"Hu… hu… hu…"
After five or six minutes, Akashiya Moka gently pushed Arthur away, her palms pressed against his chest as she gasped for breath, her face flushed bright red.
She was clearly a vampire.
If she wished, she could go hundreds—thousands—of years without ever breathing.
But when kissing Arthur…
She felt suffocated.
Her heart pounded wildly in her chest, as if it wanted to break free.
Her body turned weak and soft.
Arthur didn't rush to release the domain of the Sovereign's Realm. Instead, holding Akashiya Moka in his arms, he sat on the golden throne.
Lowering his head with a gentle smile, he said softly:
"Moka, the retainer's contract is complete. From this moment on, you'll forever belong to me."
"Mhm…"
Hearing that, Akashiya Moka rested her head against his chest, her eyes shimmering with joy, and let out a faint, sweet reply.
After a moment of silence, Arthur lowered his head slightly, smiling as he said in a warm tone:
"Moka, don't you want to see the power I've given you?"
"Then… I'll take a look."
Akashiya Moka blinked, nodded lightly, and finally began to carefully sense the new power flowing within her body.
She gently closed her eyes.
It was as though she could see a strange golden greatsword suspended high above.
A new energy surged inside her.
Opening her eyes, she lifted her right hand.
Golden motes of light gathered in her palm, converging into a flame-like form.
Scarlet sparks flickered faintly around it.
She realized this new energy could merge with her youki, amplifying its power many times over.
Her whole body felt filled with strength.
"What kind of power is this?"
She couldn't help but glance at Arthur curiously.
With a smile, Arthur explained:
"Spiritual Qi. You can think of it as another form of youki—the essence is the same."
"After the contract, the power I give you has the ability to maximize the potential of your youki."
What he had granted her was the Destiny Power of the Golden Authority—an ability to bring out a person's talent to its fullest extent.
As a youkai of overwhelming strength, Akashiya Moka didn't possess flashy abilities. Her combat style relied heavily on using her youki to massively enhance her body.
Her fists and kicks were her weapons.
Now, with Arthur's development, her combat strength had at least doubled—perhaps even increased severalfold.
Even though she was still in her sealed, ordinary state…
With the blessing of golden Spiritual Qi, even like this, she could probably punch straight through a heavy-duty truck.
Her defense had also grown astonishingly strong.
The Spiritual Qi of a retainer was drawn from Arthur's Primordial Force, and was at least a hundred times stronger than the original version.
Its authority was far beyond the standard level.
If a single Authority's power was of blue grade, and seven combined could barely reach purple grade…
Then the sublimated power, Supreme Authority, was something considered extremely high-value even among the purple grade.
Perhaps it could even touch upon gold.
Its strength had multiplied hundreds, thousands of times over.
"I see…" Akashiya Moka murmured in realization.
No wonder that when she used the Spiritual Qi, she felt her body overflowing with power, as if she could shatter anything.
Arthur chuckled softly: "Do you want to test just how strong it is?"
"…Alright."
After a moment's hesitation, Akashiya Moka nodded with a smile.
She wasn't particularly fond of violence.
But since Arthur had said so, she would give it a try.
Holding her in a princess carry, Arthur stood up and stepped forward—instantly arriving on the grass below.
With a mere thought, a barrier about the size of a room's doorway appeared before them.
Arthur set her down, smiling:
"Go on. Use your power to your heart's content. Get familiar with it as quickly as you can."
"Okay, here I go!"
Akashiya Moka's expression grew serious. She clenched her right fist before her chest, nodded, and stepped toward the barrier.
Focusing intently, she drew upon the Spiritual Qi in her body.
Golden radiance laced with streaks of crimson shimmered in her palm.
She threw a punch at the barrier in front of her.
She had only used half of her strength.
Duang!
Ripples spread across the barrier's surface.
Akashiya Moka's eyes widened in surprise.
It felt as though her fist had struck the surface of water.
So she continued punching—
Just as Arthur had told her, she let her Spiritual Qi flow freely.
Ten minutes later…
Arthur finally released the Supreme Authority's Domain.
The Supreme Authority's core attribute was Control.
It could create a sovereign's realm.
In other words, a domain space.
The wielder became a supreme ruler, holding dominion over their own "kingdom."
With a thought, the space could infinitely contract.
With another thought, it could infinitely expand.
Spatial movement, spatial collapse, spatial severance, spatial sealing—any technique related to space could be wielded.
And of course, the Supreme Authority's power didn't end there.
"Come, let's go home."
Smiling, Arthur picked up the lightly panting Akashiya Moka, who had exhausted most of her Spiritual Qi.
Taking to the skies, he flew toward Tokyo's Nerima Ward.
Unlike when they arrived, his flying speed was not fast.
Blushing faintly, Moka rested sweetly in his embrace, her arms looped around his neck.
She closed her eyes and leaned quietly against him.
Time rewound twenty minutes earlier.
At the very moment Arthur casually removed the sealing cross…
Northeastern Japan—Fukushima Prefecture.
In a remote, uninhabited mountain area near Soma City, a powerful barrier concealed an invisible spatial passage.
On the other side lay a small world.
Its land area was roughly equivalent to that of Earth.
This was where Akashiya Moka had lived as a child—the Youkai Realm.
In the Zhu Ran family estate, underground.
Something long sealed away suddenly trembled faintly.
In the next instant, a man appeared.
He looked at the stone coffin before him, seemingly unchanged, his brows furrowing slightly. With a deep gaze, he murmured:
"…The seal here has fluctuated. Could it be that Moka's cross has been removed in the human world?"
Falling silent, he pondered deeply.
After giving the coffin a final glance, he turned and vanished.
At the same time, elsewhere—
A handsome middle-aged man in a black tailcoat, his thick black hair slicked neatly back, suddenly opened his eyes wide.
Scarlet pupils glimmered faintly.
"…This is her aura?!"
Closing his eyes, he let his youki surge through him. A few seconds later, he opened them again, his gaze turning toward the spatial passage.
"The human world…"
His eyes deepened, full of thought.
Earth, Tokyo, Meguro Ward.
Yotsuya Miko arrived to meet with Yurikawa Hana, who had gotten there earlier.
"Miko, you finally came."
Yurikawa Hana pouted lightly when she saw her arrive.
She'd noticed that ever since Miko met Arthur, sometimes she just felt… strange.
"Sorry," Miko quickly apologized.
"Forget it, it's not important."
Yurikawa Hana didn't stay upset. With a bright smile, she shifted the subject:
"Come on, let's go! That dessert shop also serves drinks. Their fruit milkshake has the highest reviews."
Saying so, she led the way ahead.
"Milkshake…"
Walking slightly behind her, Yotsuya Miko's eyes flickered strangely.
Suddenly, Arthur's "that" came to mind.
Sticky, viscous, tasting faintly like yogurt-thick milk.
Almost like slightly sweet milk…
She had expected it to taste strange, but to her surprise, it wasn't bad at all.
Wait—what am I thinking?!
Miko snapped out of it, her face flushing bright red from the scandalous thought that had crept into her mind.
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