Wandering Mysterious Lord

Amon glanced at the notifications of the chat group with a blank stare. 

[Kiana] [@Amon Help please! Mobius is in danger!]

[Rin] [What's the monocled bastard doing now?]

[Mobius] [It's fine, at most I'll die once]

Amon glanced at Qingque who was in her natural element. She didn't give a crap that three two gods and one emanator like being were present. All she saw were playmates. 

"Hu!" Qingque laid down the tiles with a grin as everyone handed over a share of the prize. 

Amon sighed as he left the Sefirah Castle, indifference wouldn't mean he wouldn't help. It was just hard to care at this point. He thought a pet would change things. The bird lady named Bi Ji was perhaps entertaining for a while, however she soon lost her novelty and was thrown back into the Douluo world. 

He thought blessing Tingyun would make things different. She soon went back to her daily life, and nothing changed. Or perhaps it was to say that everything changed for them, yet nothing changed for him. 

Amon peeked his head outside of the door he manifested before destroying the the danger around Mobius. Perhaps Mobius noticed it too, the eyes full of apathy and aloofness, something that was not as prominent before. 

Amon turned around as his uniquenesses shimmered before vanishing. His monocle disappeared, the golden pocket watch vanished in a shimmer of gold, and his hat shifted into a veil that shielded him from mortal sight. He was tired, it was so tiring. Trying to involve himself in matters such as these. 

Amon chuckled as his form shifted into a casual form, perhaps this was what they called a detox. "Chat group... Remove me from the chat group." 

[Are you sure?]

[Yes] [No]

Amon pondered a bit "Will removing me from the chat group bar me from entering other worlds?" 

[No, the chat group is not capable of voiding your authority, however the chance that you encounter the same timeline of that world you were previously connected to is infinitesimally small. You may be able to enter the same world, but there is not guarantee it is the same iteration.] 

Amon nodded as he sent one final message and sent a few red packets. 

[Amon] [I'm leaving the chat group. I'm tired and I'll be taking a break. I'm aware most depend on my existence to feel a sense of security when venturing through other worlds. This is the best I can do for you.]

[Amon Gifts: Red Packet x7]

[System: Amon has left the chat group]

[Mobius] [I think he's losing humanity. At least if hasn't gotten to the point indifference became inaction.]

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Amon felt liberated for a bit, however it reminded him of the fact that there was never a home now. Amanises, Klein, Roselle and him were all the same, homeless. They'd sometimes look at the moon that wasn't their's, they'd wander the streets that were always unfamiliar no matter how many times they walked them.

The one thing they all yearned for, the feeling of home.

Amon looked at all he had built up, all that he had done. Perhaps it was time to throw it away. He silently agreed that perhaps it was time to search for home. Under the authority of the Door pathway and the experience of using the chat group. Amon was certain that the four of them would one day find their home. 

When they did, they promised each other that they would come together and have a hearty meal in the bbq restaurant. The thoughts and hallucinations of the scenes shattered as a tentacle smashed through the illusionary thoughts. Amon nodded, as he thought it out. The only problem was... Klein, or rather Zhou Mingrui. Amon, Roselle and Amanises had no one, well Roselle had Bernadette but Bernadette would be coming with them as she had long accepted who her father was.

Klein still played an active role in the lives of Melissa and Benson and he also had a niece. He would leave the decision to Klein. Amon longed for the day that he could call himself Caelus once again. Quite a play of fate, for his previous life's name to be Caelus before Amon, then all of sudden arriving at Honkai Star Rail through luck and meeting Stelle. 

He could feel an urgent need for help as Stelle and Dan Heng's voices rang out. 

"Don't touch me!" 

"Amon! Help! They trying to kill me!" 

"Smite them with lightning!"

"I don't think that does anything." 

Dan Heng sighed as Stelle frantically yelled at the sky. 

"The crazy yellow haired bitch is trying to kill us with a humanoid pretty death note!"

Castorice took another step only for lightning to really strike in front of her. Immediately the room darkened as a veiled door appeared in the air. The door opened as tentacles burst out with grey fog. 

"Touch them with malice or harm them in anyway directly and I'll wipe Amphoreus from reality." Aglea seized up as she noticed that time and space had frozen with them as an exception. If going up against a titan was maddening then this was a madness of a different level. There wasn't any ravings yet, but she suspected that it was mercy. 

