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Artemis looked at Fenrir with a mixture of confusion and anger. "Who are you?" she asked, her tone sharp.

She wanted to kill him if possible, but seeing his strength she knew that the Mother Superior knew something that she didn't so she wanted to know everything.

Fenrir looked at her with a sly grin. "Oh, don't you remember me? Well, it's fair I guess, Edona, explain everything,"

Artemis narrowed her eyes. "Don't act cocky! You might be powerful but that doesn't excuse you to be a scumbag who forces himself on other people?"

Edona stepped forward, her expression stern. "Artemis, stop! and Fenrir you too, I promised you to find the person who summoned you here, so until then don't make it too hard for me, I beg you,"

She felt her headache getting worse and worse with all the problems she had to face because of him.

She also noticed Artemis's confusion and stepped forward to explain so things won't get out of hand. "Artemis, Fenrir is the giant wolf that attacked us earlier. He is transformed to take a human shape for now, but we need to find the person who summoned him to send him back, He is one of the three apocalypse beings in this world, that's why we can't fight him,"

Edona explained everything from point to point without missing anything.

Artemis narrowed her eyes. "You're the giant wolf that tried to kill us?"

Fenrir chuckled. "Yes, that's me."

Both Artemis and Tasha felt like they were listening to something absurd because the handsome man in front of them was none other than the wolf, they tried to attack earlier.

"So what is he doing here?" Artemis asked Edona, but Fenrir is the one who answered her question.

"That's my question! Who brought me here and why? I want the person before the next full moon, or you will have to face the consequences," Fenrir said and looked at Edona who looked like she was having the worst day of her life.

'Was it really Apollo? or Should I just push him into Supreme Deity's side?'

Edona thought but she knew pushing him away will be dangerous because if the other side manage to convince him to attack her, she knew her throne would be in danger.

"I promised you! I will find him, so just give me time, and please don't do things like this and harm my children, don't you have a heart? Please!" Edona was on the verge of crying, and Artemis felt like her anger was overflowing but she held herself back knowing that she won't win.

She knew it was foolish to fight when the odds are completely on Fenrir's side, so she had to wait until she see a weak point that she can exploit.

"Fine," Fenrir knew he was a little harsh this time, but he had no idea to ask for forgiveness.

Without even collecting his clothes, he walk past Edona, Artemis and Tasha and looked at them for a few seconds.

"Tasha, I will come to see you again," He left the room with Artemis fuming from her mouth, but the same thing cannot be said for Tasha.

Even though she didn't show it outside, she was happy to hear that he wasn't just playing with her. She didn't know why but she felt extremely happy when he said, he will be back.

"Mother, we need to get rid of him quickly," As soon as Fenrir left the room, Artemis said what she was thinking the whole time without holding back.

She was so frustrated and so angry looking at the reddened body of Tasha, so she quickly said those words to Edona, who was holding her head in pain.

"I will, I won't keep him here," She said those words and left the room to make sure, Fenrir went back to the castle without making any more problems.

Artemis kept looking at her mother's back until she faded away and suddenly her eyes went to Tasha, who was standing in the middle of the room naked waiting for Artemis to say something.

"Come, let's wash your body," She didn't say anything extra, but at the same time she couldn't bare to watch her looking all gloomy so she grabbed Tasha and went to the bathroom to wash her. But in the second dimension instead of water, most of the time they used liquified mana so it worked miracles on the skin and was more effective than normal water.

"I will make sure no stains remain on your body from that dumb animal,"

***

After the next day, the incident happened with Fenrir, Artemis kept walking with her mind, not in peace.

She didn't know what to do with her anger, so she sat under a golden tree while looking at the sky with an empty look on her face.

Suddenly, a familiar voice interrupted her reverie. "Artemis, what's wrong? You look troubled."

It was Apollo, one of her brothers out of the thousands she had, but the only close one. He had come to meet her, concern etched on his handsome features.

Artemis turned her head to look at him, her eyes reflecting the sadness she felt inside. "I am troubled, Apollo. Heaven is changing so rapidly, and I feel like I'm losing touch with it."

Apollo sat down beside her, his golden lyre glinting in the sunlight. "What do you mean, sister?"

Artemis was troubled not knowing whether it would be a good idea to tell him about what happened but then she decide to tell, because after Mother Superior, Tasha and the only sister she had contact with, Apollo was the remaining person whom she knew she can rely on.

Artemis sighed, turning her head to look at her brother. "It's Fenrir. He's here, in our world."

Apollo's eyes widened in surprise. "Fenrir? What Fenrir? Don't tell me you saw that giant wolf! Are you sure?"

Artemis nodded, her voice low. "I saw him earlier today. He forced himself on my girlfriend."

Apollo's surprise quickly turned to anger and it also had a hint of happiness. "That son of a wolf! I can't believe he's back here causing trouble again. I thought he was dead or sleeping!"

Artemis looked at her brother, a hint of confusion in her eyes. "What do you mean, back here? Did you know he was here?"

Apollo shook his head without even letting her suspect him for a single second and said, "No! If I knew I wouldn't be this surprised! It's just I read some stuff about him, so I knew one or two things about them. We need to find him and make sure he doesn't cause any more trouble."

Artemis looked at her brother skeptically. "Do you know anything about this, Apollo? Tell me the truth! You don't sound very convincing when you're shaking like this"

Apollo shook his head, lying through his teeth. "No, I swear. I had no idea Fenrir was here, but who can keep him hidden like this, unless it is-."

"Yes, Mother Superior is hiding him, I remember he said, he won't go back until he finds the person that summoned him," Artemis suddenly dropped a huge bomb on Apollo's head because he knew, everything would go into the gutter if Fenrir or Edona find any clue about his presence in this matter.

Even though Apollo refused the claims, Artemis could sense that something was off. She had always been able to read her brother like a book, and his reaction didn't seem genuine, but hearing his next words she quickly forget about everything.

"Maybe he's threatening our mother," He said and looked at Artemis with a frustrated look.

"We need to find him and take care of him once and for all," Apollo said, his voice serious. "Fenrir is too dangerous to be left alive. Besides you can't let him live after what he did to your loved one."

Apollo wanted to manipulate Artemis so she would make a huge scene to bring Fenrir out of the place, he is staying in so he can use his authority over the wolf species to tame him without letting him escape. He couldn't let Artemis know about his secret plan to use Fenrir to overthrow both Mother Superior and Supreme Deity.

"But he is powerful, I tried to attack him, still he was able to deflect my most powerful attack," Artemis wasn't sure about facing Fenrir head-on once again. After experiencing defeat once, she didn't want to disgrace herself anymore in front of others.

"I know a tool, this isn't something known to the public, but one of the elder gods that serve our mother told me that she has a weapon stolen from one of the apocalypse species in her castle, I don't know where it is, but if you can find it-" Apollo didn't even get to finish his words as Artemis looked at him with an excited look.

"We might be able to make that arrogant wolf grovel in front of us," Both of them laughed, but it wasn't for the same reason.

Apollo couldn't help but smile to himself. Artemis was completely unaware of his true intentions, and he knew he could use her fire for revenge to his advantage. There weren't such weapons by Apocalypse beings, but Apollo knew Artemis would find some dumb trick to draw out Fenrir.

eαglesnᴏνel "We need to be careful, Artemis," Apollo said, his voice low. "Fenrir is cunning and unpredictable. We need to make sure we take him out before he has a chance to turn on us."

Apollo couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement seeing his plan was coming together perfectly, and soon, he would be the most powerful god in heaven and he would even get the power to challenge the universe itself.