On the tenth floor, Miyu, Lukia, Sierra, Claudia, and Rowki are currently just lazing around, separately scattered throughout the penthouse. Miyu is watching the news on the giant TV, Lukia is swimming in the private pool, wearing a blue and yellow bikini with a skirt on the bottom, Sierra is lying silently inside her own bed in her bedroom, Claudia is practicing cooking in the kitchen using her magma, and Rowki is just playing a video game in the console section.
“Hmm, crimes don’t usually show up as fast as they should on the news. It would be faster to scan the whole world with my Faith power.” said Miyu.
*BEEP*
Miyu turns off the TV and gets up from the sofa.
“HHRRRRGGHHH!!!!”
She stretches her arms upwards to stretch her entire body. She walks towards Rowki in the video game console area.
“Ro-chan! What are you playing?”
“Just a zombie killing single player game.”
“Ehh? I can’t join then?”
“No, like I said, it’s a single-player game.”
“Eeehh? Are you doing it on purpose so I can’t join you?” said Miyu, puckering her mouth.
“No. You were watching TV, and everyone else was doing their own thing. Why would I play a multiplayer game on my own?”
“Err, I was just kidding, Ro-chan.”
“It’s alright, I was kidding too.”
“EH? YOUR TONE DIDN’T SOUND LIKE YOU WERE?!”
“That’s because you can read my mind anyway, so why are you acting so surprised?”
Miyu puts her head down as she puckers her mouth again.
“Sometimes, I purposefully don’t use my mind-reading ability when I’m talking to you guys. . .”
“Only sometimes, eh?”
Miyu gets up and stands.
“Alright, I’m gonna go check on the others! Have fun, Ro-chan!”
“Sure, sure!”
Miyu walks away from Rowki and approaches Claudia in the kitchen.
“What are you cooking, Claudia-chan??”
“Miyu-chan?! Stay away for a sec! My way of cooking actually causes magma to splatter everywhere.”
“Eh? Isn’t that dangerous?”
“. . .”
Claudia did not respond; she is too focused on what she is cooking. She is trying to cook a steak using her own magma.
*SSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHH*
The steak has started to smoke, though it still looks raw, even though she’s been heating it up for a while.
“Isn’t your magma hot enough to melt anything? Why is it taking so long just to cook a steak??”
“That’s because I’m only using a single drop of magma to heat up this entire pan!”
“EEHH? THAT’S WAY TOO LITTLE!! NORMAL STOVE IS A LOT HOTTER THAN THAT!!”
“BUT I AM AFRAID I AM GONNA OVERCOOK IT FOR THE HUNDRETH TIME NOW!!!”
“BUT THIS ISN’T EVEN COOKING ANYMORE!! YOU’RE JUST WARMING UP RAW MEAT!!”
“SHUT UP, MIYU-CHAN!! I DON’T WANNA FAIL THIS!!”
*!*
“Eh? Is there any specific reason? You have been trying to practice cooking for a while now. What is your motivation? We have pro chefs cooking for us every day, so I am confused.”
“. . .”
Claudia discards her single drop of magma from under the pan. She covers her mouth with her right hand and looks towards Miyu with a red face.
“I-it is for my future husband. . .”
“. . .”
Miyu was so bamboozled she just stared at her silently, looking confused for a few seconds.
“You got a boyfriend?”
“. . .no.”
“THEN WHY ON EARTH ARE YOU ACTING LIKE SOMEONE WHO’S IN LOVE?!”
“SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP! THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH PRACTICING BEING A GOOD WIFE FOR WHOEVER I AM GONNA MARRY IN THE FUTURE!!”
“*SIGH* Given your status, fame, and Faith power, I think you can marry just about anyone in this world. Your partner should be the one fully conscious of you, given your position.”
“If I am gonna love someone, I will do it wholeheartedly! My fame, Faith power, and position don’t matter when it comes to love!” said Claudia with a stern look on her face, while Yuki’s and Neo’s faces appeared in her mind.
Of course, Miyu also knows about them.