Castorice froze as the tentacle prodded at her, "Oh, how interesting. Evernight would be quite interested in this. A pair of gloves were produced like a magic trick, "As thanks for your little intention to intervene indirectly, take it. Castorice put on the gloves to avoid offending the god that the two outsiders boasted of. 

The tentacle pushed her off balance as he touched Stelle directly who screamed. "Amon you asshole!" 

"I'm not dead?" 

"She isn't dead?" 

A chuckle rang out through the veiled door. "I hope that you look after them." 

~~~~

Amon signaled for a meeting in the Sefirah Castle, soon the usually inactive Herta doll walked up to him. "You look done~" The smug face on the doll filled his vision as he sighed "What are you doing Herta? You hardly use the Sefirah Castle connectivity brooch lightly, the flower on Herta's hair had been replaced with an identical flower shaped item that allowed for connectivity to the doll within Sefirah Castle. 

Herta glanced at him "Hmm~ I may be the worst in the people department but you're planning something and you are a lot more indifferent than before." 

Amon glanced at Herta "You'll know and I'll visit. Don't worry. It's hard to find a friend like you."

The door to Sefirah Castle opened as Herta watched Amanises stride in human form, the form that they were before they left home.

Amanises walked in with a silk black gown with her long black hair to her shoulders. While Huang Tao simply waltzed in with a shirt with the logo IPC on it, Klein sported his usual suit before realising the dress code had changed as he swiped his hand causing a clothing change to a polo shirt and trousers. 

"It's been a long time hasn't it? Since we last talked of... Home." 

Amanises flinched and so did Klein, perhaps Roselle was the one who didn't care too much. Perhaps that was due to the amount of plagiarism he did in order to make the world feel like home. Klein went silent as he already had a gut feeling on what this was about. 

Amon continued "I'm aware that the home we know will never come back. After all, we just escaped from our home. However, there is an alternative. Think of earth as a template and different servers end up with different earths." 

Amanises gazed up at Amon, "So you're saying it's possible to find an earth that is peaceful."

Amon nodded as Roselle grinned "What are we waiting for let's get going after I grab Bernadette!" 

Klein hesitate before while Amanises nodded. "If it is possible, I see why you'd be willing to throw everything we've built away. If we have the power, then there is truly no need for anything we've built. Especially when the constraints that restrict us don't exist outside of that world."

Herta listened as this was obvious to even her, the worst people person. Everyone person born in this world will have one experience in common, the feeling of home. 

Herta realised it in her heart, no matter how much they tried to settle down, "Home, what they meant together is home, the home of the heart and soul." Even Herta who had long regarded herself as detached felt a pang in her heart. 

A universal feeling everyone could understand. 

Amon nodded "However, it will be a long journey as for how long? I have no idea, the plan is to keep hopping worlds until we get there. If we don't get there immediately, we won't rush. Take a long scenic journey, it's not like we can't come back on vacation. I'll leave a beacon on each world we get to if we have any ideas of vacation." 

The three of them agreed leaving Klein or rather Zhou Mingrui with a hard decision, he had become just as much as Klein as he was Zhou Mingrui.

The three of them respected his will as Amon asked them to finish any unfinished business. "Herta, as witness to our meeting. I hope you can convey what happens there to those who are close to us. No doubt the Express will search for me after." 

Herta nodded, "I wish you good luck. Call if you four ever need some company to play games."

Amon, Amanises and Roselle all waited outside looking at the shabby looking door. "Amon." 

Amon shook his head before addressing Amanises and Huang Tao "Now that we are heading home between us friends just call me Caelus, my old name before my crazy parents in Tingen named me Amon." 

The three of them nodded in silent agreement, their other names would be used only in certain circumstances. 

"Caelus, can't you make your doors less shabby?" Amanises chuckled at Huang Tao's comment before nodding "It does look a bit sorry for the door of all doors." 

Caelus smiled genuinely for the first time in a long time. Perhaps this was what it felt to go on another meaningful journey. He snapped his fingers as the shabby door peeled its layer to reveal a sleek blue glowing door. 

"Better?" 

The two nodded as another voice replied "It looks great friend." Zhou had arrived with Bernadette as she made her way to her father. Amanises looked worried "What will happen to Melissa and Benson?" 

Zhou nodded "I decided they'd be better off not knowing. I've left a marionette copy of myself to a few worms hidden away. It's strange and regretful, but knowing I can always come back at any time is solace. I've told them I'm going on a long business trip and how long I don't know."

The four of them nodded and walked through the sleek blue door.

The door filled with hopes of home, the home of the heart and soul.