"Every thing is now ready, sir." Realos said to Aurendor.
"Good, summon Mitsuki and the Aqua household, and prepare a throne for Mitsuki."
"As you wish.. But I believe that Mitsuki would prefer standing...." Realos said cautiously.
"You will come to know why I am asking that of you soon. For now, do as I say, understood?"
"Y.. yes." Realos said as he exited Avalon.
"Mirei, I hope that everything is going well on your side."
"Yes, everything is fairly smooth.. And as you said, Akio did confirm that Mitsuki entered the fourth dimension, literally. He also said that there was someone else he couldn't sense easily, the one who removed Mitsuki out of the realm." She replied as she bowed.
"And I hope that you are keeping this a secret from everyone else, including Realos, right?"
"Yes, I have. But I do get the feeling that it will no longer be a secret, right?" Mirei asked.
"You catch on quite fast.. I will reveal that, along with some other things, and even much more to Mitsuki."
"Forgive me for asking this, but what celestial form did Mitsuki take?" Mirei asked.
"Unfortunately, I cannot tell you that, even though I trust you the most. Just know that he took a form that will prove to be troublesome if you make him your enemy in the future." Aurendor said.
Aurendor and Mirei had an odd bond, or that's how it appeared to all the other gods. Even as they observed her talk to Aurendor in secret, they wondered why they always talked to each other as equals, and why they kept having secretive conversations within a barrier. The even more odd thing was that even the Celestior seemed to think of Mirei as their equal. A hint of jealousy could be clearly seen around the minor gods. As they murmured, Michael and the others appeared, standing in front of their thrones that were behind Aurendor's.
"It would be in our best of interests if you could all shut up." Archius said in a stern tone. Following her orders, all the gods shut their mouths as they all stood up. Slowly by slowly, the Celestior members started appearing.
******
LUGUNICA
The Castle was in pure chaos. Knights and priests were running all over the place, so was the King.
"Hurry up! Bring out the finest armors and clothing that we have! The Summoned are being called in Avalon! HURRY!" King Azrael shouted at the top of his lungs. Ein had called all the summoned to one place and was giving them instructions of how to act in Avalon.
"Immediately you are summoned, you need to arrange yourselves according to the gods who chose you. If you find them standing, you shall all kneel on your right knee... Oh you also need a representative to talk on your behalf.. Is anyone-"
It was clear that the summon had caught everyone unawares, so it was stressing the royals a lot.
"Relax a bit Ein.. You are stressing a bit too much." Emilia said, approaching her.
"OF COURSE!! YOU ARE GOING TO MEET ALL THE GODS AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN TAUGHT YOU WHAT TO DO!!" She shouted back.
"The girl is right, princess." A voice said as Cupid appeared beside Mark, resting his arm on Mark's shoulder.
"Who the hell are you.." Mark asked, as his instincts warned him not to try anything stupid.
"Everyone! Kneel!" Ein said as she went down on her right knee. They all followed her, doing the same.
"Yo, I'm Cupid, the god of love. I am here on behalf of Aurendor. I have been asked to take you tp Avalon as well as to guide you during the meeting. You will just have to listen to what I tell you telepathically, okay?" He asked in a cheerful tone. They all remained quiet, their faces looking down.
"Oh, I forgot this is how they act in front of gods.. I think I got used to Mitsuki and Miyuki.." He thought as he cleared his throat.
"Is that understood?" He asked in a more stern tone.
"Y- Yes!"
"You may all rise."
Following Ein's lead, they all stood up.
"Now then, what was disturbing you all? I can see that the King is running around everywhere." Cupid asked.
"This is Cupid, Ein.. Do not look into his eyes. Do not worry, I shall speak to all summoned telepathically using your voice so that they avoid eye contact." Peria said in Ein's mind.
"Firstly, I do apologize on behalf of our King, for not training the Summoned on how to behave in such situations. I do hope you understand why my familiar is speaking to them.." Ein said cautiously.
"It's fine actually, you can all look at me, my eyes will have no effect on you." Cupid replied.
As they all did, they couldn't help but adore how beautiful his eyes looked. The bright pink shade it had seemed to glow, brimming with energy. Cupid was said to have the most beautiful eyes in the whole universe, eyes that were beautiful on the outside,
but deadly in the inside
Cupid listened to Ein as she continued speaking, learning that they were not prepared at all and that they were not anticipating them to be summoned to Avalon that soon.
