Leon Greyrat: The Second Son - Mushoku Tensei OC

Chapter 95 - Explanations

— Leon Greyrat —

A day had passed, and just as we had agreed, I was making my way over to Orsted with Rudy at my side.

"So you really didn't get a visit from the Man-God?" I asked.

"No," he said, shaking his head. "I guess that bracelet really did work."

"Yeah... so do you feel a bit more confident now?" I asked.

He frowned. "Well... I'm more confident, yes, but still don't want to go against him. Just because he can't talk to me doesn't mean he can target me, right?"

"Orsted said that he shouldn't be able to see you either," I said. "But either way, we still don't know the entire picture."

"Right," he agreed as we continued. "And it's not like we can trust him completely..."

Right... there was that too.

Anyway, just as Orsted said, I was able to find him quite easily by using my Demon eye and seeing the mass of mana, so after a quick breakfast, a kiss exchanged with each of my wives, and a quick hug with Aria and Anna, I grabbed Rudy before heading outside the city.

Eris did seem curious about where I was going, as well as what I was doing yesterday, but she thankfully didn't ask to join us as she was preoccupied with spending time with her parents.

I loved her, and I trusted her to be on my side and have my back, but I didn't want to risk her meeting Orsted, at least not yet.

After all, my Eris was a bit confrontational, and that was without the hatred curse thing, so I didn't want to risk it.

After a few minutes of walking, we eventually reached him, with the grey-haired man in his long white cloak once again making my blood boil, despite the fact he was hopefully going to be my ally.

"You made it," he said in his monotone voice.

"Yeah... we did," I said, looking around at the old cabin we were currently in. "So... why did you want to talk today and not yesterday?"

Rudy then created a set of three chairs and a table as the two of us sat down.

"I... had some things to take care of," Orsted said, sitting down as well. "I needed to ensure your words were true concerning Nanahoshi's safety and that you truly had families that could be threatened."

"Oh... I see," I said.

So he scouted us... I didn't even realize.

How scary.

"Now... you wish to work together to defeat the Man-God and protect your families, correct?" he said, to which we both nodded. "And Rudeus... the Man-God appeared in your dreams?"

"Yeah... though not last night, thanks to you," he said. "But still... can't he just create another apostle to come kill me? How will this protect me?"

Orsted hummed. "While the Man-God can make most people in this world his apostles, they are still limited in number."

Oh?

Well... that was good.

"And as such, he chooses his apostles very carefully," he continued. "So it only stands to reason that he would not use them in a way he cannot guarantee victory, especially not for something as petty as revenge or punishment... or rather, not with the threat of me being here."

"I see... do you know how many he can have?" I asked.

Orsted nodded his head.

"The Man-God can influence three people at a time, as far as my knowledge goes," he answered, as he then narrowed his eyes at me with a piercing glare. "More importantly... you are sure you are not an apostle as well."