Threads Of Fate

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Mobius had just come back, only to see Elysia trying to kiss air.

She couldn't help but ask, "What are you doing Elysia?"

"Nothing." Elysia tried to act casual, but Mobius wasn't buying it.

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–POP–

The moment Thor appeared beside Sakura, Aponia's eyes fully opened, surprise evident, she then fell to her knees and offered a prayer.

"You alright?" Thor had already checked Sakura for any injuries, but found nothing but a bruise on her arm that would heal on its own in a few hours.

"...Are you just going to ignore that?" Sakura pointed to the Aponia, Thor for some reason, acted as if she didn't just do that.

"I'm used to it." He remembered when his teacher told him about Amaterasu starting some sort of Fanclub about him, the Shinto God queen acting like some high school girl. Throw in half of the Greek, Norse and obviously other Shinto Goddesses and he couldn't go to a single pantheon without being swarmed.

Sakura noticed his tired expression, but despite being curious about it, didn't ask him about it.

"Forget about that, did you know what I had to do to stop Rin from worrying?" Thor smacked his fist into his hand dramatically.

Sakura winced, she'd been there. "I-I'm sure i-it was not much…right?"

Thor only glared at her.

Sakura's shoulders slumped, "Just send me back then. Thank you for doing that." She needed to take responsibility, its clearly her fault–

'Wait! It's Mei's fault! She sent me here!' Fire burned within her eyes and Thor just snapped his fingers.

–Snap–

–POP–

Sakura was teleported back to Moth, specifically next to Rin.

…

While Aponia was still praying, Thor just facepalmed, he could already guess where this was going.

"This will be a pain." Removing his hand from his face he observed the nun, and despite the oddly provocative outfit and her distracting proportions, he noticed she had absurd amounts of Honkai energy, almost as much as Aurora, but a little more than Elysia.

"I can't see your fate." Aponia murmured, opening her eyes slightly.

He frowned, he didn't feel any prying or even feel her use any energy.

Now alert and cautious of her, he made sure to protect his soul a bit more aggressively. It might be draining, but you can never be too careful. "What do you mean?"

"You are not of this world, your soul, it's different, strong, guarded." Ok now Thor was getting confused, it would make sense that she could see his soul with it, if it was some sort of ability, but–'An innate power possibly?'

"Who are you?"

"I am Aponia, you however, Thorald…" She stood from her position and brought her hand to his chest, her gaze curious as if observing something unfamiliar.

"So Aponia, why does it matter that you can't see my fate?"

"I can see any fate, even this world… it's fated to be destroyed, yet I can't see yours, an anomaly." Thor's eyes widened at the mention of the world's fate.

"…"

"Your appearance has changed everything. Are you perhaps an Apostle?" That was the most words she spoke since he got here.

"No. And what do you mean the world's fate is to be destroyed?" A worrying prophecy if anything, 'Can she see the future or some shit?'

"Everything is bound by the tightly knit threads of fate. You're a being that has transcended fate, your fate doesn't exist, and the world's fate has been changing." She prayed again and closed her eyes.

"Please allow me to follow you to greatness." Thor massaged his temples.

He can't just let someone like this run loose, and possibly die in a Honkai attack, 'Though I doubt that based on her Honkai reserves.'

"I can't just leave you here, but… hah, fine, just stay near me for now then." He was always bad at dealing with these types of women, 'It's like talking with Hecate again.'

"Thank you Thor-sama, I hope you can save the world with your greatness." She looked up at him.

'Sama? Is she Japanese? But this is China right?' He found himself frowning once again.

He took a seat on a nearby chair, "Sure whatever." He felt like this would be a long night.

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Thor had asked for Aponia to gather everyone in the chapel.

Leading us to now. Thor stood before 42 people, a mix of children and teenagers, with only 3 other of the 42 being adults.

'Kalpas, who fought Sakura for wanting to kill these kids, was inflicted with late stage honkai sickness. Pardofelis and Kosma, not much is known about them, but they seem to be the main providers for this place beside Aponia' He mused.

"First of all, let me help you out with that." Holding his hand out to the child at the front inflicted with Honkai sickness, he let them come to him. 'Truly incredible of them to push through the pain.'

Eventually after constant glances to Aponia, the three at the back and then to Thor, the boy stepped forward and gave Thor his hand.

Thor smiled gently, and under the curious gazes of all those around Thor started to try and remove their Honkai corruption.

…

It was a long and tedious process, but after minutes of concentration, Thor had absorbed the Honkai from the boy's body. The lines of Honkai corruption receded, his complexion improved and the boy even felt lighter.

Kosma and Felis gasped, shocked that they saw such a miracle, quickly they looked to Aponia to see her reaction, but the nun just had a look of 'To be expected of my God!'

Kalpas, despite his…issues, cared deeply for the kids, and seeing what Thor did gave him a newfound respect for this random man Aponia brought before them.

What unfolded following this was Thor, repeating the same process with each of the other children, he got quicker as he went on, eventually only taking a few seconds to heal the last few children.

…

"Thor-sama…?"

Thor waved a hand dismissively. "Just something I picked up recently, I've been using it to help figure out how to make a cure for Honkai sickness." He spoke the truth, a few days back he, Mobius, Klein and Su got together to try and find ways to cure Honkai sickness.

While they didn't get far, they made a start and with how Thor managed to properly learn how to do it for each of the children, he believes they might just be able to make a cure within the next few weeks, just in time for the party.

Scratching the back of his head Thor looks to the window noticing that night had fallen, "Hah, seems I missed all the fun by now."

Thor looked over. "Aponia."

"Yes?" She turned to face him.

"Since you want to follow me, that means leaving this place."

He caught the subtle movements of the other three. "Don't worry, we'll take the kids in. You three can come along too, but you'd have to join Moth."

He already knew Aponia would follow him. It was mainly for the other three. They clearly saw her as some kind of mother figure.

And based on what he'd seen from them, better they come with him than get killed by a random Honkai attack.

…

Kosma didn't have any problems joining as when Felis was doing her best to understand and negotiate their terms if they joined, Thor assured them that the kids would be taken care of, they can even continue to see them if they want.

If Kosma had one complaint, it would be the VTOL ride to Moth, imagine being on a VTOL filled with twenty tired, but curious kids…

"Brother Kosma! Brother Kosma! Look at this!" A group of the kids were shoving item after item at him, parachutes, first aid kits and one kid got hold of a flare gun, Kosma made sure to take that off their hands immediately.

"Yes, Yes, I know Ling," He smiled gently at them.

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Once Thor had called for people to get the kids along with their four new recruits, he was now left with Aponia behind him, Elysia, Aurora and Eden giving him strange looks and Sakura who had her head turned away while blushing slightly.

"First of all, it's not what you think."

"Oh~ Really, then what is it Thor~ Because from what I see, you left to bring Sakura back and not only do you bring back an orphanage's worth of kids." Elysia walks circles around Thor, arms crossed with a finger against her cheek.

"And not only that." She stops and turns glances at Aponia, "You brought back some busty nun, and with what Sakura kindly told us, she worships you."

Aurora and Eden give Thor a look showing they agree with Elysia.

Thor looks at Elysia's pout and gains a knowing look, 'So that's her game' He then looks to Aurora and Eden. 'And their the same, well at least I can "Comfort" them easily'

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