《My Luck Was Used as Payment... (ON HIATUS)》 Prologue - Before I sigh; it¡¯s been a long and depressing day¡­again. I just got fired from another part time job due to walking in on the manager¡¯s daughter while she was changing. Honestly I have no idea how I was expected to know that she was changing in the break room¡­ but I can¡¯t really dismay. This sort of thing happens all the time, I either happen to be given a realistic fake 20 dollar bill or get accused of sexual harassment because the person beside me just so happens to be perverted. I have been given multiple tickets for things you normally would not expect, and up until now I guess I am sort of lucky I haven¡¯t died yet. I lie down on my sleeping bag and hum a little. No, I am not necessarily poor¡­ the only reason I am not using a bed is because the 5th one broke last week and we have yet to buy another. I live in your typical 2-story house with the more than occasional problems that occur due to my bad luck. I still live with my parents because if I try to move out the new house will mysteriously become infected with roaches or bed bugs¡­ once a house even caught on fire because I was pondering if I could buy it. Ah¡­ let¡¯s stop thinking depressing things¡­ [Mom] ¡°Hey sweetie, it¡¯s time to get up!!!¡± Ugh¡­ I roll over and open my eyes. AHH!!! THE LIGHT, IT BURNS!!! Why does mom always open the curtains! My delicate eyes can¡¯t handle the light that is reflecting off the mirror and into my eyes! Wait¡­ The author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. [Me] ¡°¡­mom ¡­ you forgot your mirror in here¡± [Mom] ¡°Oh, sorry son. Sometimes I forget how unlucky you are all the time, after all good luck runs in the family!¡± Sadly, what she says is true. My family all has good luck throughout their entire lives; however, I completely destroyed that tradition when I was born. When I was born the nurse accidentally tripped and dropped me¡­ twice. They then announced me a girl¡­ after that my father went ballistic because he was pointing out that even if it is small I am still a boy¡­ it hurts¡­ *cries* I shake off the memories and head down stairs to receive my yearly birthday gift. As I arrive I see my parents haply waiting for me at the dining room table. [Mom] ¡°Hey sweetie, your dad and I have to go to work, but we really wanted to see you open your gift¡­ so here you go!¡± Dad hands out a small bag. I took it from him and opened it up to find the newest fantasy game. I gave both of them a large hug and ran upstairs to my room, stubbing my little toe twice in my rush. I open up the disk part of my computer and put the game in. As it is loading I lean back on my chair and wait¡­ and the back of my chair falls out. I hit my head hard against the floor board¡­ man this is going to be one heck of a headache when I wake up¡­ [?] ¡°Welcome young hero¡­¡± ¡­ What Chapter 1: Reborn I open my eyes and see 3 holy-like beings looking at me with a mixture of awe and pity. There is one woman and two men, each carrying their own divine feeling. As I am looking at them I feel a breeze tickle below me¡­ wait¡­ I look downwards and notice that one again my luck seems to be a little low, again. I am standing in the presence of such being with as much clothing on as a newborn¡­ basically clothes is non-existent. *Sigh* The female looks at me and giggles, then she waves her hands and clothing appears on me. Despite it being clothing, it seems like the female divine being has a little humor side of her as I am wearing a black, fluffy dress. Let me remind you that I am an 18 year old MALE. [Boy 1] ¡°*ahem*, well then, welcome hero¡± [Me] ¡°Ah, yeah¡­ hey. I don¡¯t mean to be rude¡­ but¡­ well, why are you calling me hero? No, better yet, who are you people?!¡± [Boy 1] ¡°I am Zeus, the god of XP!¡± [Boy 2] ¡°I am Poseidon, the god of Skills!¡± [Girl] ¡°I am Kat, the goddess of beauty!¡± ¡­ WHAT?! Last time I checked Zeus is a lightning god, Poseidon is the water god, and Kat is not the name of the goddess of beauty! [Zeus] ¡°Fear not, for you are the god¡¯s hero! We shall not harm you!¡± [Me] ¡°Those names¡­¡± [Kat] ¡°Yeah, those no-good barbarian humans messed up big time when it comes to us gods, and when these two idiots decided to try to get famous they ended up as superior gods of things completely unrelated to them. Hahahahaha¡­ that was soooo worth watching!¡± [Me] ¡°And I am the hero to gods how?¡± [Poseidon] ¡°Well we are going to have to go back a little into the past. We gods once have to seal this really evil calamity bringer; however the price was so great that all the gods have to give up all their luck to do so. Well, at first we really didn¡¯t think too much about it until accident kept happening one after another and entire universes would go BOOM! After a while we decided that we needed to steal some luck from the inhabitants of the different worlds, but there was NEVER enough. That when on until we stumbled upon a superior lucky family¡­ but even then they would never even make a dent in the luck we need! That was, until a certain woman got pregnant. After that the amount of luck she had was amazing, and all of it was coming from her unborn child! The amount of luck in that one being would be able to save all the gods, so it was only natural that we would take it! Unfortunately we were so caught up in the task that we forgot to let you keep any luck for yourself, LOL! You had enough luck for ALL of the gods combined!!! Anyway we are here to repay you!¡± *Twitch* *Twitch* For some reason my left eye keeps twitching¡­ [Me] ¡°So you mean to tell me that the entire reason my life has been so unlucky is because of some gods who can¡¯t even remember to let me keep any luck?!¡± [Gods] ¡°Uh¡­ well¡­ technically¡­ *sigh*, yeah¡­¡± *Twitch* [Me] ¡°And did it ever occur to you that you could send some luck back down to me?!¡± [Kat] ¡°Well, no one really wanted to lose their new-found luck and we really wanted to be lucky, so we mayhave just let you be a tad unlucky¡­¡± [Me] ¡°A tad¡­ tad¡­ my life has been just a tad unlucky¡­ just a tad let a house catch fire¡­ just a tad¡­ tad¡­¡± [Zeus] ¡°Umm¡­ did we break him¡± [Poseidon] ¡°He¡¯ll be fine¡­ I think¡± This story has been unlawfully obtained without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon. [Zeus] ¡°Hmm¡­¡± [Kat] ¡°Anyways, should we talk about the entire reson we called him up here?¡± This sentence brought me out of the trance-like state that I had entered, and once again the talk returned to it¡¯s more serious state. [Poseidon] ¡°Luke, today you are here to be reincarnated in a world of your dreams!!!¡± [Zeus] ¡°You will also have a gift from each of us that will equal the price of the luck that you gave us!¡± [Me] ¡°So your basically using my luck as payment for 3 gifts?¡± [Zeus] ¡°Yep.¡± [Kat] ¡°I, Kat, give you charm that non-other has ever seen before!¡± ¡­wait¡­ I really don¡¯t need that¡­ [Poseidon] ¡°I, Poseidon, give you the passive ability that all skills you have or gain will automatically be set to max!¡± [Zeus] ¡°Fufufufu¡­ I, Zeus, give you the power to gain more XP (experience points) then the world has everknown! XP will be limited to the amount of luck that you had so caringly donated!¡± ¡­Why is this sounding so much like a game? Skills? XP? [Kat] ¡°Well, good luck and off you go!!!¡± [Me] ¡°WAIT!!!¡± A bright light engulfs me and I feel a sucking motion on my soul. Then, the bright light dims down, and all is calm once again. I am stuck in a dark place when suddenly I feel another sucking motion, this time on my body. My head suddenly feels cold air and by body follows.
Welcome to Aredia
... As I am staring dumbfounded at this screen my eyes start to water. Then I loud, obnoxious crying is heard¡­ which I later found was coming out of my own mouth. A woman, lying on her bed, looks at me with tender love and takes me into her arms. [Mom?] ¡°Its alright¡­ Mama¡¯s here¡­ shhhh¡­ it will be okay¡­¡± Then, as my mom is attempting to coo me a large, muscular man suddenly opens the door with enough pressure to send wind all the way to the other side of the room. His fearsome eyes then lock onto me and I sense more fear from him than my bad luck. He then takes threatening steps towards me and soon arrives at the bed side. No! Someone take him away! He¡¯s too scary! Wait¡­ Mom, why are you handing me to him!!! NOOOOOOOOOO!¡± [Man] ¡°Look at our little girl¡­ your so cute, yes you are, yes you are!¡± ¡­*sigh*, I am starting to get a really bad headache. This large and scary man now has a lopsided grin upon his face and is holding me like I were the most precious gem in the entire world. I can no longer think of him as scary... [Mom] ¡°Yes, she¡¯s our daughter after all. It¡¯s only natural that she takes after us! Her name is Ivy, becauseshe reminds me of the Lunas Ivy Flower that blooms only once every 100 years.¡± [Dad] ¡°Hey there Ivy!¡± Is it just me or do I hear a lot of ¡®she¡¯ and ¡®her¡¯¡­ now that I¡¯m thinking about it, I don¡¯t feel something down there that should be there¡­ d-did those gods t-take that from me!!! I start crying once again, and all the while Mom and Dad are trying to coo me and discussing this and that. Chapter 2: Goddess Ivy ---------A few years later--------- RUN!!! *Huff* *Huff* I can¡¯t let her catch me no matter what! [Mom] ¡°Come on Ivy, come to Mama¡­¡± Heck no, you just tried to give me another one of your love potions. Not only are we both girls, but I am YOUR DAUGHTER! I run around the corner and hide behind the couch. I look at Dad and plead him with my eyes not to tell Mom. His eyes gaze back at mine full of pity¡­ it was my Mom who dominated the family. [Mom] ¡°Hey Honey, do you know where our daughter is?¡± [Dad] ¡°N-no¡± *Thump* *Crack* [Dad] ¡°S-she¡¯s right over there¡± My eyes open wide at Dad¡¯s betrayal. Mom smiled and looked my way. I swear even if the devil were to look in to her eyes he would shiver from fright. She takes a few steps towards me and right as she was going to pick me up I kick the bottle out of her hand and it splatters all over the floor. [Mom] ¡°Ahh~ Now Ivy, since your being disobedient I think punishment is in order~¡± ¡­Crud, maybe I shouldn''t have just done that¡­ Mom picks me up and slings me over her shoulder. Looking back at Dad one last time to plead for help, he just turns and looks the other way. TRAITOR! Next thing I know I am in a sheep outfit and mom is cuddling me. [Me] ¡°Mom *Huff* I¡¯m sorry *Pant* I won¡¯t do it again *Wheeze*¡± [Mom] ¡°I forgive you~ You¡¯re just so cute~ Yes you are~ My little sheep~¡± [Me] ¡°Wolf¡± [Mom] ¡°What was that?¡± [Me] ¡°N-nothing at all¡± A few more minutes of torture later I was able to escape to the downstairs. Honestly, I am glad I got to go to this type of world because my wounds heal a lot faster. If they didn¡¯t then with all my running around I would look like a pincushion. I am currently 4 and will be turning 5 tomorrow. That makes today a super important day. That¡¯s right, today I will be visiting the local church, the Church of Zeus. It seems as if the people here had a twisted version of the Greek Gods from my past life¡­ Hmm~ In my pondering I ended up at the dining room. I sat down at the table and waited for dinner to be served. Mom came over and gave me my food, which consisted of portage and breed. My dad was the one who started the dinner conversation. [Dad] ¡°So, Ivy are you ready for your first visit to the church? Or rather, your first visit outside in two years?¡± [Me] ¡°Yep!¡± I have been indoors all my life, with the exception of one day that happened two years back. The first three years of my life Mom kept me indoors because she said ¡®She is too cute and young to be through out to the wolves¡¯. When I just turned 3, I snuck out of the house to see the outdoors. At first I was amazed and ran around like the child I am now. I then meet a village boy, which led to another¡­ which led to another. Soon I was surrounded by literally every boy around my age surrounding me, not including the various adults surrounding me while saying things like wanting to pet me. Then my mom appeared in the form of my night-in-shining armor and then she gingerly put me back into the house. After the ordeal I smiled and said ¡®Thank you¡¯, and since then the love potions have been popping up¡­ in front of a 3 year old child. [Mom] ¡°Hurry up and eat so we can leave.¡± [Me] ¡°Mom, why do we go to the church on the day before our 5th birthday when we don¡¯t have access to our status before 5?¡± [Mom] ¡°Well¡­ it started when a farmer brought his son into the church before his child¡¯s 5th birthday; since they couldn¡¯t do it after and they hadn¡¯t had the chance to do it before. After that the child was blessed with a gift and went off to become a world-changer. Then, after that another boy was brought in before his 5th birthday and also was blessed with a gift. Although this boy¡¯s gift was minor, he still went off and changed the world. After that it just became habit to bring in your child right before their 5th birthday.¡± Reading on this site? This novel is published elsewhere. Support the author by seeking out the original. Wow¡­ a lot of information to process there. Oh well, I hope Zeus will be happy that I¡¯m visiting his church! After eating mom takes my hand as we open the front door. We take a step outside and sunlight hits my body, warming me. I let a smile leak onto my face and I look around in wonder. The birds are chirping their beautiful song and the wind starts playing with my hair as it is with the leaves of the tree. Suddenly the birds stop chirping and I look over at them only to discover that they are staring at me. I wonder if I scared them¡­ *Sigh* I renew my resolve and walk with mom to the church. As we enter I look up at the statue of Zeus they made¡­ I can see a few mistakes, but that is probably only because I met him in person. I closed my eyes and prayed as Mom instructed me, and then we went back home. I seriously wonder why everything was so quite, but maybe that¡¯s how it usually is¡­ hmm¡­ who knows? ----------Random Boy¡¯s POV---------- Dinner has recently finished, and I rush out to join my friends in a game of tag. The game slowly grew until everyone from ages 4-8 in the village had joined in. Well, actually we are missing one person¡­ she¡¯s missing. The missing girl being Ivy, who we only saw once a few years back. We are not a small village, but we cannot be called large either. Suddenly the entire area is void of sound. I look around for the cause and see it¡­ or perhaps I should say I see her. Right in front of the house a little to the left of our position a girl looking about 5 is standing, hair flowing like silk in the wind. Her smile is enough to break the heavens, and a pounding came from within my chest. Her looks do not belong down here on Aredia¡­ it belongs amongst the gods. Everyone¡¯s eyes followed her as she walked away, the direction of the church. We just stayed like that for a while before she came back and entered her house once more. [Boys] ¡°¡­¡± [Girls] ¡°¡­¡± [Me] ¡°¡­¡± [Adults] ¡°¡­¡± The birds hesitantly began their song again, and slowly noise came back into existence. Not one of us would forget that day as that image was burned forever within my heart. ----------Head Priest¡¯s POV---------- I was praying to the god Zeus as usual when suddenly the church quieted down. Thinking the people decided to pray I prayed it no mind. After a little while the noise returns and then so does my prayer. I open my eyes and look around. I see nothing out of the usual, so I guess that they must have finished praying. I look over at Priest Gabriel motions for me to follow him into a secluded corner. I follow him and he looks at me very seriously. [Priest Gabriel] ¡°Head Priest, did you see her?¡± [Me] ¡°She who?¡± Priest Gabriel took this as a no and began explaining what I missed. [Priest Gabriel] ¡°Just now a Goddess has walked into the church and gave a short prayer.¡± [Me] ¡°Goddess? How could you be sure she was one? Also, why would a Goddess need to pray to God Zeus?¡± [Priest Gabriel] ¡°Her looks were that of a divine and her aura was mighty, though she looked only 5. As for why she would pray, I do not know.¡± [Me] ¡°5? Do you know what you are saying? How could a 5 year old be a goddess?!¡± Just then my sleeve lightly brushed the wall, somehow catching fire. HOW DOES SLEEVE + WALL = FIRE?!?! Suddenly I understood and my eyes were opened to the truth. [Me] ¡°T-this must be the goddess punishing me for doubting her! F-from now on we will solely devote ourselves to that goddess understood? No other god or goddess maters! She is all, she is power, she is beauty, and she is our goddess!!!¡± All the other priest¡¯s eyes flashed in understanding. We let the old church burn and once it was gone we began anew. This time we will build the church for the true goddess!!! Then, once we are done we will convert all! ¡­And thus the birth of the new religion for Goddess Ivy had begun. Chapter 3: Status *Yawn* I slowly stretch and get out of bed. I walk over to the mirror to fix my unruly hair. I have blond hair that flows gently down to my waist and blue, crystal-like eyes. It¡¯s depressing really, I really hope I don¡¯t get more beautiful, but then again with my charm who knows what¡¯s bound to happen. *Sigh* A guy in a girl¡¯s body was not meant to be.
Status window has now been unlocked.
Oh~ Finally I will get to see my stats! [Me] ¡°Open Status!!!¡±
Name: Ivy Health: 50/50 Mana: 50/50 Stamina: 25/25 Agility: 15 Intelligence: 15 Strength: 15 Endurance: 15 Luck: 1(!) Charm: 9999 (!) Elements Fire: 0% Earth: 0% Water: 0% Air: 0% Dark: 0% Light: 0% ????: 0% ????: 0%
¡­Everything is average¡­ but what¡¯s with the exclamation points at the end of luck and charm? I click on the one beside luck and a new window pops up.
WARNING! Luck is unable to be found! Cannot display less than 1! The number on display may be inaccurate!
¡­wow. My luck, just what did you gods do to it? *Sigh* I click on the exclamation point next to charm.
Charm is set to an immeasurable amount. Number displayed is smaller than true charm!
¡­Umm, Kat? I know you said that I would be gifted a lot of charm, but you seriously just broke the system¡­ *Sigh* *Ding!*
New skill gained! Skill: Emotional Display (Mana: 15) Due to constant acts of showing your emotions you have gained a new skill! You can now send out a projections of your emotions! This skill will help people no longer question your sanity from the random expressions plastered on your face!
*Ding*
Emotional Display has been set to max!
I stare wide-eyed at the screens before me. The max level of any skill is 10, and although that might sound easy to get¡­ it isn¡¯t. Skills level 1-3 are beginner, 4 & 5 being apprentice, 6-8 is mastered, 9 is grandmaster, and 10 is supreme. No one has ever gotten their skill on level 10, in fact if they got level 9 they would be treated with the utmost respect. This¡­ can become OP quickly. [Mom] ¡°Hey, how¡¯s my sweet little girl? Can you show Mommy your status~?¡± [Me] ¡°Y-yes mom. Show status to Carla!¡± Thank goodness that I haven¡¯t started training. Right now my status are perfectly normal, and since no one can see my skills I should be fine. Probably. Stolen content alert: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. [Mom] ¡°¡­ Well I knew my child was very charming¡­ I¡¯m sure Kat must have blessed you my little angel~¡± [Me] ¡°O-okay¡­¡±
New title: Goddess Ivy
What? What is this?!?! I open for details, and this description shows up.
Title: Goddess Ivy Due to your inhuman charm and poor luck people have begun to worship a new god. They have destroyed one of Zeus¡¯s churches, with the help of your poor luck, and have built it anew just for you! Congrats for the promotion! Hope Zeus isn¡¯t mad! +20% holy affinity.
Is it just me or does the blue box have a personality? Also, did I accidently destroy one of Zeus¡¯s churches?! Crud¡­ *Sigh*
-15 mana
? [Mom] ¡°Honey? Are you alright? You have a depressed feeling, it¡¯s okay¡­ Mama is here. You don¡¯t have to be strong for Mama to love you! You will be alright! Come back to me sweet-heart! I love you!¡± *Cries* What happened? Is she alright?! Wait¡­ I must have used the skill Emotional Display¡­ this will be a pain to deal with in the future. [Me] ¡°No, Mom. I am alright, I¡¯m sorry for worrying you! Please get up!¡± [Mom] ¡°A-are y-you s-sure?¡± [Me] ¡°Yes mother, I am sure¡± [Mom] *Sniff* *Sniff* ¡°Alright, just know Mama¡¯s here for you¡­¡± [Me] ¡°Always!¡± [Dad] ¡°Girls!!! Its time to go to bed!!!¡± I notice the not-so-subtle twitch in Mom¡¯s eye as see looks in the direction of Dad. I really hope Dad will not be emotionally scarred after this¡­ [Mom] ¡°Honey, you can go to bed now¡­ Mamas going to just have a ¡®little¡¯ chat with your father. Be safe~¡± I watch Mom get up and start to head down-stairs. I get changed into my pagamas and get into bed. While trying to sleep I hear some voices oviosly beloinging to my parents. [Mom] ¡°OUR CHILD WAS HAVING AN EMOTIONAL MOMENT AND YOU JUST CAUSALLY TELL HER TO GO TO BED!!! [Dad] ¡°I-I¡¯m sorry sweet heart, s-so please c-calm down¡­¡± [Mom] ¡°CALM DOWN! CALM DOWN!!!!!!!!¡± *Crash* *Bash* *BOOM!* [Dad] ¡°I-I¡¯m sorry.¡± [Mom] ¡°I am too!!! Wahhh¡­. I love you sweetie!!!¡±
New Title: Eavesdropper
¡­I¡¯m kind of afraid of what this title does¡­ open title ¡®Eavesdropper¡¯
Title: Eavesdropper Due to listening to your parents conversation you have gained a new title. This title can serve as a warning to others as to your true nature. +5 agility *Hint* This can be used for getting out of future sticky situations.
¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­.wow. I¡¯m speechless. Not only have these boxes been getting just a little to mean, but the fact that I got agility out of this is creepy¡­ I wonder why it is so easy to get titles now¡­ Must be a mix of both Zeus¡¯s and Poseidon¡¯s gift¡­ My brain hurts just thinking about this¡­ I think I should seriously get some sleep now¡­ tomorrow I will go hunting. Chapter 4: The Hunt [Dad] ¡°Wake up beautiful~¡± [Me] ¡°Mnn¡­ noooo¡± [Dad] ¡°Come on Ivy, if you stay in bed too long your mother will get mad.¡± [Me] ¡°¡­evil¡± [Mom] ¡°Did I just hear something?¡± [Me] ¡°N-no mother!!!¡± How did she get up here so quickly?! Does she have some skill to teleport? ¡­Or mabey I was too focused on Dad¡­
+5 intelligence
No, seriously I am gaining stats too quickly¡­ *Sigh* I should just focus on getting up¡­ I roll out of bed and get dressed. I put on clothing that would be great for training in and take a small sword out from underneath my bed. Why was there a sword underneath my bed? Well¡­ I had to hide it from my over protective mother after getting it from Dad¡¯s old things. I run to the kitchen and sit at the table. Mom smiles at us and serves Dad and I our food. We all eat and it was oddly silent, making the atmosphere awkward. [Dad] *Ahem* ¡°¡­so your mother and I have been talking and we have decided that once you turn ten you should go to Starlight Academy.¡± [Me] ¡°¡­¡± What? [Mom] ¡°It would be best for your future after all¡­¡± You are aware that I only just turned five right? Also, THIS WILL NOT WORK WITH MY LUCK!!! [Dad] ¡°So you have five years to prepare for the entrance exam.¡± [Mom] ¡°Just don¡¯t push yourself, okay?¡± [Me] ¡°Ah¡­ yes. Um, Mom is it okay if I go out and practice?¡± [Mom] ¡°Sure, here take this protective charm with you.¡± [Me] ¡°Alright¡­¡± [Mom] ¡°Oh, and take this good luck bracelet with you.¡± I could actually benefit from this! I seem to be strangely lucky right now!!! Hmm¡­ maybe my bad luck is taking a break? Oh well¡­ I start walking to the door when suddenly Mom calls out to me. [Mom] ¡°Is that a sword I see on you?¡± ..Never mind, my luck (Or rather lack of) is back. [Me] ¡°Yes¡± [Mom] ¡°And where did you get that?¡± I look around nervously when I suddenly form a plan. Sorry Dad¡­ [Me] ¡°From Dad.¡± Dad looks at me with a deer-in-headlights look and seems to be covered in cold sweat¡­ wow, he seems really scared. Sorry once again. [Mom] ¡°¡­Really now¡­¡± Mom¡¯s head slowly turns Dad¡¯s direction and I take the chance to run out the back door into the forest. Dad will be fine right? Right?! I stop running at a clearing and sit down on a rock. I need to take a look at my stats before I begin my hunt.
Name: Ivy Level: 1 Health: 50/50 Mana: 60/60 Stamina: 18/25 Agility: 20 Intelligence: 20 Strength: 15 Endurance: 15 Luck: 1(!) Charm: 9999 (!) Elements Fire: 0% Earth: 0% Water: 0% Air: 0% Dark: 0% Light: 20% ????: 0% ????: 0%
Besides the fact that my luck still seems broken even with my bracelet it seems fine. Wait¡­ now it shows my level. Did the system forget to include it before? What are the chances of¡­ oh right, my luck practically guaranties these things. Well, let¡¯s go hunting! First thing I come across is a boar. It is low leveled, but that is exactly what I need right now. I sneak up to it and right as I was closing in an extremely clich¨¦ moment happened. I stepped on a stick, which made a *Crack* noise rumble through this location. ¡­Crud. The boar looks towards my location and snorts. It then starts to move its back leg get like a bull would. My eyes open wide and I begin running to the side and the boar runs after me. [Me] ¡°Noooo! Can¡¯t you just leave me alone!!!¡± That is exactly when I trip and fall over a small pebble. Why am I so unlucky?! No, better yet¡­ where did that pebble come from anyway?! The boar, already running full speed my way, could not slow down and as such full down¡­ on top of me. Support the creativity of authors by visiting the original site for this novel and more.
- 20 health
Get off!!! You weigh so such you made me loss 40% of my health! I start pushing the boar off me with my sword. After it was off it was covered in many wounds if which was inflicted as I was pushing it off me with my sword. After that I finish it off and a new window fills my vision.
Level up (x50)
[Me] ¡°¡­¡± There is no way a low level boar is supposed to give me that much levels. Zues¡­ what did you do?!
New skill gained! Skill: Sword Mastery (passive) Due to practicing with a sword you have gained this skill. Please use this instead of just barbarically stabbing the poor thing to death next time¡­
Sword Mastery has been set to max!
¡­ I feel like I was being spied on by these boxes¡­ Now that I think about it, why didn¡¯t my protective charm work? Could it be a defect? ¡­Ah, its best not to question things right now. It would probably just make me more confused. I shake of the confusion and begin to walk around in order to find more prey. As I am walking I find a cave. Maybe there are some monsters in here? I walk in and¡­ see nothing. The cave extends to the left. I walk as silently as I could and find something that should only be found in fantasies¡­ oh wait¡­. Anyway, what I was seeing was a black wolf that was curled up and sleeping. It was so adorable that I had an urge to pet it. The only thing holding me back was the words floating above its head.
Shadow Wolf (Level 538)
¡­Yeah. But other than that it was so adorable. I want to take it home with me sooooo badly. I just sat there and watched it for a while. It took deep, soft breaths and its chest rose and fell in a pattern. So cute! As I was watching I noticed that the sun was starting to go down. My cramped legs told me that I have been watching this walk for a long while, so I decided to get back home. As I began to stand I slipped on another pebble. That same pebble then flew upwards and hit a stone spike that happened to be positioned right above the wolf. That same spike then decided to fall on the adorable fluffiness underneath it. [Me] ¡°Nooooo!¡± The cute little wolf was then hit through the chest and blood sprayed the cave. Its eyes went wide for a second before letting out a whine and falling limp. I felt my cheeks get wet, and when I out my fingers to them I found that I was crying. Such a cute little creature met such a horrible ending.
Level up (x1269)
Shut up box! This cute little thing was just murdered. Nothing could matter anymore¡­ ¡­did I just level up 1269 times? How does something give me 1269 levels while only being level 538? *Sigh* I am sorry Shadow, however I will treasure the levels that you gave me with all my heart. I really am sorry¡­ When I arrive home I go through the back door and Mom greets me. [Mom] ¡°Hey sweetie, how was practice?¡± [Me] ¡°It was fine. Oh Mom, so know what a Shadow Wolf is?¡± [Mom] ¡°Actually I do. If you ever see one get far, far away. Those things are extremely aggressive and is one of the few demonic beasts out there that actually kill humanoids for sport.¡± [Me] ¡°A-alright¡± I eat diner with the family and go to my room. Shadow wasn¡¯t aggressive was she? Then again, I only saw her sleeping¡­ hmm. *Sigh* [Me] ¡°Open status!¡±
Name: Ivy Level: 1320 Health: 22,000/22,000 Mana: 22,000/22,000 Stamina: 11,000/11,000 Agility: 6666 Intelligence: 6600 Strength: 6666 Endurance: 6600 Luck: 0(!) Charm: ¡Þ Elements Fire: 0% Earth: 50% Water: 0% Air: 0% Dark: 15% Light: 20% ????: 0% ????: 0%
¡­I feel like a cheat. Also, what is up with the ominous 6¡¯s? That is a little creepy. Hmm? The system updated again? Luck seems the same, minus the fact that instead of 1 it shows a 0. Charm though¡­ I think it just gave up on charm. My dark element seems to have increased, probably because of the Shadow Wolf I killed. My earth element went up an entire 50%, most likely because I guess it counted the large spike that gained me 1269 levels, even though it was not my fault. *Yawn* Whatever¡­ I¡¯m tired, let¡¯s just hope tomorrow is not as crazy. Chapter 5: The Festival *Ding* Mmm¡­ too tired¡­ go away blue box¡­ blue box¡­ WHAT!? I open my eyes wide and look at the blue box floating in front of me.
Hi~ Kat here!~ So, I am here to inform you that I finally finished the maintenance on your system!~ For some reason it was not wanting to work, but I finally finished it!~ You can take a look at your complete stats now!~ Bye-bye!!!
Maintenance¡­ could that be why my status screen kept updating? Furthermore, why is it only just now finished? Guess there is nothing I can do about it. Open Status!
Name: Ivy Age: 5 Race: [?] Level: 1320 Health: 22,000/22,000 Mana: 22,000/22,000 Stamina: 11,000/11,000 Health Regen: 220 per sec Mana Regen: 220 per sec Agility: 6666 Intelligence: 6600 Strength: 6666 Endurance: 6600 Luck: -¡Þ Charm: ¡Þ Elements Fire: 0% Earth: 50% Water: 0% Air: 0% Dark: 15% Light: 20% ????: 0% ????: 0%
¡­Is it gust me or is my race unknown? I can clearly see that I am human¡­ hmm¡­ maintenance must still be going on. My luck stat has been revealed though! Let¡¯s see¡­ -¡Þ¡­ I thought my luck was a tad bit low. *Sigh*
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¡­I will seriously have to learn how to control that skill better. Thankfully no one was around. I should get downstairs and eat breakfast. I should also ask Mom to pack lunch for me, I forgot to eat it yesterday. I run downstairs and see Mom and Dad already sitting down and waiting for me. [Me] ¡°Hey Mom~¡± [Mom] ¡°Hi sweetheart!¡± I happily take a bite of my toast. Quickly finishing up my eggs I notice my mom glaring at my outfit. I decide to take incentive since it does not seem like she will talk about it any time soon. [Me] ¡°Hey Mom, why are you staring at me like that?¡± [Mom] ¡°Honey¡­ you are aware that the festival is today, right?¡± Festival? What festival??? I don¡¯t remember anything about that! [Dad] ¡°Judging by your face you have no idea what were talking about. Every 10 years we celebrate the Festival of the Blood Moon. We have no idea how it began, but everyone participates anyway.¡± [Mom] ¡°And yes, you are participating.¡± [Me] ¡°¡­Must I?¡± [Mom] ¡°Yes.¡± Noooooooooooooooooo!!! I-if I go to the festival everything will be ruined! Why? MY. BAD. LUCK. After eating I try to sneak away went suddenly Mom shots me an evil glare. Her hand grips my arm tightly and I look towards Dad begging for help. Dad, of course, ignores me and Mom takes me up to my room. She then pulls out a sky-blue dress and forces it upon me. She also takes the time to put a ribbon in my hair. I sat on my bed sulking until Dad comes in carrying a teddy bear. I smile with glee and hold it to my chest. I love teddy bears because my luck can¡¯t do much to them. If you drop them it does not matter, if you cut them they can be sewn, and if it gets dirty it can be washed. *I am not the maker of this image, I am just borrowing it to give you a visual of approximately what she looks like* [Dad] ¡°Come on my little angel, let¡¯s go to the festival.¡± [Me] ¡°Okay!¡± Being in a good mood, I hold Dad¡¯s hand and leave the house. Opps¡­ it seems as if Mom if sulking in the corner¡­ [Me] ¡°Come on Mom!¡± Moms eyes light up as a kid¡¯s would on Christmas. She suddenly pops up right beside me and starts walking beside me. The streets are lined up with lights and people are bustling back and forth. The mood in the air is festive (no duh) and there are many foreign people here as well. I run up to the nearest stall and look up at the stall owner. For some reason his expression changes many times as he gazes back at me, but when I point out the candy that I wanted he seemed to straighten himself and gave it to me. I pass the nice man the money and run back to my parents. This sort of thing keeps happening, including the random expressions, until we arrive at the church. Hmm¡­ is it just me or does the church look different? Wait¡­ now I remember, the box said that I caused¡­ oh no¡­ crud they saw me. One priest saw me and his eyes widened and he walked over to an important looking priest and he looked over at me as well. When his eyes caught mine his eyes too widened and he fell down on his knees and prayed. He prayed RIGHT THERE facing ME. You can guess what happened after that. One after another everyone looked at me and formed a circle. They then all started to kneel and pray. Nonononono, please stop! Stolen novel; please report.
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WHAT?! No, you stop announcing my presence! The guy to my left then lifted a magic tube which amplifies noise and shouted. [Guy] ¡°OUR BEAUTIFUL GODDESS IVY HAS SHOWN HERSELF!!! EVERYONE KNEEL BEFORE HER MIGHTY PRESENCE!!!¡± Why luck? Why are you so mean to me? I am trying not to cry now¡­ breath in, breath out, breath in, breath out, breath in¡­
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AREA ANNOUNCEMENT! The Village of Serfin has completely dedicated it¡¯s self to their Goddess Ivy!
*Twitch* *Twitch* Why?! No, stop bowing before me! I am no Goddess, I just happened to meet them! *Sniff* *Sniff* I then run as fast as possible away from the crazies and end up deep in the forest pretty quickly. I then sit on a log and let a few tears out. That was so embarrassing! My dumb luck! [?] ¡°U-um can you help me? I-I¡¯m lost, and n-need directions.¡± Hmm? I wipe away my tears and look at where the voice came from. In front of me is a cute little boy dressed richly and looking my way. [?] ¡°My name¡¯s Ryan.¡± He smiles my way and offers his hand. He is too cute. ---------Ryan¡¯s POV---------- [Me] ¡°My name¡¯s Ryan.¡± I offer the crying beauty my hand in order to help her up. She momentarily looks flustered, but takes my hand in the end. I was nervous when I first saw her because she is so beautiful, but since she is here she must know the way back. I am the first prince of Esteria, and I should have my royal guards with me. Despite this it felt too awkward with them following me around EVERYWHERE, so I did the best thing I could; I ditched them with my luck. My luck stat is the highest stat I have, being at 230. That is the highest luck stat ever seen on Aredia, so I am pretty confident in it. Unfortunately it only gets me so far, and that is why I got lost. [Beauty] ¡°So how did you even get this far into the woods alone anyway?¡± [Me] ¡°Ehh? That doesn¡¯t seem like something you should be asking.¡± I mean, how does such a beauty get this far into the woods alone anyway? I can make it because of my luck, but what about her? Maybe she also has a lot of luck? I turn to my left and see a large saber tooth demonic beast. How is this possible?! These things are rare, and with my luck we should not have seen any demonic beast! Only the EXTREMLY misfortunate would ever encounter these! Has my luck forsaken me? Just then I see the beauty pull out a sword and hand me her teddy bear. Why was such a cute girl carrying a sword? No, where was she carrying such a thing? She then runs up to the saber tooth and confronts it. It was then that I checked the level of the demonic beast.
