Yuvel swiftly moved through the land with quick steps as he used the energy from all around him. He had adapted to his physical body and it was merged with his system abilities. Looking at the coded data all around him, he received the data that he was searching for.
"Nice."
Yuvel had been searching for a string of data from Leon's energy. Ronan was also searching in his own way. When Yuvel helped Ronan loosen the world's will restrictions by a bit. He was able to tell some information. Thinking back on their discussion…
"Who are you really? Yuvel? Is that really your name?"
Ronan asked with a cold face filled with suspicion. Yuvel felt his heart clenched at being treated so coldly. Ronan was always so kind and gentle to him but he didn't know if he was doing the right thing by helping him loosen the restrictions on Ronan. Yuvel felt like crying for the first time. Ronan was shocked when Yuvel looked down in disappointment and hurt.
"...I'm sorry, Ronan. I-I am not actually a human. I am a system created by the creator and we were traveling worlds to receive the world's will energies. I don't know why you ended up following us but it seems you also don't know either. B-but that doesn't matter because I will help you be free from us."
"..."
Ronan was silently listening to his explanation. Yuvel was too nervous and continued to talk and ramble on without letting Ronan speak.
"I'm sorry we pulled your soul to travel with us through worlds and also be restricted from going OOC. Once we see my host, Leon. I can ask him to help you be free and let you return to your original world to reincarnate and be a normal soul."
Yuvel clenched both arms and bit his lips nervously as he waited for Ronan to say something.
'He's going to leave and be a normal soul. Grow old with a lover and kids…'
Yuvel's heart clenched again in pain. His eyes were tightly shut as he waited for Ronan to speak. Ronan frowned at all this new information. He pondered and thought for a while. The two were sitting in silence.
"Okay. Let's go see your creator. This means he is also my lord that I have been following all this time."
Yuvel felt his heart drop. He forced a smile and nodded.
"Un, we have to find a trace of where he went. It seems he had gotten fed up with doing paperwork and ran away from work."
"So he isn't on the capital planet. Any leads to where he might go?"
"hmm…I think he might go back to the first planet we were on when we first entered this world."
Ronan nodded to what Yuvel said.
"Then let's go. We need a personal spaceship to go to the other planets. I don't think they have public space shuttles to lower grade planets."
"No, they don't."
Yuvel agreed with Ronan.
They were able to go to the tech junkyard and collect pieces they needed to build a better spaceship. They had bought an old spaceship from the black market on the planet. It's been months and they completed the build with all the settings they wanted to customize into the spaceship. They did their first space jump and arrived outside a low grade planet. They entered and have been searching ever since.
"How many planets have we looked through?"
Ronan sighed and rubbed his frown with his fingers. Yuvel was also depressed and stayed seated on his cushion. Yuvel liked to sit in a modest way. He sat asian style. Butt on top of legs, straight back, and hands on his lap. Ronan felt like Yuvel was restraining himself when he sat like that. He felt like Yuvel should be more relaxed. Similar sitting position but his legs more casual, bent knees and his butt should be on the cushion and not his legs. For some reason, Ronan felt that Yuvel would be like a quiet and polite cat beastman. Yuvel was also subtly expressive and had a hard time hiding his emotions through his body actions and facial expressions. Ronan didn't know if Yuvel noticed these characteristics of his. But Ronan didn't want to say anything since he thinks Yuvel is cute as he is.
But ever since Ronan confronted Yuvel about the truth of his world hopping. Ronan noticed that Yuvel seems more down than before. He thought Yuvel was anxious to help him. But Ronan actually didn't want to leave Yuvel. He only agreed to leave because it seemed like Yuvel didn't want him to follow their journey together. He remembers the first time he met Yuvel. Yuvel was slowly walking as if he was an immortal taking a stroll in the human lands. His eyes were shut and he had no expression on his face. But the moment he spoke with Ronan. It was like he was more human. He was timid and shy at first but later on, Ronan noticed how relaxed and earnest he was around himself. It would be a lie to say he didn't fall for him. Because he fell in love at first sight. He can be calm and rational with everything but when it comes to Yuvel. He gets cold feet and acts rigid and cold as an unconscious habit.
"I have a hunch that this planet is the highest chance of where my host would be hiding. All the low grade planets are similar since they're just developing as a planet but this one feels familiar."
Yuvel softly spoke up. Ronan looked at Yuvel the entire time but Yuvel still avoided his eyes and tilted his face away. Ronan didn't like that and his frown worsened slightly.
'Does he dislike me that much?'
