Kai was watching the entire news with Marsha in the hospital as they tried to see if they missed something important or not. This was a plan they brought up without a long preparation after all.

"So, what do you think about this?" Marsha asked with a serious expression.

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"I think that's fine."

"First of all, I should congratulate you. Mr. First SSS Rank Magician." Marsha made a smug smile as if she was the one who crowned Kai for such a title.

Little did she know, Kai's power would just keep getting stronger as he eventually became the so-called Supreme Rank.

"I wonder how much change you will bring to this world." Marsha shook her head in defeat.

"Ahaha, I am going to retire soon." Kai shrugged.

"Why?"

"You should know the real reason why people can unite, right?"

"So you think Magical Beasts are necessary? And you're planning to spare the sea invaders."

"Only the former. I can't afford to do the second one." Kai shook his head.

"In that case—" When she was about to address another problem, she stopped when Kai stared at the door. Furrowing her eyebrows, Marsha turned around and saw the door opening.

Suddenly, a female's voice echoed inside the room.

"What's this? You have gone for five months and the next thing we know, you have three more wives?"

"Who are they again?" Kai jokingly asked.

"Isn't it Roselyn, Felice, and this girl? You already forgot about them?" The door was pushed open as a blonde girl entered the room. She was none other than Michelle Graham.

Behind her stood Ayaka and Tasha, staring at Marsha with a curious gaze while Evan kept looking left and right as if he was afraid of something.

"Roselyn is not. She is just a good friend. Felice is my student. If he wants to become my little sister or niece, I will allow it, but I don't want to get into another taboo relationship. Tasha is the only one… As for her…" Kai took a glance at Marsha's expression. "She is the insane woman who made me swim across the ocean for more than two days."

"Can you do a better introduction?" Marsha rolled her eyes and stood up to greet them.

Kai chuckled and introduced her again. "This is Marsha, the current leader of the Union."

"My name is Marsha. It's my pleasure to meet all of you." Marsha politely nodded.

Before Michelle said any words, Kai shouted, "Evan, what are you doing?"

"I am trying to protect myself from your threat again."

"Leisa won't be coming here and I won't call her." Kai shook his head. "There is something more important than her."

"You sure?"

"Yes. Why are you acting like a scaredy-cat even though I tried to help you be more honest with your feelings…" Kai shook his head helplessly.

"…" Evan looked away as he couldn't deny it. Although he had yet to admit it because of her age, Evan enjoyed the time they spent together. It would be better if the age problem were settled.

"Can you heal me first?"

Evan hesitated for a moment before coming to him, starting to heal Kai. "What kind of battle have you fought to receive this kind of wound… I'm surprised that you're already this cheerful with this kind of battle. A normal person would have fallen into a coma, you know. Magic Power exhaustion, blood loss, too many wounds on the body, several internal injuries, and broken bones… Ugh, I am too lazy to even say anything about the minor ones."

"Haha." Kai chuckled while everyone turned serious, knowing all these wounds would be fatal to any of them. "I have died eleven thousand times."

"…" Evan's eyebrows twitched as he knew what he was talking about. He shook his head helplessly while commenting, "You know, that's not the reason you can just give… If I am a real doctor, I would have dissected your body in the name of the operation to see how you can even survive."

"You sure someone dares to do it?" Kai made a smug smile. "Oh, wait. You haven't heard anything about the news."

"The news?"

"Yes. It's a long one, but I think you will understand it later." Kai shrugged.

"Now that you call us here, what are you planning to do?"

"I am thinking about rescuing Ayaka's grandpa while solving the grudges between us and the Katsuragi Family. Though, since Evan is not involved in any kind, you can spend your time with Leisa during your stay." Kai smiled.

"I am sure you need a healer."

"Not really. I don't have any plans to get hurt like this anymore." Kai shook his head. "Of course, if you want to tag along, I don't mind, but is that really what you want to do?"

Evan fell silent as the atmosphere turned awkward. Suddenly, he slapped Kai's chest and pushed him back to the bed.

"Ah!" Kai clicked his tongue and raised his voice. "Hey, what are you doing?"

"I am pissed. I want to make you suffer a bit." Evan shrugged while still healing Kai.

"Alright, alright. I apologize, okay? But I truly meant it… You are not involved in this matter, so I don't want you to come together with us. Of course, I won't stop you if you want to come too…"

Evan paused for two minutes before letting out a long sigh, "Fine, I'm staying here. But it won't be more than three days."

"Of course." Kai smiled. "Since you must be tired today, we will set off tomorrow. I also want to bring Felice with me."

"You're spoiling the little girl too much." Michelle facepalmed.

"What? Are you jealous?"

"Nope. I am wondering whether you will become a degenerate or not… We already have one in our group after all." Michelle rolled her eyes at Evan.

"Oi. Don't look at me with those eyes." Evan shook his head helplessly. "Anyway, the healing process will take one hour."

"I have prepared your accommodation. You can rest first if you want…" Marsha added.

"Nah, it's fine. We will wait until everything is done."

"It seems we've got another problem…" Kai suddenly took another look at the outside as another person came in.

It was Sofia. Her face was pale, but there was this determination reflected in her eyes as if telling them she wanted to say this no matter what.

"Please… Take me with you. I may not be directly involved in this matter, but I am still Kai Carter's girlfriend. Let me do my part as well…" Sofia dropped to her knees as she had used up all her strength.

"You shouldn't move your body with that kind of wound!" Evan clicked his tongue.

Seeing her state, Michelle was the first to give the answer. "I don't mind. Her situation is similar to mine."

"Well, for now, come here. Don't push yourself right now…" Kai patted the side of his bed so she could receive Evan's treatment too.

"Anyway, it's decided. I won't bother you for three days. After that, there are a few things you need to do, especially regarding your new ranking, Mr. SSS Rank Magician." Marsha smirked and left that one piece of information to incite the curiosity of the others since they hadn't heard the news.

"What is this SSS Rank Magician?" Michelle asked while looking at Marsha, who left the room.

Kai scratched the back of his head and let out a long sigh. "It's going to be a long story."

"We don't need sleep, we need an answer!"