I had sat them all down and on chairs and forced them awake and out of their stupor. The moment Shogo felt feeling in his arms, he held them Infront of his face in an attempt to block whatever came at him.
Kyoya was too afraid to move, he was shaken to say the least. Kirara was no different and was still trying to comprehend who or what they had come in contact with.
"Now that everyone's calmed down, can I speak now?" I spoke which caused all of them to flinch, "Dear god."
I walked out of there and into the grayfog wall. I came back with a table full of food, "Eat up you three."
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The three had eaten as if it were their last day on earth, although they were so nervous that they treated this as if it were their last day on earth.
The unease and fear in their hearts had remained but at least they were now calm and could be spoken to properly.
"Now that you three are calm, let me just say that I'm not gonna kill you nor hurt you." I spoke calmly to them.
The three lifted their solemn heads and finally they had gained some semblance of ease.
"Truth be told, I already now who you three are but why don't we begin with some introductions." I showed them a smile for the first time.
Kirara: "Ok, um, I'm Kirara Mizutani. An otherworlder residing in Falmuth "
Shogo: "I'm Shogo Taguchi and I'm also an otherworlder from Falmuth."
Kyoya: "I'm Kyoya Tachibana and I'm also a an otherworlder from Falmuth."
Simon: "I'm Simon Winters but I'm also Pneuma the god of chaos."
Hearing that introductions, it made all their fears and shock become more pronounced. No wonder they couldn't win against him, they were facing a literal god.
But Kyoya was still a little skeptical, " Are you really the god of chaos?"
Simon: " Is there something about me you doubt?"
Kyoya: " Well, reading about you, I just assumed you'd be… more."
" What the hell were you expecting? Did you think I was some eldritch being that was just tendrils and eyes or maybe some formless being made of light?" I retorted sarcastically.
" What is it that we're here for?" Kirara wanted to get out of here so she moved the conversation along.
" Ok then. Firstly let me just say that you are all here because you attacked my friends nation." Hearing me say the word friends come out of my mouth made them all pale, " Relax, I already said before that I won't do anything to you."
Kyoya: " Then what are you gonna do with us?"
" Well none of you really had a choice so here I am giving you guys a second chance and a choice among three options." I said slowly.
"""Three choices?"""
Simon: " Yes, but each choice comes with a consequence so pick the one you want the most."
The three looked at each other and just nodded to each other, "That seems fair." Kyoya spoke, they didn't dare go against a god afterall.
Simon: " Your first choice is that you live under me and my lords."
With the first choice being subservience, the rest of them became skeptical, "What's the catch?"
Simon: "The catch is simple, you can have access to my realm Eden, which I can assure you is far better than Falmuth but the consequences is that whenever I call for you then you are to drop everything and respond to my call without question."
Two of their faces darkened while Kyoya became a little intrigued. Although he tried not to, Shogo still spat out in anger, " NeXt oPTioN."
Seeing their collective refusal, I just sighed, "Yeah, I expected that. Your second option is that I just set you down in a random spot and leave you there."
Now they looked confused, "What's the catch?"
Simon: "The catch should be more obvious than the last. I simply don't do anything for you, if you gain something, I do nothing, if you are about to die then I do absolutely nothing, you are on your own."
The rest of them were conflicted about that one. They didn't have any survival skill, and kinda liked living like lords and wouldn't want to live out in the wild. So they all put that one on hold for now.
Seeing their refusal, I was surprised that they actually had the brains to think, " Good choice, you guys would die out there. You guys might think that your unique skills might make you special but I can assure you that in the grand scheme of things, you're all weak as hell."
They wanted to retort but despite their arrogant and immature nature, their recent defeat at both the nation of monsters as well as the god who had just whooped their ass had given them a well deserved reality check.
With that reality check, they couldn't really refute the fact that they would be absolutely destroyed in the real world. With that Kirara moved it along, "W-Whats the last option?"
Simon: "Your last option? You go home… and I mean your actual home."
The kids looked at me with surprise and Kirara looked at me with bewilderment, " You can actually get us home?"
Simon: " Well, traveling worlds is kinda my thing, it will be hard for me to locate your worlds but other than that, I can get you home."
Both Shogo and Kirara looked at each other but then Shogo showed a suspicious expression, "What's the catch?"
Simon: "If I send you back, it will be without any skills or magic you've learned at all in this world. You'll go back completely normal."
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"We've all made our decisions." Kirara spoke for the group. Shogo and Kirara picked option 3 and Kyoya picked option 2, despite his curiosity about serving a god, evens Kyoya wanted to be chained again.
" Ok then, I predicted your guys decisions and taken the liberty of tracking your worlds." I said as I opened portals to two different worlds.
Kirara and Shogos walked through their respective portals and Kyoya was sent back to the Cardinal world.
I sat down in that space within the clocktower when I heard high heel footsteps.
" Why did you do that?" The expressionless of a green haired maid came into my ears.
" I don't know, I guess I just felt bad for them. Unlike me who was taken in by you guys, they have been imprisoned for no reason and simply never had a choice so I decided to finally give them a choice. Do you think they deserved a choice with everything they've done?" I explained myself to Misery.
"No, I think what you did was good, everyone deserves a choice." Misery said with a bit of admiration.
"Jeez Misery, what made you become so sentimental and understanding?" I teased her with a smile.
But Misery just turned her head in confusion, " You made me sentimental and understanding."
I looked at her with big eyes and then smiled, "Oh well thank you then. I can only assume your here because Guy wants something?"
Misery nodded which made me get up and walk towards the frost palace.