Chapter 1796 - 1329: I Knew It Was Bound to Happen Eventually

This isn’t really a choice: staying means you can follow the Six-winged God and the Seven-winged Supreme, gaining the highest level of magical resources; staying means you can easily ascend to a Five-winged Demigod; staying means you can be with the one you love...

"Of course, I want to follow Ash."

Tamasi tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, her lips curled into a slight smile. Even though she wore the pitch-black and menacing Black Crow Set, it did not diminish her refreshing smile at all: "But Ash, you no longer need me."

For some reason, despite this being only their second meeting, the Witch felt an inexplicable closeness to the Black Crow. Not even Ash could make her ’fall in love at first sight’; only Meiwa and the Black Crow could make her like them at first glance. Perhaps it was because the Witch keenly realized that Meiwa and the Black Crow were her good sisters who would spoil her no matter how much she teased them. So when she heard Tamasi’s refusal, Diya instinctively grabbed her hand: "Ash didn’t—"

"Witch." Ash stopped Diya, looked seriously at Tamasi, and nodded, saying: "With your current strength, it’s indeed difficult to be of any help to me."

"I used to want to follow you because you, Ash, were always caught up in danger, yet you had a nature that didn’t love fighting. I thought my combat skills could help you, to fight on behalf of someone who doesn’t wish to fight." Tamasi said, "But now you’ve far surpassed me, and I’m not qualified to protect you; instead, I need you to protect me."

"Besides, you have great companions," she glanced at Weiser and the others, "I’ve read in the journals how excellent the Sword Maiden and the Witch are, and as for the Silver Lamp, there’s no need to say more; once she gave us such headaches, now she brings you much peace. As for the Ghost Prophet, I don’t know much, but as a once-active millennia-old Demigod Mage, she’s beyond someone I can assess."

"So, staying here is meaningless for me."

Tamasi looked at Ash and said: "I want to go back to earth and continue my cultivation."

"Can’t you cultivate in the Heavenly Kingdom too?" Diya immediately said, "We can even guide you."

"My cultivation isn’t just about magic," Tamasi smiled, shook her head, then glanced at the distant Sky Gate: "I also want to travel across the six nations, meet more people and landscapes, perfect my Belief in Ya Sha Jin. Because the Senluo Wasteland is very monotonous, and I used to love hearing Ash’s stories about other countries, I want to see how vibrant the Blood Moon is, want to open the Gospel Book and listen to the Gospel, want to lie on the grass looking up at the Dazzling Star..."

"I want to see what the world is like, then think about what the world should be. When I’ve figured it out, I should be able to help you, Ash."

Vishi looked at the bright-eyed girl in front of him with some surprise, turned to Weiser, and smiled: "Aren’t you feeling a bit threatened?"

"Hmm," Weiser slashed her neck with her hand, expressionless, and said: "After some time, I’ll make her quietly disappear. I’ll handle it, and you do the anti-Prophecy, Ash won’t know a thing."

Sonia looked at Tamasi, her eyes filled with some conflict and an inexplicable melancholy.

Ash scratched his head and suddenly asked: "What if I want you to stay?"

Tamasi with a smile asked: "But do you need me to stay?"

Hope and need are indeed two different words... Ash understood Tamasi’s thoughts. If it were Freyja, Siflin, or Hanna, they might all be willing to stay, but Tamasi is different because she never saw herself as a ’lover’, but as a ’comrade’.

If she couldn’t be of any use, she’d find a way to grow to be useful; her dignity wouldn’t allow her to become a burden to her teammates.

He sighed helplessly, "Where’s your first stop? Helping them in Senluo establish a new home?"

"No, I’ve already set up their tasks these days. If they can’t survive without me, let Hanna take over." Tamasi said: "I want to go to the Blood Moon first, I promised Siflin and Freyja I’d go to see them first when I returned to earth."

Ash looked at Weiser, who pouted, and with a flick of her hand, constructed a silver Sky Gate at the side of the Wish Pool, "On the other side is Kaimon City under the Blood Moon."

"Thank you." Tamasi calmly offered her thanks, looked at Ash, and asked: "Aren’t you going to the Blood Moon to see Freyja and the others? Everyone cares about you."

"Sorry, it’s a bit difficult for me to go to earth right now." Ash spread his hands, smiled bitterly: "At my current level, I shouldn’t be staying on earth disrupting its ecological balance, and I have a lot to take care of... I’ll just have to wait for you in Heaven."

The mage’s path is always a charge that cannot turn back, just as a high-level mage cannot return to the lower Void Realm, those like Ash who have entered the Divine Domain cannot go back to earth. Previously, they stayed on earth because the Level Six of Hell was blocked, akin to high schoolers staying in elementary school because they couldn’t attend junior high, now that Ash reached the Seven Heavens, it’s like entering high school, naturally unable to go back to elementary school to reign.

Mere mortals can easily traverse the Sky Gate, but if Ash were to pass through it back to earth, he would feel an unimaginable repulsion. With his strength, breaking through the repulsion barrier isn’t difficult, but the problem is, repulsion is mutual; if he forcibly breaks through, the other world’s repulsion would have a significant impact. In other words, if he forcibly descended, only a fragmented apocalyptic disaster would await him.

But this is also because Ash has the Supreme Void Wings; the limit earth can accommodate is the pseudo-Six-winged Angel who holds the World Secret Domain, even the Six-winged God can’t return, let alone the Seven-winged Supreme.

"Is there anything you’d like me to pass on to them?"

"Yes."

Ash hadn’t prepared anything, but with a little time acceleration, he quickly wrote five letters: "Please give them to Freyja, Siflin, Felix, Dedarose, and Hanna, and send them my regards."

"Alright." Tamasi casually asked, "Nothing for me?"

Ash paused for a moment, then burst out laughing. He sped up time for two seconds and finished writing a letter: "This is for you. Read it whenever you have time."

"Ah—how wonderful." Diya tapped her lips with envy: "Ash never wrote us love letters..."

"Actually, most of it is mage guidance," Ash explained with a smile. "I could write you a cultivation schedule if you want—"

"Shouldn’t you be offering to write us love letters at this moment?" Diya crossed her arms, wearing an ’oh, kids these days’ expression: "And you call yourself devoted?"

"And yet you didn’t say it was just a joke then..." Ash’s mouth twitched, and he scratched his cheek. "As for love letters... I’d prefer to show my feelings through actions rather than writing."

The witch blinked her eyes, a soft blush spreading on her face, her eyes full of joyful smiles. She suddenly nudged Tamasi and said warmly, "If we leave for Blood Moon now, we might make it in time for dinner. Black Crow, is there anything else you need to do?"

Weiser and Vishi couldn’t help but chuckle. The witch was eagerly hoping Black Crow would stay, yet upon hearing that Ash hinted at an event tonight, she hurriedly tried to usher him away.

However...

Weiser and Vishi instinctively exchanged a glance, meeting each other’s eyes, and immediately realized they were all thinking about the same thing.

"Ah, there is indeed something I want to ask Ash," Tamasi rubbed her belly and asked seriously, "Why haven’t I gotten pregnant with a baby yet?"

Everyone paused, all eyes suddenly on Ash, with Diya looking shocked: "We haven’t had Ash’s first night!? You promiscuous Meiwa!"

"Of course not! No, I mean you did get to... wait, what am I even explaining." Ash held his forehead, explaining: "Black Crow, naturally, you won’t be pregnant. Our last encounter was during the Thought Gathering, which has no impact on reality."

"So you mean no matter what, I won’t get pregnant," Tamasi considered, "That’s fine, it means I can safely attend Thought Gatherings in the future. Although I don’t dislike having children, I plan to travel to six countries next, and an unexpected pregnancy could be a bit troublesome... but I’d be looking forward to traveling the six countries with kids later."

"If you don’t want to attend Thought Gatherings, you shouldn’t force yourself either," Ash quickly said, "You won’t be in any real danger, the Thought Gathering is just Rose coming to harvest your thoughts—"

"There’s no forcing it." Tamasi shook her head, smiled, "I’m looking forward to Thought Gatherings, even if Ash pins me down and teases me, I feel quite happy. And it’s not just me, everyone feels comfortable with it, and it’s not forced at all."

"Ash..." Diya looked at him with resentment.

"Besides offline events, there are online events too," Weiser’s expression was somewhat subtle, "Looks like Ash has plenty of capacity left, work isn’t fully saturating him."

"Isn’t it because we aren’t trying hard enough," Vishi flashed a dangerous smile, "If the main course is abundant and delicious, who would go for snacks?"

Ash turned to look at Sonia, holding up a finger, "It only happened once! After we ascended to become demigods! And the memory is so fuzzy, it felt like a dream. I’m not even sure if it happened, so I never mentioned it!"

"I never suspected you made a secret rendezvous." Sonia said calmly, "And even if it was with Freyja and the others, it’s not a bad thing, it’s bound to happen sooner or later anyway."

"Why do you sound like an older sister seeing her younger brother sneak his childhood sweetheart into a room..." Ash shivered, hugging himself, "Although I’m grateful for your trust, you’ve kind of scared me."

Sonia ignored him, extending her hand to Tamasi, "Give my regards to Freyja and the others for me. I’m looking forward to your future as Ash’s Angels."

Tamasi thoughtfully shook hands with her, saying, "Feels like you’re saying something different from Freyja and the others."

"Am I?" Sonia smiled, "After all, this isn’t earth anymore."

Tamasi went past to embrace the awakening Divine Being, "Little Dream, I’m leaving now, you can finally return to Master’s side."

Little Dream sniffed, her five fox tails tightly wrapping around Black Crow, "Hurry and become a demigod, then come to the Heavenly Kingdom to see me!"

"Ash, I’ll hand back Wish Pool, Awakened Divine Being, and the Heavenly Kingdom of Thousand Wishes to you." Tamasi walked to Ash, looked up at him, "I haven’t let you down, have I?"

"Of course not." Ash reached out to embrace her, speaking softly, "You’re the companion who never disappoints me."

Tamasi squinted her eyes, pursed her lips tightly, her face full of happiness. She lifted her hand, awkwardly hugging Ash, and then stood on tiptoe to give Ash a light kiss.

"I’m off now." She donned her crow mask, waving as she walked to the Sky Gate, "See you next time!"