Alexia

While I’m leaving the Dimensional Block, I pass by quite a few of the people who were visiting the Block just to see that little ceremony at the entrance of the next Block over. But I ignore the lot of them to continue flying through the air in my True Form. Taking advantage of its wings.

After all, all the rules say is that I can’t use my True Form to attack others. It doesn’t say I can’t use it to fly around with my wings and save myself the energy drain that is using Quantum Displacement over and over again to stay airborne.

Although I soon find a problem with that. Specifically when I’m attacked while in my True Form. Because I can’t retaliate in the form and have to change back every time. Which is a pain.

Then there’s the fact that using Quantum Displacement as a method of travel was also one of the biggest reasons it is one of my highest level skills.

So I eventually just return to my previous method of travel once more. Just to keep leveling up the skill. And so that I don’t have to deal with transforming back and forth to kill some pesky monsters.

These rules are annoying.

“Power always comes at a cost,” Zal comments, reminding me of his existence.

Actually, on that note, when are you going to continue the lessons on Quantum Energy Manipulation?

“Right now if you call me Father,” Zal says, making me halt in place with my eyes narrowed at the air in front of me.

Seriously? Are you really doing this?

I hear a hum in response.

Now I’m starting to see the family resemblance between you and your father.

He doesn’t respond as if trying to ignore that comment.

“Both father and son and their habit of ignoring things they don’t like…” I mutter out loud while shaking my head before continuing my teleporting quest across this Dimensional Block. “Fine. Father.”

“Very good,” the petty man states in response. “Now I will begin your lessons while you hunt.”

Why are you even trying to get me to call you my father anyways? I thought you didn’t care much about it.

“Because the Ruler is gloating to me about your calling him grandfather and me by some nickname,” the man answers without hesitation before starting the lesson.

But for the first several seconds of said lesson my mind is just locked onto how petty this family is.

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The family’s pettiness aside though, the lesson continues on for a few hours before he finishes up for the day. With me traversing a couple Dimensional Blocks in this time through teleporting. And not finding a single target in the process.

Once the lesson is complete, I go ahead and nod my head at the air in front of me and state, “Thank you for the lesson. Zal.”

Zal pauses for a second and asks, “What happened to Father?”

I tilt my head a little without showing a shred of emotion on my face as I ask in return, “All you requested was for me to call you Father. You never said I needed to replace how I call you.”

Silence answers me, with the petty quantum being not saying a single word in retort.

Then I feel his presence leave my mind for the time being, but I know he’ll be back.

I didn’t do the same thing to Grandfather strictly because of how obsessed he is with getting me to call him Grandfather. So I know he’ll just keep doing it over and over again.

But Zal, on the other hand, doesn’t genuinely care himself. Even if he does seem to at least partially consider me his daughter now. Sorta.

So he won’t push on the topic. And I have no intention of calling anyone Father on a permanent basis.

Not a single person.

Except Lucas, maybe. Probably not though.

I will refer to him as my father, since that’s an unavoidable fact, but I doubt I’ll ever go around calling him Father or Dad or anything.

Anyways, moving on from that, I go ahead and enter the next Dimensional Block. Only to pause when I notice something in the corner of my vision.

Something that makes the corners of my lips quirk upwards ever so slightly.

Just like with Damien and the red outline I saw on him, I see a strange and miniscule little red outline far off in the distance. No doubt representing a target.

So I immediately begin teleporting over in that direction without wasting any time. Eventually leading to me arriving at a rather large castle in Dimensional Block #111, which is made up of floating chunks of ice on a vast ocean. With the castle itself being on a chunk of ice.

I completely ignore all of the soldiers and people around the castle as I activate my True Form and teleport straight into the castle before grabbing the target by the throat without warning. Then I lift the target into the air and teleport out of the castle while my System Notifications appear.

You have now begun your assault on a target of the universe.

Should you eliminate the target, you will be given a single fragment of an energy core for acting within your role.

Your time limit has been removed.

Act as you please as you eliminate the target.

After flying up into the air above the castle under everyone’s gaze, I take a closer look at the woman in my hand. Identifying her as I do so.

{Raya – Spatial Selkie – Level 794} -|-|-|-|- {Target – Reaper Directive – Annihilate the Rule Breaker – Target broke the laws of nature and began tearing away at the boundaries of the universe into the void.}

I glance at the target in my hand, finding the woman’s eyes to be wide in shock as I do so.

Then I just state without a single emotion expressed on my face, “Hello.”