Saber Tooth Tiger (Level 635)
I about fainted right there and then. Why is this happening?! My luck is the best of the best, but now we encounter such a high level beast?! This is something only my royal guards or extremely high level adventurers can take care of?! I now regret it, leaving behind my royal guards just because I found them embarrassing. Now I am going to die here and so is the beauty that is so desperately trying to defend me. *Sniff* I-I don¡¯t want to die! *Sniff* [Beauty] ¡°Are you okay?¡± [Me] ¡°Wh-what happened?!¡± [Beauty] ¡°Oh, it¡¯s dead.¡± What? Did I hear her correctly? I look in the directing of the Saber Tooth and see a headless corpse. I look back at the beauty and see is smiling at me and I suddenly feel warm and comfortable. [Beauty] ¡°Should we head back?¡± [Me] ¡°Y-yes¡± She then giggles slightly and walks forward again. I am left with no other choice but to follow her. I walk in silence and we soon reach the edge of the forest. I see my royal guard looking for me, but the beauty was to preoccupied looking at something in front of her. No matter how much I look I see nothing, so she probably just leveled up once or twice and is looking over her new stats. She then snaps her head up and smiles. [Beauty] ¡°Good bye!~¡± [Me] ¡°A-ah yeah. Bye!¡± She then runs away and soon I am once again alone. It was then I realized I forgot to get her name. *Sigh* I walk over to one of my guards and then all are relieved when they find me. We start heading back to the carriage when one of my guards asks me a question. [Guard] ¡°U-um Prince Ryan, where did you get the teddy bear?" What? What teddy bear? I look down and in my arms I notice that I have the beauty¡¯s teddy bear still with me. I can¡¯t give this back because I don¡¯t know her name, so I desided to treasure this gift. I will forever have it with me and keep it with me. I will remember her by it, and I will look for her again. [Me] ¡°It¡¯s my treasure.¡± [Guard] ¡°O-oh.¡± My treasure¡­ Chapter 6: The Missing Teddy Bear ----------Ivy¡¯s Dad¡¯s POV---------- [Ivy] ¡°NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!¡± I jump awake at the loud voice belonging to our princess and goddess. What could have made her this upset?! I look over at my wife and we both nod our heads. I rush up the stairs and enter her room. When I enter I about had a double take. In her room my daughter is sitting on the floor with tears coming out of her eyes. She looks up at us and our hearts are wrapped tightly. What happened?! [Me] ¡°W-what h-happened sweetie?¡± [Ivy] *sniff* ¡°My teddy bear¡­¡± *sniff* ¡°..is gone¡± WHAT?!?!?!?!?! [Wife] ¡°WHO. WAS. THIS. FOOL?!?!?!?!¡± [Ivy] ¡°M-mom¡­¡± *sniff* ¡°I-I¡¯m okay¡­ really¡­but, can I have a new one?¡± She looks up at us with her glimmering eyes and I her expression was so hopeful that even a god would not dare to destroy such a scene. I must buy her ten¡­ no twenty¡­ no HUNDREDS of teddy bears!!! I look over at my wife with new resolve and see something that I wish I hadn¡¯t. [Wife] ¡°S-someone dared... Someone dared¡­ SOMEONE DARED TO TAKE HER TEDDY BEAR! I will make them pay¡­ I will *censored* and *censored* and then *censored*¡± She then begins to mutter the rest of her threats half delirious. I look over at Ivy and see that she was looking at her mom with open eyes and with an opened mouth. I walk over to her to reassure her. [Me] ¡°Don¡¯t worry sweet heart, I won¡¯t let your mother search for the person¡­but if she finds the guy he¡¯s going to wish he were dead.¡± [Ivy] ¡°?!?!¡± [Me] ¡°Well¡­ Ivy stay in your room, and I will go with your mother to a ¡®little meeting¡¯ that we ¡®forgot¡¯ that was happening today. Bye-bye sweetie!¡± I walk out and look at my wife. [Wife] ¡°I announce the mandatory meeting now¡­¡± [Me] ¡°And I will get the meeting place set up as well as begin to prepare our speech.¡± I walk off and go into the center of the town. Then using my earth abilities I make a stage and get onto it. Just then I hear an announcement ring through the entire village. [Wife] ¡°EVERYONE MEET AT THE CENTER OF THE VILLIAGE IN HALF AN HOUR! WE HAVE IMPORTANT NEWS REGARDING OUR GODDESS!!!¡± Within ten minutes everyone in the village, excluding our daughter, was gathered around me. My wife jumps onto the stage and tells me to begin. [Me] ¡°During the glorious festival that we celebrated yesterday we had given our daughter a teddy bear!!!¡± [Villager 1] ¡°The blessed teddy bear was glorious!¡± [Villager 2] ¡°I could not see anything better then our Goddess Ivy and her divine teddy bear!¡± [Priest 1] ¡°Should our goddess ever wish too we would love to have it enshrined into the church!¡± [Me] ¡°This morning our goddess has realized that it was missing! We believe that someone dared to take her possession!¡± [Villager 1] ¡°WHAT?!?!¡± [Villager 3] ¡°WHO WAS THIS FOOL?!¡± [Head Priest] ¡°THE THIEF DARE TAKE THE GODDESS¡¯S TEDDY BEAR WHOS NAME IS SO SACRED WE WERE NOT PREMITTED TO KNOW IT LEST THE HARSH BLADE OF JUDGEMENT FALL UPON OUR MORTAL SOULS! HE DARE STEAL THE TEDDY BEAR OF GODDESS IVY! DIVINE JUSTICE! I DEMAND DIVINE JUSTICE!¡± The author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. (Author¡¯s Note: This is a slightly edited version of what Slaggedfire put in the comments in chapter 5.) Yep. This is the reaction that is needed! [Me] ¡°As we do not know who this thief is we must take other actions! We shall work together as a village to design the perfect teddy bear for our goddess!¡± [Crowd] ¡°YEAH!!!!! LETS DO THIS!!!¡± ¡­and thus it was settled that we will work together and make Ivy happy once again. ----------Ivy¡¯s POV---------- (A little earlier) I woke up to another day finally ready to train. Yesterday I went to the festival, so I think Mom and Dad will let me go. I make my bed and grab my teddy bear, ready for the day¡­ or at least I would have. I can¡¯t find my teddy bear¡­ it can¡¯t be¡­ did I forget to get it back from Ryan?!?! [Me] ¡°NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!¡± I can¡¯t believe it¡­ why luck? Even to my teddy bear¡­ Although it could be partly my fault for forgetting it¡­ but why?! Mom and Dad rush in and ask me what is wrong. As I tell them I see Mom¡¯s face slowly getting darker as she begins to mutter about things I¡¯m half afraid to even ask about. Dad on the other hand seems to have his head filled with various ideas¡­ I wonder what? Dad then seems to notice Mom and walks over to me. [Dad] ¡°Don¡¯t worry sweet heart, I won¡¯t let your mother search for the person¡­but if she finds the guy he¡¯s going to wish he were dead.¡± Umm¡­ Dad? You know I can hear you right? You won¡¯t do anything unnecessary right?! [Dad] ¡°Well¡­ Ivy stay in your room, and I will go with your mother to a ¡®little meeting¡¯ that we ¡®forgot¡¯ that was happening today. Bye-bye sweetie!¡± Little meeting? At this hour? Forgot? You never forget meetings¡­ As I was pondering they had already left. I shrugged off the sneaking thought that something was about to happen and got dressed. Just as I was about to open my door I heard something that confirmed my belief. [Mom] ¡°EVERYONE MEET AT THE CENTER OF THE VILLIAGE IN HALF AN HOUR! WE HAVE IMPORTANT NEWS REGARDING OUR GODDESS!!!¡± I quickly try to open the door just to find out that it is locked. Now I could break the lock with my new stats, but then it would be obvious that I grew REALLY strong in just a few days. This forced me to sit on my bed as I thought up the worst scenarios. Ryan, I wish you luck¡­ oh wait¡­ maybe I shouldn¡¯t have wished that¡­ my luck¡­ After a while I hear a loud cheer. My neck as a cold sweat as I wonder just why are they cheering. Soon after Mom comes in and unlocks my door. [Mom] ¡°Okay sweetie, our little meeting is over.¡± [Me] ¡°That was no something preplanned, was it?¡± [Mom] ¡°Fufufu¡­ it might as well have been¡­¡± ¡­I¡¯ll just pretend that this morning never happened. ----------Ryan¡¯s POV---------- Something¡¯s weird today¡­ The maids somehow managed to spill tea on my five times within one hour, and a practice sword was accidently flung into my room from the window. Turns out two people were practicing their sword skill when suddenly the sword got flung out of view¡­ I also strangely developed this cold sweat when I looked over at my treasured teddy bear¡­ I wonder what¡¯s up. Chapter 7: Goddess of Misfortune ---------- James¡¯s POV ---------- *Crash* [Zoe] ¡°Ehh?! What¡¯s wrong James? You should seriously stop dropping my tea cups!¡± [Me] ¡°This time I have a valid reason!¡± [Zoe] ¡°What could possibly be a valid reason for dropping a tea cup!¡± [Me] ¡°This letter!¡± [Lucas] ¡°Would you guys tone it down a little?!¡± [Zoe & I] ¡°Sorry.¡± [Lucas] ¡°So what has you stressed out?¡± [Zoe] ¡°Yeah, you should be happy. You just got a letter from your family, in fact the first one since five years ago.¡± [Me] ¡°Yeah¡­ I found out the reason they decided to stop contacting me¡­¡± [Zoe] ¡°Ehh?! And that is¡­¡± [Me] ¡°Umm¡­ it turns out that¡­¡± [Zoe] ¡°That¡­¡± [Me] ¡°Erm¡­ my family¡­¡± [Zoe] ¡°JUST SPIT IT OUT ALREADY!!!¡± [Me] ¡°Okay, okay¡­ my family may have had a daughter.¡± *Splash* Lucas about dropped his tea cup but managed to catch it in the nick of time, leaving the tea to splash against the ground. Both Lucas and Zoe had wide eyes at my statement. Zoe rips the letter out of my hand and reads it aloud. [Zoe] *Ahem* ¡°To my dearest son, I apologize for the lack of contact that has happened over the last five years; however I come bearing good news. Your sister as turned five and has expressed her desire to go to her big brother¡¯s school! Obviously this is far down into the unforeseeable future, however I believe it is time we told each of you of each other¡¯s existence. This is the reason why we did not wish to contact you. Please come home on your next brake so that we can see you again and so that our little goddess can finally meet you. Sincerely, Your mother¡± [Lucas] ¡°¡­Just what kind of parent keeps these kinds of secrets from their children?¡± [Me] ¡°I-I don¡¯t know¡­¡± [Conner] ¡°Dude this is great man!¡± [Me] ¡°Stay out of this siscon!¡± [Zoe] ¡°When did you get here anyway?!¡± [Conner] ¡°While you were reading the letter.¡± [Lucas] ¡°You should probably visit them during the break that¡¯s in a few days.¡± [Me] ¡°Yeah, I will.¡± [Conner] ¡°Hey man, here¡¯s this book for future reference.¡± I look upon the book and see the large title, ¡®The Siscon Life¡¯. [Me] ¡°¡­Just what are you trying to get me into?!¡± [Conner] ¡°Just keep it!¡± [Me] ¡°What, no! Hey, get back here!¡± ¡­and he¡¯s gone. Conner just ran out of the cafeteria. Now that I am looking around I notice that my group is gathering a lot of attention from the surrounding students. The attention is probably due to the amount of yelling and commotion coming from here. [Zoe] ¡°James, what¡¯s wrong?¡± [Me] ¡°¡­nothing at all.¡± ----------Belle¡¯s POV---------- *Sigh* Brother is acting strangely recently. He has been sighing more often, which I have also picked up from the atmosphere. Brother has also expressed more interest in the Starlight Academy. One more thing necessary to be noted is that he is CONSTANTLY carrying a cute bear. The bear is unbefitting of him, because they carry two different atmospheres. Recently brother has also had more issues with his luck. It¡¯s REALLY strange because he used to be the luckiest of all!!! Now his luck is borderline horrible, and I think I found out the cause. I hold out the teddy bear in front of me. I take it to the priest currently in the palace. I grin as I knock on the white doors. I will fix brother¡¯s problems. [Priest] ¡°Oh, Princess Belle, what do you need?¡± [Me] ¡°Umm, could you check this teddy bear for any curses?¡± [Priest] ¡°Curses?! I will do so immediately.¡± I wait awhile for him to finish the spell and analyze the results. When I look over at the priest I see his mouth opening and shutting without producing a sound. Just what could have him so surprised? [Me] ¡°What is it?¡± [Priest] ¡°Umm¡­ this is¡­ let me just show you. Show results to Belle Roiyaru.¡±
Goddess Ivy¡¯s Teddy Bear This is a teddy bear once belonging to Goddess Ivy. Increases training speed with the consequence of -500 luck while teddy bear is near you.
-500 luck?! That is ridiculous! This ¡®Goddess Ivy¡¯ must be the goddess of misfortune! ¡­Wait¡­ goddess¡­ how did my brother get a goddess¡¯s teddy bear?! This content has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. [Priest] ¡°Princess, I would recommend that we keep the fact that this was once a goddess¡¯s possession.¡± [Me] ¡°¡­ I agree, lets remove the curse as well.¡± [Priest] ¡°Are you sure? It will also remove the blessing.¡± [Me] ¡°I am.¡± After the cure was removed I sneakily placed the divine bear back on brother¡¯s bed and sneak away. I really hope brother did not steal from a goddess. I really hope that he got it through more kind ways¡­ I pray to this goddess and ask for her to forgive brother while also promising to serve her. This shall appease the goddess, right? ----------Ivy¡¯s POV---------- [Me] ¡°Thanks for the food!¡± I just finished dinner of an average, ordinary day. It¡¯s nice to have one of these. They are usually rare due to my bad luck cutting in. [Mom] ¡°Oh, sweetie someone is possible visiting soon!¡± [Me] ¡°Who?¡± [Mom] ¡°Fufufu¡­ it¡¯s a surprise.¡± Hmm? I wonder who would be visiting our house. Also, I am worried. Mother never laughs like that unless she has something planed¡­ Oh well, I guess I won¡¯t be able to find out until it¡¯s time. I am getting dressed when I suddenly fall. The reason? This.
New title: Goddess of Misfortune While looking at your luck anyone would know of your misfortunate life, however that is not reason enough to call you goddess of that element. What did achieve this was someone pieces together your curse and goddess nature, naturally giving you this tattle. +50% darkness element. +45% light element. New skills gained. (x3)
New skill: Curse of Misfortune (mana: 2,000) Now you can curse those who spite you to have a VERY unlucky life
Skill: Curse of Misfortune has been set to max
New Skill: Blessing Remover (mana: 5,000 per blessing) Now you can remove other¡¯s blessings from other gods! This will not work on yourself.
Skill: Blessing Remover has been set to max
New Skill: Beings of Misfortune (mana: 1,000) You can now summon creatures of misfortune that will follow your every desire. Type will depend on the level of skill (though with your cheat it will be very strong).
Skill: Beings of Misfortune has been set to max
¡­Wow. How can I be so much of a cheat?! Also, what cursed did I place? Hmm¡­ I¡¯m so confused!
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Name: Ivy Age: 5 Race: [?] Level: 1386 Titles: Goddess Ivy, Goddess of Misfortune, Eavesdropper Health: 30,000/30,000 Mana: 30,000/30,000 Stamina: 19,000/19,000 Health Regen: 300 per sec Mana Regen: 300 per sec Agility: 7125 Intelligence: 7025 Strength: 7090 Endurance: 7000 Luck: -¡Þ Charm: ¡Þ Elements Fire: 0% Earth: 50% Water: 0% Air: 0% Dark: 65% Light: 65% ????: 0% ????: 0%
¡­I think a little sleep is necessary after this information. Good night. Chapter 8: Wait... So Im Not Human?! ----------Ivy¡¯s POV---------- It¡¯s been a couple days since I got my new title, and I have gotten used to my powers that accompanies it. I felt really bad when I used Cure of Misfortune on a goblin. I ended up putting the poor creature out of its misery after ten minutes. I cannot say exactly what happened, but that afterwards there were people out looking for ¡®The Tortured Banshee¡¯. All I did was place a curse¡­ I feel miserable. *Knock* *Knock* [Me] ¡°I got it!¡± I jump out of my seat and open the door to a 15 year old boy. He had dirty blond hair and dark brown eyes. When I opened the door he first looked around and upon seeing no one at his eye level he gazed downward. His eyes opened wide when he saw me and the seemed to be silent until he muttered something about a book. I sensed Mom and Dad come behind me and I turn my curious gaze toward them. [Mom] ¡°Fufufu¡­ Ivy, this is your brother, James. James, meet your sister, Ivy.¡± [James] ¡°Uhh¡­ hi?¡± ¡­Is he alright? No, better yet, SINCE WHEN DID I HAVE A BROTHER! I, who am now five, never once heard about or seen this brother of mine. For some reason I have an feeling that it was my parent¡¯s fault for this¡­ [Me] ¡°Hi big brother!¡± I decided to cheer him up with a positive attitude and a large smile upon my face. Suddenly I hear a sharp intake of breath and my parents are staring at me with wide eyes. What did I do wrong? [Mom] ¡°Ivy¡­ did you ever smile like that to anyone else?¡± [Me] ¡°¡­no¡­¡± [Dad] ¡°It is really important that you refrain from it in public places, okay?¡± [Me] ¡°Yes?¡± [James] ¡°¡­but it¡¯s alright if you do it at home, alright?¡± Now my brother¡¯s on board! Did I mess up my smile? Did I look scary? Oh no, if I looked scary than I can see why I would need to be more careful. Alright, I will lock that smile away¡­ [Me] ¡°Okay! [James] ¡°Conner, I¡¯ve seen the light.¡± [Me] ¡°Who¡¯s Conner?¡± [James] ¡°No one important.¡± [Me] ¡°¡­alright. Oh, Mom. Why did I not know that I had a brother?¡± [Mom] ¡°I wanted to surprise you, so I kept it a secret. Tehee~¡± [Me] ¡°¡­¡± [James] *Sigh* ¡°That¡¯s Mom for you¡­¡± [Me] ¡°Yes, yes it is.¡± James and I both sigh at the same time before looking at one another. We both now share a connection, a connection of the understanding of our parents. [Dad] ¡°So, who¡¯s ready for lunch?¡± [Me] ¡°I am!¡± [James] ¡°I¡¯m hungry as well!¡± [Dad] ¡°Then let¡¯s go!¡± We enter the dining room and sit down. I then eat the steak on my plate and get some more food. [James] ¡°You are quite the eater aren¡¯t you?¡± [Me] ¡°Tehee~¡± [Mom] ¡°Look honey, she takes after me!¡± Huh? Oh, I must of picked up Mom¡¯s habit. Opps. That¡¯s what happens when you spend a little over five years with someone. [Dad] ¡°Yes, I see, but don¡¯t you think its about time for that?¡± [Me] ¡°That?¡± [Mom] ¡°I don¡¯t know if she¡¯s ready¡­¡± [Me] ¡°Ready for what?¡± [Dad] ¡°I think she may be.¡± [Me] ¡°What is ¡®that¡¯?!¡± [James] ¡°I did that when I was five.¡± [Me] *Sniff* *Sniff* ¡°Please don¡¯t leave me out.¡± [Mom] ¡°Hmm, your right¡­ but still...¡± Breath in. Breath out. Breath in. Breath out. Breath in. Breath out¡­ [James] ¡°I will protect her, even from the others.¡± [Me] ¡°O-others¡± [James] ¡°Yeah, the others like us.¡± ¡­Now someone answers? Why not earlier?! [Me] "So, What. Is. ¡®That¡¯.¡± [Dad] ¡°It is your unsealing ceremony of course.¡± Ah right, the unsealing ceremony¡­ HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS? What is being unsealed?! [Me] ¡°And what exactly is being unsealed?¡± [Dad] ¡°Your true race.¡± [Me] ¡°¡­So we aren¡¯t human?¡± [James] ¡°Nope.¡± [Me] ¡°What are we?¡± [Dad] ¡°Demons.¡± My mind short circuited. I am sorry Dad, but for a second I thought that you said demons. You didn¡¯t actually say that, right? Right?! [Mom] ¡°More specifically we are a type of demon called devils. No, not the Devil, but devils. Confusing, I know.¡± [Me] ¡°EHH?! So we are demons?!¡± [James] ¡°That¡¯s right.¡± [Dad] ¡°When you are unsealed you will gain a certain percent of element affinity in all your elements. This is due to us being devils. The higher the purity of your blood the higher percent you gain. It is very hard for a devil, unsealed or not, to gain element affinity so this is the main way we gain some. If you gain between 10% - 50% elemental affinities then you are classified as a common devil, 60% and 70% makes you an upper class devil, 80% and 90% makes you a noble devil, and 100% makes you a royal devil. Your ancestry surprisingly does not matter when determining how pure your blood is, so two royals could give birth to a common and the reverse is true.¡± I have a bad feeling about this¡­ [Me] ¡°How much attention would a noble receive if one was found?¡± [Mom] ¡°Nobles are EXTREMLY rare, so one would attract a lot of attention.¡± [Me] ¡°¡­¡± [Mom] ¡°Are you alright.¡± If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. [Me] ¡°I¡¯m fine. Just fine¡­¡± I really don¡¯t won¡¯t to attract a lot of attention¡­ I am not looking forward to the results. Wait, aren¡¯t I being to narcissistic if I were to think I would get a result that is extremely rare? Wow, I guess I really don¡¯t have much to be afraid of! I hope that I won¡¯t end up being a noble¡­ [Dad] ¡°Follow me Ivy.¡± [Me] ¡°A-alright¡± I follow Dad into our hallway when suddenly he stops, turns, and pushes our picture frame in and up. Oh my gosh. Since when was that there? It was all spy like, kind of like what you would see in a spy movie back on Earth. The stairs downward were not dusty or cobwebby though, so I guess it¡¯s not as cool looking as it could be. When we reach the last step the area around us became lighter and I saw a large magic circle on the ground. Dad nudges me towards it and motions for me to sit down. I sit in the middle of the formation and Dad start to pour a lot of mana into his hands. He then pushes his hands down on the edge of the circle and it starts to glow. The creepy writing starts to wiggle its way up my legs and covers my body. In my opinion it must have looked like it was straight out of a horror movie. Then I felt it. The words, they¡­ tickled. By now I was having a really hard time trying not to laugh and scratch off my skin. It itched, but not painfully so, just as if a thousand ants were marching a parade upon you. The itchiness seemed to last for hours until it finished and I felt something within me snap and power starts to gush out of some hidden reserve. I manage to contain most of it and I immediately go to check the results. *Twitch* N-no way. I guess I got my wish? I¡¯m not a noble¡­
New Title: Royal Devil Congrats. Now you get to gather even more attention! +100 to all elemental affinities (No affinity can go over 100%)
Name: Ivy Age: 5 Race: Devil Level: 1386 Titles: Goddess Ivy, Goddess of Misfortune, Eavesdropper, Royal Devil Health: 35,000/30,000 Mana: 35,000/30,000 Stamina: 25,000/25,000 Health Regen: 350 per sec Mana Regen: 350 per sec Agility: 8125 Intelligence: 8025 Strength: 8090 Endurance: 8000 Luck: -¡Þ Charm: ¡Þ Elements Fire: 100% Earth: 100% Water: 100% Air: 100% Dark: 100% Light: 100% ????: 0% ????: 0%
My peaceful life is over¡­
You have unlocked the Chaos affinity
You have unlocked the Divine affinity
