Chapter 221: Exchange Meeting-2
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 221: Exchange Meeting-2
The day of the Exchange Meeting.
"Hmm... Causality is within the margin of error... and no other dimensional distortions..."
Solaris examined the status of the dimensions under her charge.
It was a minimum precaution to prevent any issues from arising while she was away attending the meeting. Several indicators floating in the air were within the safety zone.
Having recently suffered a major headache due to a sudden possessor, Solaris double-checked the figures displayed on the indicators.
Like someone checking the gas stove multiple times before heading out, Solaris scrutinized the data until the very moment she left her dimension.
The Exchange Meeting was to be held in a dimension managed by their superior, the 2nd Class Dimension Management God, Nibiru.
Instead of heading straight to Nibiru’s dimension, Solaris waited for her group in the Relay Zone.
"As expected of the model student. You're here early, aren't you?"
Following a boisterous voice, Lunin approached her with her arm draped over Empen’s shoulder.
"You're not late," Solaris remarked, observing Empen, who was still as stiff as a board.
"If I were late, you'd obviously nag me again, wouldn't you?" Lunin shrugged.
"If there are no other party members coming, let's head out immediately. If we arrive late, we might not even get the chance to greet our senior."
Nibiru, who had recently been promoted to a 2nd Class Dimension Management God, was a figure respected and loved by her juniors. In the world of Dimension Management Gods, where rigid hierarchies existed, Nibiru treated her subordinates with benevolence and understanding.
If Senior Nibiru gets angry, it means the other person truly did something wrong.
The fact that such a saying circulated spoke volumes.
Solaris recalled the time she had just left the Training Academy and become a 4th Class Dimension Management God. At that time, Nibiru, who was a 3rd Class God, had welcomed her and Lunin warmly, comforting and teaching them when they made many minor mistakes during their first missions.
"……."
Solaris thought that her past self probably wasn't much different from the Empen standing over there.
Solaris, Lunin, and Empen headed toward the edge of the Relay Zone. It was the dimension portal leading to where Nibiru was located.
Perhaps because many Dimension Management Gods were crossing through the Relay Zone, a long line stretched out in front of the portal. Solaris scanned the familiar and unfamiliar faces, gauging the scale of the sector she belonged to.
"Empen, have you ever met Senior Nibiru?"
"I have only seen her from a distance during my time at the Training Academy."
Behind Solaris, the cycle of persistent questions and desperate answers continued.
"Oh? You haven't seen her even after being appointed? ...Is it because she became a 2nd Class God that she doesn't meet with 4th Class Gods?"
Lunin muttered to herself with a frown, while Empen continued to stare straight ahead in a rigid "at attention" posture.
"Empen."
Watching this, Solaris called out to her in a soft voice.
"There's no need to be so nervous. You and I are both 4th Class Dimension Management Gods. She won't eat you, so you don't have to be so scared."
Empen’s gaze shifted toward her, and Solaris spoke reassuringly.
"Yes, I understand! Thank you very much!"
The response was the same as before, but it was strangely laced with a sense of stability, which satisfied Solaris.
"Accidents during dimension management often happen to newly appointed gods. It might seem like Lunin is bullying you, but she's saying all this for your sake."
She added, glancing at her colleague, Lunin.
"Like hell it is. It's just because I'm the one in charge of her training."
Lunin grumbled, her face flushing slightly, and Solaris offered a smile at the sight.
Solaris continued to talk to Empen, and Empen’s stiff body gradually relaxed. Meanwhile, the long line dwindled bit by bit.
"Ah, I think it's our turn."
Empen, who had been groaning while caught in Lunin's headlock, pointed toward the portal. The three Dimension Management Gods straightened their appearances and headed toward the passage.
"Ah, excuse me for a moment."
Just as they were about to enter the portal leading to Nibiru’s dimension, someone cut in front of them.
White wings blocked their vision.
Wings?
Solaris’s eyes twitched, and Lunin let out a sigh of disbelief. To think there was someone who would ostentatiously display their wings like this, something usually reserved for showing authority to mortals...
She must be a rookie who just became a Dimension Management God, Lunin thought.
"Hey, what do you think you're doing cutting in? Can't you see the line?"
At Lunin's sharp words, the intruder, who was stepping into the dimension portal, turned around.
"Huh?"
A short exclamation escaped the lips of both Lunin and Solaris as they saw the intruder's face.
The person before them was no rookie 4th Class Dimension Management God.
The intruder scanned them from head to toe. Lunin bristled at the blatant look of contempt, but she fell silent at the palpable difference in their Realm.
"4th Class, I see."
Those words wriggled like a snake entwined with many meanings.
"……"
Solaris silently etched that face into her memory.
"Nothing to say? If you have nothing to say, I'll be going."
Seemingly satisfied that they had shut their mouths after confirming her Realm, the 3rd Class Dimension Management God turned back around. As the intruder turned, she fluttered her wings, and the heavy pinions brushed against Empen’s head.
Even after the intruder had left and it was finally their turn, Solaris, Lunin, and Empen simply stared blankly at the spot where she had disappeared.
"Wow... what the hell is wrong with that woman? Was there someone like that in our sector?"
It was Lunin who finally broke the long silence. She continued to fume, unable to let go of her anger, and Empen couldn't hide her anxiety at seeing Lunin so uncharacteristically enraged.
Solaris searched through her memories. It was a face she had seen somewhere before. Only after rummaging through the drawer of her mind labeled "oblivion" for a long time did she find the name of the person they had just encountered.
"She's not from our sector."
At Solaris’s words, Lunin shifted her gaze.
"This Exchange Meeting is only supposed to be for the Dimension Management Gods of our sector, isn't it?"
In response to Lunin's question, Solaris gave a slight shrug. It meant she didn't know either.
"Senior Nibiru might have called her separately."
Lunin paused at Solaris’s remark.
"What? Do you know something? Spill it, quick."
At the hint of detailed information, Lunin grabbed Solaris’s shoulders and shook her back and forth.
"3rd Class Dimension Management God Ranael. You must have heard the name before, haven't you?" Solaris said, feeling her head wobble.
"That... right? The one who left her name in the history of the Training Academy..."
Soon, Lunin recalled something and looked at Solaris’s face.
"As utter trash."
Solaris finished the sentence that Lunin couldn't bring herself to complete.
