24 First Step
A tall, handsome man was kneeling in front of a massive stone building, appearing to be praying with his eyes closed. Behind him was a campfire that suggested he had been here for a long time.
RUMBLE
The gate of the building started slowly opening. Derret opened his eyes and put his hand on the hilt of his sword.
'Please gods let it be young master..' He prayed in his heart.
It has been a week since Orion entered the dungeon, and Derret stayed awake the whole time. He was afraid to sleep.
'What if the young master comes out of the dungeon while I am sleeping injured and there will be none to treat him?'
'What if the dungeon opens again while I am sleeping??'
With these worries bombarding his mind, Derret chose to stay awake until his master conquered the dungeon.
His hands were shaking.
When the gate finally fully opened. Intense light shone from the gate and blinded Derret.
He saw silhouettes of 2 people coming from the gate.
When the light finally weakened he could see 2 people that were now standing in front of him.
Before he stood a young man that appeared to be 175 cm tall. He had long purple hair that almost reached the ground braided at the back and two shoulder-length locks that frame his face. The tips of his hair were black.
He was wearing a white sleeveless t-shirt with silver patterns of four-pointed stars at his waist. And long snow white trenchcoat that like his hair almost reached the ground with a hood at its back. With gold clips of four-pointed stars located on different parts of the coat. It seemed he had a special hole in the trenchcoat in place close to his nape under the hood for his braided hair.
He was also wearing black pants and black boots with silver on them.
' It's young master!!' he screamed internally, even if Orion looked like a completely different person.
Derret immediately know it was him thanks to the purple mana that was leaking from him.
"Yo, it's been a long time, my knight," Orion said casually.
"Young master, are you all right?" What happened to your body? Did you conquer the dungeon!!?" Derret, like a machine gun, did not stop firing questions at Orion.
"Sure, I'll answer all your questions, but you should take a bath first. You smell like a goblin corpse."
Orion was covering his nose while pointing at his current state. His hair was messy and his clothes were dirty. He looked like a beggar that had been lost in the forest for a few weeks.
Derrets' face flushed when Orion said that and ran at the speed of light to the nearest river without a word.
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After Derret returned bathed and in new clothes, Orion told him a fake story about how he was sent to a gigantic dungeon where he found a cure for his illness. But he could not find a way out of the dungeon or how to conquer it and stayed there for a few years. It was a lie he prepared beforehand that would help him explain why he was not only healthy now but pretty much changed completely. He looked like a 12-year-old kid before, while now he looked to be around 20.
"Young Master, you suffered so much..SOB... if I entered the dungeon with you!" Derret muttered while wiping tears from his eyes.
'Wow he really believed that crap, Is he really that stupid, or is he just overly trusting of people?
"Young master, and that lady beside you is..."
Orion looked at the woman that was sitting next to him.
Before he could explain anything, the woman spoke.
"Sex slave!!"A woman with lime-colored hair said with a proud expression.
Orion facepalmed himself while Derrets' relieved expression crumbled.
"So that's it... the young master is already at that age.. it's natural for nobles..." Derret muttered as if he were a broken record over and over.
'What's up with that reaction, you jealous or what?!'Orion screamed inwardly
"Uriel," Orion whispered
"Yes, master?"
"Don't speak bullshit like this or else I will confiscate all the games I gave you. "Orion threatened
This time her expression crumbled as if the world had ended for her.
Orion sighed when he saw her. He remembered what she was like the first time he met her. Duncan introduced her as Cery's subordinate, which will help him with training.
At first, she was a calm and collected woman with some adult charm in her. Yeah, the keyword is "was".
When Orion once created a few things for entertainment, like manga, games, novels, and other things as gifts to the gods and entertainment for himself during the break, Uriel took an interest in a specific genre of games. ..Eroge
She began playing one after the other, each time with more gruesome 18+ content such as ntr, r**e, and BDSM.
She even stored most of her divine energy for years to materialize her collection in the real world.