Ronan thought as he kept his gaze on Yuvel. Ronan sighed and stood up from the black sofa that was next to the command system.
"Alright, let's do this."
Back to the present…
Yuvel landed gracefully in front of a gate. Although it had changed from a simple fence before, Leon's energy still remains a bit of its data here. Yuvel controlled the data and made a signal with the energy code. He sent a message to Ronan. Ronan felt a notification from Yuvel from his wrist band. He raised his wrist and opened the holographic message.
[Yuvel: I think I found him. He should have been in this village from before he left the planet and returned. Here's the location.]
Ronan put the marked spot into the maps and saw that he wasn't that far from Yuvel. Just an hour's travel by land. He used his wrist band and commanded the spaceship to land. He decided to speed up his pace and fly there. Yuvel was standing outside the gates and was waiting for Ronan. His emotions were low.
'So this is it…Ronan will leave and become a normal soul…'
Yuvel was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't notice Ronan arrived within a minute he had received the message. Ronan jumped down from the spaceship and saw Yuvel crying. He immediately went up and grabbed his shoulders.
"What's wrong? Did you get hurt somewhere? Which bastard bullied you?!"
Ronan shot out multiple questions as he checked if Yuvel was injured anywhere. Yuvel's eyes widened in shock as he was startled by Ronans appearance in front of him. Yuvel quickly snapped out of his daze and wiped his eyes with his sleeves. He shook off Ronans hands and stepped back to distance himself from their closeness.
"I-it's nothing. Let's go find my host and get you back to where you belong."
"...Yuvel, do you not like me?"
"Huh?"
Yuvel was walking to the entrance when Ronan suddenly asked. He turned back and looked at Ronan with a startled and unexpected expression.
"You have been avoiding me since back then. Do you hate me so much that my touch disgusts you?"
"W-What?!"
Ronan frowned deeper and gripped his fist before shaking his head.
"It's fine. I'll be out of your way soon. Let's go."
Ronan started walking and passed Yuvel. Yuvel snapped out of his shock and grabbed Ronan's arm as he passed him. Ronan grit his jaw and turned to look at Yuvel, waiting for what Yuvel had to say.
"You thought I hated you? And that I was disgusted by your touch?"
Ronan took a deep breath and released it before he responded.
"Wasn't that what you showed by avoiding my gaze, distancing yourself from me, and shrugging my hands off you?"
Yuvel's face tilted up and his eyes finally connected with Ronan's gaze for the first time since their discussion. Ronan saw various emotions pass through Yuvel's eyes. There was hurt, fear, desperation…
"Yuvel-..."
"I don't hate you, you big idiot!!! I-I thought you wanted to leave and be a normal soul. I was so so sad that I won't be able to see you, talk to you, and you wouldn't remember any of this as you lived a normal lifetime. I was avoiding you and trying to act like everything was fine. But I realized now that it isn't fine. I wanted to be a good friend and let you leave with a peace of mind. This is my first time having a physical human body and everything is still new for me to get used to. You appeared and helped me so much. I was scared back then. I was aimlessly walking and was confused by everything around me. There was so much data and codes everywhere I looked. They were all jumbled and messy! I was lost and suddenly you appeared. You took my hand and guided me. I felt your familiar energy and was able to calm down and go through things at my own pace. I learned human emotions with you, the good and the bad ones. Even now, my heart and soul is in pain knowing that you would forget everything and leave me."
Ronan became worried as he saw Yuvel's raw emotions within his gaze. He was about to speak but Yuvel just bursted into a sobbing mess and said whatever he was feeling the whole time. Yuvel couldn't stop his tears and his breathing was disorganized. Ronan noticed immediately and pulled Yuvel into his arms. Yuvel frowned in pain from the tight embrace but he liked the warmth of the other.
"Yuvel… I'm so sorry I made you feel that way. I should have opened my mouth and communicated with you sooner. I will be more honest and speak up more. I was so used to keeping it in because of the OOC restrictions in each world that it became a habit to just shut myself out from the world. I didn't realize my silence and careless actions and words hurted you. I'm so sorry, please forgive me Yuvel. Give me another chance to make it up to you. And truthfully, I thought you disliked me and it seemed like you were eagerly wanting me to leave so I agreed to leave for you. Even if it pains me just as much. Like you, I didn't want to leave. I'm so so glad to find out you also felt and thought the same as me."
Yuvel was surprised at what he heard.
'We misunderstood each other this whole time?? So he won't leave me? He wants to stay with me? I'm so relieved..,' Yuvel thought and immediately hugged Ronan just as strongly as he was.
