After Luka finally calmed down and he was freed from her grasp, Miko approached the massive shadow of the Tertitus Branch’s base, Drogon.

He stretched his hand up into the air.

“Sirrush, if you will.”

He said.

Moments later a light shone down and dragged Miko and the others up into Drogon.

When the light faded, Miko and the others were all standing inside an enormous metallic room.

“Welcome, everyone.”

Sirrush, dressed in her usual short skirt, blouse and high heels, greeted everyone with a beautiful smile on her bespectacled face.

Everyone greeted her back and even marveled at her beauty.

“As expected of Miko’s Clan, it filled with beauties.”

Said Sora.

Ace nodded in agreement.

“Sirrush, we would like to enter the Tertitus World. Grant everyone here permission.”

“You need me to grant permission?”

Sirrush asked with a confused expression.

Miko nodded.

“Without you we can’t enter.”

He said.

This caused sirrush to look at him weirdly.

Sirrush and the other guardians were 100% sure that Miko had some sort of connection with Augustus.

Either he is his successor, or the person himself.

So in her mind Miko shouldn’t need her to enter the Tertitus world, or any of the five worlds to be exact.

The reason being, Augustus was the one who created them in the first place.

“….I understand.”

She didn’t know what was going on, but she decided to do as he said.

She snapped her fingers and a monument with her symbol appeared out of nowhere.

A door soon appeared on the monument, which opened up by itself.

“You all may enter.”

Sirrush said while gesturing towards the door.

Miko nodded and walked towards the door.

“Oh?”

He was amazed by what he saw.

The world before him was consisted of beautiful golden sand glistening under a a captivating white sun in the sky.

It was a desert world.

Miko could see majestic monuments like pyramids and giant sculptures, in the distance.

He could even see some oasis as well.

“So the Tertitus world is like ancient Egypt.”

Miko mumbled after look keenly at the world.

He looked at everyone behind him and smiled.

“Let’s go.”

“Wait.”

Sirrush stopped Miko before he could jump into the Tertitus world.

“Miko, a word please.”

She said.

Miko nodded and the two walked over to a corner, where Sirrush put on a soundproof barrier.

“Is this about Tia?”

Miko got straight to the point.

Sirrush nodded.

“I don’t know what happened between you two but she’s been really down lately.”

“It’s nothing to worry about, she’ll be back to her old self in no time.”

Miko quickly replied.

“Isn’t your response too cold? You don’t seem to care at all.”

Sirrush said with a frown.

“Oh? Is that how it seems to you?”

Sirrush nodded.

“I see. But don’t misunderstand, Sirrush. It’s not that I don’t care about Tia, it’s just that I know she’s tougher than that. There’s no way something insignificant as that could hold her down forever.”

“Keep in mind that what may seem insignificant to you might be a big deal to someone else.”

“And you need to keep in mind that your mother isn’t a weak woman. She’s the mother of all dragons and monsters, she’s the ruler of the primeval chaos…”

Miko then spoke with a serious face.

“Don’t underestimate her. Tia isn’t a weak, pathetic woman waiting to be rescued. She’s the woman I love, and the woman who gave birth to you.”

“……….”

Sirrush didn’t know how to reply after hearing what Miko said.

She finally took a deep breath and nodded.

“You’re the one who’s currently the closest to her, so if you say so then I’ll just take your word for it.”

Miko smiled when he heard that.

“Thanks.”

He then placed his hand on her shoulder.

“Don’t worry. Tia will be fine.”

After saying so he then walked out of the soundproof barrier and headed to the door.

“Let’s go.”

He dived into the world later after saying that.

Luka and the others quickly followed him.

Just to note, Edward was still out cold as he hung over Kaido’s shoulders.

They landed on the golden sand soon after diving in.

“The sands not hot?”

Sora said as he stooped down and scoop up some sand.

“Oi, oi, oi.”

That’s when Ace suddenly became frantic.

“What’s wrong?”

Hina asked him.

“T-This is gold! Tiny grains of gold!”

He shouted in excitement.

“What?!”

Mayumi and bloom immediately stooped down and examine the sand.

“H-He’s right. It’s gold!”

Mayumi shouted.

“This is amazing.”

Jin said while he looked at the desert again.

“This much gold could buy anything one wanted.”

“This gold is fake.”

At this moment a voice reached all their ears.

They looked around and saw Alec appeared out of nowhere.

“Alec of the Bloodflame.”

Everyone was shocked to see him in person, even though they knew that he was apart of the Tertitus Branch.

