Shattering Humanity-Chapter 355: Ice Now, Heat Later
"Enlightenment of the absolute Tao can free a person from worries and sorrow.
How much is the difference between a respectful response and an angry response?
How great is the difference between good and evil?
What people naturally fear, one should also fear.
One’s endless desire can result in negligence of the true nature of life.
People like to pursue after excitement as if they were ascending the terrace in spring and
celebrate a sacrificial feast.
But I alone remain quiet and calm like an infant who is pure and innocent.
And I alone appeared to be lost like one who has nowhere to go.
All people have a surplus, but I alone was simple and left out like a fool.
People seemed bright and shrewd, while I seemed dull.
People like to dispute, while I alone remain quiet.
I am calm and peaceful like the boundless ocean.
I am open-hearted and free like the wind blowing high above the sky without hindrance.
Everyone thinks of themselves as capable and outstanding while I appeared unlearned.
I am the only one to be different from others for I value highly the Great Tao and joyfully act accordingly." -Tao Te Ching Chapter 20
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MamMon looks back at the, now confused, Persephone.
MamMon DæMon: "It’s a pleasure to meet you ’Queen of Hades’, I’m glad to see you’re awake and fully coherent. My current name is MamMon DæMon and originally I wasn’t going to bother asking this, but have you ever heard of the term ’Seiõr’?"
Persephone: "Se...Seiõr?"
The hospitalized girl thinks for a minute and then her eyes widen after remembering something.
Nephilim looks back and forth between the two stunning women and stops at the DæMon.
Nephilim: "What’s the meaning of asking her?"
But before the woman explains her vague methods...
Persephone: "Wait, I actually...I actually have! There was a bedtime story my grandmother told my mother and then my mother passed it down to me. It was the reason I started writing, because I wanted to write a beautiful story, an amazing story like it.
The story was of a sad, lonely, woman, who was treated poorly by everyone, but still did the right thing and tried to help the people who rejected her. When she rejected her own feelings of hate towards those who hurt her and wanting to waste her existence, was when she was visited by a fairy who blessed her with ’Seiõr’ and eventually she became loved by a whole clan of women and a few men unafraid of ridicule."
MamMon DæMon smiles and giggles at the familiar story to the one Zoram had told to all of Takamagahara.
MamMon DæMon(to herself): "So we did miss a few...God Damn you, Skalmönd.
(to Persephone) Well that saves me time from using Seiõr to find out why, but turns out, you’re a DæMon! 2nd+ Generation too! Welcome to the family, ’Per Se Phōnē DæMon’."
...
Persephone tilts her head in confusion.
Persephone: "I-I’m sorry?"
...
[Sanpaku’s Cafeteria]
Everyone part of Takamagahara(except Charybdis) is eating in the dinery hall with lunch trays or plates in front of them.
Parallel from one another, the Izanagi and Izanami divisions are mostly split up at different tables, other than Drakania and Jormy sitting together at the Izanami table.
At the Izanagi table, Katsu and Shelly are sitting across from Daisuki, Scylia, and Zoram.
The proud older sister is still blushing while smiling, remembering the little brother’s first kiss and being able to see it without him noticing her.
Next to her, Zoram chuckles while finishing her own food.
Zoram: "That sure was cute, wasn’t it?"
Scylia nods with her face in her hands. A shiver runs down her spine.
Scylia: "Soon it will be him who will be getting married, and that girl he was with was really cuuute."
Zoram(chuckles): "That she was."
Close by, Katsu is shouting across the table, finishing his recounting of the day’s events to his Big Bro.
Katsu: "I can’t believe it, today was so fun Big Bro!"
He takes a single bite of his food while Shelly finishes swallowing the last fork full of her 11th plate.
The over enthusiastic Izanagi Captain talks with the food still in his mouth.
Katsu: "Tomorrow you have to come with us and we can have an actual game with full teams!"
The Head Hancho nervously chuckles, still shaken up since knowing about the death of Princess Kawaii’s father.
Daisuki: "We’ll see bud.
After all the damage that happened earlier today, there is a lot to clean up and I must be there to help as well as supervise."
