___ This Chapter contains serious matter that needs to be assessed with mature thoughts. __
[Realm of Sanctuary]
The 'Realm of Sanctuary' is a realm founded by the Angelus as the place was meant to be a sanctuary for a certain person's relatives.
And that person is.
" Ragna! " a voice calls the certain person who claimed this Realm alongside the Angeluses.
" Hello, grandma. " Ragna greets his caller, who is none other than his Grandmother, Rory Kent, who immediately hugged him as the two had not met for some time.
" Mmm... " Ragna silently feels something as he sees Grandma Rory again.
" Have you been well? " Ragna asks Grandma Rory.
" Of course, my dear *sob*. "
" Like the new look. " Grandma Rory touches Ragna's face, witnessing his handsome 'White Demon' look for herself.
" Sarah told me that you turned taller and had a smooth white-silver body and hair, also having your right eye into scarlet coarse. "
"( Sarah? Seraphim's mortal name, huh? )"
" Seeing you like this, Grandma begins to remember your Father. " Grandma Rory mentions.
" Ah yes, Dad. "
" After years without him, I even forgot his hair is also the same color as the current me. "
" Makes me wonder if my having this hair is part of my transformation or if is it just genetics. " Ragna wonders as the two begin to chat suddenly.
" Uncle. " a little voice calls Ragna, which makes me look at it with a sigh.
" Ah yes, I forgot you were here... "
" My little Raquel. " Ragna calls the little one, Raquel.
< Scanning >
< Name: Raquel Viola Kent (Clarent) >
< Age: 5 >
< Affiliations: Kent Family, Clarent Family (Kent Family's Distant Relative) >
< Note: The Kent Family is from Grandma Rory's side. >
" Uncle! " Raquel approaches Ragna, hugging Ragna's leg with her current height and little arms.
Seeing this, Ragna looks at Grandma Rory, who smiles at him, itching him to pick Raquel up which makes Ragna sigh. As he picks up Raquel, Ragna begins to receive some flashbacks, showing the face of a certain girl who looks like his niece.
" Mmmm... " Ragna sees the Flashback with deep consideration as he and Raquel along with Grandma Rory, decide to enter their new home, made by the Black Shadows, and the Angelus as the Kent Family's new sanctuary.
" Everyone looks who's here. " Grandma Rory shouts as a woman alongside her husband comes out.
" Oh, is that...? " the woman comes out.
< Scanning >
< Name: 'Jin' Rosaria Kent >
< Age: 34 >
< Affiliations: Kent Family, Jin Family >
...
< Name: Jin Hyun So >
< Age: 37 >
< Affiliations: Kent Family, Jin Family ('Jin' Rosaria Kent's Husband) >
...
< Name: Jin Gina >
< Age: 7 >
< Affiliations: Kent Family, Jin Family ('Jin' Rosaria Kent's Daughter) >
...
" Oh, hello Aunt Rosa, Uncle Jin, Gina... " Ragna looks at his Aunt and his family, the ones he saved before the whole thing he did on Earth.
" I see you're making Grandma's Shakshouka, along with some fried chicken and beef. " Ragna sees it while seeing his Aunt's face, she glares at him.
" Now, now. " Uncle Jin steps in, as he tells Aunt Rosa to put the dishes onto the table while whispering at her.
" Psst..., your nephew's here... "
" You may still have qualms over it, but we're indebted to him by default, okay? " He reminds her which makes Aunt Rosa decide to sit down and prepare the dishes to ease things up.
As all are on the dining table.
" Lemme guess, the other relatives are still building their new homes with the Angels, didn't they? " Ragna asks as he predicts why only the ones he sees are at the dining table now. The 'Huge' Dining Table, is enough for four families.
" Not all of us are prepared for this realm, Ragna. " Aunt Rosa tells him.
" If it weren't because of your 'campaign', hell, do you even think for a second who your enemy is? The gods! " Rosa shouts while Grandma Rory and Uncle Jin look at her, trying to silent her as well as Gina who begins to feel down hearing her mom's louden voice.
" 'Jin' Rosaria Kent, hold your tongue... " Grandma Rory calls her full name, giving her a sign that she should not continue the topic.
" What, mom!? " Rosa counters her.
