I sighed while walking to the pot of flowers, I grabbed a dandelion of which there was only one there, I turned to the statue, walked in front of it, sat down, and put the flower at her feet. My legs were under themselves as I sat on my heels without much pressure so it didn't hurt. My hands on my knees as I began to meditate, I lowered the level of my hearing to a level where I could practically be considered deaf. A silence voided my mind but I could not keep it for long, the noisy earth constantly gave sound within my mind, and the inability to focus on meditation without thoughts, an action near impossible for a mortal.
[You have 4 more attempts]
I had already failed eight times now, and I didn't even get past the ten-minute mark, I was thinking about what I could do wrong, or what I was doing wrong, And then an Idea went into my head, instead of concentrating I could've done completely nothing, leaving nothing to think about, not even the sound of wind since it seems that counted. At this moment I began meditation.
I had no idea how long I had gone. It could have been more than the time I needed to stay meditating or not even close. The passage of time was meaningless right now. All I had to do was meditate. Finally, I opened my eyes, blinking a few times from keeping them closed for such a long time.
[Storyline Part I has been completed]
Once I saw the notification I made it disappear, I could see the feet of a lady right in front of me, or the lower part of it, and I moved my head up. Staring at the lady, one who was dressed in clothing that I could only think of as divine, her dress wasn't of this world, nor was it similar to the old world culture, nor the current ones, A long dress reaching her ankles her sleeves broad and around her neck would be a shape of a V.
"...You're very determined to summon me, so what do you need?"
I didn't know if I would be able to use telepathy on her, so I got up and signed that I couldn't speak. For a moment, I expected her to not be able to understand and simply leave, but instead, she chuckled at something even though I never said anything.
"I guess this is a lot better than hearing people's voices, do not worry you can use your mind to talk to me."
[Storyline Quest | A II | Part I]
[Completed]
[Reward: Companionship of the Goddess]
Companionship seemed weird, I just met them after all, and even then with all that's said about her, I doubt she'd want that.
"You know I can read your mind right? But... I wouldn't mind such companionship, I've been alone for too long."
{"Huh- What but I wasn't thinking? Well, maybe I was. I don't know..."}
"You were thinking, I feel like that was obvious but I can also just turn whatever you think into words in front of my eyes only."
{"Huh...? Well, I guess since you're a Goddess it could work... Speaking of which, I never got your name?"}
"I never had one, but I guess you can call me Zenos."
{"Isn't that the name given to the God of Death? But I don't mind it, I'll call you whatever you're comfortable, Ma'am"}
"They have a different name, it's not the one you give them which is one hundred percent true. And don't call me Ma'am again. I feel old hearing that."
{"Ah- Sorry about that M- Lady Zenos..."}
"Lady Zenos? I didn't expect you to study me that much, I know I'm from Royalty but I hide that very well."
I stared at her for a few seconds blinking as I realized I had called her Lady Zenos simply out of respect for someone like her, she wasn't like other nobles who existed let alone royalty which I've heard were arrogant back then, I would've never guessed she was Royalty with how nice she was.
"I talk to you like a normal person and that's considered nice? What in the world has happened to people's morality and standards?"
{"I have no idea, I'm just some guy who wants to take care of their family..."}
I got up as Zenos began to walk off as I followed her, she seemed very different, I noticed her hair, it wasn't that long but it wasn't short either, reaching at least her shoulders, the vibrant color of white acting like it was a light contrasting her Iris which was pitch black, almost dead if you stare long enough.
"Before we go up, I'm not visible to others so don't try and talk to me and use telepathy instead unless it's super draining at that point just try to find a place to keep yourself hidden while talking to me."
{"About that- I can't speak, like at all."}
"...I Apologize for my rudeness, I didn't know about that-"
{"It's alright! You don't need to say sorry or apologize. It's a common mistake that's happened almost every time I meet a new person."}
"I see, shall we go back then?"
I nodded as I jumped up onto the wall while she turned invisible for a moment before becoming visible once more though mostly transparent. Using Qi I connected my legs to the wall as I enhanced my leg strength infusing it with Qi jumping from each side of the wall before reaching the top and climbing out of the floor as I began lying down on the ground, it was completely dark out as I could see Zenos standing next to me, Mother and Father were sleeping together but I could hear footsteps outside the house.
{"Looks like someone's outside..."}
A sudden movement from outside which I could barely see, they moved like a flash, though it didn't matter, I could still see their-
"Body Heat."
{"Hey I'm not dumb I know what that is!"}
I would've moved as fast as possible almost instinctively as I sent a punch flying behind my body hitting the person in the face then being sent flying into a wall. Knocking them completely out, but the house didn't seem to break so clearly the Kingdom was nice enough to make our home durable.
"Be careful, there are more here so check who it is fast."
I moved down looking at what I thought was an Assassin and removed their mask, Seeing a guy who looked somewhat familiar, I didn't recognize the face fully but I thought I'd seen him go to train for an Assassination School.
The sudden movement right behind me alerted me as I turned around just in time to stop the blade while using Qi to enhance my arm durability so it didn't get slashed feeling the cold metal against my skin, I swung my leg up kicking him between the legs full force with my Knee which made them stop moving and fall to the ground in pain, I knew it was a girl but still that part of a body was extremely sensitive and could cause a lot of pain, not to mention their cultivation level barely reached Qi Gathering, at least this one, which meant I could cause a lot of damage.
Before I could knock them out someone came in hitting me with what seemed to be a needle with poison in it, they walked up as I held in the pain, I didn't want my parents waking up to the sight of their son getting hurt, I looked over and didn't know what to do, their cultivation level was the same as mine but I was weakened by the poison so the only thing I could do was hit the other person one more time with my knee in their face which caused them to bleed and fall to the floor out cold.
"Need some help?"
{"I could really use that yeah..."}
Behind the other guy Zenos appeared once more as she grabbed their shoulder with them turning around, seeing a lady a foot taller than him. Before he could do anything I saw his head go flying from her simply cutting at him with her Qi.
{"You didn't need to kill him but alright..."}
"This world was either to kill others to survive or get killed at least from where I was when I became twelve and ran away. But this is the only time I'll help because they were cheating and used Poison to weaken you when they could fight normally, they also had more experience than you so they'd win in a battle too."
I sighed taking out the needle as I looked at the system in which I used the points to get a Poison Nullifier which showed up two pages down, I took it out of my pocket and drank some of it before closing it and putting it down on my table going to the bed and passing out there, the last thing I saw was Zenos sitting down on the bed next to me.