With the time difference being so obvious, Mikan and Asia who went and came twice, already discovered about it.
"I didn't talk about it? Well... I think I forgot to mention it then." Was what he said.
Lala was about to finish building the 'house' after a few hours.
"I brought food." Mikan said the magic words.
Lala stopped what she was doing and went to her to eat.
By the way, Mikan brought with Asia's help, table and chairs.
While they started eating, Mikan asked him: "Rito, aren't you going out to train with Lord Zastin today?"
"Later." He replied: "I'm close to discovering something and it's easier to achieve it while staying here."
"At least you informed Lord Zastin?" She asked.
"Yes, I did." He nodded.
"By the way, Rito." Lala asked while raising a hand. She continued when he looked at her: "Since there's no water reservoir here, can I create one?"
"I was thinking of doing just that, if you're going to do it, you'll be taking a weight off my shoulders." He replied.
"Then I'll do it!" She said cheerfully.
"Ah, yes, Mikan and Asia." He looks at the two: "Can you do me a favor and go out and buy some seeds to plant?"
"I can, but what do you intend to plant, Rito?" Mikan asked.
"I can help!" Asia's eyes sparkled as she raised her hand like in a classroom asking for permission to speak.
He replied: "It'll be a great help, Asia. And... It can be your choice. Whether something like common flowers, even fruit trees, watermelons etc."
"Okay, leave it to me... To us." She finished speaking looking at Asia.
...
After eating, Rito went to do 'basic' exercises.
Surrounding the body with fire, he starts running again, but this time, he was carrying a huge stone that weighed about ten tons.
'It's not heavy enough, however, heavier than this, it would be difficult to carry.' He thought.
Besides having to deal with the weight, it was necessary to maintain balance while running.
He was progressing well, until all the lion and lioness orbs ran out and he evolved to level 6.
Changing a bit his training style, every 500 meters, he used a strike he learned from Zastin, alternating between 'Lightning Splitting Fist' and 'Earth Impact' and sometimes he tried to use the 'Dragon's Ascending Explosion', but that one he was still learning.
Dragon's Ascending Explosion seems simple, he needed to do a full-body strike that starts with an uppercut powered by the legs and shoulders, releasing an ascending energy wave with the appearance of a dragon. However, in practice it proved to be quite difficult to master, especially while he is in motion.
'Should I just copy from Zastin and then adapt to my style when I reach this level?'
He shook his head denying this idea.
If he had the chance to learn from scratch, he wasn't going to just copy.
Almost two hours later...
"Huh?"
He stopped suddenly.
*Atchim!*
He felt a chill and sneezed. When he sneezed, the image of Mikan appeared in his mind.
'What was that?'
Unable to stop worrying, he decided to go and see how Mikan was just in case.
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On the shopping street, Mikan and Asia walked with some shopping bags.
"We bought a lot of seeds, right, Asia?" Mikan smiled at her.
"Yes!" Asia seemed very happy.
"By the way, Asia, you learned the Japanese language very quickly. Almost no accent." Mikan said, seeming genuinely surprised.
Before Asia could respond, someone interrupted her.
"Asia Argento?"
Turning around, Asia replied: "Yes?"
"Looks like I wasn't mistaken." The girl who stopped her had a calm expression while looking at Asia.
She was a girl with chin-length blue hair, with a green-dyed fringe on the right side, and dark yellow eyes. She was wearing a white hooded cape with gold and blue details. She also wore a crucifix around her neck.
"Who is she, Xenovia?"
Next to the blue-haired one was a beautiful girl wearing an identical cape that covered her entire body. She had violet eyes and long brown hair tied into twin tails, each secured with a blue elastic.
Xenovia didn't answer her, but instead continued looking at Asia while saying in a cold, calm tone: "I never imagined I'd meet the witch from Italy here in Japan."
"Ah, you're the Witch who was originally a Saint, right?" The twin-tailed girl also recognized her: "I heard you were excommunicated for healing both Angels and Devils without any prejudice... Is that really true?"
Asia started trembling: "Errr... I..."
"Hey, you two!" Mikan shouted, placing Asia behind her: "Who do you think you are to talk to Asia like that? Do you even know what really happened to her?"
"Who are you? Why are you protecting her?" Xenovia finally noticed Mikan.
"I'm Mikan Yuki and Asia is part of my family!" She stepped forward fearlessly: "You said Asia is a Witch, going on and on as if she were a sinner, right?"
"And am I wrong?" Xenovia said in a neutral tone: "She knows better than anyone the sin she committed."
"Sin? Hah! Don't make me laugh!" Mikan laughed in anger. She felt she had never been so furious with anyone before: "Clean your ears and listen carefully to what I'm about to say..."
Mikan narrowed her eyes: "It was you people from the church who set Asia up! You who made a deal with a Devil who wanted to expel Asia, break her, and then turn her into a Devil, but... Hahaha, isn't it funny? I see your expression finally changed. Surprised? Well, it's the truth!"
"It can't be..." The twin-tailed girl denied.
"Don't believe me?" Mikan laughed even more coldly, pointing her finger in Xenovia's face: "Then investigate, do your job properly, something you obviously didn't do right!"
She laughed even more coldly: "Heh! Asia was called a Saint, but you lot can't even be called 'those who are dirty, but still talk about the unwashed,' it's more like the 'the dirty ones, judging someone innocent' who was deceived by a church that only thinks about profiting off the faith of others and didn't even bother to investigate what really happened to the one you called a Saint!"
Xenovia's eyes widened.
Feeling a tap on her shoulder, Xenovia looked: "Irina?"
"Let's leave first, we're drawing too much unwanted attention." Irina said: "Whether what she said is true or not, we can't continue this here. Besides, our mission is something else, remember?"
Xenovia nodded and pulled her sword from under her cloak and pointed it at Mikan: "I hope what you said isn't a lie, otherwise..."
Before she could finish, something golden and black fell right between them and struck Xenovia's sword, making her step back.
"Who is it now?" Xenovia stepped back a little, only to see a beautiful girl with long golden hair and gothic black clothing with her hands shaped like blades.
"Yami!" Mikan was pleasantly surprised by her arrival.
"Yami?" Not just her, even Asia felt the same.
Yami looked at them in recognition, then pointed her left blade-shaped hand at Xenovia, saying in a cold tone: "Why are you pointing your sword at them? Think carefully before answering. Depending on your response, you will become my enemy and be eliminated."
A dangerous aura began to emanate from Yami's body.
Xenovia and Irina stepped back a little, surprised.
"Xenovia..." Irina held onto her cape.
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