Re:START/If {Book 1.0}
Chapter 56: Aswad 3 of 15 “To Feel” (Part 02)
“Of course because Mommy is anxious!” Mavis approached, holding both sides of the young man's shoulders and firmly said, “You suddenly used the angelic manifestation and flew like that without explaining anything! Naturally Mother standby maybe you are fighting something!”
“I'm not against anyone ...” Odo stopped scratching the back of the head, smiled lightly and replied, “See, I'm fine .... No wound.”
At a glance Mavis saw the traces of blood that still exist around Odo's nose, he immediately rubbed it and said, “Apaanya that is fine .... The manifestation of angels definitely leaves a side effect of kaut on the user ...”
“Liet me, my personality will not be damaged even using it, kok.”
Mavis and Fiola gasped as the young man in black hair said so casually. The Light Witch lowered both of her hands from her son's shoulders, staring in annoyance with a sour face restraining anger. Raising her right hand high, the blonde woman slapped her son hard.
“Why can you say that lightly? If your personality is damaged, it's the same as you die!”
Mavis immediately hugged her son tightly, trembling and starting to cry bitterly. In his mother's arms Odo could only put on a confused expression, at a glance still not understand why the blonde woman in front of him suddenly cried and hugged him tightly. Sensing Mavis' trembling body was nothing, the young man in black hair understood the mistake he had missed.
“Sorry .... I'm sorry, Mommy ..”
The young man hugged back, trembling for a moment at the loss of what to say next. Being slapped directly by Mavis enough to make Odo waver, thinking many times the reason why he should get it and start feeling guilty for acting selfish without thinking about the anxiety of his mother.
Fiola who saw them immediately took a deep breath, was relieved that the Master who had served him for such a long time could let go of his emotions without having any quarrel between Mother and Son. But as he glanced at Di’in, a fleeting murderous lust emanated from Huli Jing's blackish brown hair.
Odo gasped for such a strong killing appetite. He immediately let go of Mavis' embrace slowly, then turned to Huli Jing. Taking a deep breath, the young man snapped, “Fiola!”
“Eh?!” The feathers on the nine tails of Huli Jing stood upright, he turned towards Odo and trembled saying, “A-What's up, Mr Odo? Why do you look angry at —!”
“Why did Sister Fiola want to kill them?!” Odo immediately walked towards Di’in and Ra’an who were lying near one of the spruce trees whose entire leaves fell off, then crouched down in front of the two half-naked women and muttered, “While I have been struggling to save, even want to be killed ...”
“You ... save them, my son? The Moloians?” mavis asked a little anxiously seeing Odo very close to them.
“Mother can know instantly that they are from Moloia, yes?” Odo turned his head towards Mavis, then with a look of wonder asked again, “What of their clothes?”
“Not ...” Mavis shook her head, walked over and watched them vigilantly. Pointing to the brown-hair lady who was lying down, the Light Witch said, “Aura as well as the air of their existence are very different, the Moloia people tend to have a very weak flow of magic on their bodies..”
“Hmm ...” Odo looked back at the two women from Moloia. Unlike his mother, he did not feel such a difference at all. Turning back to Mavis, the young man said, “Well, don't worry. Mother knows, they can be considered my minions.”
“Eh?” Mavis was puzzled to hear that, she wiped away the flowing tears and stared in bewilderment.
Waking up and taking a deep breath, Odo jumped up and down to stretch his body. Finished doing a small warm-up, he took out a silver dagger from the Dimensional Cloak and prepared to perform the angelic manifestation again. But just as the young man was about to pierce his own palm to drain the blood as a catalyst, Mavis instantly caught his hand and snapped, “What are you doing!”
“Eh?”
“Help me, Fiola!”
Fiola immediately approached, along with holding Odo's hand and snatching the silver dagger from him. The two young man's hands were instantly held back by that Huli Jing, then his Dimension Cloak was snatched away by Mavis.
“Eng, may I know why you guys are doing this?” asked Odo with an astonished look towards Mavis. He tried to release his hands that were locked behind his back by Fiola, but the lack of physical strength made the young man give up and let out a small sigh.
