ch14 < chronoa >

As soon as they were all inside, the door closed. The kids panicked, but Karna reassured them.

"Don't worry," he said.

Despite his calming words, they remained afraid. He picked up Alice and Chloe, one on each arm, and continued walking.

The path ahead seemed straightforward, but it was packed with traps designed to disorient them.

For a regular human, navigating this would be impossible, but with Karna's universal perception, it wasn't even challenging.

Suddenly, voices echoed in everyone's minds, a powerful form of telepathy:

(Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear...)

(He noticed, he noticed.)

(Oh, my, my, my, my, my...)

(Tee-hee-hee-hee-hee!)

(You bore us, guest!)

(Be more scared for us!)

"Ohohoho... Intruders? I must eliminate them," a mischievous voice echoed from the golem, chuckling as the kids hid behind Karna.

Before they could react, a small fairy leaped out."Boo!" she shouted, giggling as the kids jumped back before relaxing.

"Hello, everyone! Welcome to my Labyrinth!" she exclaimed, her cheerful voice reverberating through the corridor.

The children's eyes widened at the sight of the tiny fairy.

< Maybe I should praise her.Karna thought.>

"Oh, you are the Fairy Queen! You look quite cute in this form.

"Ramiris instantly became embarrassed. "I'm majestic!" she screamed."

Yes, yes. You are indeed majestic."

<She knows Karna and the kids because Milim told Ramiris that a blonde-haired, handsome man with blue eyes would come to visit her.>

"Meet Ramiris, she is the Spirit Queen. Say hello to her."

They were all excited to greet her as I had already told them about her role as the world's administrator and as the holy person who guides heroes.

Ramiris became a little shy when all the kids enthusiastically greeted her

< go on tell some interesting story to them. I helped her in flow . Karna said to Ramiris through thought communication >

She then told them a story:

<Among these, light and darkness, the two great spirits, who came to exist at same moment as world. < p>

But the world was without form, an ephemeral existence. Light and shadow, darkness and the light.

Two existences that shall never interweave. One day, the great spirit Time was born.

The child of light and darkness. And thus the world began to move. The moving world spun, without purpose, around itself.

Inside the flowing currents of life and death, Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, and Sky—these five great spirits were born.

And since then, these were the great eight spirits.>

They were shocked after hearing it, as some had heard about this somewhere before.

I then explained the reason. How the excessive magicule in their souls would kill them in the next three months.

Ramiris gave me a serious and thoughtful look. Then she flew over toward the children, peering intently into their faces.

I had no idea she could express herself this way, actually—with that kind of real and very non-demon lord affection.

"Mmm. You know, I'm a demon lord, but I'm also a guide for the holy. I am a fairy resident of this labyrinth, and I was also the Spirit Queen.

My job is to instill the protection of the spirits into heroes, just as I did with Leon.

So don't worry. I always play it fair with people. Because I—yes, I!—am the one who maintains the balance in this world!!"

The other elementals flitted happily around in the air. Blessed light filled the chamber. It was a very solemn, very divine series of events.

Her ditziness was now replaced with true dignity.

We then went to eat lunch before they summoned their spirits.While I was preparing the table and food for everyone, she began by giving them a crash course on spirits, helping them understand what they were and what to do during summoning.

Ramiris was licking her lips in anticipation, so it was clear that Milim had bragged to her all about my cooking.

Pizza and strawberry custard were on today's menu..

What is this it's so tasty. Ramiris exclaimed

Ramiris instantly fell for my cooking and even tried to recruit me as her subordinate.

But I rejected her and said, "Why not come and join Tempest? You can make a dungeon in Tempest, you can taste my cooking, and even dryads are there."

"If you are so enthusiastically inviting me, then I will join Tempest," she said.

"Haha yes, and you don't need to be an unemployed shut-in anymore. If you can move your labyrinth over there, I will be happy and I can even provide you work there.

"Your status will shift from a neet maou to a working maou."

"She was both offended and happy at the same time, and the kids laughed.

She then led us to the Oracle Chamber, which is directly connected to the dwelling itself.

As the oldest, Gale went in first, and I followed behind him.

His prayer had been answered not by a high-level elemental but by low-level ones with no sense of self—fragments of natural energy, similar to magicules but not quite.

I then used cosmic ocean to absorb the spirit particles.

<Dark smoke came out of Karna's hand and started absorbing the spirit particles.>

I used integration and created an earth spirit for him. I also added Gravity Control to the spirit.

2nd is Alice was the one who went after Gale.

She said that she was scared walking down the path, so I carried her princess-style.

Like Gale, she was unable to summon a high-level spirit, so I made one for her.

It was a greater Sky spirit. I added Spatial Manipulation and Shadow Motion to it and used integration to synthesize the spirit with Alice.

"You did great, it's alright now." A smile bloomed on Alice's face, and she kissed me on my cheek.

Next was Kanya. He summoned a great light spirit. The light spirit told him that he possessed the qualification to become a hero.

Indeed, if he practices hard, he might become a true hero one day.