"I see, so you do not have the necessary outfits you say? You already do." Cupid said as he sat on a wooden box.
"You all have what you wore during the fight yes?"
"Y- Yes."
"Good, then equip them using your system."
"But, aren't they dirt-"
"What you wear to battles that you fight in are a part of your soul, they are treasured to you, aren't they? That will please Lord Aurendor very much if you do so." He said, as he prepared the necessary, telling them all about the summon and that all the gods will be there.
"Won't the pressure kill us?" Mark asked.
"No need to worry, that's why I am here. As long as I am here, you shall not feel any kind of effect. Now, are you all ready?!" He asked the Summoned.
"Yes!"
"Good, then we shall leave immediately, we have no time to waste!" He said as he snapped his fingers, making all of them to instantly vanish aside from Ein. She sighed as she sat on the floor.
"That was intense," She thought. Just then, the doors were opened abruptly, and the King came rushing inside.
"We have finally found the- Wait.. where are they?" The King asked.
"They left with Lord Cupid right now. Yes, Lord Cupid."
"I see." The King replied.
"Wait dad, you are not surprised at all?"
"No. since Lord Jupiter apparently came for Marcus together with the other two generals."
"So everyone who participated in that fight has been summoned huh.." Ein said as she sighed.
*****
AVALON
The whole realm was silent, as all who had been summoned appeared before them. Mitsuki had his mask back on and was accompanied by Poki and Valeria. The three generals and the summoned all appeared behind them, adoring the beauty of the golden realm.
"There he is.." Mark and Emilia said to themselves, as they looked at Mitsuki. His white cloak now seemed to be emitting a faint blue glow, and his hair seemed to have grown longer and had been neatly tied.
"Bow down! Supreme Lord Aurendor has arrived!" Realos shouted.
Every being in the realm including the gods and angels all bowed down as Aurendor appeared on his throne.
"My chosen one, rise." He said.
Mitsuki stood up and headed right in front of him.
"Take your rightful throne." He said, pointing to the newly added throne behind him. Mitsuki walked up to it, standing beside Archius.
"Well well, welcome to the high table," Archius whispered to him.
"Rise."
They all rose up. The Celestior members sat on their thrones, followed by the ones behind Aurendor, then Aurendor himself. After that, all the rest sat down.
"As you all know, there was a major fight against one of the major demons, where the Summoned defended the people of Brook Village and continued fighting the demons even after that. In this meeting, that shall be one of our agendas, but first, I shall talk about one thing, that will change the way you know creation itself."
Everyone who was seated at the thrones behind Aurendor froze, including Mitsuki himself.
"Wait.. He doesn't mean...." They all thought.
"I am not the only supreme god, and I am not the one who has created all of creation, neither am I powerful at all. I shall explain to you all about creation, about supreme beings, and types of beings." Aurendor said as he turned towards Mitsuki, giving him a brief glance.
"Damn.. What is he planning?! He is going to tell all of us about everything? Why though?" Mitsuki wondered.
"I believe Lord Aurendor is doing this as a cover." Archius said telepathically.
"A cover?"
"Yes.. There are higher beings whose works are to just watch what happens to Creation as a form of entertainment.. If Aurendor has a private talk with you alone, they will be intrigued to know what you are, and I am assuming that Lord Aurendor wants to hide that from them."
"I see.. So him revealing all of this will somewhat amuse those beings, as they will try to wonder why he is doing that. So they will observe this meeting so that they can check whether he tries to reveal something that is supposed to be kept a secret. That way, Aurendor can find a way to take me somewhere else.. But still.."
As Mitsuki thought about that, his point of view suddenly changed. He could see two different places at the same time: Avalon and a dark blue realm.
"What is going on....." He wondered. It felt like he had two separate consciousness.
"That is what we call omnipresence." Aurendor said, appearing in front of him.
"I see.. Quite a nice cover you cooked up back there," Mitsuki said.
"Well, I can't be a supreme being if I can't do this much, right? Anyway, we need to speak to you."
"We?"
As he said those words, a man clad in a cark cloak appeared.
"We meet again, Mitsuki Ichiro." Herald said.