I wipe the sweat out of my forehead and look at the card in front of me. I take the card and see a figure holding the reign of a chariot.
"Rider, huh?"
I take a deep breath and say.
"Include."
A second later, I can see a Cross Staff appear in my hand and the knowledge of how to use a very powerful unarmed fighting style. I know who this person is. This is Martha, the punch-happy Saint who beat a dragon to submission.
It is perfect for Asia because it fits her theme—a kind nun who devotes their life to God. The only difference is that Martha has the ability to punch dragons to submission, while Asia has the ability to heal injury and illness.
With this card with her, I can rest easy knowing that she can defend herself. Combine it with the requip magic she learned from Makarov; I know the card will not be stolen from her.
I shake my head and leave my basement. I walk to my room and enter the magic circle in the middle of the room. I push some of my mana and appear in Yasaka's Palace a second later. One of the servants sees me coming and walking toward me.
"Lord Ryan."
"Is Yasaka busy?"
"Lady Yasaka is currently busy with the morning meeting. Should I ask for her?"
"No. Let her be. I don't want to disturb her. How about Asia?"
"Lady Asia is currently playing with Young Lady Kunou in the garden."
"Perfect. Can you take me there?"
"Of course. Please follow me, sir Ryan."
I nod and follow the rabbit youkai to the back of the palace, where I can see two people playing near the flower bed. Kunou is the first to run at me when they see me.
"Dad!"
I smile a little and catch her body as she throws herself at me. I spin her around before letting her sit on my shoulders. I look at Asia and pat her head.
"Are you going to play with us, Dad?"
"Sure. However, I need to give something to Asia first."
"Eh? Me?"
I nod and take out a card from my requip magic. She looks at me in surprise and says,
"Is this?"
"Yup. Your Class Card. Smear some of your blood into it so the card allows you to use it."
I give her a needle and watch her put a drop of her blood into the card. After the card shines for a second, I can feel it connect to her.
"Come on, let's try it."
She nods and takes a deep breath.
"Install"
A few seconds later, her usual nun attire disappears and is now replaced with white and red battle nun attire. The same Cross Staff appears in her hand when I include the card. Her holy-like aura around her tripled up, and I could feel her life force was now ten times more powerful.
"R-Ryan… this is… I can feel the presence of the Lord even more."
"Ah, that is because you are now using the power of Saint Martha."
I blink in confusion when I see her quickly deactivate her class card and quickly give it to me.
"Eh?"
"I-I cannot possibly receive this, Ryan! I am not worthy to be a vessel to Saint Martha!"
Asia releases those words as fast as her mouth can do. Cute. I pat her head and say.
"I don't think Saint Martha will mind you using her power. You are a worthy individual to use her power. You are kind, and your faith is unshakeable. You are a saint without the sainthood."
She looks at me hesitantly and says.
"Are you sure? I am a nobody. I am just a little girl who doesn't do anything worthy to use her power. I am but a nun who follows the teaching of God. I don't deserve her power."
I look at her for a second and then look at Kunou, who has the same expression as I do. With a sigh, I give her a gentle chop on the head and say.
"You are underestimating yourself too much, Asia. You are the kindest and the most humble person I have ever seen in my entire life. You are the embodiment of Saint, Asia. You are a brave young woman who ventures to the unknown with only nothing but your faith in God. You are someone who performs miracles left, right, and center. You are someone whose devotion can match the devotion of an angel. The church might kick you out, but God never abandons his creation. God never once said that you should help a specific race. Even with the church kicking you out, you still help the people in need, no matter the race. You deserve the title of a saint."
I put the card in her hand and pushed it to her chest.
"So take this and use it to perform more miracles. Your trial is long over. You now can rest easy and get the reward for your trial."
She takes the card and holds it dearly. Kunou jumps off my shoulder and hugs Asia tightly. I smiled a little when I saw the smile on her face after receiving Kunou's hugs.
I happily hug her when she stands up and hugs me.
I feel I am forgetting something, but I have decided not to think about it for now. I need to spoil Asia first before taking care of whatever it is.
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|3rd POV|
While Ryan plans on spoiling Asia all day, two individuals are currently looking down on someone from the Dimension Gap. Zelretch and Great Red are currently bonding. This abomination bond makes Ophis shudder in fright because she can feel her home get even more chaotic than before.
"Are you sure this will be okay? I made a promise to Ryan not to cause too many problems in his world."
The Great Red waves his hand and says.
"Don't worry about it. You are not creating any problems. You are helping prevent the problem from happening in the future."
Zelretch shrugs and says.
"You are the boss."
Zelrecth says that, but he also cannot help but be excited to see the result of their experiment. He takes a deep breath and activates his magic. A massive magic circle appears above him, and after a few seconds, it disappears.
"Let's see how this world Cao Cao and his group fight against the Heroes of the Three Kingdoms."