The Absolute: Humanity's Second Chance

She wanted to reprimand him. But she also envied the atmosphere Juliette and Damien heard, and also wanted to throw herself at him as well.

"...Why are you being shy now? Didn't you always nag about seeing your fiancee, day in, day out." Damien said from the sidelines, gently brushing Juliette's hair.

Seeing their situation, he couldn't help but try to help. Even though he was lying, he was lying for the better good of both of them. Or so he thought.

"Huh..? Er, uh, uhm..."

"...Really?" Fou held her breath and asked, her gaze softening on Flint's.

The young man felt his heart skip a beat, and subconsciously nodded his head. His thoughts also churned.

"Yes, really. I missed you dearly. Most of me regretted leaving you behind... living without you was quite, hard." He said, causing her to wrap her hands around him.

"I missed you too... but I'll still punish you for leaving me all alone for almost two days." She added.

At the end of the day, she had a soft spot for him, but also quite a hard spot as well. Technically, all the pink and blackness of her heart... belonged to him.

"Wait, what..? Two days? Don't you mean over two weeks?"

"Two weeks? What two weeks? You guys left a day and half ago."

"No. Seriously, I haven't seen you for two whole weeks. Fourteen whole days... and more."

"Huh..?"

"Hm?"

Seeing the confusion between the two, Juliette said, while flying past them. "Oh, sorry I forgot to tell you, my bad. This place has a time dilation of being ten times slower than outside."

"Ah..?" Fou gasped in shock, as she suddenly realized that Flint wasn't lying. He actually had it rougher than her.

"Yeah, but I wouldn't feel to bad if I were you. At least this way, they both got punished by not seeing us for much longer than us." She added with a wink at Fou.

Meanwhile, she was also holding Damien's hand affectionately. Her words contradicting her attitude.

Fou thought about it, and found that it truly did make sense. While she spent almost two days without him, he spent more than two weeks without her.

"But he's still reading the <Flare Scribbles>." She added, giving him a nasty side eye.

"...Tch, you might as well just worship that book at this point." He whispered under his breathe.

"What was that?"

"Nothing, my beloved." He said with the most innocent smile he could muster.

"By the way, what's the Flare Scribble?" Juliette asked, seemingly curious at this word. Fou then replied, "It's a book that has all of our elders inspirations and epiphanies."

"But half of it was already written even before them. So only the other half was written by our elders. Reading can help one understand themselves more, and get closer to the Blaze Source."

"If lucky, they could even obtain the "Heart of Fire". An illusory treasure that can make one extremely bold and become the personification of Fire itself." She concluded.

"That's amazing. You have such an amazing book." Juliette marveled, but Damien then added. "That only applies to Falsarians. Don't have any thoughts on giving it a try."

"...Oh? But it's still amazing isn't?" She nodded, and Fou smiled in response.

And just like that, the reunion between the love birds ended, and the four of them, including the pixie prince, found themselves within a neat study.

They conversed about what the duo went through, and brief up the whole experience as well, which the remaining three were interested in.

"So you guys fought a greater god?" Fou asked in amazement, and Flint nodded in pride. "And you also killed a monster god?"

"Yup." He nodded once more.

"Oh? So you can kill now..." She added, her eyes squinting at him. Flint paused, and shut his mouth, pretended he did not hear that question.

Not like he never killed rabbits or other preys before. But saying that to her now, would only make matters worse.

"I'm just impressed you guys robbed those poor Trolls." Juliette said her own mind as well.

"It's simply the way of life in this world... Anyhow, that aside, how have you guys been? What have you been up to as well?" Damien responded, and also asked a question of his own.

And that was something he was genuinely interested in. The two girls were also happy to talk about themselves as well.

Juliette going first, and Fou next. The guy duo was also impressed as well. Especially Damien. Hearing that Juliette obtained four Affinities while still being an Apprentice made him see her in a different light.

