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Chapter 459 Chapter 455: Encounters through the Years

"Lord Dark Moon, Lord Dark Moon."

A gentle rustle woke me up. I sat back straight, Titania sliding off the top of my head and straight onto the table. I looked to the side and found a familiar presence looking down at me.

"Lord Dark Moon, if you\'re sleepy, why not take the room above? You looked uncomfortable—"

"Miss Clayton? Is that you?"

I still couldn\'t see faces, but once I had sensed someone\'s soul, I could remember it.

"Yes, it is me. I had no idea you were the Dark Moon himself, Lord."

It felt quite strange to hear her call me Lord like that, but I had gotten fairly used to people being weird now.

"How long was I out?" I asked.

"Just an hour, Miss Glasses thought you would fall so…"

"It\'s alright, thanks for waking me up." I had missed sleeping so much, it was such a great sensation. "How have you been, Miss Clayton?"

"I am being guided by the light of the Moon, my lord."

She had truly become a cultist. Or should I call her a religious follower? With the number of people truly believing in the Dark Moon, I couldn\'t live the guilt down.

I stood up from the chair and stretched my hands.

"Thanks a lot for your help, Miss Clayton."

Miss Clayton clasped her hands and started praying. I looked at Miss Glasses in worry and she shook her head. It seemed not everyone was as bad as Miss Clayton.

"That said, Miss Glasses, what is your name?"

"My name? I legally changed it to Glasses."

I shut my mouth.

Fuck what did she mean not everyone was as bad? She seemed just as far gone as the others.

"What was it before?"

"It was Jenny, my lord."

With a nod, I picked up the fallen fairy and placed her in my pockets. She seemed to have fallen asleep too.

"Thanks for the desserts. Don\'t let the cafe weigh you down and take a breather, alright?"

""Yes, lord Dark Moon.""

I pushed the door open and stopped midway.

"And, if you guys are planning to eat alone, just pop by the mansion, I\'ll whip you something up."

The two bowed and I stepped outside.

Food tasted best when ate with others.

***

The sun had made its slow path past overhead and was slowly moving toward the horizon. I walked the streets of Apollon where Demons, Humans and Angels all gathered.

Eugene Hall Apollon, that was my full name, but I had almost never used the last one. Even though I was the one who raised this city, it was only when I could see the demons and angels mingling with the humans that I felt any sense of pride in it.

I aimlessly strolled away from the cafe.

About three years back, the Mayor of the city, the very old man who I had met when this place was but a dying village, had passed away.

He died of old age, a peaceful death.

Since then, the management of this city had been handed over by the Grand Lord of Apollon, who was Lily for some reason, to Marcin Fonias.

The Fonias twins were my aces, they were the most sane people I had seen. Unfortunately, when I left this world so did sanity.

"Mama, mama, look doesn\'t he look like the man on the statues?"

"Oh dear! You can\'t insult the Late Lord Apollon like that!"

Yeah.

They made multiple statues of me all over the city.

I tried to ignore the looming statues that definitely looked nothing like me anymore and walked away. The first thing I went after was some meat skewers and milkshakes.

A war without deaths, of course that was impossible. I had long since stopped placing that expectation on myself. Ever since Eugene had talked me out of it, I had stopped looking at myself in such a strange light.

And thanks to that I was able to avoid a lot more deaths than I would have otherwise.

Why did I not want deaths in a war? It was natural not to, but…

Was it because I was afraid of death?

That might have been it.

Then now?

Death would come whether one liked it or not, whether one was prepared for it or not.

A sigh left me as I continued strolling about. I had taken a lot of cash from Lily before coming over here, and I was blowing it all on food.

"Big bro?"

It was then, a voice called out to me.

I looked back and noticed a tall lady with a giant black dog with her. The pitch black dog jumped ahead and started pouncing on me.

"Hey, shadow! No!" The lady held the dog\'s leash and pulled it back.

"Big bro, is that you?"

A smile left me.

"Look at you," I said, reaching my hand out and patting the girl that had turned into a lady. "What is it now? Nineteen year old Nina?"

"Twenty."

"You\'re older than my little sister."

Nina smiled. "I heard about you from the war, big bro! You killed a lot of people, didn\'t you?"

"Killed people? No, I just killed four outer gods is all."

"How many people does that add up to?"

I crossed my arms. That was a tough question.

"I am not sure."

"What are you up to? Wanna eat some pizza?"

This girl still marched on the beat of her own drums. I nodded at her words and off we set as Nina became my guide yet again through the city.

We talked about a lot of little things as we strolled around, when some of them moved in, where the old people had gone. The kind of food that was new on the streets.

Nina seemed to be worried about her future. She was currently traveling with Instructor Shilon\'s troupe that consisted of the captives we had rescued from Fonias.

It turned out they had made a very famous theatre group.

"The old man was pissed when he found out you were plagiarizing."

"Hahah! He must have made a fool of himself."

"Haah, I am still not sure what to do."

"You\'re already a great actor, Nina," I said, looking up at the sky. It had already been dyed crimson. "I am sure you\'ll figure it out, what\'s the rush? You only have time."

"Hm, not everyone is talented in everything, big bro…"

"Maybe, I am sure you will do just fine."

Nina blushed and lowered her head.

"Oh! Nina!" Another voice called out from the side as a young man came running over to us. He immediately grabbed Nina\'s hand and looked at me. "Who is this? Do you know him?"

"Ah…" Nina mumbled. "You, when did you come here…"

Oh?

What was this?

"Are you Nina\'s boyfriend?" I asked.

The boy looked at me and nodded. "That\'s right, Uncle."

Un-cle…

"I have not seen you before, Uncle."

"Hey! Stop it, big bro is not someone strange—"

"Are you sure? Those other guys said there were many scammers like this on Earth. Just because he\'s handsome doesn\'t mean he\'s good—"

I grinned and patted both of their heads. Nina and the boy both stopped and looked at me.

"It\'s just as she says," I said. "I am kind of a distant relative? Her big bro."

"Is that… so…"

"Yeah, you seem like a good kid," I said. "What\'s your name?"

"It\'s Arthur, and you, big bro?"

"Me? I am Eugene Hall Apollon."

The boy\'s jaw dropped slightly. It seemed Nina must have mentioned me before. I rustled both of their hair and smiled.

"Take good care of Nina, ok? If you ever need anything, drop by the mansion at the outskirts of the city. I\'ll get out of your noses now."

The boy could not say a word more till the end, he kept alternating his gaze between me and Nina. I turned away then and waved my hands as I made my way back to the Mansion.

Ever since I had come to this world, I had made many connections.

The trio from the mansion, who I valued as much as my family.

Nina and the members of this city, even instructor Shilon.

Glasses.

The Hall family. Lady Sophia and Alec. Kai. The adventurers back in the Deep Down Town, Sharky and Zachariah. Philip, Iffy, all of them.

The Orichalcum and Mythril ranks in the empire. My in-laws, the Acacia family.

Dark Moon that spread since then.

The academy, Mohawk, Ikuro, the cat cafe, the staff of the academy, that stupid scientist duo too.

Bathym, the demons that lived as my own people.

The entirety of the East. One of them was still very bitter about being tossed over on a catapult.

Heaven and Hell, the Demon Lords and the Over Gods.

Albert, Luka.

Dawn, Noa…

Lethe…

I was just a person in the end. Just like any other, I had had many encounters through the years.

And it didn\'t end, even today I met someone new.

For all of them, for the ones yet to come.

For myself.

"That sounds like a proper reason to fight, doesn\'t it? Partner? Catene?"

Though neither of them replied.

I felt that they agreed.