I will strive beyond this cursed bloodline!
Chapter 82: Jealousy... Jealousy is such an ugly thing.
Elizabeth was surprised, of course, even if her own status screen was impressive on its own, Rossie and Rena didn't have much going for them besides their relationship with Elizabeth.
So all they achieved was born from their own effort, training, pain, blood and tears. The fact that they managed to rise this much on their own was impressive, more so if Elizabeth took into consideration how long they had taken.
But then again, before this they were beholden to Elizabeth thanks to their link... So perhaps Elizabeth had unknowly restrained them? Elizabeth didn't have a habit of loosening the leash after all, she had loosened as much as possible, but the level and experience was something she needed to manage manually. And since she herself didn't grow that often, perhaps that had restrained Rossie and Rena's growth to some degree?
Either way, "Very impressive." Elizabeth said aloud as she herself saw the status screens.
"Not as much as you Eli-Eli." Rossie said nodding as she read Elizabeth's status screen. Elizabeth had ensured that only the three of them could read all the data.
"Thought as much," [The Warlock] said as he raised his bloodied finger to his eye and silently dealt with the bleeding, "Even with this sacrifice all we can see is your level and mana density... But that alone is enough to truly gauge your tier."
Elizabeth smirked at that statement, "You would need to pay way more for The World to even want to risk messing with us at this point."
And sure enough, at the back, the purple-haired woman nodded and tilted her head towards the Italians, as if asking something.
Elizabeth thought about that for a second and shook her head, to which the purple-haired woman shrugged.
"Lucy... please... You know what those readings mean more than anything." [The Warlock] pleaded to [The Prophet], no demon will answer my calls, not if it means fighting against her... And since not a single one wants to come forth with the reason..."
"Then we will fight her with [Angels]!" [The Prophet] said as a large-scale magical circle manifested behind [The Prophet], "If your useless trash can't be trusted we will fight with the [Virtues]!"
Virtues huh?
Then that meant the Italians did have a link to the Galaxidae and the student council?
Elizabeth had received a confirmation that Evangeline and her student council weren't going to come through.
"In the name of all the goddesses of the four heavenly planes, I summon you: Caelion, one of the heavenly Thrones!" [The Prophet] screamed as from the magical circle the majestic figure of an entity made of silvery geometrical figures manifested itself.
Elizabeth felt a wave of amusement come from the hell/demon portal as it slowly closed, she did notice that there was a slight mana connection towards [The Warlock], they probably could use him as a medium to still see what was happening.
"Go forth Caelion! Use [Divine Smite]!" [The Prophet] intoned and the figure behind her started hovering forward.
Elizabeth noticed that a few of the guests had quickly raised their hands and used the emergency teleport, a few hadn't, but even so had been teleported away.
Probably it had to do with the fact that the thing that [The Prophet] summoned was siphoning the life of the nearby humans to maintain cohesion.
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"That has nothing of Divine," Elizabeth said as the thing stopped above Elizabeth.
It slowly and methodically raised its pointy arms and pointed them towards Elizabeth, there was some kind of energy forming between them. Elizabeth wasn't sure where she had seen that type of attack, but it felt like a deja vu.
"Ah... motherf-" Elizabeth wasn't able to finish her curse as between both arms a part of the thing's armor separated and was shot straight towards Elizabeth and she was bathed in the energy attack.
The thing had formed a channel of energy and used it to speed up a projectile, why did that sound familiar?
"...Good thing the asshole is dead, or I would kill him." Elizabeth grumbled as the light from the attack was slowly covered in a black inky energy that slowly crawled around the energy attack straight to the summon. "As for you... You don't get an easy way out, to the corner you go."
What was that corner? Well, Elizabeth while she couldn't pull minions from Terra Nexus, she could send stuff there. Not that it was good or worked for something... Besides, the arrival was... dangerous.
They would arrive in parts after all, this wasn't an stable door into Terra Nexus like the one that Sana and Mira made. This meant that the first parts of the summons to enter would arrive around a couple of hundred years before the rest.
And while normal summons didn't age or degrade, energy... well, energy would be expended. Elizabeth was almost sure that the first part to arrive into Terra Nexus would starve the latest parts, so that thing was as good as dead.
"Wha---" [The Prophet] staggered back as she puked blood, "That... that was... That was a Throne! It was capable of defeating half of the [Nine Stars]!"
That... was not a good statement to make into the moment.
"You claim that was able to defeat me?" [The Elementalist] said as he stood, "Will you make an enemy of Izanami too?"
