Chapter 198: Chapter 199: Well-Behaved Cats Like the Kitchen Stove! (4)

“Dad, I hate you!”

Cecily curled up in her blanket, fuming with anger.She was someone who had always been adored and treated preciously by people wherever she went.

If Cecily were to say, “Bring me the moon,” people would normally at least pretend to fetch it for her.But Judas, her father, who should have been the first to grant Cecily’s wishes, had refused her request.

“…I even massaged your shoulders!”

Cecily’s begging technique, 500x Filial Piety.In her mind, it was an incredibly powerful technique that could defeat any opponent.It was clearly a move that would deal massive damage, especially to blood relatives, but as expected, her dad wasn’t so easily swayed.

“…Fuck!”

She resolved not to speak another word to him from now on.As she was swallowing her anger with such thoughts,

“Fuck!”

Someone echoed Cecily’s curse in a small voice.Who else could be in this room besides her?Startled, Cecily threw off her blanket and got up.

“Is someone there?”

As she walked around the spacious room in her slippers,Knock— Knock—Someone tapped on Cecily’s window.When she turned, she saw a flower blooming in the moonlight beyond the glass.

“A flower?”“It’s me, Cecily! Open the window!”

The voice was oddly familiar.When she opened the window, a child about Cecily’s age with a flower on her head Poof— entered the room. Then Whoosh—

she hugged Cecily, releasing a fragrant flower scent.

“You are…”“It’s me! Melody! Cecily’s friend!”

Melody!Cecily remembered her too!The Childrake Melody she met that day in Pandemonium!

“Melody! Weren’t you only able to live in Pandemonium’s Dark Forest?”

Surprised, Cecily looked Melody over. She saw her familiar blonde hair with a large flower like a ribbon, and those red eyes.However, unlike her previous outfit of leaves and vines, this time she wore a leather skirt and shirt, as if an ordinary country girl had dressed up.She looked remarkably human.The flower in her hair seemed like a pretty decoration.

“Cecily, I missed you so much, I had to come see you!”

Melody smiled, Hehe—.Cecily recalled her memories with Melody. Though many were terrifying, the Childrake Melody was Cecily’s first friend from the wild.

“Cecily, I heard you saying you hated someone. Should Melody punish them? Melody is strong! When that bright light shot into the sky recently, Melody got even stronger! Now I can go to places other than the Dark Forest!”

Melody clenched her fist.Cecily seemed to now understand how Melody had escaped the forest, but she had to shake her head.

“The person is too strong for you to punish! It’s my dad!”“Dad? Then there’s nothing we can do. Actually, Melody used to fight with Dad often too. I’d say ‘I won’t talk to Dad—‘ just like that! Whenever I said that, Dad always listened to what I was saying!”“Really?”

Cecily found it interesting that Melody had something in common with her. She was also surprised that Melody had a dad, having thought she was an orphan.But thinking about it, it wasn’t so strange.Everyone born into this world has a mom and dad, after all.

Melody said.

“You know, Melody wanted a bluebird! But Dad said he didn’t have money, so he couldn’t buy me one. He said he’d get me a sparrow instead.”

Melody remembered a time long ago.The days when she longed for a bluebird.The promised sparrow was, as expected, ordinary and boring, so she didn’t like it.Like always, Melody said “I won’t talk to Dad!” and ran out of the house.If she wandered around for about half a day and returned home, Dad would surely say “Melody, I’m sorry” and present her with a bluebird, as always.But that day, it didn’t happen.

While wandering the streets, Melody was caught by bad people who planted a flower on her head.Fortunately or unfortunately, when a pillar of black light shot high into the sky, all the bad people died, and Melody barely managed to escape.When she finally returned home, among the broken debris, Melody found a rusted birdcage and a letter from her Dad.“Melody, I bought the bluebird. Where are you now?”Contrary to the letter’s contents, there was no bluebird in the cage.Where could it have flown?

“Melody really couldn’t talk to Dad anymore. It makes me sad to think about it! But after crying so much, I can’t even shed tears anymore!”“……”

Cecily shed a few tears listening to Melody’s story. She understood well the pain of being separated from one’s parent.Suddenly, Cecily felt a little scared, wondering what would happen if she really couldn’t talk to him after getting angry and saying she wouldn’t.Of course, it was a needless worry.Cecily’s dad was the strongest in the world, so he no longer had any enemies.Cecily, her heart softening a bit, complained to Melody.

