(Robin's POV):
I had nothing to do but to simply wait until lunch. I checked on various rooms and tried to make sure everyone's alright. I then went to May's room to have a short talk about me going back to my place. She gave me some snacks and talked about various things. After that point, we were just simply waiting for lunch while playing some card games.
Once lunch arrived, we went to the dining hall and kept talking about more things where I could make something out of. I decided to hand her a gift which is actually a necklace that will provide self protection.
"Aww... Thanks Robin!" - May
"You're always welcome May, I'll be sure to pay a visit again soon."
After lunch, May walked around with Bella's group while I noticed Denzel going back to the forge. I followed him for a little bit and watched him work on his Omnitelum. Various sparks come out and everything seems to be upgraded. He always tends to his equipment which makes him a dangerous enemy to fight against alone. After watching for some time, Jay came into the underground hallway and called out to me.
"Robin! There you are." - Jay
"Ooh? My bad, I didn't tell you anything about where you'll find me."
"Ah, it's alright. There's still plenty of time after all." - Jay
"So, what were you talking about earlier?"
"Well..." - Jay
Jay noticed Denzel who was working on his own weapon. He seems to have been caught with the precision Denzel does in his work.
"He seems focused..." - Jay
"Yep, that's how he is. If you request a weapon to be made or to be upgraded then he will agree pretty much instantly."
"Really? I feel kinda guilty though..." - Jay
"It's alright, he's the kind of guy that works quite a lot in here. He's mainly the person who could shut himself alone for about seventy-two hours straight just to have no disturbances in working."
"Seventy?!" - Jay
"He's that extreme, well he's pretty much the person that got through the most."
"I see... Ah, before I could stray off from the topic..." - Jay
"Hmm?"
I asked Jay once again since he also remembered the fact that he wants to talk about something with me.
"What was it about though?"
"Well, on everyone's behalf... I actually want to thank you..." - Jay
"Thank me?"
"Yes, for everything you did for us... For letting us reunite, for helping us grow for this past year." - Jay
"What is this Jay? Goodbye? Funny joke, we'll still be working together for a very long time so make sure you shouldn't get yourself held back now. You're pretty much one of the greater members I'll keep around personally."
"Really?" - Jay
"Yep, you're always welcome Jay. So I'll be coming around here to invite you to missions often. It will be quite an adventure."
"I see... What about Kaede?" - Jay
"Either she'll have to stay behind or you'll be bringing her along with the group."
"Alright then, I guess you'll be relying on us in future missions?" - Jay
"Yep, so there is no need to worry about something like final stuff because there's lots more things to worry about in virtual space. And if we're finally out of here, I'll refer all of you guys to Seymour. I will make sure everyone lives healthily."
"Mhm! Take care of me for the future missions!" - Jay
Jay seems to be looking quite excited with the plans of future missions I will be doing but unless there are major incidents then I might as well just handle it with the main group of Asylum. When looking back for the past year, I have been doing mostly nothing but trying to wait for upcoming interesting information so I can explore. These guys come around here and there and I had taught them various things over the year. The few days before was just us trying to go through various kinds of ore and waiting for a chance to let them get finally reunited. It seems like there are no more things to worry about since they're finally together.
Grace seems to be clearly happy with getting reunited with Terrence, and Jay is very happy to be reunited with his sister Gayle. At this point, I don't think my role as a leader would dissipate but my role as emotional support has ended.
Jay looks around once again while thinking about what to say. It seems that there is more to his gratefulness that has apparently piled up for quite a while.
"Thanks... For being such a nice person... I learned a lot from you, and about you who is actually going through something. I don't regret telling you some things about my life since I trust you quite a lot." - Jay
I pat Jay's head before telling him to just let it all flow out.
"Don't worry about it Jay, I would always help out my friends when they need it. Up to the point where I will try to become a light because you know? I'm a light caster..."
"Pfft... That's actually pretty true... I'm glad to have met someone as great as you..." - Jay
I flinched a little bit seeing as Jay seems to be smiling wryly. He seems to be a little sad but still have that radiating joyful aura in him.
"Thanks for being a good leader..." - Jay
"You're always welcome, I'll be teaching you some leadership tactics in case you aren't around Grace. Just let me tell you this actually. Even though you are somewhere on the level of a talented recruit, you have the most potential out of the four of you."
"What about Kaede? Terrence and Grace? The others?" - Jay
Jay seems to be curious about the others so I pretty much gave him a short rough.
"Lester should try to fight in a more defensive manner while keeping an eye on his health. Some of his attacks would scale much better the lesser health he has. Ridley could be a nice attacker and a nice diversion assassin. Since he's pretty much invulnerable once he starts phasing through solid objects, he'll be essential when trying to grab the attention of the enemies. Rylle is more of a control assassin. He'll blind his enemies in a dark smoke so they would try to gather up. A single area skill will confirm damage on all of them at that point."
"I see... They're all pretty good..." - Jay
"Not much actually. You see, their potential is actually decently high once they reach it. However, the ones with higher potential are you, Grace, and your twin sister Gayle. Terrence is a little behind you."
"Really?" - Jay
"Gayle is a dangerous opponent, once she learns to be able to read minds at a rapid rate then she actually has chances of beating any of the three higher ups which is me, Denzel, or Michael."
"Eh?!" - Jay
"That's why, keep an eye on her."
"I will..." - Jay
"Anyways, about you... You're more on keeping everyone at bay, once you have everyone organized within view then you will never have to worry about messing up a plan."
"I see... Thanks, for being supportive just like this..." - Jay
Jay looks down and smiles a little bit and starts thinking about more things. I simply pat his shoulder and told him to stop worrying about it.
"Jay, there's no need to worry about it more. There's still more things that we have to work around once the time comes so I think you should just relax for the time being and try to not get left behind. Denzel will take care of everyone for the time being alright?"
"Alright." - Jay
"I'm also grateful to you actually."
"Eh?" - Jay
Jay looked up to me instantly while feeling a little confused I then explained why I'm also why I'm quite grateful to him too.
"Well, you see... I was super strict for a very long time, I guess I became quite lenient once you arrived to my sky island by face planting."
"Ahaha, I was still having trouble using the gravity control potions that time so..." - Jay
"True... Anyways, your clumsiness made me change my mind since you pretty much panicked the moment you met me."
"I see..." - Jay
"I was actually thinking of killing because I don't want anyone getting on my island but since you're really genuine with your charisma I feel like I could trust you."
"Ahaha... I see..." - Jay
Jay looked down again so I had to pat his head a bit more.
"Well, you showing up made me a lot more lenient in my behavior. Since I pretty much learned what it means to take care of others and be sympathetic so... Thanks Jay..."
"Ehee..." - Jay
Jay seems to be a little happy with the comforting words but I had noticed that Denzel had turned his head towards me. He didn't dare to spit out a word but I pretty much know what he's going to say. I brought out my revolver and tried to fire through the glass, but it dealt absolutely nothing.
"I-impossible..."
"Haha! This is a hardened transparent crystal you're trying to break here! You won't be able to stop me from saying this! Why are you gay!" - Denzel
"You cunt, I'll shoot you down once you're out of there!"
Jay stepped back and just started laughing at my interaction with Denzel, it seems that he's pretty much no longer going to have problems with his emotional state for the time being.
"I guess I should go now. I'll come around next time alright?"
"Sure! I'll let everyone know so we can try to become even stronger than you think!" - Jay
"Bye Jay, I'll see you again soon."
"Bye Robin, likewise." - Jay
I left the crystal palace and returned to my sky island. I then took a rest as everything is pretty much finished up...