To be ho, she had expected to see a throne or even a couple of chairs that sat above the rest, she was expeg to have to sit in a lower chair or even a stool.

  Instead what she found was...closer to what she expected to see in a war room, a circur table with ergonomic chairs arranged in stations at the table. Each chair with a holopad and a stylus at the side, if she was seeing things right theable itself was a smart s that was just showing the image of a table at the moment.

  There were other seats at the ers and against the walls, each with its own station and holo tablet. Elizabeth was w if someone would mind if she took a seat in one of the most hidden ers...

  "Oh, wele back Rosy. We thought you wouldn't make it when the School sent that missive...I eaking with your Mother about sending one of the maids to get you actually..." The man that spoke was... well she intellectually khat Rossie ted, and as such she shouldn't expect to find a pink-haired man.

  A... This man was just that, pink short hair and wearing a suit with a piie on a white shirt. He wasn't particurly buff nor sported as much muscle as her oa, but he seemed to be well built.

  "Why yes, we had Margareth ready to go when our [Spy] reported that you had teleported away from the Station." Rossie's mother oher hand, she hadn't done her hair again, she was dressed in a fortable dress, one of those that were supposed to be fortable for a pregnant woman. Her hair had the roots brown in color while only half her hair was still pink.

  It looked ni her, to be ho.

  "I did notie of your [Spies] roaming around us, but we didn't pn to teleport away in that manner, so I wasn't able to report it. I apologize, Mother, Father." Rossie said with no hint of actual feelings ione.

  This was closer to a monotoohan anything. Her parents didn't seem to mind it that mud iurowards Rena and her.

  "And you will not present your friends to us?" Asked her parent, with a smile, "Well, let us start the greetings. I'm Albert Singh, you may know me as cilor Singh."

  After his presentatioioo his wife, who in turn said, "And I'm Rosy's Mother, you may know me as Lizbeth Singh." And that was about it.

  Well, at least only one of Rossie's parent was important. She could deal with it if only one was important, she had dealt with cilor's befranted, most of those times they were kind uncles giftioys... And this time she was going to ask for their daughter's hand...

  Easy...

  "Greetieemed cilor." THERE SHE DIDN'T BITE HER TONGUE! "I'm Elizabeth Starbright, Mage in Training and I share a room with your daughter at the MPI."

  EASY!

  "Watanabe Rena, Hero In Training." Rena only said as much.

  "Oh, so humble! See love, I told you she was a humble one!" Rossie's father said with a smile as he turo his wife who eyed her critically.

  "There is humbleness and there is this... There is no reason to be so humble Elizabeth, you should promote yourself more. " Rossie's Mother said as such as she wrote something in the holopad in front of her.

  She couldn't see what it was...But maybe...

  "[Mistress...We aren't in Kansas anymore...]" Came the report to her mind when she was about to ask what Rossie's mother wrote, "[To be precise it seems some kind of isotion barrier was deployed...From the outside, we 't get tact the outside using normal means. We still have the e grao us by your Shadow Haven, so should you need extra it is still possible.]"

  ...What?

  "[...Please keep tainimum, that womao be able to perceive us. Even with the dimensional barrier separating us.]" And after that Aura shut out the tact.

  "Elizabeth Starbright, formerly known as Elizabeth Ashcroft...And then formerly known as Elizabeth Starbright...Again." Rossie's Mother said as her profile showed iation in front of her, then another one...And another one.

  The first was the one she had currently at the MPI, then the one she had seen that stated she was an orphan, and finally the one she had as a citizen of Avalon.

  "...How?" Elizabeth asked as she read the st one, she hadn't seen it in quite some time, but everything was there...Well, mostly everything, it didn't ht state who her parents were, not their identities as a top hero and top magical girl. "Who are you?"

  For her part, Rossie's mother just smiled and answered "I had another name before marrying. I think you have heard of my family, your student cil president is my nice you see...." And as if to make it more obvious, she [felt] the mana sm into her defenses and peel o the time.

  Her whole body seemed to want to vulse a as the feeling only became worse with time, but she withstood it thanks to her [Shadow Puppeteer] skill which gave her trol over her body. It helped that most of the shadows in this pce seemed to be dispced aultiple different pnes.

  "Hoh...It's even more iing in person, you do have excellent InfoSec, even if they pale in front of a [Gaxidae]." The woman's eyes were now shining like an emerald.

  "MOTHER!" And it was only Rossie's scream that brought her back from the momentary reverie that seemed to have gotten into her.

  "[Appraisal]" Elizabeth intoned as she felt the [Skill] take form in her [Soulscape] and then travel all the way to her eyes.

  "tut-tut, not here darling." Rossie's Mother said as her eyes fshed once more in purple light, "You o get better toys, that one is like...initial Iuff."

