"Hey, Othinus."

"Hmm ?"

"I want to ask something since Index is back on England at the moment and clearly hasn't come back yet."

"Get to your point already, human."

"WHY THE HELL IS MY ROOM LOOK LIKE A WARZONE !? "

In a clear sunny day in the most advanced city on the planet, a certain spiky-haired boy languished in agony as he saw the destruction (read: mess) of his room. Broken glass from balcony door, a broken vase, torn books and destroyed dishes decorated said room, with a certain calico cat licking his paws and a particularly tiny woman calmly sat on a table, watching some kind of shady history documentary show.

"Don't blame me, I was simply trying to run away from that damned hellcat of yours." Her lone eye glared on said hellcat before returning her attention to the TV.

"That doesn't explain why there's a broken balcony door! And what about those dishes !?"

"I am a war god. Using your environment to your advantages in warfare is the most basic of the basics, human."

Kamijou Touma, once again had to deal with his daily, ever-present misfortune at his side.

"It's...finally...over...haahh..."

After six hours of hard labor and pain, Kamijou managed to clean his room as perfect as possible before collapsing into the floor.

"Good work, human. I see that your work ethic is as good as ever."

"Shut up, you cruel goddess."

"Oh, don't be like that. You fought the entire world for me, surely a couple of housework wouldn't be much of a problem for you ?"

"What kind of twisted logic is that !? And why the hell am I feel troubled by it ?"

After the incident involving Kamisato Kakeru and his annoying faction, Kamijou finally returned to his normal high school life. Index was called back by the Necessarius to discuss her training status, and since Academy City was slowly recuperating from the deadly heat attack and mysterious assault of several unexplainable monsters, Kamijou was forced to stay in the city, and as the result, he couldn't accompany Index to England. Only after several negotiations involving words like "food" and "restaurant" that Kamijou managed to convince Index to answer the church's call.

"It's almost dinner time, what do you want for tonight ?"

"Hmm, I feel like having a stir-fry noodle salad now. Would you mind ?"

"Well, that's shouldn't be a problem. I just restocked plenty of vegetables and some eggs yesterday. And there's should be some noodles leftover from last month."

The goddess gave him a warm smile before making her way to her favorite human's shoulder.

"Eh ? Othinus ?"

"Don't mind me, I just feel like watching your cooking right now, so no need to be so reserved. Besides, that gluttonous nun isn't around right now."

"Hah... fine. Then please watch over me, goddess." Kamijou sported a playful grin before he started prepping the kitchen.

"Hmph, not even my blessing would fend off your misfortune."

"It's worth a try, though."

The winter winds that came from the gaps of clumsily repaired balcony door didn't seem to affect the two as they seem to enjoy each other's company too much to care about it.

"Well-made as usual, human."

"Is that so ? I felt like I put a bit too much salt into the soup."

As Kamijou and Othinus enjoying their meal in silence, the goddess suddenly remembered something.

"Enjoying homemade meals like this... it's been a while, truly."

"Hmm, what do you mean ? Yesterday we also had a meal together like this you know ?"

"...It's not that. All my life before meeting you, has always been about ruling the world and finding a way back home. I treated everything as disposable tools for my plans. I traveled countless worlds and dimensions, trying to find the slightest clue. But in the end even with my vast knowledge, not even I could foresee that my former mortal enemy is the answer to my deepest desire."

Kamijou only silently listened to his goddess words. He could only wonder what kind of life she had been through as Odin. Even until this day, he still couldn't believe that a puny human like him actually managed to won against a literal god and changed her heart.

"If you want, you could always tell your life before all this. I mean, before you even formed GREMLIN."

"...My life, huh... The life of a god was surprisingly... lonely to be honest. You can move your fingertip to destroy and create anything you wish for, but it would also make you forget that you are once human as well." Her solemn eyes didn't escape Kamijou's notice, but before he could say anything she continued to speak her mind.

