Back in the castle of Preeliance, while Remuel was stuck in [Nightmare Fantasia] Serkyrio was meditating in his room. He was currently free from any tasks as he had completed the urgent and delegated the other papers to his secretaries. He had a clear view of the entire city as he concentrated in his presence detection.
It was very peaceful until he felt a sudden spike of magic from the direction of Luventrion.
"That's... Divinity..." Serkyrio muttered lightly, convinced of what he detected from where Remuel is currently. "It seems the [God of Equivalence] has finally reawakened." He finished his meditation without any rush and stood up. He then walked out of his room to look for his secretaries.
As he entered his office, he immediately heard five different girls talking about games. Since they were his secretaries, they had a huge amount of authority over the governmental affairs. But since all members are highly reliable, they had free time.
"Seems like you guys are free?" Serkyrio walked in on them, who were lightly chatting about gacha games. "Ah Serkyrio, we had completed our tasks for the day. Is there something you need?" The head secretary, Jess quickly responded to Serkyrio and asked one other secretary to prepare the tea, but Serkyrio gestured that there's no need for such. "Emergency summons, summon Harold to the throne hall." Jess turned her gaze to another secretary which quickly understood what she meant and left the room. "Did something happen?" With a serious expression, Jess asked Serkyrio of the details of the emergency summon. "Yes, Remuel has reawakened, he may need to perform an emergency recall."
Serkyrio moved to the throne hall in imperial wear. Arlesk was recalled and Draxus was contacted of the occurrence. "It's time to officially announce that huh...? It's not even a year yet." Serkyrio facepalmed as he spoke ill of the current situation. "Seems like we're finally gonna get exposed eh? It's bad luck that Remuel had reawakened this early in the game, but I'm sure it will be fine." Arlesk had a faraway look as he talked with Serkyrio.
Looking around the throne, Serkyrio checked the people in attendance. All members of the Preeliance, including new members that were highly trusted by them. "Thinking about positions, we should prepare ministry positions now. You need three for each of you, I'll choose three myself. Gender doesn't matter either, so go choose whoever you want." Arlesk nodded at Serkyrio's words while telling him that he'll think hard about it.
"Sorry we're late!" Draxus had arrived along with the vice-chiefs of the Sentinels and his fiancés. Arlesk was joined with his fiancés, and the newly formed organization ,[Order of the Brilliant Guardians] that he led. They were recruited as high elite members of the [Knight Order] with proper personality and discipline record. Jaquinn and Collin were joined by their lovers and his [Espionage Corps], Andreus stood beside Serkyrio as he acts as the Prime Minister. Richard and Harold arrived with Draxus. Remuel's fiancé Victorina, is acting as proxy for his absence. After checking all the members that had arrived, the throne hall was semi-packed in terms of space. But Serkyrio was somewhat glad that the place was finally getting livelier.
"Silence, the Emperor shall now speak." The chattering around the room ended as silence began to permeate the hall. Serkyrio then stood up and spoke about his findings. "Earlier, I had been meditating, and I detected magic that far surpasses the limits of what human can do." There were those that were shocked by the revelation. However, there were some members that narrowed their eyes in realization. The following of which were Draxus, Arlesk, Audrey, and Andreus. "Remuel has fully reawakened to his absolute power. As I have detected divinity coming from Luventrion, where he's currently stationed, there must be an event that led Remuel to using his full extent. However! We shall await for his contact, with his full power, there is no need to worry for his survival." Victorina's eyes widened at the announcement of Remuel's actual power. She was skeptical of a god's existence at first, but with Remuel existing as a living god, her worries of him losing control start to arise. Serkyrio took notice of this and quickly reassured her. "Do not worry, Victorina. Remuel is more than capable of full control of any power he attains. Unlike a certain Archon." Serkyrio glared at Draxus who quickly averted his gaze. The chattering began once again around the hall, which made Serkyrio prompt Andreus to silence them. "Now, this is where it's serious. Because not only Remuel, but Draxus, Arlesk, and myself are also revered to as divine existences. Some members here may have memories of a god. So when they reawaken, I hereby command for them to present their identity to me." Serkyrio paused for a moment, before ending the announcement. The members then scattered as they returned to their work.
