The cosmos was so vast and unknown. Kael rembered how the many space agencies used to gather intel about the vast cosmos and how they were nothing but a speck of dust in it.
Before, Kael had assud that perhaps he had transmigrated to a different planet, a different galaxy or sothing, but the fact that everything was so similar made him doubt his information.
Was the whole intel gathered by old scientists wrong? Or was the rest of the universe empty and they simply followed the logic of parallel worlds?
’Wait! I’m thinking too much again. This definitely involves Gods or sothing, so it’s better to drop the subject.’
Kael had the urge to explore it more, but the fear that it would alert any secret existence helped him resist it. He had encountered so many bizarre, life-threatening situations right after transmigration just because of his curiosity, and he didn’t want to end up in even more deadly situations.
Perhaps, he wouldn’t survive next ti. Perhaps, Draven might have already exhausted all the energy through which he was affecting the outside world.
Then, he wouldn’t have anyone to save his ass.
Beside him, Kiona listened to their conversation intently and asked, "Master, is this Earth your ho?"
Kael smiled wistfully and said, "Yes, it’s my ho world, and I hope I can go back there soday. Of course, I won’t abandon anyone here, but I do want to see it one more ti. To touch it. To feel it... and perhaps et so people I left behind."
At the end of his words, his voice turned low and emotional. He had a lot of things in his new life here—everything he really wanted, including the chance to take revenge on the Apocalypse.
But even after all this, there was a part in his heart that was left empty... abandoned completely. He missed his ho, his friends who had supported him at his lowest... his mother who fought the world for him and his brother.
And his brother...
Just thinking about him made his chest heavy. He wasn’t soone who could live in an apocalypse, so Kael had always protected him, just like he did with his mother.
But with him gone, Kael had no clue how they were living now. On one hand, he knew they were probably living peacefully because of his friends and also the governnt.
But it was the Apocalypse. How could he entrust their safety to soone else’s hands?
Unknowingly, a tear ford in the corner of his eyes and dripped down, falling on his ho’s rooftop. He had been so busy since arriving in this world, and he had used that to mask and suppress his loneliness.
But now that he was relaxed, everything ca flooding back in, reminding him of what he had left behind.
Kiona noticed his state and held his hand tightly, saying in a low voice, "You will be able to reach back to your ho, Master. You have the power to do so. I have confidence in you."
Only then did Kael rember that Kiona wasn’t in any better situation. At least he had the chance and hope of returning ho... but her ho had already been destroyed.
She had nowhere to return to.
He missed ho. She had none left to miss.
The world was really ironic.
Kael held her hand without saying anything, as they just felt so relief in each other’s warmth. At least they had each other.
"You can wander the world, but your heart always knows the way back ho."
Rias stretched her hand towards the sky, as if trying to touch a star that was her ho—but all she got in her hand was... emptiness.
She didn’t seem surprised and just lowered her hand with a strange emotion swirling in her eyes.
Kael gazed at her side profile, not knowing whether to consider her lucky or pitiful. Unlike Kael or Kiona, she probably didn’t even rember her ho.
She didn’t even know where she belonged to. She was just a wandering figure with no shadows or connection. In a way, it was relieving, as it was the definition of freedom.
But was a freedom like that even worth it?
Kael wanted to avoid the topic, but ended up asking anyway, "Do you rember anything of your ho?"
Rias stayed silent at his question, clutching her sheathed katana beside her. Then, she closed her eyes and spoke, "Whenever I try to rember my ho, all I see is an endless river of blood. Nothing else."
Kael and Kiona turned silent, words choking in their throats.
’Perhaps, the Apocalypse had arrived there too,’ Kael wanted to say, but held back.
After a mont of silence, he chuckled to himself and said, "We really are a bunch of miserable wretches, aren’t we?"
"Count out! I have a new ho now," Kiona forced out a smile, but as she touched the material she was laying on, that smile turned genuine.
"Haha!" Kael just laughed it off.
Hearing them, a subtle smile ford on Rias’s lips as she said, "I have discovered sothing."
"Hmm? What is it?" Kael asked.
"I’m not forgetting my new life," Rias said, her voice cracking with emotions. "I don’t know how long my mories of a life usually last, but I have a feeling that this ti it’s different, and it’s because of your help."
Kael was surprised, as this was the first ti Rias was truly letting her emotions out. Usually, she would keep a calm look on her face, as if nothing could faze her.
But looking at her now, he felt her vulnerability. It was the first ti he felt that this Demi-God also had a weakness.
He also took her hand in his and said, "This is just the start. I promise you that you will get all of your mories back and never go through this again."
"I’m not sure if I want all of those mories," Rias said with a soft chuckle.
She paused and then asked, "You said this is your new ho, right?"
"Yes. And I will make it so beautiful and lively that everyone would want to make it their ho," Kiona smiled, already dreaming about the future of their small town. "And then I will make sure it stays like that forever."
"Then... can I also make it my ho?" Rias spoke after hesitating for a while.
This surprised both Kiona and Kael, making them speechless for a second.
But the more Kael thought about it, the more he felt that he understood her. Perhaps, all this ti she wasn’t just searching for a way to get her mories—but to find a purpose for her aningless life.
Without her mories, she beca a clean slate every ti... except that she didn’t lose all of her mories. The world still reminded her of her situation, as if it wanted her to suffer for eternity.
He shifted to look at her face properly and froze upon noticing the chilling look in her eyes. There was a silver blaze dancing in her beautiful, srizing eyes that seed to devour everything around it.
Just like a black hole.
Kael found himself drawn towards it as he stretched his hand, giving in to his desire of connecting with that blaze. But just in ti, he stopped and looked away.
He still rembered Draven’s words.
Then, he shook his head and said, "You must be kidding, my lady. You are a Demi-God—who wouldn’t want you in their territory?"
"You," Rias answered flatly.
Kael was stumped for words hearing that and sighed, "It’s because of that exact reason. You are simply too powerful..."
"And you’re afraid of the version I’ll beco after I regain my mories?" Rias completed his sentence for him.
Upon seeing him nodding his head, she sighed, "I can’t promise anything, as I can’t see the future. But I can tell you one thing. Since the mont I’ve arrived in this world, my katana has been more docile than ever and even seems to be excited whenever it’s around you."
Kael raised an eyebrow hearing that. He knew how special and powerful the katana was—otherwise, the old dragon wouldn’t have disturbed his slumber.
He also knew that there was so connection between them, but he was still surprised to hear her describe its desires. He couldn’t understand why this powerful Artefact, that could even make a Demi-God wary, was being subservient to him?
"Whatever the reason is, it seems to have the desire of following you more than , so even if my future self turned against you, this little guy will make sure she doesn’t do anything against you."
She paused and then added,
"That’s all I can tell you to earn your trust."
"Does a Demi-God really need to earn soone’s trust?" Kael said with a fake laugh.
"Yes." Rias once again answered flatly.
Kael stared at her for a second and then said, "Then I’ll be honest with you. I would be happy to have you in my town, and that’s not just because of your powers. But I would still need so ti to trust you."
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