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"I... only want your happiness. And I will not pursue selfishness anymore. Our relationship was beautiful, and I will rember it forever... but you have new lives here. Don't let your past shackle you to ," Kireina said softly.
"Kireina-sama..." Kaguya felt a sharp pain pierce her heart. She shook her head slowly. "I cannot do that... perhaps those feelings faded once, but the mont you stood against the gods, you moved so deeply that I might have fallen for you all over again..."
"I..." Nanako looked shyly toward the stars. "I do want my new life here... but at the sa ti, the ache in my heart tells I must not lose the bond we share. I cannot say it with full confidence, but I do feel sothing for you—sothing deep and powerful."
"I see..." Kireina smiled, tears slipping down her cheeks. "I did many awful things in my early life in Genesis, things that... still tornt even now. Especially you, Nanako. I tornted your life the most... I don't expect you to forgive , but I want to tell you that I am truly sorry. And... I will keep repenting until the day I die."
"Although what you did before was awful, and I hated you for a long ti, I still developed feelings—perhaps out of necessity for survival amid your family..." Nanako sighed deeply. "We never had a child together... we were never able to forge a deeper bond, unfortunately. But now I see that you are a completely different person from that being, Kireina-sama. You are admirable—soone everyone looks up to. You are honest and righteous. I forgave you long ago, but... I will tell you now."
Nanako gently took Kireina's hands and gazed into her red eyes with her eight glowing pink ones.
"I forgive you."
Those words struck Kireina like a wave. A heavy, crushing guilt that had weighed on her sense of self for so long began to slowly dissolve.
She cried harder, nodding through her tears.
"Thank you, Nanako..."
Kaguya smiled brightly and clapped her hands cutely as she watched them, but her eyes widened in surprise when Kireina and Nanako leaned closer. Their lips t in a tender, loving kiss.
"A-Ah...! What have I done..." Nanako whispered, blushing furiously. She hadn't even realized she had acted on impulse. "I'm so sorry, Great Esteed One..."
"It's fine," Kireina said with a warm smile. "It was just a kiss, but it ans the world to ... Nanako, live well and be happy here, alright? I will always watch over you."
Kireina held her hand tightly. A bright light flowed into Nanako's body and soul, deepening her connection to the System—now rooted directly within Kireina's Heart.
"Thank you..." Nanako smiled gently. "Please, take this. It's a gift from and my father."
She handed Kireina a delicate pink scroll—a special Cultivation thod of the Wisdom Path, rooted in the powers of Illusions, Psychic Energy, and Dream Reading.
"It's called the Four Heavenly Dream Eyes," Nanako explained. "It will help you read your Fate and the Fate of others far more clearly. With a special technique, it becos even more efficient."
"This is incredible. Thank you," Kireina said sincerely. "Then take this from ."
She offered Nanako a simple yet beautiful bracelet set with a white jewel. It carried a connection to Kireina's "Records"—all the knowledge and experiences she had shared with her qualified family and friends within her Cosmic Realm.
"I see..." Nanako understood instantly upon touching the jewel, feeling the crystallized fragnt of Kireina's Heart Essence. "Thank you."
"And for you, Kaguya," Kireina said, placing a necklace around her neck. "There..."
"Thank you!" Kaguya bead with joy. "Um... while Daddy isn't around, can... we kiss?"
"Haha, well, I an..." Kireina flushed, but Kaguya didn't wait. She leaned in and stole a quick, sweet kiss on the lips.
"Mooch!" she giggled adorably, her heart racing faster. "It's just as I thought...! I really do love you, Kireina-sama... Please co visit my realm once you're free!"
"Of course..." Kireina nodded warmly. "Take care, both of you."
She waved as they returned to their families. For a mont, Kireina stood alone, gazing at the starry sky, savoring the quiet... and glimpsing the vast future ahead.
"The Mount Takao Incident... it carries such a dense concentration of Fate. This event will change not just the world, but perhaps the entire universe forever... I must grow stronger, no matter the cost."
Kireina clenched her fists tightly. She knew hesitation was no longer an option.
She returned to the party, ate and drank for a while, then retired to her room to resu her Cultivation.
The next day, she t Susanoo for a private training session on a desolate floating island covered in rugged mountains and cherry blossom forests.
Only small insects inhabited the place, making it ideal for training. The island itself was vast—roughly the size of North Arica.
Sizable enough.
"All right, Kireina, now I must repay the favor!" Susanoo declared with a wide grin. "As promised, I will teach you the Heavenly Sword God Myriad Soul Blade Arts! It is both a Martial Art and a Heaven and Earth Path Dual Cultivation thod—developed uniquely by yours truly!"
Now Kireina would inherit Susanoo's greatest legacy.
He swiftly manifested his Heart Path Manifestation, raising his sword high and channeling his power through his Martial Arts Cultivation thod.
The sky rumbled. The ground trembled. Kireina watched Heaven and Earth Essence gather rapidly within his body, fueling explosive growth.
Then, with that energy, he unleashed a single sword strike toward a nearby mountain.
SLAAASH!
BOOOM!
The mountain split cleanly in half and shattered into countless fragnts. Kireina's eyes widened at the sheer destruction.
She noticed he had used almost no personal energy. It resembled her own Manifestation's efficiency—maximizing every particle—but perhaps to an even greater degree.
"That was the first attack: a horizontal slash called Mountain Slash," Susanoo explained. "Here."
He tossed her a scroll. She read it quickly, morizing every detail in minutes before handing it back.
Susanoo nodded approvingly.
"All right, now that you're ready, let's begin. As the scroll instructs, open your Inner Heaven and Earth Channels and use the Formula to absorb Heaven and Earth Essence... then gather it into your sword hand and release it as an attack. It's that simple," he said with a carefree smile.
"That simple?" Kireina asked doubtfully. She attempted it but imdiately felt the flow was sluggish. "Huh..."
This was her first ti practicing such a high-caliber hybrid thod. It combined Martial Arts with Heaven and Earth Path Cultivation because of its unique chanics.
The foundation involved absorbing external Heaven and Earth Energies, channeling them through the body's Heavenly and Earthly ridians, then releasing them as a technique.
It appeared far simpler than it truly was.
The difficulty lay in shaping the freshly absorbed energy—external, not internal—into a precise martial attack.
The energy kept slipping from her grasp and blade.
"Huh..."
And with every strike unleashed, the body and soul would sharpen further, like a blade being honed.
"This is the thod I used to beco so strong back when I was rely a Storm God!" Susanoo said proudly. "See? Even gods born as gods face our own struggles!"
"Indeed, it's truly fascinating..." Kireina nodded thoughtfully.
Susanoo grinned excitedly and continued guiding her through the Seven Forms of his unique thod.
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