As for Ryota, he summoned two spirits—one of wind and one of water. Karna absorbed and combined them, creating a unique elemental for him.

And so, only one person was left.

The last person, Chloe, was very afraid to walk there, so I carried her princess-style.

She was very happy.Seems like she lied about her fear.

"Umm, sensei... I... I l-love you!!!"Red to her ears, she told me.

"If you haven't changed your thoughts six years later, we will talk about it again."

<After hearing my response, she became red like a tomato. I even thought might pass out.>

Like everyone else, she bowed to pray. That's when things started to change.

An earthquake happened. Even the time axis started changing.

<Future Chloe will appear, Karna thought.>

An oppressive aura, and a beautiful girl with black hair. I used Analyze with just my eyes. Rather than a spirit, she radiated some form of soul energy.

She needs to bind with Chloe, otherwise, they will disappear.She reached me in an instant and kissed me.

<Unlike canon, Karna can interact with Chronoa because he is a fully digital lifeform.>

The kiss was not a peck on the lips as she even put her tongue in my mouth.

< she is quite bold , what did my future self did with her.>

<I then found something; she established a soul link with me.>

Thus I obtained:<Temporal manipulation, Infinity Prison, Absolute End, Light Spirit Magic, and Water Magic.>

Sariel got stored in the system in information form.

Ramiris was freaking out and attacked her, but Chronoa dodged her attack and gave me a quick peck before she went inside Chloe.

Ramiris had her cheeks puffed out in obvious annoyance."...What was that just now?"

I then consoled her by giving her some cookies.

I then picked up Chloe and asked if she was okay. "Y... yeah, of course.

"Chloe finally rewarded me with a smile and hugged me.

<She suddenly became bold. Might be after receiving Chronoa's memories.>

Once they were all back together, I had them all give their thanks to Ramiris.

"Thank you very much!!" they chorused.

"Bah! It's fine, it's fine!" She turned red in the face, fanning herself as she flitted around.

I used the previous life model to create a robot figure with many universal joints to move freely and used materials similar to my sword and added them to the golem body.

Using demon summoning, Beretta came, and I commanded her to be a servant of Ramiris.

I then gave her the coordinates of Tempest and asked her to safely bring Ramiris over there.

Before long, Karna analyzed Dark Spirit Magic using the power of logic and reason with the help of Ramiris.

Thus when i used integration and got all the elements.

Therefore i combined all seven elements—water, fire, wind, earth, space, light and darkness.

< Quantum manipulation is obtained >

It got absorbed into the Power of Logic and Reason.

Outside the dungeon, Karna warned them to never share how he saved them.

"Now that your magicules are stable, you might even gain some unique skills.

"I also told them about Yuuki. "That Yuuki guy is suspicious. He used Thought Domination on me. His secretary is at a demon lord seed level."

"He may be bound to tell his superior, which will lead to more otherworlder summoning and you might end up as war weapons."

The kids got scared and understood the situation.

< Author Note- Some might think why she fall in love with karna than rimuru.

The reson is simple karna used fate manipulation and karmic bond to sever the strings of fate between rimuru and chloe..>

"If you ever think that something is suspicious or you are in danger, immediately come to Tempest while providing them a message that you are going to become an adventurer.

" I then shared the coordinates with Chloe. She asked me who that entity was, so I replied that it might be a manas (information core being).

I left the dungeon and used Spatial Transportation to move the kids to Ingrassia.

I later explained that those kids are now fine and will live long, happy lives.

Yuuki has often asked me how I saved them, but I decided not to tell him.

In the meantime, I taught the children various arts and techniques to help them grow.

They even asked how strong I am, so I told them about some of the strongest people.

Their power is currently balanced by spiritual energy; when that balances out, they might acquire their own unique skills.

I explained that to acquire skills, they need enough practice and strong desire. This will spark a spirit in them, motivating them to work hard to acquire skills.

Two months passed in the blink of an eye.

With the matter of the children resolved, I spent the rest of the time having fun, like having picnics and hanging around with Chloe.

Because of Karna's easy-going personality and kind aura, Chloe confessed her feelings to Karna again.

I told her I accept her feelings, but she needs to wait until she turns 16.

I also informed her about my relationship with Milim, and she was surprisingly okay with it.

Now, she openly displays her affection by hugging me, rubbing her face against my chest, urging me to feed her, and sitting on my lap whenever she gets the chance.

Her boldness and unwavering affection have become a constant in my life, filling me with unexpected warmth and joy.

(Good thing there is no FBI here.)

Sales were going well. When I had time, I visited Myormiles.

In the middle of the second month here, he warmly welcomed me. He even contacted Rimuru and decided to join Tempest.

I told Rimuru that he is trustworthy, and in the future, he might become the Head of the Revenue Department.

Because of establishing a soul link with Chloe,

Karna became even stronger.

< Karna combined Sariel with my ultimate skill, God of Nature Shakti.

Life and Death Manipulation upgraded into Life and Death Domination.

The ability to influence spiritrons became even faster, and the use of Consecutive Melt Slash became easier.. >

< stones??? >