Because everyone in the town, except for Kalpas, had been turned into scumbags by the Volibear under Ryn's command, there was no breakfast to be had.
Hearing little Elysia's stomach grumbling, Ryn was filled with motivation and walked straight into the hotel kitchen, ready to prepare a sumptuous Father's Love Special for Elysia.
*Sob sob sob—*
Elysia—
She's truly a little angel from heaven! She must have come to redeem me and Kiana!
She can actually eat the food I cooked myself without feeling any discomfort!
As expected of my and Kiana's child, she inherited Kiana's and my stomach that can digest anything as long as it can be swallowed!
But that makes sense. If she didn't have such a stomach, she would have starved to death long ago when she was with Maheśvara…
The more I think about it, the angrier I get. I'm going to beat up Maheśvara when I get back.
After breakfast, Ryn packed a few meals and went with Elysia to see Volibear and the electrocuted Kalpas.
Because Kalpas had attacked them yesterday, Ryn wasn't sure if his brain had been damaged after the insane treatment he had received, so he had Volibear tie Kalpas up before bringing him over.
Ryn and Elysia each sat on a plastic stool from a food stall, with their backs to Volibear bringing Kalpas.
Elysia didn't know why they had to have their backs to them and kept trying to turn her head for a peek, but Ryn held her head and turned it back each time.
He called it, for good measure, building up his cool factor.
Feeling that Kalpas had arrived, Ryn silently pressed play on the stereo, and "Bury the Light" began to play.
"Elysia, no matter what you do in the future, bring a stereo first and play some music."
"Why?"
"Because in my BGM, I'm invincible!"
"Wow… but I don't have a stereo? How about I add musical notes to my words from now on? Like this… how is it?"
Does that count as her own BGM? Ryn thought about it, and it seemed there was nothing wrong with it.
"That works too. Just like that, it sounds great, doesn't it?"
"Hehe! Praise me more, I'll be very happy, you know?"
Upon receiving praise, Elysia once again happily put her hands on her hips and lifted her little face~
Before Ryn could offer more praise, Kalpas, who had been kneeling on the side for a long time, impatiently interrupted Ryn and Elysia's chat with an angry shout.
"Enough! What do you two want with me here!"
"What a buzzkill. So you can talk!" Ryn clicked his tongue. Anyone who interrupts a father-daughter moment must not be let off easy.
"Kalpas… I know what you went through in the town. And now, I've helped you, and helped avenge the dead who went through the same thing but didn't have the strength to hold on like you did.
You don't thank us, but instead, you hold great animosity towards us… why?"
"This is my home. No matter what they were like, that was my family business! Outsiders, and now you've killed them!"
"Idiot."
Ryn cleaned his ear, then waved his hand at Volibear.
Volibear, understanding the signal, grabbed Kalpas by the leg and lifted him up.
"Daddy, you're not going to kill him, are you?"
Elysia looked at Ryn with her big, charming eyes, unable to bear it.
"Of course not, I'm not some great villain."
Ryn quickly shook his head. He was unarmed, gentle and refined, never killed anyone, not even a small animal.
How could someone as righteous as Ryn, who couldn't even bear to harm a small animal, kill someone!
Don't ask. If you ask, it was the black hole that swallowed them, the Honkai energy that eroded them, the things controlled by his Authority that killed them, or his Retinue of Honkai Beasts that did it. It had nothing to do with Ryn.
"This is the only town for a hundred miles. I'm afraid Kalpas will be lonely here by himself, so I'm sending him on a spontaneous trip~"
Ryn nodded to Volibear. Then Volibear put the breakfast Ryn had prepared for Kalpas on his body and threw him into the air.
When Kalpas came down, Volibear slapped him away, sending him flying into the sky like a shooting star, disappearing over the horizon.
Elysia's mouth dropped wide open. She looked in disbelief at the direction Kalpas had flown, then back at Ryn, her head swinging back and forth between the two directions so fast it was smoking.
Finally, Ryn had to hold Elysia's big head and help close her small mouth, which was agape with astonishment.
"Don't worry, he's fine. You're still young, Elysia. you don't yet understand how terrifying the disasters brought by Honkai energy are. Similarly, you don't understand how versatile Honkai energy is…
It's a very versatile energy. Although not as powerful as Imaginary internal energy, it has a versatility in shaping things that Imaginary internal energy lacks.
As big as your heart is, as imaginative as your thoughts are, Honkai energy will operate as you imagine it to, realizing your heart's desires.
Whether it's ice, fire, lightning, or wind, whether it's time and space, or even fate and causality, as long as your heart is big enough and your authority is high enough, you can do anything!"
"Wow… so amazing?"
Elysia clapped her hands as if she understood, seeming to marvel at the power of Honkai energy, but looking at her blank eyes and dazed expression.
Ryn knew he had explained in vain; she definitely didn't understand.
Sure enough, Elysia's next sentence made Ryn cover his face.
"But daddy, you still had Volibear slap Kalpas away? Won't he fall to his death?"
"As long as he covers his body with Honkai energy, he won't die from the fall. If his control is precise enough, he might even be able to fly."
"Fly? Wow!"
Elysia's eyes suddenly lit up.
Flying! What child can resist the temptation of flying!
But more than flying, Elysia asked about something else thoughtfully.
"But from what I saw, that guy named Kalpas doesn't seem to know how to use Honkai energy?"
"Eh?!!"
Ryn looked at Elysia in surprise, then quickly searched his memories for events related to Kalpas, trying to find a scene of him using Honkai energy.
It turned out… there really didn't seem to be any scenes of Kalpas using Honkai energy.
All of Kalpas's power came from his natural talent, and his body was unconsciously absorbing Honkai energy to strengthen itself, but… it seemed that Kalpas really hadn't discovered this energy and learned how to control it…
"Uh… a rough estimate… conservative calculation… should be, possibly, probably… Kalpas is fine, right?" Ryn scratched his head awkwardly and stammered.
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