CHAPTER 13 - PARTING

-- Ragna's POV --

Five years passed.

Both Vel and I are now ten years old and our friendship become tightly strong.

We would train swordsmanship and magic at the same time. Sometimes she would sleep together with me for company everytime she would have bad dreams or nightmares.

Looks like her bad experience haven't flushed out entirely.

I also introduce to her the notion of hybrid job classes. Somehow she was very intrigued with the idea.

Introducing hybrid job classes to this world is one of my extravagant plan alongside technology and science.

As the way I see it, this world's progress became stagnant. There were many factors that I could attribute with this condition but I'm sure about one common denominator of this situation.

Magic.

The inhabitants of this world heavily relied in magic. A phenomena which could portray someone's expected results without thinking the process.

And that's the problem.

Anyhow, I managed to introduce technology first in this manor. At first I gained a little infamy because of this but after the people in here saw the result, I gained a lots of fame.

A lots of it.

I also introduce foods from my previous world. Actually grandpa keeps nagging me about making dozens of pizza for him. As he describe it, it felt heaven in his mouth.

As for mom and Vel, their hearts fell for every sorbet flavors that I created though I told them to eat in moderation while dad was keen on eating all of them.

As the creator of this gadgets in this world, I taught every person inside the manor on how operate this things. So far, they were getting the hang of it.

I couldn't done all of this without unlocking my new skill [Nanokinesis]. Using my new acquired skill I reinforced my body, muscle fibers, organs, and skeleton with nanomachines and to my surprise all my base stats except for INT and WIS gained +190 increase.

But what amazed me was that my Vital Energy jumped from 15 to 170,000.

That revelation almost give me a heart attack.

Anyway, I need to find a way to gain some new skills.

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While Vel and I were busy practicing, grandpa waved at us as if he wanted to talk something.

All of us gathered inside the living room when grandpa stood up, holding a piece of paper.

"Today I have receive a message from Duke Nelke..."

Upon hearing her father's name, Vel stared at grandpa intently. I too stared at him, so does mom and dad.

"He wanted her daughter to come back home since the matter regarding with the succession is over."

Turns out that Duke Nelke eventually became the new king of Strauer Kingdom. Learning about this all of us felt lonely.

I'm sure Vel felt the same way too. But she's got to go home. After all, she had also family there that longed for her.

That night before I was going to sleep, I heard a knock on my door.

As I opened it, I saw a familiar face. Way too familiar for me not even to recognize.

"Can you accompany me just for tonight?"

"Umm, sure."

She meant that she would like sleep together with me for comfort. As we laid down in bed, she quickly hugged me and began to cry.

I just patted her blonde hair. Honestly, this night is very painful.

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"We're still be friends, right?"

"Of course! You will be my best childhood friend."

"Remember our promise!"

"Don't worry, I will and always will."

After we said our goodbyes, Vel accompanied by grandpa, went on their way to Strauer Kingdom.

That day, our morning were lifeless.

I spent most of my day in the basement where I turned into my personal R&D lab, creating a few things just to dissipate the sadness inside my heart.

When I looked on to my newly developed wristwatch, it was almost night time. So I decided to went back upstairs.

Maybe I should visit mom, she's hurt that I could attest. Even dad felt the same way. How couldn't they? They treated Vel like their own daughter, I even treated her like my younger sister.

"Man, this sucks..."

After tidying my desk and putting some things in my <>, I left the room.

As I step out from R&D lab, the atmosphere became suddenly cold. Like I was experiencing winter first hand.

Wait...

Why are the field in front of me are white?

I turned around to where I came from but there was no door. All I can see is a vast plain filled with white surface that looks like snow...

"What the heck..."

I bent over and touched the ground. It is snow indeed.

Before I can ponder and processed all of this information and absorb all of it, my [Ethereal Sense] activated. I can feel a tyrannical aura emanating behind me.

When I turned around, my face turned ghastly pale.