After summoning my sportbike, I rode off from California at max speed. Zooming past the cities and into the vast desert of Nevada.

It didn't take long for the sound of music to reach my ears, and soon too the City of Sins entered my vision. Like a beacon of festivity, it shined in the dead of night.

It will be easy to blend in with that city full of chaos.

I turned the engine sound on, letting the bike roar as I went to the city...

I am home.

 

=0=0=

 

"So Utopia, what do you think of this place?", I asked my Knight.

"[If you allow me to be Honest: This place is a mess of not only highly volatile people but also culture.]", he responded through my phone.

"Yeah, I guess you are right.", I just shrugged, avoiding a stray bullet from a local gang fight.

I kicked up a bottle cap and threw a kick launch at the shooter's head.

"But revel in this chaos, it is both the safest and most dangerous place at the same time.", I laughed, looking up at the hotel belonging to Seria, "Just access all the cameras and phones in this city, have your fill of this pit of depravity I call home."

"[As you command, Your Highness.]", and my phone return to normal.

I enter the hotel, where the cyborg receptionist, Mozam if I remember correctly, greeted me with a bow, "We have been expecting you, Miss Charlotte."

I nodded, "Let's get this done with, I am tired."

"Of course, this is your keycard.", she handed me a red card, which granted me access to the penthouse.

"Thanks.", I took it from her.

Entering the elevator, I just keep staring as the number goes up. This hotel is huge after all.

Ding~!

Oh, I am at the top.

I walked out of the elevator, seeing the decorated living room, too gaudy for my taste. Too much red to be honest. Connected to a kitchen space, where I don't sense much stuff in it.

There are two doors leading to two rooms, now I know that one belongs to Sinclair and the other to Seria. 'My' room...

I sat down on the couch, where Seria was quietly sitting too. She is wearing a white shirt with nothing underneath... her house, her rules.

"So, ready to hear your punishment?", she asked, poking my cheek with a playful smile.

Here it is. I just rolled my eyes.

"You will get a new surname!", she clapped her hands.

"What?", that is the most random shit ever.

"So will it be Arco, Sillarco, or Sarco? Man, I have too many surnames...", she spoke about her woes. I am not buying it.

Changing my surname?

Rage filled me, "No, I won't abandon my surname... that is non-negotiable."

"Hey there, calm down girl. You will burn the place down with that attitude.", she playfully said. I might do that literally. She patted me on my head, "Your current surname will just be demoted to your middle name! Is that a good enough compromise?"

Hah... I've cooled down a bit... I still don't like it at all...

"It should be at the moment.", I will get rid of it in the future, "So let's settle for... Sillarco, your public name."

"Charlotte Silvi Sillarco...", I muttered in distaste, "Such a mouthful...", and Seria just laughed in amusement.

I am regretting it now...

"Great! Now we are really a family!", she hugged me. I am not even going to try and resist it...

"So what about Selen's proposition?", I change the subject.

"Oh, right!", she let go of me, "Selen, you can come out now!"

Dropping down from the roof and onto the balcony was the Leviathan of America. Her purple blended-with-blue hair fluttered, and her magenta and teal eyes seemed to keep switch colors every time they blink.

"Yo, Francis kicked me out of my academy again.", that was her greeting...

You know what? This sloppy person makes me want to rethink whatever this deal is...

"What did you do this time?", Seria sighed. This seems to be a common occurrence.

"Conforming with stereotyping.", she shrugged and lazily walked toward us.

"That is called being lazy.", Seria chuckled, "I still wonder how you still keep your job."

"Dragon Tongue has its uses, plus nobody wants to handle children full of freedom juice.", she slouched down on our sofa... this is getting cramped.

"So what do you want from me?", I asked, pushing a little toward Seria.

"Well, I used my two brain cells which I often lend to Francis, and thought about your position.", she closed her eyes, they switched color again, "And I think that you are in no position of learning."

"Are you saying that my daughter is dumb?", Seria asked with a playful tone.

I am dumb? What the fuck is this cheap insult?

"Dumb? Yes. But a total idiot? No.", Selen nodded.

Hey!!

She continued, "Anyway, I want to formally invite you as a professor for Philosophy Study."

"You know I am only 15, right?", I just stare at her, dumbfounded. I know I look older for my age, but that doesn't justify child labor.

