Chapter 300 - 253 : Lucys Origin 2 (1/2)
”I, I have been in your care.”
To return the courtesy, Miya bowed and could only say those words. She remained stiff for some time before Lucy waved her hand to calm the girl whilst saying
”No need to be so nervous, he's not going to eat you. Not that I would let him though.”
Miya repeatedly nodded her head and dismissed herself from the room saying that she had work to do. Surprisingly, the second Miya left, a drunk Delia entered the room.
She had a red face and was holding a bottle of expensive wine. She didn't seem to notice Arthur's presence as she dizzily walked to her comfortable sofa and fell on it while letting a long sigh.
Only after Arthur spoke did she snap at out of her drunken state and stare at him with total dumbfoundedness.
”For the Holy Goddess to become like this, it seems Earth affected you more than I had thought.”
To be honest, Arthur expected Delia to remain unchanged, keeping her high and mighty attitude and seclude herself without bothering with the life of mortals but from the way she looked right now, just by the fact that she let herself become drunk albeit being a God, explains many things.
”Y-yyy-you're actually here!”
While staring at him with round eyes and pointing her finger at him, the delirious Delia was in a state of shock too, just like what happened to Miya, however, she didn't seem to accept the fact of his presence even after seeing him.
Arthur chuckled as he witnessed how far the Goddess from the past had fallen.
”Y-you! It's been five years you know? I can't even properly cultivate on this planet! It's only your wife who's benefiting from this life! It's unfair!”
Delia continued rambling and complaining nonstop, only after a lengthy period of time passed did she shrug her shoulders in uninterest.
”Whatever! It's not like you're going to bother explaining anything!”
In response, Arthur retrieved a golden book from his storage and threw it at Delia, who unconsciously caught it but she still gave him a confused look.
”It is useless to me. Perhaps in your hands, it'll bring fruitful results, moreover, you'll surely be busy from now on.”
That golden book was actually something he found in Rozak's storage. It explained many things about Holy Energy and even a few techniques that are only available to high-ranked individuals, for example, the Holy Arts that were used against him in his fight against the Sovereign.
Once she read a couple of pages, Delia cast a healing spell on herself to get rid of the drunken state. She couldn't believe her eyes but once she read it a few more times, she became sure of her assumptions.
With shaking hands caused by her excitment and disbelief, Delia glanced at Arthur and said:
”At least you know how to please a lady.”
Then she engrossed herself in carefully reading what's in the book while totally ignoring Arthur and Lucy, who didn't seem bothered by this.
Lucy led Arthur to her room and from that point on, the couple spent a long period of time chatting. Arthur spoke about his experiences for the past five years, he didn't spare any details and recounted everything, from beginning to end.
Arthur wanted to go bring Saly first but Lucy firmly objected, saying that she barely managed to urge the little girl to go to school and if he were to show up right now, she'll definitely end up skipping for the next couple of days, including this one.
He told her about the fall of the Human Empire, the invasion of the evil race and how he personally visited their world only for it to be destroyed while he barely escaped alive.
The horror he had seen there and how humans were treated less than objects there, the way they were tortured, how they were used as living statues to decorate Bucama's manor.
He then spoke about the Northern Continent, his meeting with the Demon Lord, the appearance of the ARK and how his copy is the one who saved him when he was in the Underworld.
The unbreakable chains which limited his powers, his trip to the Green-Leaf World and how he met several grand personages, had to fight Gods and Sovereigns.