Chapter 213 - Fourth Stop - Wrath (3) (2/2)
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Zero blinked. It has been a while since he had seen the system prompt him something. Zero clicked on yes and the system showed him all of his available titles and their effects.
Inheritor of Sins
Effect: Allows titleholder to absorb all sins and convert them to a form of consumable power.
Savior of the Abyss
Effect: Titleholder naturally liked by demons and monsters, increases charisma points when dealing with demon races.
Member of the White Wings Alliance
Effect: Free entry pass to Heaven that doesn't expire.
”Oh? This didn't happen before. Did the system undergo a new upgrade?” Zero wondered to himself. Baal was still trying to trace Lucifer but the old coot has made his clean escape. Clearly, having business with Amon was a lie. He could no longer sense Lucifer's presence in Amon's territory. It was a weird way to start the day.
”What do we do now?” Zero asked Baal who had zoned out.
”Hm? Oh, yes. We should prepare to leave. I doubt Amon will be in a very welcoming mood when he wakes up. I need to send a letter to Shittomi informing her of our arrival so give me ten minutes.”
”Okay!”
”One more thing,” Baal paused just before he left. ”You're not allowed to consume alcoholic beverages from now onwards. It's not good for you.”
Zero blinked at the closed door. As a doctor, he knew that alcohol was sometimes used to sterilise wounds and equipment. He didn't know it was drinkable until last night. Judging from the horrible side effects, Zero wouldn't be doing it again. Why did Baal have to sound so serious about it? Perhaps there was more the Demon Lord wasn't telling him.
”Oh well,” Zero shrugged. Now that the alcohol had left his system, the young doctor decided to take a look at the book Amon gave him. Baal's ten minutes often meant an hour.
***
A certain snow queen received an unexpected letter and read the contents with a small smile gracing her usually icy expression.
”Shiro, prepare rooms for our guests. They will be arriving tomorrow.”
”Yes, milady,” a servant from the shadow greeted before turning into a puddle of water.
The snow queen sighed tiredly and looked at the grey skies. The snow was falling gently after the blizzard storm last night. She heard many things about the boy called Zero from one of her closest friends who now can no longer return to the abyss. The gloomy weather reflected her emotional state perfectly.
Tired. Shittomi had never felt more exhausted. As one of the long-reigning Demon Lords together with Amon and Lucifer, the snow queen had never once rested. She never slept, never napped and never stopped working. She fulfilled her duty perfectly as a Demon Lord, spearheaded the success of the Hannya Investigation House and was even mentor to the younger generation of Demon Lords like Lilith and Mammon.
Shittomi still remembered the night when Qin Yun sent a message after leaving Hell for a while. She rejoiced and agreed to help her friend when she shared her problems. Zero was someone who came in like a storm and Shittomi wasn't quite expecting to meet the person of her destiny in the manner they did. At long last, she was able to fulfil her mission as Jevy's Fragment but what next? The snow queen felt bitter at her hollowness.
She didn't have a family like Lilith. She didn't have a career or ambition like Mammon. She didn't know how to enjoy life like Baal. She wasn't able to reclaim what she had once lost like Lucifer nor enjoy the struggles of youth like Beelzebub. She couldn't even obsess over something and burn with passion like Amon, Shittomi didn't know why she continued to exist. Now that Qin Yun has chosen her path to continue as a cultivator towards the goal of becoming human and searching for her lover's reincarnated form, Shittomi was once again left behind.
”Don't worry, sister. When you meet Zero, you will receive all the answers that you have always wanted to know.”
Shittomi thought back to Qin Yun's last words before she left for her new life on Earth, entrusting the rest of her village to the Demon Lord. The snow queen couldn't understand how Qin Yun was able to make such a decision so easily. Was leaving friends and family something that can be done without contemplation and second thoughts? Shittomi felt hurt and tired. The snow would never be cold to a snow ghost but tonight, the chill in her heart was colder than the temperature outside.
”Qin Yun... I will not let you go that easily. If Zero was the reason why our sisterhood was so easily sold then I shall have to test him myself to see if he is worthy.”