  Notice:Skill activatioed. Higher order InfoSec Skill used."That should be enough for now Love, you are making uests feel unfortable, think of the baby." Rossie's father said, right...That woman regnant. "I'm the baby by the way."

  ...What?

  "What?" Rena said at the side with her red sword in hand.

  " *sigh* What do you want Mother? You cimed that your previous house was of no relevahat is why you never let me go with you while visiting my grandparents." Rossie said with a gre that no daughter should ever use against their parents.

  At least she ighe dumb joke the cilor had made.

  "Nothing much, we just want to make sure you are aware of who are the people you are hanging around with. To be ho our inal wasn't with Elizabeth but with that girl." Rossie's mother poi Rena, "And to the kid he was hanging around with...Not that we have that problem anymore..."

  They had a problem with Rena? And Akira? Wasn't Akira somehow able to act as he wished?

  "Of course, a Mother would have problems if some rapist with [Mind Manipution] skills was at rge, sadly my reach within the Gaxidae isn't what it was before. And those cultists wouldn't let me warn you girls about it." Rossie's mother said as she wrote something else oation and a new s showed up.

  This time it was Akira's whole information, and it included hings she hadn't been aware of. Mostly itles with new descriptions...

  Status

  Name: Suzuki Akira

  Title: [Runaway]

  Passive Titles:

  [The one who ran away]

  [Disgraced Hero]

  Level: 30

  Health: 5%

  Mana: 0%

  Stamina: 3%

  Age: Body 17

  Soul: Deg

  Strength: 56

  stitution: 56

  Agility: 5

  Dexterity: 5

  Intelligence: 5

  Wisdom: 5

  Charisma: 5

  Job: [Student]

  Job Skills[9]:

  General Skills (9)

  Title Skills: (0)

  This...Had she seen this? She didn't think about [Appraise] Akira at the moment, she was too busy trying to kill the thing. How had they gotten this? Actually... Hadn't most left the arena by this point? Then...how?

  And if that wasn't enough of a bombshell, the o be dispyed were the descriptions of Akira's titles.

  The One who ran away:You were granted more power than any other mortal, you were granted prestige, fame, knowledge, and talent. Armies were at your bed call, tries would be yod-granted gift. Kings would bow down to you, princesses would seek your favor. All so that the divine goal that YOU accepted to do would be fulfilled.

  Any sin you made would be fiven, any crime pardoned, fods are generous with their envoys. A…You ran away, the fight was too hard, the eoo powerful, the reason matters not. You didn’t fulfill your end of the bargain, worse. You tried to take those god given [Gifts] with you as you ran away. What are gods to you? What do you think those that goverhe [World] and [Souls] are?

  Curse you, may your travels be full of misery, may your soul be damo hell.

  [Soul is unstable, Unique Skills are trying to return to their home.]

  [Impossible to earn new blessings from other deities, Soul has been branded as heretic.]

  [Impossible to acquire high rarity jobs.]

  [Impossible to break past level 50.]

  [Proficy towards the current world’s LAWS is diminished.]

  [So long the Soul is exposed to the eyes of a god, all these curses will stay in pce.]

  Disgraced Hero:A Hero’s job is easy, most of the time just being a bea of hope and striving to make the world a better pce is enough. Help those in need and strike down those that are evil. Other times, a Hero must be a general and lead an army against a great evil. Maybe bee a [Hero King] and help make the try that summoned you a better pce.

  Perhaps travel the world and strike down as many [Demon Lords] as they show? A [Hero] is a very loose job with more loose demands, most won’t care what a [Hero] does in their free time. Does he have a harem? It’s his right. He owns [Sves] probably they live better a better than nobles or kings.

  The on peasant won’t care nor will judge a [Hero], for they know that when all that matters is their safety they always t on their [Hero].

  You weren’t anything of those, your [Sins] got exposed, you were defeated in bat, and when aehat you shouldn’t mess with came…You didn’t ask for fiveness, you didn’t [KNEEL]. Your pride was too much, and so you were [DISGRACED]. Heed the lesson hero and the ime someone es with the evidence of your [SINS], pray that they are more fiving than you deserve.

  [Charisma is locked at the lowest possible setting.]

  [Status points per level locked at the lowest possible setting.]

  [Job Rarity set at the lowest possible setting.]

  [You may fight to recover your honor, or you may attempt to sink deeper into depravity. So long you EARN whatever path you wish to follow.]

  [Know this, even in disgrace, even at the deepest pit of hell, we will always wele the birth of a new DEMON LORD.]

  Runaway:You are on the run, what more do you expect? Do you want a nice bonus? Do you wa skills? Yeah, well, ime don’t try to rape the FRIG DAUGHTER OF THE GOD THAT RULES OVER THE POWER SYSTEM OF THE WORLD YOU ARE IN

  Thank whatever karma you farmed in a previous life and the fact that her [Framework] nor [Odyssey] desd or you would be a bug squashed against the p.

