Chapter 1094: Chapter 1094: Are You Real?
"Hm..." "Hm?"
"Hmm..."
"Hm."
Even with the void suddenly crawling onto Riley's arm, no one really acted violently as they all just stared at it; even fully knowing that it was capable of permanently cutting Riley into pieces, Riley just watched it move closer and closer to his head and as soon as it reached his face, it suddenly entered through his mouth, nose, ears, and pores.
And even as it did so, the only one whose expression slightly changed was Tomoe, who looked at Elementia and Death to see what their reactions were. Of course, Tomoe was actually no longer as emotionless and stoic as before. It was just that even though she was no longer Riley's subordinate and had freed her mind from being subservient to him, she was still incredibly confident that nothing could actually happen to Riley.
He may no longer serve him, but it doesn't mean that there was no longer a part of her that worshiped Riley. It might only be a little part of her, but it was sure that Riley would be fine.
And seeing as Riley also did not react at all even as all of it was already inside him, she was right not to worry.
"Do... you feel anything?" Tomoe then stood in front of Riley and stared at his face, "I don't see any traces of it anymore."
"No," Riley shook his head and looked at his hands, as well as Renna's severed arm, "I do not really feel any more different than I did when it was outside of my system, Tomoe."
The four then just stood there for a few seconds as they waited for something to happen to Riley but even after they waited an entire minute and more, nothing happened. "Let us-"
Elementia was about to say something, but before he could do so, something finally happened
and it wasn't from Riley, but the arm he was holding.
"Hm?" Riley tilted his head to the side as the arm seemingly struggled to free itself from his
grasp.
"Maybe... you should let it go?"
"Okay," Riley quickly let go of the arm, and as soon as he did so, the arm suddenly flew away -breaking the sound barrier before just shooting out into the endless horizon and disappearing almost instantly.
And without even saying a word, both Death and Elementia flew away to follow the arm. Riley was about to do the same, but he glanced at Tomoe and reached out his hand toward her.
"Shall we go, Tomoe?" Riley asked.
"...Okay," Tomoe let out a small breath as she grabbed Riley's arm, "Sorry for wanting to come and just becoming a burden."
"It is fine, Tomoe," Riley shook his head as his and Tomoe's feet started lifting into the air before the two of them just started flying into the horizon and following the two Primordials. "You've... become much gentler than before, Riley," Tomoe could not help but just smile as she looked at Riley's hand which was lightly holding hers, "I suppose you've really become a dad now."
"It is different from the other side," Riley let out a small hum as he once again stepped forward; the white field, instantly turned black as he did so - even the horizon behind Tomoe
and the others turned dark.
"Be careful, Youngest," Elementia let out a sigh, "I do not think the rest of this domain belongs to me anymore - I do not know what awaits you on the other side."
"Okay." And as soon as Elementia said that, Riley once again let out a telekinetic net that quickly scattered through the horizon. And as soon as he detected something, he quickly disappeared and flew away.
And finally, after what seemed like a minute of flying, Riley saw a hint of white far into the distance. And very soon, Riley finally saw Renna.
She was sleeping on the field of black cotton; almost curled into a ball. And judging by the redness around her eyes, she had been crying for a very long time.
"Oh?" Riley then looked at the severed arm that flew away from him, only to see it already attached back to Renna and healing.
Riley did not really do anything else, he just approached his daughter and waited for her to
wake up; watching her the entire time.
A second.
A minute.
An hour.
Riley did not really care for time at all. He just wanted to see his daughter's face the way it is now in peace. Because he knows that once she wakes up, she will have to live a life filled with chaos and pain again.
Unfortunately, very soon, Renna woke up.
"H...hmn?" Renna slightly moved her head as she felt something brushing along the top of
her head. She opened her eyes and let out a deep breath, only for that breath to stop abruptly
as soon as she saw Riley's face; his hand, very gently brushing her long white hair. "Are... are you..." Renna stuttered with her words as her lips started to tremble,
"Are you... real?"
**AUTHOR'S NOTES**
I am trying my luck at Royal Road with a new book, Legendary Shadow Blacksmith, it will
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