After the Lord of the Abyss Awakens - Chapter 87.2

She was larger in size than the calico cat, but somehow lost in terms of strength.

As all demons knew, their Eighth Sister and Big Brother were born with brute strength, able to shatter huge rocks at level 1, surpassing even level 30 human warriors in pure strength. At level 10, they could even fight trolls one-on-one.

The ragdoll cat nuzzled against the calico cat, fluffy fur against fluffy fur, and smiled saying. “Of course, how could anything happen to Father’s friend while in my care?”

The calico cat proudly patted the ragdoll cat’s head, “Little Buer is getting more and more impressive.”

The ragdoll cat meowed, her smile as radiant as flowers.

The three brothers next door saw this and suddenly reflected – their sisters were so harmonious, what about them?

The red cat looked at the orange cat, the orange cat looked at the short-legged cat, and the short-legged cat looked at the red cat.

The three brothers stared at each other in a triangle formation.

The orange cat coughed and spoke first. “Let’s get along from now on.”

After speaking, He extended His paw toward the space in front of Him.

The red cat, seeing this, immediately nodded and followed suit, placing his paw on top of the orange cat’s paw.

The short-legged cat looked left and right, then also pressed his paw on top.

The Three Brothers Friendly Alliance was established!

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Nearby, Xiu Si hadn’t noticed their situation, his gaze fixed on the book in front of him, having stayed on this page for who knows how long.

He was still researching yesterday’s problem, and because he couldn’t figure out the theory, he had put it into practice, creating various objects.

Thus, one could see his table was filled with various items, from antique blue-and-white porcelain Tang Sancai to more complex mechanical tools.

(TL: Tang Sancai= tri-coloured glazed pottery of the Tang Dynasty)

There were also non-material energies.

And various half-finished defective products.

If anyone looked carefully, they would surely see various sizes of energy vortexes floating around him.

They seemed to be his yet-unformed thoughts, with only the simplest concepts, while magical power had manifested them first.

So it looked as if various geometric energy flowers were blooming around him, floating like bubbles, slowly rotating according to a certain frequency.

If every thought was a flower, then when unformed, they would probably look like this.

As a thought arose, it would manifest, then unknowingly disappear.

Xiu Si knew that mere imagination wouldn’t solve anything, and aimless practice wouldn’t work either.

Among the vast human knowledge, he first thought of two disciplines: chemistry and physics.

In other words, the two major disciplines that gradually became rational and theoretical after alchemy was demystified.

In a sense, the latter inherited the spirit of the former, similarly exploring the mysteries of matter, even the truth of the world.

However, the former was more illusory, while the latter gradually moved toward empiricism.

Xiu Si believed there was nothing wrong with finding inspiration from specific subject knowledge; the problem lay with himself.

He hadn’t been good at these two subjects in high school, mostly learning through rote memorization without thinking about deeper questions.

To be honest, he had never had much interest in the mysteries of matter, always feeling it was something very distant, and even if he wanted to approach it, he didn’t have the conditions to learn the highest level things.

This wasn’t self-deprecation, but simply fact.

Thinking of this, Xiu Si’s pen stopped, its tip blotting ink on the paper.

He couldn’t help but recall his previous life.

Back then, he had no expectations for life, and under the high-pressure living environment, it was hard to say he had any dreams.

His life had been so regular, rarely experiencing anything new. His work modeling had no creative requirements, just following blueprints, and if he wanted to do something different, he could only squeeze out a little time after work.

Living in a big city, renting a place away from home, without family support, all alone. He had many friends, yet none were close enough to go out together.

Although in his friends’ eyes, he never seemed to lack companions for going out.

What kind of situation was this? He rarely reflected on it, perhaps because he didn’t have much time to think.

Xiu Si rarely thought about his past modern life, and now doing so left him somewhat melancholic.

Perhaps after being a slacker for so long, he no longer wanted to work. Although the desire to return home still existed, it wasn’t as intense as before.

Let nature take its course, after all, human life is limited, and many things can’t be forced.

At this thought, Xiu Si’s eyes changed, suddenly remembering something from long ago – a “promise” his second cub Agares had made.

That was probably when his second cub was just over a year old.

He hadn’t fallen into the abyss yet, and his second cub hadn’t taken definite form, often clinging to him.

