Outside the mansion two children can be seen under a tree idling around, a boy and a girl.
The boy is consoling the crying little girl by gently stroking her smooth golden glossy hair as she rested on his lap.
"Haruhime its time." I whispered to her ear.
Her eyes are currently shut close.
…Mn…
She opened her eyes nodding and she's slowly getting up, out of my lap.
'She seems to have calmed down.' – I thought as I observed her behavior.
[She is a strong girl. This is also a fortunate situation, this way she can calm herself down without you by her side. So she wouldn't rely too much on you. Even though she desires to get stronger to protect her self in truth she just doesn't want you to toss her aside.] – Rafael added.
'You right, I also notice it from the way she look at me, she has those eyes I am well too familiar off, the eyes of someone desiring a companion, after I am done with this [Golden Quest Ticket] I will take her on a date.'
With this separation we can also cool off a bit as she had become more desperate as the days passed by.
I notice it every time we separate after we wake up in the morning.
Separation for quite some time might yield some promising results but if it didn't turn out well I can do nothing other than make up for her.
[Oh ho, you're finally making your move.] – Rafael mused.
She couldn't wait for Kai to make Haruhime his woman.
Rafael has her own goal.
Even though she had become more human as time continues to pass by due to Kai's desire she's still nothing but a skill in origin the knowledge she has about emotion and interactions all came from Kai's memories and she knew that knowledge is nothing but theoretical when it comes to emotion.
She suspected that by witnessing a real romantic interaction between true lovers is the sample she needed in order to evolve into something else.
Though she didn't dare to voice this possibility to Kai wanting to surprise him.
IF at some point Kai gets a wind of this plan of her's it will be no fun anymore.
So she only pushed him to become one with Haruhime ignoring the fact that both parties were currently children.
"You jest, I'm only doing this to make up for her."
[Tsundere…]
I can't really engage in a relationship right now, I am still a goddamn child for gods sake.
Maybe after 9 or 10 years or so, that time I will be let loose better be prepared Rafael-chan after I have the sufficient magic power to materialize you I'll make sure to punish you.
Unbeknownst to Rafael she just digs her own grave.
She felt a shiver even though she didn't have a body.
[What's going on] – She asked.
…Huh…
Kai was baffled by her sudden outburst.
[I just felt something but I cannot seem to determine what it was or what had caused it.]
Kai just nodded suspecting something.
…Damn woman's intuition…
Haruhime and I stood before the open area in the garden behind the house looking at each other.
I can see a pleading gaze on her eyes but she suppressed it as behind that pleading and pitiful gaze of her is a burning desire, an unknown desire that is slowly blooming.
"Um, be careful master… no, be careful Kai…" – She said with a determined smile.
"Thank you, I'll be back in no time." – I replied.
I then pull out the [Golden Quest Ticket] from my inventory.
Seeing the ticket in my hand is a memory resurface on Haruhime's mind.
It was their first meal together and she remembered seeing the same golden ticket.
At that time she ignored its existence as it isn't really her place to question her master/mentor/teacher/friend/possible lover's secret.
"Here I go, bye-bye."
I wave my hand to Haruhime as a tear the [Golden Quest Ticket] into two then a bright white light swallowed my body as I disappeared from her sight.
Haruhime looked at the spot where Kai once stood. She kneels on the ground as all the suppressed emotions she had been holding back all this time finally burst out like a stored water released from a dam.
"Good luck, Kai." – She muttered pulling out an almost burnt handkerchief from her pocket cleaning the tears on her cheeks.
This handkerchief is the one Kai used to clean her dirty stained face during their first meal.
…
In a place where space, time and dimension is abundant while other elements were chaotic Kai emerged from a dazzling bright white light.
'Rafael-chan did you recognize this place.'
[A minute partner as I organized the information provided by the navigation function of the system.]
Out of nowhere I can feel my power rising at a rapid rate.
…Ten minutes later…
I can feel it, absolute power.
[Partner I've organized all the general information about this place and extra special information.]
