Chapter 604 - Loki’s Hardsh.i.p.s (1/2)

”Bullshit! How is all of that sensical!?” hollered Loki.

Kisuke became quiet for a moment, closed his eyes, and thought of ways to convince her, 'Should I just take a gamble?' He opened his eyes and looked straight into Loki's eyes, 'If I'm going to do that, I should be able to gauge her affiliation... and it would be interesting to see her reaction.'

Loki was mad, but when she saw a grin on Kisuke's face, she became a bit concerned, ”W-what? Ya plannin' something else?”

But instead of answering her, Kisuke turned back and suddenly yelled, ”Ophis-chan~! Come here for a minute.”

Ophis looked towards him for a few seconds before standing up and leaving behind the sandcastle she had been working on. Loki didn't say anything hereafter and just waited for the child that has been giving her a strange feeling to slowly walk over.

Ophis reached Kisuke's side and looked up to him, ”...What is it?”

”Could you perhaps hide us?” asked Kisuke.

Loki became confused at his question but Ophis immediately understood what he meant, ”...Only for a few seconds, or else, he'll notice.”

Kisuke nodded, ”That's more than enough.”

While Loki was looking confused, Ophis suddenly lifted her right arm over to her head and the surrounding scenery suddenly became distorted until it was instantly dyed in black. While Loki's eyes opened widely in shock, she was more surprised with the aura that the little girl was emitting instead of the sudden change in scenery, ”W-What are you!?”

But instead of addressing her concerns, Kisuke explained, ”I'm doing this because of the existence known as 'Chaos'.”

Loki became frozen at his words, and two seconds later, the darkness engulfing them receded, returning the scenery to normal, as if nothing had happened.

Immediately after, Loki tried her best to return her expression to normal and hide her agitation. But just from this, Kisuke was able to gauge where she was standing and thought that revealing a few things to her was worth it.

As Loki became quiet, Kisuke could see minute changes in her expression and could tell that she was under a lot of stress.

And indeed, Loki was very stressed after what just happened. There were two main points, but Loki couldn't ask for clarification to either of those, 'Because of that black space, we were temporarily separated from 'reality'. Although 'that guy' shouldn't have seen anything, a fluctuation within the laws of the world would surely get his attention and he would investigate it. Although he might not have been looking just now, he should still be eyeing this part of the Lower World right now!'

'Thanks to that, I can't ask what the identity of that little girl is nor how he knew of 'that guy'! F.u.c.k! I want to know, but I can't unless I want to get 'his' attention now!' Hence, the source of her stress.

Meanwhile, Kisuke just waited for her to gather and sort out her thoughts quietly. Ophis, on the other hand, immediately returned to her playtime after fulfilling Kisuke's request.

After a few minutes, Loki sighed heavily and glared at Kisuke, ”Teach them and make sure that they'll survive whatever's coming down, then at least I won't be your enemy.” She then walked away from Kisuke, not waiting for her reply. She won't take a no for an answer. She'd do anything to keep her beloved children safe from unreasonable forces.