Uncertain feelings

"Eh? Grand orders fighting on Earth? Frankly I do not care." I responded knowing Earth did in fact survive in the future and life was also thriving there. So no matter what I do, Earth will survive. It's fate.

"You have a fragment of a grand order inside of you and you do not even care? You, too, will be consumed." Jun said.

"I can not care... Maybe because I can not comprehend it? But regardless, they're god-like beings and even if I have a fragment of their power, I do not have any experience using this power so in the end it's all meaningless, no?"

"Ugh! You and Jun are so same with your nonchalant attitude but what about the life on this planet? You can just hand over the fragment and we will be on our way. We will finally have three out of six fragments and next is on another planet." Yukta sighed.

"Another planet? You mean there is life outside of this Earth?" I asked.

"Yup! But not all the planets have life on them. In the entire universe, only about fifty planets have life form on them. So we will quickly go there and get the fragments and put them on a planet with no life form. We hope the grand order move to that planet to wage their wars." Yukta answered.

"Then why hasn't our planet found existence of life-forms so far?"

"Legate stops anyone from interacting with anyone. So that's why you guys haven't found anything." Jun answered.

"Fine... you can have my fragment and the other one too if and only if you allow me to come with you to the different planets. Deal?" I asked.

Now that I think about it, maybe the future grand orders only have a fragment of the real grand order and all five are on Earth in future which means something does happen in the future and their plan to make the gods fight on other planet failed. Whatever plan they have in mind is bound to fail at some point so I have to stay careful.

"Legate doesn't allow citizen to join the spaceship... so I must refuse the deal and take the fragment forcefully if need be." Yun pulled out his sword from the sheath.

"H-hey! Weren't we told not to fight?!" Yukta too got in a fighting stance while Ava tried stopping both of them from fighting me.

"As you wish." I raised my hand. "Sanctuary of Kaal." A temple like domain formed around us, almost as big as the hall we were in. I was yet not sure the true powers but from what I know it quantified powers in numbers. So... apparently, Jun, Ava and Yukta were ranked C while I was rank E but the sanctuary provided me with buffs of some kind.

Buffs were: Attack is increased by 12% which will stacks up to 4 times with each hit.

 Defense is increased by 24%.

 De-buff the enemy against wind attacks by 38%.

 Wind attack increased by 30%.

I received rank B as my final rank after all the buffs and de-buffs. I also noticed how my sanctuary of Kaal was in attack mode as compared to research mode when I first activated it. Maybe it reacts differently under different conditions.

If it has come down to fighting, I have to keep in mind that I don't have healing capabilities. Wait... I don't even have a weapon?! Am I supposed to use my fists? Ugh seems like it.

I dashed towards them and one thing I noticed was how quick I launched myself.

"Wha-" Jun was shocked seeing my speed. He tried to block my attack but I was too fast and punched him as hard as I could. Now my attack should have a +24% attack boost. I spun myself towards Yukta to land a kick but she created a shield around her to block my attack but I still received my buff and lastly it was Ava but Jun threw his spear at me for a distraction and tried landing a punch but I dodged it and kneed his stomach.

Now I have all my buffs. I used my wind magic to fly up in the air. This state of flight gives me another 33% attack boost. I can still level up these two skills. I think I have another one I got from having a fragment of Aquilae that lets me reverse time but I currently do not have a use of it.

But before I could attack them at all, Natalia teleported and placed her hand on Yun indicating him to stop.

"I didn't think things would get this serious but if Kara wants to join us for the next planet then let him. You're welcome to join us and if you meet certain criteria we will give you rest of the fragments too, how does that sound?" Natalia spoke.

"Sounds good to me plus tell me how to level up my talents. It shows lvl.1 right now."

"Oh? Well there is only one way to level up talents. Each of the grand order has a sect that gives you special material to level up but only if they see you worthy of the specific level. So even if you're ... lets say lvl.9, they may not let you get to lvl.10, they're really strict about it."

"And how much increase in power can I see?" I asked.

"Not that much. You flight gives you 33% increase, right? At lvl.10, you might get... 70% increase...? So, a gain of less than 40% and same goes for your sanctuary too. Maybe 24% increase per stack. and no increase in wind attack and wind de-buff. Some stats do not change. Since we are both vessels of Aquilae, I know a lot about your abilities. If you want..." She walked over to me and leaned too close to my face. "I can even teach you privately."

I may have fear of women but this was different... is she... a predator...? I felt completely unsafe in her presence which was different from last time. There is definitely more to Natalia than what meets the eye.

"It's against the rules." Jun opposed to the entire deal.

"Oh? I'll talk to superiors, do not worry." Natalia said. "So, we will be sending a couple more people to help deal with the fragment and once we have retrieved it safely, I'll see if you can have it or not, okay, Kara?"

"Giving me a fragment is a dangerous idea considering I'm not your ally."

"Oh? I know what I'm doing." With this Natalia and other teleported away.

...

A week had passed since then and my finals started. With this I'll graduate from school and will turn 18 next year. I'll finally be an adult soon.

My first exam was physics which was easy enough for me. I hadn't met Livia since my birthday either so I hope to see her again.

"H-hey!" Livia approached me hesitantly.

"Oh? How was the exam?"

"Good but..." She looked down even more worried.

"Oh? About my birthday party? Don't worry. I dealt with it my own way." I answered and patted her back. "Everything will be alright and those alien species police found the other day will be taken care of as well."

"But even then it's worrying. To know that something exists outside... I mean aliens are well-known and well-accepted concept but now that I finally know for a fact that something does exist... it's scary."

"Right. It's one thing to accept things but it's another to face them. I can't say much but don't rely too much on others or me when something does happen. I won't be of any help."

"Right? You're just a human like me... But anyways I do have friends to rely on unlike you. Friendless loner." She said in a joking tone.

I don't hate her teasing. The fact that someone can tease me is good enough. It shows that she is not scared of offending me which in turn means she is not after my status.

"I may be friendless but at least I'm smart and rich."

"Boooo~" She pouted.

I'm sorry but your innocence is a burden on me. I might not be able to make a decision if you keep acting in such a manner. I'm not sure what is fate and what isn't.

Is me going to future a fate? If yes, then whatever I do, I can't help Earth. If no, then at what point did my destiny change? Is there someone out there who can really change destiny just like that?

Why am I thinking of Elena and Amelia in such situation. What reason do I have for staying in this world? I can just go back to future, right? But something isn't right. I have been feeling uncertain lately... almost as if... I'm not me. When I first unlocked Aquilae's powers, I became incredibly arrogant and even now I act more arrogant than ever before. Where did I gain such a personality from? This is not me. But then why... why do I feel like I'm superior to others... why do I feel like taking over the Earth? I'm starting to lose myself.