“Haaaaa. . . Alright, alright! Good luck with your wife training. My only advice is simply don’t hook up with someone who’s going to bring you down to their level, okay? Married couples should be elevating each other’s levels to a higher degree!”
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“Hoooooooooo!!” said Claudia, impressed.
“W-What?”
“I just didn’t expect this coming from you. Are you a divorced, Miyu-chan? Have you ever had a husband?!”
“N-No. . . This is just something I pick up when watching a lot of dramas and love stories.”
“Eh. . .”
“Also, from Scripture! Lord Jesus told us that we should love one another as if our lives were on the line!!”
“Isn’t the actual wording for the husband to love his wife, like Christ loves the church, and for the wife to submit to the husband?”
“EH? You’re right! Where did I get that line from there?”
“Probably from those useless dramas and love stories. . .”
“DON’T CALL THEM USELESS!! I LOVE THEM, ALRIGHT!”
“Y-Yeah, I apologize. . . Then do you have any love experience? Given that you’re the oldest one among us.”
“. . .”
Miyu shakes her head silently.
“. . .”
Claudia also stays silent, seeing her response.
. . . . .
*SSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHH*
Claudia went back into her cooking practice silently. Miyu also left her silently.
*Knock knock*
She walks towards Sierra’s room and knocks on her door. Sierra opens the door.
“What’s up, Miyu-chan?”
“Sierra-chan, I just wanna check on you! You feel. . . conflicted, right?”
“. . .I do. There’s no point in lying to you, Miyu-chan. Come in.”
Miyu enters her room, and they both sit on her bed. Sierra starts telling everything that happened during the BWC and its conclusion. Miyu hugs Sierra when she starts crying silently without she herself realizes it. Miyu keeps rubbing Sierra’s hair back and forth to calm her down. She’s hugging her for a few minutes. Sierra simply closes her eyes the whole time as she tries to come to terms with her friendship with Mari.
After a while, Sierra asks to be let go, and Miyu lets go of her hug.
“I see. So, the Queen of Time, the Fourth Strongest, was there.”
Sierra nods.
“I apologize, Miyu-chan. I never asked her to come with us the whole time.”
“That’s alright, Sierra. You were dealing with your own personal problems. It’s alright!”
*KNOCK KNOCK*
Someone suddenly knocks on Sierra’s door.
“Miyu-chan! Sierra-chan! Lucas-kun and the others have arrived!”
“About time! Let’s go, Sierra-chan!”
Sierra nods silently once again, and they both leave the room.
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In the special meeting room, most of the seats are currently occupied, leaving seats numbers ten and four to be the empty ones.
Rowki sits in the number ten seat in the middle of the other side of the long table.
“It’s been a while since we’re all gathered here together!”
Claudia sits in the number nine seat.
“You’re right, Ro-chan! Usually, some of us are out on the job for a few days without ever coming home.”
Sierra sits in the number eight seat.
“This is one of those urgent meetings. Everyone is required to come, no matter what.”
Lukia sits in the number seven seat.
“Can’t we hurry this up?! I wanna swim in the ocean next!”
Kujou Aika, another member of the Ten Commandments of God, sits in the number six seat.
Kujou Aika is a 23-year-old woman. She has bright lime green long hair, tied into two low ponytails that reach her back. She colored her hair blond just on her left bang for contrast. She has a pair of orange eyes, and her skin is white and smooth. She wears a detachable orange collar on top of a short-sleeved black shirt, where her sleeves are entirely dark green with black trims on the bottom, with a dark green belt, an orange open front skirt, a pair of green short pants underneath that reach her upper knees, a pair of long white socks with a black trim on the top, a pair of orange leg bracelet with a pair of small butterfly wings on both sides, and a pair of green relaxed shoes. She is 167cm tall and weighs around 58kg. Her body is thin and slender, and her bust size is C-cup.
“Are you sure you wanna talk like that, Lukia-chan?” said Aika with a concerned expression.
Takeyama Kurou, another member of the Ten Commandments of God, sits in the number five seat.