'Than shitty loli used her request for me as a way to get rid of this pervert..'
"Oy, Derret, put yourself together..she is something like a servant/sister.." Orion slapped Derret on his back and calmed him down.
Derret calmed down and quickly bowed to Orion.
"Forgive me, young master. I panicked a little. Duchess would kill if something like that happened. Does this mean that you met this lady inside the dungeon?"
"Yeah, she entered a dungeon at a different location a few years after me.. after that, we conquered it together and she agreed to go with me since she doesn't have any family."
'As expected of a young master..he saved people even in dangerous places like dungeons..truly a man chosen by God!!'
"Derret, how much time has passed?" Orion tried to make a serious expression to make it seem like he was afraid of how much time had passed.
"Here it's been only one week, young master..." replied Derret with a grim expression.
He felt pain in his heart when he thought how much Orion must have suffered for years in that place.
"Miss Uriel! Please accept my sincere gratitude for helping my master..I promise I will protect you with my life for the time you are serving my master. "
'That would sound really cool if she wasn´t like six-time stronger than you..' Orion tough
'I must find a caretaker for Uriel and Derret soon..I am not built to be a responsible character that will take care of others while they are having fun..I want to have fun too!!'
When Orion planned the suffering of a certain dragon his right eye returned to its original color, white and the scene flashed before his eyes.
A group of six people was eating at the inn and whispering among themselves. The knights were covered in robes to hide their identity.
"Lady Cleo, are you sure that it's really alright for us to be here?" whispered knight
"I know that my father would be mad at me if he knew, but I won't give up my dream just because of an engagement that was arranged without my consent. "
"Lady Cleo is right! There is no way we will give you to some arrogant kid that is even afraid to leave his house! " Another knight spoke with clear anger in his voice.
"Otis, calm down... Even though I agree that he is not suitable for our lady, you should be aware that he is sick and it's not his fault for being weak. He is also a son of a duke" spoke the oldest knight
Smack
Cleo smashed her fist against the table. The inn fell silent. Everybody gazed at their group.
The oldest knight sighed stood and slightly bowed his head.
"My apologies, it seems that our companion is slightly tired." He then approached the owner and handed her a few silver coins for the damaged table.
"I am sorry, Antony..it just really makes me angry when I think about it..." When Cleo realized what she has done she quickly apologized with a worried expression to the old knight.
"Don't be concerned, my lady. I am not blaming you...After all, we are here to protect you and ensure that your conversation with your fiance will be successful." Old Knight gently smiled and patted Cleo's head.
Cleo innocently smiled and looked at the other knights.
"I will break this engagement, even if I have to use force and break every bone in his body!" Cleo said with a determined look and resumed eating.
Old Knight Antony massaged his temples and thought to himself.
'How did our little lady grow up to be such a tomboy...I really hope Son of duke Sirius will be reasonable..'
When the vision ended Orion found himself again in the forest, his eye changed back to purple.
'Precognition..'
One of the powers he received as the Archangel of Destiny.
He can see the future but visions are always random and he can only see up to 5 min in the future.
'Cleo, one of the main characters from the game and character that acted as a rival to the protagonist. What that gorilla did? I don´t know anything about engagement and there was nothing in a game about it..'
From the conversation, Orion could tell that conversation was about him. There was never mentioned the connection between Orion and Cleo which made Orion confused until he remembered that the main story will start only after 3 years.
'That means that Cleo broke engagement in the game before the main story started...'
Orion felt his that started beating faster from the moment he saw the vision of a beautiful girl with green eyes.
'What is this feeling in my chest?... Love?'
His purple eyes shone and an evil smile appeared on his face
'No! Its just joy because the first victim came for slaughter'
[A/N Sorry for not posting chapters, but there have been a few changes in my job, so I will probably next month release chapters pretty randomly. Thanks for reading my novel as always please write your opinion in comments,it help, and send power stone]
