"I will handle it all, Grace," Cassius said with a small smile as he turned around and began to walk away. "Just hold on until I return with the Tear of Yggdrasil. It shouldn't take very long."
"W-Wait, Cassius, you can't! It's too dangerous!" Grace, still trying to comprehend the insanities he was spouting, sped up toward his receding figure.
When she just about caught up, she sputtered, "I… I have already come to terms with my destiny… But you can't go to the World Tree's Sanctuary! You have no idea just how unbelievably powerful the participants are going to be! As long as you aren't the oldest ancestors of a Dimension, you can participate, which means there are virtually no age or power restrictions! Even SSS-Rank Hegemonies will be—"
FWIP!
Cassius disappeared, then reappeared behind the frantically chasing Grace. He tugged at both sides of her thin waist and pulled her into his arms.
