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Two years later.
- Oh... Surprised me in my old age, five runes... You've completely outdone me, you might think? - Degmar asked regretfully.
- I'm sorry, I don't want to become your successor you already know the reason.
- I know, but it's worth a try.
- Thank you for everything, Master.
- I'm only glad to pass on all my experience to someone in my old age, now I can die.
- Don't say that, you still have a long way to go, so until I become a Runic God, you can't go to your coffin.
He smiled slightly in response.
- ''Alright, I will look forward to that moment.
- I'm off then, see you soon.
- Come on," he waved his hand languidly, "Just don't forget to visit the old man!
- Sure!
Leaving the guild, Eros headed to the flat. He had already told Urthir in advance to pack her things and explained their further destination. After Stella, the titan was going to visit Joya as well, but he changed his mind a year ago. Since the rebellion was suppressed and the royal family managed to regain power, so at the moment the country is being rebuilt and there is no point there anymore. There's nothing interesting for Eros there, and there's no way to make money. So the next destination was Magnolia.
***
As soon as he stepped into the living room, he froze for a moment, feeling the tension in the air. On one side sat Urthir, slowly sipping her tea, and on the other was Virgo, who was looking at that one with complete defiance.
- Eros, why don't you talk to Deva about wearing a maid's uniform?
- Mmm... I'm fine with it as it is," the titan replied with a slight smile.
At the moment Maiden was wearing only one black swimming costume.
- Do you think it's normal to look at another girl, right in front of your own? - Squinting her eyes, with a threatening note in her voice, Urtir asked.- No, but I can't help it," Eros replied with a slight smile, "Maiden, you have excellent taste!
- Thank you, Mr Eros.
- Eros! Stop praising her!
The Titan walked up to the angry girl and kissed her, both his hands went to Urtir's firm ass, stroking and squeezing it. The girl did not resist, but put her arms around him.
- And it ended again with this...
- No, I think we'll stay here a little longer, Maiden, take the things to the spirit world, and I'll punish this bad girl, - with a grin, he slapped Urtir's bottom, she smiled playfully in return.
- Mister, do you need a whip?
- Hmmm... that's not a bad idea, but I think we can try that a little later.
- Punishment?
- Is that a suggestion?
- Eros!
- Okay, I'll do it later," taking the indignant girl in his arms, he went straight to the stairs...
***
It took them three days to get to Magnolia. And as soon as they landed near the gate, they removed their invisibility and walked quietly towards the entrance to the city.
- Not a bad place you picked to start a guild," Urthir said with a slight smile, squeezing his hand between her two hemispheres.
- Let's just say I didn't choose it, but I can't disagree with you.
- Well, go ahead and lead the way or I'm dying of curiosity!
- Okay, okay, by the way, have you thought about our conversation yesterday?
She nodded thoughtfully.
- I'm sorry to make you do this," Eros said guiltily, lifting her head by the chin and looking into her eyes.
- I'm only too happy to help you, and it would be nice to blow the minds of those boring old geezers from the council," Urtir replied with a nasty smile, "But I hope I won't have to wait long for you.
- Don't worry, a month at the most and everything will be ready.
- I'll take you at your word! And since I'm leaving you tomorrow, you're mine for tonight!
- Those were supposed to be my words...
They approached a huge building built in the Japanese style rather quickly. Each floor was marked by a roof of large and thick wood slabs around it. The walls were white in colour, made of pressed clay, looking rather squishy. Yes and the building looked very flimsy, but beautiful.
- Is this the building of your guild? - Urthir asked in surprise.
- Yes... It's not bad," Eros said thoughtfully as he looked round the building.
- Why not bad? It looks great to me!
- There are a few flaws that need to be fixed.
- Flaws?
- Yes, the clay used to make the walls is a little lower in quality than the one I was talking about, the roof is three degrees lower than it was in the blueprint, and also....
- That's enough, I get it!
- Eros...? - A surprised voice sounded behind the titan, and when he turned around, he saw a guy with short red hair and a scar on his cheek.
- Rick, it's good to see you," he smiled slightly and held out his hand, the other shook it a little sluggishly.
- You could have at least warned us you were coming back, we would have been prepared... And she...?
- My girlfriend," Rick looked at Eros and Urthir with shock, "What kind of reaction is that?!
