It was only now seeing Dee's physical form that it finally hit Adrian that his child, Dee was free from the confines of Devolution.
Adrian felt his heart melt when Dee turned to him with a proud smile looking for praise. Without so much as a word, tears streamed from Adrian's face as he embarrassed Dee in a deep affectionate hug.
The two confused guests in Adrian's shadow were more surprised than any other that Dee was free and Adrian allowed his emotions to flow like this.
To Adrian's surprise, they lunged from the shadows hugging Adrian and Dee as if they found a long-lost family.
Watching the scene Sakura felt left out knowing that she couldn't participate, even more so when the two guests appeared.
Something deep down inside her told her that this scene was Adrian's family and she was not included.
Just as that thought crossed her mind Adrian seemingly unconsciously used all of his energies allowing Sakura to briefly experience the hug and for everyone else to feel her presence.
In that one moment, all of Sakura's worries seemed to disappear behind the love and connection of the moment. She felt like she was a part of this happy family.
They sat in silence for quite a while before Adrian let go of Dee causing the rest to follow.
Looking around at the expectant gazes Adrian coughed before staring down the two, now completely visible, animals that had followed him.
The two in their joy forgot they were supposed to be hiding from Adrian as he might not remember them now…
In haste, they used a small bit of their remaining divinity to apply for a message.
[The Previous Kitsun: Helpful Clothing's Dealer tries to join your Pantheon]
[The Previous Phoenix: Lord of Flames and Rebirth tries to join your Pantheon]
[Do you accept their application?]
Watching the two fumble around like children to show they weren't threats to Adrian he couldn't help but remember his two pets from his original Life of Earth.
For some reason the memories were incredibly hazy, all he could remember was the white sparrow was named Fue while his snow fox was named Qi.
Looking at the sparrow and fox pair in front of him, Adrian couldn't help but call out, "Fue? Qi? That you?"
Immediately the two were surprised that Adrian could even remember their names and in their shock they forgot to react, freezing up only for Adrian to continue.
Without waiting for their response he sighed saying, "Nevermind. I left them alone after what happened to Dee… I-I'm sorry…"
Adrian was interrupted by Fue & Qi's cries. Confused by their actions Adrian looked down at them only to find each of them showing certain parts of their body.
For the snow fox, Qi showed a swath of black hair that covered her stomach in a heart-like pattern.
While the white sparrow, Fue, opened her wings showing a long streak of pink feathers that were hidden under her wings.
Seeing the two markings Adrian's memories flooded his mind while they were still hazy he was convinced they were his previous pets… no family, who had followed him for far longer than they should have ever been able to.
These two were with him at the start of Adrian's journey though at this point he couldn't remember why or how they survived for their almost fifty years together.
They outlasted any known member of their species by many folds but without his memory of the events Adrian just assumed they were infected by the black sun's energy.
Looking closer at them they looked younger than they did when he had "left" them to join Dee.
Even if they weren't his family from back then he would still care for them like they were in hopes to atone for his previous mistakes.
With that unneeded promise in his heart Adrian accepted their "applications" and allowed them to join his Pantheon.
Upon accepting them into his Pantheon a set of messages appeared confusing Adrian.
[New members of Pantheon detected]
[Minimum requirements had been met constructing Faith]
[Faith Constructed chose symbol and achievement collection medium]
When he accepted the two he never expected to gain any rewards but now with their inclusion in his Pantheon, he met some requirements and gained more than he wanted.
Unknown to Adrian he had once again shocked every viewer with an unprecedented feat and they knew it was their fault.
When reading the messages Adrian was confused about one thing muttering aloud, "What were the requirements?"
Once those words escaped his lips a new cavalcade of messages appeared.
[Have 10,000 followers of tier 3 or above; or be acknowledged by a tier 7 or above]
[Have an Authority]
[Complete 3 achievements of void rank or higher]
[Have more than 2 members of your Pantheon]
[Have a Fate value of 1,000 or above]
[Be Eternal* or higher]
[Have above tier 6 potential]
Reading each message Adrian just became confused by what he had done.
Without more information, Adrian dropped the question focusing on the task in front of him.
First on the chopping block was his symbol. After thinking for a few minutes Adrian chose a Sakura flower behind a fairy, fox, and sparrow.
After deciding on a really basic symbol Adrian pondered on the "achievement collection medium" as he had no idea what that meant.
He used his patent pending technique of asking for the answer, "Hey, Sakura. You got any idea what this is supposed to mean?"
Sakura looked for a good example from Adrian's memories before explaining, ~An achievement collection medium would be like the Bible for Earth. It is a collection of everything you accomplished that gives you power. Anything that is stated in the medium becomes fact.~
~In this case I think it is asking what senses should be made to impact. The Bible for example was made for both vision and hearing. Each sense that can experience your story the more different ways could give you power but keep in mind it could also create more weaknesses.~
Listening to Sakura's explanation Adrian couldn't help but wonder how he should go about such an important decision.