R.I.P. my peaceful life. ----------James¡¯s POV--------- *Knock* *Knock* I knock on the door of my own house. Never had I felt so nervous before entering my own abode. I hear a muffled voice through the door, though I don¡¯t know what it said. Then the door in front of me was opened. I look left and right, looking for my parents, and when I couldn¡¯t find it I look down. There I saw the most adorable yet somehow enchanting little girl I had ever seen. I see Mom and some up and Mom offers the explanation. [Mom] ¡°Fufufu¡­ Ivy, this is your brother, James. James, meet your sister, Ivy.¡± [Me] ¡°Uhh¡­ hi?¡± Darn it. I messed up. She is just to adorable that I couldn¡¯t speak properly. [Ivy] ¡°Hi big brother!¡± Ivy offered the most enchanting smile that I had ever seen in my life and I unintentionally took in a sharp breath. After that our parents and I scolded her to never use it out of the house again. She seemed somewhat depressed about it at first, but she seemed to be okay shortly after. While we were eating dinner we all told Ivy about our true race and about the ceremony she would have to go through. Dad took her to the basement and I decided to get some rest in my room. Just what was I thinking?! I can not start feeling that way towards my own sister! I mean, yeah, I didn¡¯t know her for five years, but it¡¯s still wrong. We also have a ten years difference between us. I will not do that! Although I will not let any other boy get to her, be it a poor man or a prince! ----------Ivy¡¯s Dad¡¯s POV---------- I took my precious daughter into the hallway so that we can do the ceremony. I pause for effect, and then I open the secret door. My daughter¡¯s eyes glimmer when I first open it, and I feel as if I were the best dad in the universe. For some reason her eyes dim down when we enter the stair case though. It can¡¯t be¡­ I left someplace dirty?! I made sure to clean it yesterday, down to every speck of dust! Oh no¡­ As we arrive at the magic circle I have her sit down. I begin to pool my mana into the circle and I see the enchantment flow up onto my daughter. Then, after a little while, her expression changes to a complex one, as if she were trying to hold something in. I am so sorry. The feeling is different for everyone, but right now she must be experiencing pain, why else would her expression be like that?! After the entire process was over I came over to my daughter and I could see that she was checking her results. Her eye gave her result away. She seemed annoyed, so she must have gotten common. Its okay, a goddess doesn¡¯t need a high purity level in devils blood anyway. I carry her upstairs and lay her on her bed. She sleeps soundly and I go into my own bedroom to share the results. I tell my wife and she agrees that our daughter is already enough. We¡¯re not expecting her to be perfect or to have something as absurd and extinct such as royal purity. We are fine with how she is. Chapter 9: A New Form ----------Ryan¡¯s POV---------- [Me] ¡°¡­Are you going to that new church that opened up again?¡± [Belle] ¡°Don¡¯t worry; I¡¯m going in disguise as always!¡± [Me] ¡°Why are you going there in the first place?¡± [Belle] ¡°Our goddess, the Goddess of Misfortune is amazing. It is said that her beauty outlasts even Kat¡¯s, and she had godly powers that could force all others to her feet.¡± [Me] ¡°Wait¡­ aren¡¯t all god¡¯s supposed to be equal?¡± [Belle] ¡°You¡¯ll see, you¡¯ll see eventually. Fufufufufu~ See you later brother!¡± Belle is acting strange lately. She and the old head priest of the church of Kat have gathered together and formed a new church dedicated to the Goddess of Misfortune. I didn¡¯t even know of this goddess until Belle brought it up. This new church has been collaborating with another church dedicated to the same goddess located surprisingly in The Village of Surfin. I wonder if that beauty is a part of this church. Probably not, she doesn¡¯t look the type¡­ then again, neither did my sister. Currently the church here is a moderately small one, consisting of about 100 members give or take a few. Apparently the entire Village of Surfin is dedicated to the church there¡­ does this include the beauty? I have not tried to visit one of these churches because I see no point to do so. I believe that the majority of people here in the capital believe so as well. Perhaps I should pay this growing church a visit? ---------Ivy¡¯s POV---------- Mnn¡­ *Yawn* I drowsily open my eyes and get out of bed. I stumble a bit before falling back onto the bed. What in the world caused that?! I moved my shoulders a bit and felt some weight pulling downwards a little. I get up again, more carefully this time, and go towards the mirror. What I saw let me speechless. In the mirror stood the ¡®normal me¡¯ with a few additions. The weight on my back ended up being bat-like wings that I could move at will. They were black, but seemed to have red pulsing lines decorating them. I also have to smallish horns protruding from my head. They were black at the base and faded into a blood red color at the tip. I feel something coil around me, and I look downwards. There I see a tail, which is skinny and smooth until the tip which looks like an arrow head. Looking at it I could probably use it as a spear¡­ a really sharp one at that. My tail is pure black with the exception of the tip, which is red. All in all I look like an angelic devil. I feel as if my appearance contradicts it¡¯s self¡­ *Sigh* Watching the girl in the mirror follow my actions I am reminded of my true race. Though¡­ why didn¡¯t these come out last night? Perhaps it took some time. I take of my pajamas and see that my clothing is ruined. My tail ruined my pants and undergarment while my wings ruined my shirt. I really liked that pair of pajamas too¡­ It was the softest I had¡­ I end up putting on a shirt that shows the top of my back so that my wings are comfortable. For my bottoms I put on underwear that would not bother my tail and a skirt. Brushing my hair was a new experience as my horns got in the way more times than I can count. I finish up and open my door. I go down the stairs to the kitchen where my parents were waiting. As soon as I arrive their eyes open wide as they take in my new(ish) appearance. Then, as if struck by a powerful spell, they all bow. They¡­ they just¡­ bowed. [Me] ¡°Uh¡­ wait¡­ what¡¯s happening?!¡± [Mom] ¡°Royal Highness Ivy, please give us your permission to rise.¡± ¡­This is creeping me out. Never had Mom used such respect when speaking to me. Also, how did she find out what I was?! Erm¡­ how do I say this¡­? [Me] ¡°Y-you may rise.¡± They all rose, looking quite relieved yet at the same time looking at wonder towards me. Just what did I do? Is this not normal? Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon. [Me] ¡°Umm... Mom, how did you know what I was?¡± [Mom] ¡°Well, let¡¯s have your father explain that. For now, let¡¯s eat!¡± Good, she¡¯s back to her normal self. She serves us eggs and toast. I eat it up quickly and look at Dad, waiting for an explanation. [Dad] ¡°Let¡¯s see here¡­ we were able to tell based on your looks.¡± [Me] ¡°Looks?¡± [Dad] ¡°Yeah. Common devils have only a black horn. High devils have a black horn and a black tail. Noble devils have red on their horns and tail. While royal devils are rumored to have wings.¡± [Me] *Sniff* ¡°Is there any way I can avoid attention?¡± [Dad] ¡°Yeah, you¡¯ll just have to learn how to switch forms. That¡¯s how your mother, brother, and I have mixed in with humans for so long.¡± [Me] ¡°That¡¯s good. Oh, why did you bow to me earlier?¡± [Dad] ¡°All demons, including devils, must bow in the presence a royal devil. In fact, they are forced to by their very blood. Don¡¯t worry they will only feel the intense need to bow if they sense you or see you in your devil form.¡± [Me] ¡°Phew¡­ that¡¯s a relief. Hmm, by any chance will this also work on Big Brother?¡± [Dad] ¡°¡­yes.¡± [Me] ¡°Fufufufufu¡± [Mom] ¡°Fufufufufu¡± I can at least put this to use once! [Dad] ¡° I¡¯m sorry son.¡° [Mom and I] ¡°Did you say something?¡± [Dad] ¡°Nothing at all!¡± Mom gives me a thumbs up and I start the plan. I go up the stairs one at a time. When I arrive at the door to my brother¡¯s room, I notice he is currently reading. I¡¯m sorry brother, but this will be hilarious. I straighten my back and walk into his room. He looks at me, and then suddenly bows to quickly for him to even understand what¡¯s happening. First there is confusion, then realization, and then shock. After all these things go through his head I decide to release him. [Me] ¡°Fufufu¡­ you may raise.¡± [James] ¡°Don¡¯t you get to full of yourself little royal!¡± He chases me around and I play along with him. Reaching out to catch me, he misses and accidently graves my tail. Due to the slickness of my tail his hand slides down it a little. That action alone sapped all my strength and I fell onto the ground. [James] ¡°I-I¡¯m sorry! I forgot that tails were a devil¡¯s weak point!¡± [Me] *Sniff* ¡°Meany¡± *Sniff*
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¡­Crud. I just used Emotional Display again. I look up at my brother¡¯s face and notice that it has gone a scarlet color and he seems to be trying to apologizing, yet being unable to. After finally managing to squeeck out a ¡®Sorry¡¯ he runs back inside of his room and closes the door. I shrug and go back downstairs. I have Mom teach me how to go from one form to another and go outside to train. I train until the end of the day, and when I come back in for dinner James is there. For some reason he refuses to have eye contact with me, but he seems fine over all. I hope I didn¡¯t do something that I will regret later. Chapter 10: Preparation ----------Ivy (8 years old)---------- [Mom] ¡°Hey Ivy~¡± [Me] ¡°Yes Mom?¡± [Mom] ¡°We finally got a letter from your grandparents!¡± [Me] ¡°¡­my grandparents?¡± [Mom] ¡°Yep!¡± [Dad] ¡°After some tries over the years we finally told them the good news!¡± [Me] ¡°Good news¡­ you wouldn¡¯t have went and told them THAT¡­ would you?¡± [Dad] ¡°Don¡¯t worry, they¡¯re family! They (probably) didn¡¯t tell anyone else¡± As soon as he said that I choked on the piece of pie that I was eating. As I was struggling for air my brother, James, asked the big question. [James] ¡°What does the letter say?¡± *Bum-bump* *Bum-bump* Both James and my hearts were pounding vigorously as we awaited their response. [Dad] ¡°They said¡­¡± *Bum-bump* [Mom] ¡°That their coming over! Isn¡¯t that just wonderful news?¡± I¡¯m glad that there is no more food in my mouth, because if there was it would be spewed all over the place. Looking over at James I see his mouth wide open as well. When James finally graduated from magic school he was offered a place at the palace. At first that stupid brother of mine was going to reject the offer, but with a little prodding he accepted. On a side note, ever since that day when he found out I was a Royal Devil he became a siscon. He also has helped the Church of Ivy develop, even after I begged and pleaded with him to stop. He now visits home as often as he can in order to help the church and see his sister. [Me] ¡°When are they coming over?¡± [Mom] ¡°One week from now!¡± [Me] ¡°¡­¡± [James] ¡°That¡¯s good. I will be able to be here still when they come in order to help Ivy.¡± Ignoring James, I sit in shock and eat some more of my pie. I have one week before I meet the people who raised my parents. Considering my parent¡¯s personalities, one could only guess the personality of my grandparents. I must have all the strength I can muster! Open status!
Name: Ivy Age: 8 Race: Devil Level: 3948 Titles: Goddess Ivy, Goddess of Misfortune, Royal Devil Health: 120,000/120,000 Mana: 120,000/120,000 Stamina: 80,000/80,000 Health Regen: 1,200 per sec Mana Regen: 1,200 per sec Agility: 25,630 Intelligence: 24,950 Strength: 24,890 Endurance: 24,000 Luck: -¡Þ Charm: ¡Þ Elements Fire: 100% Earth: 100% Water: 100% Air: 100% Dark: 100% Light: 100% Chaos: 75% Divine: 75%
Three years of training and this is where I sit. It¡¯s not as if I went through tough training, all I did was your everyday regular training¡­ I¡¯m too OP. [Me] ¡°¡­Mom, may I go out training?¡± [Mom] ¡°Not tonight.¡± [Me] ¡°Alright¡­¡± I guess I¡¯ll have to wait for tomorrow¡­ (Next morning) [James] ¡°Ivy~ Wake up~¡± [Me] ¡°Mnn¡­ already?¡± [James] ¡°Yep, you said that you wanted to start training.¡± [Me] ¡°Oh yeah¡­¡± [James] ¡°Why are you so serious about training today anyway?¡± [Me] ¡°Our grandparents are coming.¡± [James] ¡°¡­and you want to impress them?¡± [Me] ¡°No, I want to survive them.¡± [James] ¡°?¡± [Me] ¡°Don¡¯t worry about it.¡± I push the speechless James out of my room and close the door. I get dressed and open the door once more to a recovered James. He them gives me a muffin and my sword. Why he¡¯s serving me, I do not know, but meh¡­ its food. You can¡¯t turn away food. I quickly eat the muffin and take my sword from my brother. I rush out the door and head into a clearing deep into the woods behind the house. I made this clearing while I was training a few years back, and have been using it ever since. [Me] ¡°Beings of Misfortune!¡± If you discover this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation.
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Ten creatures came into existence and saluted me. Hmm¡­ maybe a little more is necessary.
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Now I had 100 beings of misfortune in front of me awaiting orders. It¡¯s a little creepy how I can just summon so many and my mana regen fixes it right up. Just goes to show how OP I am. I then instruct the many minions of mine to attack me all at once. Why do this instead of finding local demonic beasts? Simple: look at my level. It¡¯s not like I live in a dangerous place; most demonic beasts here are low level. I fight against all of them with my sword alone, and continue to do so all day. The only breaks I take is for food and restroom breaks. This continues for an entire week before we get the much anticipated visitors. I nervously check my status before Mom opens the door. Open status.
Name: Ivy Age: 8 Race: Devil Level: 4016 Titles: Goddess Ivy, Goddess of Misfortune, Royal Devil Health: 135,000/135,000 Mana: 135,000/135,000 Stamina: 90,000/90,000 Health Regen: 1,350 per sec Mana Regen: 1,350 per sec Agility: 25,830 Intelligence: 25,150 Strength: 25,090 Endurance: 24,200 Luck: -¡Þ Charm: ¡Þ Elements Fire: 100% Earth: 100% Water: 100% Air: 100% Dark: 100% Light: 100% Chaos: 75% Divine: 75%
I breathe in a large breath and watch as the door seemingly craws open at the pace of a snail. What¡¯s behind the door is¡­ four neatly dressed people. They all looked to be in their middle ages and had neatly groomed hair. Looking at them first glance, you would think they were important officials. Not at all what I had in mind. Maybe the training wasn¡¯t necessary¡­ ----------Carla¡¯s POV---------- *Knock* *knock* Oh, it seems as if my parents have arrived! My husbands are supposed to arrive as well. I open the door and there they are. I hug my mother and look over at Ivy. She seems to be looking at our four visitors respectfully. Fufufu¡­ she better be careful, the worst ones are the ones that look different than their personalities. ----------Palace Maid¡¯s POV---------- [Maid 1] ¡°Hey, have you heard?¡± [Me] ¡°No, what happened?¡± [Maid 1] ¡°Apparently, although both Prince Ryan and Princess Belle have gotten such good looking neither of them are interested in possible marage!¡± [Me] ¡°What?!¡± [Maid 1] ¡°Astonishing right?!¡± [Maid 2] ¡°It¡¯s rumored that Princess Belle had joined a new upcoming church and doesn¡¯t have time for romance¡­¡± [Maid 1] ¡°Oh my!¡± [Me] ¡°What church is this exactly?¡± [Maid 2] ¡°I think it was the Church of Misfortune¡­ or something like that.¡± [Me] ¡°To think it would be about misfortune¡­ such a thing!¡± [Maid 1] ¡°Still, Prince Ryan is still a mystery¡­¡± [Maid 2] ¡°Both him and his teddy bear¡­¡± [Me] ¡°Indeed¡­¡± Chapter 11: Spread the Religion! ----------Ivy¡¯s POV---------- Mom¡¯s smirking¡­ why is she smirking?! Wha¡­ Dad¡¯s smirking too! Why?! What am I missing?! James just has his usual clueless face on, so he is useless for this particular information. Both sets of grandparents look nice enough. Makes you wonder how my parents came to be¡­ [Grandmother 1] ¡°Carla, my daughter, how are you!¡± [Mom] ¡°Just fine, Mother, how are you and Father?¡± [Grandmother 1¡± ¡°Just fine. Hey, you must be Ivy, and you must be James!¡± Grandmother from Mom¡¯s side of the family accnoledges us and give us a warm smile. [Me] ¡°Hello, Grandmother, its nice to meet you.¡± [Grandmother 1] ¡°You as well, and call me Martha¡± [Me] ¡°Ehh?! Isn¡¯t that slightly disrespectful?¡± [Martha] ¡°I¡¯m your grandmother, no need to avoid my name!¡± [Me] O-okay¡­¡± [Grandmother 2] ¡°Call me Katrina.¡± [James] ¡®Pleasure to meet you Martha, Katrina, and¡­ grandfathers.¡± [Grandfather 1] ¡°Maerd.¡± [Grandfather 2] ¡°I¡¯m Knuks.¡± Those are some interesting names. I wonder if they mean anything¡­ [James] ¡°Cool names!¡± [Martha] ¡°Why don¡¯t you boys visit town and get to know one another¡± [James] ¡°Huh? Uhh¡­ sure!¡± James walked out the door followed by both grandfathers. When they were out of the house Martha gave a pointed look towards Dad. [Martha] ¡°I said ALL boys.¡± [Dad] ¡°Wha¡­ me too?¡± [Martha] ¡°Are you a male?¡± [Dad] ¡°I¡¯m going¡­¡± Once Dad left Martha shut the door and shared a cunning looking with Mom. Is it possible that I overlooked Martha¡¯s true personality?! At least Katrina will help me! I look over at Katrina, just to see her looking at me with an evil look in her eye. Am I alone with these beasts?! Why would they do this?! [Katrina] ¡°Devil form. Now.¡± [Me] ¡°Huh?¡± [Martha, Katrina, & Mom] ¡°NOW.¡± No matter how strong a person is, they will never win over their mother or their grandmothers. I released my devil form, and everyone bowed. Upon giving them permission to stand, the torture began. ----------James¡¯s POV---------- [Martha] ¡°Why don¡¯t you boys visit town and get to know one another¡± [Me] ¡°Huh? Uhh¡­ sure!¡± I look over at Ivy, and notice that she seems slightly worried. I wish I could stay with her and reassure her everything will be alright, however it seems as if fate is against me. Wait. Maybe¡­ just maybe I am being called to a greater calling! That must be it! I will complete my calling! [Dad] ¡°Son, are you alright?¡± [Me] ¡°Huh? Yeah, why? Hold on, when did you get out here?¡± [Dad] ¡°Martha sent me out. When I got out I noticed a very¡­particular look on your face.¡± [Me] ¡°Fufufu¡­ I found my true calling at last!¡± [Dad] ¡°Oh really? What is it?¡± [Me] ¡°To spread the teachings of Goddess Ivy! I shall start with my grandfathers!¡± [Dad] ¡°That¡¯s my son! I shall help you on your mission!!!¡± ---------Maerd¡¯s POV---------- *Knock* *Knock* *Knock* Katrina knocked upon the door. When the door opened, we could see a spacious small home with four people waiting for us at the door. The first person is my daughter-in-law who seems to have opened the door. She smiled and her smile reminded everyone of flowers. She was once considered the most beautiful of all devils, and her hand in marriage was often asked. When her ceremony began it was found that she was just a common devil, and so no one wanted her anymore. She stayed like that a while, but for some odd reason it never bothered her. One day this boy appeared and they fell in love. This boy happened to be my son, and, defying my wishes, he took Carla¡¯s hand in marriage. This content has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. My son was the second person I saw, and I noticed a strange gleam in his eye. It may be pride at his success, but it seems to differ just a little from pride. The next person I saw was his son, who I can tell is an upper class devil. I turn some more and see the most beautiful and majestic being that I have ever seen. She was still young and must be my son¡¯s daughter. She had the looks of a goddess. As I was admiring my new granddaughter every male in the house was kicked out. After my wife so ¡®caringly¡¯ kicked us out, James and his father began to have very frightening looks. I pride myself in being a veteran in combat; however their looks were just short of pure evil. [James] ¡°Hey Maerd, have you heard about the new church around here?¡± [Me] ¡°No¡­¡± As I replied Knuks curiously looked over. [James] ¡°Around here we worship the Goddess of Misfortune. Let me tell you about it¡­¡± ----------Head Priest¡¯s POV---------- Oh joyful day! Oh glorious day! I have found a new pathway of unreached people who know not the glories of Goddess Ivy, the Goddess of Misfortune. Today I have just finished talking to two new believers, both of which were shown the way by Brother James. They ended up promising to share the religion with their wives and then the rest of the ¡®organization¡¯ they belong to. [Me] ¡°Now, let us go over the Laws of Misfortune.¡± [Church] ¡°Yes!¡± [Me] ¡°One should always follow Goddess Ivy. One should never betray our goddess. One should always share the good news. One should never act rashly, unless in the name of misfortune. One should¡­¡± ----------Oscar¡¯s POV---------- Twigs and ferns tugged at our legs as our adventuring party headed to a nearby town. Heavy panting in the back told me we should take a break. I look over at our leader, Fred, and he nods, acknowledging the state of the group. When we sat down, I took out my canteen of water and began to eagerly gulp down mouthfuls of water. [Fred] ¡°Easy there, you wouldn¡¯t want to choke, now would you?¡± [Sara] ¡°Hey! Not all of us have superior endurance like you!¡± [Me] ¡°You got that right.¡± Fred chuckles, and begins to focus on sharpening his broadsword. After calming her rapid heart rate, Sarah turns to me and begins to talk. [Sarah] ¡°Hey, have you heard of the Goddess of Misfortune?¡± [Me] ¡°No, never in my life.¡± [Sarah] ¡°She¡¯s amazing, I heard her appearance could best even the Goddess of Beauty, and her kindness knows no bounds!¡± [Me] ¡°Mmhmm. I doubt that she even exists. I mean, come on. No one can beat Goddess Kat at her own game.¡± [Sarah] ¡°Well Goddess Ivy can.¡± [Me] ¡°Ivy? That¡¯s her name?¡± [Sarah] ¡°Hey! You need to add ¡®goddess¡¯ before that!¡± [Me] ¡°I doubt that she is even a goddess.¡± [Fred] ¡°I¡¯d be careful if I were you, Oscar. You wouldn¡¯t want to offend a goddess would you?¡± [Me] ¡°Stop with the rhetorical questions. I said what I meant, nothing more¡­ nothing less. [Fred] ¡°Be careful¡­¡± *Crack* [Sarah] ¡°Please tell me that wasn¡¯t just me.¡± *Crack* [Fred] ¡°Battle formations!¡± *Crack* *Crack* *Snap!* In front of us is this hideous beast that was completely dark. Fred motioned for us to stay silent and to scan its abilities.
