After a few hundred years i finally regain the essence wasted creating this realm, its been fun hanging with Leila but i gotta bounce

'how do i tell her that though, damnit'

"oi, oi, Amereas, could you book an appointment with Leila" i call to my assistant, she sighs

"Sure"

"Are you seriously going with the dark and brooding rebel phase"

"Huh?"

"Nevermind"

"I'm going to miss this place"

"Nani!!!"

"We're leaving right?"

"i...yes"

"I've lived here since i was reborn, i don't think i can let go of it that easily"

"Oh, well you can stay if... That's what you want"

"Nah, i go where you go"

"Thanks?"

"i just checked in with Milan, Leila is free this evening"

"oh"

'so fucking soon'

"She says she's been waiting for you to visit"

"Oh"

"Is that all you ever say?"

"You know i'm starting to regret asking you to treat me as an equal"

"Oh"

"i'm jus kidding kid, lighten up"

"kid...you're no older than me..."

"true... But..." i start to say when there's a knock

"wtf"

"sorry to interrupt but there's something you need to see" an angel calls from behind the door

I throw on my shirt with a sigh

"you coming?" i turn to ask Amereas

"yeah, yeah"

"we'll be right there..." i yell

I can literally feel the angel bow as Amereas buttons her gown

We stand in a huge meeting room, me and Amereas that is, she sat on a chair scowling while i gulped down my drink

'the humans really know how to make a drink'

Just then Milan flies in from the open balcony and i remind myself to seal it off So Milan can't just drop by anytime he wants

"so what was this thing you wanted us to see?" i drawl

"there has been a distortion in the void"

"eh?" i lean in

"apparently a god has shown up"

"you mean a godling?" Amereas corrects

"no a god" Milan says and i feel my stomach churn

'A god... but Heraclea said that...oh actually he said gods can travel through the void... So annoying'

"Is it threatening?" Amereas asked the question i didn't want an answer to

"We can't tell at that distance but there is a possibility" he sighs

"If it is dangerous?"

"Then we are... How do you say it?... Sitting ducks"

"Ksou"

"What can be done about it?" Amereas speaks

"Nothing at the moment, if this had occurred a trillion years from now, eskion and Leila could have been able to take it, maybe escape with one or two major injuries but this early..."

"So if it decides we're targets..."

"We're completely done for" i whisper

"I called you here so you could see first hand its power" Milan said and all of a sudden we were in the void, there was a demon standing a few feet from us, performing some oddities

"Can it see us?"

"No, we are visiting a timeline that already happened..."

"oh"

'shit, shit, shit, shit, i've only seen a demon once, what the fuck was a demon doing out here?!!!! What the fuck was a god doing out here?!!!

Damnit Heraclea i need you!!!'

"heh, they send a demon after me?" i hear a voice that at once provokes a fear i have never known, i gulp... A little girl stood right in front of me

'who is this kid!!!don't tell me...'

"heh, you're just a kid" the demon retorts

The little girls neck was in a weird position, inclined at an angle i couldn't quite define. It was Horrifying to stare at and at the same time it mesmerized me, she had pale skin and she looked 8 or 9, her deep blue eyes made me shiver, she wore a pink tattered gown with yellow dots on it, a really strange dress, there and then i knew fear

"A kid you say, so Lerka still uses demons to do his dirty work, no matter, i have what i came for right in front of me"

'eh, what she came for?'

"i will take my time with you" the demon sneers and a huge sword materializes

"heh" her lips curve and the demon rushes her, she stands there looking extremely docile, i want to yell, to tell her to do something when the demon skids to a stop an inch from her, he drops to his knees and makes a gagging sound

"i have a lot to do today yaknow, i really don't have time to waste..."

"Fuck you" the demon curses

"but i'm willing to make an exception, head back, tell Lerka i will make him suffer, tell the council i'm coming for them, do this for me ..." she pats his shoulder and is gone in the blink of an eye

My vision blurs and when i blink we're back in the meeting room, Amereas still scowling and Milan standing across me with his arms crossed

"she avoided confrontation?" amereas sounds confused

"why?"

Amereas and Milan turn to me

"she must have been powerful enough to kill him without trying"

"why do you say so".Milan asks

'During his attack she barely moved an inch, if anything she looked amused, that doesn't make any sense unless she had sensed his attack from the beginning, and the way he came to a stop, it was like she wanted to talk and knew where and how to find him, but who is this lerka? does she hold a grudge? what was she looking for? What does she want? How powerful is she really? Why did i feel so afraid? That demon looked powerful yet she brought it to it's knees? What were we dealing with? And how was i involved? I can't ditch Leila now she needs me the most, this girl apparently might head straight for Leila's realm but why? Just coincidence? Maybe Leila's realm is the closest? Maybe what she's looking for is here in this realm? But this realm was created 1000 years ago, there's nothing too special about it, nothing here that could warrant the attention of a god, right? Everything here was created by either me or Leila... Maybe she stumbled across some artifact before she met me? Its possible but... Aaaaaa i'm fucking over thinking'

"Eskion..."

"huh"

"you spaced out" Amereas deadpanned

"sorry "

"does Leila know?"

Milan nods

'curse him!!!'

"i'll be over in a jiffy"

Milan disappears

'probably the new teleportation spell Leila taught him'

"what are we going to do?" i ask

"nothing, it's non of our business" Amereas says bluntly

"nani?!!"

"you were leaving anyway" Amereas shruggs

"i can't leave Leila to deal with this!!!"

"why not?"

"because she's my friend..."