After Miko finished discussing his plans with Tiamat for the future, he left his room and was walking down the hall.

“Hm?”

It was then he saw someone laying face down in the middle of the hall.

It looked like a woman with purple and azure hair. She was wearing a black top, and bottom and had a choker around her neck.

“……….”

Miko glimpsed at her and then-

He walked away.

“How cruel!”

As he was about to walk away, he heard a voice directly behind him. He looked back, but didn't see anyone.

“Down here.”

He looked down and saw the woman at his feet.

“……..”

After looking at the woman for nearly a minute Miko-

Turned around and left.

“How cruel!”

“Shut up! What the hell do you want?!”

Miko got mad and shouted.

“....I….ss”

“Huh? Speak up, I can't hear you.”

“I said I'm loss!”

The woman said as she crawled like a worm towards him.

Miko stepped back with a disgusted expression.

“What the hell is this creature?”

(Is that..?)

Miko didn't hear Tiamat because he was paying attention to the creature crawling towards him.

“….You said you're lost right?”

“Yes.”

“How long have you been lost?”

“……..3 days.”

From the woman's voice Miko could tell that she was embarrassed.

“How did you get lost for three days?”

“It's not my fault! Every thing is so different from the last time I came here!”

The woman's voice sounded like she was about to burst out crying.

“…..I see. So why are you on the floor?”

“………”

The woman was silent as if she was reluctant to speak.

Seeing that Miko-

“I see. Well, later.”

He turned to leave.

“Wait! Please don't leave me!”

“Argh! Then tell me why are you on the floor?!”

“……I haven't eaten in so long and don't have any strength to go on.”

‘Is this a desert or something?’

Miko sighed.

Normally he would walk away, but something about this woman piqued his interest.

“What if I give you directions to the kitchen?”

“You'd have to bring me there yourself, otherwise I'll just get even more lost.”

‘What are you, Zoro?’

(Miko, ask her for her name.)

“Hey, worm lady.”

“Hm?”

Miko almost burst out laughing when she answered him.

“W-What’s your name?”

“Ah!”

The woman suddenly sounded like she just realized something.

“Where's my manners?”

She lifted up her head as she spoke.

The first thing Miko noticed on her beautiful face was her eyes.

One was purple and the other was gold. This was completely different from the Dragna clan’s trademark blue eyes.

“My name is Ravel Dragna….Eh?”

The woman's face froze with shock as she looked at Miko's face.

“Big Brother!”

“Eh?”

The woman who was starving to death a few moments ago, was suddenly filled was energy as she pounced on Miko.

“Big brother, I've looking for you everywhere! You're so cruel, you havent shown your face to me since I was released!”

The woman said as she rubbed her cheek against Miko's.

Miko wanted to break free, but the woman was too strong.

‘Tiamat!’

(Calm down. She's mistaking you for Nero.)

‘Who is she?’

(Ravel. Nero's younger sister and my granddaughter.)

‘Huh?! Nero has siblings?! Where were they all these years?’

(Confinement.)

*Crack!*

“Haaa! Woman, you're going break my body!”

Miko screamed as his bone started to bend under Ravel’s strength.

“Big Brother! Big Brother!”

‘Guaah! This idiot didn't hear me! Oi, Tiamat! What's with this woman?! If she's Nero's sister then should be at least 10,000 years old! What's with this childish behavior?!’

(It can't be helped. Ravel spent most of her life in deep sleep. She's been confined from when she was 6. It was also around that time her parents died. Other than in her dreams, she hasn't socialize with anyone for thousands of years.)

‘So she's a big child?! How can I make her let go?!’

(Just ask her if she wants some sweets. She loves sweets.)

‘Dafuq?!’

*Crack!*

“Guah?! Ravel! Do you want some sweets?!”

“Hm?”

Miko suddenly felt the pressure on his bones lessen.

“I can carry you to go get some dessert! How about that?!”

“Ah, okay.”

She let him go and he fell to the floor.

“Fuck. I can't believe I almost died like that.”

Miko complained as he slowly got off the ground.

Ravel suddenly looked confused as she stared at him.

“Hm? You're not my brother. Who are you?”