Name: (N.A.) Race: Being of Misfortune Level: 542 Titles: Summoned One Health: 5,000/5,000 Mana: 5,000/5,000 Stamina: 1,000/1,000
[Fred] ¡°Crud! It¡¯s a high level beast! Fall back now!¡± We all moved quickly and the being seemingly followed us with its eyes. This will be the LAST time I doubt a Goddess¡­ as long as I survive this, that is. Chapter 12: The Evil God ----------James¡¯s POV---------- On our walk home my father and I share some important facts with the new Goddess Ivy believers. [Maerd] ¡°I never knew our granddaughter would turn out a goddess!¡± [Knuks] ¡°Nor I, however her beauty and Royal Devil blood should have been a huge hint!¡± [Maerd] ¡°I wonder how we could have missed such a thing!¡± [Me] ¡°Have no worries, Goddess Ivy is the most wonderful, charming, amazing, sweet, intelligent, elegant, graceful, delightful, polite, pleasant, and fascinating person I know.¡± [Dad] ¡°Wow, you think a lot of your sister, don¡¯t you?¡± [Me] ¡°Yes. Yes I do.¡± I smile a little and continue on my way home. [Dad] ¡°Well, we¡¯re here. Hey, how are you doing¡­ in¡­¡­what happened?¡± I look around Dad¡¯s sturdy frame and see what seems to have previously been a catastrophe. Hundreds of dress of varicose types and colors are strewn about on the floor along with a worn out Royal Devil. [Me] ¡°Erm¡­ Ivy? Are you okay?¡± [Ivy] ¡°¡­¡± [Me] ¡°I brought some cake.¡± [Ivy] ¡°¡­can I have some?¡± [Me] ¡°Yes¡­¡± Almost instantaneously Ivy appears before me and takes the cake from my possession. She then brings it to the table and takes a huge chuck out and proceeds to eat it in a rushed, yet somehow delicate, manner. [Ivy] ¡°Mmm¡­ so delicious!¡± Her adorable tail then begins to move side to side as her eyes close in delight. After watching her for a few moments longer I notice that somehow the entire household was quietly watching Ivy, while both Grandfathers seem to be taking notes about something.This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. ----------Ivy¡¯s POV---------- The flavors of the cake were an amazing blend of natural strawberrys mixed with some other berrys whos sole purpose was to enrich the flavor of the strawberrys. The amazing pink fluffyness was then chewed into a pulp while my taste buds danced around in joy. After allowing my taste buds some time to eplore the sweet dessert I stuffed another bite into my mouth for the process to begin once again. This cake¡­ it¡¯s soooooooo good!
New Title: Glutton
Hmm? What does this do?
Title: Glutton Yummy! The amazing bribery given to you from another has been so enjoyed (along with all the other poor desserts that you have devoured) that you got a brand new title! Glutton based species will now feel drawn to your presence and, in extreme cases, may begin to worship you.
I¡¯ll probably regret this later¡­ but¡­ this cake is sooooooooooooooo yummy¡­ ¡­¡­¡­.Oscar¡¯s POV¡­¡­¡­. [Me] ¡°Huff¡­ Huff¡­ thank the gods above you came¡­¡± [Sarah] ¡°Thank you Zax¡­ huff¡­ huff¡± [Zax] ¡°No problem¡­ huff¡­ huff¡­ Now, will anyone bother to tell me how you encountered a highly ranked beast?¡± [Sarah] ¡°It was Oscar¡¯s fault!¡± [Me] ¡°Wha¡­ don¡¯t put the blame on me!¡± [Sarah] ¡°You¡¯re the one who refused to believe!¡± [Me] ¡°At the time I had good reason!¡± [Fred] ¡°Is this really a good time to be fighting? Anyway, Zax, when we were hiking Sarah brought up the new god Ivy¡­¡± [Sarah] ¡°It¡¯s Goddess! Not God! She is a female¡­ imbecile¡­¡± [Fred] ¡°¡­Goddess Ivy and Oscar did not believe her. Upon ridiculing the god he¡­¡± [Sarah] ¡°It¡± *Pow* ¡°Is¡± *Smack* ¡°GODDESS¡± *BOOM* [Fred] *Cough* ¡°Upon ridiculing the goddess we incurred the wrath of¡­¡± [Me] ¡°Hey! I never ridiculed the goddess. All I did was doubt!¡± [Zax] ¡°Guys. Really? Stop interrupting Fred.¡± [Sarah & I] ¡°¡­Fine.¡± [Fred] ¡°¡­ we incurred the wrath of the goddess by her minion, the high ranked beast.¡± [Zax] ¡°Huh¡­ so from what I can gather there is a new goddess around and that she very much is real.¡± [Sarah] ¡°Pretty much.¡± [Me] ¡°You got it.¡± [Zax] ¡°Oscar¡­ of all people why does it not surprise me that this is your fault?¡± [Me] ¡°Hey!¡± [Sarah] ¡°It¡¯s true!¡± [Fred] ¡°Hey guys, check it out! There¡¯s Asticus City!¡± [Me] ¡°Finally!¡± We walk around for a bit and come across a tavern / inn. It¡¯s only a little crowded, so we make our way to the bar and take a seat. When the bartender comes around we order some beers (except Sarah, she seems to prefer her wine over beer). [Zax] ¡°So this Goddess Ivy¡­ just what is she the goddess of?¡± [Sarah] ¡°She is the Goddess of Misfortune. If you anger her the beings of misfortune will come after you, so be careful.¡± [Zax] ¡°Yeah, you kind of learned that the hard way huh?¡± [Sarah] ¡°Oscar¡¯s fault.¡± [Me] ¡°Whould you stop blaming me!?¡± [Sarah] ¡°No.¡± [Zax] ¡°So, is the Goddess of Misfortune like an evil Goddess? [Sarah] ¡°No, not at all! Although, she does have powers that seem to use darkness for good, so she probably just replaced the God of Darkness.¡± *Bam* [Zax] ¡°Ahh¡­ that makes sence.¡± [Me] ¡°Am I the only one who heard that bang?¡± [Sarah] ¡°What bang, Oscar?¡± [Me] ¡°No, never mind.¡± I take a sip of my beer when I see a hooded man stand up from his table a few feet behind up. He stiffly walks over to us and taps upon Sarah¡¯s shoulder. I watch out of the corner of my eye as Zax and Fred tense up, and notice I too have begun to tense. [?] ¡°Hey. Who is this ¡®Goddess Ivy¡¯ you speak of?¡± [Sarah] ¡°Umm¡­ erm¡­ she is the primary Goddess of Serfin as well as many other churches popping up everywhere for her.¡± [?] ¡°¡­and you say she replaces the God of Evil?¡± [Sarah] ¡°Yep!¡± [?] ¡°¡­hmph¡± The mystery man walks away, slightly angry, and Sarah turns her questioning head my direction. I shrug my shoulders and once again being drinking my beer. ----------Mystery Man---------- This Goddess Ivy¡­ I will destroy her. No one, and I mean NO ONE, should dare to attempt to replace ME! Chapter 13: All Hail Goddess Ivy-sama! ----------Evil God¡¯s POV---------- [Me] ¡°Where is she?!¡± I snarl my question at the trembling worm in front of me. His fragile body is littered with many wounds that I caused out of anger. A young child is attempting at hiding under the worm¡¯s cart. Huh. So it seems as if this guy does have a profession. [Merchant] ¡°I-I don¡¯t k-know s-sir¡­¡± [Me] ¡°You. Don¡¯t. KNOW?!?! REALLY now? Should I take the liberty of asking the trembling bug hiding underneath your cart? I wonder if SHE will give the answers I need?¡± The bug begins to cry harder, which succeeds in further annoying me. Right as I was about to take action the worm beings to speak. [Merchant] ¡°No! Please don¡¯t hurt her!!!¡± [Me] ¡°Then answer my QUESTION!¡± [Merchant] ¡°¡­¡± [Me] ¡°So your own offspring means nothing to you then?¡± [Merchant] ¡°No! She means the world to me! Ever since her mom died¡­¡± [Me] ¡°Spare me the sob story!¡± [Merchant] ¡°Sorry! Goddess Ivy is located in the town of Serfin, two towns over!¡± [Me] ¡°Which direction?¡± [Merchant] ¡°N-north!¡± [Me] ¡°See? Wouldn¡¯t that have been easier if you said so before I had to ¡®convince¡¯ you?¡± The pathetic worm whimpers, and I leave him to his disgrace along with his offspring. Swiftly, I walk away. ----------Merchant¡¯s POV---------- (A few moments earlier) It¡¯s nearing dusk, and my daughter and I are traveling from Serfin selling our wares and spreading the word of Goddess Ivy. We were converted to believers last month when we visited Serfin, and ever since my daughter has been more joyful. Now we were on the road when suddenly a cloaked figure stepped out of the shadows [Cloaked figure] ¡°Where is she?¡± [Me] ¡°Excuse me, where is who?¡± [Cloaked figure] ¡°HER! THE SELF PROCLAIMED GODDESS IVY!!!¡± The man¡¯s cloak falls out of place and his features are of that short of the abbess. His silver hair is in disarray, and his skin is an unearthly gray color. His pupils are dilated and are pure black. His teeth are sharp and numerous, while is claws are just the same. His body is giving off an unnatural amount of mana, making my daughter and I cower. He snarls, angrily, and begins to head in my direction. I can¡¯t rick running and letting that beast take my daughter, so, upon instruction her to hide, I confront him. The result? I¡¯m left with many wounds covering my body while the ground eagerly sucks up my blood. I hear my daughter sobbing underneath my cart, and the demonic figure threatens me with her safety. Giving in, I tell the creature the location of Goddess Ivy, and I am dropped. My knees crumble underneath me, yet despite this I smile. He dares to challenge Goddess Ivy? He¡¯s a dead man walking. Fufufufufu¡­.If you discover this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. ----------Ivy¡¯s POV---------- Fuuuu¡­ I was finally able to sneak out of the house. I need to train more, after all who knows what sort of enemies lay in wait for me. Also, taking advantage of my cheat seems nice¡­ [Me] ¡°Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand begin!¡± Thousands of beings of misfortune attack me at full power, and I retaliate against them. I need to practice my skills and level up some more and these creatures I summon can help me do that. *Boom* *Crash* Wow, what a racket that this makes. Thank goodness I set up a sound barrior ahead of time, otherwise the entire village would wonder what¡¯s up! Alright, lets get started! Instantly I realease a small chunck of my mana into the air to warm up. As I get into position I feal the presence of another person in the area. Wait¡­ don¡¯t tell me¡­ I turn and notice that a cloaked figure is fighting against one of my medium / weakest summons, and I quickly take out my swords and kill all the other summons. Upon clearing them out I notice that the cloaked figure is still fighting the being of misfortune. I stand there and watch the fight, hoping that I will be able to witness something that will help me grow stronger. After twenty minutes of an extremely boring match, the figure finally kills the being of misfortune. [Cloaked figure] ¡°Haa¡­haa¡­haa¡­ are¡­ you¡­Goddess¡­Ivy?!¡± *Sigh* Not another one. Last person that asked me that ended up finishing our talk with a ¡®I will spread your word across the land!¡¯. [Me] ¡°¡­yes¡­ you are¡­?¡± [Cloaked figure] ¡°I am the Evil God, and I am here to destroy you!¡± [Me] ¡°Right¡­¡± Well¡­ that is a new one. Is he really a God? He took off his clock and I saw his impossibly handsome features. That¡¯s not fair! Why couldn¡¯t I have looked like that in my past life! Wuu¡­ [Self Proclaimed Evil God] ¡°You¡­ ARE YOU TAKING ME SERIOSLY?!?!¡± Hmm¡­ he seems angrily. Maybe he is really strong, but was hiding his strength with his fight to make me underestimate him¡­ I should be really careful¡­ [Me] ¡°Yes, you are here to fight?¡± [Self Proclaimed Evil God] ¡°No. I am here to DESTROY you!¡± [Me] ¡°Same thing.¡± [Self Proclaimed Evil God] ¡°Wha¡­ No it isn¡¯t!¡± [Me] ¡°Right¡­ well let¡¯s get started.¡± I smile a bit at him, because it¡¯s the polite thing to do, and begin raising my mana levels. Since I said I am taking him seriously, I can¡¯t make fun of him and hold back. THAT would be very rude of me. Suddenly the poor man begins to sweat a ton, and he looks a little faint. Is he preparing a super strong spell? Just to be sure I raise my mana levels a little higher and my opponent passes out. Well that was¡­ anticlimactic. Poor man must have tried to use a supper high level spell and his body just couldn¡¯t handle it. Poor, poor guy. Guess that means that he wasn¡¯t a god after all, right? ----------Evil God¡¯s POV---------- As I am searching around for this so-called Goddess Ivy I stumble across some sort of sound barrier. Who put this here? Perhaps it was my target. Thinking this I rush ahead until I hear some sort of noises. *Boom* *Crash* Sweat rolls down my temple as I wonder what is causing all those noises¡­ it wasn¡¯t until I saw the source for my own eyes that I began to tremble. Thousands of the Goddess of Misfortune¡¯s personal servants are being trained PERSONALY by their own mistress. The levels of mana that she is emitting are enough to force me to make a barrier around me to protect my own mana. As I was watching her in awe, one of her servants noticed me. Being the dutiful servant it was, it began to fight me. Expecting the fight to be easy, I did not go all out. I was wrong. I should have expecting servants being personally trained by her would be extremely strong. Thankfully, after what seemed like hours, I finally finished up the fight and looked up to see Goddess Ivy looking at me curiously. [Me] ¡°Haa¡­haa¡­haa¡­ are¡­ you¡­Goddess¡­Ivy?!¡± Panting because of my last serious fight I ask the question that has been on my mind. I look around and notice that all of her other servants are gone. Huh, she must have sent them away somewhere else to train. [Goddess Ivy] ¡°¡­yes¡­ you are¡­?¡± [Me] ¡°I am the Evil God, and I am here to destroy you!¡± [Goddess Ivy] ¡°Right¡­¡± What¡­ WHAT DOES SHE MEAN ¡®RIGHT¡¯?! Is she¡­ is she making fun of me?!?! [Me] ¡°You¡­ ARE YOU TAKING ME SERIOSLY?!?!¡± [Goddess Ivy] ¡°Yes, you are here to fight?¡± [Me] ¡°No. I am here to DESTROY you!¡± [Goddess Ivy] ¡°Same thing.¡± [Me] ¡°Wha¡­ No it isn¡¯t!¡± [Goddess Ivy] ¡°Right¡­ well let¡¯s get started.¡± She then gave me a small smile that, for some inconspicuous reason, gave me goose bumps. She then began to give out more and more mana until even my barrier could not handle the stress that she was putting on it. I switched into my demonic demon form and felt a little better¡­ that is until she decided she needed to give off even MORE mana! The last thing I saw was her small smile until my vision went black. (An hour latter) Mmm¡­ what feels so good? Is this, healing magic? Who? Where? Slowly, I open my eyes to see I am laying in a meadow. Looking up I see the most beautiful being in all existence looking down at me. She smiles a little and offers me her hand, and all I can think is ¡®can I really sully this hand by taking it into my own?¡¯ NEVER! [Goddess Ivy-sama] ¡°Are you alright?¡± [Me] ¡°You¡­ you saved me?¡± [Goddess Ivy-sama] ¡°Of course, I couldn¡¯t just let you die.¡± That is true. Her mana pressure was so huge it caused me to pass out and be at risk for death. Even as a minor god I could not stand up to her mana pressure alone. But still¡­ the question persists¡­ why did she save me? [Goddess Ivy-sama] ¡°Are you okay?¡± [Me] ¡°Y-yes Goddess Ivy-sama!¡± [Goddess Ivy-sama] ¡°W-what?¡± [Me] ¡°I, Malum the Evil God, will forever serve you!¡± [Goddess Ivy-sama] ¡°Wait a minute¡­¡± [Me] ¡°No matter where you go I will go! My followers are your followers! My loyalty is yours to keep! I shall never betray you, oh mighty goddess! I now, and will always, live for you!!!¡± [Goddess Ivy-sama] ¡°Ah¡­ umm¡­ uhhh¡­¡± Wow, it seems as if she is speechless at my loyalty! No need to worry my beautiful, my goddess! I will forever follow you and help you! All hail Goddess Ivy-sama! Chapter 14: Lets make a deal... ----------Ivy¡¯s POV---------- [Me] ¡°Are you okay?¡± [Self Proclaimed Evil God] ¡°Y-yes Goddess Ivy-sama!¡± [Me] ¡°W-what?¡± [Self Proclaimed Evil God] ¡°I, Malum the Evil God, will forever serve you!¡± [Me] ¡°Wait a minute¡­¡± [Malum] ¡°No matter where you go I will go! My followers are your followers! My loyalty is yours to keep! I shall never betray you, oh mighty goddess! I now, and will always, live for you!!!¡±
+10% holy affinity
+10% chaos affinity
[Me] ¡°Ah¡­ umm¡­ uhhh¡­¡± What is this?!?! Why are these affinities increasing? Why is he pledging his loyalty? Who is he? All I know is his name!!! There is, after all, no way he could be a god with his weak powers he showed me. Hmm¡­ I wonder¡­ [Me] ¡°Do you have a status stone?¡± [Malum] ¡°Yes, Ivy-sama¡± Ivy-sama? That¡¯s¡­ a new one. [Me] ¡°Could you just¡­ maybe¡­ get rid of the ¡®sama¡¯ part?¡± [Malum] ¡°Never! How could I do something so disrespectful?!¡± [Me] ¡°Disrespectful? No, I think having no ¡®sama¡¯ would be fine. Besides, didn¡¯t you want to fight me earlier? [Malum] ¡°I¡¯m so sorry for that Ivy-sama!!!¡± *Sigh* Why is the ¡®sama¡¯ still there? [Malum] ¡°¡­Do you still need the status stone, Ivy-sama?¡± ¡­I give up. I can already see he¡¯s not going to give in on this. [Me] ¡°I wish to see your status, if that is okay.¡± While anyone can see their own status, you can only see other¡¯s status if you have a status stone. The more advanced the stone is the more information it shows. Stolen from its original source, this story is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. [Malum] ¡°Of course Ivy-sama! Unfortunately I left my advanced status stone at my temple, but I do have my high status stone here!¡± [Me] ¡°¡­Right¡­ can I see it?¡± The only difference between high status stones and advanced status stones is that the advanced stones also show titles and elements while the high stones do not. The basic stones only show name, age, and level. He holds out the status stone and I take a look.
