*Yulia's POV*
I woke up early and took a bath. I went down to the living room and ate breakfast with my family. I was ready to go to the hospital to see Noir but my father stopped me
"Wait Yulia, I need to talk to you and Noir about your plan in the future."
"Huh? But –"
I was about to say that Noir is still not in good condition.
"Hear me out first. I know that Noir is still not in good health but he still needed to hear about his situation. He has his own pride as a man so he needed to hear his situation himself and decide for himself. I'm going to call Arnold to check on Noir to make sure he's safe and also to think together if there's something we could do for Noir. He is a veteran in the Labyrinth so he might have an Idea."
"Sigh! Alright dad we will go together."
He nodded and called uncle Arnold and explained the situation uncle Arnold immediately agreed. Uncle Arnold arrived and we left home together to go to the hospital. We put on hospital clothing before entering Noir's room.
I checked on him if he's awake or not by calling his name using my telepathy.
(Noir! Noir! Are you awake?)
(Hello Yulia! Good morning I presume?) Noir greeted.
(It's morning indeed. Good morning!)
I Replied
(Hello Noir, My name is George Rouge Yulia's father.)
(Yo kid.)
My father politely greeted Noir while uncle Arnold did it casually.
(Hello sirs! It's an honor to meet you.)
(No need to be polite with me. I heard from my wife that you called her Aunt so you could call me Uncle George.)
(Me too kid, you could just call me Uncle Arnold.)
(I won't be polite then, Uncle George and uncle Arnold.)
(Good)
My father praised then he continued.
(We came here and bother your time with Yulia to ask you something if that's alright with you.)
(Please Feel free to speak, Uncle George.)
(Then I'll be honest with you. There's a big chance that you could no longer live like normal and be crippled.)
Dad stopped talking giving Noir a chance to process his thoughts but Noir replied immediately.
(Don't worry uncle George, I'm already prepared for it but doesn't mean that I will give up a chance to recover no matter how low the chance is. Not to mention that I never regretted doing what I have done, I saved the life of a child.)
(Impressive! No wonder they called you a hero of the new generation.)
My father was genuinely impressed but of course that's only natural. It's one of the reasons why I trust him and rely on him and fall for him little by little.
(Hero?)
(Yulia didn't tell you? She watched your video in inter Tube repeatedly.)
(Dad!) I shouted, telling him to stop embarrassing me.
(Ehem! So anyway that's what they call you now a days. Do you have plans or something you want to do in the future?)
My father asked gently.
(I just want to live for now.) Noir answered
(Don't worry we will do our best to find a way to cure you.) My father reassured him.
(Thank you. …. Wait a minute. I think I might have an Idea.)
Noir suddenly thought of something.
(Hahah! What a coincidence kid. I think we might have the same Idea.)
Uncle Arnold delightfully said.
(What are you guys talking about?)
I asked.
(Well I think I might have an Idea to recover from my injuries but I might be a burden to you.)
Noir explained.
(Really? Then tell me what I can do. I will do it as long as I can help you.)
I excitedly said while Uncle Arnold and my father are just quietly listening to our conversation.
(Well you have to carry me to the labyrinth and use my psychic Powers transfer my injuries to the monsters.)
I was surprised, why didn't I think about that?
(Then It's decided.)
I confidently said but father interjected.
( But isn't that dangerous? Not to mention that you need life support apparatuses.)
(Yes uncle George but I already thought about that. I will give Yulia permission to use void ring to store all the apparatuses here in the ring. Since the ring is connected to me I can use the apparatuses to support my life.)
(That might be a good idea.) Uncle Arnold admitted.
(The I felt relieved, since you two have decided what are you going to do. We won't bother your time together.)
My father said goodbye with the teasing smirk and left. We left alone in the room with awkward silence. Fortunately Noir didn't see my father's smile or else, I would be embarrassed.
(Umm Yulia, can you tell me more stories?)
(Sure! What genre do you want to hear?)
(Fantasy and romance maybe?)
(Okay then I will tell you about "The Stowaway Goddess."
There's a pantheon that rule the universe, The Olympus. Zeus the king of gods ruled the universe with the twelve gods of Olympus for countless years. Zeus is known as a philanderer and had many child which always angered the queen of the gods.
