Chapter 88 - (It Was A Dream?, I Will Buy You Some Beautiful Clothing)

In such a state of powerlessness before Hiro's grand existence. Ivan don't even dare to possess the thought of refusal, simply nodded his head and accepted without thinking much about it.

Hiro had done him a favor by increasing his strength and naturally in return, he would be willing to help Hiro with any request.

As long as it doesn't sound too impossible for him to complete, he would be willing to do it.

He was still aware of his limitation. In terms of strength even after those changes before. He could barely be counted as a strong man in the vast stage of the region.

A King realm expert might be rare and high-favored in the empire but settled in from the vast stage beyond the empire scope.

Such a tiny king expert can easily be crushed to death with a finger by a random True Strong man.

In all honesty, Hiro's request doesn't sound that troublesome for him to fulfill. Going to the empire and entering the capital academy won't be much of a problem.

Moreover, he had always been aiming to go there in the first place. He wanted to gain a foothold in this world and naturally by entering the capital academy, it would be the best place to start from.

Coupled with his newly upgraded aptitude, entering the academy won't be a problem.

And of course, Hiro didn't tell his full request In detail. Only the surface-level information and that was to go there and study quietly.

Maybe sooner or later he would have the chance to use Ivan's body as a medium to secretly intrude into the academy forbidden chamber.

He learned of this place by coincidence.

A couple of days ago, Hiro was searching for some interesting sites and also some old remnants of knowledge from the internet.

And during that time, he accidentally stumbled upon this information.

The forbidden chamber was located in the deepest part of the academy.

Presumably, this chamber contained almost all of the region's historical information, ancient texts of powerful experiments, and wealth beyond one's comprehension.

But he only focused on the first two, knowledge and ancient text.

He did try to buy it from the system since it will be easier that way. But the price was a rip-off even for his current points capital.

10 billion points just for all of that knowledge combined, which was simply ridiculous!.

At first, he thought that the system was playing with him. Even the depth titan information was bought at such a cheaper price compared to this one.

And thus he began to inquire for the reasons which immediately alarmed him afterward.

(Will be mentioned soon)

"Senior, how may I address you from now on?"

Ivan slowly asked in a humble voice.

The purpose was clear, and that is to find a proper title when addressing Hiro. It felt a little bit awkward with the title senior alone. It doesn't sound to be that fitting. This was due to Hiro's monster race.

Hearing this, Hiro then thought of the nickname that he had used before when he was dealing with Mirai.

Evertruth, a very simple character that he had always imagined of before in his previous life.

Accompanying him at all times and he would always pretend to talk to this fictional character that he created whenever he felt sad.

The design was simple, a being with no incomprehensible feature that existed above the realm of creations.

No words can describe his power, since the concept of power itself only existed in the realm of creation. ( Hint...)

After mulling over for while, Hiro then replied.

"You may call me Evertruth... "

(Author note: Be honest, do you guys like the nickname?. I think it's very cool like... Cool cool. If you guys like it... please say yes in the comment. It took me hours to come up with such a powerful nickname like that)

"I see... Thank you, Lord, ever truth for bestowing this power for me. B-but can I as-?"

"No need to worry about your friends. They are safe. Though in fact, they had always been safe"

"T-this?... But the boat is already..."

"Calm down child. You may go to sleep now."

"Like I said... They had always been safe... "

Hiro interrupted his words with a slightly irregular voice coming from his mouth. Like a siren but a quiet one, being stirred inside a bowl and shaped into a spiral. Confusing and also hypnotizing.

And at the same time, a heavy sense of drowsiness immediately crashed against Ivan's mind.

Like a dam being released, slamming down against him with those enormous feelings of sleepiness.

"What!? "

"T-this... "

His eyes couldn't help but begin closing down from all sides. His body limped like a fallen leave and his mind instantly halted in its process of thoughts.

And that one last picture of his before closing in, the sight of the giant serpent silently looking at him with those godless eyes.

It was... Majestic.

-

Back on the boat.