"Academically speaking, you are a walking talking concept of all Ph.D. in the world.", she stated.

...I can't refute that...

"We could use your Hunter License as a cover!", Seria chimed in.

"You can't just use my convenience card for everything.", I stated, "And while I like the idea of the proposal... give me a year."

I need time more than anything... since I need to track down the Records of Cosmos... and after that, it is a free-for-all, after all. Avalon had become too strong with their wide range of chimeras, and the Records of Nature is still a mystery to me.

"I want to travel the world again. I have to make my Hunter License have weight.", a few more monsters to my name would suffice.

"Anyway, it has been a long day.", I stood up from the sofa, "I will go to sleep now, maybe until noon."

"Good night, Charlotte!", Seria waved at me.

"Maybe I should go to sleep too...", Selen meanwhile, laid on the sofa as if she owned the okay.

"You will sleep in the pool.", and was promptly kicked out by the true owner.

We have a pool?

"Fine by me.", the Leviathan shrugged and went outside.

While I enter my room... too gaudy, this needs some redecoration, maybe the big TV can stay. But I'll do that tomorrow.

 

=0=0=

 

I find myself in a dream, deep inside the Akasha. I don't feel my power anymore, being normal is quite... nice.

Anyway, this place isn't a city of pure metal like Pandora's home, but a city of stone, ancient and archaic.

All roads are devoided of human life, and they all lead to the ziggurat in the middle. With each step, I gain more recognition of this place.

This isn't just a simple city, I realized. But one of the oldest— no, THE oldest city.

Uruk, the First City.

And the first thing I met was the authoritative amethyst gaze, filled with scrutiny about my every action. A body rippling with muscle, golden hair symbolizing royalty and wealth, and a cocky smile...

"Gilgamesh...", the First Hero of Humanity. The being that created and embodied the Concept of The Hero's Journey.

"I welcome you to my abode, my Inheritor.", he spoke in a casual tone, yet laced with an undertone of superiority.

"Why had you call me here, First Hero?", I asked, getting closer to his throne.

"To discuss your future plans, Princess.", he stood up from his throne and walked down towards me.

"You have no say in my future.", I stated with immediate hostility.

"I may not, the future is yours alone. To you, to humanity, I am just a whisper of the past. But like all whispers, you might consider taking them as advice.", he grinned, crossing his arms, "You never know, my Inheritor."

"Dude, I have a name.", I grumbled. I really want to tear off his cocky smirk.

"Only when you show me proper respect, I might call you your name. Kuhahahaha!!", he laughed hysterically, like the madman he is.

"So, care to explain your plans to yourself?", he asked with a knowing grin.

I just sighed, "You already know it, Gilgamesh."

My plan is very simple, I am just following what needs to be done for the next step of humanity...

Gilgamesh laid the foundation, becoming an example of humanity's potential. The Hero echoed through time, the Paradox of what it means to be human and what should not be human.

Pandora taught humanity to embrace their sins, and to that end, she embraced the role of the Sinner who unleashed what made human... human. She opened the Box in order to free humanity from the shackles of the gods.

Remus, through his path of blood, carved the line between humanity and divinity. He ended humanity's worship of false gods, seeds left by the Records of Cosmos in the past.

Romulus built civilization itself, the arbiter who watched over humanity as it grew to depend on itself instead of divinity. He wanted to protect each and every human, no matter if they were the purist saint or the worst sinner.

And what about me?

I who had just gained my Ambition, quite literally too, what is the mark I want to give to humanity?

One word.

"Judgement.", that is all I said to Gilgamesh.

Frankly, humanity has no enemy. But there is something rotting humanity from the inside, it is complacency. To fuel ourselves as a species, we need conflict, even more than what we are dealing with.

My solution to this problem? Prosecution, Prosecution, Prosecution, Prosecution, Prosecution, Prosecution, Prosecution, Prosecution!!

For conflict to arise, there need to be power vacuums. To create those vacuums I need to persecute the world leaders, deposing them or killing them...

Pandora gave humanity back their sins, and nothing weighs heavier than sins. To bring those sins to light, the weight increases tenfold.

How should I say it? A witch hunt is needed for humanity's future.

And with today's technology... it is all too simple.

"I am going to reveal the truth of everyone in power, and let the public Judge them.", no sacrifice is too small...

That is my Creed of Justice.