The Artificial God

The Return of the King

For quite some time I kept quiet on the spot after hearing the little boy's words which surprised me, and goosebumps. My mind was instantly muddled, and thought something bad was going to happen to me, as well as my friends. The worry, the fret, the fear, everything I feel right now. Until finally someone came to greet me, and made my mood bright again.

"Hey... What are you doing here showing that stupid face of yours?" said Tygruth who suddenly stood beside me, I was immediately shocked as soon as I saw Tygruth suddenly beside me. But after that I immediately stood up, and looked left-right to find where the little boy who could see the future went.

But I lost track of the little boy, and sat back in resignation. But as soon as I saw Tygruth's face that was so bad for not sleeping all night, and after coming home from the library made me laugh at him.

"Haha! your face is so silly, you should be the one who says that to yourself" I said with a big laugh looking at her very funny face.

"Really?..fuck, my appearance is so messed up" said Tygruth, who looked at himself with a mirror.

"Haha! you're the bottom of this." said I, who then stopped laughing, and began to rethink the words of the little boy with a worried look.

"Hey....what's wrong with you?.." said Tygruth, who was worried about me after seeing my gloomy face.

"Ti-no. All right then let's go home. You must not have eaten today, Boa Boa was cooking something delicious earlier" said I who tried to divert attention, and the topic before. Because I really don't intend to tell Tygruth, or anyone else. Because if I say such a thing for granted, surely their lives will always feel restless, and filled with fear, because they already know their death.

But before we actually went back to the tavern. Tygruth said something to me by showing his depressed face, "If you have a problem, just tell me whenever you want. I'll wait for you to tell me about your problem, and don't tell anyone but me" said Tygruth, who inexplicably said that to only me, and he knew my problem, or... he had another meaning in his words.

After that we went to walk home to the tavern while carrying a lot of cooking ingredients for tomorrow. What is certainly the favorite food of the Leonists, namely fish! yes, we really like cooking with the main ingredients of fish.

Then as soon as we got to the tavern, we smelled a really delicious dish. Elysna, and Boa Boa were already waiting for our arrival at the dinner table, with a lot of dishes. Me, and Tygruth immediately went to wash our hands, and immediately went to eat.

But after that, a happy, peaceful atmosphere was full of laughter. Turning serious due to the arrival of Toro, and his friends who just returned from the tavern after yesterday brought Rouge with him. They just walked like nothing happened to them after that day. Seeing them pretend not to know, and just walking up the stairs makes me sick.

Until I finally couldn't stand it anymore, and immediately got off the bench, and approached them, "Hey hey...is there nothing you guys forgot?" I said as I walked pretently towards them with a wrathful look.

"Whatchu mean? what is that, masked man your acquaintance is referring to?" toro said in his usual tone of voice, as if he had done nothing to him. It made me even more upset, and sick of seeing their behavior.

"Really...where is he?" I said that I tried to refrain from attacking them first.

I immediately returned to my dining table again, along with my friends, and I felt guilty for being bad to Toro, and his friends. She had just returned from nowhere, and wanted to rest in her room. I should have known right away that Rouge was going to run away soon, because it had such an annoying power. Maybe I should go apologize to him when I meet again.

But the question is why Rouge did not return to us after escaping from them. Is it possible to protect us from Toro, and his friends so that we don't get dragged into the problems he's making. If that's what Rouge thinks, then Rouge will most likely never see us again.

Meanwhile, at the royal palace of Gygash, the king handed over the leadership of his kingdom to his trusted subordinate, Gluthoma. Now he has returned from his personal affairs covered in blood. The great knights who saw the return of the king felt surprised, and immediately paid their respects. At the same time feel happy because finally their king has changed back. Although they both disliked that there was a leader among them, Zotheas was better than the brat Gluthoma who was insolent to them. Such is the nature of mythological creatures that do not like to be led by anyone.

"Your majesty!? you have returned!? and what the hell is your messy appearance!?" said Gluthoma who immediately descended from his throne, and went to approach Zotheas with worry.

"Take care of your attitude Gluthoma." said Zotheas firmly.

"...Pardon the noble servant for his disrespect" said Gluthoma who immediately gave way to the king who had just returned from his affairs.

"Gluthoma... Are you investigating about that person?" said Zotheas who made Gluthoma shocked, and felt depressed just from his powerful aura.

"Truly noble." said Gluthoma briefly, bowing his head before the king.

"...Is there something you want to tell me? it seems you are holding back from now on" said the king who kept watching Gluthoma's movements.

"Yes, there is.. I want to ask the great noble... Did the noble one just slaughter a kingdom?" said Gluthoma who did not lift his gaze at all when speaking to the king he was glorifying.

"No.. I didn't do anything, is there anything else you want to tell me?" said Zotheas who kept asking Gluthoma, because it seems like Gluthoma is still not finished talking.

"There's still a noble one, another one, and then what kind of blood that covers almost all the clothes, and your body" Gluthoma said.

"It's a coincidence that I met people who were annoying" said Zotheas, who made his words directly digested by Gluthoma. And after that Gluthoma withdrew from the king's residence, and immediately returned to his duty to investigate about the man of the Leonists who was none other than me.