Epic of Caterpillar

Chapter 2378: Time For Some Big Talk

Anyways, it was time to do some big talk. After assessing all the levels, growth, and loot I acquired from this battle, we moved to talking almost immediately as Wall moved across Abyss. She didn\'t actually walk, her legs could help her walk if she wanted, but she turned them into propulsors that exuded cosmic flames, allowing her to fly across the skies at great speeds.

I decided to first feed these four before anything else. Gerda and Surtr ate a lot of food, I knew what giants like them enjoyed, a lot of red, roasted meat, perhaps giant birds too, lots of potatoes, rice, and bread, and some wine to go with it, light rice win, sake, was their favorite. Meanwhile Freyja and Ruby were more complicated, picky eaters. Freyja was a fairy-like goddess, so she enjoyed sweets, fruits, nectars, salads, and small quantity of meat and carbohydrates on the side, a single nicely grilled steak with a green, veggie sauce, and some mashed potatoes with tomato sauce did the trick. As for Ruby, a Spirit, she ate Spirit Stones, Fire Spirit Stones in specific.

"I\'m good..." sighed Freyja. "Phew, I was so hungry, I couldn\'t believe it. I... Thanks, Kireina." Freyja was finally being a bit more grateful and nice; it took to scare her a lot and then to calm her down, alongside helping her recall she turned into a monster by showing her projections of what I saw using the Illusion Magic Spell {Divine Illusory Mirror Projection}.

"Seriously, you saved our lives, thank you," said Gerda. "But why do I feel much stronger than before now?"

Gerda had just finished eating, unlike Surtr she didn\'t ate that much, I suppose she\'s a smaller breed of Titans? Her size is also of roughly four meters compared to the ten-meter giant.

"It must have been because you have awakened Cosmic Powers while being in that monstrous form."

Suddenly, the Supreme Goddess of Life and Nature walked into the conversation.

Yes, Flora decided to grave us with her divine presence.

She did participate in the recent battles against the horde of beasts, so she was around when everything ended.

"Eeek! F-Flora?!"

Freyja almost screamed after she saw her, however. Was she scared more of Flora than me?! That\'s not fair! I thought I was the scary Supreme Goddess of Chaos here.

"Yes, it\'s me," Flora smiled. "It has been a long while, Freyja, since the last time we met. Thousands of years perhaps? Last time I knew about you, you had become the Supreme Goddess of Dreams, right?"

"Y-Yes..." Freyja groaned, nodding. "It was thanks to the Dream Fruit I ate from the tree..." "Yes I\'m aware, you created an Yggdrasil Tree using one of Genesis World Core Fragments which you fused, refined, and assimilated with your Divinities of Dreams and your Divine Domain and Realm, yes, yes I know."

"I-Is there something you don\'t know?!"

"As long as it is about trees I know most things... However, I came here not only to talk casually but to say I\'m sorry for what happened. I\'ll help you save Freyr and your son, it\'s the least I could do."

"Huh? But that\'s..."

"I know that we ended our relationship with the wrong foot, and that I was partially to blame for that but... I want to tell you that I still remember those moments together."

"Flora... Thank you."

Huh?!

The hell is going on in here?

I thought Freyja was a bit younger than Flora.

But why are they talking about... about times together?

Are they family members or...

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Well, now that I think about it, Freyja and Flora have nothing in common and don\'t belong in the same family.

Come to think of it, where did Freyja and Freyr came from?

They\'re brothers born long ago, Freyr\'s husband is Gerda but...

Hmmm.

"Uh, excuse me..." I said. "Flora, what are you talking about? I had no idea you were close to Freyja."

"We are not close anymore!" Freyja said angrily. "That\'s a thing of the past!"

"But yeah," Flora said. "Long ago, I would say many eons ago, when the world of Genesis was still developing, back then when it had just shattered into pieces and was restructuring itself. When the Great Realm of Vanaheim was still one and had not been divided yet."

"It was... Well, mother and father were the last Vanir after the war. Vanir are a different, separate family than the Titans, descendants of ancient spiritual shamans and druids from Genesis pre-apocalypse. You may not know but my father is Fjord, and my mother, who passed away long ago, was his sister, Njorun."

"Wait what?! So you\'re the daughter of Fjord? Skadi\'s husband?! But isn\'t he the father of...?" "Yes, he married Skadi long after mother\'s death," said Freyja. "By that time Freyr and I had already left him to live on our own as Gods. Is... father okay? I don\'t like your expression." "Uh, well, he\'s alive at least," I said. "But he\'s not okay, a Spirit by the name of Obsidian worked together with his daughter Tundra to betray Freyja. Obsidian, this dude comes from the Spiritual Plane, and he used his strange powers to seal Fjord and most of the fairies and people living in the Realm of Niflheim into statues of black crystal." "What?!" Freyja gasped. "But... that can\'t be possible! Father is incredibly strong!"

"Hmm, well, Obsidian is even stronger," said Ruby, stepping into the conversation. "That guy is one of the bastards that directly serves big sis! He\'s a monstrous Supreme Spirit with the Divine Spiritual Authority of Sealing and Nullification. He can nullify most magic, and seal almost anything."

"If it was Obsidian..." Sapphirine said. "I fear even your powerful father might have fallen victim against his sealing powers... But fret not, Freyja! He\'s at least alive... As long as we can find a way to unseal him..."

"Where is dad right now?" Freyja wondered. "I need to see him!"

She worried more than I imagined.

I actually wanted to learn about her relationship with Flora first, dammit!

"I assimilated Niflheim, and I\'ve been taking care of all the sealed people," I said. "Even now,

I can\'t unseal them yet... Here, let me show you."