  [No, you will not get the skills you usually would get with this title]

  [her the proficies that go here.]

  [And definitely not the status bonus that goes here.]

  [If you are somehow alive when those two gods desd again in a couple years…Well, I hope you are a better man by then. I doubt it, but good luck. You will .]

  [And for crity reasons, this world has three entities that you could pray to.]

  [Two are the parents of the girl you tried to mind f#ck, and the third is the closest thing to a family member to the god you screwed when you ran away. So no, y on this pne will ever help you.]

  ....Well... That was awkward...

  "So you see, we got very ied in you after our spies got that. Not every day we see allegations about a [Human] in one of these. So we dug into you and what a surprise, the daughter of Jad Catherine." Rossie's mother carried on, this time the s shifted to pictures of her...

  Pictures of her younger, at a party. In the mall, the day she graduated from school...Pictures that [Should ] anymore.

  "And it became more and more iing because no one seemed to remember you. Besides very key people around, my niece Eva for example. She knew of you as a [Prospective Hero] but didn't know more than that." Rossie's Mother was dangerous.

  Not because she would be her in-w and as such a bitter enemy, not. This womaoo much. How did she know this much? Wasn't the [World] erasing most of her information?

  But she didn't seem to be hostile, it was...more of a warning? She got the impression that it was a warning, her [Instincts] told her as much. Even if Rena seemed to be ready to poun the woman at her and. And Rossie was distracted by the pictures as she was saving them to her cell phone. Rossie? Help? Your mother is bullying me!

  "So? What do you want from me?" Elizabeth asked, unsure of what was the end game here. "Do you wao firm that my Papa is Jack Brighton? That my Mother is Catheriarlight?"

  "No no, we just want to ask you a question." Rossie's father spoke, but the man didn't turn his attention to her information, he eve as far as to dismiss Akira's status as something worthless (IT was worthless though). "What do you want of our Daughter, we are aware that she...Is special."

  What did she want of Rossie?

  That was Easy, she wao tumble her into a bed and do many MANY things with her uhe sheet covers, maybe in the shower...And the kit...And holy, this table seemed a good pce to do it too.

  But that wasn't what he was asking...Elizabeth hoped at least.

  "I wao be happy." Elizabeth answered as such, turning to look at Rossie who blushed as she hid her phone (Even though she was still sending the pictures to her e-mail) "I want those that I love to be happy. I have no iion to pay any attention to divine decrees or to listen to [Fate]. I have no need for their blessing nor their gifts. I just want those I love to be cared for and live a healthy life."

  Was it hypocritical of her to say she didn't want blessings? She was blessed, by her parents who had asded to godhood, by her past life as a demi-god. She robably among the top pert just because of the things that people had gifted her across her life.

  Even so, if giving those away was enough to get those under her care a happy life... Elizabeth wouldn't hesitate to strip herself of those [blessings].

  "That should be good enough I guess..." Rossie's Mother said as she snapped her fingers and then as if a curtain was lifted the world expanded once more. She was suddenly aware of where her shadons were in the pace, each of them outside this room, all of them near one employee. Waiting. "Sorry for the scare, but we o be sure you wouldn't hurt our daughter like the ohat hurt her before."

  "Now on to more merry business, you girls are on vacations. What are your pns for these months?" Rossie's father asked in a merry tune.

  What were their pns?

  "I will do whatever Eli-Eli wants," Rossie said first as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. And for some reason, her Mother her.

  "I will meditate and train my body, if you poiowards the gym or dojo I would be grateful for it. At least till Elizabeth decides to leave this pce." Rena oher hand, at least had some degree of pns ready!

  Even if it sounded more like she would do those things while they were here mostly because she had po stay here!

  "And you Elizabeth?" Rossie's Father asked her.

  What were her pns? Well, that was obvious. And while she thought of a way to say them a Maid brought her a gss with some clear liquid, probably water. Same with Rossie and Rena.

  Taking a sip from the gss she found that instead of water, it seemed to be carbonated soda instead, a ouch to get her brain w. So her pns... She wao ask for Rossie's hand, that was one. But would they mind? They seemed to be very open-minded and they had taken a proactive effort to iigate those they found suspicious.

  "I want to achieve a few things, first I want to stabilize what I earhis year," Elizabeth said with measured words.

  "Your earnings from the fight Akira I'm guessing...Ten levels and profi whatever skills you have seems like a good start. I would suggest you try to evolve your [Appraisal] into a better one." Rossie's Mother said.

  How much could she actually see into her [Status]?

