The guild staff, a male Elf called Speria, finally returns to reality when his line of sight towards Eirwen was blocked by Neige. That overwhelming pressure he felt from Eirwen made him freeze in instinctive fear.
When Speria the elf heard Neige saying not to scare his younger brother, he didn't know how he should react. But in his heart, he is complaining,
'Who is scaring who? I'm the only one who was almost frightened to death by him okay? Is that really human?' thoughts of the elf Speria.
Elf Speria speaks after calming down for a while, "As you wish I will not bother your younger brother sir Eis. But I need a drop of blood from each of you to make the card." he says.
Eis and Schnee looked at each other but didn't reply right away. They don't know what kind of appraisal their blood would become and how much commotion it would cause, which is why they were suddenly silent.
"Yue, would our blood cause our identity to be known?" asked Eirwen to his system.
[Host is hundred percent human in your current state unless you've unsealed your divinity but… I am not sure about Yun Ming's vessel. He is purely someone from the spirit race and was only using a disguise to materialize his body thanks to the host's mana because of your contract.]
Eirwen stares at Neige as if observing him inside out. Neige didn't move and let his lord look at him.
"Brother Eis, lend me your hand for a bit," says Eirwen.
Neige obediently placed both his hands in front of Eirwen but the latter only touched the right hand.
"It would hurt for a bit. You don't mind, do you?" asked Eirwen.
Neige only nods his head in agreement. Eirwen made a small cut on his palm and placed his index finger directly on the open wound. Under the eyes of Neige and the elf Speria, those ordinary dark brown irises suddenly turned silver with hints of scarlet at the edge. Before Neige could react, he could feel his very soul burning as if bathing within a raging fire.
It was only an instant but the pressure Eirwen had emitted in that split-second had caused every god in Aerd to feel his strength. Even those within the Divine Realm were not spread and was stunned by his show of strength.
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In the Divine Realm.
A sudden surge of overwhelming power that could even make the twin gods shivers was felt throughout the land. Ordinary humans didn't feel it at all. Special races who were sensitive to changes in aura and atmosphere suffered a backlash. Some weaker Gods shiver while the others flinch. It was an instinctive warning. A God whose strength is above them which possess strength beyond their levels.
But what they didn't know is that this supreme being only used a portion of his real strength to transform Neige's current vessel to be more human-like for a few minutes.
Reactions from some Gods in paradise.
Goddess of Fire, "What the hell is this?! Who is it?"
"Is this Lord Adrienne or Lord Lucien?" Goddess of Earth.
God of Wind, "Might not be. It doesn't emit light nor darkness elements at all."
"This feeling is… the element of Ice and… what is this blood?" murmured the God of Water, then as if remembering someone, Eirwen Night's face emerges in her mind. "No, it cannot be him…" he murmurs.
Meanwhile, at the Temple of the Gods, the twins stood up as if jolted by a familiar aura. Unlike the rest of the gods what they've felt is not coldness yet intimacy towards this aura. As if they are used to being around this kind of mana, something which made them relaxed and obsessed with.
Lucien murmurs, "The sensation of coldness and scent of blood is this…"
"Must be Eira but… he was not human after all," says Adrienne.
"If he is not a mortal then… we can pull him over here after accompanying him in the mortal realm for a few decades~," said Lucien with a huge grin on his face.
With slightly upturned lips, Adrienne responded, "Yes, we all have the time we need to do so."
But somewhere from another universe, a man whose figure was hidden from the shadows also felt that tingling icy feeling left behind by the aura Eirwen released.
"Found you~ This time I'll make sure to eliminate you and that hideous bloodline of yours." This man's voice is the same one as the person who bewitched Bela laurel to fall under his control.
On the other hand in the guild hall, Eirwen finally removes his finger on Neige palms. Neige finally could breathe properly as the surging pain which his soul had suffered before disappeared and his soul felt lighter than before. Feeling the changes within his soul, Neige looked at Eirwen with a bewildered look. He wanted to ask what he did? and why he did that? But seeing that the area they were in had no privacy this ice spirit king held back his words.
Eirwen with a mischievous smile at the corner of his lip says, "With this, it should be fine? I also left you a gift. As for whether it would be useful or not? It would depend on the decision you would make, I had only given you a chance. For your information, that old fool who couldn't even have a vacation in his life would never change. After all, the fool had made a vow before that… he would only love one person in his eternity."
Yun Ming looked at Eirwen with a confused gaze, he couldn't understand the meaning of the words he had spoken. Much less know who that fool Lord Hei is talking about.
Neige clasped his hand before Eirwen, "Thank you." he said.
"Don't thank me. Whether my gift is something you would thankfully in the future would be decided once your memories start to return. Though by then I think you would most likely hate me for interfering." said Eirwen with a meaningful smile on his face.
