Epic Of Caterpillar

Chapter 2440: Meeting The Great Ancestor

"This World is real though, and these people... they're real," he thought. "I can feel their souls, they're real too..."

Frank felt strange, at the same time as he doubted the world, he was reassured it existed.

Whatever was happening, he was torn between two thoughts.

Wanting to embrace this world and live it as he wanted.

Or wanting to find the truth.

But Frank had never been someone that hasn't doubted himself.

Not at all, through his life, he had always been hesitant, committed mistakes, cried, and had done a lot of terrible things.

Most of the time, due to his inexperience's, being thrown into terrible situations, and more. In a way, it was as if there were two Franks within him, but they were also merged into one with two halves.

One was the Frank of this world.

The other was one still remembering things, but that was the Frank of his "dreams".

"I need time, seeing how things aren't disappearing or something, this world is real, and I cannot just order it to disappear either," he thought. "There might be a distortion in space and time... this could something like a parallel world, or a realm of its own."

The Frank of his dreams was also analyzing his strength he had gained, Ruby, and everyone else in fine detail.

"Their growth must be real too... And my own as well, I am gaining strength beyond what I had within these... dreams, or memories," he thought. "And I am developing beyond what I had originally in the "past" I envision within my dream self. Have I simply traveled back in time then?"

Traveling back in time was a theory now, and it seemed rather solid...

However, it was just as solid as being within a "parallel world" or something...

Both were mysterious and were beyond his capabilities.

If this world was the past, or if this was a parallel universe or something.

He had to find answers to his questions.

Knowing these people were real, with souls of their own, he couldn't treat them as mere illusions and dismiss his friendship and relationships while seeking the truth either.

He had to balance everything, and make sure to not ruin it either...

"I still love them, these feelings are... genuine," he smiled gently, tasting the food. "The food is real as well, everything is real. This is not a dream, indeed."

Yet his eyes still remained sharp.

"But this is also not the world I came from..."

Nonetheless, he was happy Matsuo was healed, and he didn't know how he would have even reacted if he had truly... died.

After having dinner, when he was about to leave, he was instead called by someone, a member of the clan, a young-looking girl with long blonde hair, twin tails, and shiny blue eyes with star-shaped golden pupils.

"Hey Frank, Matsuo! You're being called by the Ancestor!" she said. "Ah, right, Harumi should come along as well."

It was Hinata, the owner of the Trinket Shop in the clan, the place where clan members could exchange their Contribution Points for a variety of magical items to enhance their growth.

She was a master of Cloning Magic, and the one she sent here was most likely a Clone made out of Light.

From Matsuo, he had also learned Hinata was actually an old lady that never left her home and used her Clones for everything.

She deceived "young men" into thinking she was a cute young girl, and liked seducing them with her Clones to have fun...

Of course, once found out, most people would quickly distance from her.

"Hinata..." Frank said. "Thanks, I guess we should go then."

"Yeah, if its from the Ancestor, we cannot reject her summoning," said Matsuo. "She most likely wants to learn about what happened, the Elders are probably with her as well."

"Hmm, do I have to go? I mean, I don't belong to this clan..." Harumi said.

"You should come along anyways, Harumi, as a member of the alliance, you're like an honorary member of the clan," Matsuo smiled gently.

"Yeah, come," nodded Frank. "Let's go."

As they were about walk outside the house, Erika cried, running behind them.

"W-Wait, can't I come along too?"

"You didn't participate in the battle, doggy girl!" said Hinata. "So of course you can't! You aren't allowed."

"Eeeh! But... Oh well," shrugged Erika. "But can't I get invited into these battles next? I get kind of bored and I want to be important too!"

"Hah, that's not something within my jurisdiction or authority, child," Hinata crossed her arms and acted like a cranky old lady. "You'll have to talk with your daddy about that first, he's the one that would have to suggest such a thing."

"Oh, okay!" Erika nodded. "Then I'm going to tell my daddy, byeee!"

Without even thanking Matsuo's family for the food, Erika ran away from the house at lightning speed, jumped off the walls, and then across the rooftops of the distant houses, disappearing from their sight in mere seconds.

"Wow she's really damn fast," said Matsuo.

"I agree..." nodded Frank.

"Well, let's go, we shouldn't even be paying attention to that attention-seeking slut,"

Harumi said, sighing.

Matsuo and Frank looked at one another in a bit of surprise. Was Harumi even Erika's friend to begin with? What kind of person calls their friend a slut?

Nonetheless, once they entered the Divine Shrine of the Sun, a huge golden and red colored pagoda-like palace beautifully decorated with sun ornaments, and the monuments and statues of gods, they reached a huge hall.

A long red carpet covered the cold stone floor, while several golden pillars lined up to the sides, the red carpet led to a throne of gold where a beautiful woman, the ancestor, was sitting there giving a motherly smile to the children.

By her side, there were also three old men and three old women, they were the "Six Elders of the Amaterasu Clan", old-timers with incredible magical powers and experience, wise and old, they managed many things of the clan and even Tokyo's security and safety alongside the

Great Ancestor.

"Welcome back, Frank, Matsuo, Harumi," the Great Ancestor greeted them with her melodic voice. "Please sit down, we have a lot to talk."

Her Divinity was the real deal, resembling a bright sun behind her back.