“I'm his grandson, Miko.”

Miko said with a frown.

“Grandson? I see! My bad, my bad.”

Ravel laughed innocently as Miko readjusted his spine.

‘This woman is strong. What [Class] is she in?’

(The highest. She's not that far off from Nero and Rouge.)

‘Seriously. Didn't you say she was in deep sleep? How did she get so strong?’

(….Ravel is a bit special.)

As Miko was going to ask what she meant, he suddenly felt someone pull him.

“Hey, let's go. I'm dying here.”

Without waiting for Miko to respond Ravel ran forward.

“Wai-?!”

Before he could even say anything to stop her, the space around Miko distorted.

Miko suddenly found himself moving inside a tunnel made of various colors.

There was no order to this tunnel, just pure chaos.

“The hell?!”

Miko couldn't tell what was going on.

He just felt like he was outside the laws of the world.

“We're here!”

Ravel said as stopped.

Miko looked around.

“…..Here? Where the hell are we?!”

All Miko could see was a wasteland of gold dirt.

There wasn't any landmarks to be found.

(Oh? She took you quite far.)

‘Far? How far?’

(This place is the Desert of the Golden Scorpion. It's on the Beast Continent.)

“%#*?!”

Miko was so shocked that he no longer spoke words.

“You're telling me that she jumped continents in less than a minute?!”

(I told you she's special.)

“Special?! No, ordering a 12 piece nuggets and accidentally receiving two extra nuggets, that's special! Going on a blind date with low expectations only to find who that your date is hot, that's special! This! This is just bullshit!”

“Hm? Did I make a wrong turn?”

Ravel said with an innocent tone.

‘Oi, Tiamat. What is seriously up with this girl?’

Subconsciously, Ravel dropped from an adult to a child in Miko's eyes.

(Ravel, like all my grandchildren, was born with superior talent and power. However, she lacked control and self-awareness. When you add that with her abnormal strength growth, she was extremely hard to control. Because of that she's regarded as a walking disaster by almost everyone. Even just now, in order to reach the kitchen sooner to eat sweets, she subconsciously ripped a hole through time and space and thus arrived here.)

“What do you mean ‘subconsciously’? You're tell me for her jumping a continent is the same as running to the kitchen?”

(That's right.)

“Nero should lock her back up! This woman can accidentally wipe out a country with a sneeze or something!”

(Don't worry. Ravel can be controlled.)

“How?”

(Nero, myself, and Falcon can control her. But you should be able to as well. Just tell her to go back and she'll listen.)

“That easily?”

(Yeah.)

Miko sighed and looked at Ravel who had a confused expression as she looked around.

“Hey, Miko. Are we lost?”

Miko nodded to her innocent question.

Seeing his response, she got depressed.

“Ah, don't worry about it.”

He approached her gently.

“We can just go back. As long you lead the way back, I'll give you anything you want to eat.”

“Really?!”

Miko didn't know when, but at some point there was a dragon tail behind Ravel wagging from side to side.

As he watched the tail he couldn't help but to stretch out his hand.

“Shake.”

Ravel put her in hand on Miko's hand.

“Roll over.”

Ravel's body floated and started spinning in the air.

“Play dead.”

Ravel body suddenly shriveled up and fell to the ground like a lifeless corpse.

“Good girl.”

Ravel got up and allowed Miko to pat her head.

(Hey! Stop treating her like a dog!)

Miko ignore Tiamat and was about to play with Ravel some more when-

*Boom!*

The sand exploded and three gigantic golden scorpions appeared out of nowhere.

They were all so big that Miko looked like a bug compared to them.

However, instead of being afraid of them Miko-

“Sic ‘em girl!”

He sicked Ravel on them.

“Roar!”

Ravel immediately transformed into an azure and purple dragon and attacked the scorpions.

*Boom!*

Ravel charged into the scorpions and instantly ripped them to shreds.

The scorpions didn't even put up a fight. Ravel was just too strong.

Ravel obediently brought one of the scorpions remains and dropped in front of Miko as if to show off.

“Good girl!”

Miko could hear Ravel purr as he rubbed her head.

(…What have you done to my grandchild?)

