The atmosphere between Raizel and Shin turned cold, the air started slowly started cracking open as black holes appeared and vanished repeatedly.

Raizel didn’t move, nor did Shin. The two stood as equals, staring at each other’s eyes.

Neither one backed away from the other.

“Do you see that?”

Raizel was the first one to open his mouth, he glanced up at the heavens for a brief moment before staring at Shin once again.

Shin raised his eyebrows slightly before glancing towards where Raizel hinted at. What Shin saw was a green moon which was rather small. Shin narrowed his eyes slightly, what Shin could see was forests, mountains and a large building.

After thinking about it, Shin understood what Raizel hinted at.

“Are you sure?”

Shin asked vaguely, but Shin’s voice calmed down slightly.

A faint smile appeared on Raizel’s face before he bowed slightly.

“Very.”

Raizel turned around towards Sher before opening a portal, pushing Sher into it before he entered it himself.

The cold atmosphere disappeared when Raizel left.

“Haah…”

Shin sighed because things went better than he had guessed.

Even if he’s one of them, not everyone is the same.

Not all of his race were evil…

Not all of the Human race are kind like Kali and mother…

That was the reason Shin didn’t want to murder Raizel even when his body wanted to do so.

Shin slowly descended from the air towards everyone, this time, Shin had a bright smile on his face as he stared at everyone, especially the Guardians and the white-haired male further behind.

After thinking about it, Shin walked towards the white-haired man who called himself Gin’Iro. The reason was because Shin thought that his expression seemed lonely and desolate.

“I heard everything, are you Kuugo’s elder brother?”

Shin asked with a warm smile on his face.

When Marvin had died, Gin’Iro had sighed deeply because he had finally gotten his revenge for his little brother. He felt a little lost, because he had nothing and no one.

Gin’Iro was about to leave when Shin walked towards him, Gin’Iro knew that his little brother cared deeply for the young child in front of him.

“Yes, Kuugo was my dear younger brother.”

Gin’Iro smiled softly as he gazed at the sky.

After Shin got his confirmation, Shin leaped towards Gin’Iro with wide arms, hugging Gin’Iro tightly.

“It was my fault that Kuugo had to break his Soul Mark…”

Gin’Iro was shocked and speechless when Shin hugged him, after a second, Gin’Iro hugged Shin back, caressing his back slowly.

“No, it wasn’t your fault. I bet that Kuugo loved you with all his heart, it was his own choice to save you, you did nothing wrong.”

Gin’Iro didn’t know why, but he tried to comfort Shin. Slowly, tears emerged from the corner of his eyes, but Gin’Iro was smiling from the bottom of his heart.

Shin tried to nod heavily while being in Gin’Iro’s embrace. Shin’s expression changed slightly before speaking with a bright smile.

“Kuugo said that he saw me as his grandson…”

Shin raised his head and stared deeply at Gin’Iro with huge eyes before speaking with a low voice.

“Will you be my grandfather too…?”

Gin’Iro wasn’t able to speak, his expression froze as he stared at Shin in his embrace.

“Ahahaha!”

Gin’Iro started laughing loudly before speaking in a joyful tone.

“Of course!”

“I will come and visit often and if you ever need my help, just shout and I’ll come running! Ahahahaha!”

He couldn’t stop laughing with a smile on his face. Gin’Iro wasn’t stupid at all, he figured that Shin saw his lonely expression from earlier.

My dear little brother, I can finally understand why you would sacrifice your soul for this child.

Hehe, I must treat my new grandson with care, I can’t let anyone to take advantage of him…!

From afar, Hath’s face turned bleak.

“Hehe, why do I feel happy to see your expression like that?”

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Aria came snickering behind Hath.

Hath gritted his teeth, turning around to leave. Before he could manage to walk a step, he heard Aria continue speaking.

“Come and visit your grandson when you have time. He is after all Michael’s son.”

Aria reminded him in a soft voice before walking towards Shin and Gin’Iro.

“Shin, are you happy that you have a new grandfather?”

Aria asked with a smile as she gazed at Gin’Iro before lowering her body slightly.

“I thank you for helping us.”

“And for becoming Shin’s grandfather.”

