37 Interlude – A certain gods hot spring? (2/2)
”See Lada? They aren't perverts at all! They just use my bathing water to make all kinds of strange medicine! Oh mortals sure find a use for everything.” -Me
Lada sighs and waves her hand. Both elves drop to the ground. ”I think you had your fun now. And I am sure they will tell their people to not disturb the goddess, while she is using her hot spring. You don't use it very often anyway, so there is no harm in them being here.”
Both elves look up at me with frightened faces. ”Fine, but if you damage my hot spring, I will make the volcano erupt and flatten your village!”
Both run out of the cave without answering. Holy water...
I jump into the pool again. ”So why do I have the honour of your presence Lada?”
Lada doesn't enter the hot spring and just walks above the water. ”I heard some disturbing news about you during the last meeting of the Council. I hoped we could talk about it in private.”
What's wrong this time? Lada is the only Council member, which isn't rotten to the core. If I have to deal with the Council, I prefer to talk with her. She is a goddess of harmony after all.
And maybe I would even call her a friend? At least I know that she cares for me. Otherwise she wouldn't come here to speak to me. She is obviously doing it without the knowledge of the other Council members.
I wave for her to go on.
”Tjenemit believes that you are planning something stupid. He wants to know where all the vanished gods are. He is investigating their whereabouts and he believes that you have a hand in it. He thinks that you are hiding much more than those two inside one of your void zones.” Lada drops the whole bomb at me.
”Hmm. I don't have anyone else, beside those two inside my void zone. Why are you even worried? I took a magical oath to the Council. If I would ever raise my hand against you, I would loose my divinity and die.” I answer with closed eyes, while drifting inside the water.
”They believe you found a way to bypass your oath. You don't know what's on the line here! I took a look at Tjenemit's research. It is very convincing. Whatever you are doing, you have to stop it! Such a stupid little plan won't work against the Council! They will find out and deal with you, I can't stop them! I can't stop them, they are too strong! Especially El Shaddai!” -Lada
I rise out of the water and hug Lada. ”It's okay Lada. You are the only god among them, whose soul hasn't completely died yet. And it isn't a stupid little plan. Just trust me, everything will work out in the end. Maybe you will see it.”
”Please don't tell me you are really planning something! You know why the Council was created. The gods have to be controlled somehow! You have no idea about the time before the Council! There is a reason for it's existence!” -Lada
”I know. Everyone strived for power and gods fought each other, dying and being born again. Fighting each other.... . It was an endless cycle of war and bloodshed. Very much like the fight of those two. Only that it happened in the whole multiverse. In the end most gods were slain by the Council and everyone, who didn't obey their rule was locked inside that black hole. You held the new status quo by absolute control and forced your ideals onto every new god, who emerged. And so it has been for an eternity till now.” I answer.
”You know? But..... I never told you... . But if you know, you should support the Council!” -Lada
”I know because I was much longer inside that void zone than the Council thinks. I got lost in there before the Council won. I am not some little new god, who emerged unnoticed to godhood and made the wrong step, while walking on her first path through the river of souls.”
” … ”
”The Council is wrong Lada. Maybe it was created with good intentions. But those intentions are just a facade by now. If you are my friend, you will just lean back and remain silent. You wouldn't be able to stop it anyway.” I explain in a gentle tone to my friend.
”What have you done Seria?”
”Hmmm. Nothing huge. I just gathered a lot of people and gave them a choice. I myself don't really know which side they will choose in the end.” -Me
”But if the Council is no more then... ” Lada starts speaking but I interrupt her. ”I believe something better will take it's place! And I need you to shove them into the right direction.”
”Me?” -Lada
”Yes. You need to pick up the good parts and help them to find the right path.” I smile at Lada.
”You are playing a dangerous game Seria. But I see that I won't be able to change your mind.” -Lada
”I know my friend.” I answer and smile at her.
”Tjenemit is trying to enter your void zone with a summoning circle. I guess you want to stop him?” -Lada
I think about it for a second. ”Maybe it's good if he enters it. He would be alone and cut off from the others. It will be the best chance to start everything.”
”But you will be alone against him! He may be a god of creation, but that doesn't mean that he is weak!” -Lada
I hug Lada tighter. ”I won't be alone there. I think I would never be alone again in that void zone.”