2 July 2018

  Japan, 10:00 in the morning at a famous ramen restaurant. . .

  "One Tonkotsu ramen please!"

  "One Tonkotsu ramen coming right up!"

  "THREE MISO RAMEN, HURRY UP!!"

  "THREE MISO RAMEN COMING RIGHT UP!!"

  This is the ramen restaurant where Leonna and Veint work in Japan.

  "Three curry ramen and three cold sake, please!"

  "Yes! Coming!

  Currently, Light and Lily are working part-time together at the ramen restaurant, where Leonna and Veint are also employed. Lily is handling the customer's orders. Veint's job is cooking while Light works on cleaning the dishes. Lily is using her Time Faith power, which speeds up the orders that are coming to the chefs. Light is in the back using his black hole to absorb any leftover on the plates, which reduces the number of resources to wash dishes to zero since he doesn't even need to use water and dishwashing liquid at all, and it even results in a lot cleaner state since he can absorb even the smallest dirty substances.

  "Lunehart-san, your works are splendid! I'm gonna double your pay."

  The restaurant owner is a sixty-year-old man, and he also works at the shop himself. He's thanking Light from the bottom of his heart.

  "You're too kind, mister owner."

  "Of course, Lily-san's pay as well. Even though this shop is quite famous, it has never had this much traffic of orders piling up so fast."

  "T-Thanks again, mister!"

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  Two hours later, at lunch break. . .

  This ramen restaurant had a room of its own for its workers to rest or have lunch breaks together. Light, Lily, and Veint are having ramen for lunch. They got a break because they only work here for the morning shift, while Veint was excused because today was a special occasion.

  Light, Lily, and Veint pray before they eat.

  "Amen! Itadakimasu!!" said the three of them together.

  They quickly slurp their first bite of the ramen.

  "Mmmmmmmmhhhh!!"

  The three of them taste bliss at the same time.

  "Mhh! Delicious!”

  "Yeah! It’s so good!"

  "Really? Well, I mean it tastes good, but I still prefer steaks or barbecue." said Veint.

  "How can you say that when you are one of the cooks here?" said Light.

  "Hey, just my opinion!"

  "Okay, fair!"

  The three of them glance over to Leonna. She was talking to a middle-aged man just outside the resting room, who apparently also started working here as of today, full shift.

  "How is it? Do you enjoy the work here?"

  "Yes, I do. Missy, I will always be grateful to you for saving me." said the man while bowing his head and tearing up.

  "Don't mention it! It is my job anyway. God bless, oji-san!"

  Leonna enters the resting room and walks over to the table where three of her friends sit. She also brings her bowl of ramen for lunch and sits down next to Veint. She was also supposed to be working as a waitress, but she had bandages over her body, one wrapping on her head and a big one wrapping her stomach under her clothes.

  "Are your wounds okay, Darling?"

  "Geez, I told you I'm fine. It only stings a bit, but it won't hinder me at work. The owner didn't listen to me and insisted that I take a break today."

  "Hmm, so that's why you suddenly asked us to help." said Lily.

  "Sigh~ I'm still in disbelief that the Queen of Time is on our side. You know, ever since I became a Judge, I've experienced a weird phenomenon where everyone around me sometimes just stops moving out of nowhere. It happens a lot, and the durations vary, but it was your doing, wasn't it?"

  "I-I apologize. I never knew that this many people were unaffected by my time stop." said Lily, bowing her head.

  "Psst!" Light tried to whisper to Lily.

  "Hey, we've been skipping work a lot recently."

  "Y-Yeah, we have to apologize to the manager later. Still, it can't be helped, can it? The moment we saw that thing from yesterday in the news, I immediately stopped time, and we rushed to the scene quickly."

  "I mean, I understand, but still. . ."

  "So, you two didn't come back to your workplace after yesterday?" asks Veint.

  "No, we found a lot of cases of Lust on our way back, and it was already lunchtime when we were still far from work." Lily explains.

  "Didn't you say you work at a convenience store? They have a free TV available at the store exclusively for the workers? Quite a fancy convenience store, I'd say." says Leonna.

  "Oh no, we were using the app on my phone." said Light.

  "Huh? What app?"

  "You know, the news app that is specialized only for broadcasting information regarding Believers and Faith powers. It's called Believe-It. Very simple naming convention, but it's useful nonetheless." Light explains.

  Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon.

  "Hoo, I'm surprised I'm only learning this now. I only know about the other app, Brawliever."

  "Well, you should download it. I myself only just installed it a few weeks ago, though. That fallen angel thing became the number one trending news since yesterday."

