Chapter 139: Reunion 1
Ange gazed at the deep-blue sea for a moment, then spoke calmly to Tolle.
"Yeah, this isn't so bad. After all, I don't really have any attachments in this world anymore.
I can wander around, see different places, and not have to care so much."
Tolle was stunned. He hadn't expected it to go this way. Once again, he had managed to lure the heroine away. No—wait, was this considered bringing home another local specialty?
Still, no matter what, he was a guy. He wouldn't really be on the losing side, right?
At worst, he could always come back later, treat it like visiting his parents' home, finish up this world's story, and that would be that. That way, this world shouldn't hold any grudges against him.
Tolle reached out and took Ange's hand, deliberately asking her,
"Welcome to my journey. By the way, I never asked—what's your name?"
After a brief pause, Ange replied, "Ange. My name is Ange."
"Ange, that's a really nice name. In my world, there's a messenger of God—the name of their race is 'angel.' It means heavenly being."
Ange quietly looked up at the sky, a faint smile on her face. "Is that so? Then that's truly an honor."
Tolle looked at her and suddenly remembered Zola, Coco, and Miranda. He had already taken the three of them in as well.
A wife should eventually meet her in-laws, right? If they waited until later, it would just be awkward. Better to settle things now.
Even if Ange didn't want to get along with them, he could simply choose not to bring her back.
Tolle immediately told Nami about bringing Ange to meet the others, carefully reminding her to say they had been saved after their deaths, not beforehand.
"Oh, right. I saved three people here before—maybe you even know them. I'll take you to my secret base to meet them."
Without giving her the chance to object, Tolle scooped Ange up in a princess carry, quickly flying to his cabin, opening the hidden stone door in the wall, and leading her into the undersea base.
When Ange saw Zola, Coco, and Miranda, she was so frightened she froze.
Still in Tolle's arms, she shut her eyes tightly and clung to his neck.
"I didn't mean to cause your deaths! Please, don't haunt me!"
Coco and Miranda rushed over to her first, tugging on her arm.
"Big Sister, we're not dead! Master saved us. Touch us—you'll see we have body heat and shadows. We're not ghosts."
Ange forced down her fear and leapt from Tolle's arms. She gently touched their arms, glanced at their shadows on the ground, and finally sighed in relief.
"Thank goodness you're all right… but I clearly saw those dragons kill you, tear you apart right in front of me!"
As she spoke, tears streamed down her face, and she sobbed loudly. Coco and Miranda hugged her, crying as well.
Zola slowly walked over, slipped her arms around Tolle's waist, and licked her lips as she looked at the crying Ange.
"Master, is this really okay? Should I give her a little… education?"
Hearing Zola's voice, Ange turned and saw her happily embracing Tolle. She glared at him furiously.
"Explain yourself! Why is she here? What's going on? And what's with calling you 'Master'?
Did something improper happen between you two? You pervert, beast, shameless womanizer!"
Zola, unfazed by Ange's anger, released Tolle and grabbed Ange instead, pulling her into her arms and roughly kissing and groping her.
Coco and Miranda blushed deeply, hiding behind Tolle, too embarrassed to watch the scene.
After indulging herself for a moment, Zola finally let go of Ange. Panting and flushed, Ange glared at her, while Zola said,
"Master saved the three of us from death, that's all. What's so shocking about it?
He even granted us a thousand years of life and eternal youth. Being resurrected is nothing special."
Tolle secretly gave Zola a thumbs-up. Perfectly said. She's even better at sweet-talking than me now.
When Ange heard "resurrection," she suddenly thought of her mother. Tears welled up again as she pressed against Tolle's chest.
"Wuu~ Can you… can you save my mother too? She…"
Tolle felt like he had gone too far this time. He had no idea how to back up the claim he had just made. He quickly asked Nami,
"Nami, is there a way to resurrect a corpse—like the Death Army soldiers from the Devil Gundam—puppets that can talk and interact freely?
But the appearance needs to be exactly the same as when they were alive. Can their memories be preserved as well?"
"Master, no problem. Using the dead body, with genetic memory retrieval, I can make a puppet clone identical to the original.
As long as the brain hasn't completely decayed, I can extract some memories. Based on those, it can respond naturally without giving anything away.
Rest assured, Master, leave it to me."
Hearing Nami's confident reply, Tolle relaxed. He could keep up the ruse and secure Ange for himself.
He gently stroked her hair and said tenderly,
"No problem. As long as we find your mother's body, I can resurrect her.
But you'll need to be prepared—her memories might be incomplete. The longer she's been dead, the more she'll have forgotten."
Ange wiped her tears, shaking her head. "That doesn't matter. As long as she can be brought back, that's enough."
She leaned in and kissed Tolle, passionately this time. After a long moment, they separated, and she spoke with a proud, playful smile,
"Consider that your interest. But remember, if you can't resurrect her, you won't get away with it."
Inside, Tolle, the uncultured brute, could only repeat one thought: Holy shit. Was this his official acceptance? Once he revived her mother, would that mean he could…?
"Mission accepted. Don't worry. Let's go now, find your mother's body, and bring her back."
He quickly absorbed Zola, Coco, and Miranda back into the warship's core space in front of Ange, then returned with her to the island.
Using the world map he had extracted from Emma's memories, he brought out the multifunctional core vehicle given by the Devil Gundam. Together with Ange, he set off toward the ruins of the former Misurugi Empire.
The core craft flew at maximum speed, and in just a few days, they arrived at the former Misurugi Empire's territory.
After some inquiries, they finally located the grave of Sophia Ikaruga Misurugi, who had been hastily buried in the wilderness.
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