" Shouldn't I have the right to ask this to Ragna, here? I'm his Aunt! "
" Shouldn't I be angry seeing my nephew starting a battle with enemies that are insane to fight from the start? "
" Look at us, if Ragna here didn't do such a thing, I would continue my Master's and Doctoral Degree, living my job and-! "
" Rosa... " Uncle Jin tries to stop her and Grandma Rory, but then.
The atmosphere suddenly changes.
* Ragna stares. *
" Ragna... " Grandma Rory looked at him, realizing her grandson's feelings.
" It's okay, Grandma will talk with Aunt Rosa 'bout this, we... "
" Let me do it. " Ragna says it, while his right eye slightly at Grandma Rory, making her silent as Ragna owns the meeting's atmosphere right when he starts talking and stands up from his chair, approaching his Aunt Rosa and lowering his body when he gets closer.
" Aunt Rosa... "
" We haven't met for a long time, is this how you talk to me? " Ragna asks her as Aunt Rosa starts to sweat while looking into his eyes.
" You know well that since you're 'Grandma Rory's daughter, an ex-Priestess from the 'Children of Creator Religion'..., your life will surely have limits, especially in attaining greater education. "
" Hence why you 'married' Uncle Jin, here... "
" Using him, once Gina was born... "
" You knew with the help of marriage, you could live like any other humans, without even entering the Dungeons or something like that, but even so. " Ragna leans over his aunt, their heads getting closer.
" Even without me ever entering the 'Abyss Tower', even without me doing my 'White Demon' thing. "
" They will all soon find out..., who you are, I assure you. " Ragna lowers his tone, he whispers.
" You know what happens next. " Ragna asks calmly.
" Your degree, your jobs, even your insurance, even... "
" ... " Ragna whispers more, which makes Aunt Rosa startled and frightened, even Grandma Rory who sees this begins to be worried, even more.
" So you of all people better remember who got you out from all that, remember that... "
" Poof. " Ragna said to Aunt Rosa as he retracted his body, quickly returning to his seat he told Aunt Rosa what he wanted to say, reminding her of the things he had done until today.
" I'm eating... " Ragna begins to eat first, while his family looks at him silently as he enjoys the made dish.
" Uncle... " Raquel looks at him since she sits near him.
" Want some, Raquel? " Ragna asks as he and Raquel enjoy the dish while the others go silent.
( Minutes later. )
" *Snores* " Raquel is asleep in the dining seat, watched by Ragna and Grandma Rory.
" I'm sorry about Rosa, Ragna. " Grandma Rory apologizes to him.
" She hasn't been with us for so long, as she goes out on her way, finding her way for a better life... "
" Yeah right... " Ragna replied with annoyance.
" What a better life on being an O*lyfans girl and having a simp guy she trapped and got a child with. "
" Wanting to have a Master's Degree, tch, she didn't complete being a Bachelor, I tell you! " Ragna spills it out on Grandma Rory as she becomes more ashamed.
" You shouldn't say it out loud while Raquel's here, Ragna. " Grandma Rory reminds him, an underage kid is sleeping around.
" Speaking of not completing one's education... " Grandma Rory looks at Ragna.
" You know I didn't attend High School due to our Family's lack of funds... " Ragna says after gulping the last sip of his dish.
" We had to sell many things, do many jobs or side-jobs as much as possible... "
" Hell, even I had to quit becoming a Kid Youtuber since our internet payments are in the danger zone. "
" Risking my life as a 'Bait' for the Hunters, you know that. "
" If I continue that kind of life, I assure you Grandma, none of us will be here, no, not one of us. " Ragna says it to his silent Grandmother while looking at Raquel.
" Not even little Raquel here... " Ragna says.
" Reminds me of Cousin Rachel a lot she is. " Ragna remembers his faraway Cousin, Rachel.
" She's her child, isn't she? " Grandma Rory asks as Ragna sighs.
" If I remember correctly, after my incident in 2015, in 2019, you and your 'faraway cousin' from the Clarent Family suddenly met in the house... "
" Bringing Rachel there, I was going to be eight that year, yet Rachel there is already three years older than me. "
" Since Uncle Andrew is on the top of his Hunter career at the time, your Clarent Family cousin offered a future engagement for me and her, thus making her and her family stay in our old house for some time, to make us both closer. "
" He was like a big sister to me since I had no sibling from mom and dad, so she's technically the closest older relative that I could relate to, I look at her as my Big Sister. " Ragna begins to remember the mentioned person's face.
