Chapter 49 - #49 5 years! (1/2)
Upgrade, huh?
Anyway, that doesn't matter right now...how is Esdeath doing?
I thought and looked at her kneeling on the ground, catching her breath. Blue aura was slowly gathering around her and she suddenly firmly clenched her head and the aura around her suddenly went violent. The air in the room started to become colder so I stepped in and released my own aura together with my fire attribute which made blue and red aura clash together.
My red aura slowly overpowered Esdeath's blue aura, however, it didn't look like the end. She was still clenching her head.
I slowly approached her and put my hand on her shoulder and slowly started to send warm energy towards her heart and brain. Her entire being was like ice but I was able to wrap her heart and brain with my own energy, slowly warming it. When I wrapped her brain she immediately stopped clenching her head and looked around with a confused expression, just to see me standing next to her.
I nodded at her with a serious expression.
She closed her eyes and started to truly tame the Teigu inside her. It took less than 1 minute before the blue aura around her burst all around the room away from her body and her body regained normal body temperature.
After everything was done, she started unbuttoning the top of her uniform to look at her ċhėst which slightly confused me but I realized that she must have some kind of reason.
When she was done, her cleavage revealed a black tattoo on her ċhėst. Well, mostly the black tattoo, the line closer to her heart was glowing in red color.
Hm? Is that my doing? I don't see any reason why should it be red, except for me wrapping her heart in my own energy.
Anyway, since she has that tattoo it means that she successfully tamed the Teigu.
”I feel like my body is overflowing with power. Ha!” She stood up and threw one punch into the empty space just to create a quite violent wave of wind.
Judging just from this light punch...if I battled her right now, I would perhaps lose with only using my Yato special class but then again...I also have cheats like [Absolute Dominance] and not to mention [Insatiable Hunger] from Yato special class so it's hard to say who is stronger. But if I used everything, I believe that she wouldn't stand a chance, of course, she is still not accustomed to her new strength. However, I find it quite interesting that Elemental-type Teigu also enhanced her physical strength...maybe it is also my doing? It is hard to determine but either way...It means that I have one more strong ally to recruit or strong opponent to fight with, I don't see any negative, hehe.
”I am glad to hear that.” I said with a genuinely happy smile for her being stronger.
”Hehe” She also noticed the meaning behind my smile so she returned the same smile while looking gratefully into my red eyes.
”Thank you very much, Akashi. Although I don't know what you have done, I can feel that I am much stronger than if I absorbed it without your help. Also thank you for helping me earlier and sorry about...about that kiss.” She thanked me with a grateful expression while gripping her fist and then apologized with a slightly ashamed expression.
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'I am pretty sure that I would be able to tame it without Akashi's help but...I feel much lighter and my mind is clearer so it's a good thing that he decided to help me.' Esdeath thought with closed eyes and a grateful expression on her face.
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”It's alright why would I be here if I wouldn't even decide to help if I could.” I shook my head to show that I don't mind it at all.
”I guess it wasn't enough to cause an-” I was interrupted by Esdeath bringing her face closer to me while staring deeply into my eyes.
”What is it?” I took one step back and asked her with a confused expression.
”...Your eye...or more like your pupils...were they always so dark? They always seemed to have usual black color but right now...it feels like I am staring into the abyss...Hmm” She slowly explained what was bugging her before she backed away from me to think more about it.
”Anyway, we shouldn't talk here, let's go back.” I said and Esdeath nodded her head with a thoughtful expression.
”Oh? You are finally back, it was starting to get cold here...Was it you, General Esdeath?” Honest looked slightly surprised to see us walking out of the room so quickly however when he saw Esdeath's new tattoo he immediately addressed her ”General Esdeath” with a happy smile.
”Yes, I am sorry for the inconvenience.” She nodded her head with closed eyes.
”Well, if there is nothing more, I will be going out. Have a nice day, Esdeath, Prime Minister Honest.” I said and started slowly leaving while waving behind me.
”Have a nice day, Akashi!” Esdeath put her hands on her hɨps and said her goodbye with a genuine smile.
I glanced behind me just to see that sight and I couldn't help but smile.
What a woman...she is ruthless, cold but she can also show her warm side. These types of women are either extremely poisonous or the best one can find. Judging from her devilish body, I would categorize her into the poisonous kind, heh. But I can't judge just from that...
Anyway, that kiss was kinda nice, too bad I am too young to actually enjoy it. It already felt weird as it is but considering circumstances, we had no choice or more like she had no choice.
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'They are quite close...If I remember correctly, he is to be married to the noblewoman named Aria once he hits his 18th birthday but now that I think about it. Maybe it would be good to get these two freaks together. But on the other hand, there is no way I can bring up such matter in front of Esdeath...' Honest was slightly surprised when he saw the interaction between Akashi and Esdeath.
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------5 YEARS LATER------
*ROAR!!!* Both of them roared at us. There was also Ichika and Kurome standing next to me. I was already 17 years old and Kurome was approaching 15 years old. Thanks to the prescription handed to me by Babara, she looked completely different, not exactly physically but there are indeed big changes on her body too. One of the things is that the medicine that was supposed to improve her health and potentially expand her lifespan, instead of making her look younger or keeping her appearance, it made her develop faster. Right now she easily looks 16 years old but not only physically...even her entire temperament is completely different when she is in the fight. Of course, when around me, she always behaves childishly and spoiled.
Ichika, on the other hand, became slightly younger or more like she didn't age at all during those 5 years...
Not to mention, both of them became much stronger thanks to my training and medicines provided by Babara and also thanks to my party system. But I rarely used it, most of the time only when I want to get experience when they also kill something. This way, they work and also get stronger while I also get my experience points.
”Ichika, Kurome, take care of that Danger beast with lion's head, goat's body, and serpent's tail. I will take care of that one hiding behind the shell.” I said and slowly walked towards my target.
”Yes, young lord!” ”Yes, Nii-sama!” Both of them said and went towards their own target.
...I want to look at how exactly strong they became.
I thought while leisurely walking towards the enormous turtle that looked as big as the Palace in the Capital.
”I am sorry but I want to observe their fight so if you can, please disappear.” I said while pointing with my hand at the sky while other was resting in my pocket.
[Sun's judgment]
[Energy: 1025/1325]
Two mini suns appeared on the clear blue sky and when I swung my arm down, they dropped down at the Danger Beast.
The Danger Beast immediately curled up in its shell which was actually strong enough to withstand a few attacks from Teigu, depending on the type of weapon and attack, if it would be a blunt crushing attack then it would be easy to destroy but slashing and piercing weapons would have difficulty to get past by its defense. Thankfully this enormous Danger Beast was quite slow, well, compared to its size, it was still extremely fast.
*Bang* *Bang*
[+ 5 XP for killing Danger Beast]
[+ 0.5 BXP for burning your enemy]
Class: Warrior (Lv. 9, +14 Str, +9 Const, +4 Agi, +2 Cha) 2558/2560 XP
Special Class: Fire Monarch (Lv. 9; +18 Cha, +16 Int, +12 Const, +6 Str) 2559.9/2560
Tch! The experience points for a normal class are alright but once my Special Class hit over 2.000 experience points, it started to slow down and when I mean slow down then it was extremely slow. I even had to move out some distance away from Capital because the forest near it was no longer enough. There were far too weak Danger Beasts there.
I thought and looked at their side.
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”Umm...Kurome-chan, can you take care of this one? I don't like to fight against Danger Beasts...” Ichika said to Kurome with a forced smile.
”...You are just lazy, this kind of beast would pose no problem for you.” Kurome said while staring daggers at Ichika who just scratched her cheek with an awkward smile.