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Finn felt his blood stop flowing for a moment.
A God? No way. Impossible. He looked towards Godou, who looked somewhere caught between annoyance and acceptance. This man had literally pulled out a goddess from his pants? Was this what he meant by being-part God?
No. That was unthinkable.
He faced Riveria. She was much more knowledgeable about the Arcane Arts. If there was any kind of mortal magic involved here, she would know.
Her face had gone as white as a sheet.
The woman let out an amused chuckle. "A God. It has been a very long time since someone called me that."
Finn felt out of place. This was starting to sound like a conversation mortals were not supposed to be listening to.
Loki's eyes narrowed. "Oh? So what do they call you?"
"A Knight," the woman said. She paused. Her lips twitched slightly. "But for now, Lancelot should suffice."
Lancelot.
Names had power. Finn knew, almost by instinct, that her name was a story in by itself. Power was born from tales and myths, and Finn made a mistake of looking into her eyes when he softly repeated her name to himself.
"Lancelot."
A child weeps at the edge of the water. Two freshly dug graves lie nearby.
The water ripples.
The child looks up.
From beneath the surface of the lake, an inhumanly gorgeous woman walks out, until she is standing in front of the child, a kind, yet forlorn, smile on her face.
She stretches out a hand.
The child takes it.
Finn snapped out of his trance. Lancelot was staring at him.
A knowing smile crossed her face, and Finn felt a chill run down his spine.
But the goddess' past had little relevance here. What was more important was the man standing behind her.
Kusanagi Godou looked completely unfazed despite her divine presence. The one who had summoned her in the first place.
Even Loki, a goddess herself, had a troubled expression on her face. A moment later, he learned why.
"Lancelot. That's your Divine Form, isn't it?" Loki asked. "This is your divine essence given corporeal form."
Finn did not know what a Divine Form was. But he had a pretty good guess. Loki was a goddess, but one trapped in a human body. Her powers were limited, and an attempt on her part to access her Arcana carried the risk of her flesh-and-blood body disintegrating. It seemed Lancelot had no such limitation. The God standing before him had complete access to her divine powers.
A terrifying prospect.
"This?" Lancelot gestured to her body. She shook her head. "This is not my True Form. You saw it earlier. I am a God of Steel. Metal, given voice and soul. A weapon, to be wielded by a King. A Knight, executing the will of my master."
Finn gulped. So the sword Godou had been holding at first was her true Divine Form? No wonder it had been so mesmerizing.
Loki did not look surprised. At first.
"Wait." She shifted her head slightly, and Finn followed her line of sight and found that it landed on Kusanagi Godou. "What master?"
Lancelot cocked her head. Her lips curled slightly, and if Finn had to describe it, she looked a mix of annoyed and amused.
"I am a Knight. And Knights serve a Lord. And," her voice grew coy and sultry, "Kusanagi Godou is the one I have chosen to devote my body and soul to."
Next to her, Godou slapped his forehead with his palm. "I'm sure that there were better ways to phrase that, Lancelot."
Finn felt his eyebrows rise to his hairline. That...that almost made it sound like-
"You're Godou's servant?" Loki sputtered out in disbelief. "But you're a God!"
Finn shuddered when he saw Godou's expression change. What Loki said certainly did sound rude, but...she was right. Lancelot was a God. And God's were not supposed to bow their heads before their own creations.
"A Knight," Lancelot corrected. "I am a Knight before I am a God."
"But still a God, no less," Loki said. "You're not...bound to him, are you? You can...leave whenever you want, right? It's not like he's forcing you to serve him against your will, right?"
Instead of replying, Lancelot turned to Godou, arching a lone eyebrow.
The boy sighed. "I won't stop you, if that's what you're asking."
Lancelot nodded. "Then, yes."
Finn blinked. Somehow, he got the feeling that the true answer was the complete opposite.
Loki didn't look fully convinced either. "Why Kusanagi Godou?" she asked. "What's
so special about him that could cause a God like you to subjugate yourself to him?"
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