Eirwen made a small scratch at his right index finger. After squeezing a drop of blood he flicked it towards the Speria the elf who immediately used his mana to catch the blood droplet and placed it on one of the black cards placed on the table.
"Brother Eis, I'll leave the rest to you. I suddenly want to drink some triple choco frappe in that cafe we've passed on our way. I'll wait for you there. Bye~" said Eirwen as he walks out of the Guild humming as if he is in a good mood.
Neige replies, "Then I would meet you there, Schnee."
As the only child that the God of Punishment and God of Judgement has, Hei Anjing knew more or less what kind of existence a prisoner is. Especially the kind of prisoner Yun Ming is. It takes more than strength to complete the first and second trials as prisoners. Most of them would succumb to the endless torture brought by various deaths and choose not to complete the trials.
Those without any kind of source to continue would definitely choose to perish to end this suffering. Yun Ming on the other hand is a prisoner who had a will to live and wanted to gain freedom once again. That's the reason why he had to bear all those torment and persecutions. Yun Ming's original goal is to get back his memories and to be given another chance to exist. But after observing him for few worlds, Eirwen noticed that Yun Ming's goal had started to change. Yes, it is because of that warden.
Remembering Neige's bewildered expression from before, Eirwen couldn't be helped but whisper to himself while walking in the town.
"A warden who broke the Nether Prison's rules would still be punished after escorting his prisoner. You should be happy that I have given you an opportunity to choose.
The question of choice between whose life should be saved. Yours or his?
For you who hated your fate and destiny, someone who had chosen to forget about everything to be reincarnated, I wonder how you will answer in the end?"
[Host, did you really lift the seal in Prisoner Yun Ming's memories? That is…]
"Not allowed? Who would punish me for it? My father wouldn't dare, my dad wouldn't care much less about my Uncles who are in a honeymoon mood every day. Moreover, would A'Ye scold me for it? If I ask for full authority over the Nether System, trust me my husband would give it to me without question." said Eirwen with an angelic smile that doesn't fit his evil personality.
System Yue had started to reminisce about the day he had met the God of Punishment and God of Judgement. This couple was only worried about their son, who is their host, and their grandson, Ye Jingxia.
Then thinking about the Origin God and the God of death and life who had never stopped clinging to each other even by leaving they were still holding hands. Though these two's eyes never wandered except for the members of their family.
[Indeed. Your uncles only had eyes for each other and the family. I can still remember being thrown out of my own system space which is supposed to be impossible to happen.]
"Haha~ don't think much about it. My Uncle Baobei excels in all elements unlike me who could only master Ice and blood elements," said Eirwen as he finally entered the cafe he had seen before. "Talk later. Let's buy something first."
In front of the cake display, Eirwen is staring at those sweets with a stern and scrutinizing gaze. But what others didn't know is that he was holding back on making the bugs called pixies who were shouting their orders in his ears.
'My lord I want the shortcake.'
'Me. me. chocolate cake!'
'Cheesecake.'
'I want fruit tarts, my lord.'
'Cafe au lait, please~'
Eirwen raging thoughts at this moment, "These gluttonous bugs! My ears are ringing."
[Host, I want that blueberry cheesecake and crepe cake!]
"Tsk! Fine." Eirwen replied in his mind.
Eirwen and Zhi Yue paused their conversation and bought all the things they wanted to eat. Then Zhi Yue pretended to come out of the bathroom and materialized himself there. Afterward, he joins Eirwen Night at his table and starts enjoying what they've ordered. The pixies who were invisible to the other's eyes could only see cakes disappearing bit by bit and couldn't be helped but dazedly stared at Eirwen and Zhi Yue.
While eating since Zhi Yue had already used his human form they were now going to have a normal conversation instead of talking at each other in Eirwen's mind.
Zhi Yue asked, "Master, did you know what kind of crime Prisoner Yun did? Even I don't know as he used to be quite a high-ranking God before. His records were under a confidential list."
"Well~ in simple terms he acted like an idiot for being blinded by one-sided love and destroying himself. End of story! Isn't his story already well-known in both the God and Nether Systems?" said Eirwen as he changes the topic by pretending to seriously eat the dream cake before him.
Seeing this reaction Zhi Yue chooses not to pry further anymore. They focused on eating instead until Neige came over after finishing the formalities in the guild. He passed his lord guild card to him.
"My lord here is your guild card," says Neige.
Eirwen received the card and hid it in his space, "Eat first then let's head to the Nightmare forest to gather the herbs."
"Yes," replied Neige. After all, like Eirwen and Zhi Yue, he is also a foodie. Though unlike the two talkative pairs he is a silent type when eating.
After enjoying their snack time, the three of them head to the Nightmare forest to complete the tasks.
