CH-51 A powerful new subordinate.

And… The was a snooze-fest, droning teacher voices melting glazed student eyes. But then…

—Shhhhhhhhhh!

A swirling, cosmic vortex burst open, hungrily swallowing every soul whose mind had been wandering instead of worried free.

Teachers, pupils, kids picking their pig noses, GULP! And all vanished without so much as a "See ya, wouldn't wanna be ya!"

I did a little detective play, reveling in the beautiful silence.

What if some clever devil had planted secret cameras to capture my video? Although, No-body could get that recording, there could be a live broadcasting device for someone else who watched my actions.

I squinted suspiciously around the room, expecting lens bulbs to leer from every nook and cranny. After an intense sweep, I relaxed. The coast was clear--no specters, no spies. Again a paranoia crept in.

'... Just my lonesome self and this divine hush. Ahh… Hold up! There are still merfolks intruders around me!' I eyed Hajin, whose gaze was glued to the floor when Tina was comforting her.

Eh… When I upraise… her chin after pitching my Index and thumb fingers on it, tears streamed down from her cheeks with a straight face.

'Egad! Did I utter something awry?' I inquired of Harriet, who was giggling in my brian when I tormented Shonu.

At times like this, I sense my system or daughter is… sadistic. Afterall… she was very half after viewing my foes' suffering, more so than I.

[... Nay! Perhaps, she is overjoyed or maybe sorrow grips her. Who knows? These emotional affairs befuddle me since I'm is just Ai.]

"...Why the waterworks?" I dropped to one knee, offering a tissue to mop up her leaky eyes.

—Sniff!

"Deity… At last… freedom… mine!" Hajin blubbered through the word-puddles, flinging herself at me. Somehow I stayed upright, both knees earthbound as she clung to my waist, facedown.

"Alrighty! Alrighty! No catastrophe here!" I pet her back in big-sisterly fashion — She was bawling like a tiny tot.

Five minutes later, she regained her vocal's origins, kneeling before my standing form.

"You gotta zip your lip flap and vamoose back to my turf. If I lollygag, suspicions will arise, and this woman doesn't dig drama. Understood?" I released a defeated exhale, removing my facial disguise mask.

I parted my mouth-gates and took my obsidian soul-sword inside my soul after putting it into the scabbard.

This blade is part of my essence, meaning it can terminate anything - cultivator, celestial, you name it - without prejudice.

My trump card for sure in future, but until I level up to the next cosmic tier, I'm keeping these bad boys on a low-key leash.

Not showing off the full firepower yet before climbing to the next realm.

"Take me with, O Goddess. I pledge that my body is your loyal underling." Hajin grabbed my paws, eyes pleading, indicating a kicked puppy.

"... Tsk tsk, what about Tina over there? Thought it back… you two were the Inseparable Inseparables for a few moments ago." I gestured towards Tina, who wore a smirk wise enough to make the Sphinx blush.

Hajin gazed at Tina for a few minutes, then turned to me. "She is my younger sibling, who has conveyed from the onset that I had the lust to become your personal subordinate after learning your great stories in five heavens by my biological mother."

"Our ancestors also instructed us to bind ourselves to you, so that we may bask in your protection for our race's future."

'... At least she's forthright!' My eyelids twitch.

I feel these individuals had prophesied something monumental, but I held no interest in the days to come.

Nevertheless, she manipulated considerable power and could prove quite useful in future, so I smiled. "Very well, I don't object. But you must perpetually lurk in the shadows. And what about this realm? Will you still grace it with your presence?"

"Nay! All my kin shall ascend to godhood by our ancestors' final decree." Harriet denied.

"These domains shall soon face annihilation by a calamity, thus my brethren shall flee from this place. Oh, apologies, goddess, they cannot accompany me to serve you."

"...Acceptable!" I refrained from further probing and informed, "Upon our arrival in my world, conceal yourself elsewhere, and we shall forge a spiritual bond alongside an oath of heaven to solidify your allegiance. Is that amenable?"

"Yes, I am willing to become your servant." Hajin nodded, then merged her vessel into… my shadow. "I can simply abide in your darkness and shield you from all the harm."

"Foolish one, do not constantly linger there. How old are you! And who told my stories in five heavens?" I bent down and pinched her cheeks after leaving her head out from my shadow.

"O-Okay! I'm 107 years old, And goddesses like you are famous in the whole heavens plus my mother was a traveler in the heavens." Hajin shyly nodded and retreated into my shadow, maintaining silence.

"...I got the picture!" Nothing else piqued my curiosity, so I shifted my gaze towards Tina.

Her cheeks flushed a pretty pink as she averted eye contact… Is she feeling immense gratitude to me?... Impressive.

"Then I shall whisk your sisterly companion away from you with me. Revel in merriment, and ere long we'll reunite in godly splendor. Don't let me down, okay?" I flashed a grin, eliciting another rosy bloom across her face.

"O-Okay, I won't Iris!" Tina bobbed her head and scampered off. Eh! What was that? Why does she start to blush? Don't tell me she is in love with me? Heh… then she was already rejected by me.

… But there was no heartfelt embrace or… anything with Hajin? Doesn't she know that Her kin knows they're parting ways for a long time?

...Meh, not my rodeo. Soon, Hajin's envious tone reached my ears, "Goddess, might I also address you by your first name?"

"... Sure thing!" I imparted a few lessons before she zapped me back to my native realm.

Apparently, she possessed inborn superpowers allowing interdimensional travel, void creation, and realm connection - so long as she knew the destination.

A tad surprising, her having abilities pre-dating her cultivator days in the Empire realms.

Then again, I too have a special case with supernatural gifts in my appearance like… Let's not dwell on it. Upon my homeworld jump, I found many students assembled in the palace, etched with horror.

'It was good that I changed my clothes into my previous dress.' I was… watched by many students, And I was erecting in… front stage… above… Orpa.

"Bitch… you are heavy."

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