- Well, I thought you weren't interested in girls...!
- What are you getting at?! I'm not one of those!
He smiled guiltily as he looked at him.
- You misunderstood, I just thought you were only interested in books, but whenever I saw you, you were always reading something, not paying attention to anyone.
- He hasn't changed a bit," she said with a grin.
- 'That's how... Well, I'm not surprised.
- I'm actually here... - Eros said glumly, - And how's it going on the love front, when's the wedding?
- How did you know? - he asked in surprise.
- А? I guessed?
- In a month, I proposed to Lily a fortnight ago.
-...
- By the way, I was just about to contact you and invite you to the wedding.
- Yeah... - Eros looked thoughtfully at Urthir, who was smiling 'sweetly' at him, with shining eyes, - "Well, fuck it! I'm not ready to get married this early, even though I love her, it's too soon!"- I'm glad for you, because when I left it was hard for you to hold hands.
- It was like that... - he smiled embarrassedly, - Why are we standing here, let's go to our guild, finally everyone will see the master, because I'm tired of telling everyone that I'm not the master of the guild and I don't know when you'll be back.
- Come on, by the way, how many members are there already?
- 42 people, half of them from Paradise Tower and mostly all kids under sixteen.
- That's right.
Opening the doors, a large hall appeared in front of Eros, with a small bar, a few dozen tables with chairs. There was a large blank slate at one end of the hall, and a huge chandelier adorned the ceiling. The floor was made of planks, as was the ceiling. Also in the hall was a staircase to the first floor.
Oddly enough, Eros had taken to designing the building from the inside, the Fairy Tail building. He liked the way it was set up, as well as the idea of a first floor for S-rank quests that could only be taken by mages of that rank. Eros also added a couple of other things, like a third floor where the workshop was located. Titan had prepared this place for those who wanted to do something like Runes or Artefacting.There was a large library in the basement of the guild, still empty, but Eros was going to fill it by writing books himself, he had a photographic memory, and the Grimoire would be able to help with that.
Still in these two years, Eros had been able to digest the demon's memory, though he himself didn't know much about the thing. Astaroth had found it by accident when he was exploring the ruins and he only knew how to bind it to himself, but he had learnt its abilities himself. And he could only unlock four:
1. It contained all of the master's knowledge. That is, if you read any book only once, it would retain its full contents.
2. It had the ability of creation: it could store spells seen by Eros at least once, but they were disposable. This the titan tested on Ur by copying all her spells into the book.
3. The book's complete unkillability. No matter how Eros tried, nothing could take it, even his power of destruction couldn't leave a scratch on it. Though the titan was still wary of using dark Magic Power on it, he had a gut feeling that the book wouldn't survive it.
4. The fourth and final ability was the Flame of Perdition, a spell that burned all the pages of the book as well as the owner, but only for a moment gave him the power to control the flame, which could burn everything.
The artefact was very useful, especially as a shield, Eros had even considered attaching a small handle to it to make it easier to hold, but then changed his mind, remembering that he had a good defence as it was, but still kept the idea in mind.
As soon as they entered the building, a little more than twenty pairs of eyes were directed at them. Half of them lingered on Eros and the other on Rika.
- Folks, I have good news for you... Our master has returned and the guild will soon be officially established! - For a couple of seconds there was a sepulchral silence until one started clapping, followed by a second and a third...
- Hooray!
- Finally! Welcome back Master!
- We're happy to see you!
Although most of the mostly children were happy, there were some who looked at Eros with disdain or apprehension, he was still a stranger to them, someone they were seeing for the first time. The Titan saw this, but paid no attention.
Several children ran up to him, Eros recognised half of them, they were the ones he had rescued from the Tower of Eden and the four that had caught his eye.
- Master! We're glad you're back! - Eric exclaimed with a twinkle in his eye, "Cubelius is happy to see you too," the purple snake hissed at his words.
"Fun couple... Yes and the snake is not an easy one... It reeks of magic... Strange..."- But the titan decided to forget about it for now, after all, this is a magical world and a lot of things roam the earth, - I'm glad to see you all too, and as I see everyone has grown and become much stronger....
- Yes! And soon we'll overtake you!
- I'll be looking forward to it.