§ Suddenly being out of touch with reality for three days has made one truth painfully clear. I have been underestimating the speed at which things have been happening. Rod didn’t really prepare me for this while we took breakfast together. Mostly he stayed silent while Amelia dominated the conversation, giving me a full rundown of the events of her …

§ The car wouldn’t start again, so I had to take the bus to get to work. But for some reason, when I got on it, it looked like the aerial tramway in Tëan Tír. I thought that was odd, but I was in a hurry, so I got on anyway. Somehow, I ended up at my old high school …

I’m back. My apologies for the delay. You can read the details when you reach Chapter 492 § The goddess’s sudden voice in my head made me jerk in surprise, in turn causing Ceria to spring up, instantly on guard. “It’s fine!” I assured her right away, since startling an adventurer is mean, and a bit dangerous. “Just give me …

§ I have to confess, in all honesty, that I was not exactly adverse to the idea, but I had to maintain my link with the [Sky Lotus]. I also needed to be aware of what was going on with Shindzha, to prevent any misunderstandings between her and the people going to meet her, before anything unfortunate occurred. In short, …

§ For the first few seconds, I was too shocked to respond to the word the hellspawn woman had uttered. Mistress? She had clearly reacted to my [Vampire Sense], as soon as I focused it on her. The only possible explanation for her use of the term was that she had correlated it somehow to some woman in authority over …

§ The conversation I awoke to was… somewhat suspicious, I guess I would say? And all in furtive whispers. “Will you behave please? The Mistress is right next to us!” “That’s! Why! We’ve been separated since forever! And Lady went and got hurt right away, before I can even have any time with her! I gotta play!” “Lady Tiana isn’t …

§ The hellspawn let out a heart-rending scream as my fangs sank into her, but I wasn’t holding back the [Vampire Charm] that accompanies feeding in the slightest. Normally it must be carefully dispensed in order to avoid harming the donor, but I made no such effort this time. On the contrary, I pushed it on her. The skill did …

§ Battling the hellspawn while forcing her mount’s poison-breath attacks to bend away from me was getting tiring, but I couldn’t back away just yet. My goal was to keep her from re-forming her stealth until other forces could arrive. Speaking of which, Diurhimath had grabbed my nearest Servant, Mireia, and bounded into the air as I requested… but carried …

§ Naturally, I tucked the Holy mana back into my core. After all, it had definitely been Rhea’s voice telling me to stop. Rhea? I responded as I zigzagged through the air, Why are you possessing Mireia again? Didn’t you leave her? Given how frantic I probably looked while dodging the hellspawn girl’s attacks, I’m sure my calm response would …

§ In an instant, I flew into the air, leaving the protesting mortals and elemental behind on the observation deck of the highest tower of Narses kingdom, unable to follow their prodigal lady. The sun was already below the mountain top, so they were probably about to have trouble even keeping an eye on her from a distance. Well, Ceria …