“But, Cecily wanted to meet her maternal grandmother, and Dad said no. Even though grandmother has passed away, I thought Dad could somehow make it happen…”“…Cecily, do you want to meet someone who has died?”

Melody asked.Her voice was somewhat subtle and eerie.

“Melody actually knows how to meet dead people. Melody studied hard because I wanted to meet Dad too! But it’s a difficult task.”“You know how?”“Cecily, have you heard of ‘other worlds’? Actually, this world isn’t by itself, but made up of dimensions of many other worlds. There are lots of different worlds! Though Melody hasn’t actually seen them.”

At the mention of ‘other worlds’, Cecily thought of where her paternal grandparents had lived. A world with apartments and strange cars traveling on straight roads.It was a world that Cecily quite liked for its orderly appearance.

Melody continued,

“I overheard bad men talking about it long ago. They said when a person dies, their soul goes to these different other worlds! They become residents there and live on. If we want to meet dead people, we have to go to these other worlds! But they said it’s extremely difficult!”

Melody emphasized how extremely difficult it was.And those words were the absolute truth.After all, Melody had tried many times to go to this other world to meet her Dad, but always failed.But when the black light split the sky again recently, Melody became strong enough to leave the Dark Forest without struggle.And with Cecily’s help, it might not be impossible to reach the other world.Of course, it would still be difficult, if not still impossible.

“…What’s this method you’re talking about?”

Cecily asked Melody.Melody quietly recalled her memories. The easiest way to go to the other world was to lose one’s life. But Melody didn’t want her friend Cecily to die.So the second method should be used.

“We open a door with a spell! Melody has opened the door a few times. But there were terrifying guardians protecting it, so I couldn’t cross over…”“I’m good at sneaking around! Let’s try going!”

Cecily exclaimed.Melody nodded, then took flowers from a nearby vase and poured the water on the floor to complete a circular magic circle.

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“Cecily, it’s time to go to the plains. You need to wake up.”

Knock— Knock—, Knock— Knock— Knock—Cariote knocked on Cecily’s door.It was unusual for Cecily to oversleep, as she usually woke up on her own without needing to be roused.

“Cecily?”

Click—When Cariote opened the door and entered,Cecily was nowhere to be seen.Even when asking the mansion’s staff, they just shook their heads, saying they didn’t know where she had gone.Of course, I had an idea of where Cecily had disappeared to.

Swish—With a light gesture, the water droplets that had evaporated into the air regained their form and stuck to the floor.It was a magic circle.

“Cariote, this is the troublesome and annoying method I mentioned yesterday.”“……”

Cariote was a woman with good intuition.She seemed to have noticed that something unexpected had happened. After opening the window, Cariote also realized that someone had entered Cecily’s room from outside.

“…A demon? It’s a creature with a small presence. Because Dina was here, we didn’t notice a small demon infiltrating the mansion! Dina, it’s your fault! It’s because your presence is unnecessarily imposing!”

Slap—Cariote slapped her younger sister’s back with her palm.Of course, Dina, who had been standing still, protested, “How is this my fault? That’s unfair!” Dina looked at me.

“Judas… no, Brother-in-law! Say something! You actually knew Cecily had disappeared, right?”“Well, you know.”

I knew that a small being had approached Cecily. It was a being without malice and full of goodwill towards her.In other words, it was like Naru’s friend Elizabeth, and Hina’s friend Horohoro. It was probably Cecily’s friend.So I just left her alone.

Of course, I was also slightly flustered now.Who would have thought the little ones would cross the ‘dimensional wall’.Although I had transcended, I wasn’t at the level of seeing through everything in this mortal world, so I didn’t think this would happen.I’m just a pseudo-god, not a real one after all.But well, I wasn’t worried.

“Molumolu is in Cecily’s shadow. Nothing bad will happen.”

Molumolu was one of the strongest among the various Demiurges.I don’t know why Molumolu, born from children’s toys, is so strong, but its power was enough to seal Nocturne alone for several hours, which had taken 12 Demiurges working together to seal before.With Molumolu around, Cecily wouldn’t come to any harm.Still, it was a bit troublesome.I’ll have to make an unscheduled dimensional trip.

“They say the well-behaved cat climbs onto the kitchen stove first. Cariote, let’s go.”1

1. Basically the idea that the quiet ones are the most dangerous.