I'll kill you after I finish this game!

Reiji then prepared a wine dish made with river whales. The heated wine, combined with the fins of the river whales, created an intoxicatingly rich aroma.

On the other side was Rainbow Fruit Wine, brewed by Reiji himself, whose main ingredient was rainbow fruit.

It has a long-lasting aroma, a mellow taste, and a sweet and refreshing mouthfeel. The various flavors are perfectly balanced.

"Alcohol?" Lucoa, who had been enjoying the delicious sashimi with a smile, suddenly turned cold. She lowered her head slightly and opened her heterochromatic eyes with strange patterns. Her tone became low and distant: "That's fine. Let me confirm the curse."

"curse?"

Kobayashi repeated with a strange expression, then looked at Thor, trying to figure out what was going on.

Fafnir glanced at Lucoa while eating his sashimi. He knew what was going on, but he wasn't interested in saying anything more.

After all, it was someone's embarrassing past, and it wasn't good to talk about it. But Thor was straightforward and explained the reason to Kobayashi and Reiji.

Lucoa's face was no longer gloomy after her embarrassing moment was told in public. She was surprised and stunned to be betrayed, and looked at Thor with a blank expression, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Miss Lucoa was stripped of her divinity because of alcohol. Her colleagues made her drink a cursed wine, and while she was drunk, she..."

"Don't tell anyone!!"

Lucoa, unable to let Thor continue, began to gesticulate wildly, stopping Thor from explaining further. How could such a thing be said in public?!

She definitely didn't want to become the butt of a joke after drinking!

Reiji and Kobayashi exchanged a speechless glance. Reiji had originally intended to entertain these dragons, but in his excitement, he had forgotten about Lucoa.

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P.S.: Please vote and recommend. Lucoa's combat power is equivalent to that of a creator god in another world. In terms of combat power, she is definitely a background character at the level of gods and demons.

Chapter Ninety-Six: Time, stand still, for you are more beautiful than anyone else.

Everyone, including the dragons, thoroughly enjoyed the delicious food prepared by Rezhe. These dragons weren't particularly interested in food, but they were quite pleased with the culinary delights Rezhe had made.

Even the big-appetite Kanna was fed a full meal by Reiji.

"So..."

After downing a bottle of Reiji's special sake, Kobayashi started acting crazy while drunk, arguing with his colleague Takiya about Fafnir's butler.

"I like butlers around fifty years old!" Kobayashi argued loudly with Takiya, her face flushed, while boldly patting Fafnir's shoulder repeatedly, who was engrossed in playing a game, in her drunken frenzy. "There's no need to even consider those!"

Fafnir, whose body was swaying from being slapped, continued playing his game expressionlessly, without making any moves, while coldly protesting, "Stop it, don't disturb my game."

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!

However, Takiya, who was also drunk, and Kobayashi attacked Fafnir's other shoulder in a mixed doubles style, taking advantage of their drunkenness.

"No, no, these days, young, handsome, and sadistic butlers are quite a sight to behold."

"I told you to stop!"

Fafnir, who had been expressionless, was swaying from side to side as he was being slapped. His expressionless face gradually turned into a twitching mouth. If he hadn't found these two humans somewhat agreeable, he would have already made his move.

Reiji held a wine glass in his hand, drinking with Lucoa and the two dragons, Thor, watching the scene as if it were an amusing farce. He found Fafnir's humiliation quite entertaining.

This harmonious scene can be taken as a joke after a meal and drinks. Lucoa, who had just finished down her drink, turned her head and looked at Reiji in front of her with a smile. She slightly opened her eyelids, and a glint of light flashed in her heterochromatic eyes as she carefully examined the other person.

Strangely, Reiji's current strength makes him very sensitive to strange gazes, but he doesn't react at all to Lucoa's curious and probing gaze.

Because he didn't sense any gaze at all; Lucoa in front of him was just smiling and there was nothing unusual about her—this was Reiji's perception.

