It was only a few minutes later that Truth rose up from the ground. The first thing he did was tap Draco's shoulder with a smile.
"Thank you, young man." And he turned his back to return to his spot, once again taking out a jar of booze as the first one had fallen to Portalia from Truth's shock.
Draco guessed that the old man needed some time alone, so without a single word, he just left the scene, teleporting back to the center where he ascended.
Now that he was able to just settle down and restructure his plans, he wanted to take things slow and the first thing he could do now was...
"Zero." There were some promised rewards he had to take, and he would be lying if he said he wasn't looking forward to the potential boons.
Zero, with her dark hair dancing, appeared next to Draco, who was sitting inclined on a beautiful cherry blossom tree.
"Are the rewards enough for you to level up?" He asked. The most important thing for him right now was for the system to keep up with his progress and continue being a reliable tool even within this higher realm.
"Indeed, Host. It should be enough to get me halfway through the second upgrade." Zero replied, her words putting a smile on Draco's face.
"Very well. For now, just take enough to level up, we might need the rest for something else." he ordered her.
[The Sytem Has Gained 244,000 XP And Is Ready To Upgrade.]
[Upgrading The System To Level 4]
[Upgrade Complete!]
[New Features: {Allies/Enemies Panel}, {Shop Upgrade: [Artifacts], [Pets].}]
"Status." Draco ordered the system to show his stats that he hadn't seen in years.
[<----------Status---------->]
Name: Draco Valenstein.>
Gender/Age: Male/30 Year Old.>
"M-mom?" His eyes opened wide as he couldn't understand what just happened.
"That's right. Did you miss me?" Love smiled sweetly as she teleported right in front of Alexander, opening her hands wide for him to hug her.
"Come here." she asked. Alexander, who couldn't understand a thing from what was going on, remained still.
Draco was on the side, smiling at the silly face Alexander was making, and Love also smiled and the air around her calmed down.
Instead of forcing the hug on him, she just retracted her hand, got closer, and patted his head.
"You did well coming this far. I'm sorry if I wasn't a good mom." she said, expecting a specific reaction from Alexander, however...
"This shouldn't be right. No, it shouldn't be like this." The young man fell into a dilemma by himself, his gaze still on his mother.
"What shouldn't be like this?" Love, confused by what he said, asked.
"Well, of course, you being here. It wasn't part of the plan." He replied, looking straight into her eyes and explaining, as if he was saying the most obvious of facts.
"And why is that, young man?" Hearing this, Love took a second to understand before she squinted her eyes, not quite liking the answer she just got.
"Wait, wait, calm down. I didn't mean it like that." Alexander, seeing the gaze his mother was giving him, got scared and raised his arms.
"What is it, then?" Still with the annoyed gaze, Love asked.
"Well, you see, I made up my mind and all that in that last tribulation that I wouldn't ever be able to see you and that I should just forget and leave everything behind before ascending. I even thought that I would use this chance to focus on myself and grow stronger than ever, then I would come back and bring you all from Portalia without anything hindering me. And now...
you just had to..." Alexander spoke what was on his mind and stopped before he said anything that would put his ears in danger.
"Pfft, hahahaha. Right? I guess I can't blame you. Well, who are you to complain? You got your dear mother to babysit you as a celestial. Now come, we have a lot to catch up on." Love suddenly laughed it off and sneakily inserted her hand on his and teleported him all over her private quarters.
Draco saw this and just shook his head with a smile.
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