The irregulars
Chapter 37
In the middle of the forest, the flame of the campfire flickers, with the tales that are being told.
"You should grant my request, Gen" said Sylvara.
"... I wish it's not troublesome"
"Come on, you made me explain the 7 Sins. I just want to peek at your soul more"
"..... You volunteered to explain thou" Gen kept quiet for a moment.
"Then you agreed, hehe"
"That's too much! You're too Unfair!" Runa screams, shaking Gen.
"R-runa, you can just tell the virtues...." Gen Recommends.
"... Okay, b-but..."
"Yes, I do something you ask"
Runa smiled happily, with eerie deep dark purple eyes.
"*Somehow I feel sorry for Gen" Rein thought.
Claude was sitting and listening while feeling the eerie.
"Ahem, first, since the story human Hero Alexander was already done, let's start with isolde"
"Isolde is a famous individual, born from the Dragonborn race. He is called as the virtue of humility, he also protects human as their promise to the goddess of life, it's was called "noblesse oblige", for the strong to protect the weak, it's said that his base strength is enough to tear the storms"
"*A dragonborn huh... I wanna met one, I bet they are like humanoid dragon girls" Gen thought.
"Next is, my favorite virtue, Ishtar, the virtue of Love. From the mermaid race, her tales from the books were her songs that guides and saves the lost ships in storms. And her power to keep the oceanic monsters invade the islands"
"Next is, the virtue of temperance, Eleanor the elf queen. Said her Grace and beauty was God-like, she values purity more than anything, well elf are naturally pure, they only eat vegetables and fruits they raised and farmed. And once a year, they eat the fruit of the world tree. Said her abilities were for defense, those who gain clarity with her gains immunity to mental attacks and curses"
"*Oh! Elf! I wanna see one! Pointy ears and perfect body shape" Gen thought, however this time he felt a dark presence from runa, aiming at his.
"Next is the virtue of diligence, Tyrone. From the beastfolk race, Known as the King of beast and the Leon King. He wandered the world for battles until he reached the peak and gained enough fame to build a pillar for his kingdom. One of his famous story is the king beast Tyrone journey to the 100th floor of the Divine Labyrinth. He climbed the famous renowned labyrinth called Tower of ascension, a massive ancient Labyrinth with a hundred of floors. All his discovery and knowledge were written by a book and became a guide for those who wanted to try, however even with the book, only a few have ever reached the 50th floors"
"Next is the virtue of Generosity "Celestine" the fairy queen. Mostly in stories, Celestine appears at crucial moments, like giving blessings to warriors of preventing a calamity. The fairy Race are known to be master of both magic and spirit and they have a unique type of ability of their race that manipulates magic. They say that she is mostly God-like being for being able to bend the laws of the universe"
"And lastly the strongest being, the leader of angels, archangel "Michael". He has lots of stories but only one thing is renowned by all race, that Michael Dethroned Lucifer after his Pride, and was given the power of Divine gods, he appears during the movement of prominent individuals that may threat the world"
"Hmmm, now that I know them all. There's something is bugging me"
"What is it Gen?" Runa asked.
"Typically, Virtues are agels right? And sins are demons. But on what you all said, There are various race and only one angels and demons"
"Allow me to explain. My knowledge of thousand years comes in handy, of course with repayment hehe" Sylvara Mischievously Grins.
"Alright, alright, okay...." Gen deapan answered.
"Ahem. Actually, all 7 sins were originally Overlords or primal Demons. And all 7 Virtues were all Archangels or primal Angels. However the bearers of the sins and virtues titles either taken or gave it to someone they recognize, like Asmodeus the Overlord of Lust gave the sin of lust titles to his daughter Astarte, thou he may lose his position as favor for Abyssal Gods, but he remains an Overlord"
"... How many are they Sylvara?" Gen asked
"There are a total of 15 Archangels and 15 Overlords, all of them reside of their domains in Heaven and Hell"
"Oh! I see, that is very interesting" Gen smiled, the joy and Information he felt made him thought that the 7 sins and angels were just a small number of individuals who gained favority from Gods, there are the apex archangels and overlords too.
"It seems, we have much more to do" Said Claude, after knowing that there are 30 more individuals who are on par of the sins and virtues, he felt the burden"
"Kukuku, I think you all forgot something"
"W-what is it Gen" Rein asked
"Runa!, you all forgot something special about her"
"G-gen..." Runa blushes, thinking that Gen is praising her.