The blonde haired, blue eyed warrior looks down in guilt, knowing it was her fights that caused the damages to the post apocalyptic sanctuary.
Shelly: "I’m really sorry, Sensei."
Caught by surprise from her apologies, the nervous mentor to the Scandinavian Valkyrie descendant loses all of his own negative emotions, from seeing her look so sad.
Daisuki: "Haha!
Don’t be silly, Shelly!
Because of you we’re all safe!"
Katsu enforces the positive sentiment with a smile.
Katsu: "That’s right Shell!
Those guys were causing trouble before you beat his ass. If it wasn’t for you, they would’ve hurt everyone in Sanpaku!"
She rotates her throwing shoulder a few times and flinches.
Shelly: "All that fighting and throwing really made my arm sore.
I should probably ice bath today instead of the communal with the rest of the girls."
Katsu leans over and softly rubs her right shoulder, obviously making the lovestruck woman turn bright pink.
Katsu: "We’ll get some ice for it now, but then you’ll want to put some heat on it."
She nods in response, but blushing Shelly’s moment is ruined, once Laban’s shouts come from the Izanami table.
Laban DaeMon: "You’re lucky I didn’t get to go up to bat again, Skalmönd!
I was starting to get used to your pitching, or I would’ve had a walk off hit, and got to run home, right into my Saki’s arms..."
Both Katsu and Shelly reluctantly look over to see Saku being pestered by the lovable Daemon, cursed to have these unrelenting feelings for the Yin Vessel.
Laban DaeMon: "...Riiiiiight, Sakiiiii?"
The tired Izanami captain has bags under his eyes and barely acknowledges his faithful follower.
Saku: "Yes, sure "
Underneath the table, Friend and Xaaydagaay are asleep. The orca girl rests her head softly on the side tummy of her new furry companion while the dog softly breathes.
The door to the cafeteria opens up, making the two sleepy heads wake up, and everyone sitting at a table look up.
Charybdis stands in the doorway, out of breath, and sweating.
Charybdis: "Sorry... I’m...late..."
All of Takamagahara already knows about the young man’s day and smiles as he joins them at the Izanagi table.
The blue haired young man sits in the open seat next to his red haired sister.
As he sits down, Scylia has her chin in her hand leaning on the table. A devious smirk on her face knowing she can playfully tease her younger brother and his new relationship.
Char notices and gives her a raised eyebrow and a side eye look with his matching left yellow eye to hers.
He also notices everyone has quieted down once he entered.
Char: "Hehe, whaaat’s up?"
Scylia: "Ohhh, nothinnnng!
So, how was your date with your little girlfriend, Char?"
Charybdis blushes bright pink and looks around.
Char: "It was okayyyy?
How was the rest of yours?"
Once again, from the rivaling table, Laban ruins the moment from shouting while all over Saku.
Laban DaeMon: "We saw you making out with the 2nd Generation, kid.
So Sakiii, do you wanna come bathe with m-?"
Cutting her question off is her two division mates.
Saku and Itsuka: "2nd Generation?!"
Shelly squints at the claim while Katsu smirks at the name drop.
The blue haired boy is even brighter shades of pink and red while the group talks about Persephone.
Charybdis: "Wh- Wait?!
How do you guys know about Persephone!?
And...?"
He sweats and shrinks back down in his seat embarrassed while his sister tries to calm him down. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎
Behind them both Saku and Itsuka start asking questions.
Itsuka: "Laban, what the Hell are you talking about?!
2nd Generation DæMon?
What are those?"
Saku: "Are they all like you and your sisters?"
Shelly’s fists clench underneath the table, thinking about the possibility of even more enemies to fight.
Shelly(thinking): *More DæMons?
Does that mean even more people coming after me because of my lineage?*
As if answer the mental question, Laban picks her ear with her pinky while answering.
Laban DaeMon: "Nahh, they are pretty much just the descendants of a few Valkyrie and Völva babies Skalmönd’s final SeiõrSpell had saved.
If anything, the 2nd Generations have no vendetta against their birth covers like my sisters directly born during the initial DæMon birthing time period."