" But it all changed when Uncle Andrew died and Fubuki Misaki, that Hollow Wretch, decided to steal all the money from Uncle's Banks, even the money Dad prepared for my future. "
" Making us both had a financial crisis while the Clarent Family retracted themselves from us, making me and Cousin Rachel leave. " Ragna sighs.
" I often followed her account..., Grandma, you won't believe me, but... "
" Most of the women in our relatives are just like Aunt Rosa for goodness sake. " Ragna says while Grandma Rory thinks about this, and.
" Is this the part where you finally told me when you found Little Raquel? " Grandma Rory asks Ragna about it.
" You don't wanna know what Rachel did before I found Raquel? " Ragna asks back as Grandma Rory shakes her head.
" I see, you already had a feeling? " Ragna could see why she refused to know.
" Well, Cousin Raquel's Clarent Family had been bankrupt after they left. "
" Karma? Who knows? "
" Thus, Cousin Raquel had to work things on her own, endorsing herself using her phone to have a better life by using her 'assets' as well as possible. "
" Assets, yes..., 'Ass'ets. "
" With that, her life was going well, endorses coming to her account, and she moved to District E, the place for the Elites. I see it using my phone as I suddenly see her on livestream. "
" It was all well for her, until. "
" In 2021, she leaked herself having a baby in one of her streams, instantly breaking the heart of her followers as they want answers 'bout it, making her struggle in her publicity. "
" Before I even take the mission to 'Chronus Temple Dungeon'*, I once had a plan to have some money and try buying a train ticket there, attempting to search her. "
" But, I had to hold it until the Abyss Tower thing ends, as I continued my search for her over my curiosity, even had to come to District P (Pleasure District) and District O. "
" Asking many places that may house girls like her, like the 'Tsukiyo Brothel'*. "
" And guess what I found before taking over that place for some time. " Ragna looks at Grandma Rory, she slaps her forehead.
" This part, I already heard from you... "
" The Brothel owner knows about her and takes you to the place she rents to hide from her followers. "
" The place you found her decomposed for a year, the place where you... " Grandma Rory had a hard breath while looking at Little Raquel.
" Yes, Raquel's there, covered with a blanket near Rachel's. "
" While Rachel however, didn't greet me as she lay on the bed, I tried to 'Arise' her, but it seems there's nothing left to arise from the get-go. "
" The cause? Remember my 'Twelve Eyes of Time', Grandma? "
" Before I had to cover it for some time, I saw her diagnosed with an illness that you would expect from a she-who-become-a-naughty girl like her. "
" It has something to do with her 'reproduction'. " Ragna says it while Grandma Rory holds her disgust and puke.
" Don't worry, I already checked on Raquel, she had no symptoms, so I assume 'it' didn't come from her 'dad'. "
" I say her 'dad' since that's what it should be if there's no 'Shapeshifter' on the matter, keurgh, you better pray those thoughts are gone right now. "
" Who knows, maybe she had to appease another 'daddy' to feed Raquel before I returned from my Abyss Tower thing. "
" Ragna, stop. " Grandma Rory can't take it anymore, she sobs.
" Please..., you have done enough. " Grandma Rory can't take it anymore, seeing how ruined the Family she had is while her Grandson is holding them together while having a greater problem as well.
" Grandma, you should rest. " Ragna tells her as he also wants her to take Little Raquel with her.
* After Grandma Rory's gone. *
" You sure didn't want to take some of the dishes here? " Ragna asks as Battle Maiden suddenly comes behind him.
" Mmmm... " Ragna turns around, seeing Battle Maiden's face and eyes.
< Player Ragna, you know who's taking the body's wheel. >*
" Yes, yes, System. "
" Hello, Carla Dear. " Ragna calls her.
" Have Carla had been listening to Grandpa just now? " Ragna asks her.
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Extra:
* 'Chronus Temple Dungeon'.
See in Chapter 14: The Unchosen One (2).
* 'Tsukiyo Brothel'.
See in Chapter 218: Volume 3 Extra Part 6: White Shadow Part 2, Chapter 219: Volume 3 Extra Part 7: White Shadow Part 3 and in Chapter 282: White Shadow Part 1.
* < Player Ragna, you know who's taking the body's wheel. >.
See more of the reasons for this in Chapter 337: Volume 4 Extra Part 1: Pseudo, Chapter 338: Volume 4 Extra Part 2: Remember the Vows, and Chapter 339: Volume 4 Extra Part 3: Carla's Remnants.