"Ahem, it's not that runa. It's the fact that you're a Zealot, an unknown force, but it seems Sylvara also has knowledge about it, right?"
"Oh... I see..." Runa felt a bit sad.
"...well... I don't know much... I only saw her soul as something irregular with a high potential, but the word zealot, I once heard there was a force such as those, though they don't have history"
"What?! I thought you know..."
Runa tugged Gen's arms.
"Ahem, it seems I'm the only one who get this huh... No it seems you don't value my words, I even told you back at the kingdom" Gen teared up comedically.
"Gen! T-tisue, here let me!" Runa hurried took a clean clothe.
"No, no need" Gen declined. Runa was disappointed showing a bit dark aura that that seems a bit dangerous.
"Ahem what I'm trying to say is, the "Zealot" represents the over use of virtues that became twisted, so what I mean is the Zeal may be part of the sins and virtues... Maybe a force like the 7 Zeals exist in the past"
Everyone was silent.
"So you're saying princess Runa is a force on par them?" Claris Asked.
"I guess, I bet Runa is incredible" Gen praised Runa, she and faltered and felt joy, shining purple eyes with scary stares.
"It seems we need to gather more information first" Claude recommended.
"Oh! The food gone Cold!" Rein screamed.
"Oh, I just reheat it" said Claris.
"No need" said Claude. Raising his hand using spiritual energy, he reheated the food, with a soft flow of his energy that covered the food, steam rose.
"Heee, Claude has mastered his control huh, as expected to our nerd scholar" said Gen.
"It's essential idiot, spiritual arts involves manipulating elements, controlling it is a wise training"
"Hoo, I get t, I get it, haha"
After their fun dinner camping, below the shimmering stars from the sky, they gone to rest.
"Phew!, it was good, for a shut-in to have camping in another world... Thou it seems my road ahead is quite challenging, thou I like it hehe" Gen rest on his bed, he used his magic to create a simple magic that only took a small portion of his magical energy.
"Light" A tiny light sphere formed on his right hand, following by "dark" on his left hand, he created a small darkness.
"Alright, I'm mastering it, "complexmagic" to combine not the magical elements in my body, but to combine both spells"
Slowly, he merged the darkness into light, both elements had contradicted each other. And was cancelled.
"... Alrighty another one". This time Gen conjured darkness first on his right hand, then without cancelling it he added light on his right hand.
The spell fluctuates, until it calmed down. It turned into a light surrounded by darkness like the sun on the universe.
"I did it, three nights I was practicing, but seeing the results always makes me do more"
In his right hand, there was a darkness, but inside that darkness, there was light.
"... Alright since it's my first combination spell... Then I call it "dark light", a fitting name" Gen smiled with his new small magic that amused him, the shining darkness that slightly lit his tent with it's dim light.
Suddenly, he hears footsteps, cancelling his magic in an instant, he pretend to be asleep. *Rustle, Then the sound of a ripping cloths slowly, he knew the person came inside his room by presence alone.
"*Who is it? Is it Runa? I can't think any other ones, Sylvara is in my shadow sleeping... B-but let's wait a bit, it's interesting hehe" Gen listened excitedly.
After an hour
"*It didn't make a move? More like it scaped? Since it didn't harbor any intentions then let's sleep"
Morning came.
"Hmm nothing happened... Oh well" Gen goes outside, starting his day.
"Yo! Rein!"
"Gen! perfect timing, can you help me fetch water?" Rein asked, carrying four buckets.
"Ehh! What a drag, I wish I didn't came out" he goes by the way, with his deadbeat facial expression.
"Though, why do you have many buckets?" Gen asked.
"W-well... I don't know myself haha~"
"Pfft, puhahaha!" Gen burst in laughter. "Alright alright, let's go"
On Runa's tent.
"*I d-did it! Gosh! I came and sneaked into his tent last night to put a tracking spell but... I spent an hour staring! Im glad he didn't wake up" Runa snuggled to her pillow whole smiling wickedly.
*Giggles, "*if he woke up and saw me, it be embarrassing but he could see how much I like him and we could go all the way". A dark eerie smiles was buried in her pillow that day.