Caelus nodded, "Very well." In that instant, a grey fog enveloped the entire Inazuma region. People instantly became dumb and retarded, some found that they could no longer perceive time. Nothing seemed to be able to be seen.
Yae soon stared at Caelus who retracted the fog. "And done."
She kicked him lightly again, "Why hasn't anything changed?" Yae asked. Caelus chuckled "Despite having authority of King of Space-Time, the Lord of Mysteries can not change history." He sighed and shrugged.
Yae glared at him "Finish your sentence first you fool." She seethed.
Caelus grinned "Welp I can't change history, but with a little loophole and error exploitation here and there. As long as history as we know it does not change, it doesn't matter what happens so long as it matches right?"
The fog soon emerged from space to reveal a familiar figure, "Makoto!" Yae exclaimed, "But how?" Caelus grinned, "A magician never reveals his secrets, nor does he perform unprepared."
His gaze soon stared at the world through a sense of divinity. Yae noticed his melancholy and asked, "What's the great magician thinking about?"
Caelus thought a bit before responding, "How to say goodbye." Yae looked stunned "Goodbye?" She asked with a bit of incredulity.
"Yes, you should know by now that we are not from this world. We are still searching for our home, or whatever is closest to our home. All this time, it's been fun. Playing around, participating in history. But further reflection shows, I'm nothing but someone that fooled himself to forget the pain." He stared into the fake sky, seeing something others could not.
Yae sighed, "I guess this is goodbye?"
Caelus nodded "No stopping this time until we find semblance of home... Tell the yellow haired brat that I can't help."
With a single breath he had disappeared and simultaneously all signs of the trading company and information brokers disappeared. Or perhaps concealed...
"I've been negligent..."
The other three shook their heads, "No... this wasn't bad either. Getting closer in touch with our humanity."
Amanises looked at him before nodding her head.
"It's time we get going, I'll be traveling non-stop until we get a resemblance of home."
Bernadette was holding her drunk father as Zhou made fun of the mighty Black Emperor.
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"WTF?"/"Zombies?"/"Schools?"/"Close"
"Next"
"Fantasy?"/"Slimes?"/"Goblins?"/"Hey look Amanises, your siblings."
"AH FUCK, why did you hit me that hard?"
"You know that's a sore topic and bad memory."
"Next"
"Pokemon?"/"Digimon?"/"Palworld?"/ "Nintendo?"
"Next"
"Next"
"Next"
"Next"
"Next"
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"Next-"
"NEIN!" Amanises roared uncharacteristically as she halted Caelus before Zhou started crying. Caelus's eyes bulged out while Huang grinned.
All of them took a big sniff as they took in the modern world. An almost same replica, sure there were some differences but ultimately they were the same.
"Home... Home..."
Amanises collapsed before sitting down onto the grass hill. Bernadette observed the world that her father came from, or rather the closest world that her father came from.
Huang soon looked at Caelus before asking, "Oi, you think they have McDonalds?" Caelus grinned before producing five happy meals.
Huang took one bite and instantly cried while Caelus simply sat in relief.
After numerous trials and falling hopes, they finally made it. At least it was as close to making it as possible. The four of them felt at peace. Home was where there hearts and souls were, but now this was the closest they were going to get.
The four of them nodded while Caelus did some tinkering before producing five ID's. Amanises with her age set to 27 after complaining that they should be younger, Huang set himself to 25 even though he looked older than both Amanises, Zhou and Caelus. Zhou as the youngest remained 22 while Caelus tried remembering his own age before settling at 26 just to one up Huang.
The group soon changed their outfits before walking and dispersing through the city in groups.
Zhou, Caelus and Amanises became a group once again out of habit leaving father and daughter to wonder around leaving only Huang to guide her.
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Three Years Later:
Huang was grinning with his smile ear to ear while Zhou looked uncomfortable between the two giants.
"So... It finally happened huh?" Huang smirked.
Zhou simply tried to minimise his presence before Amanises unleashed hell. She simply stayed silent and only nodded to acknowledge the fact.
Huang burst into laughter. "Holy shit... I mean I saw it coming. But fuck, I thought you'd never realise it. After all those years, I swore you were a brick." He giggled and burst out laughing as the entire cafe stared at him.
With each statement, Amanises's face grew darker with more irritation. Caelus simply sipped on his drink loudly only for Amanises to glare at him.
This caused Huang to loose it, "Brother... You're done for. You got cuffed by her of all people?" Caelus sighed and shrugged "Hey, what can I do when someone like her confesses of all people? She's almost perfect in every way and gives noona vibes."
A slap landed on his head but Caelus continued to grin at Huang who whispered "Mad man."
Huang continued to jeer at Amanises only to accidentally take it too far.
"This was likely, but I swear the way you followed him around. It was almost as if you were his pet dog! Who thought it was love?"
An image of a black wolf dog following Caelus emerged in Zhou's mind only to be crushed by the Gherman Sparrow within him warning him of eminent danger.
"AH FUCK"
Amanises had enough and the the heel of her shoes had landed right in a man's treasure.
Caelus burst out laughing as he grinned at Bernadette, "Looks like you wont have to worry about sharing Daddy's love in the future." His smile was split wide.
Huang seethed through his teeth, "You traitor!" Zhou soon looked away as Huang's face fell. "You too?"
He turned to his daughter Bernadette, "Surely you won't abandon your father?" He asked with puppy eyes. Bernadette simply turned her head and snorted "Your just deserts."
"Noooooo~"
Roselle's Diary:
11/2/2022: "Noooooo~"
-Emperor Roselle