He couldn't sense the subtle gaze of this incredibly powerful feathered serpent god.

Lucoa harbored no ill will toward Reiji, but was quite curious. Of all the humans present, this was the one Lucoa could least understand. Takiya was an ordinary person, while Kobayashi was a human with high magical aptitude and possessed some of the power of a divine sword within him.

She could read minds if she wanted to, and she had secretly used it on Kobayashi, a human who genuinely cared for Thor. She also knew that Kobayashi wasn't the kind of person with complicated thoughts like those in their world; she was very pure and kind-hearted, and she quite approved of the changes that had occurred in Thor.

However, this human, Razer, was completely unfathomable. With her power that transcended the limitations of the world, even being stripped of her godhood did not affect her strength in the slightest.

Lucoa, who found that she couldn't 'see through' Raiji's true nature, became even more interested and changed to a compromise method, using the power of time to attach herself to the other's eyes in an attempt to see the other's past.

But the result disappointed her; she could only see Razer from a few hours ago at most, and she couldn't see anything further back!

This completely piqued Lucoa's curiosity about Reiji.

Who is Lukoya? Lukoya is a dragon race that came from another world and settled in the human world in ancient times, before the birth of humankind. In the mythology of this world, they are one of the creator gods and supreme gods of Mesopotamia.

Her mysterious and unpredictable strength meant that only those who resorted to underhanded methods could target her.

A direct confrontation with Lucoa? Even recognizing the true nature of the opponent, they weren't confident enough. Thor, in his true form as a giant dragon, wasn't even as big as one of Lucoa's eyes.

In the original anime and manga, Lucoa's true form is so enormous that it cannot be seen at a glance.

This was the first time Lucoa had ever seen a human that she couldn't accurately observe.

Since we can't see the other person's past, let's use our own power to make a prophecy and see the future!

Her predictions of the future were like those of powerful figures in Eastern fantasy novels—similar yet different, but they allowed her to obtain some useful information.

"Om~"

An unseen, mysterious fluctuation emerged within Lucoa's body, and her heterochromatic eyes, adorned with mysterious patterns, began to shimmer with dazzling starlight.

Even though she has been stripped of her divine status, Lucoa can still be considered a god. Whether she is the feathered serpent god or the dragon god, strength is the fundamental factor that determines everything!

When she used her own power to activate her prophetic abilities to explore Reiji's future, all she saw was a pitch-black fog, at most allowing Lucoa to see Reiji's situation tomorrow.

Lucoa continued to extend her perspective on the future, and to her surprise, the further into the future she looked, the thinner the black mist became, allowing Lucoa to see even a tiny bit of what was happening.

With a slight smile, Lucoa, seeing an opportunity, increased her power, this time accelerating directly to a more distant future. Her curiosity and thirst for knowledge were ignited; she was determined to see what this special human was all about.

The scene before their 'sight' was becoming clearer; at least they could see something about Razer through the black fog.

However, the intelligence was still fragmented and incomplete, making it impossible to glean any truly interesting information. Lucoa continued to accelerate towards the 'future'.

After traversing a vast expanse of black mist, she finally stopped, feeling that she could see things clearly again.

However, a sudden and unexpected change caught her off guard.

"Click..."

"..."

Suddenly, her 'perspective' felt a powerful constraint. The blood-red divine power fluctuations, like the Big Bang at the beginning of the universe, directly engulfed her future 'perspective', as if her thoughts were about to completely stop, threatening to make her utterly succumb to it.

The scene before her 'sight' was crystal clear, but before Lucoa could even feel happy, she keenly sensed that something was very wrong.

Why is everything in my 'vision' frozen in place, like a photograph? Is this truly a prophetic vision of the future?

The swaying of the forest, the whisper of the wind, and the flow of the water that Lucoa could see appeared completely still.

Lucoa's 'gaze' could no longer move forward; her gaze seemed to have become part of this still, all-encompassing world, imbued with its splendor.

"Time, stand still! For of all things in the world, you are the most beautiful!!"

