Chapter 143

Meanwhile with Ray,

Initially, he planned to chase after Sirin. But soon he got sidetracked as soon as he met a certain person on the run while being chased after by an angry mob out for her blood.

"Darn that cursed vampire! Where did she go?" One of the angry mob shouted while lifting his weapon in a display of violence.

"There she is!" Another mob saw a girl running out from the woods.

"Eva?" Is this luck or intentional?" Ray wonders as he watches the chase a little bit longer.

However, when the girl was cornered to a cliff outside the forest. She looks at the edge of the cliff and the angry mob that will surround her soon. She made up her mind and closed her eyes. But just before she jumped, she noticed something odd.

"Huh? It suddenly got quiet." She mutters and hesitantly opens her eyes to see everything around her was in a temporal stasis.

The birds in the sky locked in space, the blade of grass freezed in the opposite direction of the cliff by the wind and the angry mob which is frozen in time.

"What's happening? Is this… Magic?" She questioned but she find that explanation to be improbable simply because stopping time is already difficult enough but she felt no mana reaction that indicates it's the work of a magic.

Looking around her with confusion, she then sighed in relief that she was no longer being chased and can afford a little rest.

"Whoever that saved me. Thank you." She said with gratitude and about to leave before the temporal stasis ended and the mob resumed their hunt.

"Hmn, your welcome. However, isn't it too hasty to leave without even meeting your benefactor first?"

"Benefactor?" The girl mutters and turns to the direction of the voice only to see no one which made her even confused.

"Hey! I'm down here, brat!"

The girl finally tilted her head down before she exclaimed in surprise.

"A cat?" She looked even more confused but grateful regardless as she approached the cat and kneel down on the grass.

"Did you cause this?" The girl asked while pointing at the surrounding that was frozen in time.

The girl also reached out her hands unconsciously to pet the cat's fur. But quickly noticed her rude action. However, the cat didn't seem to dislike it and enjoyed being touched. Only by girls, that is.

"Naturally. Who else could do it but me?" The cat boasted proudly and the girl simply nodded along.

"But… who and what are you?" The girl wondered.

After all, no one could simply stop time on such a massive scale while being a nobody and a simple cat. Naturally, the cat must simply be someone in disguise as it's not uncommon to have Mages with eccentric hobby such as turning themselves into an animal.

Being asked such question, the cat paused for a moment to ponder something before he looked back at the girl.

"An Outer God who coincidentally passed by." The cat answered.

"An Outer God? What's that?" The girl asked as she is familiar with the concept of God but not Outer God.

Then the cat explained the difference between the two in the simplest manner to the girl who listened curiously.

"Well, basically. I'm powerful. That's all that matter." The cat shrugs. The girl nodded along, unsure what to say next.

"Anyway, I can't stay here for long. I still have to chase after that mischievous daughter of mine." The cat explained before turning his head to look at the girl who suddenly look anxious that he is about to leave. But much to her surprise, he made her an offer. "Do you want to come with me?"

The girl looked a little shocked, thinking she heard it wrong. But after repeating his words in her mind, she is certain she heard it correctly. She was invited along. No longer should she worry about where to go, where to run and where to hide if she follows the cat to another world.

"Yes!" She answered excitedly.

"Good. Then, let me introduce myself." The cat jumped out of her hold and suddenly transformed with a dark flash of light.

The girl looked in awe and blushed when the cat unexpectedly transformed into a tall and handsome man.

"I am Ray, just Ray. Also a 12th Dimensional Eldritch God at your service. Now, I don't usually help for free. I don't run a charity after all. Instead, I grant your wish in exchange for your soul." Ray said with a menacing smile intended to deter the girl. However, the intended effect didn't happen.

"A wish?" The girl mutters in surprise before she goes into a deep contemplation. She naturally has many regrets. But, those cannot compare to her hatred for the one that cursed her into her current state.

