"๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ."
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After Saber's body had fully disappeared, the two was left alone in the dark, empty space. It hasn't been a couple of second since Saber left and Aria was already hugging her knees while sitting on the ground.
"๐ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ..."
The sight of her pitiful act ticked some of the cells in Maximus and he pondered about whether he would make fun of her or comfort her.
"๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ... ๐๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ท๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ."
He chose the latter. Maximus chuckled as he thought about what was happening outside their space. After they were transferred there by the SYSTEM, it provided them with basic knowledge about what happened to Saber.
They saw everything without the censorship of the SYSTEM.
They saw his whole life in his previous world.
They even saw his real face without any blur!
"๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ..."
This was the only thing they could think of after seeing his uncensored face for the first time.
When they saw him, they were shocked beyond belief. The current Saber they knew already had an androgynous appearance. If he were to grow out his hair up until his shoulder, anyone, even a man or a woman, would immediately fall for his charm.
However, the case was almost the same for the him in his previous world. Saber... No, Loki had the same situation. He had an androgynous appearance but on the manly side. He wasn't particularly tall, but above average at most. Standing around 5'10, he was genetically gifted with a godly physique even without training his body due to the long experiment he experienced.
It was said that Loki was merely a clone. The real one had an appearance that was much more indescribable. Maximus and Aria couldn't begin to imagine how handsome that man is.
They saw in one of his memories how he managed to infiltrate the facility that kept him easily by dressing up as a woman. He didn't wear a makeup. No, the word "makeup" would be a downgrade for his beauty.
He was naturally and genetically above everyone else when it comes to his face.
"๐๐จ๐ฉ... ๐ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ... ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ."
When Aria said this, the corner of Maximus' lips twitched. "๐๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ... ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ." He uttered with a forceful smile.
"๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ! ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ท๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ..."
Aria's expression became down as she looked at the empty void in front of her. Seeing this, Maximus couldn't help but facepalm.
"๐๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ?" Maximus looked at her with disbelief. "๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง? ๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ."
Aria's face became bright red in embarrassment, her arms tightening as she hugged her knees. She glanced at Maximus from the side of her view and nodded weakly.
"๐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ... ๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต."
As soon as he heard her response, Maximus smiled and disappeared in front of her. Finally, Aria was the only one left in the dark space... Or so, she thought at first when she suddenly sensed a weak presence watching her from the sky.
"๐๐ฐ... ๐๐ฆ๐ต'๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด..."
Aria stood up, her expression turning cold as she eyed at the dark void above her. She removed her eye patch covering her right eye, revealing a dark red pupil with a broken heart.
"๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐บ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ค, ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ข?"
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On Maximus side, he was teleported in a white, empty space.
He looked around for a couple of seconds before turning to look at his back. Suddenly, A man with the appearance similar to his, but younger, emerged in front of him.
"๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ท๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ต..."
Maximus leaned forward and scrutinized the body of the young man in front of him.
"๐๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ง๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ... ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ."
The corner of his lips curled up into a proud smirk as he patted the younger him on the shoulder, feeling proud at his rapid progress.
The young Maximus looked confused by the sudden turn out event. He remembered that he had just fallen asleep after the nonstop training. The next thing he knew, he was suddenly been transferred in front of another him.
"Umm... Who areโ"
He couldn't even finish his question when the older Maximus picked him up using his collar before materializing a sparring field.
"๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต..."
He threw the younger version of him into the ring and jumped inside as well. A thick mana barrier appeared, trapping the two of them.
"๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ."