You know, I wonder what attracts these customers to my shop, cause I swear I seem to get weirdos like Poseidon and Dionysus. Then there Aphrodite, and then there is even Gojo, who I swear cheated on his teacher examinations.
The reason I am wondering? Well, it all started one evening in the bar. My servers, Main and Lutz, were here working and my usual customers came by. You know, Sasaki and the like. Though I haven't seen Sasaki in a hot minute. I wonder what goes on in that guys life. Like seriously. Maybe I could offer him some help down the line.
I was serving drinks as the usual, when another customer came in. His looks were, lets say, pretty unusual. Not only was there symbols of poker cards in his eyes, his hair was a particular shade of white with edges of pink. His beret was positioned on his hair with careful setting, his clothes were akin to a child. Yet what shook me up was his aura which let me be more attune to the presence of my customers.
He was, inhumane, for the lack of a better word. His aura, his presence, indicated some form of divinity. It felt like his whole presence seemed to be conceptually above me. I could tell the same was felt by my other customers like the other gods, who seemed to somewhat shake in his presence.
"A bar? I don't remember one being near my home the last time I checked" he said with his finger positioned on his chin like a child who found an interesting fact about the whole world. He looked around, as if analyzing the whole place until his eyes found itself on me and I instinctively felt like I should protect myself.
He quickly made his way over and I covered myself in a barrier from Selena as he came closer, and he seemingly analyzed every single minute. "Interesting" he muttered as he straightened his back and then said "What do you got to serve?" in the most childish voice possible and I felt like the wind was taken out of my sails as I figured he would have been more dangerous feeling.
"I have alcohol, or water and soda if your interested" I said as I direvted him to the bar counter and I took out a glass, waiting for him to make a choice. "How about some soda" he said as I nodded and filled the glass with some grape soda. It was a mystical mixture, as said before, and I handed it to the god quickly.
"Delicious!" he shouted as he quickly chugged the glass and slammed it down on the counter and said "Another!". I handed him another glass as more guess piled in and I decided to head over to my friend Albus. "Thomas! Nice to see you my friend, I hope the event went well?" said Albus with a knowing twinkle.
"Of course it did" I said with a confident smile. "I was able to learn some new things, and had a good combat experience" I said as Albus nodded. "Of course, but it isn't like a true battle" said Albus, nodding with a knowing look. "A battle like that won't prepare you for true battles, even if it might have gone awry, so just be careful" said Albus as I nodded, taking note of the solemn look on his face.
It often eluded me that he was a war veteran, having gone through two magical wars with dark lords of immense strength. He had lived through it, and now he must have internalized the experience. Maybe, he acts as a kind grandpa due to this. Hoping to push away the life and face of a hardened soldier to the background.
"I know Albus, I know" I said as I patted him softly on the back as he chuckled. I wonder if he got to experience something like this calm every so often at home? If not, my place is the only place for him to truly relax huh. I got back to my bar counter, with the boy named tet ordering more drink after drink, placing what looked like gold coins on the counter.
"So Tet, tell me about where you came from" I asked of him as he finished gulping down what I felt was his millionth soda. "Where I came from? You wanna know about Disboard!?" he said in a tone of extreme excitement. 'He must be the proud of his homeland type, then again, his aura might make that attitude have a more abnormal meaning' I thought as he began to regale me about the complexity of his world.
Disboard, a world once ravaged by god-like beings and the races of the world being their foot soldiers in their struggle. Humanity, or immanity, a race not made by an old deus, and was a race who survived the war until Tet, who I found was disboards One True God, decided to end the war and transform it to his whims.
"So, your telling me you initiated an absolute law, the ten pledges, which forbids violence and makes everything having to be solved through games?" I asked him as I felt the thought was very unserious and insane. "Yep, of course what's better to settle disputes like borders than by games" said Tet as he chewed on some snack I couldn't remember where he got. "I get where your coming from" I said to him, "But it still sounds insane no?" I continued.
"Yeah, but-" began Tet but was interrupted by the jingle of the bell and the rapid pitter and patter of footsteps in the door. It was a little girl, with brown hair and wore something that was a little frayed, made of tough and urable material. Behind her was an older girl, most likely her older sister, was wounded with a particularly nasty gash in the back, most likely from a blade of some type, most likely a straight sword.
"Dear, are you alright?!" shouted Dumbledore as he made his way over to the girls. It was as if he was in battle mode of sorts. As he inspected them, I caught a glimpse of a knight in the background with an emblem of a kingdom, one I did not know. "Albus look out!" I shouted as he looked up to see the knight and as quick as he could, he brought out his wand and muttered a single spell which knocked the knight back by a few feet.
'Woah' I thought to myself as I headed over towards the girls and took a look over them. It seemed the eldest girl, possibly a sister of the smaller one, was injured. I inspected the wound and it looks reminiscent of a sword cut. "That's a nasty wound" I said outloud as the others looked over and grimaced.
"Alright, lets heal it up now" I said as I held my hand over the wound and summoned up enough energy to access my technique. The wound began to stitch itself up with a visible speed, as if it was nitting itself back together. The wound bled no longer and the cut was mended quickly and painlessly.
The elder girl awoke quickly, and she had to look around to make sure where she was. "A tavern? I didn't know there was one in the woods" she murdered as she looked up at me. "Who are you?" she said in an apprehensive manner, Seemingly guarding her sister with her body built from farm work. "Are you with the knights?" she asked as we all nodded our heads no.
"We have no idea what those knights are, so no ma'am. Plus, if we were with the enemy we wouldn't have healed you" I said as I pointed out the healed wound I did, though no trace of it remained, not even a scar. "What?" she said with surprise as she felt for a wound, and in the gaps of bloody cloth, not wound was found.
"Than you Mister!" she said with extreme glee as she bowed her head. I looked at her with curiosity as she continued speaking. "I had no idea I was with a healer, Im sorry about thinking you apart of the enemy" she said as the sister which clung to her legs also bowed and said "Thank you for saving Nemu's sister" said Nemu as the sister, Enri smiled.
It was no problem I said as I looked outside the threshold. The knight which Albus knocked was beginning to stir and I could hear reinforcements coming along. I exited the tavern, summoning magical energy from deep within as it converged to my hands, and I could feel Albus was next to me along with Gojo as well.
"What do you think Albus?" I asked our own soldier. "Possible ploy for an invasion, maybe to instigate a conflict" he said as he readied his wand, and we all looked ready for combat as the knights arrived, and out of the ground emerged an oval gate and what emerged was... a skeleton?
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A/N: Hey y'all, sorry for not posting I was kind of busy and was also in a writing slump as well. So, I hope your happy with the chapter. I am also somewhat working on other fics as well like my throne of Heroes- fic I am gonna focus on as well as best I can. Hope you guys enjoy! Also, Mahouka is a good show, I recommend.