Chaos Will Reign

Chapter Three: Save Data

A couple days have passed by now, as Damien returns to his temple to start recording history for the day. However, he sees that he had received a message from the Temple of Swords. Yan-Shen contacted? For what? As he wondered what this could be about, he opens the voice message, and finds it wasn't Yan-Shen, but her sister, Shun-Fei.

"Hello?! Is this the Temple of Wisdom? We need your help! My sister suddenly isn't feeling well, and Fae said to call you for help! Please hurry!"

The message was short and to the point, as Damien stands from his chair to get Kaiden. He uses his radio to contact others in the temple. "Ava, I need you to cover recording for me. Kaiden, I need a ride to the Temple of Swords. I'll be at the air dock." He says.

"Understood." Both Ava and Kaiden would reply, as Damien walks through the temple and to the air dock, where Kaiden was preparing for launch in his aircraft.

"The Temple of Swords, yes?" Kaiden asked to confirm, as Damien nods. Kaiden would open the craft for Damien, as the two men rocket off to the Temple.

It took them about five minutes to arrive. Kaiden would carefully land the Lubetzal in an open area, and the two would approach the two sisters on the sparring field. "Hello, Miss Shun-Fei. You said Lady Yan-Shen wasn't feeling well?" He asked.

"Well, kinda?" Shun would answer. "Health wise, she's perfectly fine. But for some reason, she can't lift her sword!" She explained.

Damien tilts his head, and walks up to the sleepy goddess with her sword in the ground. Despite not showing much emotion, Damien could tell she was feeling dejected by this. "Lady Yan-Shen, do you mind?" He asked, taking the hilt of her sword. The woman would back up a bit to let Damien try and lift. And sure enough, he pulls it out fairly easily. He then stabs it back into the ground, and puts his hand over his chin. "Kaiden, could you try?" He asked.

The deadpan male walks up to her Balmung. Unlike his lord, Kaiden couldn't lift the sword. "It's heavy for me." He reports.

Damien nods along. "Interesting..." Damien walks back to the Lubetzal, and brings out some kind of kit with small, handheld devices. "Has anything of note happened, Lady Yan-Shen?"

She shakes her head.

"Do you know if anyone has visited you, other than your sister?" He asked as he used some type of scanner.

Once again, her answer is no.

Damien was starting to get confused, and then noticed that his scanner was completely silent. He looks down at the device, and soon widens his eyes in shock. There wasn't a hint of divinity in Yan-Shen. Well, there was, but it was so minuscule that it might as well have been nonexistent. "Well this is new..." Damien mutters. "Lady Yan-Shen, by chance, have you stepped down and given up your Divinity?" He asked one last question.

Once again, she shakes her head.

"Then...what could have happened...?" Damien rubs his chin some more, looking at the scanner in his hand once again. "It would seem that some has stolen her Divinity. But...That's never been possible. This is the first of this kind of situation." He tells the sisters.

"But...who could've taken it?! And how?!" Shun-Fei asked.

"I'm not sure." Damien answers. "At least, not yet. Don't worry. I'll find out what's happening."

"Okay... Please hurry."

"These sorts of things take time. But I'll try to make it quick." He says.

"...save...data..." Yan-Shen speaks up, finally.

"What?" Damien tilts his head.

"...save data... That is what...went missing... I heard...in my sleep last night..." She says.

"Save data... Got it." Damien says with a smile, and calls up Tine. "Tine, we're going to meet up at your Temple, I have an interesting case that needs to be shared with everyone." He says. He then turns to Kaiden. "Can you bring Ava to the Temple of Storms in your Lubetzal? Tell MAKI to record in her stead."

"Understood." Kaiden bows, and takes off immediately to bring Ava to the Temple of Storms.

———

After explaining what went down with everyone, Veto's brows furrow quite a bit.

"So this "save data" is tied to our Divinity? That is quite troublesome." He comments.

"Okay... So we have a clue about they want. So how do we stop them?" Aileus asked.

"Well, actually, I have an idea. But I'm going to need some volunteers to pull it off." Damien says.

"What kind of idea?" Aella asked.

———

Damien returns to the Temple of Wisdom. Kaiden would bow at his return, as would Suoh and Maxine. "I have some catching up to do. I'll be staying the night at the temple tonight, so please don't disturb me unless there's a serious issue that needs my attention. Oh, and tell Wisteria that she can rest too." He says, and enters his main office.

Ava would do just that, and use her radio to contact Wisteria on the hill. "Lady Wisteria, Lord Damien says you can clock out for the night."

"Huh? But it's so early?" She asked.

"It's fine. Kaiden can protect us." Ava reassured her, and she reluctantly agreed. "I hope this is doesn't backfire on us..."

As Damien lounges in his chair, he taps the center of the potted flower on his desk, and closes his eyes. He seemed to be listening to something.

"The God of Wisdom is staying at his temple tonight. I don't know why, but it would definitely be easier to get to him here rather than his personal home... ...So you're already in the forest? I see. Yes. I understand."

Once Damien identifies the voice behind the flower, he would smile, and start to put his plan into motion.

———

"The God of Wisdom is staying at his temple this time?" Chaos wondered.

"Isn't this the perfect opportunity?! I say we get that save data while we have the chance!" Anny says excitedly. "Erii is already there anyway."

"I completely agree, Anny!" Chaos would laugh. "Erii, let's move the next step in our plan!"

While Erii had her reservations, she wasn't in a position to say no. After all, it was her job to do as she was told. She found this whole situation too convenient to her.