Name: Malum Age: 1,869 Race: Demonic God (lesser) Level: 2126 Health: 90,000/90,000 Mana: 58,000/58,000 Stamina: 75,000/75,000 Health Regen: 900 per sec Mana Regen: 580 per sec Agility: 12,800 Intelligence: 25,150 Strength: 18,920 Endurance: 24,200 Luck: 85 Charm: 284
[Me] ¡°Hmm¡­ your pretty strong¡­ why did you have such a hard time against a single Being of Misfortune?¡± [Malum] ¡°Thank you Ivy-sama. The reason I was struggling was because of the impressive mana pressure you were putting out. I had to struggle to keep a barrier up while fighting a level 1294 beast.¡± [Me] ¡°So the reason you fainted was¡­¡± [Malum] ¡°Mana pressure. You are correct Ivy-sama¡± Huh. I never knew that mana pressure existed¡­ but then again I should have expected it. This is a fantasy world I am in¡­ [Me] ¡°Wait¡­ I just realized¡­ why do you say ¡®Ivy-sama¡¯ every time you speak to me?¡± [Malum] ¡°Because it would be rude not to do so, Ivy-sama.¡± [Me] ¡°No¡­ it really wouldn¡¯t be that rude¡­¡± [Malum] ¡°Please, Ivy-sama, let me call you properly and periodically.¡± [Me] ¡°But¡­ I don¡¯t think that it¡¯s necessary¡­¡± [Malum] ¡°Blasphemy! It shall always be necessary, Ivy-sama!¡± [Me] ¡°Alright¡­¡± ----------Malum¡¯s POV---------- [Ivy-sama] ¡°But¡­ I don¡¯t think that it¡¯s necessary¡­¡± How could she say that?! Is she shy? It matters not! I shall continue showing her the utmost respect that she deserves! [Me] ¡°Blasphemy! It shall always be necessary, Ivy-sama!¡± [Ivy-sama] ¡°Alright¡­¡± She turns around, hair fluttering in the wind, and I start to formulate a plan. This world, Aredia, shall belong to my goddess Ivy-sama, and I shall be the one who delivers it into her delicate, yet strong, hands! Let¡¯s see¡­ I have a couple temples set up around this continue. I should first bring all of the strong ones here to have the privilege of meeting Ivy-sama. Yeah, that will be my first step! ----------3rd person POV---------- (Some where within the main Evil God temple) A large man covered in black attire steps out of the shadows. He bows towards seven figures that are in black attire as well. These figures, however, have red stigmas imprinted on the top of their arms. These stigmas resemble a skull biting a knife, and they give off a heavy, murderous feeling. The bowing man, visible trembling, begins to speck. [Bowing Man] ¡°E-excuse me, head council, but word has c-come from our god.¡± [Head Council Man #1] ¡°Oh? What was the message?¡± [Bowing Man] ¡°Erm¡­ t-that he now f-follows a goddess a-and requires u-us to do so too¡­¡± [Head Council Man #2] ¡°A NEW GODDESS?! What is this?!?!¡± [Head Council Man #1] ¡°Jeric, calm yourself.¡± [Jeric] ¡°B-but did you hear that message?! OUR god following another!!!¡± [Head Council Man #1] ¡°There may be a reason. Perhaps something happened. We shall see why our god decided the way he did. You! Messenger, were are we to meet him?¡± [Bowing Man] ¡°A-at the outskirts o-of the village S-Serfin¡­¡± [Head Council Man #1] ¡°Then, let us go.¡± [6 Council Men] ¡°Let us go!¡± As soon as all seven council men left, the trembling, bowing man stood shakily. [Bowing Man] ¡°What ever will become of us?¡± ----------Knuks¡¯s POV---------- It is time that my wife and I head home. Maerd and his wife are staying in order to help Ivy spread her divines, while I am going to spread her word back home, where all the other Devils are at. As we are heading away, I catch sight of a man in a black robe. He looks at us for a while and then starts to head our way. [Robed Man] ¡°Are you the grandparents of Ivy-sama¡± [Me] ¡°¡­you who are you?¡± [Robed Man] ¡°I am Malum, a devote servant of Ivy-sama.¡± [Me] ¡°What do you want w¡­¡± [Katrina] ¡°Wait, Knuks. You, Malum, wouldn¡¯t happen to be Malum, the Evil God, would you?¡± [Malum] ¡°Yes, that would indeed be me.¡± [Katrina] ¡°Why are you here?¡± [Malum] ¡°I am here to make a deal¡± [Me] ¡°What sort of deal?¡± [Malum] ¡°A deal to help Ivy-sama to rule the world.¡± [Katrina] ¡°Fufufu... agreed!¡± Katrina and Malum began to sport evil smiles that sent shivers up my spine. Just what sort of deal had I just gotten involved with? Chapter 15: A MERE MORTAL?!?! ----------Third Person POV---------- (Unknown location) Seven cloaked figures walk towards their destination with even footsteps. Their feet hit the hard earth floor with a faint sound echoing after each step. They are surrounded by a large cave-like tunnel that slowly heads further underground where a temple is located. Jeric and two others glance with distaste as soon as they see the new ¡®addition¡¯ which has been added to the temple. [Head Council Man #1] ¡°Malum-sama, we have arrived.¡± [Malum] ¡°Finally. Your thoughts on Ivy-sama¡¯s new statue?¡± All but the head council man flinched when they saw the eagerness in their once dull Evil God¡¯s eyes. The one, seemingly with the highest position amongst the seven, seemed to gain a dangerous gleam within their eye. [Head Council Man #1] ¡°My God, may these humble servants know exactly why you have decided to serve another? This¡­ Ivy-sama, if I am correct?¡± [Malum] ¡°Ufufu¡­ you are correct. I have chosen to follow her because she is strong, sh¡­¡± [Jeric] ¡°Excuse me, if you may, but how is this Ivy strong enough for a god to follow her?! This girl was never heard of before, and then suddenly she deserves praise?!?! I apologize, however I can never allow a god such as you to serve under a mere mortal!¡± [Head Council Man #1] ¡°Umm¡­ Jeric? You might want to¡­¡± [Malum] ¡°¡­a mere mortal, huh?¡± [Head Council Man 1 & 3-7] ¡°¡­¡± [Malum] ¡°A MERE MORTAL!?¡± [Head Council Man #3] ¡°See you in the afterlife.¡± [Malum] ¡°THIS ¡®MERE MORTAL¡¯ THAT YOU ARE MENTIONING IS THE VERY RESON FOR MY EXISTANCE. HER POWERS ARE SO STRONG, THAT SEE NEED NOT A SINGLE DROP OF SWEAT TO DEFEAT ME! HER LOOKS ARE THAT OF WHICH SHOULD BE PROTECTED FROM ALL VEIWS, IN FACT YOU SHOULD BE THANKING ME FOR GIVING YOU A RESON TO LOOK UPON HER HOLY FACE. SHE IS NO MERE MORTAL; SHE IS THE GODDESS OF MISFORTUNE!!! SHE IS DEVINE!!! SHE IS THE UNIVERSE PERSONIFIED!!! SHE IS MY, NO, EVERYONES GODDESS!!! WE SHOULD ALL BOW BEFORE HER!!! WE SHOULD ALL SING OF HER PRAISES! WE SHOULD ALL SPREAD HER WORD, AS FIRE SPREADS UPON WOOD! SHE IS LIFE! SHE IS DEATH! SHE IS GODDESS, YET SHE IS HUMBLE! THE GODDESS HERSELF HAS ALOWED ME TO WORK UNDER HER, AND SO I DESIRE TO CREATE AN ARMY IN ORDER TO HAND HER THE WORLD. YOU MAY NOT LOOK DOWN UPON HER; LEAST I BEHEAD YOU FOR CAUSING ME THE GREATEST SHAME! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?!?!?!¡± [All Council Men] ¡°Sir, yes sir!!!¡± [Malum] ¡°NOW, WHAT SHOULD YOU BE DOING?!?!¡±Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more. [All Council Men] ¡°WE SHOULD ALL BOW BEFORE HER!!! WE SHOULD ALL SING OF HER PRAISES! WE SHOULD ALL SPREAD HER WORD, AS FIRE SPREADS UPON WOOD!¡± [Malum] ¡°AND HOW SHOULD WE DO THAT?!!¡± [All Council Men] ¡°WE SHOULD CREATE AN ARMY IN ORDER TO HAND HER THE WORLD!!!¡± [Malum] ¡°Then, depart!¡± [All Council Men] ¡°Sir, yes sir!!!¡± Seven powerful figures then left the cave in a rush, as if they had a place to go to in haste. After the seven cleared out, the evil god then laughed and spoke in a rush. [Malum] ¡°One should always follow Goddess Ivy. One should never betray our goddess. One should always share the good news. One should never act rashly, unless in the name of misfortune. One should¡­¡± ----------Knuks POV---------- [Devil 1] ¡°Knuks, what is the meaning of this surprise meeting?!¡± [Me] ¡°Something of importance has come to my attention. I have found out that my granddaughter, Ivy, is a Royal Devil.¡± [Devil 1] ¡°What?! That is imposible!¡± [Devil 2] ¡°Unfortunatly, we are unable to lie about this matter.¡± [Devil 3] ¡°Could this mean that a rare royal devil was actually born?!¡± [Devil 2] ¡°Possibly¡­¡± [Devil 3] ¡°This is amazing! To think that such a devil would be born while I still live!¡± [Devil 4] ¡°Oh, shut it you old hag!¡± [Devil 3] ¡°What was that you called me?!¡± [Devil 4] ¡°You know full well what I called you!¡± [Devil 3] ¡°You¡­ you little¡­¡± [Devil 5] ¡°Stop it you two. Now Knuks, why does it appear you have more to say?¡± [Me] ¡°Because it gets better. She is not only a Royal Devil, but¡­ a goddess as well!!!¡± [Devil 1] ¡°NOW HOW FAR IS THIS LIE GOING TO GO?! Sure, I can believe that your granddaughter may be a royal devil, but a goddess as well?!?! This you are surly lying about!¡± [Devil 5] ¡°¡­Could you swear a pledge to that statement?¡± [Me] ¡°Yes. I, Knuks, herby pledge that my granddaughter is the Goddess of Misfortune, and that I am not lying. Should I lie, let lightning strike me where I stand!¡± The meeting hall is silent for a bit, and I look around to see many other devils looking around for lightning. Hah! I proved them right! My granddaughter is the Goddess of Misfortune, and with Malum¡¯s help, she may become the very goddess of our world. Just you wait Ivy, in time I will have these devils worshiping the very land you step on! [Devil 2] ¡°Well then¡­ I guess I have to rethink my thesis now.¡± [Devil 3] ¡°To believe you got so lucky, I envy you Knuns.¡± [Devil 5] ¡°Out path is settled, on your granddaughter¡¯s ninth birthday we shall celebrate as a community! Until then, you all are dismissed.¡± After leaving the brightly lit meeting hall, I go to the house and begin to cook dinner. As I am chopping some carrots to add to the stew, Katrina walks in with a broad smile. [Katrina] ¡°So, how did your meeting go?¡± [Me] ¡°I told them about Ivy-sama, and about not only is she a royal devil, but a goddess as well! You should have seen the look on their faces when lightning did not strike me!¡± [Katrina] ¡°Oh? So you ended up having to take the pledge as well? I guess it is unbelievable how amazing she is.¡± [Me] ¡°So how did your side of the deal work out?¡± [Katrina] ¡°Amazing. I managed to convince a shadow devil to my side, and he is going to inspect the ground which Ivy-sama summons her Beings of Misfortune. He will begin the ¡®gathering¡¯ as soon as possible, as well as act as her strategist.¡± [Me] ¡°That¡¯s good. Who did you end up convincing?¡± [Katrina] ¡°You know Unmei¡¯s little brother?¡± I begin to have a bad feeling as I glance at my wife¡¯s smiling face. [Me] ¡°¡­yeah.¡± [Katrina] ¡°I convinced him.¡± I feel my eyes go wide and my blood drain from my face. My hands are trembling too much, so I place down the kitchen knife and sit down. [Me] ¡°¡­Please tell me this is a misunderstanding. Unmei is one of the great generals, and his brother is even more of a prodigy. His brother is THE holder of the sin ¡®wrath¡¯. Just how did you get him to do that?!¡± [Katrina] ¡°¡­honey, there are some things you are better off not knowing¡± *Gulp* ----------Gekido---------- Just how did I end up this lousy job? Simple. A stupid devil managed to find out about the past that I KNOW I kept hidden for decades! She just pranced right in and blackmailed me! UGH!!! I would not be spending any of my time with other stupid devils in the first place if it weren¡¯t for my brother! Anyway, this she-devil just walked right into MY house and ORDERED me to do something, lest she announce my past. The devil blackmailed me! I got a freaking babysitting job, being the caretaker of her granddaughter. Tsk. Right now I should be with the other five, looking for the seventh sin, not looking after a self proclaimed goddess! UGH!!! I punch some boulders that were in my way, clearing a path for me as well as destroying a few habitats. The animals didn¡¯t need to live anyway. Chapter 16: Dont Mess with the Pebble ----------Ivy---------- [Me] "This session was amazing as well~" I wipe the sweat from my forehead as the last of the mist dissipates. I had recently found out how to make a gravity field. Since it did not have exact numbers, I had to approximate how heavy the extra gravity was. I had just finished training in what seemed like ten times the amount of gravity. The mist was the leftovers of my Beings of Misfortunes, though it is disappointing that they don''t drop items like in a game or just die and stay there like normal demonic beasts. If only they gave out a reward per every, I don''t know, ten to one hundred I killed. *sigh*
-15 mana
...really? Just when I think I have this in check... I have to be more careful about this ability! [Malum] "IVY-SAMA!!!! ARE YOU ALRIGHT?!?! YOU''RE NOT HURT ANYWHERE, ARE YOU?!?!" [Me] "Just when did you get here?! Yes, I''m alright, but you should be able to see that, right?" [Malum] "Ivy-sama, you must be more careful! I cannot allow any harm to come to my *ahem* THE most important Goddess of the world!" [Me] "...I can take care of myself. After all, even though you came after my life, I am fine." [Malum] "Muu~ Would you please stop bringing up that incident?" [Me] "Alright... so what did you come here for?" [Malum] "Oh yeah! I finally gathered all of my higher-up slav...servants for you to contr.... guide" For some reason, I don''t think that those words are what he was going for... ...wait. I am meeting his followers TODAY?! My hair messy from my training and my clothes are barely presentable for guests! [Me] "Why didn''t you warn me sooner! I will get presentable now, please entertain the guests until I arrive, please?" [Malum] "Of course, Ivy-sama." ***A few minutes later*** Hmm~ I look over my appearance once again in the mirror. I am wearing pants and a shirt rather than a dress, because who knows what sort of people would follow an evil god. Although... now that I think about it... Malum is not that evil. He is actually polite and kind, weird that he would be called an evil god. I walk out to a certain clearing in the forest. When I arrive, I immediately freeze. There are, literally, hundreds of robbed men all conversing and talking within the area. Up on a platform, that I have no recollection of being there, Malum was standing near a chair that highly resembled a throne. [Malum] "Oh! There you are, Ivy!" He beacons me with his hand and the entirety of the crowd now faces me. Let me repeat, the ENTIRE crowd looks at me. It was only natural that my misfortune decided to kick in. Walking up to the stand, that I still can¡¯t remember arriving here, I trip over a pebble. I swear that the pebbles have it out for me. Rubbing my sore knees, and blushing at the fact that I just tripped in front of the many guests, I run up on stage. I look over at the guests with my enhanced vision. They seem to be struggling to control their laughter, and their faces were turning a deep scarlet color. Muu~, there goes all of my leftover dignity. [Malum] ¡°*Ahem*¡­ *AHEM!!* Good, now that all of you imbeciles are finally silent, here is the one, and only, Goddess of Misfortune: Ivy-sama!!!¡± [Crowd] ¡°¡­¡± [Me] ¡°Umm¡­ hi? I am Ivy, it¡¯s a pleasure to meet you all!¡± I smile a little at them, trying to defuse the situation. I don¡¯t know why they seem to be so silent, did I do something wrong? Well, besides tripping over a pebble. Stupid pebble must be cursed.The tale has been illicitly lifted; should you spot it on Amazon, report the violation.
-2,000 mana
NO! I didn¡¯t mean literally!!! I didn¡¯t even know curses could be applied to pebbles! I am so confused!!! [Robed Figure #1] ¡°How do we know you¡¯re an actual goddess and not just some fraud?!¡± [Robed Figure #2] ¡°Indeed, we have no proof on why we should follow you!¡± Hmm¡­ they have a good point. Besides, I don¡¯t even what them following me, and I¡¯m not a goddess. I just happen to have that blasted title. Just when I open my mouth to explain, the forest erupts in a large roar. [Robed Figure #3] ¡°WHAT WAS THAT?!¡± [Robed Figure #4] ¡°I DON¡¯T KNOW!!¡± [Robed Figure #5] ¡°WHY DID YOU BLOCKHEADS INSULT A GODDESS?!?!¡± WAIT!!! This wasn¡¯t my fault! I look around for the source of the noise and commotion and see everyone being dragged into a pebble as if it were a black hole. Wait a minute¡­ I recognize that pebble! It¡¯s the pebble that tipped me and was (accidentally) cursed! I look to my right at Malum, but he is just watching the scene wide-eyed, and then turning to me every once in a while. Shouldn¡¯t you be helping them? They are your followers, you know? Just how am I supposed to fix this??? Wait¡­ maybe if I just¡­ yeah¡­ that will work. Let¡¯s summon Beings of Misfortune!!!
-150,000 mana
I quickly send all of my summoned creatures to help, and with the sacrifice of one hundred of them, the pebble is finally destroyed. Hmm¡­ maybe I summoned a little bit too much of them¡­ [Crowd] ¡°GODDESS! PLEASE LET US FOLLOW YOU!!!¡± [Me] ¡°Ehh?!¡± [Crowd] ¡°THANK YOU GODDESS IVY-SAMA!!!¡± WAIT, I never said yes!!!
+1,867 followers
Evil God Malum¡¯s religion has submitted to Goddess of Misfortune, Ivy¡¯s religion.
WHAT?!?!
+9,515,691 followers
+20% Chaos Affinity
+10% Divine Affinity
¡­How could this get any worse¡­
All Evil God Churches and Shrines are being remade for the Goddess of Misfortune
+537 Churches / Shrines
¡­ why me? ---------- Malum¡¯s POV---------- *Earlier* As I was arriving to tell my wonderful goddess that her new slaves¡­ my bad¡­ FOLLOWERS have arrived; I stumbled across an unusual sight. Ivy-sama was wiping the sweat from her brow and then sighed, creating an unusually depressing feeling. [Me] "IVY-SAMA!!!! ARE YOU ALRIGHT?!?! YOU''RE NOT HURT ANYWHERE, ARE YOU?!?!" [Ivy-sama] "Just when did you get here?! Yes, I''m alright, but you should be able to see that, right?" [Me] "Ivy-sama, you must be more careful! I cannot allow any harm to come to my *ahem* THE most important Goddess of the world!" [Ivy-sama] "...I can take care of myself. After all, even though you came after my life, I am fine." [Me] "Muu~ Would you please stop bringing up that incident?" I regret trying to bring harm to her every day, it hurts every time that incident is brought up. [Ivy-sama] "Alright... so what did you come here for?" [Me] "Oh yeah! I finally gathered all of my higher-up slav...servants for you to contr.... guide" Opps, I almost slipped up there a few times. I hope she did not notice. [Ivy-sama] "Why didn''t you warn me sooner! I will get presentable now, please entertain the guests until I arrive, please?" [Me] "Of course, Ivy-sama." As she walked away I once again resumed talking. [Me] ¡°Oh Ivy-sama¡­ please give me more commands. I, your loyal follower, will do anything you ask. Even if that task is handing you the world¡­¡± *Time skip* After I had made a new stage and had the throne brought over for Ivy-sama, I stood there waiting. I called out to Ivy-sama, and as she was walking over she stumbled over a pebble that should not be there. I had made sure that the entire surrounding was clear of such things, and yet I missed one. I am a failure of a servant. As Ivy-sama stands next to me I feel a slight tinge of pride, despite my previous failure, and look out at my, and soon to be her, followers. What I see next, though, makes me wish to torture them slowly until they beg for mercy. All of them are blushing at my goddess!!! [Robed Figure #1] ¡°How do we know you¡¯re an actual goddess and not just some fraud?!¡± [Robed Figure #2] ¡°Indeed, we have no proof on why we should follow you!¡± ¡­ Are these imbeciles testing my patience? Do they want to die an early death? Perhaps I should slowly skin them alive and show them their skin while they still live, or perhaps I should chop off little pieces of their bodies and feed it to them¡­ or perhaps those punishments are too light¡­ hmm¡­ Suddenly a loud roaring sound cuts off my thoughts. What¡­what is that?! The small pebble that Ivy-sama tripped over is now absorbing everything in its surroundings, and it is trying to get the nearby followers. HA! How¡¯s THAT for proof! Still¡­ just how did Ivy-sama manage to do that?! [Robed Figure #3] ¡°WHAT WAS THAT?!¡± [Robed Figure #4] ¡°I DON¡¯T KNOW!!¡± [Robed Figure #5] ¡°WHY DID YOU BLOCKHEADS INSULT A GODDESS?!?!¡± Fufufufufu¡­ yes, suffer! Suffer you doubtful insects! Suffer until not even the underworld will not be able to do worse! Ehh¡­ Ivy-sama is¡­ sparing them? As expected of my Goddess!!! She is so kind; I do not regret my decision of following her! Still¡­ isn¡¯t summoning 1500 higher-leveled Beings of Misfortune a little much? Hmm¡­ Perhaps she was still providing proof that she is a goddess! She is a goddess above all other gods and goddesses! After the fools corrected the issue with their heads, they all bowed before Ivy-sama. Yes¡­ now everything, everyone, and every place I owned are now hers! All hail Goddess Ivy!!! Chapter 17: Gekido Messed Up ----------Gekido¡¯s POV---------- [Church] ¡°ALL HAIL IVY-SAMA!!!¡± Are you kidding me?! I finally traveled hundreds of miles to get to some random village, and as soon as I arrive there, I hear people praising the self-proclaimed goddess!!! Not only am I pissed, but they are going to be pissed as well. I can¡¯t even kill the she-devil in charge of making this mess in the first place! Ugh!!!! [?] ¡°Hey, hey mister. Do you know Goddess Ivy?¡± [Me] ¡°Stop with the ¡®Goddess Ivy¡¯ stuff!!! It¡¯s making me sick!¡± Instantly, the entirety of the surroundings becomes silent. I look down and, to my horror, discover the one I yelled at was a little boy. The little boy¡¯s face becomes red and tears begin to slide down his face. I look up once more and find that the crowd¡¯s face is pitch black in anger. [Me] ¡°What? I¡¯m sorry for making the kid cry, alright?¡± I really can¡¯t afford to make everyone hate me. I will be staying in this village for some time, and I do not need neighbors trying to kill me. Despite my heart-felt apology, the crowd¡¯s anger does not dissipate. Rather than dissipate, it seems to have increased in intensity. Quickly going through all the options in my head, I can¡¯t think of why they still carry hatred against me. My ¡®wrath¡¯ side is not showing, I apologized for yelling at the kid, I¡¯m not breaking any laws, and I¡¯m not releasing any killing intent. Why are they still mad? Oh? The Head Priest is coming this way. I wonder why his face looks so livid. It¡¯s almost as if someone killed his entire family and hung it outside is doorway. Or church. I can¡¯t remember where the old geezers of the church live. [Head Priest] ¡°You? YOU!? YOU DARE DISRESPECT GODDESS IVY AND BREAK ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LAWS OF THE CHURCH?!?!¡± [Me] ¡°What do you mean, ¡®I broke a law of the church¡¯?!?! I NEVER broke any laws here!!!" [Head Priest] ¡°One should never speak badly about Goddess Ivy. THAT IS THE LAW YOU BROKE!!¡± [Random Person #1] ¡°One should always follow Goddess Ivy.¡± [Random Person #2] ¡°One should never act rashly, unless in the name of misfortune.¡± [Random Person #3] ¡°One should always respect Goddess Ivy¡± [Random Person #4] ¡°One should encourage the spreading of the word about Goddess Ivy.¡± [Random Person #5] ¡°One should always revere Goddess Ivy¡± [Many Other Random People] ¡°One should¡­¡± [Head Priest] ¡°Indeed! Not only have you broken one, but you have broken 27 of the cardinal laws of the Church of Misfortune!¡± Oh come on! How are some of those even laws! Furthermore, WHY ARE THERE SO MANY LAWS?!?! I only said one sentence, and immediately broke 27 church laws. Are you kidding me?!Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon.
