Another Stupid Isekai

A few days showed me that not only were things around Celestine normalized, but she was also happy about it. I got to enjoy that happiness every night. Soon, though the lingering problems on a different level reminded me about themselves.

"We need to speak", I heard in my mind. It was The Great One. "Bring William to Loistavadvaar. He should also participate in this conversation."

"What the heck is going on?", I asked in response.

"I will explain everything in Loistavadvaar. Come as soon as possible", He told me.

I found it quite annoying, but despite that, I headed to Will as soon as I could. As usual, I barged into his office, annoying the crap out of the blondie secretary. She at this point was done with me and didn\'t even try to stop me, but I felt her glare on my back.

- I hope I\'m interrupting something important - I said as my welcome.

He was sitting behind his desk, with the jacket off, just in the white shirt and dark tie, looking at some papers, with a pen between his fingers. As soon as he hear my voice, he looked up.

- No, not really. What\'s up? - he asked.

Every time I came to his office, it felt kinda nice. Especially the view that could be seen through the windows. I enjoyed it for a few seconds, because going forward, and sitting on the other side of his desk.

- We have a little trip to make - I informed him.

- Tip? - he seemed surprised. - What trip?

- The Great One wishes to speak. He told me to get you and come to Loistavadvaar as soon as possible. I bet it\'s something important, otherwise, he would just rely upon the message from a distance - I explained.

Will nodded slowly.

- Let me just grab my jacket - he said, and put the pen away. Then he pressed a button on the phone laying on his desktop. A loud beep could be heard, but he was already on his way to the corner of his office, to grab the previously mentioned jacket.

- Yes? - came from the phone.

It was the voice of the blondie secretary.

- Cancel all my meetings for today - said Will. - I need to leave. It\'s important. I don\'t know when I\'ll be back.

- Of course - she said, and hang up.

Then I watched him get dressed.

- I\'m ready - he informed me when he was done.

I immediately shadow walked behind him, just to fuck with him a little bit, and placed my hand on his shoulder, to bring the both of us to Loistavadvaar.

There was a surprising scenery awaiting me there. By a round table made out of stone, was sitting The Great One, Druoag in his new armor, and a shimmering cloud of everchanging gold and silver particles. Yes, it was sitting too. They all had those chiseled out of solid stone, very crude, armchairs. Two more waited for me and Will.

- Hi - started my friend, taken aback by the view.

- Seat, places - said fake queen Ixa, and gestured towards the empty sport with an open hand.

Both of us, humans, had to first get a hold of ourselves, because we couldn\'t stop staring at the strange, shimmering thing, sitting on the freaking chair.

- I\'m Hope - the thing introduced itself, and for me, everything was clear, but Will still needed a few seconds.

Eventually, we all sat down.

- I brought you all here with a purpose - The Great One started. - There is something we should talk about urgently because time is precious.

- Don\'t tell me we have another trouble - I sighed.

- No. It\'s not about trouble, it\'s about strategy - he responded. - Right now, we have an opportunity to prepare the strategy for how we will move forward. With Hope on our side, I no longer have to be afraid of my political opposition. The empire is mine, and I can freely choose what to do with it from now on. We have no threat hovering above us, like a chopping axe, so we should seize the moment and prepare for the future.

- W-what do you mean by that? - asked Will.

- By that, I mean more seeds planted. More saplings grown, more people gathering crystals and getting stronger, so they are better prepared when the time comes. - he responded.

At that moment I looked at Hope. It was stupid because there was no way I could read the expression on the face of this strange avatar.

- You want to be part of this plan? - I asked them after a moment when I realized that was the only way to find out.

- I don\'t like the violence of any sort, but the war machine won\'t stop on its own. It has to be stopped. There will be a class eventually, and the only way to secure peaceful times is to win this fight. It makes me sad, but after thinking a lot about this, and having long discussions with the being you call The Great One, I came to such a conclusion - I was informed.

I was surprised, not only because of the perfect English but also because I heard words instead of a stream of thoughts.

- So you are with us in this? - I asked, for clear confirmation.

- Yes - they replied.

- We made a plan - said The Great One. - It\'s very rough, but I believe we can polish it, and then proceed.

- I guess we don\'t have a choice - Will sighed. - Ok, let\'s hear that plan then.

I nodded to his words and straightened my back in the uncomfortable chair. Fake queen Ixa left his chair, and then began walking around the table. At first in silence, I don\'t know if to gather our attention, for the suspense, or maybe to gather his thoughts so he could better put them into words.

For some strange reason, it was making me a little bit anxious. But what was more surprising, was the fact that both Will and Druoag also seemed to be a little bit nervous.