Chapter 105 - Departure (1/2)

The palace:

”Dad, you said we'd be going for an adventure today! Where are we going? Is it going to be fun? Are we going to beat up some bad people?”

Dahlia seemed unusually excited today. It had been another two months and everyone had met their breakthrough quotas, officially becoming ready for Simon's next big adventure. Simon's only task left was the ceremony he proposed a few months ago. If he could promote all of his disciples to devils, he would not have to worry about their bodily limitations as much as he would if they stayed human.

For starters, Devils are naturally stronger than humans of the same level. That is an undeniable fact, also the main reason Simon wants them to undergo the metamorphosis. Even if devils are shunned in the higher realm that he was planning on going to, he could still create random techniques to help his disciples and everyone else blend into the world as 'humans'.

His only worry would be what this new world is like. If not for being the author of the current realm he resided in, Simon would not have risen to power at such an exponential rate as he did. Such a feat could only be achieved by individuals that continually had lucky encounters for every single day of their lives.

He only hoped for one thing in particular.

'I really wish that I do not arrive in my new novel. If I have to go anywhere, I would hope I could travel to a land where there are unknowns. I d.e.s.i.r.e mysteries and intrigue. I would rather live a life where I don't know every single detail of the universe. That would be far too boring.'

”Yes Dahlia, we will be having a lot of fun. You and the rest of the kids just have to beat up some monsters. The other kids need to do something very important so that they can become stronger. Make sure not to disturb them when we go and do that. They will require concentration.” Simon warmed her.

”Yes, dad. But what are they going to do?”

”Become devils.”

”Does that mean they will be part of our family?” Dahlia seemed rather curious. She only had Simon and Malece as her family for as long as she's been alive. If the other kids were going to become devils, she wanted them as her brothers and sisters. Being alone as the only child did seem rather dull to her.

”If you want.” Simon replied.

”Okay.”

”By the way, dad, there was a guy at the front gates asking to meet you. He seemed like a cool uncle sort of person, he even reminds me of you. Is he my uncle?” Dahlia kept on speaking at a fast rate, not sure of when to stop.

”Just Wait here, dad is going to welcome the visitor.”

Simon left and went to the front gates with a teleportation spell, quickly finding his way there. In front of him were the gates, and behind the gates was a man with blue hair and pale white skin.

”Ah, Grey. I think this is the first time we've met in person since the collapse.” The blue haired man said before phasing through the gate.

”Oh, Blue. I take it that you have spent a considerable amount of time traveling here from the main base. Come in, we can have some snacks with my family.” Simon instantly recognised the man after he called Simon 'Grey'.

It seemed rather sudden that a Rose Guild member had arrived at his house already, but he had a fair idea of what was going on.

”No, we need to talk now. This is so important that I think you might have to say some early goodbyes to your family for now. You can leave them the gate key for when they have finished preparing, but WE need to leave NOW!” Blue held a serious expression with shaking fists and bloodshot eyes.

”What happened?” Simon became wary as he saw this, knowing that the man before him had been through something.

'What is wrong with him? Last I checked, Rose Guild is doing just fine.' Simon questioned in his mind.

”You are looking at me as if I am a weird person… a crazy person. I promise you, this is nothing short of a crisis if we do not leave now. We have updated our Guild member tracking system yesterday night. At first, everything seemed the same as it had before… but that changed when we looked into your realm and the realm you were planning to move into.”

”What? Blue, just tell me what's wrong.”

”Well that's the thing. You're not only Grey. You had access to our guild as Grey, but it says that you have an unknown role. That means something is not right with your identity.” Blue seemed stressed as he said this.

”What is wrong then? I'm still a member right?”

”We can confirm that much, it's just we don't know which member. You have 3 different roles attached to you at the moment. We don't even know the other 2.”

”But why do you need me so urgently? My family and disciples are waiting for me at home, I can't just leave without saying my goodbyes.”

”We have a mere 3 minutes before you leave this realm. Before then, I will try to explain why this is happening in a fine manner.”

”First of all, it turns out that this realm shelters 3 and a half souls from the Rose guild. The previous member tracking system only tracked whole entities that bore a full guild member's soul. The current system can now track soul count as well as fragments.”

”Yesterday, we found out that one of these souls is of foreign origin, the other two are of local origin, and the fragmented soul resides in your home. But we won't bother with that today, what we need is you! We need your help to retrieve our vice-leader before something big happens!”