Chapter 885: Seed

Chapter 885: Seed

"You're a themarian."

"You are too."

"Oh?"

Riley was curious, so much so that his eyebrows rose almost more than half an inch as he started looking back and forth between Esme and the supposed themarian stranger. How could he not be curious, when female themarians are biologically and mentally superior to their male counterparts by quite a lot.

And yet, here was a male themarian that was in the domain of the gods.

"...What even is a themarian?" Miss Pepondosovich also could not help but raise an eyebrow, but in confusion.

"Forgive me, madam. For having followed you this far and not make myself known," the themarian strange had long golden hair that smoothly flowed down from his shoulders as he bowed his head,

"My name is Seed."

"My name is Esme," Esme did not really show any formalities and just introduced herself, "Miss Esme."

"Forgive me once again for asking," Seed respectfully placed his hand on his chest, "Although your stature is completely different, but you remind me so much of one of the princesses of the Varoif kingdom."

"Then you are probably thinking of my mother, Seed," Esme let out a small hum as memories of her past returned to her.

"Then you are themarian royalty," Seed once again bowed; this time, even kneeling as he showed his utmost respect to Esme, "I greet you, I am a vassal of the Varoif kingdom and have worked as a scientist all my life."

"There is no need to bow to me, Seed," Esme quickly took a step back and subtly walked behind Riley, "Whatever I was before I died, I am no longer. My people, home planet, and entire universe have already succumbed to a malevolent sickness."

"Yes... although immortal, it is our fate to die in the end," Seed let out a very long and deep sigh as he soon turned to look at Riley, "And you — I do not know what you are, but I have been watching you ever since you brought out the undead themarian that happens to be Princess Esme. Although dead, I quickly sensed the energy she was giving out because I happen to be in the city of summoners."

"Hm," Riley shrugged, "I apologize, you may not know about what I am, but I have an idea about who you are, Seed."

"Hm?" Seed squinted.

"You are from a dead universe that was devoured by millions of cherbis," Riley nodded, "I have met one of your colleagues when I was sent to her universe by a conqueror who happens to be the variant of my adoptive father."

"That..." Seed could not help but take in a deep gasp as he heard Riley's words, such a small sentence containing almost an infinite number of curiosity. And yet, Seed could really focus on one thing, "...Dead universe?"

"Yes."

"I did not," Seed shook his head, "What I did learn, however, as I lured away the cherbis... were their entire physiology and biology."

"Oh? I thought they were just a clump of living black holes," Riley squinted his eyes, "So that is why my summon turned out the way it did when we were in the city of summoners."

"Ack, please don't remind me of that," Miss Pepondosovich almost dropped the food she was chewing as she heard Riley's words.

"Hm," Esme nodded, "I sort of miss Cherbi even though only my dead self interacted with it, Master. You should have brought it here."

"They are much more than that," Seed interrupted everyone's small talk before they could get sidetracked, "I will not go into the specifics, but I managed... to merge myself with them."

And as soon as Seed said that, his eyes turned completely black; the wooden mug he was looking at, instantly disappearing as he did so.

"Oh?" A small smile started to crawl on Riley's face as he looked at Seed. Or more specifically, at the back of his head, "That is a very interesting ability, Dr. Seed."

"I was going to save my universe, Riley Ross. I was," Dr. Seed nodded to himself several times before looking at Riley, "With this ability, I was able to also remove the cherbis from my universe permanently. And I was removing them, and I was on my way back to Dr. Caitlain and the Common Council...

...but I was suddenly pulled away."

"By a Primordial?" Riley squinted as he placed his hands on his chin, "I could see why they would take interest in you now, Dr. Seed. A themarian with the ability of Cherbi is truly a force to be reckoned with."

"No, I was not pulled by a Primordial," Dr. Seed shook his head, "I was pulled away by one of the Higher Gods."

"...Which one?" Miss Pepondosovich widened her eyes.

"A themarian."

"...What?"

"A themarian like you and I," Dr. Seed turned to look at Esme, "I have forgotten her name since she had only said it in passing before sending me here, but now I remember." Ñøv€l-B1n was the first platform to present this chapter.

"One of the Higher Gods is the same species as you two?" Miss Pepondosovich could not help but widen her eyes even further, "I haven't even heard of your race until now!"

"It is."

"Hm?" Both Esme and Miss Pepondosovich could really only turn their heads to Riley as Dr. Seed suddenly pointed his finger at him.

"The themarian god's name is...

...Aerith'Ross."