"you could've warned me you were coming to pay a visit, sorry about this."(syn) I said, going off of what my system told me to do, killing a devout follower wouldn't help me, so begrudgingly I set aside my rage at their plans to kidnap my daughter and used my customer service voice, adorning the signature fake and friendly smile.
both girls practically melted as I lowered us to the ground, releasing them gently as they landed with wobbly knees, their faces bright red.
"I'm sorry master! we should've given a notice!"(devout follower 1)
the other girl nodded.
"look if you wanted me to go to the god realm so bad you could've knocked on my door and told me so, I would've listened."(syn) I lied, if I had no idea that these were followers of mine I'd just leave them on the porch, I wouldn't even have answered the door.
"then you'll go?!"(followers) asked excitedly, and in unison.
yeah that's gonna be a no.
"here's the fun part, I don't need to, the gods already for the most part follow my orders, let someone else have the responsibility while I have all the fun."(syn) I lied, it was a good reason though.
their eyes were lit up, they were practically fangirling over my "intelligence".
"but I do head to the god realm from time to time, ya know speaking of that I haven't seen my emissary in quite some time."(syn) I said, trailing off topic.
"oh her, the prophet is holding her because she was planning your downfall behind your back."(devout follower 2) said, voice full of pride.
[remember, go along with it]
I just simply nodded, using my next words to probe for info.
"he did a great job, by any chance may I know what she was planning?"(syn)
both girls nodded happily, like Julie used to do when she was five.
"she wanted to work with the mid tier mischief god to steal part of your power!"(devout follower 1)
huh?
"but I killed Kina."(syn)
both girls looked at me like I'd been living under a rock.
"there's a new one! it's that succubus' son!"(devout follower 2)
holy.shit.
Kina had a kid!
when?!
what?!
"good work on finding that out, gotta say my followers sure are the best."(syn) I said, my voice monotone, my inner thoughts swirling with both confusion and a small hint of rage, rage at the fact that there's people here who wanted to kidnap my daughter and I'm here being nice!
"thank you master!"(devout followers) in unison, again.
"don't worry about it, I know I send messages and stuff to the prophet but I'd like to see him, so I could personally deliver a very important message, this one can't be sent like normal."(syn) I said like I was talking to a toddler.
both girls shook their heads yes, leaning in closer as they did.
I stayed still and just hoped nothing weird would happen.
luckily that worked, they backed off after a second or two, scolding themselves in a low voice.
"bad! he has a wife!"(devout followers) in unison, now it's getting weird.
"make sure to tell him to meet me here, this message is very, very, very, important."(syn)
both girls nodded as they dashed into the woods, vanishing entirely within a few minutes.
I sighed a breath of relief as I was glad that was over.
it didn't take me long to walk back inside, once there I was confronted by a half naked, half asleep, Ally.
"go back to bed, I dealt with it."(syn)
I had hoped that would be it when julie came down the stairs, in a similar attire as her mother, I think, I shielded my eyes and turned around 180 degrees pretty quickly.
"like mother like daughter."(syn) I said to myself under my breath, turning and blindly leading Ally back to our room as she was too dazed to do it herself, seconds later Julie's slow steps echoed on the wood stairs.
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prophet pov...
my agents returned, unusually giddy, their usual seriousness was gone, replaced by an over reaction of joy.
"what is it children?"(prophet)
they practically squealed their answers.
"our God is so nice! he even wants to meet you personally so he can give you a very important task, he's even more attractive in person!"(agents 1 and 2) in unison, they sure do talk at once alot.
I was truly at a loss for words, I'd never expected he'd want to meet, or give me a task, I'd been using his name and status to build my cult, but this will only help it further, this really is a golden opportunity.
who knew religion could build a force strong enough to invade an entire country.
all under the name of a brutal monster, I guess by using the god who's destroyed planets as your patron you do attract some very strong and determined people.
luckily for us we have his emissary, she's where I've been getting my information from, very helpful she is.
"oh, his daughter and wife are off limits, his rage when we mentioned them was enough for us to understand, how wonderful that he protects his family like that! I wish my family protected me like that!"(agent 1)
I was confused, they'd simply said this out of nowhere.
"what about the task I sent you with, is he going to the god realm?"(prophet) I asked, by having him in the god realm permanently I can bullshit all I like and these morons won't have any other source to check, it'd be my word, backed by a god who's not present to ask.
"he said he doesn't need to, he's strong enough where all the gods naturally follow his orders, he doesn't want the repsosibkoty of the throne when he already has the authority of it."(agent 2) said, her usual seriousness poking through.
this was bad, for me, this might actually get complicated, and fast!
"don't worry, he was very nice to us when he found out we were his followers, if you tell him you're a follower from the start he'll be very nice!"(agent 1)
I simply nodded, I had a feeling that he only acted nice so that he could lure me to him, probably because I've been using his name without his knowledge, he's killed people for less.
"tell me children, what did his wings look like?"(prophet)
this question had a purpose, that emissary of his gave me a prophecy, I could use their answers to my advantage.
"beautiful silvery white with wispy shadows!"(agent 1)
so he hasn't yet entered the rage state, this gives me an opportunity.
see in the prophecy he goes complete rage monster and ends all life in the universe, his wings are a pure blood red when that happens, if I can just say that we need to make his wings red so that he'll be happy, maybe I could use the prophecy in my favor.
have one side get his wings like that and another go against it, two clashing factions, whoever wins I come out on top, or I die.
maybe not the best of my ideas but I'll use the wing color how and when I can.