Year 1400 of the Imperial calendar - Shouyo continent - Cabin in the snow
(Ifrit POV)
The first woman to break out of the system sleep peacefully in a bed.
"..." Shiva
The water spirit slowly floats around the bed in her fish form.
{Thanks for everything} Shiva
From the beginning, they already had a bond similar to the contract between me and Alastor, that and being at the pure bottom of that lake was what protected the villainess's mind and body from God's plot.
"You better do a better job, now you don't have any excuse to not protect her" Ifrit
Bahamut's influence fueled by The System artifact limited her actions before, but that is no more.
{Of course, She is in good hands now} Shiva
"Good" Ifrit
I turn around and grab the knob of the bedroom's wooden door.
{We will definitely pay you back in the future}
It will take at least a year for her body to get used to moving again.
"...Just rest for now" Ifrit
I open the door and right outside is a small brown fur dog Beastman.
"Is she okay? Is she up?" Shinku
I close the door behind me.
"Not yet" Ifrit
The little brother of the villainess has been living in this place since the conflict in the coliseum.
"Don't worry, you will be able to talk to her tomorrow" Alastor
Putting a hand on the boy's shoulder and smiling, my partner tries to comfort him.
"How about we eat some cookies for now?" Atisse
The dragonewt and the blind man are also in the living room of the cabin.
"I recently baked some, if you want" Hanbin
They are trying everything to get the child out of the door, even their fanciest foods.
"...No, I will wait here" Shinku
But the child stands staring at the door with his tail on alert.
"Sorry for keep bringing people in" Alastor
"We don't know any other safe place than this" Ifrit
Every person with a system may be a danger to them.
"Don't worry about it" Hanbin
The previous swordsman brings a plate with salty cookies to Alastor.
"It is nice to meet new people" Atisse
They are good people. It is a good thing that we will not bother them anymore.
"Are you sure you don't want to stay for dinner?" Hanbin
If it was before, We would have stayed.
but, now...
"Sorry, but I am in a hurry now" Ifrit
Alastor gives back the empty plate to Hanbin.
"Thanks, they were delicious" Alastor
The War Hammer reunites with its owner and we both walk to the front door.
"You are leaving?" Shinku
He stops looking at the bedroom door to look at us.
"Aren't you going to wait for sis to wake up?" Shinku
There is nothing more to say between us.
"When she wakes up tell her we're even" Ifrit
We helped her and she helped us get away from the Awakened Isekai Hero.
"Uh, okay" Shinku
I get out of the cabin.
"Take care of each other" Alastor
The three remaining in the house answer.
"Of course"
When we get out, we run to the west, melting both the snow from the air and from the ground.
......
...
The border of the continent appears in front of us in the form of a deep cliff.
"What is the plan now?" Alastor
We could easily jump into the water a hundred meters below, but...
"I don't think that Leviathan would be happy to meet me again" Alastor
If he really made a Water Spirit King angry then some years will not be enough to make him forget anything.
The moment we touch a drop of the ocean will be the moment he will come at us.
"Well if we can't go by water then..." Ifrit
I grow featherless black and red wings on my back and leap into the air from the cliff.
"We will go flying?" Alastor
I suppose the distance is too far for him.
"I can carry you if you want" Ifrit
He takes a deep breath and bends over with one knee almost on the ground.
"There is no need" Alastor
He jumps over to the west horizon.
"He became fast" Ifrit
I hasten to keep up with the man who flies by fire propulsion from his hands and feet.
"Are you sure you can keep it going?" Ifrit
"No problem" Alastor
His consumption of mana also got better.
"So, why are you suddenly in a hurry?" Alastor
He is even able to talk in the air without losing control.
"What is in the demon continent? A Fire Spirit King?" Alastor
Not only one.
"Every single Fire Spirit King in the world is in there" Ifrit
I didn't want to believe it.
"Every single one?" Alastor
But everything points to that.
"They are being slaved in the Demon Continent by the only thing that could hold them up" Ifrit
"By a special artifact like the one of the queen?" Alastor
"No" Ifrit
I interrupt his underestimation of my species.
"The only reason Bahamut was captured was because he wanted to escape from its will" Ifrit
Before the existence of the Isekai heroes, there was a living being that was undoubtedly the axis of the world.
The first child of Gaia and the representation of order and harmony for all sentient life.
"The will of who?" Alastor
Of the oldest living being in the world.
"The Will of the World Tree" Ifrit