Gin’Iro raised his left hand, answering Aria with a smile on his face.

“No, no. I have to thank you for helping me get revenge for my little brother and for giving me an excellent grandson.”

Aria gave the leaving Hath a cold gaze.

Cheh, that’s how a grandfather should act like. Humph!

Hath had cold sweat running down his back as he felt the cold gaze of Aria from afar.

“Haah…”

Hath sighed deeply before leaving, he had done everything that had to be done.

After leaving Gin’Iro’s embrace, Shin turned around to see Anaj walking towards him.

“How much do you remember from back then?”

Anaj asked a simple question, he didn’t bother with everyone’s gazes.

“Not much.”

Shin shook his head a little bit before continuing.

“I remember hunting them for killing the ones I loved. And, I also remember your voice, but I am not sure from where.”

Anaj sighed before opening his mouth.

“Right, I’m going to explain shortly. But, it should be enough context for anyone to understand what is going on and what happened.”

Anaj gave a glance towards everyone before setting his gaze at Shin.

“Shin. Both you and I are very special existence in this universe. I came from the Void, whereas you came from the Stars.”

“Since the creation of this universe, the Void had always been locked like a prison. But, you managed to break open the chains that held the Void sealed.”

“After you went in the Void, something happened, and the Void created a being to go out with you as the existence of the Void. That being was me.”

“You treated me like an equal, a friend, a brother. Many years passed by, slowly but surely, I found out that you were hunting a certain race. I asked you back then, the only reply you gave me was; ‘I lost everything in their hands. I want to avenge them before following them in the afterlife.’.”

“At that time, the Void told me something shocking. That it was possible for it to reincarnate your loved ones.”

Anaj smiled softly before he glanced at Aria.

“Your mother; Vivian.”

Then Anaj glanced at Kali.

“Your wife; Sharia.”

Lastly, Anaj put his gaze at Eline.

“And finally; Isabella.”

The three, Aria, Kali and Eline felt their heart beating faster. Their souls were telling them something, but they couldn’t remember anything.

Shin’s eyes shined brightly after he heard Anaj, he could finally put together the missing pieces.

“You, you’re saying that you and the Void helped me?”

After thinking about it, Shin tilted his head slightly.

“Why?”

“That’s where it gets fun.”

Anaj’s smile didn’t falter at all.

“The Void decided to help you because of you.”

“You helped the Void without wanting anything in exchange. You treated me; the existence of the Void as an equal. You never asked for help, but the Void wanted to give you something, returning your family back to you was the least it could do. It did also reincarnate me to see this through.”

The only ones that was calm were Shin and Anaj, everyone else couldn’t think straight any longer.

“I think I understand most things now, but there is still the thing that you said. That I come from the ‘Stars’, what did you mean by that?”

Shin had thought about the meaning about that since he heard it from Anaj’s mouth. Because, he was slowly remembering the memories that was deep inside of his soul.

A bitter smile appeared on Anaj’s face.

“Even I don’t know that.”

“I just know that when you were inside the Void, you said that you were remade by the Stars. I remember since the day I met you, you always enjoyed watching the stars in the sky.”

That was all Anaj knew, he was also rather confused when Shin told the Void that Shin was ‘remade by the Stars’.

Shin slowly raised his head and watched the sky, seeing further ahead, Shin managed to see the stars in a faraway place…

A warm feeling welled up from inside of Shin, it was a cosy sensation. This feeling wasn’t unfamiliar to Shin, he had sensed it almost every single day since he had arrived to this world. It was the warmness, the love and the happiness he had feeling from his mother; Aria, his fairy; Kali, and his friends…

Tears emerged from the corner of Shin’s eyes as he muttered.

“The me before was a troublesome guy…”

After saying this, Shin jumped into Kali’s arms, wanting to feel her warmth.

“Hihi…”

Kali laughed in a very low voice before she said.

“It seems like Shin wants me, you guys can go somewhere far away now.”

Kali ‘shooed’ at everyone, wanting them to leave.

Not even a moment later, Kali felt a dozen cold gazes at her.

“Humph…!”

Kali narrowed her eyes before she lifted Shin in a princess carry and vanishing.

Shin had no idea what was happening, but his cheeks were bright red.