Nickname: Alucard.
Level: Purple
Description: The strongest master in the Yokai Realm
Acquired: Ryūjin Jakka
...
Nickname: Akasha Bloodriver
Level: Purple
Description: The Undying Swordswoman
Acquired: Full Counter
...
"Ryūjin Jakka?!"
Seeing the reward from Alucard's Codex entry, Lin was a little surprised.
It came from the world of Bleach.
Also known as the world of Soul Reaper.
It is the oldest and most powerful fire-type Zanpakutō in that universe.
After its Shikai is released, it can attack with flames reaching 6,000 degrees Celsius.
And after its Bankai, the maximum temperature can even rival the core of the sun.
Its power was self-evident.
After a moment of surprise, Lin looked at the reward from Akasha's Codex entry.
"Full Counter..."
He felt a bit puzzled, unable to recall it.
Instead of claiming Ryūjin Jakka right away, he claimed Full Counter first.
A special ability fused with him.
Relevant information surfaced in his mind.
The special ability Full Counter came from the world of The Seven Deadly Sins.
It possesses the powerful effect of reflecting any offensive magic directed at oneself back at the caster with several times the power.
After gaining this ability...
as long as the difference in their power levels wasn't too great, Lin could reflect an opponent's offensive magic.
He was basically invincible against those of the same rank.
With his current A+ (Nation-destroying) level as a base, he could even successfully reflect magical attacks from an S- (Continental) level opponent.
If his strength reached S-...
he could even successfully reflect magical attacks from S and S+ level opponents.
Another powerful ability.
Next, Lin claimed Ryūjin Jakka.
Within his consciousness...
a ball of fire like a miniature sun appeared out of thin air, then shrank as it flew towards Lin's soul-form, entering between his eyebrows.
A flame insignia appeared.
A tachi materialized before him.
Its appearance was ordinary, with a deep purple hilt.
It had an oval-shaped guard and a brown scabbard.
This was Ryūjin Jakka in its normal state.
After claiming the two rewards, Lin checked his own status information.
Nickname: Lin
Level: S- (Continental)
Concept: Separation
Abilities: Supreme Kingship, Third Magic, Invisibility, Frozen World, Sky Magic, Knight of Owner, Mirage, Reversed Heavenly Pact and Cursed Vow, Blazer, Rasengan, Full Counter
Items: Divine Drag-Ride, Bahamut, Myriad-Li Flight, Innate Spirit Armament: All-Purpose Card, Ryūjin Jakka
...
"My level increased!"
Seeing that his level had risen from A+ to S-, a jump of a full major rank, Lin was somewhat surprised.
But on second thought, it made sense.
He had obtained the talent of a Blazer.
After awakening the Innate Spirit Armament: All-Purpose Card, his own power limit had also been raised to a certain extent.
Breaking through from Nation-destroying level to Continental level.
And this was just his base level.
With the enhancements from the All-Purpose Card and Ryūjin Jakka, his normal combat power should reach the ceiling of S+.
Invincible below the SS (Surface-level) rank.
And with the Separation concept, he could even wound stronger existences.
Mm, very good.
This was how a protagonist in those novels should be.
The level was just a reference; their true combat power always exceeded their stated level.
Lin put away the Codex of All Things.
Claiming the two rewards created no disturbance in the outside world.
About ten minutes later.
Akashiya Moka and Akasha came down the stairs.
Akasha was now wearing a well-fitting pink one-piece dress.
It had a white, frilly collar.
Half of her delicate, fair collarbones were exposed, and her neck appeared rather slender.
A ribbon was tied into a bow at her waist.
Combined with the magnificent curve straining against her chest, it made her already slender waist look even more graspable.
Her slender legs were hidden by the skirt.
Only her fair, jade-like feet in a pair of summer sandals could be seen.
Her beautiful, cherry-pink hair cascaded down.
Two locks of hair by her ears rested in front of her shoulders.
A pink ribbon was tied into a bow at the back.
Her fair cheeks had a rosy glow.
Her cherry-pink lips were slightly upturned at the corners, and a gentle, sweet smile graced her exquisitely beautiful face.
She did not look old at all.
Although she appeared to be eighteen or nineteen...
Akasha's actual age was at least over two hundred years old.
Of course, over two hundred years was nothing.
Tohru was over forty thousand, for a start.
In the face of eternal life, age seemed insignificant.
Observing Akasha...
Lin's eyes flickered slightly.
He spoke up, "Moka's mother and I would like to talk alone."
"Tohru, you all go wait in the second-floor living room for a bit."
"...Oh."
Hearing this, Tohru, Akashiya Moka, Shuzen Akua, and Shuzen Kokoa couldn't help but look at Lin and Akasha.
A peculiar look appeared in their eyes as they acknowledged his request.
They turned and walked towards the second floor.
Although, with their abilities, they could easily hear what was happening on the first floor even from the second...
since Lin had asked them to leave...
they could only suppress their curiosity.
Once they were on the second floor, Lin looked at Akasha and said with a smile,
"Come and sit."
"I have some questions I'd like to ask you."
He was actually pondering a question.
What should he call her?
Call her 'Mother-in-law'?
Based solely on his relationship with Akashiya Moka, that would be correct.
But considering his suspicion...
calling her Mother-in-law didn't seem quite right either.
"Alright."
Akasha nodded gently upon hearing his words.
She came and sat down beside Lin.
A faint fragrance wafted to his nose.
Akasha looked at Lin with a gentle smile. "Xiao Bai, you must be very curious about me and Moka, right?"
"And you must have your suspicions already."
"Mm."
Lin nodded in response.
Hearing how Akasha addressed him, a strange light flashed in his eyes.
Akasha smiled and continued,
"Let me tell you a story, Xiao Bai."
"About two hundred years ago, I defeated the rampaging True Ancestor Alucard along with two other companions."
"With our power, we couldn't possibly kill a True Ancestor."
"So I made a decision: to use my own True Ancestor power combined with sealing arts to seal Alucard."
"About sixteen years ago..."
"my consciousness, which had been slumbering due to the seal, awoke, and I realized that Alucard's consciousness had long since escaped completely."
"So I created a clone."
"Originally, my purpose in creating the clone was to go out and find the other two companions who had helped defeat Alucard."
"Then, together, we would search for Alucard, whose consciousness had entirely escaped."
"But when I created the clone, my True Ancestor power was unexpectedly inherited by it, miraculously becoming a new life."
"Which is the Moka you know now."
"Out of compassion, I ultimately changed my plans."
"I created that cross to seal Moka's power, and I entrusted my own personality and will to it."
"Because her power was sealed, Moka's true personality and consciousness were also sealed within the cross."
"So, I could only seal my own memories and use my own personality and will to form Moka's surface personality."
"Therefore, the Moka you usually see is actually me."
"Now that my memories have returned and my consciousness has returned to my main body, Moka can finally take true control of her own body."
"..."
Hearing this, Lin fell into a thoughtful silence.
No wonder he had felt that Akashiya Moka's memories were shared one-way, as if the pink-haired Moka was sharing everything with the silver-haired Moka.
But the silver-haired Moka never shared her memories with the pink-haired one.
It turns out the 'pink-haired Moka' was Akasha all along.
It wasn't as he'd previously thought, that the pink-haired Moka was formed from Akasha's clone combined with a part of Moka's soul.
After a moment of contemplation, Lin met Akasha's gaze and asked,
"Since that's the case, what is our relationship now?"
"Don't you feel it?"
Akasha smiled and asked in return.
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