The Mysterious Hole

One of the Aerstrand Kingdom's 3 Great Noble Houses is the Engelbert House.

The current Head of the Engelbert House is a man named George von Engelbert.

Ever since youth, George's academic and combat abilities were top notch.

And right now, such a great person is standing in front of Asahi.

"Thank you for coming all the way here from the Memino Kingdom, my dear guests." George said in a calm and gentle tone.

"Enough with the formalities, George! We've been best friends since the old days, so there's no need to be so stiff!" Shigure replied with a grin as he placed his hand in George's back.

Asahi, Hatsuki and Tadamori were surprised by their father's sudden action, their eyes opening wide.

"Haha, I guess you're right. Still, you never changed since the old days, Shigure." George said, his formal attitude gone. It has been a while since George and Shigure saw each other due to their respective jobs, so it's only natural.

"You never changed too, though!" Shigure replied.

George smiled after hearing him, then, he glanced towards Asahi's direction and said

"So this is your adoptive son, Asahi, was it? He looks attractive, huh. Oh, I apologize, but it seems that my daughter is not here right now. She's been going out of the house these days."

"Don't worry about it. I should be the one to apologize. I only found this out last night, but it seems like Asahi has two lovers right now. I don't know how your daughter would feel if she learn this." Shigure said in an apologetic tone.

"Oh? Is that so? He's only ten years of age, but he already has two lovers. Haha, it seems like he beat us in our youth then! I remember that we were too shy to speak with girls when we were at his age!" George said with a laugh, trying to cheer up the mood.

"That's what I also thought!" Shigure said with a grin.

As they finished talking, Asahi and his older siblings introduced themselves.

"I'm sorry of the late introduction, Duke Engelbert. My name is Kiryuin Tadamori, it's nice to be your acquaintance."

"My name is Kiryuin Hatsuki, it's nice to meet you."

"My name is Kiryuin Asahi, it's a pleasure to meet you."

The Kiryuin siblings said in a respectful tone.

"No need to be formal. My wife and I have been friends with Shigure, Sakiyo and Shimeshi since the old days, so you can just refer to me as your uncle." George said as he smiled gently.

After that, George, Shigure, Sakiyo and Shimeshi chatted idly for more than an hour. Asahi and his older siblings also chatted with them.

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"That was exhausting~" Asahi said with a sigh as he lied down on top of the bed.

After an hour of sitting on a chair and talking, they finally finished. And Asahi finally got a time to rest, so he went straight towards his bedroom.

After laying down on the bed, Asahi took a nap.

*bzzz *bzzz

A sound of vibration filled the room, making Asahi open his eyes.

Asahi sat down on the bed and looked at his finger.

His platinum colored ring was glowing dimly.

Seeing this, Asahi gently touched the ring, then, a hologram of Nemo and Chloe suddenly appeared.

(We were only separated for a day, but I miss them already.) Asahi thought as he looked at the hologram.

"Good afternoon, Asahi." Nemo and Chloe greeted.

"Good afternoon. Y'know, I miss you alot already." Asahi said with a gentle expression.

"We miss you too. But you can't see us yet. You'll have to attend a birthday party, right?"

"Yeah, haha" Asahi said with a dry laugh. "By the way, what made you call me today?"

"It's because we recieved a letter from King Ferdinand. He said that the Celestial Saint Holy Land's Holy Master agreed to your request. He also said that the Holy Land's Holy Master wants to meet at the Ustrela Kingdom's Capital." Chloe explained.

"Oh yeah, I get where the Holy Land's Holy Master is coming from. After all, the Ustrela Kingdom's Capital is near the ocean. Since we're both an island territory, it is the closest location." Asahi said as he wondered.

"Right. We already prepared a suitable number of people to bring, so we're ready to go anytime. We're only waiting for you now. Most of the Palace members also learned the basics, so we wouldn't be a burden if a fight were to break out."Nemo added with a confident smile.

"That's great! I guess I wasn't wrong to make you two Vice Palace Masters." Asahi said with a smile.

They chatted idly for a while after that.

Half an hour later-

"Bye, you two. I love you." Asahi said as he waved his hands.

"We love you too. Bye!" Both Nemo and Chloe said at the same time, then, the call ended.

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It's been a day since Chloe and Nemo called.

Right now, Asahi is outside Duke Engelbert's mansion. He wears formal clothes and also make up.

Other nobles also filled the surroundings.

The birthday party was about to begin.

When Asahi was about to go inside the mansion, his whole body felt hot.

(What is going on?) Asahi thought.

"Father, I'm having a bit of a stomach ache, so I'll take a short break." Asahi said to Shigure in a hurry.

"Okay, but come back immediately, got it?" Shigure replied.

"Yes." After saying that, Asahi immediately ran towards a remote area and leaned on a tree.

Then, his body started glowing with white light.

As the light grow more intense, it compressed together and shot towards the sky.

After that, the hot sensation on Asahi's body dissappeared.

(What was that?) Asahi thought. Then, he came back towards Shigure and the others.

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In the Eastern Region of the Oveigon continent, in the Aerstrand Kingdom, two streaks of white light shot up towards the sky.

The light pierced through the planet's atmosphere and went straight towards outer space.

In outer space, just above the planet of Celaen's atmosphere, a large crack appeared. In a few moments, the crack turned into a huge hole.

The hole was chaotic, but at the same time, it also looks like a gate leading to a higher dimension.

Just below, the two streaks of light shot upward, going inside the huge hole in the sky.

After the two streaks of light got inside it, the hole slowly closed.

And in a minute, the outer space became peaceful. It's as if nothing had happened.