Aleph silently looked at the prompts in his sight.

  [Achievement Unlocked: Cool Entry]

  [Cool Entry: Create a visually stunniry into a huge fight.]

  He deadpa the ‘joke’ spat out by the Achievement Hunter.

  ‘I almost fot about that visual enha…’

  Yamato wasn’t supposed to be as ‘loud’ as that. The reward he obtained i three months enhas visual effects.

  His idle thoughts ensued as he waited for Mei’s arrival.

  After dealing with the Fmebrihe Seventh Sn—a swift transport ship picked up both him and Mei. Its speed was equivalent to a Mach 150 jet, something that his world hasn’t do.

  Izumo was twice the size of Earth with a circumference of 80,000 kilometers. Still, the speed of their ships made traveling a trifle—borderlieleportation, even.

  Along the way, Mei did not ask him questions. She took his words to heart and waited until they could talk properly.

  After some twists and turns, Aleph was housed in one of her vils.

  ‘It looks like she did not have many helpers around her…’ He thought. ‘It’s the five huh year… the seventh. Their time is getting nearer, but the politics is just as bad as ours, if not worse.’

  Iigator… no, Great Sage went to a great extent on seeing past events. It was here Aleph khat Mei’s fight against the seventh sn took ten mihat timespan was enough for several reinforts to e, yet nobody came.

  That made it clear something shady was going on.

  Bam.

  The tatami door (shoji) slid open. It revealed Mei with a new set of bck-purple kimono.

  “I am sorry for making you wait…”

  “Aleph. You call me Aleph.”

  “...Aleph-san.”

  Hearing Mei call him with an unfamiliar tone made Aleph pause. She bore extreme simirities to his Mei. Their solemnity, elegance, and the dignity of someone born in the upper css.

  Their biggest distin was their focus. His Mei loved to talk about stific matters. She could go on for hours talking about a certain research subject. Aleph was lucky enough to be able to follow oo his knowledge base and god-like processing speed.

  As for this Mei…

  ‘A swordsman Mei. She’s more simir to the Mei in the Current Era.’

  “Ahem. Feel free to ask your questions.”

  Aleph spoke after he drank a portion of tea.

  “Where did you e from?”

  “Another world.”

  “...”

  Mei half-expected him to either ceal his ins or make up something. Aleph’s answer caught her off guard.

  ‘He… should not be lying.’ She thought. ‘There is no use… unless he has that humor.’

  “Why did you help us?”

  “Because I .” Aleph replied. “Miss Mei. What do you think of the future?”

  “Our future..?”

  “My purpose here, in this world, is to lend you a hand. As for the duration of my stay, it could be days, weeks, or even months. It won’t be very long… I feel it.”

  Mei heard a hint of plexity in his st few words.

  “...So, you are here to fight our enemies?”

  “Yes, but not just that. I am talking about your internal affairs.”

  Aleph’s guidance ged their topiei’s side. It was now he heard detailed ats on what was happening.

  ‘A cssic political strife… Some idiots are lucky enough to live at this point.’

  Fire MOTH’s problems regarding internal strife happeo Izumo. The six upper families held the power for too long. The Raiden lineage was one of them.

  When Mei’s father died without being able to settle posthumous affairs, the eleven other families attempted to divide her lineage’s influenbsp;

  That’s right, eleven.

  Before they could enact their pns in full, the seventh dest occurred. It served as Mei’s shield, but at the same time, her adversity.

  Without any reinforts in sight, she resolved to fight alo was a golden opportunity to wipe her out and take the Edict Edge passed on the Raiden lineage.

  That was until Aleph arrived.

  “Five me for this one, but how did your father die?”

  His question was answered immediately.

  “Father (chichiue)... He went to a pce to deal with a strong enemy. He came bae grievously wounded. I was not able to talk with him when he died abruptly.”

  ‘...right.’

  Aleph saw a different world under his elemental sight. Aremely small bck dot was floating aimlessly. A sense of deja vu swept his entire body.

  He did not hesitate to turn his mind somewhere else.

  Still, that brief tact done in a fra of a sed was enough for chaotic thoughts to emerge in his mind.

  ‘I am… meaningless.’

  ‘My as did not ge anything.’

  ‘Beings like that could not be fought. It is merely my wishful thinking…’

  For a moment, he closed his eyes. Mei was startled to see him ‘sleep’ out of nowhere.

  It did not take long.

  ‘That is…’

  What Mei saw air of mystical golden pupils. His elongated irises made her think she was fag a dragon, not a human being.

  The aura withiire tatami room ged. The air stagnated as the space became sticky. It was akin to bearing a thousand kilograms out of nowhere.

  Before she was fully affected, everything disappeared like a bubble.

  The suffog feeling on her chest was nothing but a mere illusion… or was it?

  ‘Who is he..?’

  For the nth time, she could not help but ask inwardly.

  “I am aware my appearance feels strange, but I am here to help you, Miss Mei. I see it. The desire to bee stronger.”

  In the face of an uable and unfathomably strong being, Mei did not question him anymore. It was useless p whether he was scheming something else.

  Moreover, things were exactly as he said.

  She wants to bee stronger.

  “Tell me. What should I do?”

  Seeing crity on her pair of purple pupils, his Mei overpped with this Mei.

  “I help you settle things regarding internal affairs… but it’s not enough. So…”

  He paused before smiling.

  “I will teach you everything you o know.”