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-Unknown Place.
3rd POV*
Within the Solar System, 9 Heavenly bodies could be seen floating around. One might think that they looked fairly normal but that is far from the case. These heavenly bodies are in fact one of the strongest entity within the Nasuverse. They are the strongest creature within their own perspective planets hence resulting to their title being Ultimate Ones.
One particular scene in this peaceful space though was that one of the heavenly bodies is shaking violently sending signals to the others. And despite not possessing mind of that humans, the other Ultimate Ones could perceive what that heavenly body wanted.
It was a once in a million occurrence that happened in this quiet space so the other Ultimate Ones who were given permission had to abandon what they are doing.
It was to their excitement that led them to fly towards that particular Ultimate One. They also could not ignore the request of one of their kind, hence resulting to this scene of something flying throughout the space breaking the sound barrier in the process.
Unknown to anyone, multiple world destructing creatures are now headed towards the Ultimate One who requested it. That Ultimate One is peculiar because among all of them, only it has inhabitants on it.
Earth is now facing a catastrophic disaster that would no doubt end every human's life if not prevented.
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Lawrence and the others returned to their home, the earlier event was already erased on their minds as they were more focused to what they will eat for dinner today. Initially it was supposed to be Nero's turn to cook today however they are already aware of combining Nero with cooking so they pushed the job to Bea.
Now they are on a table talking with each other, "Lawrence, thank you for sparing their lives" Arcueid said her gratitude lowering her head a little. She is certain that if Lawrence did not interfere at that time then one of the pillars of the Dead Apostles might just die there. Altrouge is certainly strong, stronger than Anastashia, Bea and Nero. Sadly it ends there as Shiki could easily decimate her without any effort.
That is why Arcueid panicked a lot when she saw Shiki moving, because it is inevitable end for Altrouge. "No problem, although I am irked by how she cut off my time with Shiki, I still have a slight respect to her for taming that monstrosity" Lawrence said shaking his head. "Umu! As expected of master, he is indeed magnanimous!" Nero commended.
It was then that Nero thought of an idea, "Master, how about we take a BEAST for our pet? Isn't that a fascinating idea?!" Nero said moving up and down in excitement. The mere thought of having Tiamat or Goetia as a pet intrigued her a lot. Though what she didn't expect was that everyone would stare at her with pity upon mentioning that.
"Umu? What's wrong?" Nero asked tilting her head. "We don't need to adopt another BEAST right?" Lawrence said smiling gently at Nero who became even more confused. "Why? Do we have a pet already? If so, can I see it!?" she asked holding Lawrence's sleeve. "Uhh, yeah right you better not know it. We should think about having a pet BEAST next time after we solve Arcueid's problem" he said scratching the back of his head.
Seeing that Shiki snorted, "How soft…" she muttered clicking her tongue. Anastashia and Arcueid just giggled in amusement. "Still, to think that your sister remained sane after all that happened Ana. Is it a family trait?" Lawrence mused remembering that arrogant little girl. She was humbled throughout the whole fiasco so Lawrence does not hate her that much anymore.
"Hum, of course she is. Our blood is not that of a loser, we take challenges easy as if it natural" Anastashia raised her chin proud of her sister's mentality. Staying with monsters take a huge toll on a human's mind, it is even a wonder how someone could still return to Moonlit World after witnessing shocking scenes.
Shiki also hummed in satisfaction, she particularly didn't like that girl before but her status now was mildly okay inside Shiki's mind. It is not to the point where Shiki crave to kill her. "Ha, thank god that little brat is not here anymore. She was a hassle to be with!" Nero smiled happily already tired of Luvia's antics. She really didn't want to hear her mumbling about how great Anastashia was.
"Master, there was a call from the other master. It is said that you are now ascending the ranks within Clock Tower" Bea informed Lawrence of what she received earlier. This news did not bring any surprise from them because they already know how astonishing his feats are. Surely they should have catch on to who won the Holy Grail.
Lawrence perked his ear waiting for Bea's next words. "Due to possessing 'Magic' they deemed you worthy of the rank Brand" Bea finished her report saying that. Anastashia who excelled in this part of the talk couldn't help but slap the table in anger. "Only Brand?! How dare they! Lawrence should possess Grand not Brand!" her hatred could be seen on her face.
There are seven ranks within the Clock Tower. The Grand is the highest and rare even in the entire history of the Clock Tower. It is the peak of what a Mage can reach. Any one Grand Rank Mage is a monster capable of taking down a whole nation on their own. The very appearance of a Grand at a Magi-related event is large enough of an announcement to cause fervor.
The next would be Brand which is the rank obtained by most Lords of the Clock Tower and because Grand is literally an impossible rank, Brand is considered the highest practical rank.
The third one is Pride, followed by Fes, Cause, Count and lastly Frame. To rise from ranks, one must create some sort of magical foundation and stabilized it for the Clock Tower to recognize them as sufficiently talented. Geniuses could bypass that restriction though.
Anastashia's fit of anger was understandable as Lawrence can even break a whole world himself much more of a nation. She simply could not accept that they are not acknowledging that fact and merely judging based on what they presumed. "Lawrence, will you go to the ceremony? This will be a large one considering that Brand is not something one could attain" Anastashia asked.
"Hm, maybe after this? I am also curious to how the ascending ceremony will go" He gave his affirmation to the question. Lawrence turned his attention to Arcueid who is happily munching the dinner served by Bea. "Arcueid, how many True Ancestors exist nowadays?" he wondered whether there are still some for the girls to hunt.
Regrettably, Arcueid shook her head in denial. "Almost all of them was hunted by me. If we took Altrouge in the list then maybe I am the only one that exist right now? Oh right, Anastashia is also one" Arcueid counted her fingers thinking about it. She doesn't really remember anymore because her slumber took most of her memories.
"That's unfortunate. Wait, since Anastashia is now considered as a True Ancestor, does that mean Brunestud of the Crimson Moon has the right to consume her consciousness once she gained the highest purity?" Lawrence remembered something about that part making him concern. Hearing that Arcueid shook her hands in the air.
"That is not the case. It might worked if I was not there but I already checked her purity. There is little to no possibility of her being descended. I have the highest purity right now so Crimson Moon should choose me as his successor" Arcueid explained. Anastashia seemed to be proud hearing that statement, she proudly raised her chest before saying. "That of course! Lawrence has already taken mine!"
Shiki and Nero shook their heads at the girl. "Fool, they are not talking about that purity. Sigh, nevermind" Shiki stopped herself because she thought it would only make the matter worse. "Also, that is not really a nice thing to hear. By your estimation, how many years would it take for your purity to reach the highest state?" Shiki questioned.
Arcueid tilted her head and thought about it, "I don't know, maybe a month or so?" she said appearing to be nonchalant about it. This caused Lawrence to twitch his lips in bafflement. "How come you are not worried? That is literally an Ultimate One, it can destroy the world if permitted to do so" Lawrence pointed that out.
"Eh? I mean, you and Shiki are there right? Then it should be no problem. Just kill me at that time!" Arcueid smiled shrugging their concerns. She doesn't seemed to be bothered by her words. Shiki and Lawrence stared at each other before sighing. Only the two of them could understand the difficulties of handling grown up kids doing impossible things.
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(A/N: What do you guys think about a fic of Johan Liebert being transported to Ancient Rome where he cause chaos all around him and grooming Nero Claudius into becoming a proper BEAST666?)