  "Speaking of which, just letting you guys know, fallen angels are spiritual beings, which means they are immortal. They can't die no matter what." Leonna explains.

  "Right, we'll keep that in mind. Oh yeah, Lily, I'm thinking of buying you a smartphone for your personal use."

  "Huh? Really?"

  "It's always in the back of my mind. Previously, you only knew me, and we lived under the same roof, so I don't see any point in buying you a smartphone, but now, you've met a few new companions, so I guess it's time."

  "Alright! Yay!"

  "Speaking of companions, as I told you yesterday, I'm planning to gather all of the Judges at the same place. I want to discuss something. So, you two, have you met any other Judges before me before yesterday?"

  "Nope! You are the only other Judge I have ever met in my life." answers Leonna quickly.

  "I see. . ., what about you, Lucius-san?"

  "Light-san, I thought we agreed to address each other using our given names?"

  "Oh, s-sorry, Veint-san. . ."

  "Same as my Darling, you are the only Judge I ever met aside from her."

  "I see, that's too bad."

  "How about you? How many Judges have you contacted?"

  "Hmm, three, including you."

  "WOAH, REALLY? WHAT ARE THEIR NUMBERS?"

  "(Urgh! I still can't get used to her high energy attitude.)"

  "The 2nd Judge is the Judge of Pride, and his name is Runelt Redwingz. He is my best friend. His Support is Rena Redwingz. She is Runelt's step-sister. And she kinda is my step sister too now that I think about it. . ."

  "(Wait, someone else's step-sister is his step-sister as well? How in the world does that even work? What kind of family tree are they using?)" Leonna and Veint question Light's last line in their head.

  "Light-kun, your wording is gonna make people misunderstand things."

  "S-Sorry. . . And then the other Judge I met. . .is the Seventh Judge. . ."

  "Hm? What's with the low volume?" asks Veint.

  "I. . .kinda had a fight with the Seventh."

  . . . . .

  "YOU WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTT?" said Leonna and Veint at the same time.

  "Light-san! We are a team! We weren't supposed to fight each other." said Veint.

  "Not to mention that you are the leader of the Judges. What happened?" said Leonna.

  "It was just a misunderstanding. That's all!" Lily immediately replies.

  ". . .Sorry, I don't really want to go into details about that."

  "Sigh~ We understand." said Leonna.

  "So here's the thing, Runelt, the 2nd Judge is currently looking for the 4th Judge. All I know about this Judge is that she's a female and she's an Ice Elemental type Believer. Runelt himself, however, knows more details even about her whereabouts, and he's been tracking her down for almost a month already."

  "Speaking of which, what is this Runelt's Faith power?" asks Leonna.

  "He can transform his body part into that of a Phoenix's, but he is a Special type Believer."

  "The mythical creature, the undying bird of flames, that phoenix?"

  "Yes, correct."

  "Fire and Ice. There will be interesting dynamics between the two." said Leonna with a happy smirk on her face.

  "So, since you two don't have any connections with any other Judges, we are completely on a dead-end regarding the 3rd and the 6th Judge. I never heard or saw anything about them at all, even on Believe-It." said Light.

  "At least with the 4th Judge, we have information about her Faith power. We are looking for the 3rd and 6th Judges without a single clue at all. The world is a big place. It's gonna be easier to find a needle in a haystack." Lily adds her opinion.

  "Oh, look! Lunch break's over!" said Veint.

  "Alright, time to do our Judge work. We'll continue this talk later." said Light.

  "Oh, Leader-kun! Let's exchange our social media accounts!"

  "Oh, good idea."

  The three of them exchanged their accounts and added each other, except for Lily.

  "Don't worry, I'll add Lily to the list later after I buy her a smartphone."

  "Good!"

  The four of them leave the restaurant after saying goodbye to the owner. Lily hops on Light's back. Veint also hops onto Leonna's back. Leonna grows her upper pair of wings, while Light gathers the fabric of time on his blackened feet.

  "See you later, you two!" said Light.

  "See you!" said Lily.

  "Yeah, you two as well!" replies Veint.

  "Be careful on the way!!" said Leonna.

  The four of them leave in pairs of two in two different directions. They head out to do their daily Judge work.

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  On the other side of the world, in a town surrounded by a large desert, at 20:00. . .

  *SMACK*

  "ARGH!"

  "TELL ME WHERE YOU HIDE ALL OF YOUR MONEY!"

  "Don't do this! You're a fool!"

  "SILENCE!"

  *SMACK*

  "URGH!"