Artemis is the daughter of Zeus and the Titan Goddess Leto and The twin sister of Apollo the god of the sun. She's The goddess of hunting and the Moon. She was considered a protector of young children and women.
The Twins was know for their Unmatched beauty but she is like the moon, you can admire from afar but can never be touch. She is one of The three virgin goddess of the Olympus. The greatest hunter cannot be anyone's match in strength and power except her father, half brother Hercules and half sister Athena.
The prophecy said The only one that can marry the goddess is the greatest hero that even surpassed the strongest hero who became the god of strength, Hercules. He will be known as the shepherd of the stars, The Orion. The gods laughed and mocked the prophecy. The only who believed in it is the King of the gods Zeus.
Unbeknownst to them that there are gods beyond the universe. The evil beyond evil, having powers even beyond the strongest monster with a hundred dragon heads, Typhon. They are called the outer gods.)
(Wait a minute! Outer gods? The gods that the cult are worshipping?)
Oh shit! I forgot, There's no Greek mythology and Cthulhu mythos here so he wouldn't get the reference. The worst thing is that those mythologies might be real.
(There's no way right? I mean it might be just a coincidence since I just invited those stories right? Hahaha!) I nervously laughed.
(You might be right.)
Thankfully Noir didn't dig any further or I might confess right here. The term Outer gods made me nervous and anxious. If that is what I think it is then I'll need to evacuate everyone I care to another world because this world would be hopeless at that time.
I set aside those thoughts and proceeds to tell the story.
(The Olympus and the universe was invaded by darkness and chaos. The gods tried to fightback but they lost in war. Zeus has fallen with other gods but some gods who lost their divinity escaped and Artemis is one of them.
Artemis became similar to a human because she lost her divinity except that she will not grow old because of her titan bloodline. She became a Wanderer, hiding her Identity as a goddess to live in the universe covered by chaos. Malevolent monsters are everywhere as if there's no end for them.
She remembered the prophecy of the greatest hero, Orion. She traveled in the universe to find a hero that she doesn't even know if he is really exist. She rode space Ships one after another, using her ability as a hunter to mixed her presence with the crowd and became a Stowaway Goddess.
She met the mercenary lRatos and the Oratoria Mercenaries. Iratos caught her sneaking into the ship and captured her. She named herself Mallia, Aspra Mallia because of her white hair, and she became friends with the Mercenaries.
They travelled together, fight together and do miIssions together. Mallia and Iratos grew closer to each other and became lovers. They still didn't cross the line despite being lovers.
On one of their mission, they accidentally found a treasure because they got lost in Scarcia Nebula. The treasure is a spear that has a power to deprived anything from the opponent as long as they can hit them with the spear. Mallia(Goddess Artemis) believed that her lover is the Orion. They defeated many strong being using the spear creating one miracle after another. From the monsters that can destroy a planet to beings that can shatter the Galaxy.
Mallia received a news about her half sister Athena being kidnapped by one of the outer gods and was imprisoned again)
(Again? Did she got kidnapped and got imprisoned before?)
(Something like that.)
I answered casually, after all It's just a meme of Athenas being kidnapped.
(Anyway let's continue.
They went to the outer god that imprisoned Athena and fought with everything they had. They lost some of their comrades and almost lost their lives. Fortunately Athena destroyed everything from the inside of the cosmic sanctuary to have a chance to counter attacked and they won.
The weakened Athena joined them however Iratos fall in love with Athena's beauty. He confessed and Athena rejected him without hesitation while Mallia didn't know any of these. Iratos went Under the influence of the shadow of the dead outer god and tried to assault the weakened Athena but Artemis arrived and saved Athena. They fought until Artemis accidentally killed Iratos out of hatred. Artemis never trusted a man ever again The end)
(Are you kidding me!? How's that a romance!?)
Noir yelled in my mind.
(I mean there's a romance in it. Even if it's a tragedy it's still romance right? Forget about that, don't you think having the spear of deprivation will make us stronger and easily defeat those cultist?
(That's your focus the entire time?) He complained.
(You can't blame me, you're in that situation because we lack the strength.)
I have been thinking how to get stronger all this time and how to get strong abilities and weapons from the other worlds.
Time Passed Without us realizing, we ended our banter and he gave me a permission to use the void ring and I went back home to prepare for our labyrinth exploration.