Lilith smiled and spoke in a soft tone, "Firstly. Absolutely never let anyone know about your book. Mortals do not and will not understand but most Celestials or Primogenitors who learn you have one of the [Keys] will co at you with everything they got and will not stop until they die or get the book from you."
She laughed heartily. "You are lucky I am not much interested in power. Otherwise, I would also be tempted to give it a try. That's how lucrative your Key is.
"Secondly, your curse has yet to show its true power. This is a punishnt that Cain had never managed to get rid of even after all these millennia and still suffers from it even now. No death, no rest, and not even the right to fall into insanity. Endless and unrestrained agony. For all eternity."
She gave him a look of genuine pity before leaving once more, "I would say good luck. But luck will change nothing in your current predicant. I hope that when we see each other next ti, you won't be in despair. I hope the best for you, Adam."
She waved her hands, leaving a new series of questions for Adam to ponder and wrack his brain upon.
"Oh. Wait."
Adam looked up again as he saw Lilith coming back to him with her characteristic coquettish smile.
Adam's eye twitched seeing her like this.
'Is this woman playing around with ?'
"Hahah~ Don't show such a face, will you? I am quite a scatterbrain. I have many avatars doing different things in different worlds. You wouldn't believe how hard it is to keep track of all the information they send all the ti."
'Why is she talking like so device which is running on a bad internet connection?'
Lilith laughed openly and spoke out her final thoughts, "I have one Avatar on earth doing so interesting things. So I thought about it and…"
Adam sighed, "What exactly?"
"When you go back. et my contractor. She is a witch."
Supernatural beings could sign contracts with humans and give them their blessings and powers.
"Earth has more than 8 billion people, how high are the chances that I will et your contractor?"
"Higher than you would think. After all, you have already t her."
Adam filtered this information at rapid speeds. He had seen a few witches in his university but he doubted this was what she was talking about.
Suddenly, a na naturally ca into his mind, "Bridget…?"
"I like smart n like you."
She grinned delightfully. "That Avatar of mine is trying an interesting experint with little Bridget there. et them. I am sure she can help you. Of course, the price they will ask will be different than what I did just now."
"Why do you talk as if you and your avatar are different?"
"Because we are. Each of my avatars has its own identity and I only receive their mories every ti. No matter what they do and what decision they make. I don't control them and they live a life of their own."
She looked at him with pity once again before leaving. But, not before saying so final words to him. "Trust . After you live for a few centuries, you will start to understand. In fact, especially for you, it will be even worse."
After giving him her piece, Lilith vanished from the spot. This ti she did not co again. She had truly said everything she had to say to him right now.
———
After Lilith left, Adam stayed silent for a while. He did not know how much of what Lilith had divulged to him was true. He did not know if anything of it was even true or just pure lies and deceit. And honestly, he may never be able to find out.
He understood now why Bridget had shown a sudden interest in him during her visit.
'Well, this changes nothing of my imdiate goals.'
Grow stronger here. Kill the vampire and co back once again to grow stronger.
As for eting Bridget, he would try to be careful about the eventual eting with her. Having a witch as a ntor would certainly be useful for him. But he knew nothing about her.
'Now then, what to do…'
He was about to turn around and start training when a voice stopped him.
"Adam?"
'Why is everyone able to slip past my senses in this place?'
He recognized the voice to belong to the woman called Akasha. Though, now that he knew about Lilith, Adam had an inkling about her true identity.
He turned toward the source of the voice but was imdiately left speechless at what he witnessed.
The graceful silver-haired lady with an air of nobility and mysteriousness was no more.
What he found was a woman clad in a loose and baggy T-shirt and white panty while holding onto what looked like a manga in her hand.
There were dark circles below her eyes and her hair looked like it had not been taken care of for months.
He looked around, wondering if this woman was so kind of twin of the true Akasha, but when he realized that this was not the case, he covered cupped his face in complete and utter surprise.
'Just what the hell happened while I was away?'
How did the regal woman with the air of a queen transform in this slovenly appearance?
Akasha's eyes lit up when she recognized him and she approached him with great strides before taking his hand in hers,
"Thank you!"
"Huh… You are welco…? But… Why…?"
Adam shook his head at her sudden joy and appreciation, confused about the reason behind it…
She nodded as if she understood his bewildernt.
"I am sorry. I must have surprised you. It's just that I felt the need to thank you for having opened the gate to a new world for ."
Adam slowly began to connect the dots as a foreboding feeling rose in his chest,
'Don't tell ?'
"After our last discussion, I was intrigued by this form of entertainnt called ani."
'Ah…'
"I was a little hesitant at first. I thought it was just a waste of ti. But. My, oh my, what a surprise."
'Oh God! What have I done…'
"Now I realize that ani actually hides a deep and intriguing culture. I lant at my past self who ignored this wonderful creation."
Her eyes sparkled with an unconcealed feeling of joy and enlightennt. As if she had realized the greatest truth in the world.
"Humans are truly the greatest beings when it cos to entertainnt."
"How… How long have you been watching and reading this content?"
"Hmmm?"
She seed quite surprised at his question and tilted her head to ponder about the answer, "Two or three hundred years I guess?"
Adam had the urge to facepalm himself as he realized that he had most likely created the oldest Otaku in existence.
'Truly… What have I done…?'
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