A few days pass in which we live together in peace. However, those words from Lisa leave me no rest. "See you soon," she said. What on earth did she mean by that?
I am lying in my bed. Six days have already passed since the incident. Did I perhaps just dream it, or was it real? I certainly did something, but what? A notification appears before me: "Wait for me, I will find you." That is what's written on the status window.
After some time, I look at my power level again. I didn't think it was necessary all this time, but now the number is there. A while ago it was at 1,329,000, but now it is actually at 1,940,000. My eyes widen. This value is on a level with the god Thor. Unfortunately, he is the weakest god, but why has it increased? None of this makes sense.
Wait, back then, when Lisa first confessed her love to me, it increased by 320,000. After that, I trained and trained. And now again—does this have something to do with Lisa's powers? I hope I see her again in my dreams or when I am unconscious.
I get up from the bed and take off my black pajamas. I put on my black T-shirt and my short black pants. I look in the mirror and then leave the room, where the sun is still shining in beautifully. The girls are still sleeping peacefully, and Milo is on his way to school to register. He will then be known as a transfer student. I have also considered going to the school, and I have decided to do so; but I would rather go tomorrow.
I put on my cloak and pack my daggers at my hip to walk through the city a bit. I want to go to a park. In the park, you are allowed to relax a bit and use magic—not very strong magic, but I really want to try out a weak spell of the various elements.
I walk along the crowded streets. Then I remember that I used to always go over the rooftops, but since I am almost there, that isn't strictly necessary. I arrive at the park, where there is already a barrier around it that can block approximately advanced magic. But stronger magic breaks this barrier immediately, so I will only be able to use advanced magic at most. But I will start with beginner magic.
A beastgirl is sitting by a tree, all lonely and left behind. I go over to her. She looks at me very fearfully as I crouch down.
"Hey little one, what's wrong?" I change my voice to something sweet and helpful. She looks at me with fear-filled blue eyes. I offer her my hand so she doesn't have to sit on the dirty ground. With a brief hesitation, she takes my hand.
"T-thank you." Her voice is quiet and cautious. She looks at the people around us who are trying out their magic, which immediately gives me an idea.
"Hey, should I show you my power?" My voice is gentle so as not to frighten her. She nods to me to show that I can go ahead and do it. A smile flits across her lips, only briefly, but it flits. I cast a normal fireball, about the size of a small pebble. I flick the fireball forward, and it hits the target. A small explosion occurs. The explosion is reflected in the little girl's eyes, while someone next to me creates a fireball just as large, which doesn't even reach the target. He looks depressed that such a thing happened with mine.
I also create a water droplet and fire it, hardened, at the newly set up target, creating a precise hole in the wood of the target. The girl's eyes begin to glow with joy at seeing such power. I do this with all the other elements as well, whereby again and again either the target is smashed or a precise hole is created.
Meanwhile, a crowd has formed while the girl watches me fascinated. I begin with advanced magic. A fire arrow and fire bow appear in my hand. I nock the arrow in the bow, draw the fire string as far as it will go to get the full strength out. I fire the arrow, which strikes against the target with sparks trailing behind it. An explosion occurs.
The people around me shrink back. The barrier even took damage from it. By now, everyone who was standing here before testing their power is standing around me. I try all possible advanced spells until the barrier begins to splinter. Meanwhile, whispering starts: "He is a monster" or "A being that is neither human nor monster." Right now, as I am writing this, it's true—at that time, it wasn't true, at least. The little girl gathers all her courage.
"He is not a monster or anything like that! He saw a beastman like me alone on the square and helped me right away, so leave him alone!" she screams so loudly that it can be heard across the entire square. But the people only show contempt. That a person as strong as I am would save a beastman is actually not normal. If you take out the Deletion ability, then I am approximately in 5th place in the world rankings in terms of strength. Maybe I should rather leave the school thing alone.
A young woman comes over due to the girl's shouting, also a beastman. She bends down to the girl.
"Is everything okay, Seli? Did something happen? Oh, thank you very much, mister, for helping my daughter." She bows with these words. I wave my hands to show that everything is okay, with a crooked smile.
"It's alright, I was happy to do it." I look down at her while she stands up with a smile. They walk away while the girl tells her mother everything that happened. Both giggle about the fact that I almost destroyed the barrier.
The crowd disappears and I make my way back home. Arriving home, the girls are now awake and Milo is back.
"Hey you four, was in the park for a bit," I say, while all four are currently tidying up, and they then greet me. I sit down and search through my dimension hole for a few things. I find the Legend again. It has already told a bit of garbage, but maybe the next part is important again. I let mana flow in. Letters and words are added again: "This changes through the moment before, where everyone forgets him. Everyone doesn't even notice it because he simply negotiates with the demons to have a solid reason for the deletion of hatred. That was it for his great adventure."
The Legend was expanded quite a bit, by exactly 42 words. This Legend seems to be at an end now, but I don't understand it. The Legend seems wildly thrown together. Well, it's over with this Legend anyway, so no problem that it never really fit. Did I perhaps ignore the Legend? But from when did I ignore it? The Legend was already rewritten before the incident with the Star Orc Lord, which means that it will only be inaccurate.
"Wait a minute, what is that? It's slightly blurry." I look at it more closely. I touch exactly the spot where it is blurry. The writing becomes more visible, but no prediction this time; instead, these two words state something I am supposed to do. My eyes widen when I see the second of the two words.
"That can't be." My voice becomes trembling while I look at the two words in confusion. Luna approaches me with worried eyes. I give a forced smile.
