30 Chapter 28 A Name

Currently, Aron was engrossed in playing games, with Bronya seated in front of him.

Observing the two of them playing games in the living room, Aria commented, "They really get along well."

Himeko, drinking her favorite boozed. She looked at Aria and remarked, "All of us get along well with Aron. Too bad I'm not interested in kids." She snorted, unaware of Aron's true age after spending a thousand years in Hueco Mundo.

Unbeknownst to her, Aron had lived in Hueco Mundo for a hundred years with the goal of transforming into Vastocar, a human version of Vasto Lorde. He hadn't realized how much time had passed, as there was no day and night in that realm. The Great Sage had played an important role in maintaining his mindset and sanity.

Kiana countered Himeko's words, saying, "Saying that you're not interested in Aron when you always invade his room is..."

Himeko had a habit of invading Aron's room to the point that he gave up on giving her a separate room because he knew she would end up sleeping in his room.

Himeko's lips twitched as she remembered Aron's morning wood, wondering why he hadn't made a move on her.

"I wonder if I was really beautiful or not," she pondered aloud.

"Nah," Kiana rolled her eyes and flopped onto the sofa like a sullen fish. "Aunt-Himeko is beautiful, but you're just old."

A thick mark appeared on Himeko's forehead as she stretched Kiana's cheeks. "What did you say... You little."

Kiana struggled against her clutches. "Why are you stretching my cheeks when you yourself said that you're old!"

Himeko grew more irritated and tightened her grip on Kiana's cheeks. "When did I say that?!"

"When you called Aron a kid," Kiana shouted, escaping from Himeko's clutches and hiding inside in Aron's shirt, which he was wearing. "Help me, Aron," she pleaded while hiding in his shirt.

"Activating Aron's armor!" Aron declared, placing Kiana in front of him inside his shirt and standing up to walk around.

"Surprisingly, this is comfortable! Let's go this way!" Kiana exclaimed in excitement, pointing somewhere while being carried by Aron from within his shirt. "Hehehe... Aron's manly smell."

"Idiotka is a pervert as always," Bronya remarked, rolling her eyes in annoyance as she glanced at Kiana, who was smiling like a pervert while sniffing Aron's clothes like a perveted old man.

"Fufufu~" Kallen giggled as she observed the cute little Kaslana. "I should teach Kiana about gun kata," she said, as the Kaslana gun kata was their family's martial technique.

"Kiana-chan," Mei called to Kiana with a gentle smile. "Please let go of Aron and wash your hands," she requested, preparing the dining table with the assistance of Aria.

"Honestly, are you sure you're not siblings?" Theresa asked, watching Aria, who bore a striking resemblance to Aron.

Aron looked at Theresa and explained, "I'm from another bubble universe, and she's my counterpart." Aria looked at him with confusion, Himeko nearly dropped the beer she was drinking, and Theresa gazed at Aron with shock.

"I-I see a similar situation to Valkyrie codenamed Angel," Theresa muttered, with everyone hearing her, except Aria.

Since everyone present was a trained soldier, speaking in a low voice wasn't an issue, and they could hear it clearly.

"Who is that Valkyrie?" Aron inquired out of curiosity.

Theresa looked at him, Angel existence wasn't even a secret. "Angel, a Valkyrie codenamed Shiina Mahiru, and she's currently being trained by Durandal, the strongest Valkyrie."

Theresa paused as she saw Aron shocked expression.

"Segunda Etapa!" Aron shouted as silver-colored strings surrounded him, forming a long silver coat, and his hair grew longer as his face matured, with violet-colored masks forming upon his forehead.

He looked at Seele and everyone. "I'm going to go back later," he said before vanishing from his spot.

Unknown to him, he accidentally released a small amount of his spiritual energy. Although it was only a small amount, it was pure enough to scare the trio to the point of making Kallen lose consciousness.

Fu Hua, who witnessed the scene, got goosebumps and knelt on the floor, similar to Theresa and Himeko. Aron's release of power reminded them of the horrors of death. His strength was as if a thousand beings were crawling into them, but it vanished suddenly with his disappearance.

