Hair white as snow, and the texture that looked like pure silk, I could even feel literal divinity coming out of it even from a distance. And those golden eyes that seemed to be containing an entire universe in it, I had to stop myself from gazing in too deep before I lost myself in them.
He wore a plain black hooded cloak that seemed to be made out of an average fabric rather than out of mana or divinity. It seemed like he didn't create clothes out of his powers like the other three Higher Gods.
"Is it alright if we talk privately?" He asked in his child-like voice as he wore the body of a 10 year old.
Perhaps I was too focused on his appearance that I didn't see that everyone other than me was now bowing to the child, whether it was the angels, the other gods, the humans or even the Sin of Lust, Iris.
It was a nice area of effect.
"Let's go somewhere else," I answered him as I began walking towards him. His eyes were fixated on me, while the others were still kneeling. Even though I was kind of rude to not bow in front of him, the other Gods didn't utter a single word, simply keeping their stance just like before.
Walking out of the room, I and the All-Father kept going straight for a few minutes. The silence was heavy as I kept glancing at him every now and then, and that guy never left his eyes from me, not even for a single moment. As for the people on our way, they all kneeled in his presence, and continued their work as we left from there.
"Have you made your decision yet?" As we walked, the All Father asked.
I wanted to wait at least till we reached the beach area where the number of people was minimum. Even though I didn't show it, all these kneeling people were making me feel really awkward.
So I did exactly that. I didn't answer him as I continued walking at the same pace as before.
Time slowly and awkwardly passed as we soon reached the sandy path where the water touched our feet. I noticed that the ocean started sparkling a little, making me turn at it with a puzzled expression.
"Any liquid that touches my body, turns into holy water. Even if it is the ocean… though it will turn back to normal in a few days," he spoke as I was flabbergasted on the inside. At this point, I was tempted to break character cause this was getting a little too ridiculous, wasn't it?
But then again, it's the All father, I guess?
"I know," I gave the most appropriate lie I could think of.
"So-" he was about to speak again but I just sighed, making him pause his statement. I then smiled at him, as I spoke,
"I haven't decided yet. I still want to explore this world, see everything I can, do everything I can do. I want to understand everything before I make a decision. won't touch the fate of a world that I don't even know of."
At my words, he turned silent. His eyes looked at me for a few moments before he pondered something, and then he nodded,
"That is a satisfactory answer."
Is it?
'I just said that I wanted to have fun until my heart's content and then decided whether to do my job or not… ' I guessed there was a miscommunication between the words that I wanted to convey and the one that he wanted to hear.
"So what have you thought about the Calamity? I have heard that you are going to help us defend this time. 'He' has placed a lot of trust in you, so I wanted to see the one 'He' believes in," the All Father spoke again, while I wondered who was 'He'? Voldemort?
'Must be the First Fate Weaver. Quiet the stalker I got,' I sighed as I then looked up, to be precise at the Primordials that were watching my live broadcast right now. And then I sighed again as I spoke out,
"Must be fun watching from a distance."
"May I have the answer?" He asked again, as he didn't like me dilly dallying around. It felt rude but looking at his eyes which seemed a bit desperate for some reason, I decided to be open about it.
"I am fine with that. Defending, I mean. If the calamity occurs, the entire world will turn upside down, which will heavily affect my tour- cough cough. I mean my exploration around the world," I spoke honestly, while the All Father had his eyes narrowed at me.
Though something else was bothering me right now. So, changing the topic, I asked that first,
"Why are you here? Surely it's not to ask these questions, right?"
At my question, he sighed. And then after giving it a bit of a thought, he answered,
"It's nothing. You won't be helpful to me given your current condition."
"??"
Confused, I looked at him.
"I will be leaving now," he said before he vanished from there. I was about to ask him what he was talking about, but he ghosted me before I could even do so.
"Hmmm. My current condition, huh?" I thought as I looked at myself before opening up the system again. Too many things have happened including a few important ones that I don't understand at all. For now, I wanted to just restart again and see if I can play the whole scenario better.
But then, I just paused before I closed the [System] again. Even though things were hectic, and everything was pretty much getting out of hand, I believe I should at least see it to the end once.
'Well. If all I am going to be is a spectator in the turn, then I should focus more on enjoying than preparing,' I stretched as I walked back towards the town. This time wondering if there is anything I can learn in the next few days.