Chapter 248: Reconnect

|Author's note: I have started watching 'Made in Abyss', a pretty good anime, recommended if you like a slightly dark anime. I'll post 2 chapters today since I think I missed a day due to me being preoccupied with anime, my break is coming to an end lmao.|

Perseus POV

Dawn then proceeded to tell me what she knows and heard from Jerah, she only has learned of it very recently and thought about telling me earlier, but she thought I might be preoccupied and so she just did some math to calculate the approximate days of when I'll be free so she can tell me.

"You're not gonna hesitate are you?" she asked

"Since when did you start talking more casually, O-great-goddess?"

"Don't avoid my question."

"No, if anything, that motivates me to want to kick his ass even more. The bastard is using his own children and descendants for experiments without a care for our humanity and feelings, I'll make sure to ground his own dick up, and then-"

"Firstly, I don't need details." she cut me off "Secondly, he'll regenerate it back."

"Even better, I'll make him go through what I went through, what sort of human, with a soul or not, infect people with deadly diseases just to see if their ability has a reaction, and that damn Keith, a massive fucking hypocrite, so what if I killed his friends as if his friends haven't killed any more than I have.

"And that's coming from me of all people, when I'll get there, I'll release them projects and make em torture those so-called scientists while I watch and eat popcorn behind a one-way mirror as they have."

"You have really got to learn how to let things go eventually, anger isn't the best fuel to move forward, because once you deplete it, you will feel nothing but emptiness inside," she advised

"Those fuckers literally gave me leukemia."

"I'll add that to my list of motivations when I help you destroy him." she replied

"Oh, then add a lot more diseases to your list, they tried almost everything, which is scary, because I now know a lot worse things after learning of Bondrewd. Unfortunately, I can't go that far just to torture him, I don't have the brain capacity for it and hell, I might lose whatever morality I have left."

"You've been through a lot," she said as she then got up to hug.

I still can't understand how I was able to drink that coffee or even able to touch her, but it's not like I care, a goddess is special when it comes to her magic, and her hug is quite comforting.

I don't know if I've been through a lot, I've gotten tame experiments compared to others...it's hard.

"I know that it's been tough. But look at how strong you are. You made it through all of that." she whispered in my ears "Like before, you'll push forward past it again like you always have."

"What if I can't?" I replied as I reciprocated her hug

"You can as you've proven that to yourself and everyone many times. And you won't be alone this time. You have me, my daughters, Buddy, your new family...we'll get through it together. Do you like being pampered by me?" she asked in a soothing voice while she played with my hair.

"I do."

"So? How do you feel?"

"Sometimes, I don't know what to do and I'll feel like I'm barely holding on."

"I can see that. You've been through so much. But you're still here, which means you're stronger than you realize."

"You and Leilah say the same things, it's almost as if you're repeating her exact words, she said it to me when I was still in there."

"She was your savior during your most vulnerable time. If I had realized it earlier, if I had known about it earlier, I would have not helped Cain, no one deserves to suffer under his hands, no one deserves to suffer in general. You're working hard to stop him, that motivation is great."

"I killed too many people on the way, I'm not that great."

"Some sacrifices have to be made, if you had been peaceful, we won't be able to stop him, and you won't be where you are, think of your end goal as the redemption for all that you've done, I'll be here waiting-"

"Alright, you 2, that's enough." a voice interrupted and separate us before holding me very tightly.

I turned to see Leilah and Maple who has invaded my dream with Leilah being the one to separate me, they must have just arrived because Dawn didn't seem to have sensed it based on her expression.

"Where's Lilith? She shouldn't be asleep."

"I requested Maple to put a sleep spell on her." Leilah answered, "Just in case your head can't contain all 3 of us being here, your dream is the bridge between the 2 worlds, and with limited spots, I asked Maple to put her forcefully to sleep and bring me here."

"I can't stop her and she asked me for a favor so..."Maple trailed off and looks away "You know that she's my favorite sister already, stop staring."

"Leilah, your grip is tightening up a bit, I may be in an astral body, but I can still somewhat feel pain."

"Just think of it as punishment." she retorted "And what kind of mother are you? You're clearly planning on stealing him, Maple told me that you kissed him last time."

"Only on the cheek." Dawn responded

Weird, I kinda enjoy having girls fight over me, no wonder people like being popular, this is good. Leilah then proceeded to have a very normal conversation with her mother, though she was very polite, she was still holding onto me like some sort of koala.

They even discussed plans and other stuff concerning Cain before kicking me out to discuss their own private matter, not that I mind. They haven't met in a long time, and chances like these comes rarely often, might as well use it to reconnect.