"My liege, surely [The Prophet] is feeling unwell..." [The Beast Master] spoke next, "Under normal circumstances, this woman would not be foolish enough to bare her fangs against us."
Yikes...
The glare they sent towards the Italian woman made Elizabeth shudder. Mostly because [The Beast Master] was kind of her type... Not that she would change Rossie or Rena for him, the man seemed the type that was married to his work, and as Mother said, a man who couldn't focus on their woman was a man that didn't deserve the woman.
Perhaps that was why she loved Papa? Because Papa always put family first?
But that was also besides the point.
"While it would probably not be enough to defeat you two," Elizabeth said walking down the stairs towards [The Prophet], "I do think it would be able to defeat some of the members of [The Nine]."
With each step [The Prophet] took a small step backwards, almost as if she didn't want people to see she was being cowed.
"As for who she could defeat..." Elizabeth smirked as she stood in front of [The Prophet], "[The Traveler], [The Tinkerer], [The Monk]... and she probably thinks that [The Sniper] too."
That was more or less the half that she referred to, not that she would be able to defeat Lily... or [The Monk].
"...." [The Prophet] looked as if she had been caught on by the tail end of her scheme.
"Not that she could actually put them down," Elizabeth added, "Arthur."
"Here!" [The Traveler] teleported already kneeling, that got a reaction from the people and Elizabeth almost was tempted to kick the man.
"Would you be defeated by that thing I dealt with?" Elizabeth asked, this was, of course, mostly for the sake of making a scene.
"The Throne? No." [The Traveler] said shaking his head, "These are imposing as constructs, but if you disable their core they are quite easily defeated, I have fought a few both in the future and in the past, mostly in timelines I didn't want to keep."
"...Timelines?" [The Prophet] staggered back, "You...aren't you a teleporter?"
"So you were indeed a [Time Traveler], our suspicions were correct." [The Elementalist] smiled quite broadly, "What do you want to become my retainer?"
"... That will not happen, there is no timeline in which you manage to defeat Mistress in any form that matters." [The Traveler] answered without looking toward the Emperor of Izanami, "Unless you have some hidden ace that you never showed in any other timeline, also the last chance where you will have a chance is today. And not a single person here will want to fight Mistress after today."
"Hoh?" [The Elementalist] said standing up, "Are you saying that she can defeat my bodyguard?"
"Mistress? Of course not." [The Traveler] laughed aloud, "But if you declare yourself enemy of Mistress-"
"We will not tolerate it." A gravely voice came bearing down upon them, "Lucia, stand down. Or you will be made to stand down."
"Lucy-Lucy... I don't want to also bury you...Even if you annoy me." A chipper voice also joined the first one.
"....Oh Goddess!!!" [The Prophet] almost instantly started crying as she fell to her knees, "Please! Bless this unworthy one and help her purge this infidel!"
"...Hubby...." The angel-like voice groaned, "Can't we..."
"We ourselves can't." The first gravely voice said as the statues at the sides that Elizabeth had put to represent the two Gods that reigned over Zaanam started shining, "But Elizabeth may, as she did with Eleanore."
"Eli-Eli!" Mother's voice said as her statue jumped straight at Elizabeth, the marble statue shifted from stone to flesh midjump, and Elizabeth braced herself to catch the blonde woman who cared not for propriety or the fact that she was wearing a dress.
"Hello Mother." Elizabeth said with a smile on her face, "And hello Papa."
The second statue jumped and landed beside Elizabeth, where the imposing figure gave her a hug that encompassed both women.
"....what?" [The Prophet] said as she took in the image, "What?What?What?What?What?What?What?What?What?What?What?What?What?What?What?What?What?What?What?What?What?What?What?What?What?What?What?What?"
"Eli... If you would?" Papa said as he turned to [The Prophet], "Also... Catherine, would you kindly?"
"Sure!" Catherine said as she separated herself as if it pained her from Elizabeth, "In the name of the Stardust from creation, come forth. The Twelve flag bearers that swore to protect this world from evil!"
Twelve Stars formed above Mother's hand and started spinning quickly, the first two went above Elizabeth's parents, then a couple more went towards the representatives of Izanami. One for [The Elementalist] and one for [The Beast Master].
Afterwards another went towards [The Warlock], one to [The Prophet], one to Jenna that stood at the back, and the rest moved behind [The Prophet].
One by one they shone and under the stars each member of the original [The Twelve] was teleported.
"There!" Catherine said smiling broadly, "They all should be present for the big day of Eli-Eli!"
