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Chapter 9 - Chapter 9

Zane comes back to the hotel and Astelia. She stretches and pats the bed, signaling for Zane to sit next to her. She lays down next to him, gazing at him. 

"Seems like you had a long day," Astelia sighs. "Need me to help soothe your discomforts?"

"I'm just at a limbo, Astelia," Zane responds. "Things just keep on happening, and I don't know how to handle it all."

Astelia sits up and hugs Zane from behind. She sighs and tries to sympathize with Zane's situation. Thinking back to her time as a hero, she never had many people to help her emotionally. 

'This time, it'll be different,' she thinks to herself. 'I won't leave any ally alone to bear great hardship again.'

In the town, Lumina skips around with groceries in her hand. The ground shakes below her, she dodges away instinctively. The ground vomits a giant centipede, giving it a chance to roar into the streets. Lumina stares at it blankly, and citizens run away from it. Lumina sighs and stretches.

'Been a while since I had to fight,' she mutters. 'Let me show off a bit.'

The centipede charges a blast directly at Lumina. She holds her hand up and with a swift motion, her hand slices the beam in half, leaving her uninjured. She walks to the centipede and points down. The nerves in the centipede's body force it to fall. 

"Wow," Lumina yawns. "This centipede is weak."

She flicks it, popping his head like a filled-up balloon. Citizens nearby look in awe at the beast girl's feet and cheer. She then dissects the centipede, finding its jewel in its heart. 

She looks up, and a figure floats above her. Looking at the figure confused, she puts the jewel in her pocket—the figure snickers, thinking that she is interesting. The figure looks at Lumina, smiling cruelly, and aims dark spears towards him. She stands stone-faced as the dark spear disintegrates before her eyes. 

"Can we not do this right now?" Lumina asks begrudgingly. "I want to go home."

"Well, the only place you're going to is your grave!" the figure laughs manically. "Chaos will reign supreme!"

Lumina yawns as pink magic surrounds her. Her left eye glows a hot pink as more spears disintegrate in her presence. She blossoms out pink wolf's fur, covering her breasts and thighs. Her hands become a pink flame as she goes into a crab stance. 

"You want to go?" Lumina taunts at the figure. "Fuck it, let's go."

Not giving the figure a chance to respond, she dashes at it—a swift kick darts the figure back several hundred feet. The figure attempts to throw combinations, only for Lumina to dodge them all. She blocks one of the fists and then strikes the figure in the chest. The figure loses its breath and gets kicked in the stomach, making it vomit out blood. 

The figure gets up and tries to strike Lumina. Its arm loses connection to the rest of its body as Lumina stares coldly at it. The figure's attempts to attack become more desperate and rage-filled, but she dodges them effortlessly. Cutting off the mask that the figure had, reveals a young man, desperately holding onto his life. His dark purple eyes and jet-black hair supply blood running down his face. 

"Ah, it's you," Lumina sighs as she kicks him through the plains. "The God of Chaos chooses his heroes horribly."

The Hero of Chaos disappears from the scene, disappointing Lumina. She stretches and picks up the groceries, heading back to the hotel. 

Zane and Astelia take a minute to puke in the bathroom as they see Lumina walk into the hotel room. Lumina laughs and goes straight to the bathroom. 

"I'll leave you two lovebirds to it," Lumina teases. "You better be wearing protection, Zane."

"I'll kill you!" Zane shouts. "Sneaky bitch!"

Astelia sighs, laying back down on her stomach. She looks at Zane with a smug look on her face. 

"You know I wouldn't mind that, right," Astelia chuckles. "After all, I'm…"

"ALRIGHT, SHUT IT," Zane yells. "BOTH OF YOU!"

Zane goes to the other bed and lies down in the opposite direction of the two ladies. Astelia and Lumina look at each other and think of a devious idea. Soon after lying down, Zane falls asleep. 

Zane wakes up two hours later to find the two beautiful ladies sleeping beside him. Both still have their towel on. Holding back many urges, Zane doesn't move and stares at the ceiling. Lumina rolls on top of him in her sleep and snores loudly. Astelia clutches Zane's right arm, seeming to have a nightmare. 

'This is Heaven and Hell at once,' He mutters to himself. 'Two beautiful ladies, both very comfortable around me. What even is my life anymore.'

With those last thoughts, Zane falls back asleep. He wakes in his consciousness to find the two Goddesses laughing. He gets annoyed at them and tries to tell them to shut up but he gets scared when they both look at him with devious intent. 

Adreana: "Well if it isn't the man of the hour!"

Ayla: "Congratulations on your surprisingly strong will! Maybe I should try what they're doing as well."

Zane: "NO! Not more of that please!"

Adreana and Ayla snicker as they both lift their skirts simultaneously. Zane quickly turns around, not being fooled into temptation. Zane sits down, sighing at the two Goddesses. 

"What's wrong Zane," The Goddess of Darkness asks. "Is this situation still on your mind?"

"Well yeah it is," Zane responds solemnly. "I still can't fathom the point of my power."

The Goddess of Light groans, tired of hearing similar things from previous heroes of Light. She stands up and strokes Zane's head and smiles. 

"No one ever understands the point of this," The Goddess of Light says. "Me nor Adreana understand either. Only our Father understands, he was the one who thought of the whole experiment idea in the first place."

"I agree Ayla," The Goddess of darkness sighs. "The main thing you should be worrying about is those two companions you are with."

"Protect them with your life, Zane. Only with them, you can make an idea of your place in this grand schematic."

Zane thanks the two sisters. In the real world he peacefully sleeps, holding both of his allies close to him.