Sagara merely smiled, then said to Raven and Mai: "Then, begin. Let me see how you two will reshape the world next."
The distant onlookers immediately felt a knot tighten in their hearts upon hearing this.
"Reshape the world? Heh." Raven simply chuckled softly. "My apologies, but I'm not interested at the moment."
"I think this world is quite fine as it is."
Upon hearing this, DJ Sagara was momentarily taken aback. But he quickly regained his composure. The current Raven was not someone he could dictate terms to. As an observer, his main role was to witness the birth of a new God. As for the new God's choices, they were irrelevant to him.
"In that case, my mission here is complete. Farewell." DJ Sagara sighed, surprised that Raven could resist the temptation of such power. Without exception, every previous holder of the Golden Fruit had chosen to destroy the old world and establish a world dictated by their own will. However, those civilizations had eventually perished. But with Raven, having gained unprecedented divine power, he chose to do nothing at all. Truly an oddity.
With that, DJ Sagara vanished.
Raven and Mai exchanged a smile, their hands tightly interlocked, neither willing to let go.
And so, with the end of the Golden Fruit struggle, Raven became the God of this world. He controlled Helheim Forest, halting its encroachment on Earth. The spatial rifts around the world disappeared. An unprecedented crisis had been resolved. Zawame City slowly began to recover and thrive in the time that followed.
Raven and Mai, the new Man and Woman of the Beginning, had no intention of creating a new world, nor did they leave to create life elsewhere. They simply remained on Earth.
Inside the Amazon café.
The newly joined Mai coexisted harmoniously with Akira and the others. Akira, at least, was very understanding and reasonable. Knowing that Mai's relationship with Raven was no ordinary one, she happily accepted her. Touka and Yoko, as devoted followers, had even fewer objections.
To show his appreciation for Akira's tolerance and understanding, Raven chose to hold a wedding ceremony for her in the Helheim Forest, a ceremony without outside spectators. Not even the "Silly Orange," Kouta, was invited to attend.
The only audience present were Raven's women. Saya and Yuka were also specifically brought over from the Faiz world for the event. However, neither Yuka nor Saya desired any formal title; they felt it was enough to maintain their current relationship.
At the wedding venue within Helheim Forest, all the women, except the bride, changed into beautiful yet alluring gowns, all uniformly wearing high heels and stockings. Akira, meanwhile, changed into a pure white wedding dress that looked incredibly precious, sparkling with crystals. Her smooth, beautiful legs were clad in white garter stockings and white high heels. She looked like a Goddess herself.
"Onee-chan, will you marry me?" Raven asked Akira.
"I do." Akira replied without the slightest hesitation, her face beaming with a happy smile. She hadn't even dared to hope for this, especially since Raven had become a God and Mai, the new Woman of the Beginning, was his destined counterpart. She only wished to be with him. But she never expected him to actually fulfill her dream of a wedding.
This deeply moved Akira. After the ceremony was complete, she couldn't stop her tears, hugging Raven tightly in her usual way.
Mai and Yoko watched from the side. There was no jealousy or any other negative emotion in their eyes. They understood that this was merely a formality. After all, the mundane rules of the secular world could no longer restrain Raven, a God. Mai especially felt no need to prove her relationship with Raven through such a worldly title.
As for Touka, Yoko, and the distant Saeko, they were well aware of their position: they were merely Raven's subordinates.
With the conclusion of the wedding, Raven carried Akira and entered the honeymoon room with her. From then on, Helheim Forest officially became Raven's private domain.
After some time had passed, the progress bar in the Kamen Rider Gaim world was full. The System finally began to alert Raven that he could move on to the next world.
Raven was awakened from his comfortable life. Although he had become a God, he was still not the strongest being in the Rider multiverse. After all, figures of BUG level like the Black God and Oma Zi-O still loomed over him. A God who gained his divine power through the Golden Fruit was still lacking.
He decided that now was the time to continue strengthening his power by devouring the Kaijin Bosses of the various Rider worlds.
Getting up, he glanced briefly at Mai and Akira Kazuraba sleeping on either side of him. Raven then went downstairs to the backyard of the Amazon café. This was still his main portal for traveling between worlds.
He opened the door and walked through it, alone.
"What Rider world will it be next?" Raven had the feeling of opening a blind box.
Stepping out of the yard, Raven looked at the interior of his café. He noticed that the space inside felt smaller, the decor was better, and the facilities were more high-tech. Finally, he looked at the calendar on the wall.
2022?
Seeing this number, Raven quickly racked his brain to recall which Rider was from this time period.
But before he could figure it out, screams and calls for help erupted from the street outside.
"Monster!"
"Help!"
Raven then saw a group of very familiar monsters attacking pedestrians all over the street.
"Jyamato?"
Seeing this, he immediately understood which Rider world he had crossed into.
It was Kamen Rider Geats. The latest Rider world.
He hadn't even finished watching this series, only getting about halfway through. However, there were two "sisters" in this world that he was quite fond of: Keiwa Sakurai's biological older sister, Sara Sakurai, and the protagonist's "cheap" older sister, Tsumuri.
Casually swatting a Jyamato that tried to attack him into powder, Raven walked away from the panic-stricken crowd.
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