Because vocal cords and other speech organs were difficult to create, he hadn’t figured them out for a long time, so They couldn’t speak then.

At that time, he was probably feeling homesick, and talked to Them about modern life for a long while.

They probably couldn’t understand what he was talking about then.

He remembered that day under the tree shade, Baal sat quietly nearby, Agares was silent, and Vassago had fallen asleep.

Samikina was still in the system box.

He talked a lot that way.

Later, he realized he might have said too much, so he stopped and prepared to go to sleep.

That night, although Agares clearly couldn’t speak, He miraculously made a sound.

Weakly saying – would take him back.

Like an absolute promise that would definitely be fulfilled.

Xiu Si was extremely shocked then, and the impression remains vivid to this day, unforgettable.

He found it strange – why did he feel his second cub was nearby, yet never saw Him appear?

Was what he saw that night really his second cub, or was it a hallucination in a dream?

Xiu Si felt confused and bothered, so he went over to ask the five cats who were playing around.

“Do you know where Agares is?”

The five cats were stunned, all looking bewildered.

The orange cat might have known something, but hesitated to speak.

“In Father’s dreams” – wouldn’t that sound a bit strange if He answered that way?

Come to think of it, They also really wanted to find their second brother.

The five cats thought for a moment, then shook their heads in unison.

“Is that so.”

Xiu Si didn’t press them further, played with them for a while, then returned to the study to read.

The five cats exchanged glances.

The calico cat seemed somewhat moved, waving her paw saying, “Sigh, Second Brother should come back already. What is He doing out there, why doesn’t He appear, why make Father worry?”

The first step to family unity is caring for every family member.

But when it came to Agares, somehow their worry seemed unnecessary.

Did their almost omniscient second brother need their concern?

At this moment, the orange cat suddenly thought of something.

“Speaking of which, isn’t Aelioge inside the God of Chaos? Is He okay?”

The God of Chaos was related to the mastermind behind everything, had once been invaded by the mastermind’s consciousness, and was now in an unconscious state, but could possibly be invaded again.

The orange cat couldn’t help but add. “Is Aelioge really okay in there?”

The little ragdoll tilted her head. “Worried about Aelioge? But He is Aelioge, you know.”

Buer had confidence in Aelioge, not because of His power, but because Aelioge was a demon who could adapt to any situation. Besides the first and second brothers, He had a fifty-fifty chance against anyone, with extremely high battle intelligence, and if He couldn’t win, He could always run.

The orange cat stroked his chin, “Isn’t Bachin helping too?”

The calico cat pondered this, “Hmm… but Bachin sometimes tricks demons.”

“Right, in my opinion, He’s definitely a second-dimensional fun-loving demon, and you never know what a fun-loving demon might do!”

The ragdoll cat boldly defined.

The red cat seemed to deeply resonate with this, interjecting quietly. “I was once tricked by Bachin before. He suddenly wanted me to go somewhere with Him, then forgot about me and went back alone, leaving me lost and unable to find my way back to the continent.”

Isn’t that right?

The orange cat thought for a moment, then continued asking, “Barbatos, did you encounter anything inside the God of Chaos?”

The calico cat lowered her head. “Everything just felt chaotic.”

The ragdoll cat excitedly jumped in. “I understand, it’s assimilation, chaos assimilates everything into chaos!”

That sounds like a dangerous situation, doesn’t it?

Even the short-legged cat became nervous.

The orange cat thought for a moment, looking at Barbatos, “Barbatos, you should go help too. Your powers are suitable, and it’s convenient for you to go there.”

The calico cat thought about it, indeed Aelioge’s situation was concerning.

Moreover, She had promised the contractor to handle the God of Chaos situation.

She couldn’t give up halfway.

The calico cat looked at the red cat, “Morax, come with me.”

The red cat pointed at himself, “Why?”

The calico cat didn’t speak, but Her eyes said it all – She wanted him as muscle.

The red cat’s mouth twitched, but letting the calico cat go alone, She might “accidentally” fall in again. Their Eighth Sister sometimes just lacked common sense.

More demons working together meant better backup. The red cat thought about it and nodded in agreement.

The calico cat smiled, “Great, let’s go.”

The orange cat watched them leave, counting with His paw, “So now there are four demons at the God of Chaos.”