Takeyama Kurou is a 20-year-old man who dresses up like an emo 17-year-old high school boy. He has messy purple spiky hair, where his side hair is trimmed very thin all the way to the back. He has long bang that covers his entire left eye. He has a pair of bright red eyes with a sharp gaze. He wears a long-sleeved striped T-shirt with purple and black horizontal stripes, a pair of black long ripped jeans, a pair of white socks, and a pair of white running shoes. He wears a silver-plated cross necklace hanging on the front of his chest, and two silver rings on his right hand on the middle and ring fingers. He is 168cm tall and weighs around 59kg. He is very thin and slender. His facial expression always shows that he is either tired or unamused by everything.
“Lucas-kun, what was your mission again?” asks Kurou.
The number four seat is always empty, and next to it is where Lucas is seated, at the number three seat. The seat that says number one next to him is also always empty since this island was created.
“I was dealing with a terrorist group trying to coup d'état in an entire nation. The people of that terrorist group turned out to be foreigners from various other neighbouring countries, and they were hired by the opposing political party. Before I left, they said they were gonna have a serious and public meeting regarding the situation. I have no idea what’s gonna happen next. I apprehended all of them and left in a hurry because of this.”
Lucas takes out his mini purple cube from his pocket and places it on the meeting table.
In the last seat, the number two seat, Miyu is sitting as the leader of this meeting.
“Lucas-kun, is that the guy?”
“Yeah!”
The mini purple cube suddenly explodes and shatters as per Lucas’ will, even though he did not move any part of his body.
*thud*
*!!!*
On the meeting table, the Game Master is suddenly lying unconscious on top. He pops out of the mini purple cube and quickly grows in size instantly.
“WOOOOHHHH!! WHO IS THIS?” shouts Lukia.
“This guy is the one who erected a giant pitch black dome in the middle of a dense city in Australia. Anyone who gets caught inside his dome is transported into a pocket dimension known as the infinite maze. Inside the infinite maze, people are scattered away from each other. This guy promised that anyone who kills at least two people is allowed to get out of the maze. He prepares special rooms that either contain weapons or food for survival. 24.000 innocent people are dragged into this freakshow of his, both Believers and Non-Believers. However, he also unleashed 3.000 criminals into the maze, and they all came from the Underworld. As a result, after roughly 19 hours inside the maze, only three people survived the entire killing game. Though time flows differently inside this maze and it’s only been about an hour in the real world. I was late when I arrived there. I apologize, everyone. And that was the gist of it.”
. . . . . .
Everyone in the special meeting room was bamboozled by Luca’s brief explanation. They were all shocked and in disbelief.
“From 24.000 people. . .” said Lukia.
“Only three survived?” said Aika.
“Are you kidding me?” said Kurou.
Both Miyu and Rowki stare angrily towards the Game Master.
*SSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHH*
Claudia stands up and puts one of her legs on top of the meeting table. She raised her right hand with magma bubbling on it, though she was being very careful not to let any magma drops anywhere in the room.
“LET’S JUST KILL THIS GUY!! I CAN’T STAND MURDERERS LIKE THESE!! EVEN WITH LUCAS-KUN’S TELEPORTATION, HE’S STILL LATE TO THE SCENE BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENCE IN FLOW OF TIME!!”
Claudia looks towards Miyu.
“MIYU-CHAN!! ALLOW ME TO KILL THIS GUY RIGHT NOW!! I’LL EXECUTE HIM HERE AND NOW!!” shouts Claudia in anger.
“I will take pictures for documentation! I’ll arrange a press conference for the public regarding this tragedy.” said Aika.
“I’ll help you talk with the media, since I am a direct witness.” said Lucas.
“. . .”
Sierra doesn’t say anything.
*!*
But suddenly, Miyu raises her right hand, and everyone looks towards her. She has a serious and stern look on her face. Everyone quickly backs down after seeing her expression without hesitation, which really shows why she is the leader of the Ten Commandments of God outside of her Faith power.
“We’ll handle this guy in a bit! For now, there’s something else that I wanna talk about!”
*?!*
“Lucas-kun!”
*!*
“Oh, right!”
Lucas puts the Game Master back inside his mini purple cube and puts it inside his pocket. He stands up from his seat and walks towards the whiteboard.