"Don't act like that, what's wrong?" Luna sounds concerned. She crouches down to my height while I am sitting. She notices that something is wrong. I look at the ground with wide and shining eyes. I know that this must mean something.
I stand up and smile, this time with an honest and better smile. I go into the entrance area where Milo is reading a book on the couch. My life has changed from a loner's life to a team life. I am happy with how my life is going. I have found a good friend—it is a bit strange that he became so strong so quickly—and then I also have three wonderful companions: one who was once a princess, then a really strong mage, plus a girl who is normal but smart.
Suri walks out of the house. "See you later, you four!" she calls out briefly before closing the door. I look around and see that there are hardly any sweets left. For that, I have to go to Kimura, but with teleport it should go very quickly. Well then, off to the 24/7 shop in Kimura.
"Hey, be back in a few minutes." I finish speaking and snap my fingers immediately after ending the sentence. A light appears around me like in a ritual. I slowly disappear. After a few seconds, I appear in front of the 24/7 shop in Kimura. An older woman comes out with a heavy-looking bag. I cast a spell that makes things lighter, making the bag only half as heavy. The woman is startled when the bag suddenly becomes super light. She looks around confused for the cause, but notices nothing as I hide in the crowd.
I go into the shop, where the sliding door already opens through the motion sensor. The cashier looks over to me and waves in greeting.
"Oh, you're dropping by again." Her voice is gentle. I am surprised that she can still remember me. She has a really good memory. I nod to her as I go to the sweets aisle. A sign stands in front of the aisle with a new sweet. They are chocolate candies with chocolate cream inside that is supposed to be liquid. I look at them. Next to it is a bowl where it says: "Everyone can try one." I take one and unwrap it from the plastic packaging. I put it in my mouth and chew it. A sweet chocolate taste comes out. I immediately put five packs of them into the shopping basket. I continue looking through the aisle. After a few minutes, I have found everything.
"Hm, since I'm already here, I can stop by the Guild as well." I am so quiet that no one next to me could hear it. I go to the checkout where the cashier is already waiting for me to pay. She scans all the goods I lay on the counter. I have a few Yen left. I put down 12,000 Yen, which is even enough. With that, I unfortunately only have 1,000 Yen left now.
I pack all the sweets into my dimension hole. I walk out of the shop and say goodbye to the cashier. I didn't know it then, but it was my last visit to this shop.
Here with the gods, all hell is breaking loose more and more. "Kronos, how much longer?" Freyja sounds slightly angry and impatient with her words. Kronos looks at Freyja with an angry look and holds up five fingers.
"Five days left." His voice is firm and determined to manage it exactly in this time span. A god sits at the table, very relaxed and tidy. His gaze is dark and his position relaxed.
Without suspecting anything, I head toward the Guild. Many people are walking around on the street. I arrive at the Guild and stop in front of it. A smile appears on my face. I haven't been here for a long time. I should check out the quests. I go inside. The young woman at the reception smiles at me with a wave. She seems to still recognize me.
"Oh, the boy with the divine monster!" Her voice echoes slightly through the Guild. Everyone looks at me with wide-open eyes. I walk relaxed to the quest board, where only low-rank quests are listed. I look at the ground and snap my fingers. The shining light envelops me again. The people look at me even more amazed.
I reappear in our house in Lagoon. Milo, Luna, and Mia are startled. While I was in Kimura, Suri left Lagoon and went into the eastern forest. She moves through the forest with a speed boost. She reaches a city where there are only beastmen. She transforms back into a beastman. A noble beastman already sees her to greet her.
"Oh daughter, you are back!" The man looks at Suri with a happy face. Suri is the daughter of a human woman and a male beastman, which is why she was banished from there, and that's why she visits her father once a year outside the city. They walk through the forest for a bit, where many beastmen children are playing. Without me knowing it, she is a princess from a city where there are only beastmen—whether king, citizen, queen, or others, even traders are beastmen.
Suri spends time with her father until the sun goes down. She goes back to Lagoon. The sun has just set as she arrives at our house. We are already making food. Luna is slowly starting to worry about Suri, which is why she gets dressed quickly to go outside. Just as she is about to go out, Suri comes in. Luna is startled and falls down. Suri giggles and Milo doesn't notice because he is still reading the book.
We finish making food. The days fly by. Five days pass. Among the gods, there is a great uproar—not because something is going wrong, but because everything worked out.
"Three," Kronos starts to count. Freyja sits impatiently on the chair, while Mina forms a heart with her fingers. The dark guy sitting at the end of the table clasps his hands so he can support his chin.
"Two... one!" Kronos giggles, his fingers in a position just before snapping. Freyja starts to giggle. Mina looks at Kronos.
"And here we go!" Kronos snaps his fingers. In the same moment, a tremor goes around the entire world. I and the girls, along with Milo, are currently sleeping peacefully. I fall out of bed and am startled, which wakes me up. The girls start up and panic. Milo rubs his eyes sleepily.
"Hm, what's going on?" Milo murmurs quietly and sleepily to himself. He stretches. The tremor slowly stops. I go down from the attic. Whatever that was, I will find out. At that point, I have no idea what awaits me.
We meet in the entrance area. Milo is still sleepy. A bang resounds through Lagoon. Outside, you can see through the windows what is happening. An explosion appears behind a few houses. The houses behind the other houses lie in ruins.
"What the hell is that, or are they?" My voice is slightly incredulous and trembling. The others just look at me.