sounded on my head.
'Tell him that their punishment is not for you to decide, he has to capture them and let Snake Goddess judge their acts. He always falls for that stuff.'
… I was so pissed with the harem comment that I failed to notice some pretty obvious stuff, I started to understand how is that Dante usually deals with this guy.
'Look Mr. Pinky'
'Please just call me Underworld King Pinky.'
That's… longer whatever
'Underworld King Pinky, I understand that their sins must be punished, but you are no judge in the eyes of the Snake Goddess, they must be captured and brought here, it's not up to you to decide what will happen with them. I will do it, and I have a connection with Cai-Cai.'
'What do you mean with a connection with the Snake Goddess?'
I can't lie, so I have to be very careful in the way I talk about everything, in the beginning, it was difficult I just blurted whatever was on my mind a repeatedly embarrassed myself, but after a while I started to get used to it, so at least I'm able to hide some things.
'It's possible that you understand if I show you something. Give me a minute.'
I couldn't tell him that she was my pet, so I just went to the Astral realm with my body and descent to the sewers. It was still a little difficult, but I was able to handle it well. Before materializing again in the sewer, I took a peek at what was happening outside. Spencer has already paralyzed the remaining of the first wave, but it was taking him more time to scare them away. At east, the situation thankfully hasn't changed.
The place that surprised me was the south. The NDR's goons were getting nearer, and I could see rats lurking around, it was like they were waiting for our decision here to act.
I reappeared in a pitch dark place, all I could hear was the running water, the place was smellier than I thought, so I want to leave this place as soon as possible. I knew the approximate spot where Pinky was so without wasting much time I made my tattoo glow. The light blue snake appeared coiling around my arm, it had some kind of aura.
Skreek!!
I think that is the rat equivalent of a gasp of surprise.
'An Apostle!!!'
I couldn't confirm his assumption, so I just stayed silent and let him follow his own conclusion.
'Can you capture them and bring them here? Their fates will be decided when Dante comes back.'
'Of course. There is no way that we will go against the designs of the Snake Goddess!'
Finally, I could smile and relax a little.
'Thank you for your help.'
'Nothing to thank me for. Our fates are decided by the Snake Goddess, and we are happy to be of use and be a part of the great plan. If there is anything else that the Apostle need from us just say the word and we will follow.'
Wow… he is so loyal… I'm almost feeling bad for doing this…
'I will be going I have more work to do.'
'I'm not taking more time from you, Lady Apostle.'
Ok, he can be kind of fun too… to bad that he ruined my mood with that harem comment.
It took a couple of minutes to go back to the changing room, I had to wait for a little to recover, changing form too fast could be tiring and I will not risk my advance by overusing an ability like last time. I used the time to take a look at what was happening around.
It was already noon, and there was no signal of beasts movements from the east, the hunting teams were changing the scouts so the previous one could rest. We don't know how long this would be, but from the Aurora Clinic previous experience, and Spencer's missions timers, we knew that it was going to be a long process, so taking turns and resting was important to not tire our forces as we wait.
The situation in the west didn't change much. I went near to take a look and saw Spencer whistling, most of the beast has already escaped, but some beasts tried to pass by him and were killed… now that I think there was a second silhouette at that time right?
I noticed that the guy with him was Stan… that explained why I didn't pay any attention to him before. The situation there was under control, and I don't see the next wave coming yet.
The last place I needed to check was the south, but I found that there was not much to see there. I hate to admit it, but the rats are incredibly efficient in this job. What I was looking at were about thirty powerless humans immobilized and being dragged to the sewers…