Chapter 88 - 88: Yasakas confusion and Yriss Explanation (1/2)

”I thank you from the deepest parts of my heart Asfius-san”, Yasaka bowed deeply towards Asfius. Had it not been for his intervention things might have gotten a lot more complicated, but now her daughter was safe and there were no casualty's on her side except for a few injured yokai, but they would be up in walking in no time.

Asfius nodded his head towards Yasaka, his face expressionless his aura calm, as if he had no cares at all.

The atmosphere quickly turned awkward as Asfius was, as usual, the silent type while Yasaka didn't know how to start a conversation with him, even if she wanted to invite him to the palace, while Kunou, the person that got along the best with him was still sleeping in her embrace.

”cough... well uh, would Asfius-dono wish to join us at the palace, I believe the little princess would like to thank you herself once she awakens.” Riwuccu as a more than helpful subordinate quickly saw through what Yasaka wanted and quickly came up with a good excuse, though if it would work he wasn't so sure, trying to read Asfius was like trying to read another language while only knowing how to speak one and being illiterate.

Asfius stood still for a long time while keeping everybody around him in suspense, he was like a statue it didn't even seem like he was breathing, 'wait he's isn't breathing', Yasaka thought as she didn't see his ċhėst move or any other part of his body for that fact and just as she was about to move closer to check Asfius once again nodded his head towards Riwuccu startling Yasaka into a fluster who was about to put her hand in front of his face to feel for any air coming from his nose.

”Great let's go”, Riwuccu as trustful as ever redirected everyone's attention from Yasaka's blunder. ”My Lady”, Riwuccu said as he motioned for Yasaka to take the lead while hinting something at her with his eyes.

”Ah, yes. Please this way Asfius-san”, Yasaka said while motioning Asfius to walk next to her while praising RIwuccu in her mind and thinking 'How does a hermit know so much about this sort of stuff?'

Asfius walked next to Yasaka in silence as they left the abandoned warehouse district while having Yasaka's subordinates take care of the mess Asfius caused in his last attack.

'How convenient', the titan thought as he saw the yokai quickly get to work removing the debris, filling the crater, and recreating abandoned warehouses.

Walking for a while, Riwuccu couldn't help but speak, ”My Lady, I think it would be most prudent if we teleported”, causing Yasaka to almost trip over her own feet. 'What's wrong with me?' she thought, she had never been so absent-minded before, why now?

”P-please stand closer”, Yasaka said as Asfius and Riwuccu stood closer. As asfius stood right next to her it caused the fox to shiver. This was the first time she was so close to this being, she had seen him many times and had spoken to him on many occasions, he was something of a silent listener to which she could complain to, but having him stand this close send her heart in disarray and before she could get ahold of her emotions another kind of shock hit her like Truck-kun nearly sending her to another world.

She felt an almost untraceable amount of life force radiating out of Asfius, healing, and strengthening any living being around him. Although the strengthening part wasn't that great the healing part, was astronomical.

It wasn't much in the increase in power, but the healing effect was astronomical, if Asfius stood next to a dying man, there was a 100% chance he would survive, even if he had his entire ċhėst cut open, as long as there was a little bit of life in him he would survive.

'Is this why Kunou says she feels so save and comfortable when she's near him?', Yasaka asked herself, although this life force now is calm and gentle, if he was to ever fight anybody, it would change and turn into a raging inferno with the sole goal of snuffing out any other life force, it would no longer be a source of life but the end of all life, coming to these thoughts caused Yasaka to shiver at the thought, but then again, she finally calmed down.

Looking at his face, that calm and changeless face, that stable aura and that feeling of warmth standing around him, 'There will never come a day get would harm us', she stated with all certainty, causing her face to go red for a bit.

”Uhm.. My Lady?”, Riwuccu spoke scratching the back of his head while wearing an awkward smile,”...I...” he wanted to say something but couldn't.

”Shall we go or would you like to stare at my face for some more time”, A gentle calming yet rumbling voice resounded like sounds of the earth. Yasaka and Riwuccu stared at Asfius in shock, this might be the most words they had ever heard him speak at one time.