Ravel returned to her human form and yawn.

“I'm sleepy. Can we go back now?”

“Yeah. I'll give you a lot of sweets when go back.”

“Yay!”

Ravel then grabbed onto Miko and the space around him distorted again.

After passing through the colorful tunnel that was like a kaleidoscope, the two of them arrived back at the hall in the Xia palace.

“Can I get those sweets now? I'm so hungry.”

“Sure. But this time I'll lead.”

Saying so, Miko grabbed Ravel’s hand and brought her to the kitchen.

“Oh, Miko.”

It was there he met his aunt, Sherry.

“Who's that?”

Ravel asked as she shrunk behind Miko some reason.

“Family.”

“Oh!”

After hearing that, Ravel no longer hid behind Miko approached Sherry.

‘Maybe because Sherry didn't smell like a Dragna she was cautious of her. That would explain why she called out to me in the hall. She recognized me as someone closely related to her.’

Miko thought as he watched Ravel interact with Sherry.

“Sherry, could you watch her for me? You only need to feed her and let her sleep and she should be okay. Oh, and carry her out on walks too.”

Saying so, Miko left.

‘…..Is she a dog?’

Sherry thought to herself.

After Miko left the palace, he went to the meeting place.

There he saw everyone waiting for him.

“Hey, old man. If you're going to release your sister, have someone watch her properly.”

Miko said to Nero.

“Oh? You met her? Where is she now?”

“She's with Sherry.”

“Then she'll be fine.”

Nero said with a smile.

He then turned to everyone else.

“Okay, here's how you all will prepare for the Throne Wars in a year.”

A sheet of paper appeared in front of everyone.

“?!”

Everyone was shocked when they saw what was on the paper.

“A year in the Illusionary Beast Valley?!”

Ace shouted.

“You're Qi Type is Beastly. If you go into the Illusionary Beast Valley and fight your way through, you should receive more benefits than Miko did 4 years ago.”

Nero explained.

Ace wanted to object, but Aeon appeared out of nowhere and grabbed him.

“Lets go.”

“Wai?!”

He disappeared without be able to resist.

“Me and Sora will be trained by Nova?”

Said Hina.

“You're a natural born Chaotic Qi type like me, so I should be able teach you better than anyone here.”

Said Nova.

“What about me?”

Sora asked.

“I'm also a master at Heavenly Qi. I won't teach Qi alone, I'll also improve your overall skills and hone you two into sharp blades.”

“I'll be training under Mama with the twins?”

“That's right. You have a problem?"

Sasha quickly shook her head.

Kimiko smiled when she saw that. She finally got to spend more time with her daughter and grandchildren.

“Raven, huh. Well, I guess it makes sense.”

Leon mumbled to himself.

Luka had the most complex expression.

She looked at Nero.

“Why do you want to train me?”

“Well, I'm bored. But the main reason is because I'm a good friend of your grandfather. That and you're a natural-born Ruler’s Qi type. I think it would be fun to see how you grow. I already gave Miko to Momo after all.”

Luka's expression was still a bit complex.

“What? You're still not satisfied?”

She shook her head.

“No, it's just that you're the first to kill an Ouroboros Proxy , and now you want to teach me? It feels weird.”

“Hahaha! You got a point. But look at it like this.”

Nero grinned.

“I've experience the full strength of Ouroboros, and won. Then doesn't that mean that I know what an Ouroboros Proxy should be like better than most people?”

Luka's eyes widen when she heard that. Nero had a point.

The Ouroboros proxy he defeated was the strongest one ever. Then as someone who fought and defeated such a being, he should naturally know the full potential of Ouroboros.

His insight which was different from Ouroboros’ could be beneficial to her.

“Looks like you're willing now.”

She nodded.

“Good. Everyone should go and begin their schedules."

As Nero said that, he and Luka disappeared.

Everyone shortly disappeared as well, leaving Miko and Momo alone.

“Hm….Since you're late. Today you'll be swimming from the bottom of a 3000 ft deep mercury pond, with a 16 ton boulder on your back.”

“Huh?!”

Miko suddenly felt like he should've stayed in the desert with Ravel.