You are now considered an enemy of the Church of Misfortune. While inside an area ruled by the Church of Misfortune, you will have a loss of 20% in all stats and will be subject to being attacked. Should someone kill you while you are in an area ruled by the Church of Misfortune, they will receive a permanent boost of 5% in their stats.
What in Hades name is this?! It¡¯s not supposed to be that easy to be considered an enemy of a church! Seriously, what is wrong with¡­ OUCH!!! Did¡­ did that little boy just stab me? Who in their right mind gave this child a dagger?! Also, who taught their child to STAB strangers?! Thank Hades I¡¯m a devil and have a high regenerative ability! Quickly backing away from everyone, who seems to have somehow gotten their hands on weapons, I rush into the forest. As I reach the forest, a few arrows lodge themselves in the trees near me. What am I running from? An army?! This was supposed to be a normal, everyday village!!! After about ten minutes of running, I manage to lose my pursuers. My calf, which was stabbed earlier, has finally stopped bleeding as well. I slow down, and begin to walk cautiously. I have heard reports of dangerous creatures looming in these woodlands. Furthermore, my stats are still down 20%. This means I must still be in the Church of Misfortune¡¯s area, and as such, sill in danger. [? #1] ¡°How do we know you¡¯re an actual goddess and not just some fraud?!¡± [? #2] ¡°Indeed, we have no proof on why we should follow you!¡± What is going on? Where are these voices coming from? [? #3] ¡°WHAT WAS THAT?!" [? #4] ¡°I DON¡¯T KNOW!!¡± [? #5] ¡°WHY DID YOU BLOCKHEADS INSULT A GODDESS?!?!¡± What is happening?! These voices sound panicked! By ¡®goddess¡¯, do they mean the self-proclaimed Goddess of Misfortune? I finally break through into a clearing and see a ghastly sight. A small pebble is acting like a vortex, and is somehow sucking in everything in the surroundings. I have to both clad myself in my mana and hold on tight to the branch I am on in order not to be dragged in. Suddenly, about 1500 extremely strong creatures appeared out of nowhere. A large portion of them then voluntarily moved towards the vortex and sacrificed themselves to stop it. The other creatures just bowed in front of a throne and dispersed throughout the forest. D-did any one just see that? About 1400 high-level beasts above level 800 just entered the forest. Unsupervised. No, wait¡­ four noble devils just went with them. ¡­where did the noble devils come from? Aren¡¯t devils supposed to be a rare and hard-to-find species? Aren¡¯t they supposed to be in hiding? So, why are four noble devils going with the high-leveled demons? Why does it look as if the devils are leading the high-leveled beasts to another location? Why am I the only one who noticed this?!?! Suddenly, all of the robed figures bowed down to the figure in the throne. They all then looked up with the utmost sincerity and shouted out to the figure. [Robed Figures] ¡°GODDESS! PLEASE LET US FOLLOW YOU!!!¡± Wait¡­ goddess? Goddess?!?! Goddess as in the Goddess of Misfortune?! THAT SELF-PROCLAIMED GODDESS?!?! ¡­and there goes my sanity. I couldn¡¯t quite hear what the ¡®goddess¡¯ said next, however the figures all responded vigorously. [Crowd] ¡°THANK YOU GODDESS IVY-SAMA!!!¡±
WORLD WIDE ANNOUNCEMENT: All lands once belonging to the Evil God Malum now belong to the Goddess of Misfortune Ivy. This includes buildings and followers.
¡­crud. Not only am I now considered an enemy of millions, but it turns out that the ¡®self-proclaimed goddess¡¯ was an actual goddess. I also still have to approach such a goddess or else my dark past will be exposed¡­ Help? Anyone? ¡­Please? ---------- 3rd Person POV ---------- *A little later* [Malum] ¡°Hmm¡­ Ivy?¡± [Ivy] ¡°Yes, Malum?¡± [Malum] ¡°Couldn¡¯t we have just showed them your status as proof?¡± [Ivy] ¡°¡­¡± Alas, no one but Ivy would know that she never meant to show any ¡®proof¡¯ from the beginning. All she wanted was a peaceful life that she was never actually going to get. Chapter 18: The Normality Council ----------Ivy¡¯s POV----------- ¡­what is going on right now? I finally get home from a certain event consisting of a pebble and a misplaced cure, and what I see is some random guy kneeling before me. His eyes were wide open, like a dead fish¡¯s eyes, and his lower jaw seemed a little too drawn to gravity. The most surprising part of this is not that he is kneeling, no; it is the fact that there is a red pin-point thing over his head. It almost looks like the thing used back on Earth to mark places on a map. W-what on earth is that thing hovering over his head? It¡¯s just floating there¡­ I wonder if I can touch it. Ah! But what if the pin-thingy is important to him and he doesn¡¯t want me to touch it? But it resembles a big red button¡­ I really want to press it. No¡­no, I must have self-constraint. I must not touch it¡­ must not¡­ can¡¯t¡­ but¡­ maybe if I asked for permission? Would that even be considered acceptable? What if others can¡¯t see it? Perhaps the earlier event created a large shock to my system, causing me to see things that aren¡¯t really there¡­ It¡¯s still hovering. It¡¯s practically begging me to touch it¡­ But, what if it¡¯s against some ¡®girl moral code¡¯? I did hear that women think differently from men¡­ so what if I reveal that I am not exactly a ¡®girl¡¯ in soul. Well, considering no one has noticed yet, it should be fine. Probably. Oh¡­ my finger went through. It turns out that the pin-point thingy was not actually there.
Warning: This individual has been blacklisted by the Church of Misfortune. This individual does not have access to 20% of his power. If you kill this individual, your power will increase 5% (plus some other crazy bonus that Zeus put on you. Seriously, did you ever consider you are a little overpowered?)
¡­It turns out the pin-point thingy was to warn me he was blacklisted. Hmm¡­ is says he was blacklisted by the Church of Misfortune¡­ for some reason that seems familiar¡­ ¡­Wait, aren¡¯t I the supposed Goddess of Misfortune? That would make the people who (for some reason) follow me members of the Church of Misfortune. Furthermore, taking away the person¡¯s power and giving people an incentive to kill is a little over the top, yeah? [Malum] ¡°Ivy-sama, it seems a leech has arrived¡­¡± [Me] ¡°¡­He actually seems to be a devil.¡± [Malum] ¡°¡­¡± [Me] ¡°So, what¡¯s your name?¡± [Strange Devil] ¡°Ah! Yes! Umm¡­ the name is Gekido, nice to meet you. ¡± [Me] ¡°I couldn¡¯t quite catch your name¡­¡± [Malum] ¡°Answer, you flea!¡± Malum, why oh why must you call others such names? Don¡¯t you think it is a little rude? No one likes being called that, you know? You should be friendlier or else you will be hated, you know? [Strange Devil] ¡°¡­Gekido¡± [Me] ¡°Nice to meet you, Gekido! So, if you don¡¯t mind me asking, why are you blacklisted?¡± [Gekido] ¡°Err¡­ well; I made the Church of Misfortune a little angry¡­¡± [Me] ¡°How so?¡±If you stumble upon this tale on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. [Gekido] ¡°I may have broken 27 of their laws¡­¡± [Me] ¡°Ehh?! How did you manage to do that?!¡± That¡¯s not a little, you know? 27 is actually a large number if it concerns how many laws you broke. Furthermore, when did the church have more than 27 laws? It was just developed a few years ago¡­ [Gekido] ¡°Imadeamistakeandinsultedyou,IAMSOSORRY!!!!¡± (I made a mistake and insulted you, I AM SO SORRY!!!) [Me] ¡°¡­what?¡± [Malum] *crack* *crack* ¡°I believe¡± *crack* ¡°he said that he insulted¡± *crack* ¡°you, Ivy-sama.¡± *crack* Malum, why are you cracking your knuckles while speaking? It¡¯s distracting, you know? In addition to that, it is supposed to be really bad for you¡­ Why would insulting me break 27 laws anyway? Is it because I am considered a goddess? Even then, couldn¡¯t they just put, ¡®Do not insult a goddess¡¯? That would be so much more simple¡­ *BOOM!!!* [Me] ¡°MALUM! Why are you beating up Gekido?!¡± [Malum] ¡°HE DARED TO INSULT IVY-SAMA!!!¡± [Me] ¡°Stop it! No! Don¡¯t stab his neck! Nor his gut! Hey, get that dagger out of his chest!¡± [Malum] ¡°Ivy-sama, you are truly too kind, even to this worm who dared to insult you¡­¡± [Me] ¡°Just¡­ please stop killing him. Anyway, Gekido, why are you here?¡± [Gekido] *Cough* ¡°I am here because...¡± *Spurt* ¡°¡­your mother found me and asked me to work for you.¡± *Cough* *Spurt* *Cough* *Cough* [Me] ¡°Are you okay¡­?¡± [Gekido] ¡°Yeah¡­ just have to wait¡± *Cough* ¡°for my guts and organs regenerate.¡± [Me] ¡°Malum, just how much damage did you do?!¡± [Malum] ¡°Not enough¡­ only a few organs and intestines.¡± That seems like a little too much to me... [Me] ¡°So, Mom called you over?¡± [Gekido] ¡°Yes, Ivy-sama¡± *Cough* [Mom] ¡°What¡¯s going on here? Oh! Gekido! It¡¯s a pleasure to finally see you here! Unfortunately, you missed the beginning of the gathering.¡± [Me] ¡°Gathering?¡± [Mom] ¡°Luckily, my parents and parent-in-laws already began the gathering without you. You will have to catch up.¡± [Me] ¡°Excuses me, but who is gathering?¡± [Mom] ¡°Ivy, this is Gekido. He will be your strategist.¡± [Me] ¡°Strategist? For what? In addition to that, what gathering is taking place?¡± [Mom] ¡°He is the strategist for your army of course!¡± [Me] ¡°Army?! Also, WHAT IS THE GATHERING?!¡± [Mom] ¡°The Goddess of Misfortune needs an army so that she can take over the world.¡± [Me] ¡°But¡­ isn¡¯t it fine to be normal? I just want to be normal¡­¡± Mom looked at me with sympathizing eyes and looked over at Malum and Gekido. She nodded once towards their direction and looked back at me. [Mom] ¡°That is an excellent idea. Do whatever you think is best, alright sweetheart?¡± [Me] ¡°Ehh? Ah, yes¡­ thanks?¡± I didn¡¯t expect that to work out as well as it did. After all, with my luck, I half-expected them to continue with the whole army plan. Well¡­ I guess it is important to be lucky at times too. [Mom] ¡°Oh, and Ivy?¡± [Me] ¡°Yes?¡± [Mom] ¡°Have you thought of what you want for your birthday? It is in a few days and you have yet to tell me what you want.¡± [Me] ¡°Umm¡­ Can I think about it for a little longer?¡± [Mom] ¡°Don¡¯t rush yourself too much. ¡° [Me] ¡°Thanks! I will be off practicing!¡± I can¡¯t wait! Once I turn 10, though I¡¯m only 8 right now, I will be able to attend the school brother is attending. In a few days, I will be able to say that it is only a year away. Let¡¯s just stronger! Summon Beings of Misfortune! ---------- Carla¡¯s POV---------- I hear sounds of fighting and head outside. Once I arrive I see Gekido, holder of Wrath, currently spewing out blood from about five major wounds and his mouth. I was about to get at Malum for attacking a devil, a noble one at that, until I noticed a certain marker above Gekido¡¯s head. A red marker. This marks him as someone who was blacklisted by the religion that owns this land, which would be the Misfortune Religion. What in Hades name did Gekido do to get blacklisted by the Church of Misfortune? Apparently, it was bad enough to get properly punished by Malum¡­ hmm¡­ Though, with Gekido¡¯s personality, I did not foresee this event. He is normally cautious and careful, so for him to get blacklisted would mean he messed up. I should personally punish him later in order to make sure he is not a hindrance to my daughter. The gathering of Beings of Misfortunes and other demons had already commenced, and Gekido was supposed to help out with it. If it weren¡¯t for the help of my parents and my husband¡¯s parents, we would have been in a tight spot. Thankfully it is proceeding smoothly and we have created an army of about 10,000. About 4,500 of that army are Beings of Misfortunes that had wandered into the forest while my daughter was training or from the previous pebble event. When I mentioned that Gekido was to be Ivy¡¯s strategist for her army, she got mad. I was so confused at first as to why she was mad, but, as she continued talking, it became apparent. We cannot let the other gods and goddesses know what we are up to. If they knew we were planning to kick all other religions off the face of Aredia, then they would surely intervene. To prevent this, we need to make the appearance of being normal. We will just be a ¡®normal¡¯ village and Ivy will be just a ¡®normal¡¯ village goddess. I shared a nod with Malum and Gekido to make sure they knew what I was thinking, and continued conversing with Ivy. After Ivy went to train I immediately started talking to the boys. [Me] ¡°We need to become the perfection of ¡®normal¡¯. This is of the utmost importance.¡± [Malum] ¡°Indeed it is. I can¡¯t believe that none of us ever considered this fact! All Hail Goddess Ivy-sama!¡± [Gekido] ¡°No wonder you people had to call over a strategist. We need to immediately put together a ¡®Normality Council!¡± [Me] ¡°You are correct. I will call together the important figures in the army and village to form this council. It should meet every Monday.¡± [Gekido] ¡°Thank you, Carla. I will start drawing plans to present to the Council.¡± [Malum] ¡°Carla, I need to speak to you. I know a variety of good future council members from my previous council. Would you like to hear about them?¡± [Me] ¡°Yes I would. Let us talk in more detail in the drawing room.¡± ---------- 3rd Persons POV ---------- The very next morning the ¡®Normality Council¡¯ was put into effect. Ivy, having no knowledge of this, continued on normally that day. It wasn¡¯t until later that day that she remembered that she forgot to get the answer to what the gathering was. Alas, people always wish for a medicine for regret, yet none actually receive it. Meanwhile, the capital was becoming quite famous for its association with the Church of Misfortune, but that is for Ivy to find out a later date. Chapter 19: Finally Back to Normal ----------Ivy¡¯s POV---------- These days have been the best couple of days I have had in a long time. Everything is starting to revert back to normal. My followers have calmed down, fewer people are asking to follow me, and the Church of Misfortune seems to have calmed down. Furthermore, I have yet to hear another word about a certain army. Everything had just been so peaceful lately, so I have had plenty of time to practice. In fact, it seems that Malum and Gekido have determined that practice is fun too! They had said something about strength being key, and I¡¯m starting to think that they are just now worrying about their future health. Don¡¯t worry guys! As long as we keep exercising it will be fine! [Malum] ¡°Ivy-sama, we are here today as well!¡± [Gekido] ¡°Please instruct us!¡± [Me] ¡°See? That¡¯s the right attitude!¡± I set up a sound barrier and force field around the area we will be practicing. I can¡¯t let innocents get hurt nor can I bother the neighbors with loud noises. I do some warm up stretches and encourage the boys to do so as well. [Me] ¡°Aright then, are you guys ready for the gravity field?¡± [Boys] ¡°Yes!¡± [Me] ¡°Here we go!¡± I set up a gravity field about five times less than what I usually set it on. It turns out both Malum and Gekido are really weak, Gekido worse than Malum. Who would have known? [Me] ¡°Let¡¯s start the warm up! Start with one hundred pushups!¡± [Boys] ¡°Yes, Ivy-sama!!!¡± Around the thirty-ish pushup, I see Gekido¡¯s arms give out, and Malum¡¯s arms are trembling. Both of them are soaked in sweat and are breathing really heavily. I continue to do pushups, and see Malum give out on pushup 67. Quickly finishing up, I stand and give the both of them some towels and water that I had brought with me. [Me] ¡°You guys still can¡¯t manage to do one hundred yet. Perhaps I should lower the gravity field a little more¡­?¡± [Boys] ¡°Please don¡¯t, Ivy-sama! We will do our best! We have seen how strong you truly are, and wish to reach your level of expertise!!!¡± Well¡­ while I may be strong due to certain Gods and their blessings, it¡¯s not that hard to do one hundred pushups, you know? On earth, we had many people who could manage this¡­. All I did was add a very low-leveled gravity field¡­ [Me] ¡°You guys need to work harder or else you will never be fit.¡± If you are fit, then you are healthy. Well, that and the addition to eating healthy. We need to take things one at a time, starting with their fitness. As I look at them, they nod seriously and begin the curl-ups. When I first told them about the exercise, the acted all amazed. Now, though, they seem to be used to it. Not that they could do many anyway. Wow¡­ they are really taking these exercises seriously. No, I mean it looks like their lives are on the line in they don¡¯t do their best¡­ Are they alright? Should I ask them? But¡­ the look in their eyes shows the utmost determination. I can¡¯t risk stopping that determination¡­ Should I support them? But overdoing it is back too¡­ Maybe I should just warn them a little¡­ [Me] ¡°Hey¡­ don¡¯t overdo it, okay? If you overdo it then the effects could be detrimental.¡± [Gekido] ¡°I understand, Ivy-sama!¡± [Malum] ¡°I will do as you say, Ivy-sama!¡± That¡¯s better. Still, when did Malum teach Gekido to call me Ivy-sama? I am younger than them, so I think it¡¯s fine if they call me without the ¡®-sama¡¯. I gave up on convincing Malum to stop calling me that, because whenever I tried he would call me Goddess Ivy-sama. Why did the ¡®-sama¡¯ stay? Ahh¡­ I think I¡¯m stressing myself out too much again. Quickly finishing up the warm-up, I leave the boys to rest up while I summon some Beings of Misfortune. I never let the boys practice against them because the summoned beings are too strong for them. I can only make my summons so weak¡­ After practicing both magic and swordplay, I sit on the grass. I release all my fields (sound, barrier, and gravity), and watch as the two boys walk over to me. This book is hosted on another platform. Read the official version and support the author''s work. [Gekido] ¡°You did well today too, Ivy-sama.¡± [Malum] ¡°You were amazing! Great job, Ivy-sama!¡± [Me] ¡°Thank you. You two did better today!¡± [Gekido] ¡°Thank you for your kind words, Ivy-sama.¡± [Me] ¡°No problem!¡± I get up and brush off the remaining dirt off my pants. Walking inside the house, I spot my mom cooking dinner. I¡¯m glad she is home today. Yesterday, which was Monday, she had disappeared for some reason. Now that I think about it, Malum and Gekido disappeared as well yesterday. [Mom] ¡°Oh! Ivy, you were here! So, have you decided what you would like for your birthday?¡± [Me] ¡°Yeah! I would like a younger sibling! Though¡­ I don¡¯t mind if they are adopted¡­¡± I always wanted a sibling. In my past life, I never got one because my parents said they were fine with just me. With their luck, my mother never got pregnant, and so I never got a sibling. In this life, I want to experience what a younger sibling is like. As soon as I told Mom what I wanted, I noticed her eye gleam for a moment. Is this going to be alright? Now that I think about it, Mom has always been a little crazy about me¡­ perhaps she will be just as crazy about my (possible) new sibling¡­ forgive me young one. ---------- Gekido¡¯s POV ---------- *a little earlier* [Me] ¡°Malum, come. We will be late to our training if you take any longer.¡± Malum rises from his little council meeting with his previous council and follows me. We are extremely lucky. Ivy-sama has decided to train us so that we may properly serve her. Although both Malum and I are strong, we are nowhere near her level. With Malum being only a low-level god and me being the sin of wrath, it is only natural that there are some beings stronger than us. Despite this, Ivy-sama is in another rank than us. She is, doubtfully, the strongest being on Aredia and possibly the heavens. Before we began practicing, Ivy-sama put up some barriers and caused the air around us to become much heavier. If I had to estimate, it was about one hundred times the pressure than normally. I barely managed to do any ¡®pushups¡¯, while Malum somehow did a little more than double what I accomplished. Showoff. When Malum¡¯s arms finally gave out, we watched Ivy-sama finish up all one hundred pushups. While we were resting, Ivy-sama looked at us seriously. [Ivy-sama] ¡°You guys need to work harder or else you will never be fit.