They all knew about Alec from the stories and legends, but seeing him in person was different.

“The reason why Miko didn’t marvel at the gold sands like the rest of you, or stealthily pocketed some is because he knew it was fake."

He looked at ace and Sora who had their pockets stuffed with sand as he spoke the last part.

“This used to be an ordinary desert, but the branch turn the sand into gold right?”

Alec nodded.

“Alchemy was the obvious cause. My grandfather turned it into gold to please my grandmother, but it’s basically worthless when it came to being used as money.”

“Tsk.”

Ace and Sora clicked their tongues in unison and immediately emptied their pockets while grumbling.

Alec laughed when he saw that.

“You sense that we were here?”

Miko asked.

Alec shook his head.

“Grandfather did. He sent me to greet you.”

“What? Is he still hung up on what happened during the meeting?”

Alec shook his head.

“I explained that you were under the influence of Deus Malum at the time, so he’s already forgiven your attitude towards him.”

Alec smiled.

“It’s just that he can’t find it in himself to meet you after being dominated by you.”

“Ah, I get it.”

Alec didn’t mentioned that Alexus as well as the other branch leaders were speculating that Miko was Augustus, but since the guardian beasts refused to tell them if that was true or not, they were only suspicious and didn’t have proof.

Even so, the thought of them trying to bully their grandfather and calling him a kid when they were the real kids in his eyes, made them seriously embarrassed. So much they couldn’t face him yet.

The only exception was Nero, who didn’t have an ounce of shame.

“So I’ll be your chaperone for today, or that’s what I wanted to say. Sis, wants to see you Miko.”

Said Alec.

At that moment, a group of servants dresssed in suits appeared out of nowhere.

“You can have them lead you to her.”

Said Alec.

“What about you?”

Miko asked.

Alec smirked and at looked at Luka and the others, especially Kaido.

“I thought I’ll use this opportunity to learn more about your comrades…..You know, for reference.”

Alec licked his lips when he said that and creeped everyone but Miko out.

“I see.”

Miko turned his back on them and started to walk away.

“Do as you please, but go easy on the experimenting.”

“Roger.”

Alec started approaching them while wiggling his fingers.

“Miko, you bastard! You sold us out!”

Luka shouted.

“I did no such thing. Don’t go slandering a king’s name.”

He burst out laughing before disappearing along with the servants.

“That bastard really pisses me off sometimes…”

Luka mumbled.

“Now, now. Don’t get mad. Miko is technically my protégé. What’s wrong with a protégé giving his master offerings?”

Alec approached them and said.

“Sorry to interrupt.”

At that moment, Gizmo appeared behind Alec.

“Gizmo? What’s up? I was just going to have some fun.”

“Your fun can wait. Christian is here. Surely you haven’t forgotten the deal you made with him.”

“Christian? He’s here already?”

Alec turned his back on Luka and others and made them sigh in relief.

“I really do want to explore a Celestial Body, but….”

He then turned back and glanced at them, which made them jump.

He looked at Kaido.

“We have an artificial dual proxy with our ancestor’ regalia stored in him.”

He looked at Jin, Edward, Bloom, and Mayumi.”

“We have a group of infecteds with very interesting abilities.”

He looked at Hina.

“We have a 2nd generation infected with god like abilities.”

He then looked at Ace and Sora.

“We have two humans of unknown origins that can compete with a group of abnormals like this.”

He then looked at Luka.

“And finally we have the daughter of Ouroboros’ former Proxy, who later became his Proxy herself, thus possessing the body closest to ouroboros himself in history, and will undoubtedly become his most powerful Proxy ever.”

He then released a huge sigh.

“Them or Christian’s celestial body? Ahh! I can’t chose!”

Alec screamed while wiggling his body in a funny manner.

“No. You don’t have to choose you know?”

Said Gizmo.

“Eh?”

“We’re just going to do the initial check up on Christian’s body and then come up with the best solution to fix his unnatural sleeping patterns. It won’t take long, so you can deal with them after that.”

“Oh! Gizmo! No, Lord Gizmo!”

Alec suddenly knelt in front of Gizmo in a prayer position.

“My lord and savior Gizmo! I thank you for your usual wisdom!”

“Yeah, yeah. Just get up. You just proved once again that the Dragna clan is filled with weird people.”

Gizmo responded.

Luka and others nodded in the background.

Alec stood up, spun around, and looked at them.

“Okay, lets all go on a tour of the Tertitus World!”