Theoretically, this lineup should be enough to handle everything. He informed Amon on the Aust Empire’s side about this.

Amon had just been thinking about this issue, and hearing that four demons had gone there, He also felt it should be sufficient.

Then, the orange cat pondered while resting His chin on His paw, saying to the ragdoll cat. “I’m going out for a bit, you and Cele protect Father well.”

The ragdoll cat was shocked, “Where are you going?”

The orange cat smiled mysteriously, “Of course, to gather wandering poets, preparing for the historical conference.”

The ragdoll cat’s eyes lit up, quickly raising her paw, “Wow, that’s so like you!”

Celerios didn’t understand, just felt that brother was so cool. Wandering poet meow, indeed different from Him.

Now only two cats remained indoors.

The ragdoll cat smiled for a while, seeing her brother looking dazed, so She walked to the short-legged cat’s front, pinched his face from both sides with her paws, and asked while looking down. “What are you worried about?”

The short-legged cat was startled, lowered his head and gaze, mumbling.

“What’s wrong?”

The ragdoll cat patted the short-legged cat’s head.

The short-legged cat’s pupils trembled as He said softly. “Brothers and sisters are so impressive, I can’t do anything.”

Before He finished speaking, He was flicked on the head by the ragdoll cat.

The ragdoll cat: “You’re amazing too! You’re a master craftsman demon!”

The short-legged cat leaned back, almost losing balance, but was steadied by the ragdoll cat.

“Cele, you need to be confident.”

The little ragdoll smiled brilliantly, very infectious.

“Besides, aren’t you the demon who can help Father the most? You know alchemy too, right?”

Celerios was stunned, then nodded.

The ragdoll cat seemed to become smarter when acting as a sister, continuing. “You know, everyone left you by Father’s side because they thought you were the demon most likely to help Father. How can you not be confident?”

Celerios’s eyes rippled with emotion.

He suddenly realized that His brothers and sisters did care about Him.

The ragdoll cat said, “Go to Father’s side now.”

The little short-legged cat nodded, then walked over quietly, carefully climbing onto the table, afraid of disturbing His father.

Xiu Si noticed Him coming over, his eyes showing surprise, “Want to study together with Father?”

The small cat with short legs lifted its head. “Meow~”

Xiu Si, who had been troubled just moments ago, now seemed to be healed.

Coming to this world, he felt he was fortunate because he met Them.

“Come, sit here.”

At this moment, Xiu Si hadn’t realized what an unprecedented great path he was about to pioneer.

Watching the interaction between the human and demon, the ragdoll cat blinked, its eyes full of contentment.

Little brother had grown up. Although thousands of years had passed, he had finally moved forward.

The ragdoll cat smiled faintly.

However, She didn’t know that at this time, Her sixth sister Valefor had arrived at the Roman Kingdom.

“…”

Valefor scanned the overall situation of the Roman Kingdom’s Imperial City, and a premonition grew stronger.

She landed in a park, and with cognitive interference, the surrounding humans couldn’t perceive Her appearance, nor could the magic towers of the Roman Kingdom sense Her presence.

Here, the songs and music of wandering poets could be heard from all directions, truly a country of arts and literature.

Valefor remembered having come here before to find Beleth.

What was the purpose again?

Valefor thought for a moment before remembering, it was for composing and arranging music.

Now…

Valefor released Her magic to search, and in no time found Beleth.

At this moment, the young man by the hot spring was crouching down to feed pigeons.

Through some unknown means, he had somehow fed the pigeons until they grew to the size of human heads, white and plump, barely able to fly.

Sensing Her approach, the pigeons weren’t even afraid of a demon, seemingly thinking She was also here to feed them, with several shamelessly opening their beaks waiting to be fed.

These pigeons must have gained sentience.

Valefor had never seen such a scene, shock written all over Her eyes.

The young man seemed to just notice Her, slowly standing up, not forgetting to feed the pigeons in his hand.

“Sixth Sister, you’ve come too.”

Valefor paused, realizing Beleth’s demeanor was identical to Buer’s, both seeming to know some secret.

Valefor thus put on a knowing expression, saying matter-of-factly. “Yes, I knew about it long ago.”

Beleth laughed and blurted out. “Then you must have seen Father.”

Valefor’s eyes widened, “Father is back?!”