Issei Demigod of Olympus

Gods

(Gremory Territory, West Gardens)

Running as fast as he could, Issei came barging inside his room and found the letter of invitation. Ripping off the seal, he got the finely made papyrus out and saw Athena's perfect grammar and spelling. He already knew the gist of the letters contained thanks to Hermes, but he wanted to be sure of how much Athena knew. She might have just copied all the other letters and given him a personal one.

" Dear Issei, Demi God of Dragons and my precious Student, I invite you to a most pressing and unfortunate Summer Solstice meeting, as I have deemed you, along with the rest of the faction, to be priority guests. Hermes may have already given you some details, but to bring you up to speed, I have found evidence of a secret child born from Typhons bloodline, with a destiny to free his father and bring us all to ruin. No book I have read spoke of his name, only that he is hiding and waiting for the peak of Summer."

He let go of the letter for a bit, already finding it all too overwhelming. But he needed to know how much she knew. Even if he would get hurt." By my calculations, maybe only a week after the meeting ends, he shall show himself. So I am planning to offer them a chance to show themselves and maybe we can find a way to co-exist. I know this seems naive, but I have a vested interest in keeping this child from ruining our lives and his own. I am telling you this because I trust you Issei, no one else, besides you and a select few knows what this meeting will be about."

" I hope you will support me in this endeavor, and help save our family and this child whoever they are. Give my best regards to Irina, and may you be unburdened from worries of fighting for a time, yours truly, Athena. Ps: I hope it goes without saying, if you happen to know of them and choose to reveal them to me, I won't tell a soul." I wish I could believe you, Athena, I really do." The letter crumbled in his hands, as a few tears rolled down his cheeks." But there is no chance, you wouldn't have killed me the moment I told you." He threw the letter away and got up.

He felt his heart still standing still, yet his body worked as it always had. All the day since his dreams had been a long spiral into confusion and worry, and his heart stopping had to mean something, but he couldn't figure out what. Was he beginning to accept his reality? Was it a sign of his slow descent into his own pre-made hell or was it just coindance. He felt like throwing up from all the thinking, so he did. He left the pearly white posline toilet stained with his barf.

The ringing of his phone got him to lift his head out of the bowl and look at the name of the caller with squinted eyes."Azazel is calling". He looked at the phone for a few seconds, deciding if he wanted to puke more or act like he was fine and answer the call." Hello, how is my favorite Demi-God doing?" Issei felt like he should have chosen the puke option, as he answered Azazel." Having one hell of a day, and an invitation to a meeting this wednesday that I need to attend."," Oh really? Too bad, but that's not ruin my schedule."

He sounded so sure of himself. Issei wondered what he meant by ruining his schedule, since as far as he knew, Azazel wasn't gonna do shit those days Issei would be gone, that was important." I need to have you come by today, to discuss a few things."," Why not over the phone?"," Because, I like doing things in person, plus I wanna test something with you and Lenedos that we can only do at the Grigori." He sounded too relaxed, like he just wanted to annoy Issei.

" Fine, I'll be there in a few hours, gotta get a train ticket first-"," Just use your power, kid."

( Time Skip, Grigori)

" Do you know the definition of a god, Baraqiel?" Asked Azazel, as he watched the horizon with a pair of binoculars. Baraqiel, along with Shamhazai, gave each a quick look of confusion, before Baraqiel stepped closer." I don't have time to ponder philosophy like you Azazel, so I don't know."," A god is defined:" As a being of such great and undeniable influence over the world". It's a bit too broad in my opinion, since I could also be considered a god by that definition."