Epic Of Caterpillar

Chapter 2738 2739: Where's Everyone At?

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"I'm quite pleased with the results, quite honestly! Well done, Adelle," I said. "You've been working really hard for your people; it makes me very happy." I patted her head, as she blushed lightly.

"W-Why are you patting me? I'm not a kid anymore!" she pouted. "W-Why not a kiss instead?"

"Oh~? Well, I thought you would get annoyed," I giggled, as I kissed her cheek while walking by her side. "Mooch! I can give you more if you want."

"Ahh, no, that's fine…" she was red as a tomato. "We… we can have some fun at night? you can kiss me all you want by then."

"Ohhh~? Alright then! I didn't know my cute little Adelle had suddenly become so assertive now! I guess you've truly grown a lot," I giggled.

"D-Don't get the wrong idea, this is just because you're my wife, nothing else!" she pouted, crossing her arms.

Aw, she was still a Tsundere, huh? Well, that's what was the cutest about her as well.

"Heheh, mama still is a Tsundere," Belle recognized it. "Um, what were you talking about, mommy?"

"Uuuh, nothing! Nothing dear," I giggled. "Just adult stuff."

"Adult stuff… I was an adult before too…" she said, looking at me.

"E-Eh? Ah right… Uh, still, just don't mind it!" I smiled nervously. "Ah right, how do you do at the academy, Belle? Girls?"

"Belle has great grades!" Vudia said.

"Well, Vudia too! And I too!" Ailine nodded.

"We're super geniuses after all~!" Belle smiled, crossing her arms.

"Heh, naturally! My dearest daughter will exceed at that academy!" giggled Belle. "Ah right, I wanted to ask you, my wife, if you could convince Mady to let her children join the academy as well. They've been begging me to convince her but Mady doesn't want them to go, she wants them to stay in her Underwater Kingdom she's building…"

"Huh? Really? But why would she stop our kids?" I wondered.

"She says the academy is useless, but it's been teaching them a lot! Most of the teachers are all those old gods you recruited long ago in the Realm of Vida, remember them? Most of those gods had been living since before Genesis exploded into Realms, so they're actually very wise and know many things we don't," explained Belle. "Despite being weaker than us they're also great at teaching how to wield divine power… Daos and Divine Authorities grow stronger with Cosmic Energy too, so it's complicated to manipulate them. They surprisingly know how to do it and all."

"Hmm, indeed, they're quite wise, huh? And very old. Well, I'm glad I didn't just leave them dead… I Heard that Thanatos' gods are there?" I wondered. "Well, except Thanatos, he's deader than dead."

I'm referring to the Evil Gods that governed the Demon Kingdom of Thanatos, which once invaded my Empire and we had a big, huge war against them… it ended becoming such a large-scale conflict that I ended fighting dozens of Evil Gods, because their pantheon was just that massive.

Thanatos ended betraying his friends for more power I think? Memories of that war are quite vague to me now; it was so many years ago… but it was one of those highlights of my life for sure.

I ended up reviving everyone through my usual abilities, but I think I kept Thanatos dead because I freaking hated the guy, he was really shit.

I have the power to revive those I kill and eat, making them become part of my Pantheon instantly but… well, like Zeus, when they're literally the worst bastards, they just stay dead.

Anyway, I shouldn't be thinking about this.

"I'll tell Mady about it, she invited me to her place, so I'll go later," I nodded. "Alright so which one of these ridiculously big buildings is the mall?"

"That one!" Ailine said, pointing into the distance.

It was a massive pyramid built out of golden bricks… it had several entrances and stairs, and people went in and out, some flying and others just walking.

"Oh wow it's a damn pyramid?!" I wondered. "Who designed this mall?"

"It's part of Nefertiti's Company," explained Zehe, who had also come along. "She's… well, missing after what happened. But her company is being handled by her workers, subjects from her first Kingdom inside of that Dungeon, remember?"

"I see… I've seen quite a lot of these buildings around the city, so these are her company's buildings, amazing… Nefertiti, I already miss her," I sighed. "I know she's alive and healthy though, just lost in that world. I have to find her but… I don't think she's in Japan, I'll have to go abroad to find her."

"She's not? Then where she could have landed?" Brontes asked. "Weird, most of the time we all land in that country. It was there before the rest of the world was formed after all."

"Yeah, they might have landed there a little later," Nesiphae rubbed her chin. "Nixephine too… I can't believe I miss her, and Scarlet also misses her big scorpion mother. She grew up being raised by all three of us after all."

"I know," I nodded. "She's… somewhat close to Nefertiti, I believe. I think they're not too far apart from one another. Once I find Amiphossia, Ryo, and Oga that should be close by, I'll move to find them."

"Guu… Are there any others missing?" Rimuru wondered.

"The Centaur Sisters as well," Adelle said. "I haven't seen them in a while. They're usually busy with their Kingdom, but they aren't there either."

"Right…" I nodded. "I knew there was someone missing too… so they're gone… let me check- Ah, they're fine as well. I think they're also… not in Japan. Where are they? Ugh, Europe?! Seriously…"

"I guess this'll be a nice excuse to travel to those countries and continents," Nesiphae giggled.

"I guess so…" I said. "Well, there's no helping it. I wonder if I could find an excuse with my father to go to another country? Probably not, we might have to sneak out... which doesn't seem that hard, we can fly and all."

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