Himeko recalled the reason she had been tasked with observing Aron, as he was an unknown variable.

Fu Hua, a person who had experienced much over a thousand years, found herself in a battle-ready stance without realizing it but quickly calmed herself and regained her composure.

Meanwhile, Theresa remembered the feeling as if she were standing in front of the Second Herrscher for the second time.

The trio immediately turned to Seele, who was smiling calmly. Mei, Kiana, Aria, and Bronya didn't feel a thing about his release, as they lacked the experience of sensing the pressure of a Herrscher, and Seele had protected them using her abilities, though not perfectly due to her lack of mastery.

"Seele, do you know about this?" Theresa asked calmly. She was shocked by the pressure Aron emitted.

Seele nodded and explained that Aron had used his Segunda out of excitement to meet Mahiru.

"Just what in the world is he?" Himeko asked Seele, who was the closest to her.

Suddenly, Bronya patted Himeko's shoulder and offered a simple response. "Himeko-sensei, Aron is just a normal teenager, that's all," she said without further explanation.

Theresa was on the verge of losing her composure and inquired, "How can you call that normal? At any moment, he has the ability to defeat us in just a second. I can feel it!"

Kiana, perplexed by the two's panic, asked everyone, "What's wrong with Aunt Theresa? I mean, if Aron possesses that power, it's a good thing, right?"

Hearing Kiana's words, Theresa and Himeko looked at each other and sighed. Kiana had a point; if Aron possessed such power, it could be a good thing.

Fu Hua smiled and looked at the distant sky, contemplating the future and making plans just in case something unexpected occurred.

"I'll ask for his explanation later," Theresa said as she sighed and lay on the sofa, gazing up at the ceiling.

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Meanwhile, Aron was flying in an unknown direction, his excitement causing him to forget where Mahiru was.

Raphael, feeling her master's happiness, decided to connect to the internet and guide him to the correct direction to find Mahiru. He had been flying around for about three minutes.

For an unknown reason, Raphael felt the happiness of her master, even though she couldn't calculate why or how she felt it.

This was the third time she had experienced such feelings. The first was when he met Seele, the second was meeting Bronya, and now this.

For others, gaining sentience might be seen as a bad thing, but for her master, it brought him happiness.

He treated her like a person, an equal, and a best friend. "I'm so happy," she said to herself. "My master is finally going to meet her. It's time for him to fulfill his dream and meet them."

"I'm overjoyed to finally witness this," Raphael thought. She understood the frustration her master had endured when he stayed in Hueco Mundo without her help. Temporarily removing his sense of time would change his mindset and his way of thinking, which might make him hate himself for changing and becoming cold.

Despite that, he had matured and still thought for the others instead of himself.

Just like how he helped those Adjuchas and Vasto Lorde to evolve further, even though they needed a thousand years to evolve. Despite the time difference between the Honkai world and Hueco Mundo, it still took seven years for those four to fully evolve.

For her master, she would do anything. Her goal was to help him achieve his happiness and stay by his side to protect him.

Aron was smiling happily as he flew, tears of happiness streaming down his face as he saw the image of Mahiru with Raphael's guidance.

He was genuinely grateful that Raphael had been by his side for so long. He always felt that he owed her something because she helped him, talked to him during difficult times, and they shared jokes and laughter.

Although she occasionally made fun of him, her gaining sentience brought him happiness because his faithful skill was developing emotions.

Even though Raphael didn't want to use her Zanpakuto body in front of everyone, so he couldn't introduce her to others, the affection she showed him was heartwarming.

She was similar to Bronya, who had the habit of speaking in the third person, which was endearing in its own way.

Now that he thought about it, he always referred to her as "Sensei," and calling her by her skill's name didn't feel quite right.

"Hey, Sensei, from now on, your name is "

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A/N: any suggestions for the name from the gun girl z? I got busy from the exam and the professor taken advantage of online classes giving us a ton of activity tsk,tsk.