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When we walked inside the kitchen, I saw Kalana had run there to meet her mother, Mursha. Both were busy packing a lot of food.
"Ah, dear, welcome back. How were things outside? Were you able to solve the King's issue?" Mursha wondered.
"Of course, it was as easy as remaking his entire castle; it took but a second!" I smiled proudly. "Also, I sealed his brat of a daughter's powers for the time being until she learns to control her emotions."
"Oh! Hahahah! Really now? That's hilarious! I guess the girl did deserve that, to think she would get taken over by her skills…" Mursha laughed, walking to my side and hugging me, kissing my lips. "I'm looking forward to going into space like you said… Although a bit scared too…"
"Don't worry about anything; I'm there to watch over everyone," I nodded. "It might be scary at times, but it'll be a new experience."
"O-Okay, I'm in! Hahah!" She giggled. "Alright, Kalana, let's quickly pack things up!"
"I'm on it, Mama! You should hurry up!" Kalana nodded cutely.
"Wait, me? Oh! You're indeed pretty fast, you little rascal!" Mursha giggled, playing with our daughter.
I brought over the basket, and then we placed everything inside. It took but a minute before we were finally done with everything, and then we decided to move on.
"So how are we doing this? We just fly into the skies?" Wondered Kalana.
"Yeah," I nodded. "But wait a bit; we'll go with a few other people. I invited Yanisse and Peperina as well. And don't forget your big sister Hekita! She's coming alongside Merneith too."
"What about Grandma or Auntie?" Orion asked.
"They really didn't want to come; they were pretty scared," I laughed. "So I guess they'll stay for now. They're pretty busy either way! My sister went with Juan on a date in Japan. And my mom is hanging out with her guild friends; for once, she hasn't seen them in a while."
"Guild friends?" Orion asked.
"Yeah, they're a group of hunters she worked with when she was working as a regular hunter before I got here, Orion; it was before you were born," I said.
"Oooh!" Orion nodded. "Well, I'm glad for Grandma, but I wish she could come with us…"
"Aaw, well she'll come along on another trip, don't worry," I patted his head. "Anyway—oh, there you are!"
As I talked with my boy, I saw everyone else walking into the living room; Yanisse came running with Peperina, both looking a tad bit nervous. Meanwhile, Hekita and Merneith were chatting without a worry in the world.
"Bing Xue, we're finally ready…" Yanisse said embarrassedly. "Um, a-are we really going to space?"
"Yeah, haha, I said we were!" I nodded.
"Um, I think I could use the power of this jewel as a spacesuit, right, Sapphire?" Peperina wondered, tapping the jewel in her forehead.
[Affirmative, master. You can use the power of the Blue Sapphire of Hope to create a spacesuit around your body, which will allow you to breathe and survive in any environment.]
FLUOSH!
"Uwah?!"
Peperina got a bit scared as the jewel in her forehead shone brightly, covering her entire body except her head with a skin-tight white and blue suit with a jewel symbol on her chest.
It looked quite sexy, honestly, and it was so tight I could see her "assets" very well… Was this intentional?
"I-Isn't this suit way too… tight?" She wondered.
"You look perfect!" I said with a nod.
"O-Oh, well, I'm glad you like it…" She smiled nervously.
"That thing's sure useful…" Yanisse said. "I wish I had one like those."
The Blue Sapphire of Hope used to be the Green Jade that the hero of the same name possessed, which embodied "Will".
However, after that man became "unworthy" by letting that Saurian Primal God control him and intensify his dark emotions and desires, the green jade transformed into a blue sapphire once it reacted to Peperina's personality and how she gave some hope to the young man.
From what Galaxy Man told me today, the young man's name is Kyle Winston, and he is now undergoing some sort of meditation recovery practice he was taught by the other Green Jades in his universe. Until he overcomes his weaknesses and regains his willpower, the jade will never return to him.
So Peperina has it for now! It's a very powerful artifact, and it is helpful for my cute rabbit-eared girlfriend, so I'm glad she has it.
I wish she could keep it permanently, though.
"Do you even need one like these, Yanisse? You have Void Powers; I doubt you would ever be affected by moving around space… Did you never try flying out there?" Peperina asked.
"I-I was scared. I mean, I might be able to survive or not; I didn't want to find out…" Said Yanisse. "Also, what if I get lost? Space is very vast… I've grown even stronger since then, though, so maybe it's fine now… as long as I'm with Bing Xue, though."
"Of course! Let's go together; I'll show you the way around the stars," I nodded. "I've analyzed a lot of the astral map around the planet when I took a brief visit to Mars anyway."
"I'm looking forward to our vacation trip through the stars!" Said Merneith. "Although my family has conquered the stars and traveled through many planets, I have unfortunately never experienced such a joy, so I'm looking forward to it!"
"Haha, sure. Let's have fun, Merneith," I nodded, patting her head. "Are you ready, Hekita?"
"Yeah, I'm ready!" Hekita nodded. "Also, this'll be a nice time to bond with Orion some more!"
"Alright, all done, let's go…" I said.
Once outside the Pagoda, I released my golden aura around everyone, tightly wrapping them together with it.
While holding the basket, I started lifting everyone up into the skies.
Higher, and higher, and higher, and higher.
I did it slowly not to cause anyone nausea, but Yanisse and Mursha were starting to panic a bit.
"W-Woah! W-We're so high! So damn high!" Mursha cried. "K-Kalana! A-Aren't you scared?!"
"Me? It's awesome, Mom!" Kalana was smiling at the ground down below.
"I-I'm fine… I'm fine… Everything is fine… Aaahah!" Yanisse was making cute noises.
"Come here, you two."
I quickly brought them closer to me, hugging them and letting them feel my body; this slowly calmed them down. "Alright, let's resume; first stop, the Moon!"
FLAAASH!
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