"I'm all ears."
I tried to speak but the moment I did so I could feel all the chaotic essences in the surroundings becoming calm and the time, space and dimension energy increasing in quality and quantity.
The phenomena shocked me to my core.
I then feel a disturbance in the surroundings.
… Swoosh …
… Swoosh …
Out of nowhere a crack in the rift was open then two creatures resembling humans step out of it.
They do resemble humans perfectly but they are way too perfect.
Their perfection gave way to their identities.
…Gods…
The two are releasing an overwhelming amount of power one is as large as a planet like Earth while the other is as large as the Sun.
Yet before me the overwhelming pressure and power they were nothing to look and feel like a normal wind breeze.
This confused me.
There's also the fact that he couldn't feel the slightest danger from the two newly arrived.
"We pay respect to our lord."
The newly arrivals said in a synchronized manner as both of them kneel in one leg before me.
…Eh…
'What's going on.'
[Um, let me explain it.]
…Go on…
[Do you recognize the power bobbling throughout your whole being?]
'Now that you point it out it certainly is strange. I have this feeling of absolute power. I can feel it, I can erase entire galaxies with a mere thought.'
[Yep, that's your real power. Your power without the shackles of natural laws of reality. The combined power of 3 Primordial True Dragons and Primordial Chaos, granted you the power of a Tier 17 existence. I truth the laws of reality such as world suppression doesn't really have an affect on you in the slightest but the system seems to have a built in fiction which strengthens the laws of reality in order to affect you. I suspect our karma goddess that grants your wish puts it there in order to protect you.]
'I guess I have more reason to thank her.' - Couldn't help but sigh reminiscing the beauty of the goddess.
'Tier 17 existence. The name sounds cool. How much power do you think a Tier 17 existence held.'
[I don't have sufficient information about the Tier system used to classify the realm of powers. You just need to remember that our current reality held twenty tiers from the bottom to the top.]
'So I am 3 levels below the top.'
[Your 3 levels below the top, it sounded near but not as the difference between each Tier of existence is like a god and a mortal only geniuses of geniuses has the slightest chance of closing the level of bypassing the Tier's of power.]
'Hey, don't go off topic.' – I retorted.
[Um, sorry.]
'Do you have a rough estimation on how much power I held right now?'
[You can probably erase an entire galaxy with a mere punch.] – Rafael mused.
'Oh… that's overpowered.'
That some OP power I hadn't once dream.
[Unfortunately, while you did possess the power of a Tier 17 existence you don't have the capability to even manifest a single percent of that power.]
…Why…
[Your energy count is the only one that had increased while your physical body stayed the same, also your soul still hadn't adapted to this level of power and if weren't for the hidden function that even I cannot see in the system which allowed your soul to endure this level of force your very existence might have turned to nothingness the moment you received this level of power.]
…Gulp…
'Um… that gave me the chills for a second there.'
That certainly is scary.
'So, I cannot use the power of a Tier 17 existence.'
[You can. Unfotunately, with a price and a heavy one at that for you.]
'Name it.'
[Your physical body will be gone and you'll be in a spiritual state for quite some time, until we can rebuild a new physical body for you, also you cannot return back to the world of Danmachi during that time.]
'I will lose my physical body, that certainly is tough but I am more worried about not being able to returned I Danmachi faster who knows what Haruhime might do if I I'll be gone for more than a year.'
Damn if I lost my physical body wouldn't my dragon son be gone as well, that certainly isn't a risk I want to take.
[You are restricted from returning to the world because the moment you let go of your physical body your level of power will be at least around the peak of Tier 16, the world wouldn't be able to house your level of existence at that point, your mere presence enough to make the world crumble.]
'Um, Rafael-chan, about that I have you to question you aren't I?'
[Yes, but I Rafael predicted your question beforehand and I am right aren't I.]
'You certainly do know me Rafael-chan.'
How long has it been seen we've become partners, a month and a day. In that short amount of time Rafael-chan really did become more human.
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