Nilah, help me here.

  Nilah came out and made the clashing charm bearable as I went inside and we both used [Eternal Winter] and Nilah instantly got rid of the charm magic by spitting a pink plume out of the window.

  Alright, hotheads. Cool down or I will have to eliminate the problem.

  I showed another [Sealed Cup].

  “Oh yes lil’ bro! Seal this horny bitch away!”

  I’m sorry Noelle, but she isn’t the problem. Dehlia, please return to your singular self and drop all the charm magic or I will seal myself away, and you will have to find someone else.

  “Deca! What are you doing!”

  We don’t know if her race is crucial or what she will do when she gets pushed to hard, so sealing her away might be a bad idea as is fighting her. Running will get tiring, so I will have to resort to Greg’s methodology; diplomacy. The cause of these problems is me. If you don’t comply, I will remove the problem, probably permanently.

  Everyone looked at me in disbelief, and Raishin came running.

  Guys! We have to stop Agnis!

  “You mean this, do you? Why would you seal yourself away and not me?”

  I’m not sure, but if you’re a mythical race, then your existence is crucial to the planet or dimension. I don’t know how well your population is doing, but some vixens can take over my job.

  I looked over at Giana who didn’t like this at all.

  Also, it’s easy to hold myself hostage. I can seal myself away whenever you pull something funny.

  The [Sealed cup] glowed and Nilah jumped on my head.

  Dehlia went to her singular form and disarmed all her magic. “Ok! Please… I just want to be with someone that knows Protia…”

  I’m sorry. Maybe we could be friends, but not now. Your race is immortal, isn't it?

  “We have soul containers but… I don’t know how to fill it…”

  Some advice. Treat yourself as a mythical being, and your death might spell the destruction of the world. Let's meet on more favorable conditions in the distant future. I will have the idols take care of that.

  Dehlia nodded, shot glares at the idols and left. Noelle followed her and stomped to let her out.

  Giana blasted me with charm magic, immobilizing me, and Yv kicked the [Sealed Cup] out of my hand.

  “What were you thinking, Deca!”

  “Agnis… don’t do this again, please…”

  Removing the problem is the best way to arrive at a solution.

  I tuned out of the many complaints and lectures I was getting. Raishin didn’t seem happy either.

  Hey Agnis, did you mean that? Possibly sealing yourself away permanently?

  Yeah…

  Raishin slapped his cheeks and ran out.

  Noelle! Please help me! I need to study!

  Giana and Yv were shaking me to get an answer out of me. Nilah jumped in and froze the two of them.

  Thank you, Nilah, they need to cool down.

  We moved the frost statues to a safe corner and I started to clean the mess in this house.

  Stomps were approaching the hut. Noelle stormed in, grabbed me, lifted me and pinned me to the nearest wall.

  How familiar, just like our first meeting.

  “Please tell me that you said that to get her off us and that you didn’t mean that!”

  You want me to lie to my big sister?

  “You fool…” Noelle let me down and gave me a super weak punch. “Just… don’t ever say that you’re a problem… I’m the only one who’s supposed to deal damage with my words…” She let me down and helped me in cleaning the hut. “Raishin… he went to the library to study on how to lift seals…”

  I’m sorry… I will talk to him later.

  “I think we should let Gregory out.” Noelle fetched the [Sealed Cup] that held Greg. “How do we get him out?”

  I’ve set it that Yv has to drink something out of the cup to set him free.

  “So if you ever seal yourself away, Giana has to drink out of it?”

  No… I just changed it for his seal so he could get out easily.

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  Noelle shifted her gaze toward the ice statues. “So how long are you going to keep them frozen?”

  I sat on the couch and petted Nilah.

  Until they cool down. 30 minutes should be enough.

  “Hey, lil’ bro. You’re not going to one day choose the whole party over your own life, right?”

  Why shouldn’t I? I’m the leader of this party. Your lives are my responsibility.

  Noelle put her head in her hands. “Maybe electing you as the leader was a mistake after all…”

  It’s not as if I didn’t tell you. Don’t worry, I will exhaust other options first. At least I’ll try.

  Nilah was sneering at the frozen statues.

  “Hey, lil bro… about mythical beast hybrids not mixing… is that true?”

  Yeah, you should be able to go full goddess, if the god race plays by the same rules as other races. You would probably be able to solo all of us. Maybe not Giana…

  “I see. I don’t like gods. Do you think I should still explore that side of me?”

  I would like to say ‘yes’ but this is completely up to you. It’s your life. Just know that divine energy might be an issue. We still have to find your fan club and collect the mana their ‘worship’ of you has gathered to make sure your divine energy doesn’t run out.

  “And this must be a trait that bleeds through, I assume?”

  Unfortunately for you, yes… I don’t know a way to solve this. I’m not even sure if that plan I made up would work…

  “That’s fine…I would have no idea what to do about it, let alone know that it would be a problem if not for you…thank you for helping us out. That’s why we get upset in these situations because there is nothing we can do for you. It’s quite frustrating…”

  Don’t worry. I’m used to nobody being able to help with my problems. It's time to thaw these hotheads. Nilah behave, please and stop sneering at them!

  Nilah curled up and behaved. The statues got thawed, and the two fell to the floor.

  “Such a meanie…”

  “So cold…” Yv was shivering, so I covered her in my tails. Giana pretended to shiver too.

  Really Deca? Fine…

  Both troublemakers got wrapped into fluffy tails.

  “Yv, I talked with lil’ bro, and we think it’s time to let Gregory out. He said that all you need to do is to drink out of that cup.”

  I poured hot chocolate milk into the cup and handed it over to Yv. I totally didn’t swipe that from Azu’s house.

  Also… better wait till it cools down enough so you can drink it up in one gulp else he might ehh appear on your lips.

  I got quite some mean glares.

  Hey! A lot has happened since then! I’m not a fortune-teller!

  “It’s fine… you were as always doing your best to get us together… I will make sure to gulp this down and throw the cup away from me.”

  “Deca, where is Raishin?”

  “Oh him? He went to study. I might join him after Gregory gets out.” Noelle said and had her arms coated in crystal. Surely, she won’t punch Greg the moment he gets out right?

  Yv took a big gulp and chucked the cup. It glowed and Greg appeared. He took over the inertia and crashed into a wall.

  What the?

  He looked around, got up and stormed at me.

  Agnis! You went too far this time!

  Noelle stood in front of me and held out her fist. “He went too far, just like you went too far sealing Giana?”

  Surely there must have been another way…

  I cleared my throat.

  I did the best that I could in that situation. I’m at no fault.

  Greg was about to get mad when he realized that I had impersonated him.

  I see… I apologize Giana. I was wrong. Where is Raishin?

  Greg looked around.

  Ahum, aren’t you forgetting something? What about Yv?

  What about Yvonne?

  I facepalmed.

  Let's do this another time. You’re off the hook right now. As for Raishin, he’s in the library, studying.

  Greg stopped moving. What happened?! Is he dying?

  Go and see for yourself!

  I…I apologize for my behavior.

  He made a polite nod and left, probably for the library.

  “I guess I will let you guys out as the threat seemed to have” Noelle stomped several times and the hut disappeared. The [Crystal Fortress] was gone too.

  It was just Giana, Yv, and me left.

  Well, that went well.

  “How did that go well?”

  Uhh, nobody died?

  My free day was spent getting chewed out. It’s so unfair, nothing here was my fault.

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