"Though I do have some stories, to tell. As I said, I traveled forth and back to different worlds. There's one world where I once had an... acquaintance where we shared a similar wish. Though even as powerful as she is, she still begged me to help her. Being the uncaring god I was, I refused her seeing that there's no particular incentive for me to do it."

"Is she a magic god, just like you ?"

"No, and magic gods won't even bother asking each other for help in the first place. She was just a regular being with immense power. Hmph, so much for being a symbol for infinity." Othinus snort in amusement when she remembered the particular individual.

"So, did you just leave her alone like that ?"

"Yes. Seeing that there's nothing that would interest me, I left her and the world alone. Besides, there's already a pretender using the name of Odin in that world."

"Wait, there's another you ? Oh, God."

"No, you dumbass. Each world always has something that would bear some kind of resemblance to the others no matter how insignificant they are. For example, there could be a futuristic alien world with the city names taken from our world's." Othinus momentarily reverted to her teacher mode before coughing lightly and resumed her eating.

"Hooo... so there could be another world with the mythologies of our world."

"Exactly. In fact, some of the pantheons from that world are still thriving even after it entered the modern age of humanity. It's not that different from our world, except whenever someone from that world announced themselves as either Archangel or a Devil, then they are most likely speaking the truth."

"Sounds like the world of a fantasy novel to me."

"Your ignorance never ceases to astound me, human." She lightly giggled to herself.

"What was that !?"

After the dinner, Kamijou was washing the dishes. And Othinus surprised him yet again as she helped him with the job.

"And now you're actually helping me doing housework ? Is this some kind of foreboding from an incoming misfortune ?"

"Shut it, human. Be grateful that a god like me lowered herself like this just to help a mortal."

"Why do you make it sound like I'm the one at fault here ?"

"Hmph." Her tiny hands scrubbing the washed dishes with dry cotton while Kamijou was storing the leftovers in the fridge. It's almost midnight, and the resident hellcat already purring in sleep.

"Besides I live with you, it's only natural that I helped ease your workload in our home."

"Our home, huh..." Kamijou didn't know why but hearing it made his cheeks burned slightly. Was he having a fever ?

"And something kinda bothers me as well."

"Bothers you ?"

"Yes. Some kind of mana energy is slowly gathering in this room. And no, it's not from me."

"But isn't that impossible ? Imagine Breaker would definitely disperse them by now."

"And that's the weird thing. It's as if it tried to distance itself away from your hand while slowly gathering in a single spot."

"And that spot is..."

"Here."

Seconds after the goddess said her words, a swirling black energy exploded and engulfed the entire room.

"WHAT THE- !?"

"This energy... impossible... that brat actually managed to-"

But before they finished their piece, the pair instantly vanished from the room along with the black energy. Only lone winter winds and snoring sound of a cat filled the sudden solitude of the room.

"So I was right after all, such misfortune."

"..."

After being seemingly swallowed by a black cloud, the duo found themselves at a public park in the middle of a moonless night. Othinus, still sitting on the boy's shoulder had fallen into silence.

"Othinus, what the hell happened !? Is this some kind of magician's trickery ?!"

"No... but that's impossible... his hand would... but it certainly could work..."

"Hello, earth to Othinus ! Are you in there !?"

"You're being noisy, human. Stop it."

"Then please explain to me what kind of misfortune are we into right now ?"

"..."

"Othinus ?" Seeing his goddess being unusually silent, Kamijou immediately knew that something terribly wrong just happened, whether it's the courtesy of his misfortune or something else that had a hand in their current predicament. Either way, he prepared himself for the worst.

"Onee-sama... I did it... you're back..."

Floating in the high sky, a lone figure standing seemingly impassive with unnoticable smile erected on their face.

======END CHAPTER======

Forgive me if you found any misspellings or weird words. Still haven't luck in finding any beta reader *teehee

Next Chapter : A New World !?