From Lucoa's perspective, which only allowed her to think, it was as if she heard a deep, low murmur that abruptly severed the timeline and connected the past and present.

These words, like a soft murmur, resonated throughout Lucoa's soul, as if chanting, as if sighing, and as if making a vow.

Let all things feel His intense will! Just as He proclaimed, Time, stand still, and turn this moment into eternity!

Come and savor this wonderful moment with me, where everything in this vast and boundless world is eternally unchanging! Anything I do not agree with is frozen in time!

This is the eternal paradise I cherish, and also the endless hell where all things sink into deathly silence!

An incomparably domineering will spoke and controlled all things within the fluctuations of divine power, while Lucoa, being a part of all things, was merely an insignificant part, stuck in this 'perspective', unable to move forward or return.

Unable to resist this domineering will, Lucoa succumbed after struggling in vain. However, a different scene appeared in her vision than the stillness of the world: a figure with its back to her 'perspective'.

From behind, one could see that the other person had rather dark skin and wore silver armor. The patterns on the armor resembled snake scales, making the other person appear both sacred and ominous. In the stillness of the world, deep red hair swayed gently.

There were exactly eight black and red blades on her back, which resembled wings. The blades, which were about the same height as the figure, were spinning, and each blade seemed capable of slicing her apart across a distant timeline.

Simply by standing there, those who witness His presence can believe that He is the one and only supreme being among all things in the universe.

But is this guy, who exudes an aura of dominance that seems to ravage the world, really a 'human' being?

"Ok?"

Suddenly, as if he had noticed something unusual, the red-haired man slightly turned his body, his blood-red eyes, the same color as his hair, glancing back at the one who dared to spy on him.

Her red eyes swayed as she gazed silently at Lucoa.

moment--!

"Well!!!"

The other party did nothing, nor did they use any power. With just a glance, Lucoa felt as if her soul was burdened by the pressure of a real universe, and all her freedom was taken away.

Even though nothing was done, the other person's gaze seemed to possess an immense, endless 'mass' as it pressed down heavily on Lucoa.

For the first time in her life, Lucoa felt her own insignificance, and it was unbelievable that the word "insignificant" would be applied to her.

"Oh, interesting, from the past..."

The blood-haired youth's expressionless face turned into one of amusement, his tone filled with a hint of surprise and delight. However, his words sent shivers down Lucoa's spine.

We've been...discovered!?

"At some point in my past... the only person who could do something like this was... Lucoa. You're watching me this World Cup, right?!"

The blood-haired youth turned around completely with a mocking smile on his face, his blood-red eyes, filled with a mysterious smile, seemed to be staring at Lucoa.

Meanwhile, the winged blades behind the domineering youth in his 'line of sight' seemed to possess a life of their own. Sensing something daring to spy on their master, they emitted bursts of sword-like cries, as if the blades, concealing boundless destructive power, were raising their heads like the ferocious Yamata no Orochi, aiming directly at Lucoa's 'perspective'.

A slash of light, like an ultimate strike that could shatter the universe, completely overwhelmed Lucoa's 'perspective', and the scene suddenly shattered, losing all imagery!

At the same time, the visual memories that Lucoa had acquired also shattered.

In reality, Lucoa remained in that pose for a while, looking dazed, until a dragon maid woke her up.

"Lucia...Miss Lucoa...Miss Lucoa!!!"

"Snapped!"

A series of calls came from the shoulder of Lucoa, who was sitting at the table with her hand still touching her wine glass. The familiar calls grew louder and louder.

"what!?"

Thor shouted into Lucoa's ear. With the help of external force, Lucoa cut off her 'perspective'. Her heterochromatic eyes were confused for a moment before returning to the present. She then immediately covered her ears and looked at Thor who had shouted.

When Thor saw that Lucoa had come to her senses, he stopped what he was doing and looked at her curiously, asking, "Miss Lucoa, did you get drunk because you haven't had a drink in so long? I called you so many times and you didn't respond."