Chapter 331: Castle Town Ruin (1/2)

”Look at you. You're too optimistic. I spent 200 years to reach this point. You are 150 years too early to say that you will reach my level.” Remilia smirked.

Normally that should be the case but I'm not normal after all. How long was it since I started?

”If I tell you I spent only a few months, give or take, to reach this point. What will you think?”

As if she felt my words were all about jesting, Remilia furrowed her brows. ”Huh? Jokes should at least be somewhat believable, you know? And you can't impress me with just a joke.”

”But I'm not joking. It's the truth.” I shrugged and told her how it started for me. The milestones I reached and the fact that I still haven't completed my Mortal Pathway. All of that except I am cultivating 5 Mortal Pathways.

Although I want to impress her, I can't just give away all my secrets to her. In any case, just proving that it's not even a year since I started was enough to make this woman speechless.

”… What kind of monster are you?”

”A monster that's willing to chase after someone that can squish me with her fingers?”

As a Monarch to reinforce that Oxflame Monarch, her UPL was surely ranging between 1400 and 1500. Lower than that will not be enough to cope with their disadvantage. According to the chart given by Alwyn, a Rank 3 Transcendent's UPL starts at 700, Rank 4 starts at 1300 and Rank 5 starts at 2100.

With the limitations set by this Dimensional Space, one's UPL couldn't exceed 1500.

Well, if her UPL is really that high, if she was added as my Companion and buffed by the Domain of Valor, that's almost 100 UPL already. That's probably enough to dominate anyone in here if skills and abilities weren't accounted for.

”Oh please, drop that. I'm not going to interact with you here. If you're truly leaving in six days then this is the last time we will see each other.” Remilia waved her hand and turned around to approach the crumbled doorway of this dilapidated house. Although her posture was still the same, she's now trying to run away from me.

Quite ironic, isn't it?

”I will come back here and take your hand. Wait for me.”

”… Is this how you get those two women to climb up your bed? Are you interested in me because I'm a Monarch?” Before completely stepping out, Remilia stopped there, refusing to look at my direction.

”No, they confessed to me and I'm also attracted to them so… It's just a matter of our feelings towards each other.” I answered her first question before moving onto the next. ”Also, your strength is not related to why I am interested in you. Even if you're a Mortal Rank, I will still chase after you, given that we had the chance to meet, of course. Well, I only have one experience at courting someone and with our circumstances here, it's impossible to do the same thing. This chance to talk to you is already rare enough…”

Remilia stood rooted on that spot for a long while, processing every word that I just uttered.

I'm not seeking for her immediate answer so let's relieve her of that.

”You don't have to think that hard, you can even forget everything I said in here and focus on your task. In the future, I will come back to this world and… make you mine.”

Upon hearing that, Remilia finally looked at me again and after another long silence, her voice that I'm slowly getting used to already once again filled my ears.

”… Then I will look forward to what kind of surprises you will bring me in the future. Don't blame me if you arrived late and I already have someone else. Farewell, Daisuke.”

”Knowing you, there won't be anyone worthy. And even if there is, I will just take you away from him. You can also feel something tugging at you that is connecting the two of us, right? See you soon, Remilia.”

At the moment, that's a lie. There's no tugging feeling at all. If I can use the Dragon Queen's words, our destiny wasn't set to converge yet. But leaving those words to Remilia, I was hoping for it to become a seed that will someday bloom into something else.

After that, she didn't reply anymore. The Energy Screen covering the place was removed and she finally disappeared from my line of sight.

I was about to leave as well when I found a shiny object at the ground where she was standing earlier.

A diamond-shaped crystal.