“My son ..., just now you wanted to do another angel manifestation, didn't you?”
“Hmm, indeed.”
“You are!!” Mavis returned angry, pinching the young man's cheeks violently until it turned red. Holding both sides of Odo's cheeks, the blonde woman forced her son to look straight at her eyes and said, “You always worry Mommy! Why are you?!”
For a moment Odo was silent, just put on a flat expression and replied, “Mother need not worry, I will not experience personality damage like Mother's sister.”
Mavis and Fiola were shocked to hear this. Having the opportunity of Huli Jing's carelessness to lock her hands, Odo broke free and immediately held her right hand and mother's waist. Like dancing, she spins around with Mavis to keep her distance from Fiola.
Stop and stand close to each other, the young man again said, “The methods used are different ...”
“Different ...?”
“Ya ..” Odo raised his hand from Mavis, took two steps back and explained, “The method I use is different from the angelic manifestation magic designed by the Great Witch. Rather than sending consciousness to a higher dimension and drawing power from there to this Real World dimension, I used blood as a catalyst and pulled the power from that higher dimension down to this world.”
Mavis was stumped, such a thing is theoretically possible but it is impossible for even beings who do not have access to the higher dimensions of the angels. Returning to thinking about it deeply, Mavis' eyes opened wide when she realized something and she asked, “Don't say .... Since Ayunda once accessed the high-level dimension massively with her consciousness, this body is affected and you are born with the nature of the body.
“Yes, since I am Mother's child, I can use this method.” Odo gave a small smile, pointed his index finger forward and said, “Because I was born from a figure who once accessed a high-level dimension and took holy power from there, my body also has this access trait. Without needing to suffer any personality damage as a side effect, I was able to access the sacred power from there just by sacrificing my blood.”
Putting her right hand in front of her own chest, the blonde-haired woman stared with anxious eyes. The night breeze blew, making the green dress of the toska as well as her hair briefly fluttering under the moon exposure. The words of his son were indeed a happy thing, one of the early reasons the Homunculus created by the Great Witch was a container to access higher dimensions. But as a mother, Mavis was unhappy that her son could have disappeared if he continued to use angelic manifestations whose essence was not yet fully known.
“Odo ..., promise Mommy.” Mavis walked up to Odo, clutched her son tightly and in a soft voice said, “Please, my son .... Do not use the angelic manifestation unless you absolutely need to. The unknown power of its essence is ..., we should not use it carelessly.”
The words also tell Odo that Mavis can still use angelic manifestations. Taking a deep breath, the young man in black hair replied, “Alright, I promise .... However, Mother ...”
“Hmm?” Mavis let go of the embrace, looking at her son with the glare of my eyes. Odo at a glance understood that his mother had just cried before coming, the woman's reddened eye bags told him that.
“Can we talk to you for a minute? It's about two Moloia people there ...”
“What ... do you want to take them to the city?” Mavis looked towards Di’in and Ra’an, put on a dislike facial expression and looked back at her son with a slightly worried look at what she was coldly talking about.
“Iya ..” Odo nodded, put on a wry smile and said, “But, that's not all. There are other things I want to talk about. Let's talk first, I want to talk for a minute tonight. Mother .... not yet sleepy, ‘kan?”
Mavis smiled coldly, slightly tilted her head and said, “After this incident, how could Mother be sleepy, my son?”
“.... “ Odo was momentarily silent, took a deep breath and with a loose smile said, “Means we stay up late tonight.”
Mavis raised her hand from Odo. The young man immediately took two steps back, then pointed towards Di’in and Ra’an as he said, “But, before we talk at length can Fiola mak put on their clothes first? Black shirts and pants should be near them ..”.
“Fiola ..”
“Alright, Mistress.”
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After Fiola finished putting on his shirt and black pants at Di’in and Ra’an, he sat on a cypress tree trunk that had previously collapsed due to a lightning magic strike. The Huli Jing sat next to Mavis, facing the young man in black hair before them to listen to what she wanted to say.
