All around him were vibrant flowers, their colors blending in a srizing display. Among them were multiple creatures, mostly small, adorable animals that seed completely harmless. The air itself carried a refreshing and pure quality. And in the center of it all stood Elaris, looking just as breathtaking as the scenery—perhaps even more so.
Elaris, noticing his reaction, simply smiled and spoke,
"Welco to my core, Renan,"
"Huh," Renan muttered in confusion and asked, his brows slightly furrowed as he tilted his head.
"Didn't you say we were going to your ho? Then why are we here in your core instead?" Renan asked, his gaze shifting between Elaris and the surroundings, trying to understand the situation better.
"Can't one's core also be their ho?" Elaris asked back, a small smirk playing at the corners of her lips as she watched Renan's reaction.
"I see," Renan said, taking his gaze off Elaris and looking around the breathtaking scenery. His mind was buzzing with thoughts, 'This place is truly the most beautiful place I have ever seen, but the most surprising thing is the amount of mana in this place,' he thought as he closed his eyes, allowing himself to feel the mana surrounding him, 'Huh, it's truly surprising that there is a place with this amount of mana. The very air in this atmosphere moves with the mana around it, every grain of soil, every leaf, every single thing has mana in it, and not just mana, but a trendous amount of it at that,' Renan thought in amazent, his senses soaking in the overwhelming energy. After a few monts, he finally opened his eyes and looked back at Elaris, who, as the will of this world, was watching him with amusent dancing in her gaze.
"Why did you bring here?" Renan asked, curiosity evident in his voice as he t her gaze directly.
"Because the dwarfs standing outside would have captured you," Elaris replied flatly, her expression calm, but her thoughts were elsewhere, 'Well, I can't just go ahead and tell him that I was thinking of getting to know more about him and seeing if he has the qualities of soone who could beco my future partner. And he has already shown one of these qualities—'to not be my child'—which is the most important one,' Elaris thought inwardly, feeling slightly happy at the prospect of having a companion.
After all, as the will of the world, she had seen countless people finding partners and living with them their entire lives, experiencing happiness together. However, not every relationship was the sa. So had truly amazing relationships where both partners were extrely happy and lived fulfilling lives, while others were straight-up toxic relationships, full of constant fighting. So were even worse—where one partner would resort to violence. Because of this, Elaris, after feeling lonely for so long, had set so criteria for her future partner. The first and most important requirent was that they should not be her child, which Renan had already t. There were, of course, other requirents, but that was the most crucial one.
Renan, completely oblivious to her inner thoughts, replied, "Huh, but weren't there only two dwarfs out there? And they were only in the seventh stage. Although I don't want to appear arrogant, I think even though my strength has decreased to that of the fourth stage, I still could have escaped from them," Renan replied, feeling the strength within his body. Even though it had decreased, he knew it would increase again. And unlike before, he would be even stronger this ti because..., 'I can fight soone four stages higher, whereas previously, I was only able to fight soone two stages higher,' Renan thought excitedly, feeling a surge of anticipation at his growing strength.
"Well, indeed, you are right. You could have escaped from there by yourself—only if the two of them hadn't gone and asked for reinforcents," Elaris said, her voice carrying a hint of amusent as she observed Renan's face.
"Reinforcents?" Renan repeated, his expression turning confused. But slowly, realization dawned on him. "Ohh, I see," he muttered as he processed the information. "So they called for reinforcents right after I used the dragon as a distraction. Well, I did expect that, but I thought they wouldn't go and call for reinforcents since the dragon I made for them was placed at a considerable distance, enough to make them believe it wasn't coming for them. But I guess they were more cautious than I thought," Renan said, nodding in understanding.
"Yes, you are correct. They indeed called for reinforcents, with even ninth-stage warriors being present there," Elaris replied, her tone casual, but her words sent a wave of shock through Renan.
Renan's eyes widened at her reply. "A ninth-stage warrior?" he repeated, his voice slightly tense. "I would have definitely died if I had still been there. Or, even worse, I could have been caught by them alive and gone through their whole interrogation, and also... getting tortured," Renan thought, his body involuntarily shivering as a chill ran down his spine at the horrifying thought of getting captured.
"Thank you," Renan said sincerely, feeling a genuine sense of gratitude toward her. He knew he was indebted to her for saving him from such a fate.
"It's okay," Elaris said, waving her hand in the air dismissively as if it was nothing.
"Anyway, why don't you check your bloodline as the new progenitor of this race? Since you are a progenitor, all you need to do is just ditate while focusing on your bloodline inside. Everything about your new race will co flooding into your mind," Elaris said, feeling curious about what kind of race had erged from the fusion.
"Okay," Renan said, also feeling intrigued about his new body and bloodlines.
He didn't waste much ti and simply sat down on the soft grass and flowers before closing his eyes and taking a deep breath to focus.
Elaris slowly walked up to him and began to circle around him, observing his body carefully. Her eyes traveled from top to bottom, ticulously examining his features. After a minute or two of detailed examination, she finally stopped and sat down in front of him, a little distance away, watching his face quietly.
Soon, after ten or so minutes, Renan opened his eyes. The first thing he saw was Elaris's beautiful face, which, although not directly in front of him, was still quite close. Along with that, a fragrant scent reached him, coming from Elaris. It was difficult to describe, but it was incredibly pleasant. 'She slls quite nice,' Renan thought as his gaze remained on her.
Looking directly into her eyes, he smirked and spoke.
"What, thinking of taking advantage of while my eyes are closed? Pedo," Renan said jokingly, a teasing grin spreading across his face.
"Huh," Elaris muttered, montarily confused. But after a brief pause, she recovered and responded, "Of course not. I was just admiring your handso face," she said smoothly, though a faint red tint colored her cheeks.
"Ohh, I see. Understandable," Renan said with a nod, playing along.
"Anyway, let tell you about my discovery," Renan began, ready to share his findings. But before he could continue, Elaris interrupted him.
"Wait. First, tell —what do you an by 'pedo'?" Elaris asked curiously. As the will of the world, she knew almost everything about every race and language that existed. But now, for the first ti, she had heard a word completely unfamiliar to her, and that made her curious.
"And since you said it like that, it definitely ans sothing offensive, right?" Elaris asked, narrowing her eyes slightly.
Renan's body stiffened, 'Oh, shit. I just blurted that word out. But wait—she's the will of the world. Shouldn't she know what it ans? Her not knowing it only ans that this word doesn't exist in this world,' Renan thought, looking at Elaris's curious face, and suddenly a mischievous idea ford in his mind.
"I don't know," he said flatly.
"Huh? What do you an you don't know? Didn't you just say it?" Elaris asked, clearly confused.
"I don't know," Renan repeated like a robot, his eyes locked onto hers.
"Ugh," Elaris sighed, feeling frustrated but deciding to let it go. 'I'll just ask him again so other ti,' she thought.
"Fine, forget it. Just tell what you discovered about your race," she said, giving up for now.
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