¡± What?! She has a point¡­ If Malum and I can¡¯t even do what she considers a ¡®warm-up¡¯, then we will never be fit to be a part of her army. Now that Malum is a General of the Army of Misfortune, and I am the strategist of that army, we need to do our best! Malum and I shared a nod and began doing our best so that we may stay serving Ivy-sama. It was only when Ivy-sama mentioned not overdoing it that we realized we were still looking at the situation wrongly. We cannot afford to have our bodies give out while confronting the army, or else, how Ivy-sama put it, the consequences would be detrimental. Right! I will be careful while doing my best! ---------- Carla¡¯s POV ---------- I am cooking dinner when I notice my daughter standing behind me. When I ask for what she wants, she mentions a younger sibling. How could she know?! I had made sure to hide it, yet she still knew I was pregnant. I was due to give birth in five days, but no one could really tell due to my devil ancestry. Female devils, thankfully, do not show anything when they pregnant. The only way we could know that we were pregnant is a skill all female devils have called ¡®Pregnancy¡¯. It will allow the she-devil to know how long until the baby is born and how to care for your body before giving birth. Thanks to Ivy, my level was already level two, but now it is level three. The higher the level, the more detailed information, and smoother the pregnancy. The fact that Ivy, somehow, knew that I was pregnant goes to show how just how amazing she is. I am so excited for this baby, because this child will grow up to be their sister¡¯s most trusted general. I will make sure to train them well¡­ As for Ivy¡¯s birthday, I will formally announce I am pregnant. Though, I can¡¯t keep her too long. It was pre-decided that Ivy will be officially joining the devil royal family on her ninth birthday. I¡¯m so proud of my little Goddess! After dinner, I headed to my room and looked over the notes I gained at yesterday¡¯s meeting. The most important part of our plan was to move everything underground so that no one will discover it. We are, after all, supposed to portray a normal village and not a village that will start a war. I was chosen to be the leader of the underground operations, with only Ivy being above me. Malum was chosen to be in charge of the underground operations in this village. James, my son, was chosen to be in charge of the underground operations in Starlight Academy. Princess Belle was chosen to be in charge of our capital. We have other people in charge of other villages and areas across the globe¡­ though we only take up 15% of Aredia right now. We need to expand¡­ ---------- Ryan¡¯s POV ---------- My sister has been acting strangely recently. She has been talking about being in charge of a ¡®divine¡¯ mission and is constantly out for long periods of time. Whenever the royal guards would try to follow her, she would disappear. Recently we got her to allow the guards to stay with her, but when the guards came back, they were all extremely loyal to the Church of Misfortune and refused to tell anyone where they went with Belle. It has been so long since I last saw the beauty, and I keep her teddy bear with me at all times. In fact, while I am still doing my paperwork my father assigned me, the teddy bear is on my lap. Ah! I seem to have been unconsciously petting it again! I need to pay more attention to my paperwork! *Knock* *Knock* *Knock* [Me] ¡°Yes?¡± [Alan] ¡°I¡¯m coming in.¡± Alan shoved the door open with enough force to send wind over to where I was working. Normally, he is very polite in public, but in reality, he had a completely different personality. Thankfully, or unthankfully in my case, he seems to only let his true personality out when with me. I guess my luck isn¡¯t omnipotent. [Me] ¡°Oh! Hey!¡± [Alan] ¡°Pfft¡­ you are still carrying that stupid teddy bear?¡± [Me] ¡°Oh course! It is my treasure!¡± [Alan] ¡°No, I¡¯m pretty sure that is just a normal teddy bear. BUT, I came prepared to see if it is anything special, just for you, your highness.¡± [Me] ¡°Come on! You know I hate being called that!¡± [Alan] ¡°That¡¯s what makes it fun.¡± [Me] ¡°You¡¯re so mean¡­¡± [Alan] ¡°Are you ready?¡± [Me] ¡°Sure, sure¡­¡± Alan brings out an analyzing stone from behind his back. He then activates the stone and we watch as the results hover above the teddy bear. ***** Goddess Ivy¡¯s Teddy Bear This is a teddy bear once belonging to Goddess Ivy before being stolen. This is a relic looked for by the Church of Misfortune, and if the thief is caught, they will become blacklisted and killed.***** [Alan] ¡°OF ALL THINGS FOR YOU TO HAVE!!!!¡± [Me] ¡°Oh, so she was a goddess after all.¡± [Alan] ¡°Do you not understand the gravity of the situation?! This is a belonging to a GODDESS and is looked for by a church!¡± [Me] ¡°Hmm¡­ I will have to be more careful¡­.¡± [Alan] ¡°Give me the teddy bear.¡± [Me] ¡°Why?¡± [Alan] ¡°I happen to have a fireplace that burns quite quickly¡­¡± [Me] ¡°What?! NO!!! This is my treasure! Mine.¡± [Alan] ¡°Fine. Suit yourself; just don¡¯t go crying to me if the church catches you.¡± [Me] ¡°Fine¡­¡± ---------- Third Person¡¯s POV ---------- [Poseidon] ¡°Bwahahahaha!!! Oh, this is too funny!!!¡± [Zeus] ¡°Hahaha¡­ indeed it is. She not only has a minor god following her but several devils and a sin as well!¡± [Poseidon] ¡°And all he, my bad, she wanted was a normal life!!!¡± [Zeus] ¡°And you, Kat, are not innocent in this either! Making him a her! Truly cruel!¡± [Kat] ¡°He would not have been cute as a boy¡­ but as a girl¡­ Fufufufufu¡± [Poseidon] ¡°Although¡­ Zeus, are you not mad about the whole church incident?¡± [Zeus] ¡°I¡¯m fine. It¡¯s only one church in one village, what harm could that do? Besides, it is just too funny seeing people worship the poor fellow!¡± [Poseidon] ¡°Your right there!!! And you, Kat. Are you not mad about the people calling her cuter than you?¡± [Kat] ¡°No, why would I be mad? I created a masterpiece that can be cuddled and hugged and¡­ she is just too cute!!!!! OH MY GOSH, I MUST DRESS HER UP IN A CUTE DRESS, PUT HER IN DEVIL FORM, AND CUDDLE HER!!!¡± [Zeus] ¡°Kat, you¡¯re getting creepy again¡­¡± [Kat] ¡°FUFUFUFUFUFUFU!!!!¡± [Zeus] ¡°¡­¡± [Poseidon] ¡°Let¡¯s just ignore Kat. Now, about Ivy¡­¡± Chapter 20: 9th Birthday (1/2) ----------Ivy¡¯s POV---------- *Yawn* Good morning world! I have been thinking and have decided everything about my new sibling (that may or may not be coming). There are two main factors this child should have! The first factor is that they cannot be biologically related. Why? If they are, then they would most likely have some of the charms that my parents have, if not more. My brother is the perfect example. He is really popular with the ladies, and all of them seem to blush when they are with them. If my new sibling was also cursed with a lot of charm, then they may also have to put up with all of the opposite gender and not have a lot of free time. The second factor that I want is for my new sibling to be a girl. I have an older brother in this life but no sister. I want to experience dressing up her and not the one being dressed up. In addition to this, she would act as my guard against mother and grandmothers and be dressed up in my place. Cruel? Yes. Necessary? Completely. As I finish getting dressed, I check my status. Now that I think about it, it has been I while since I last did that. I wonder how much I improved¡­ a lot? A little? Hmm¡­. Open status!
Name: Ivy Age: 9 Race: Royal Devil Level: 6156 Titles: Goddess Ivy, Goddess of Misfortune, Royal Devil,Eavesdropper, Glutton Health: 270,000/270,000 Mana: 270,000/270,000 Stamina: 200,000/200,000 Health Regen: 2,700 per sec Mana Regen: 2,700 per sec Agility: 51,660 Intelligence:50,300 Strength: 50,180 Endurance: 48,400 Luck: -¡Þ Charm:¡Þ Elements Fire: 100% Earth: 100% Water: 100% Air: 100% Dark: 100% Light: 100% Chaos: 85% Divine: 80%
...so, are these values a lot in this world? With the exception of my elements, luck, and charm, I think that these values are normal(ish). I would ask somebody, but I¡¯m afraid of how they would view me afterward. If they are huge compared to everyone else, would they be jealous or view me as a monster? If they are small, would they view me as conceded or be disappointed in me? Walking down the stairs, I notice that it is completely dark in the room. I can see, but, why are the lights out? I turn on the lights and immediately notice why. You might be reading a stolen copy. Visit Royal Road for the authentic version. [Everyone] ¡°SURPRISE!!!!¡± [Mom & Dad] ¡°Happy 9th Birthday, Ivy!¡± [Mom] ¡°While we are only allowed to have you these first few hours, I would like to make this the best hours of your birthday!¡± [Dad] ¡°Honey, that is going to be hard. She is, after all, going to be part of royalty later and have hundreds of devils celebrate with her.¡± Wait¡­ what? [Mom] ¡°You have a point, dear. But I can try.¡± I am going to be WHAT?! My¡­ my hearing must be off a little¡­ [Me] ¡°Huh, did you guys say something like, I don¡¯t know, royalty?¡± [Mom] ¡°Yep! You get to be adopted into royalty! Don¡¯t worry though, since we will also be able to be considered your parents.¡± [Dad] ¡°We did give birth to you.¡± So you DID say royalty?! Isn¡¯t it enough for me to be a ¡®royal devil¡¯?! Do I also have to be adopted into royalty?! Mom went into the kitchen and brought out a two-layer cake. It was vanilla flavored with strawberry flavoring. There were strawberries and other berries covering the top including nine rose berries (which are native only to this world). Rose berries are the rare berries found on rose bushes that have been allowed to grow in mana-rich environments. They taste like a mix between strawberries and bananas and are extremely rich in flavor. Since there is no ¡®candles on cake¡¯ concept in this world, they tend to represent it in berries, my cake showing it in rose berries. Mnnn¡­ this taste is heavenly as usual. I do wonder what level Mom has gotten her baking skill on. All of the flavors mix together well, and I can just feel myself slipping into blissfulness with each bite. *Bite* *Chew* *Chew* *Chew* *Swallow* (Repeat)
Title Change: Glutton --> Sin of Gluttony Now, not only are you a glutton, but you are the incarnation of it. Good Job. You now are the ruler of 1/7th of the demon race. *Claps* See where your love of food got you? See what it got you? Just what you didn¡¯t want; attention. Good job. You now have direct control of any demon with the ¡®glutton¡¯ title.
¡­THE BLUE BOX IS BULLYING ME AGAIN!!! This isn¡¯t fair! The blue box has been getting more and more rude as time passes on, and I still don¡¯t even know why it has a personality. In addition, I haven¡¯t really done anything to make it hate me¡­ wuu~ [?] ¡°Umm¡­ Ivy-sama?¡± Hmm? There¡¯s someone there? Oh yeah, birthday party¡­ [Me] ¡°Yes?¡± [Head Priest] ¡°C-can I p-please receive y-your precious guidance!¡± A large gasp runs through the crowd. Instantly, people begin whispering amongst themselves. [Person #1] ¡°I can¡¯t believe it¡­.¡± [Person #2] ¡°He¡¯s so brave¡­¡± [Person #3] ¡°No way¡­¡± [Person #4] ¡°I-if we could h-hear her guidance¡­¡± Guidance? On what? Does he need help with exercising? I¡¯m getting very good at that. I already have Malum and Gekido as my disciples. Surely one more won¡¯t hurt. Though¡­ he is looking a little out of shape¡­ Why is the crowd looking at this situation like that though? It almost like¡­ like¡­ what was it, Murphy¡¯s Law? Yeah, it¡¯s almost like they believe in Murphy¡¯s Law. That was ¡®whatever can go wrong will go wrong¡¯, right? ...Ehh? Why are they looking at me like that? Did¡­ did I mutter some of that last bit of thought aloud?!
New Church Law Created: Misfortune¡¯s Law This is a new law for believers of the Church of Misfortune. It is an attack law and can be used to attack enemies. This law states that anything that can go wrong will go wrong. It was overheard by the teachings of the Goddess of Misfortune. All members of the Church of Misfortune have the ability to learn this law.
New Skill: Misfortune¡¯s Law (1000) This will allow you to curse others with a less powerful version of the ¡®Curse of Misfortune¡¯. It will cause the person to have anything that could go wrong to go wrong
Skill: Misfortune¡¯s Law has been set to max.
W-What have I done¡­ [Head Priest] ¡°Thank you so much, Goddess Ivy-sama!¡± NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! IT¡¯S A MISUNDERSTANDINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!! [Crowd] ¡°Thank you Goddess Ivy-sama for your guidance!¡± Why¡­ why am I so misfortunate? This was not supposed to happen¡­ Mom, Dad, I need comfort~ [Mom] ¡°Look at our baby, so grown up and amazing!¡± [Dad] ¡°Yes, yes she is. I¡¯m so proud of her.¡± James? [James] ¡°I-I¡¯m so glad she¡¯s my sister¡­ mine¡­¡± Brother, don¡¯t abandon me too! Nooo!!! Chapter 21: 9th Birthday (2/2) ----------Ivy¡¯s POV---------- [Mom] *Sigh* ¡°Well, while I loved spending time with you so far, it¡¯s time for you to go to the castle.¡± [Me] ¡°Ehh?¡± [Mom] ¡°Oh! And I almost forgot to tell you! I¡¯m pregnant!¡± [Me] ¡°EHH?!¡± Right when I was hoping for an adopted sister, you tell me you¡¯re pregnant! Why?! I mean, a sibling is nice and all, but I didn¡¯t want them to have your charm! Well¡­ I guess its fine as long as they don¡¯t have too much charm. [Dad] ¡°Well, time to go to the castle!¡± Dad took out a fist-sized, cyan colored crystal that had symbols drawn all over it. He suddenly began pouring some mana into it and Dad, Mom, and I were transported to another place. As soon as the cyan light (why is it all cyan?) dimmed and then disappeared, I looked around. The first thing I saw was a massive castle looming ahead of me. I looked as if it had three stories, all of which could fit three of my houses stacked on top of one another. Why were the stories so large? Let¡¯s not even mention how wide the castle was. This is supposed to be the castle just for devils?! Are you kidding?! It looked as if it could fit the entire human race within its wall! Right¡­ let¡¯s focus on not embarrassing myself when entering this place. Who knows how many devils are in that place, including the royal family and the nobility. Left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot¡­ ¡­Is there something wrong with the sky? Why is it a dark purple? Furthermore, I see the stars and two moons. Are we even on Aredia anymore? [Mom] ¡°This is a separate space that connects to Aredia. It would be considered its own world if only it were ten times larger. For now, it¡¯s just called the Land of the Devils.¡± [Dad] ¡°Let¡¯s go in, shall we?¡± [Me] ¡°Sure¡­¡± Right as we enter the humungous front door of the castle, a middle-ish aged looking man comes forward to greet us. He looks to be in his late 40¡¯s or early 50¡¯s, I can¡¯t tell¡­ [Man] ¡°Welcome to the Devil Castle¡± [Mom & Dad] ¡°Thank you, Your Majesty¡± Oh¡­ so he¡¯s the king¡­ why luck?! [Me] ¡°Thank you, Your Majesty.¡± [King] ¡°Oh, so it this Royal Devil and is also known as a goddess?¡± When did this rumor spread?! To the king, no less!?! [Mom] ¡°You are correct, Your Majesty.¡± [King] ¡°Come! Come, let us talk more in the throne room!¡±The narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings. We follow the king as he leads us to the throne room. When I walk in, I immediately see the gold throne with a red cushion on the seat part. This is also a large space before the throne, and this is the place where Mom, Dad, and I stand while the king goes up to his throne and sits. [King] ¡°If you don¡¯t mind, would you show me your true form, Ivy?¡± [Me] ¡°Yes, Your Majesty¡± It is starting to get annoying to repeat the phrase ¡®Your Majesty¡¯. Is this how others feel when they address me as ¡®Ivy-sama¡¯ or ¡®Goddess Ivy¡¯? If so, I feel sorry for them, but I did tell them to stop calling me that. It¡¯s not like I am forcing them or anything, though. Slightly stretching, I prepare myself to allow my devil side out. I glance at everyone in the room, consisting of my parents and the king, and make sure they are ready too. I then relax and my devil side comes out. I feel my horns grow from my head, my tail and wings come out shortly after. I¡¯m glad that my clothes were made with small holes for my wings and tail. Well, the hole for my tail has a piece of cloth that comes over it that is long enough to cover it even if I jump. Instantly my parents and the king bow before me. Crud¡­ I forgot this would happen¡­ I can¡¯t just let the king bow to me¡­ [Me] ¡°Y-you may rise!¡± [King] ¡°Hmm¡­ it seems that you are indeed a royal devil, just like my eldest son.¡± [Dad] ¡°Wait, so there is another royal devil in existence?! Why haven¡¯t we heard of this, Your Majesty?¡± [King] ¡°I have decided to keep his blood a secret and have informed the rest of the devil community that he is a noble devil. This is to allow him to grow up without being too spoiled.¡± The king gives us a while to soak in this information. I am confused because I could have sworn I have heard of this scenario before. Just where have I heard this? Meh, I give up. I¡¯ll find out sooner or later, probably. [King] ¡°Well, come on. Let us begin the coronation ceremony. Oh, and Ivy?¡± [Me] ¡°Yes, Your Majesty?¡± [King] ¡°You are to call me father, okay? Ehh?! A-alright then¡­ [Me] ¡°Yes, Father¡± Now I have a ¡®Dad¡¯, a ¡®Mom¡¯, and a ¡®Father¡¯. The only reason I don¡¯t have a ¡®mother¡¯ is because the queen, unfortunately, died a few years back. This is, at least, what I have heard from the palace maids so far. Seriously, how much do palace maids gossip? I always thought that the whole thing was exaggerated, who would have known that maids could gossip so much? I went back into human form and followed the king. The king brought us out to a large ballroom, and my parents went and joined into the crowd. The crowd consisted of MANY devils, like, I think that it¡¯s not just the nobles that came¡­ Breath in, breath out, breath in, breath out¡­ I can do this. I put on a determined face and walked up to the king and kneeled. He then said some speech, that I didn¡¯t hear due to nervousness, and declared me his adopted daughter. I then, as instructed, went into devil form and everyone bowed. [Me] ¡°You may rise.¡± [Crowd] ¡°Thank you, Your Highness.¡± ¡­ Now that¡¯s stuck with me?!
New Title: Devil Princess You are now the princess of all devils. Your name and presence now hold more authority than it did before, which can extend to other races.
New Title: Possible Royal Successor You now hold the possibility to become the ruler of all devils. You are now qualified to fight for the throne. Good Luck¡­ oh wait¡­ miss unfortunate¡­ Pft¡­
The blue box is still bullying me! Also, why am I a possible royal successor?! Isn¡¯t your son supposed to inherit the throne? Why am I a possibility? KING!!! ----------Jace¡¯s POV---------- I¡¯m standing at a coronation ceremony for my new little sister. She is to become my sister, a princess of the devils. I have heard that she is like me, a Royal Devil. Just because she is a Royal Devil does not mean that she has royal blood. This girl is beneath me. I am the Royal Successor and have royal blood flowing through me. I watch as she walks out of a doorway in the corner of the room. She walks with the utmost grace and elegance, and her charm is beyond this realm. I find myself staring, and manage to break my stare. How disgusting, paying attention to a lower blooded devil. I watch as my father starts his speech and am dumbfounded by what he says. Did¡­ did my father seriously just make her a royal successor?! She is unworthy!!! It is I that has royal blood!
Title Change: Royal Successor --> Possible Royal Successor You now hold the possibility to become the ruler of all devils. You are now qualified to fight for the throne.
Madly, I look in her direction to see her response to this. She is just standing there with no changes in expression and is coldly looking out at the crowd. Her entire figure is sprouting royalty, and I can¡¯t help but think of how much better she fits the title of Royal Successor than I. It only lasted for a second before I brought myself back to reality. She. Is. Below. Me. Suddenly, when asked, her devil form comes out. Her horns are the definition of elegance and curve delicately in. Her wings are sophisticated bat-type wings, and the red lines on them represent her grace unlike mine, which just shows strength. Her tail is slick and the end has a diamond shaped tip that could easily skewer others. Her refined look is just emphasized by her devil features, and I almost find myself bowing with the crowd. How could I have thought that this perfection was below me? It is obvious that she isn¡¯t. She is my royal sister, so it is my duty to protect her. Yes, protect her from all the wolves. Especially since I heard she will be going to the same school that I am planning to go to. I must get stronger for her. For my Ivy.