It was even more impressive than him obtaining three Laws as a Saint Profession. Both were impossible feats, but one was more impossible than the other.

But just as the conversation circulated around the two couples, the pixie prince suddenly said, "Aha, don't forget that you still owe me. Hehe."

It said, it's words being even louder than the four of them added together, leaving them all speechless. Especially so, when it had its eyes glimmer with a spark of innocent greed.

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Not that Damien had forgotten that he owes the pixie prince a lot. Just that now was his time with his loved one, but since it was mentioned–

"Uhm, we owe you?" Fou asked, confused as the pixie's words had no specifications.

"Ah, not you, softie. I mean the unfortunate woman's husband." It said.

"I said call me Juliette."

"Okay, unfortunate woman."

"..."

"Ignore it. Alright your highness, I'll pay you." Damien said, patting Juliette's head to calm her down. Then at the same time, he pointed to Flint.

"First, I've brought you another anomaly." He said, surprising Flint and Fou. "Huh? You're selling me, sir Damien?"

"No. I also brought you an entire race of great Providence. And don't start with me about their worth. I know it." He added.

"Huh?" Now Fou was the one who was surprised.

"Don't overthink things. You are still under me, hence I'll take responsibility of the entirety of Falsar. But you will be staying here, in this Realm instead." He explained.

"Oh. I understand." She nodded, but Flint was still left behind. "What about me? If you are not selling me, then what?"

"Anomalies are rare. I am one myself." Damien said, then added, "Meeting one, and knowing their value is considered a blessing. Let alone Meeting two of them."

He explained, and Flint nodded in understanding as well. New knowledge was always appreciated. Juliette and Fou also nodded in understanding as well.

"...That doesn't cover it all. A Barrel of Faith is still expensive you know? Let alone those teleportation scrolls." The pixie prince said, becoming stern for once.

It's words caused Fou and Flint to pause in shock. They now understood where the Barrels of Faith that Damien gave them came from. They also understood that nothing seemed free in this world.

"I know. That's why I'll also give you this." Damien nodded, and snapped his fingers, causing a droplet of silver and sapphire to appear and float above the table they sat around, taking up all the spot light.

BOOOM!!!

...!!!

And just as the droplet appeared, it shattered the table, and released obscene waves of power that spread throughout the whole room.

But none of those within the rooms had lower reserves of energy. Even Fou, with the smallest reserves, had Divine power, which even a single unit was trillions of units of Mana.

"Oho? What's this? What's this?" The pixie prince stretched out its hand and grasped the droplet within its hand without much effort.

"..."

The weight contained within did not phase it. And this was something that not even a powerful god amongst god would graps with their bare strength alone.

Not even Damien could do that. Hence he was quite impressed since the pixie used pure physical force alone. No energy, no ability, no technique.

"Now this is amazing... it's been ages I've seen something like this." It thought, summoning an old dirty pouch.

Once opened, a powerful glow of silver and sapphire spread out. It threw the droplet inside, closed the pouch and sending it off.

"A single unit of Pure Reified Divine Power. Unfortunately one is not enou–"

"Don't bullshit me." Damien said, his words cutting of its own. He then added. "In fact, including the first two, I've given you more than enough."

"Oh?" It thought, and lost all of its excitement. But one could see that it's treatment of Damien had changed, as it went to sit on top of his head.

"...But as thanks for all that you did for Juliette and the Falsarians, he's another one." He sighed, and called out another unit of Pure Reified Divine Power.

The pixie prince bloomed like a flower, catching the unit and hurriedly putting it away. Then it began giggling like a little girl who saw her crush.

Everyone else opted to ignore it, and then went on their daily lives, chatting and getting to know one another better.

And one thing Juliette realized was that, Flint seemed to quite like Damien a lot. And seeing that, she desired to get closer to Fou as well.

'It wouldn't hurt to be friends like this for a lifetime.' She thought to herself, acting more freely and closer to Fou and Flint. Treating them like family friends.