“So firstly… I always wanted a little brother but Raishin falls off for obvious reasons and Greg… he is older than me and gives off what I would call ‘Big Brother Energy’”
Of course, I have to make sure these 2 idiots don’t destroy the world.
Greg really? Let her talk.
“So only Agnis falls in this category and I’d like to think that we get along well, and he gives that ‘little brother energy’ so that’s why/”
Noelle took a deep sigh. “Lil’ bro, you once asked me about why I give off divine energy, right? This is also related.”
Oh?
“My father… Seth Yasmin, never wanted children… he met a woman here in the ‘Human World’ but she wasn’t a human, she was a deity…”
Thoughts went through my head. I can already guess how those two are linked by just this, something tells me that it’s not going to be a pleasant story.
“He fell in love with her but… she tricked him and with the help of charm magic got him to impregnate her… He felt betrayed, but didn’t use that as an excuse. He was a wonderful father… just…”
Noelle took some time to sort her feelings. “When I was 2 years old… She got bored of him and me and abandoned us. My father told me that she went back to the Gods Realm…. He took me to Hourai when that happened. That event changed him. She had betrayed him twice, but he still loved her after she betrayed him the first time. He was more upset that she abandoned me than that he got betrayed a second time…”
Noelle stayed strong, but a single tear rolled from her eye. Everyone was quiet, including Raishin.
“He focused on his job, on his role and on raising me, never having time for himself but… I still felt lonely and that’s when I started wishing for a little brother… But I knew that my father originally didn’t want kids and to ask him to get with another woman so that I could get a little brother… I couldn’t do it.”
The ambiance was heavy. Nobody knew what to say or react. I had no idea on what that would feel like. I had 2 sisters; I was never truly alone for the majority of my life.
“And this deeply rooted wish never went away, it just kept growing. I’m glad to have Yv and Giana as my sisters but… would you mind being my little brother?”
Refusing now would make me seem like a demon, wouldn’t it? I have nothing against Noelle, it’s just embarrassing to call her my sister… But just as I wish Raishin and Greg the best, I wish her the best too.
Sure No… big sis’ I just need to get used to… all this new stuff…
Noelle leaped at me and gave me what I assumed was a sisterly hug.
“I’m sorry Noelle, I didn’t know…” Giana joined the hug and so did Yvonne. Greg and Raishin kept staring awkwardly.
“And well my mother is a deity, which makes me a demi-god, which explains the divine energy…”
Quite a complex group we have here…
I never knew that there as a deep reason for Noelle to want to be my big sister. It would fall in her character to do that, just because.
More questions popped up though, would it be polite to ask her if she knew who her mother was and if she knows what happens if she runs out of divine energy? It’s lower than when I first met her, not by a lot but it’s decreasing.
Hey Noelle?
“Hmm? I didn’t hear that; did you say something, lil’ bro ?”
Ugh, hey big sis’ may I ask if you know the identity of your mother?
“No need to be so careful or polite! I don’t know and I don’t care! I will punch her if I ever meet her and depending on what she has to say even put her in the dirt!”
Right… do you know what happens when a deity runs out of divine energy?
“I’m not a deity though…”
Technically, you are… we got a goddess in our team… you can’t even make this shit up…
Wait! Noelle is a goddess? Do you want to date me?
“Sure! I thought you would never ask!”
That…that’s what it took for you to ask her? Unbelievable…
I agree, but the alternative is worse…
“Our team is strange indeed…” Giana said as she watched how Raishin behaved.
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“C…congratulations Noelle!” Yvonne said as she gave Noelle a flower crown.
Just one left.
All eyes fell on Greg.
Huh, what?
“But tell your big sis’ what happens when I run out of divine energy? I never thought about this.”
Well, eh… you get sent to the God’s Realm…
Silence fell.
“Wait… you don’t think that my shitty mother didn’t leave but ran out of divine energy?”
Uhh, I never said that, I don’t care about her, I care about what happens when you run out of divine energy.
Noelle’s balled her fist
Raishin reluctantly walked over to Noelle and he got hit by a hug.
“So how do I prevent this?”
I don’t know sorry. I think holding on it more or generating it would be your best shot but… I’m not a god, so I only have a clue on how to generate it.
My team stared at me which made me uncomfortable.
And how would you know?
Well, I may or may not have torched half of Bizax and sent tomato goddess packing.
Ohh right! You never told us about that!
Giana started pouring charm energy into me again. How much charm magic does this womank generate?
Are you ok, Giana?
“Wow, look at that vixen glow, way to go lil’ bro!”
“Yeah, I’m fine. I’m just captivated.”
It seems that Agnis’ whole life is filled with attraction points that send vixen’s crazy, I’m actually surprised that we haven’t encountered more than just 2…
Hey! It’s not that I do that on purpose!
“Tell me Deca! How did you annihilate her?!” The flow of charm increased. Is Giana just turning me god-tier now?
Uhm I will go into specifics another time, I will only tell about what I think is important for No… big sis’…
Booo! I want a flashy story!
“I will flash you something special if you stay quiet, Raishin.”
Yes goddess!
…. Right, I’ll pretend that I never heard that… So Inyr, the storm dragon, told me that gods collect mana from their believers and concentrate it. They feed off it to generate or replenish divine energy. I don’t know how exactly it works, but all you need to do is to collect it.
“Uhh, how would I do that? Nobody worships me…”
I sighed. Silly sis’ that’s where you’re wrong!
“Huh?”
You’re an idol… fans are basically the same as believers… I wouldn’t be surprised if there was some cult worshiping you, all we need to do is swoop in, identify where their cultist rituals get held and harvest the accumulated mana and condense it. Feed it to you and boom! It’s highly theoretical but worth a try! I can’t believe that cults are useful now…
Noelle’s eyes fluttered as she tried to process what I’ve just said. The rest of team Hourai was also silent.
You want to visit another cult after what just happened to you?
Well unless any of you can identify and condense the mana then I will have to be there too yes.
“It’s worth a try, thank you lil’ bro, I knew I could count on you. Giana! Don’t mess this up else I will kick your ass!”
“I will do my best!”
We got cozy as night had fallen. Greg was being awkward as always and found a spot far from Yvonne. Raishin was finally putting in effort to stay on Noelle’s good side, and I was relaxing in my tails.
Giana was looking outside at the full moon.
A sister, eh? Noelle’s story was heavier than I expected. But I couldn’t help to think that she was lucky that she had picked up a career as an idol. It would have been near impossible to get her divine energy otherwise.
She is quite hot so it would be possible if she wasn’t an idol, but it would take many months even years to gather something notable. I also don’t know what the efficiency is.
Talking about efficiency… her magic is as efficient as anyone that has the ‘Mind’ nothing suggests that her magic is like the deities.
I racked my brain to remember what the magic circles were like of the demi god I killed with Thalia and Toxic Donkey.
They seemed normal as far as I could remember. Does this mean they have both the ‘Mind’ and ‘Body’ causing their magic to be normal or do they not inherit the ‘Body’. But they possess divine energy….
Again, more questions than answers. I got extra snug in my tails and went to sleep.