"My wish… is to kill the one that turned me into a vampire." She said after confirming her thoughts.

However, Ray did not give an immediate answer. Instead, he stared at her for a moment while humming before he asked. "Is that all? Of all things you could ask for, you just want to kill someone?"

"Huh? What do you mean?" The girl sounded somewhat confused and a little angered by his question and her power started to leak due to the outburst of her emotions. But, her anger did little to deter Ray.

"Exactly as I said. You are too clouded by your desire for revenge that you couldn't make a better wish. With my power, you could change your fate, create another timeline where you lived a peaceful and normal life or anything else that is better than just a simple revenge." Ray shrugged.

When the girl heard his argument, she could deny that what he said was true. After all, she still has other regrets like the family and servants she accidentally killed when she was turned into a vampire. Yet the first that came to mind was her revenge.

After being given a wake up call, the girl didn't get angry and instead smiled. In her smile held a sense of pride and arrogance that she once had.

"Then, I want you to grant this wish of mine. To create a timeline where I never become a vampire on my tenth birthday and the one that turned me into a vampire never exists." She declared her wish.

"You know that counts as more than one wish right?" Ray gave her a deadpan look.

"Hmph, my soul isn't that cheap you can buy with just one wish. Besides, aren't you a powerful god? Don't tell me you can fulfill such a simple wish?" She crossed her arms and said arrogantly.

Although underneath that expression, she does show worries that he wouldn't grant her wishes. However, her worry seems to be unfounded.

"Is that doubt, I heard? Are you doubting me? Fine, I'll show you a hint of my true power."

After he said that, Ray snapped his finger as the world surrounding them turned gray like a scene out of a black and white photo.

*Crack*

*Crack*

*Crack*

The world twisted as cracks formed until it eventually shattered into a million pieces of glass fragments containing scenes of the world that fell apart and revealed a dark void.

From the fragments, a brilliant light shoots out as the fragments gather and absorb by the ball of light.

*Snap*

The ball of light stopped and suddenly burst out an all consuming light, forcing the confused girl to shield her eyes.

What the girl saw next was a familiar place, a familiar castle, a familiar scenery and familiar people.

A group of people dressed like servants and nobles gathered around a table with a small blond girl dressed like a princess, sitting before the table excitedly looking at a cake.

Watching the scene, the girl reached out her hand to the girl in the scene. However, his hand passed through and couldn't hold anything as if she was simply watching an illusion.

"You shouldn't interfere with another timeline as an outsider otherwise you risk causing deviation of the timeline." Ray explained softly from behind.

The girl said nothing more as she continued and watched the girl in the scene enjoying her birthday party as the servants sang her a Happy Birthday song while the lord and lady presented the girl with gifts. A very warm scene that she should have but was deprived of.

There is a voice in her mind that whispers this was merely an illusion by the man claimed to be a god to trick her. However, she didn't seem to care anymore. Even if it's just an illusion. Watching the scene made her feel content and able to let go of the burden and regrets weighing on her mind.

Quickly wiping her tears dry, the girl turns around and looks at Ray.

"Let's go." She urges.

"Hey, what about the person who turned you into a vampire? Don't you want to take revenge on him?" Ray asked.

"No. Not anymore." The girl shook her head. Before she placed a hand on her hip and pouted. "Also, I have a name. It's Evangeline Athanasia Katherine McDowell. But calling my full name would be a mouthful every time so be grateful that I grant you the privilege to call me simply as Eva for short."

"Sure… Eva." Ray nods and dispels the scene which fades away before he opens a portal and reverts into his feline form much to Eva's confusion why he did it.

"Anyway, since I already got you. I might as well complete my collection of blond legal loli vampires." Ray jumped into the portal before Eva could say anything.

"Hey! What do you mean by loli! I'm not sho— AHHH!" Eva couldn't finish her words when something weird dragged her by her ankle which caught her off guard as she was dragged into the portal.

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