Before long, Serkyrio became alone in the room, pondering about the next move. Since he spoke about the existences of Archons and the Emperor being divine gods, he had to plan out on how to ensure that they will not be dealt with against information. However, while thinking deeply into his mind, he was interrupted by the ringtone of his phone. The caller was Remuel, which he picked up immediately. "Status report, [God of Equivalence]." Serkyrio heard a groan before Remuel made a response. "It seems that you know already, I'll be stopping there for a bit before I continue my mission. I have to talk to you about the opponents we're going to face." As he heard from Remuel, he quickly ended the call and waited for Remuel to arrive.
In less than twenty minutes later, Remuel arrived with Bethany, they're currently right in front of Serkyrio, kneeling on one knee in reverence to him. He urged them to move together to a meeting room and summon his fiancés and the two other Archons. Before long, the members that were called out were brought to the designated meeting room. "Now that you have arrived, I'll have you spit everything out as to why you used divinity." There was nobody else in the room to interrupt them, as Serkyrio had given strict order to a guard. Remuel finally spoke up on what he had gone through.
"Have you guys dealt with the concept of dreams? Or the concept of imaginary magic?" Draxus twitched in reaction, as he's the person that's most capable of concepts and theories in magic. "N-No... But I have a theory about that..." Remuel quickly explained his experiences. His soul was brought into an imaginary world, and faced an amalgamation of the devil. He explained the identity of Magna Ensarkóno, being an apostle of the [God of Dominion]. Arlesk and Draxus widened their eyes as they remembered the name. Both of them were very furious when the name was mentioned. Because Arlesk has experience in fighting against him, and the [God of Dominion] when he received the memories of his godhood when they were summoned in this world. However, his fury didn't surpass what Draxus displayed. Utter wrath. Upon the mention of the [God of Dominion], Draxus quickly recalled the life of Zero Alephinity, one of the eight souls connected to him. But he shuddered, as he recalled the power held by the hostile god. "Unforgivable..." Draxus muttered under his breath, but the pressure he released within the room allowed everybody to know what he felt.
"You should calm down for now, Draxus. Since we figured out the enemy's identity, then we know that the [God of Dominion] is after us. We're using mortal bodies, so we need to be able to find a way to transcend. However, since we're dealing with that god, that means that all of his apostles are here, including Cronus." Draxus bit his lip after Serkyrio stopped him from snapping. Blood came out from his mouth and sat down to calm himself. Remuel then proceeded to explain further the concept of imaginary magic. He asked questions whether Draxus can use it or not, but he was met with a sadly disappointing answer. "That concept is too hard to grasp, but I may be able to do it eventually." Arlesk clicked his tongue in frustration. "So those fuckers now have crazy magic on their sleeves huh?" Serkyrio nodded, he then explained the long-term plan to the members in the meeting room.
After the meeting, Remuel was left behind with Victorina, Lynx, and Noelle. Bethany was pondering deeply as she drank her tea. While the four of them talked over the balcony. "So, I never knew I'd ended up with a god. Even though I didn't believe in such at first." Victorina spoke first to avoid the awkward atmosphere. Remuel sighed as if he was rumbled. "I was going to tell you all about this first, but it can't be helped." Remuel had a faraway look while the awkward silence slowly returned. It lasted for a while but it was broken by Bethany herself. "Umm, I don't know if I should be here so..." She was trying to escape, as she realized that the three girls around Remuel were his fiancés. Victorina caught on to her feelings as Bethany blushed when her gaze connected with Remuel. She glared at Remuel as if looking at an insect. "What do you think you're doing while we aren't looking huh? Darling?" Remuel twitched in reaction as cold sweat started pouring from his head. "But she-" His mouth was silenced by Victorina who placed her index finger right in front of it. "Geez... I know that you tend to attract people as well, but..." Victorina's voice gradually became lower which made Remuel unable to comprehend what she said afterwards. He tried to probe in, but he was met with a punch in the gut. "Guhh!!!" Lynx and Noelle simply laughed it off lightly making Remuel question the true authority between them. Victorina then clearly spoke while turning her gaze away from Remuel. "At least spoil me more..." It wasn't a loud voice, but he clearly heard it, making him completely red in the face.
The five of them had a talk about engagement between Remuel and Bethany afterwards, killing the awkward atmosphere between them. It was then Remuel was resolved to be closer to his fiancés.