The night wind blew, the sky began to look a little cloudy and the moon slowly covered with clouds. The coldness of the air did not move them from the spot, only staring at each other without making a momentary sound. In Odo's mind, he erased some of the emotional turmoil he thought was unnecessary in his mind. At first glance the look of a sad face appeared to him, but it quickly disappeared and changed with a stiff knot smile.
“Before going into the conversation, I want you to see this ...”
The young man in black hair stretched his hands to the side, with his palm open and began to squint his eyes. Without a circle, formula, rune, or magic structure, the Ether particles in the air quickly gathered on the two palms of the young man and the burning process took place. The fire formed quickly, enveloping both of Odo's arms and the gas that formed the fire slowly crystallized. Within seconds, the fire was extinguished and the young man's hands were enveloped by a red Gauntlet whose surface was like reptilian scales.
Just one look at Mavis knowing the basis of the process of changing the substance, he gaped in disbelief and asked, “That's .. dragon scales? My son, are you ..”
“Hmm, this is the power of the Black Dragon.” Odo opened both of his palms forward, put on a grim face and said, “While defeating him, I also gained the power of that doom-bearer dragon. The ability to control fire, temperature immunity, gas crystallization, and plasma molecule formation, that is Hariq Iliah belongs to Black Dragon.”
Not only was Mavis shocked to hear that, Fiola was stunned at a glance in disbelief that the child before him had actually mastered the abilities of the opponent he had once defeated. Taking a deep breath and staring flatly, the Huli Jing asked, “After unpacking your abilities like this, what does Young Master want to convey? You don't mean to show off about your strength, ‘kan?”
“Of course not ...” Odo clapped once to deactivate Hariq Iliah, the crystallization on both his hands quickly weathered and instantly disengaged. The red plates fell to the ground, broke apart easily like ceramics and began to turn back into gas.
Gazing seriously at Mavis and Fiola, the young man said, “I want to stop the Second Great War that is likely to break out next year.”
They both just silently heard Odo's words. At a glance Fiola glanced towards his master, with a hint of fear waiting for what the blonde lady next to him would say. Mavis took a deep breath, looking not surprised as if she had known about it even though it was only vague.
“You know, my son. You may have understood this .... War is a state affair with the country, such a thing cannot be stopped only by the will of one person .., even though it is a King though.”
Mavis' words were very firm and clear, not impressed to prohibit but expose a reality that Odo could not refuse directly. The young man just put on a flat expression, then with a small smile replied, “I know that, Mother. But ..., the country also moves because of the interests of the people in it. In that case, it does not mean it is impossible to change.”
Mavis was at a glance surprised, she realized something and asked, “Is that why you didn't refuse the engagement? For political reasons you will use Princess Arteria—”
“I won't use it.” Odo clearly denied. He briefly gave a cold look, pointed at Mavis and said, “Using one person — Charges everything on one individual, such a thing is not my way. Mother knows, I personally hate the Royal family and the senates in the Capital who rely too much on pure descendants! Close to the gods? A miracle? Holy Spirit? Why do they always rely on that kind of thing?”
Mavis woke up, staring anxiously after hearing her son's mindset. Things like pure descent and the Royal Family of Felixia which is relied upon to be the greatest power is a tradition, something that should not be contested because it has become the identity of the nation of Felixia itself. While walking closer, the blonde woman said, “Of course they rely on such a thing .... You know, my son! Not everyone is as strong as you!”
Mavis held both sides of Odo's cheeks, looking at him with the look of my eyes as if she wanted to cry again. The young man himself understands that such kind of tradition, culture, and unwritten rules must not be eliminated because they are the characteristics of a nation, but still he does not like to charge everything on one individual as a foundation.
“Everyone is not as strong as I am, I admit it .... But!” Odo clasped his mother's hands together, stared with fiery eyes and said, “When everyone is united, they will be strong! Instead of relying on one person and giving excessive respect that would only be a burden, instead of more beautiful if everyone walked together?”