  In a very luxurious house, a family lives. This family has been considered to be the richest family in the entire town for generations. The father of the family has two sons. All of the wealth that the older brother currently possesses was inherited from their father, who has long left this world.

  The father decided that the older brother would inherit all of his wealth, leaving the younger brother with nothing at his death. This left an incredible amount of jealousy towards the older brother. For years, the younger brother has always planned to take all of his brother's wealth by force. He has gathered up a few men and has invaded the house and made everyone in the house hostages.

  "I want to know where you hide all the papers for all of your wealth!"

  "I'd rather die!"

  "THEN GO DIE!"

  *BANG*

  "W-Wha--!! Ice? How can there be this much amount of ice in the middle of a desert?"

  Out of nowhere, a wall of spiky ice emerges from the floor, catches and freezes the bullet midair.

  "Your Envy is so bad it's spilling towards the entire town."

  "Kohai-kun, you're exaggerating."

  "Senpai, I am exaggerating."

  "Oh. . . sorry. . ."

  There were two extra people in the house, a girl and a boy.

  "Believers?! Who the hell are you kids?"

  "Kids. . . Do I really look young, Senpai?"

  "K-Kouhai-kun, focus, we need to do this properly."

  All this time, the girl has been speaking in a monotonous tone with her facial expression remaining neutral no matter what.

  "Alright, what do we have here? Mister, can you explain what you guys are doing to this family?"

  "ALL OF YOU! DON'T JUST STAND THERE! SHOOT!"

  "B-But, they're just kids!"

  "Kids. . . Tell me, Senpai, do I really look that young?"

  "I SAID FOCUS, KOUHAI-KUN!"

  "I SAID SHOOT!"

  The younger brother's henchmen obey his command and prepare their guns to shoot. The girl gently taps the floor with her right foot.

  "FIREEEE!!"

  *!!!*

  "W-WHA--!! YOU GUYS?!"

  All of the younger brother's henchmen are frozen solid out of nowhere.

  "As someone who spent most of their life in a desert, have you ever experienced frostbite?"

  "Huh?"

  From under the girl's right foot, icy spikes emerge and move towards the younger brother across the floor.

  "D-DON'T FUCK WITH ME!!!"

  The younger brother shoots his gun. The bullets hit the upcoming icy spikes, but they bounce off them.

  "CURSE YOUUUUU!!"

  The icy spikes reach the man. It hits his left arm and his rifle, and both are frozen in an instant. The man fell on his butt.

  "AAAAAAAAAAARRGGGHHHH!! COOOOOOLLLLDDD!!!"

  The cold was so intense that it hurt the man greatly.

  "IT HUUUUUURTTTSSSS!! *fhoo fhoo fhoo*"

  The man blows air out of his mouth towards his left hand, hoping to thaw it out. The girl walks closer towards the man.

  "I am a Judge, the Judge of Envy. My name is Miage Yuki. Pleasure to meet you."

  Yuki has clear blue ocean eyes, and her hair is vibrant blue. She has a bang that splits in the middle of her forehead, and her hair is tied by a blue snowflake hairpin, and its length reaches above her shoulder. She wears a blue long-sleeved cardigan with black trims on the wrist on top of a long-sleeved white shirt that has snowflake motifs on the sleeves, a black skirt that hangs just above her knees, a pair of white long socks with black trims on the top, and a pair of black boots. She has bright white skin. Her bust size is B-cup. Her body is slender. She's 154cm tall and weighs 47kg. Her skin is white, and she is 17 years old.

  Behind the girl, there is a boy who always stands behind her and also walks forward with her.

  "I am her Support. My name is Neo. Fukibayashi Neo. Half Japanese. Pleased to meet you too!"

  Neo has a pair of orange eyes. He has spiky blue hair that waves from his back to the front. His hair curves at the lower side. His hair bangs also split in the middle. He wears a pale blue long-sleeve sweater with a hoodie over a dark blue T-shirt with a smiley face on the belly. He left the sweater’s zipper unzipped all the time. He also wears a pair of dark blue cargo pants that reach past his knees with a pair of dark blue sneakers and a pair of black socks. Neo is 170cm tall and weighs around 70kg. His skin is a darker white than Yuki's, and he's 19 years old.

  "J-j-judge? What are you people? What is your aim?"

  Without moving any part of her body, all of the ice in the house thawed out and disappeared without a trace. The man's frozen left hand also thawed out. However, all of the other henchmen were still frozen solid.

  "I can still feel my hand. . . *pant pant*"

  Yuki then summons the Sword of Purification in her right hand.