Reincarnated With A Glitched System: Why Is My MP Not Running Out?

Chapter 1919: Telling Her The Truth

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“Aquarina? Are you there?” I called, strolling casually through the room.

“Sylphy?! Where have you been?” Aquarina replied from the bathroom, the sound of running water in the background.

“Ah, sorry! I was inside my Dungeon… you won’t believe what happened there, haha!” I laughed. “You’re going to lose it when I tell you!”

“W-What? What did you do? Geez, come on, get in here and take a bath with me!” she urged. “Before the water gets cold.”

“I already showered, but…” I sniffed my clothes. “Yeah, I reek of charcoal, sulfur, and sweat from all that heat. Okay, I’m coming!”

I stripped quickly and stepped into the steamy bathroom, joining Aquarina under the warm spray. As we showered together, I decided to tell her everything right away. Better now than risk her finding out later and getting upset.

“W-What?! You revived a god?” she exclaimed, eyes wide with shock. “And that ant was your choice out of everyone?”

“She was technically the only one I could revive,” I explained. “Glutton had preserved her freshly dead corpse, and I had absorbed her spirit soul, making it part of me. All I did was reassemble her essence and place a fragment of my own soul into her original body. Don’t worry, I didn’t overdo it, so I didn’t weaken myself.”

“Okay, but that’s insane. Is she trustworthy?!” Aquarina demanded. “Wait, no! I’m going to talk to her myself, Sylphy. I can’t just let that thing roam free in your Dungeon! What if she betrays you?”

“We made a Soul Vow! And I already considered the possibility of betrayal,” I said steadily. “I’ll use her for now. If she stays loyal, great. If she tries anything, I’m prepared.”

“You’re way too relaxed about this…” she sighed heavily. “That thing tried to destroy the entire Oasis and everyone in it. She was raising an army of giant ants to devour everything…”

“I know the whole story, Aquarina,” I said, nodding seriously. “But Armageddon and I share the same goals now. You share them too. We all have a grudge against the gods. After a long talk, she agreed to cooperate as long as she gains some benefits. She’s even helping me cultivate my divinity.”

“But she’s dangerous! She was an evil god!” Aquarina snapped, frustration rising in her voice. “Ugh, Sylphy, why do you always act so recklessly?!”

“Gosh, it’s fine, seriously. Calm down…” I sighed, rolling my eyes. “I know the risks. I’m taking them because I need her help. Cultivating a full Divinity isn’t like a Divinity Spark or Divine Aspect. It’s brutally slow and maddening without a proper method. But in almost no time, she created one that accelerated my progress dozens of times over! And I haven’t even mastered it yet.”

“And you’re sure that method isn’t some parasitic trick to steal your power?” Aquarina asked, still skeptical.

“I thought the same thing at first,” I admitted. “I examined it over and over, rebuilt it from scratch, checked every detail. There’s nothing suspicious. Listen, Aquarina—she’s my Contracted Familiar now. She can’t disobey me even if she wants to. And it benefits her to help me because I help her in return.”

“Yeah, sure. She’ll play nice, lower your guard, get strong enough to break the contract, and then devour you,” Aquarina muttered with a sigh.

“I considered that too,” I said. “She doesn’t realize the Soul Vow I crafted will always prevent her from surpassing me. Her powers are technically an extension of mine now. I took them from her in the first place.”

“Oh… Hmm… Even so, I just can’t trust that bitch,” Aquarina groaned.

“Me neither, but I need her help anyway,” I replied. “We might dream of a peaceful life, but our enemies won’t let us have it. The Evil Gods—especially those serving that Dungeon bastard—will target us eventually. And the True Demons… we don’t even know how desperately they want this world. Even if we want to settle down and live quietly together, as long as these threats exist, it’s… impossible.”

“…” Aquarina fell silent, her expression turning sad.

“I’m sorry, but that’s the truth,” I said softly, sighing. “I love the dream of us living peacefully too, but I refuse to fool myself into thinking everything will magically be fine. The moment we were marked as heroes and blessed by gods; we became pieces in their game. Whether we like it or not, we’re caught in the middle of these conflicts.”

“Yeah… I’m not dumb, you know? I understand that. I understand it really well…” Aquarina sighed.

“We need powerful allies. God-level allies,” I continued. “Armageddon is just the start. We might have to recruit more… or, if I learn enough from her, maybe even create them.”

“W-What? Create more?” Aquarina asked, stunned. “S-Sylphy… you mean creating gods?! That’s impossible… right?”

“She already created twelve demigods,” I said with a sigh. “With my Infinite Mana, guided by someone as ancient and wise as her—a literal great spirit goddess—the possibilities could be endless. We just need time to master this power, and for me to strengthen my soul through the method she designed on the spot.”

“Hmm…” Aquarina nodded slowly. I washed her back gently, then we rinsed off with cold water and finished showering. “I still want to see her myself and talk to her. I need to make sure everything’s really okay.”

Once we were dressed, I opened a portal back to my Dungeon. We stepped onto Floor 5, greeted by a vast snowfield and towering ice-cold mountains.

“Is this it?” she asked.

“No, this is Floor 5, remember?” I said. “The snowy mountains, crystal caves, all that.”

“Oooh! Right, yeah, I remember,” Aquarina nodded. “So where to now?”

“Armageddon turned the entire Floor 6 into her Divine Realm,” I explained. “It’s this way.”

I led her toward a set of stairs. It didn’t take long before we emerged into a blazing volcanic landscape that seemed to stretch on forever.

“A-Are those stars?” Aquarina wondered, staring upward. “How can there be stars in a place like this?”

“Well, long story short…” I began explaining how the realm came to be, from reviving Armageddon to her expanding her Divine Domain through the White Space, to the Ant Queen discovering that empty void as the perfect foundation for her new Spirit Divine Realm. Now fueled by my Endless Mana, she had transformed it into something extraordinary.

“I see. So it really was her…” Aquarina murmured, glancing around. “But where is she? Wait—before that, how weren’t you affected by the usual Mana overload pressure, Sylphy? I remember that was one of your biggest weaknesses…”

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