Chapter 29

When I open up my eyes, I can see that I'm sleeping inside someone else's room. My room is too bland and cramped for wherever I am right now. I try to get up, but there is something pressing on my chest.

I look down and see a cute little fox sleeping on my chest. Kunou is sleeping on my chest. I pat her head and let the eleven-year-old sleep on my chest. I let her sleep and take a deep breath. I gather the natural energy and start to enter Sage Mode. After entering Sage Mode, I check on my body and widen my eyes when I see my soul is not damaged.

My life force is full. I enter Dragonforce and arrive in front of a massive dragon who looks at me with an amused expression. I raise one of my eyebrows and say.

"What?"

"Nothing. I'm just glad that women can heal your body and life force."

"Right! I want to ask that. You said that my life force will be used every second to fuel that last attack, right?"

"Yes, and I'm angry at you for doing something that reckless. You almost use all your Life Force in that attack. You only have three years at max to live because of that attack, but lucky for you, your woman heals you."

"My woman?"

"That fox woman has the smell of you inside of her, and she already marks you as her mate."

"Really? That is the first time I heard about this."

Grandeeney looks at me for a few seconds before saying.

"You are not mad, huh?"

"Mad? For what?"

"For that woman who marks you as her mate."

"Not really, no. What kind of man am I not accepting of someone beautiful as my mate?"

Grandeenet shakes her head in amusement at my words. I smile a little and say.

"Anyway, let's get back to the healing thing. What do you mean by Yasaka healing me?"

"Well, because she is healing your soul, I can see what she is doing to your soul. She is using her life force to heal your life force by using the world's life force."

"Really? That is the first time I hear about this kind of healing."

"What makes matters even more fascinating is your world."

"What about my world?"

"Your world is eager to help. Too eager. It is as if a daughter sees her father getting hurt and wants to help as much as she can. If not for your mate's control, the Fox Woman will get overwhelmed by the Life Force the world gives her. Can you imagine when you suddenly get an infinite amount of life force pushed into you? If she is not careful, your body will be bloated with Life Force and explode."

"Yikes."

It looks like I need to thank Yasaka. I will make a gift for her later. I shake my head and say.

"Right. Is my soul now good?"

"It is good, but to ensure you are one hundred percent good, please do not do anything too hard. Don't use your life force as an attack for the next… two to three days. A week to be very sure, but three days should be good."

"Three days, got it. As long as nothing is wrong, I will not use my Life Force as an attack."

"Good. Now, you need to wake up. The little girl is already waking up, and now she is shaking you."

"Ah, Kunou? I see. See you next time, Grandeeney!"

"Of course."

I take a deep breath and leave the soul palace (as Grandeneey called it). I open my eyes and see Kunou looking at me in concern.

"Big brother!"

The first thing I see is a small cannonball hugging my face tightly. I pick her up and smile. I sat down and put her down. Just like before, she throws her body into mine and hugs me tightly. I pat her head and say.

"Are you okay, Kunou? You are not injured, right?"

She looks up and nods her head.

"En! I'm fine, big brother."

"That is good. I'm glad that you are okay."

"What about you?! Are you okay?! Is there anything hurt?! Why does your hair turn pink?! Is this a sickness?! Wait a minute, big brother! I will call the healer! Wait for me!"

"No! Wait! Kunou!"

I sigh a little as she ignores me and continues to run out of the room. I can only stay here and meditate. I continue to purify the Natural Energy of the world and, true to Grandeneey's word, the world as if glad? If you can say that.

The natural energy around me rushes to get inside of me. I need to sort them out carefully, or I will get turned into stone, and I don't want that. Grandeeney is right. The world looks like it wants to help me, but it did not know that pushing this much Natural Energy would do harm instead of good.

I can feel my body involuntarily enter Sage Mode because of that amount of Natural Energy getting absorbed by my body. I can feel my sense start to expand two times its usual radius when I get into Sage Mode.

I decided to stop purifying and absorbing Natural Energy because I knew that I already reached my limit. I can feel the world's disappointment about it. I don't know how to say that it is already doing its best. Can I channel my emotions into the world? Let's try it. I channel my emotion, saying that I'm thankful for its effort of healing me.

I can feel the world shift, and now it is even more cheerful. Among the hatred that it accumulates, happiness now shines bright. I smile a little and open my eyes just in time as Yasaka and a group of people get inside my room.

When they open the door, they gasp, and some of them are already pissing themselves from pleasure. Ah, right. Too much pure natural energy is the best aphrodisiac for Youkai. I can even see Yasaka look at me with a hungry gaze.

"Err… Please remember that I'm sick."