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The witch then dragged Issei upstairs and towards the attic, only turning to glance at him as she commented, "you and that nun have been spending a lot of time together haven't you?"
Issei nodded with a smile on his face, "yeah she's really nice, kind and fun to be around. Why do you ask?"
"No reason," growled the witch and Issei nearly choked as her grip on his collar grew even tighter before they arrived at the attic and instead of simply letting him take the stairs, ScƔthach threw him up into the room.
"Ouch what was that for!?" cried Issei as he landed and rounded on the witch.
"What was what for?" frowned the witch as she climbed up the stairs and gave him a hostile glare.
"Umā¦ScĆ”thach are you mad?" guessed the teen.
"Why would I be mad Issei?" replied the witch and causing Issei to give a sigh of relief.
"That's a relief I thought you were angry at me," laughed the human, only to double over in pain as she punched him in the gut and walked to the far end of the room.
"Why?" croaked out Issei in pain.
[Partner, I give up. You really are a lost cause.]
Eventually the teen stopped rolling around in pain and got to his feet, only to gasp as he saw the numerous runes craved into the walls and roof of the attic. "What the hell did you do to my home!?" he screamed, causing the witch to give a proud smile.
"I made it unassailable, these Runes here create a Boundary Field that will stop people from teleporting to inside the house, mask our presence, reinforce the structure, and best of all links us to my home," explained the Godslayer, as Issei's face grew pale.
The teen swallowed fearfully, "ScĆ”thach, when you say your 'home,' do you meanā¦"
"The Land of Shadows, yes," nodded the witch, as she touched one of the runes and suddenly a purple portal appeared in the middle of the room.
"You created a portal to the Land of Shadows in my home!? What the hell is wrong with you? Why would you do that?" cried Issei.
"Even I can get home sick Issei, besides if I get bored I can just go hunting in my home. It is always full of fun things to fight," replied the witch with a wistful smile.
"Anyway, let's get going," stated ScƔthach, causing Issei to immediately spin and face her.
"What?!" he exclaimed.
ScƔthach just shrugged, "I got a message from Morrigan, apparently she needs to see us."
"No, no way. I'm not going, knowing my luck that portal will go wrong and send me who knows where!" cried Issei.
"Issei-kun," said ScƔthach in a voice that gave the teen shudders as he turned to face her and saw Gae Bolg glowing red, inches from his face. "Start marching."
Lugh fingered the hilt of his sword as the two Celtic Gods watched the portal form in front of them and sighed, 'time for the moment of truth.' There was a brief flash of light and Lugh watched as a young boy stumbled out of the portal and fell to the ground, following this was another flash and Lugh's eyes narrowed as he saw ScƔthach appear before she dismissed Gae Bolg.
"There was that so hard? You little drama queen," scoffed ScƔthach.
"You shoved Gae Bolg in my face! I'd say that was an adequate amount of drama!" argued the boy.
"Oh please it's not like it's the first time I've done that," replied the witch with a dismissive wave of her hand.
"That doesn't make it better!" shouted Issei.
Lugh just watched the two banter in amazement, 'is that really ScƔthach? She almost seems like a different person.' Morrigan noticed this and just smiled, "I told you he has that effect on people."
"I see," muttered Lugh before the two approached them. "So the Queen of the Land of Shadows has returned to her Kingdom has she?"
ScƔthach turned to face him and shrugged, "just for today Lugh, I would ask you to behave yourself in my home. I would hate to have my home reduced to rubble again."
"I'll be good, provided you do likewise," replied Lugh.
"You're a Queen, ScƔthach?" spoke up Issei, causing everyone to turn and face him.
"Self-proclaimed," muttered Morrigan softly, drawing an angry glare from the Godslayer before she turned back to face him.
"That's right welcome to my home, Issei," she announced as Issei looked around and saw they were in a large stone training area with a castle rising behind them.
"And what a home it is, a land of Eternal Twilight, where nothing is truly dead or alive, truly a paradise," scoffed Lugh as he stared at the unmoving sun with a frown, ignoring the growl coming from ScƔthach as he approached Issei.
Quicker than anyone could react the Sun God unsheathed his sword and held it against the teen's throat, "boy you will answer my questions truthfully, do you understand?"
"Yes," replied Issei as he stared at the sword against his throat warily.
"Is everything that you told Morrigan and ScƔthach the truth?" interrogated Lugh.
"Most of it," came the reply from Issei as the teen's eyes widened.
'I didn't want to say that! What's going on?!' he thought in confusion as the sword against his throat began giving off a very unusual pressure.
A deep sadness grew in the God's heart as he thought back to what Morrigan had told him about his son's fate, to be enslaved by that human and then to die like that, without even being able to fight. A small tear formed in the Lugh's eyes as he silently lamented the cruel fate his son had suffered before he pushed the sadness back and focused on Issei.
"What did you lie about?" demanded Lugh as his eyes narrowed.
Issei's mouth began moving of it's own accord as he replied, "the one who gave me the cards isn't dead."
Both ScƔthach and Morrigan looked at the teen in surprise while Lugh frowned, "why did you lie?
Giving up on trying to lie Issei just sighed "because he asked me to keep his presence a secret and I owe that damn troll. Besides what would you have done to him if you found out about the cards before I explained it?"
"Kill him," stated Morrigan.
"Tear him to shreds," replied ScƔthach.
"Destroy him, his friends and his familyā¦I think I see your point now," admitted Lugh as he removed the sword from Issei's neck.
"That sword, what is that?" questioned Issei.
Lugh gave a small grin, "this blade is the 'Answerer,' Fragarach. None may tell a lie while this blade is at their throats."
The Sun God then sheathed his blade, "well let's see this 'Class Card,' Morrigan keeps going on about."
Issei nodded as he pulled out the Lancer card, "Include, Lancer."
As the light died down Issei wasn't expecting to hear three collective gasps of shock from the gathered Celts, ScĆ”thach slowly approached the confused teen. "Isseiā¦how long has that been happening?" she asked.
"How long has what been happening?" replied Issei in confusion.
"Issei, don't joke around here," scolded Morrigan
"I seriously don't know what you guys are talking about!" cried the teen and Scathach's eyes widened.
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