Chapter 44
Gensokyo - The Scarlet Devil Corridor
*Tsu*
"..."
Back at the Scarlet Devil Mansion, Ophis blinked as she found out that Killua who was just in front of her suddenly disappeared from his place. He didn't even use a magic circle to teleport.
She expanded her senses and then it was obvious to her that he was no longer in this building.
*Sniff* *Sniff*
Ophis sniffed the air for a bit with her small nose. Killua for some reason has an alien scent like nothing else in the world. And for a Dragon God like her, it was very easy to find him. No matter where he is, she will always be able to detect that extremely distinct scent.
"..."
If her dragon senses were correct then Killua is currently about a few kilometers away from this place. Even though he told her to wait here, she has no obligation to follow his words. A teleportation circle with the symbol of infinity appeared beneath her as she was about to teleport to him.
*Blur*
It was then that a yellow blur passed beside her. It was only for a fraction of a second, but her emotionless dragon eyes crossed with equally excited slitted eyes. Hers was absolute darkness while the other was bloody crimson.
"A vampire?"
Ophis muttered as she looked in the direction the blur disappeared into. Just when she was about to activate the teleportation circle. Ophis stopped and slowly looked to her side.
*Tsu*
Not a moment later and a human maid appeared in the place she was looking at. The human maid looked surprised at first that she was seen while using her ability, but then she nodded her head in acceptance as if she was convinced of something before bowing toward Ophis.
"Welcome, honored guest."
"..."
"My lady and her friend wish to meet you. If you would please follow me."
"..."
"..."
Looking silently at the young human girl. Ophis decided to ignore her and was about to activate the teleportation circle again before another magic circle suddenly appeared beside her. This constant interrupting was starting to irritate her. As she looked at the magic circle, a familiar person appeared on it.
"Wait! *Ahem* Ouroboros. Long time no see."
Looking at the sudden newcomer. Ophis widened her eyes only for a bit. An old name came to her mind as she canceled the teleportation circle.
"...Knowledge."
"Fufu, Infinity. I'm honored you still remember me. You changed so much. I almost didn't recognize you. Even your… gender changed. I was sure you would have already forgotten about me."
"You're. Still. Alive."
Ophis said with her usual emotionless voice, but one could still find a trace of curiosity in it.
*Cough* *Cough* "Well… somehow." *Smirk*
And this was how the holders of the concepts of Infinity and Knowledge meet each other again.
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Gensokyo - Forest of Magic
While Ophis was having her reunion with her old acquaintance. Killua was still in the Forest of Magic laying on his sofa lazily. Though his body was stretched comfortably on top of a terrified Angel.
"M-My Lord…"
She just woke up and somehow found herself being used as a bed by the Lord. Her armor was also gone and she was now wearing a very sophisticated maid outfit.
What happened?! Did she screw up?! Where is this place?! Where is my armor?! What is going on??!!!
As thousands of questions ran through Angel's mind without an answer. Killua chuckled in amusement and looked up at her face. He was currently laying on top of her with his back facing her stomach and his head on top of her flat chest.
"Good morning~ my lovely maid."
When Angel heard the Lord's words, she froze in her place and her face turned extremely pale.
As Killua was still on top of her, he felt her jolt in place and could clearly see the scared look on her face.
"You know… In this situation. You should be blushing instead."
"I-I!! I-I'm terribly sorry my Lord!"
When Killua frowned. Angel panicked and was about to bow deeply only to realize that she couldn't as the Lord was crushing her and she couldn't move at all. That made her even more scared as small tears started to appear in her eyes.
"..."
Looking at her terrified and pitiful state. Killua clicked his tongue in displeasure and jumped into the air.
"Tsk. You're no fun."
As soon as she was free. Angel immediately disappeared and appeared kneeling a few meters beside the sofa. There was a relieved look on her face as she bowed deeply to Killua.
*Tremble* *Tremble*
However, her whole body was still trembling in fright.
This was the first time she was so close to the Lord in her whole life. No one has EVER touched the Lord so intimately before. This made her so nervous and scared to death. She did not dare have any other feeling than that lest she gets punished.
"..."
"..."
Looking silently from the side at the terrified Angel. Killua was thinking about how to fix the situation for a moment before he decided to transform back to his first form. There was a brief flash of blinding light, and then instead of the adult form of a white-haired handsome man in a black jacket now lies a small white-haired boy with childish baggy clothing and modern attire consisting of long-sleeved and dark-colored shirts complete with baggy shorts and purple boots.
"...Ah? What? …Eh? --?!!!"
Looking at the 'new' form of her Lord. Angel immediately forgot her fear and felt her entire brain completely malfunction as her mouth was left wide open.
"Hmm. It has been so long since I used this form."
Killua opened and closed his palms multiple times while inspecting the form that he used when he first came to this world.
"Looks good. A bit weak, but it's manageable."
After a few seconds of physical strength testing, he then smiled mischievously and slowly flew toward the EXTREMELY confused Angel.
*Tap*
After he stood on the ground in front of her. He noticed that even though she was kneeling, she was still a bit taller than him in this form. Her wide sophisticated maid outfit was not helping either. Killua looked up at her dazed face and put his small hands on his hips.
"Hmph! What about now? I bet you can't resist this form."
"..."
As she looked down at the arrogant kid*Shudder* Lord. Angel felt her whole world shatter like glass as a single word came to her mind.
"Cu-..."
"Cu?"
As Killua tilted his head cutely to the side. Angel finally lost it and her cheeks flushed deep red as literal hearts appeared in her eyes. Even her hands unconsciously snapped forward and hugged the little thing in front of her.
"SO CUTE!!"
"...huh?"
"OH MY LORD!! WHAT IS THIS?!! SO ADORABLE!!"