*gasp!*

Abruptly, a loud gasping noise was heard inside the main cabin of the boat. It was Ivan waking up from his deep slumber, gasping and also panting for air with his body drenched in sweat all over it.

His eyes widened in disbelief as he stared towards the surrounding with a dumbfounded expression.

The blanket that was covering his body and the bag of ice that was placed on top of his forehead.

Looked like a treatment for a person suffering from a minor illness.

But how?. That doesn't make any sense at all.

He then hurriedly went out to the front deck. And what he saw was different from the things that he had experienced.

The boat was still in shape and intact, with no signs of falling, and no signs of worries from the people around here.

Everyone seemed to be rather... Normal?. What about the broken navigation system?. What about the broken engine?.

What he doesn't know was that everything that had transpired before was simply a very realistic illusion simulation.

There was no broken navigation system, there was no 1 month of desperation and there was none of those that had happened before inside his dream.

As Hiro said, he will find out soon. They had always been safe from the very beginning.

But feeling the explosive power inside his body, he then began to fall into a very complicated train of thought.

This powerful strength of his is the evidence, but how?.

-

"And I thought you wouldn't come to find me?!"

Back on the small island.

Currently, Saya was sulking away on the corner as she glared towards the giant serpent that was circling the island with its body.

Almost completely wrapped the whole island in a circle as he lifted his head and asked.

"You saw my actions just now, right?. "

Hearing this, she nodded back with a confused look.

"Yea, and what of it?"

"Well. I took your words for a little consideration and I thought... M-maybe having a break once in a while won't hurt?"

"And what does that have anything to do with that boat filled with humans?"

She raised her eyebrow a little. Not able to understand Hiro's point since it was a bit vague.

"I was playing with a child's mind just now... I brought him into a large illusion world and gave him a gift"

Hiro proudly said with a pleased look.

Though Saya simply rolled her eyes after hearing his words. She could already guess what Hiro was talking about.

"And you consider that as a break?"

She glanced at him with a look of disbelief.

Playing with a child by tricking him into an illusion counted as a break?. There must be something wrong with Hiro's mind.

She thought to herself.

"Well... It's fun and by entertainment, it automatically counted as a break, no?"

*sigh*

"Fine... "

"Then, aren't you going to apologize?"

Saya directly went to the main point with her gaze locked towards Hiro's face.

"U-uhh... "

And with those words alone, Hiro choked a little as he hurriedly attempted to reorganize the sentences inside his mind.

Come on Hiro!, you can do it. You had been practicing with all of those words before just for this moment!.

"I am sorry for being myself. I am quite a proud figure"

"That's it?!"

"I will buy you more beautiful clothes soon, how about?"

Hiro pulled out the secret weapon.

Since he doesn't want to commit to the silly bit that she was proposing.

The situation between them was a bit complicated.

Hiro adored the feeling of having someone to talk to other than the cold system, while Saya would always be in the middle of hatred and also love.

Having someone to chat with in the journey of eternal would be nice, he thought to himself.

(Author note: he is acting like this was mostly due to his past that will be mentioned soon. And his current state is the freed one from the prior corroded bounded one(emotionally))

"Then that's settled it. I accept your honest apologies"

Hearing the words "buying beautiful clothes". Saya's expression immediately changed into a flattering one as she hopped about from sitting.

A total of 180-degree changes from before with those undisguised smiles plastered on her face.

Even though he was expecting this reaction from her, he still felt rather helpless after seeing it with his own eyes.

" then what are we still waiting here for?. Let's go already "

She excitedly jumped onto his back.

"Not so fast, a group of guests will be coming soon. We will wait here for a while to welcome them"

Hiro shifted his body a bit more while saying those words. Wrapping the whole island in a circle with his giant body.

From afar, it looked like a fortress made out of earth and rock, with a bit of redness here and there.

"A group of guests?"

Saya asked back with a doubtful look.

Her left hand was on her waist with her right hand propped up against her chin.. Seemingly to be inside a deep thought.