Alexander's POV:

Many things could go wrong like that, I know from experience.

~~What exactly happened?~~

I got curious.

-Remember when I mentioned me being a Devil King? I met that other me and had to defeat umm, how do I call it, an evil version of myself? Yeah. Good that I was weaker than myself and I managed to win. That side of me was too lazy to read everything I did in my youth, so he didn't possess as many abilities. I quickly shifted back to the original 'branch' and all was fine. Both of us were 12 at that time.

~~That's... impressive.~~

Yawn...

~~Oh, sorry. I need to take a nap again. I'll talk to you... later, sir... Mage.~~

-That's fine, I know you have low energy levels. Goodnight.

*rumble, rumble*

-Eh? What was that?

I looked around only to find a beet red face of a small girl clutching her stomach.

-Oh, do you need to go to the toilet? - I asked concerned. In this closed environment, something like that would be... unpleasant.

-No! I'm just hungry!

She got even redder?! Perhaps it's a fever?! It's possible after berserk mode.

-Here, put this in your mouth until it beeps. - I immediately gave her a metal stick made to check the temperature.

-Ah... Is it necessary?

-Yes, it is. Just do it.

-Oh, ok.

Soon the *beep* sound appeared and I checked the scale.

-369? 366 is the norm and it's a bit too high but it's nothing serious.

-Ummm. Why did I have to do that?

-You got all red so I had to check your temperature.

-Ah? But you started talking about embarrassing staff, that's why I was red! It's your fault for misunderstanding me!

-Oh, I see. Again? Mist Sprinkled Rose is asleep now so she couldn't tell me I was wrong... I get it. But I'm still bad at reading emotions. If the facial expression is not shown clearly and easy to understand even for a child, I wouldn't know what that person feels. It's all because I was away from people for so long that it's hard for me to read other's emotions.

-Umm, hello? I'm still here? - said the toy while waving her arm in front of my face. Oh, I got lost in my thoughts again.

-Right, the aunt. It's gonna take about 10 minutes before I can attempt the world shift, so help yourself to this chocolate croissant with milk while I''m working on it. Actually, let's eat together first, I need this too.

A small table and 2 chairs appeared in front of us out of a black hole, an already prepared meal waiting on top of a tray.

Quiliana's POV:

...

Just like that?! You're hungry and puff! - the meal is ready?! And it all seems... still warm! Fresh from the bakery! I looked at this young adult who sat in the chair without a care in the world and started eating as if nothing serious is going on! Anaga's body is still lying there in the pool of blood and he's about to bring my aunt back to life and yet he still has a desire and time to eat!

...

I admit I'm also hungry but I can't just ignore what happened here before and calmly sit down as if in a restaurant! This is serious!

-What? I thought you would need a lot of nutrients after losing so much blood and energy - both physical and mental - in Berserk mode and you're not gonna eat? The body knows what it requires after pushing its limits like you did. Devil's Rage makes you use up all of the body's reserves and you should quickly eat up or be prepared to lose all your strength soon and faint. If left alone, you would die out of malnourishment. I thought you wanted to see your aunt safe and sound soon? How would it look like if you were to lose consciousness right after seeing her? It would be like this:

-Hello niece!

-Hello aunt!

BAM! Next thing she knows, your body has fallen to the ground as if you died from shock after you saw her. Then she commits suicide out of grief, The End.

I stopped listening at some point and thought seriously about what he said.

...is that how it is? After going berserk you would be so famished you could die? I... I don't want that! I want to see Anaga soon, I can't let her worry that I'm sick when she sees me!

...if this guy really can do what he said. It's outrageous to claim to be able to shift the world like that but I can't help hoping... hoping that it is actually possible! For my own sake and for my dear aunt! After going through all those things today you should just stop caring and go on living, girl! Be brave for once and do what you have to do to survive! Even if it's disrespectful to your aunt's body lying there in her own blood...

I shook my head to clear my thoughts and sat down on the other side of the table. I don't want to make my aunt angry if she sees my disheveled appearance right after she's back. So, I must eat!

I took a bite of the warm croissant and got shocked! This is... so good! I've never eaten anything better in my whole life! The slightly crunchy cover hid a tender, mouth-watering chocolate taste and the milk had just the right sweetness as to not make the sugary taste of both products to be overwhelming. To think I was reluctant to taste this greatness! Mmmm...

8 minutes later I woke up seeing an empty plate and glass in front of me. I... What was that?! To think meals could be this good, that's a first! I... cannot forget this feeling for the rest of my life.

-I can tell you liked it as much as I did with your wide smile, toy. Good to finally be honest and pure, right? This is the real taste of heaven - my dear friend Chocolate, if served properly, can make you feel divine intervention that calms your mind as well as makes your heart tranquil and your essence purified. It also strengthens your mind and gives you about 0,000001 rise in inner power and close to 0,00000002 higher mana recovery.

I can feel it! The peace and serenity, the bliss and fulfilment - I simply cannot seem to worry about anything right now! I've never... felt like this before...

I could feel my eyes became moist and a moment later I heard a sudden scream:

-Ouch! My eyes! Damn toy, I told you not to cry, didn't I?!! Immediately stop releasing salty water from your eyes and make sure you never do that again in my presence or when you know I'm nearby! Or better yet, don't ever cry again!

The strong mage sat with his eyes tightly closed and hands protecting his face from looking in my direction. This guy... is he afraid of seeing tears? That's... certainly something I never heard of before. Is it a phobia?

...

A guy who is amazingly powerful is afraid of those who cry? This is simply ridiculous. What would he do if his enemy got tears in his eyes while they fight? Immediately run away?