"....Ah... I see!" [The Prophet] said without bothering to clean the ugly tears she had started shedding, "You reunited the twelve most powerful people to strike down this perverted woman!"
"No?" Catherine said tilting her head sideways, "You always were kind of smart and stupid at the same time Lucy-lu. The reason we called them is because Eli-Eli's wedding is important!"
"She doesn't remember, not a single person here does." Eleanore said from the back as she walked besides the original [Twelve] who were confused, at least those that hadn't been here.
That is to say, only [The Monk] and [Shadow Pact]... or what remained of him anyway.
"Fine..." Elizabeth said finally as she groaned under the stare of Papa, "I will not accept any complaints later."
And so, Elizabeth called upon the primordial forces that were at the deepest part of her being, this had become somewhat easier after her latest job evolution. But even so it was kind of annoying, since she needed to meddle with just the right amount or these stupid Ravenous Shadows would start to spread further ahead.
"Upon my name, I command thy. Bring forth the hidden record and get them to their original owners." Elizabeth said as she pulled at the small connection that she had with Akasha.
It was made easier since the purple woman didn't seem to be here to ruin her day, but with that she pulled at the original memories that had been hidden away from their owners and with the snap of her fingers she made this Idea propagate to all the people that was here.
One by one their eyes shone with azure color as the memories that had been sealed away from the world [Pre-Advent] came crashing down, that was to say, the memories of who her parents were, and of the family that Elizabeth was part.
The first to recover were the people who had been closer to Elizabeth, as they were more predisposed to accept that truth. Rossie and Rena of course had some of those memories back already, so they mostly just recovered the memories of Elizabeth's parents.
But others... Others had it worse, like [The Prophet] and [The Warlock] who had stood against Elizabeth and company.
Some of the rich people that were here also seemed to turn white as a ghost, probably because they had plans that wouldn't be good for Elizabeth, and were now realising how stupid doing that would have been, more so since they now knew and were painfully aware of who Elizabeth's parents were.
[The American Crusader] and [The Stardust Explorer].
The greatest hero and Magical Girl.
".... He has been the true ruler of the American Federation for almost two hundred years..." The mayor said as he fell to his knees laughing, "Our [God] has been our dictator.... how ridiculous..."
Oh, he was probably broken huh.
The other world leaders looked at the American leader with pity, but then gulped as they noticed the gaze of Papa was upon them.
"I trust not a single one of you will raise a complaint?" Papa said looking down at them, it was his patented stare of 'You do want to live, right?'
No joke, he actually managed to get that patented, not that anyone else could even get the same power as him with a glare.
"No sir!" All the world leaders said at once (At least all but Izanami).
"... So that's why you said we wouldn't be able to defeat her, and that today was the last day we could do so." [The Elementalist] said shaking his head, "Good to see you again Jack, sorry for not praying to you, but we never got a shikigami out of the offerings, so we assumed you didn't want anything from us."
"I don't." Papa answered, "I don't answer anyone, nor does Catherine; we took this role out of necessity, and we will throw it away after Eli finishes her own Apotheosis."
"Now Lucy-Lu... Do you understand why you were a bad girl?" Mother said kneeling in front of [The Prophet], "Can you play with Eli-Eli? She will probably remain on the mortal world a couple extra years... if not we can take away the bad memories again."
"You.... you made me forget... me.... why do you despise me so much [Stardust Explorer]?" [The Prophet] said as she cried once more, this time, however, was not one born out of frustration or anger, but... sadness... what? "Why am I not enough?"
"... I'm sorry. I can't give you what you want." Catherine answered, "I told you before, I love gushing over cute girls. But this is lust, not love. And what you want out of me is the one thing I can't give you."
....what?
"I truly love Jack, and he loves me for who I am too." Mother said standing up, "Besides... you are no longer a cute and lovely Magical Girl, but more of a stern and hot nun. Those are more of Eli's tastes."
"I plead the fifth." Elizabeth said from the side, "Mother, don't project upon me. I only love Rena and Rossie. The fact that they are women is a side note and not the important bit."
"Of course Eli-Eli!" Mother said turning her back to [The Prophet], "Let's enjoy the wedding, okay?"
[The Prophet] put on her veil with the snap of her fingers, but her shoulders continued moving up and down, no one mentioned about the sound of silent crying or the whimpers [The Prophet] made as she walked back to her seat.
Elizabeth turned her back and decided to not think about that particular topic, she did not enjoy the mental image or the fact that one of her greatest problems had been born out of Mother's adventures...
Jealousy... Jealousy is an ugly thing.
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