Ronan felt Yuvel hug him back and let out a breath he didn't realize he was holding.
*snap*
Ronan and Yuvel stopped hugging and turned to the person that had appeared so close to them.
"Oops~."
Yuvel connected eye contact with the other and he instantly felt a soul connection be reestablished and strengthened.
'Leon?!?!'
'This voice and energy…LordKittyCat?!?!?!'
'It's System No.369, you dibshit host!!!'
'Yep, that's my pet system I know and am familiar with.'
'I'm an honest and competent god system!!!'
Ronan instinctively knew that the two were talking telepathically. He felt the lord's familiar connection with him as a spiritual follower that would world hopped with them every time. He kept Yuvel close with one arm still wrapped around Yuvel's slim waist. Yuvel hadn't noticed because of his mental communication with the lord.
'So is this your human form? I thought you would be a beastman with feline ears and tail.'
Leon didn't question much or why the system was with another man. He was more curious about the system's new form.
'There are no beastmen in this world. Maybe I would have those features if we hopped into a fantasy world like the first world. For some reason, my spiritual connection with you was thinned out and I woke up in this body and was stranded on a random planet. While getting a grasp of my situation, I met Ronan and we searched multiple low grade planets to find you.'
'You probably couldn't locate me because of the thin spiritual connection. So I'm guessing this world has some kind of signal weakening trait.'
Leon let out a sigh and shifted his focus to Ronan.
"So you are Ronan…I'm guessing you didn't arrive in this world near me or my husband. Which is unusual. But since this world has a spiritual weakening trait, I guess that's why the soul transfer glitched on us."
Ronan had a serious expression while facing Leon but they could tell there was also respect and worship with his actions.
"I apologize if my previous actions and words from other worlds offended you, Lord Creator."
"Haha, it's fine. I can see the energy of the world's will is still restricting you."
"That's right, Host. Could you release those restrictions on Ronan?"
Yuvel jumped into the conversation. Leon closed his eyes and tilted his head up. Then he opened his eyes and faced them again. He frowned as he told them his response.
"It seems what my system had loosened on the chains of restrictions was the limit we could do. The world's will of this world has the personality of an ancient turtle. The traits of its personality are discipline, careful silence, and restraint. So Ronan can not OOC while in front of this world's living people. So anyone that isn't an outer being like me and my system. And it seems I can't unlock your chains myself because it is your task to gain a portion of the energy from every world to transform your soul. Similar to my experience. I do notice you are already absorbing the energy of the world's will already so just keep doing what you have been and soon you will be strong enough to break the OOC chains of restrictions. Okay, any questions from you two?"
Leon clapped his hands together, ended his speech. Ronan shook his head as he had gotten his answer. Yuvel was silent in thought before asking something.
"Host… Are you able to create a permanent connection with me and Ronan?"
Leon raised one brow as he observed his pet system. No, now he goes by Yuvel. Leon had matured a lot as he world hopped and gained various knowledge and experiences. But he still is the silly and extra dramatic humane Leon from the first world. To which he gained awareness and lived as a human orphan that struggled through life but still endured because he fell in love with his husband who was a fictional game character in a trash app created in the modern 21s century world.
Leon used one finger, repeatedly, patting his puckered lips as he pondered while looking at Yuvel who was still being half hugged by Ronan's possessive arm. Leon knew Yuvel hadn't noticed his unconscious action of trust and concluded that Yuvel is still too inexperienced so he has a dense emotional awareness and is oblivious to human interactions. Leon shifted his gaze from Yuvel to Ronan. They made eye contact and Ronan knew what Leon understood from his gaze. Ronan subtlety nodded and Leon got his confirmation which amused Leon greatly. Leon looked back to Yuvel and acted. He shook his head pitifully and apologetically.
"I know what connection you want, Yuvel. But that is up to fate. What I CAN do is create a spiritual connection so when Ronan soul travels into the future worlds we go to. He will transfer near you instead of randomly transferring to my husband or I. Are you okay with that? Do you want me to do that?"
Ronan cut in to decide.
"Lord Creator, please do it. I want to be near Yuvel in every world hopping."
It was half his right to decide their spiritual connection after all. Leon only nodded and looked at Yuvel for his response. Yuvel's eyes were bright as he looked at Ronan who was telling Leon to create their soul connection.
'Damn, he's smitten. Look at his gaze to Ronan. There's practically sparkles in his eyes,' Leon internally giggles while mentally talking to himself.