--- Darkness I'm engulfed by darkness! I couldn't see a thing, did I die? Probably so, then why am I so calm about it.
He woke up and found himself in a place of utter darkness where not a single light can be seen.
There's no cold or warm, it felt like he had returned to the realm of nothingness where Starlight previously brought him, but this time instead of pure whiteness it was darkness.
--- I used power beyond my current capabilities there's a possibility that the backslash killed me.
Kanzen recalling back the series of events that unfolded couldn't help but lament how foolish he had acted.
He let his emotions get the better of him, his old forgotten habits of saving the weak and innocent acting up.
--- *Sigh* Sacrificing myself to people I didn't even know, my old habits are still present.
He was just like back on the earth during the early days of the apocalypse where he pushes himself hard just to help the weak and those who need his assistance.
He could only blame his younger self back on earth for being influenced by heroic tales and movies.
--- Is this because I've returned to a younger body, big sis, Tina also said that my soul is no different from a newborn, being a kid once again is a hassle.
He felt conflicted in his heart, he enjoyed being innocent and naïve again, but it also holds him back, it affected his mindset greatly.
The emotions that have been suppressed all this time are beginning to resurface, and it made him worried.
--- How long do I need to stay in this darkness? Starlight-sama said even if I died I couldn't really die, it was confusing back then, so I didn't honestly try comprehending her words.
[Congratulations, you've created a new magic (Unnamed) please designate a name for your new magic]
--- System notification? It seems this is big sis, Tina's way of saying I didn't die,
--- It's good that I didn't die, starting over again is very tiresome, then where am I?
[Your noble act has been witnessed by the world. Your favorability with the world has increased, additional (Karmic Point) will be added to the system]
Suddenly, a bright white light flared up in the darkness, this bright light was bolted straight to the surprised Kanzen.
He tried dodging, but it appears that he didn't even have a physical body, he is just an orb floating about.
As the bright white light entered his body, his consciousness was dragged into, the scenery changed, he found himself in another realm but this time he has an idea where he is.
(Origin Soul Realm)
Here he saw a ginormous dazzling golden sphere unclosed inside a silver membrane, there were three crowns revolving around the ginormous golden sphere, but one of the crowns seems broken, no it's more incomplete.
He could also see tomes and runes outside the sphere, these tomes, and runes are different in sizes, they were connected to the sphere by some kind of invisible like roots, that couldn't be seen by the naked eye.
Kanzen could only see the root thanks to his high sensitivity to energy.
He could feel that the sphere is sending enormous amounts of energies to these tomes and runes, nourishing them.
The energy being sent gave him the chills even though he didn't have a physical body, but strangely enough, he didn't feel a lingering threat.
He tried focusing his intent on the crowns, thereafter information was sent directly in his head.
(Omniscient Genius)
(Primordial Eyes Of Oblivion)
(???)
Understanding the info that suddenly emerged inside his head, Kanzen was a bit taken aback.
--- Those crowns are my soul traits, then the runes, and tomes!
{Runes}
(Pain Nullification) (Origin Synthesis) (…) (Primal Instinct) (Void Traveler)
{Tomes}
(Great Sage) (Spirit Magic Cooking) (…)
He immediately understood, the runes represent his special characteristics and skills, and the tomes seem to represent his development skills.
Kanzen found the concept intriguing and as this thought came to his mind he shifted his gaze to the dazzling beam of white light that represents (Karmic Points) it was circling a certain rune.
He focused his intent on this specific rune.
(Hero)
[Your skill (Hero) has evolved after receiving another recognition from the world (Hero Of Salvation) please check the details]
"So, that's the use of the karmic points!"
He didn't notice it earlier, but there's also this transparent gigantic diamond 💎 above the golden sphere, it's so vague and lack a presence that it almost slipped through his sight.
This gigantic diamond seems to release an enormous amount of energy that nourishes the golden sphere while also strengthening the silver membrane.
He didn't bother sending his intent to the gigantic diamond 💎 as he already knew what it was.
(Heart Of Reality) (Tina Starlight)
…
Kanzen was jolted awake.
He was suddenly forced out of his own (Origin Soul Realm) looking around, he found himself inside his room back in the Valentine Clan Territory.
He tried standing up, but for some reason, his lower body seems heavier than usual.
Likewise, he looked down only to see two beauties sound asleep, Nero and Monica nuzzling on his trousers.
Furthermore, he also noticed signs that they've been in tears all this time, probably worried about him.
--- These two really did cry for my sake.
He couldn't help but give the two an appreciative look, he found his heart beating loudly as he looked at the two asleep beauties.
He noticed something's wrong, one of the Renard's hand is missing, tracking where it had gone through, he found out that the sneaky hand had dare enter the dragon's sealed chamber.
Seeing this his expression became crimson in embarrassment.
The sneaky hand was even daring enough to stroke the slumbering dragon's head, nuzzling its mouth, which the dragon seems to enjoy.
Surprised by the sudden stimulus from Nero's touch, Kanzen accidentally swatted the fragile furniture atop the table beside his bed.
The furniture dropped to the floor resulting in a loud shattering sound to reverberate inside the room which promptly woke up the one of the two sleeping maidens.
He quickly pulled up the blanket covering his redden face from the embarrassment.
"Young master, what's wrong?"
It was Monica who woke up and noticed that he had regained consciousness, she immediately asked him in a concerned tone, after seeing her master's clear redden complexion.
She closed their distance between them before he could even react placing her head to his trying to feel his temperature.
Kanzen just stays put, not daring to move a muscle.
He gripped the blanket covering his face tightly as if his life depends on it.
--- The young master's temperature is normal. So, what's wrong?
Monica was even more confused, she tried searching for the cause of Kanzen's strange behavior and redden complexion.
Kanzen had fallen into a muddle-headed state from the stimulus Nero's hand is giving him preventing him from properly controlling himself which caused the asleep dragon to fully awaken completely.
Noticing that Nero has yet to wake up, Monica was about to reach for the asleep Renard to wake her up only to notice that one of the Renard's hands is gripping a terrifying dragon, its head peeking from the sacred grounds.
Monica's eyes widened in shock, she was blushing fiercely covering her eyes with both hands but for some reason a gap is available where she could easily peek through.
She looked at the hiding blushing Kanzen and the sleeping Nero, she finally understood the situation, but didn't know what to do she didn't even know what to say about the situation.