"..."
Even though he fixed the problem for now. However, as a result. He was now being squished like a toy so Killua didn't look happy at all. There was a blank expression on his face as he started rethinking his life choices.
It was not supposed to be like this… why is it always have to be in shota mode…
"..."
'Even so.'
Killua thought with hollowed eyes as he looked up at the Angel with droll dripping from the side of her mouth. Looking at her genuinely happy expression. Killua's lifeless eyes turned gentle and he smiled generously as a father would do to his child.
'This is also not bad at all.'
-[ A not so few minutes later ]-
"Haaah."
"..."
"Look, I know I'm cute. But there is a limit to everything. You know?"
"..."
Killua was wiping the drool from his face with a handkerchief as he rebuked Angel that was prostrating on the ground with a dead-fish expression on her face. She was so pale, you would mistake her for a corpse. Not a single sound come from her since the moment she hit her head to the ground so hard that half of her forehead was buried underground.
"Angel? Did you hear me?"
"..."
Angel didn't even dare to move a single atom of her body. She tried to look as small as possible. As invisible as possible. As non existent as possible.
How dare she. A mere lowly existence, dare to h-hug the Lord and call him c-c-c-cute?! Death!! SHE DESERVES THE DEATH PENALTY!! NO, THE HIGHEST PUNISHMENT POSSIBLE!!!
'After d-doing 'that'… why am I still alive?'
That was the only thought running through her head as her eyes had swirled patterns on them.
*Gulp* "..."
After Killua made sure all the droll was gone from his face. He noticed that Angel was not in any state to hear what he was saying so he decided to let it go. It's not like she did anything too bad.
"Hmm."
Killua hummed as he looked up at the cloudy sky. He was staring directly at the moon that was invisible from here. His eyes widened slightly as a satisfied smirk stretched on his childish face.
'...those rascals are finally moving. I wonder what brought this change.'
Killua was deeply thinking about something with his left hand under his chin while the other one supported said hand. After a few minutes of silence, Angel slowly lifted her head and peeked at him stealthily.
"..."
When she saw his usual thinking posture, Angel was relieved immensely and stood slowly on her feet. Normally, the Lord would stay frozen in that position for years on end if nothing special happened.
However, her solace was cut short when suddenly the sound of bushes moving came from the side as both Killua and Angel snapped their heads in that direction. It didn't take long before something blue jumped out of it and stood hovered in the air in front of them.
"Yaho~! Weaklings!"
"..."
"..."
Both Angel and Killua looked dumbfounded at the blue-haired little girl looking down at them arrogantly from the air. The girl has aqua-colored eyes and wears a blue jumper dress with white socks covering her feet. What caught their attention the most, however, were the 6 icicles-like wings hovering mysteriously behind her back. The blue-haired girl looked down at them with a smirk on her face as she studied their reaction.
*Shiver*
When she saw Angel glaring fiercely at her, the little girl shivered and avoided eye contact with her. She then pouted soon after and pointed her finger at Killua, who looked to her like the smallest and the weaker of the two.
"You! Weak human! Kneel and fear. For, I'm the strongest!"
"...huh?"
"HOW DARE Y#$%0110--!"
When the little girl provoked Killua so rudely and out of nowhere. Angel paled instantly and seemed as if she had temporarily lost her ability to speak.
Killua however didn't seem offended as much as he was utterly amazed by this little brat's outrageous audacity. He first wrapped his invisible tail around the frenzied Angel so that she won't suddenly shred the young girl into minced meat before looking up at her.
"Umm, hello?"
He greeted awkwardly as he lifted his right hand in a friendly manner. The little girl, however, ignored him and was weirded out by Angel who was shouting incomprehensible words and struggling all by herself as if something was restraining her.
"So who are you?"
Killua said again. This time the little girl looked at him for a moment before she smirked and lifted her head up arrogantly.
"I'm Cirno. And I'm the strongest in the world! Weaklings like you should grovel in the ground and crawl under my feet."
*Blink* "...what?"
Killua felt as if he was losing too much IQ for some reason and so he looked quickly at the glowing ring on his finger.
"..."
After confirming that everything was alright, he blinked again incredulously and looked blankly at the little girl who introduced herself as Cirno.
"...come again?"
"Are you deaf?! I said I'm the strongest! Now, kneel! You stupid trash!"
"YO#$%%0010110$$!@#!@!%$--!!!!!"
When the little girl actually insulted him with an arrogant expression on her face. Killua widened his eyes in surprise and Angel suddenly started trashing extremely violently as even smoke started coming out of her body. Countless amounts of green numbers flashed in her enraged eyes as her main processor calculated trillions of scenarios on how to kill the arrogant brat in front of her in the most painful way possible. The moment she is let out, she will make sure not a single cell remained of that blue thing.
"Ha… Haha…"
In contrast to Angel, Killua instead hunched down and then started laughing at the top of his lungs.
"Hahahahahaha!"
He continued laughing loudly like that for a long time before he finally stopped.
"..."
Killua then put a hand on his face. And from the gaps between his fingers, he sent a look toward Cirno that would haunt her for all eternity.
"You foolish child. You have NO idea what you are dealing with. Do you know just how MUCH deep of a hole have 'you' stepped on?"
There was a crazed look in his terrifying eyes as his sinister voice sounded throughout the whole forest. Hearing that voice, not to mention Cirno… even the previously furious Angel curled up like a scared kitten.
No sentient being could ever remain calm after hearing such a thing.
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Oh damn. Our nine-ball just got herself in a massive deep shit.
By the way, nine-ball is Cirno's nickname given by the Touhou Project community.
Nine-ball basically means ("baka" - "idiot").
I wonder how the MC will deal with the nine-ball.