  "I also want to ask a question...I don't know if you are aware...of my retionship with Rossie." Elizabeth said as she tried with all her might to not cower at the eyes of Rossie's mother who seemed to peel at her, searg for a ot.

  She hadn't felt like this sihat oime she met her grandmother, the old had had a way to stare into your [Soul] like the best of them.

  "...we are aware that Rosy seems to have imprinted on you." Rossie's mother said turning her eyes to Rossie, "While not optimal, we work with that. So long she gives us a Singh she do whatever she wants."

  ...what?

  "You already have an heir in my sister inside you. She is healthy enough, my [Magic] will make sure she is born, even if I o cw her soul out of [Hell] she will make it to this world." Rossie stated evenly while turning her eyes towards Lizbeth.

  "Of course, but you are still a Singh. If yoing to marry into the Starbrights then we o have at least one of your daughters to be part of the family." Was the answer Rossie's mave.

  "She could have a son. In which case he would have some degree of cim to the family assets." Rossie's father said at the side.

  "Impossible, women only carry the X osome, so the baby from two girls will always be a girl." Rossie's mother added on the side, "I checked, it isn't on but there is prece of two [Magical Girls] having daughters, and they always are female uhey tamper with the baby using magic."

  "Excuse me, but then...?" Elizabeth raised her haing the attention of the people in the room, "You don't mind?"

  "That you want to screw my daughter? That you want to get into her pahat you want to go wild with her uhe sheets?" Rossie's mother had a very iing vocabury, "No, were you an orphan. A true one and not what the [World] is pretending you are. Then we may had a problem...Or we would have engineered you cheating on Rosy so she broke with you. But as it is...Why would I have a problem with the [Daughter of the gods] being my daughter-in-w?"

  "That is a very cold way to see it," Elizabeth said at that, so they didn't mind it because she had bag? "Then since you seem to have all the cards. What are the [Galixadea]? What do you know?"

  "We are...The [Keepers of knowledge], the ohat were born on this p. Just like how the [Saintsworths] were born into their world. Uhem, however, we took a different approach." Rossie's mother said as the ss flicked, instead of showing Akira's information or her profile it moved to the names of different [Heroes]. Those that stood at the apex of power, then those that moved the world forward, stists, politis, religious leaders, influencers, social figures...Everyohat had a stake with the popuce. "We stay close to those that are important in the development of civilization. We help them, we nurture them but we never make a proactive effort, we don't try to be the movers of the world. Instead, we are those that stay at the back making sure their [Story] is told."

  Among those that showed in the projector were her parents too, at the top of the image there was even a video of her [Mother] moments before she was engulfed in shadows...How she became a co, then how said co burst into light as a star shot to the sky.

  Her Assion. The birth of [Odyssey] the Goddess of Magic...and god knows how many [Domains] she had grabbed.

  At the side, another video showed the st moments of her Father as a human as his body burst with mana aoo turned from mortal to [God].

  The Apotheosis of Jack Brighton [The Ameri Crusader]. The birth of [Framework] The God of...

  "What is [Framewod of? I have heard people speak of him as a god of family, of strength, of stability...but what is his [Domain]?" Elizabeth asked if she could probably find out if she visited one of his churches, but she hadn't gotten the skill to talk to her parents yet.

  "Now that is oeresting topie that I didn't think the [Daughter] of said god would ask..." Rossie's mother mused for a few seds, "We aren't quite sure. Catherine is easy, your Mother is bird-brained so she took the [Domains] of [Magid [Exploration] that or [Space]."

  Elizabeth wasn't quite sure why she thought as if she could hear her mother scream into a pillow in the distance.

  "Don't worry too much, by my analysis your mother 't smite nor desd here, perhaps if we were near her church or one of her apostles, but as it is... She 't touch me, and wouldn't do it anyway. She knows it too." Rossie's mother smirked, her eyes seemed full of evil i, so that is how people saw her lovely Rossie huh? " Your father oher hand is harder, the man was always a mystery. Never funted his strength more than needed...I personally think he has the domain of [Strength] and [Evolution]. Some say he has [Family], but we aren't sure, and unlike your ditsy mother he hasn't taken an [Apostle] that we study. So if you find do tell us, I give you about a terabyte of Rosy's childhood pictures with some videos in exge."

  "DEAL!" Elizabeth said without thinking, "I mean... Sure, I will ask Papa ter. 't make any promises."

  "...I will give you half the hard drive as forayment." Rossie's mother said while bringing a holo table from her pocket.

  It didn't st long before a shadow darted from uhe table and enveloped the holopad a it straight to her [Shadow Haven] where it would be safe.

  "...Give me a week, and I will either get the [Oracle] skill or make Papa get an apostle," Elizabeth said, she retered herself. She may have gotten a little excited at the prospect of fawning over photos of Rossie.

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