Hello everyone, I'm back. Really sorry for the delay. I had my final exams of the year for uni this week so I was too busy studying to update.

So without further ado, I give you the new chapter of an Hero's Journey.

Please Enjoy!


I never thought that I would one day see two beautiful young woman devouring the food on their plates like starving animals but here we are.

We were currently eating in a restaurant in the city of Rome in Italy. We were closer than ever to the Vatican but there was a huge problem that I needed to solve if I wanted to join the Church. That problem was sitting right in front of me and she was a devouring a beef steak with an emotionless expression which was really creepy by the way. That problem, of course, being Valerie Tepes. My other problem, the sexy black cat Kuroka was praising Valerie for her table mannerisms or rather non existent mannerisms while having a piece of tuna fish stuck in her mouth.

"Very good Valerie-chan nya. This is how you eat a beef steak if you want to savour it."

"Like…that ?" the dhampir asked while chewing her food.

"Yes, just like that nya."

I sighed at their antics. I could see all the customers staring at us. I didn't know if it was for their table manners or because they were two beautiful woman with revealing clothes but I ignored it. The way they act in public wasn't really suprising. Both of them have absolutely no common sense with Valerie having lived most of her life in a dreary tower and Kuroka having been on the run. They must have never frequented such a place in their life.

However what I found strange was how fast these two became such good friends in such a short amount of time. Kuroka was oddly attached and protective of Valerie though I wagered that it was because Valerie was similar to Shirone both in personality and history. Valerie was mostly sleeping during our way here but when she woke up she immediately latched onto Kuroka and has been following her around though I've seen her staring at me the whole time.

I've also remarked that the damage done to her soul because of the missing Graal was more extensive than I first thought. I already knew that her emotions were muted and that she was incapable to show an expression on her face but it seems that the way she talks was also affected. She would sometimes speak in a broken speech manner and she would sometimes forgot what she was saying and look lost in thought in the few times we talked. I wanted to talk to her extensively about her Sacred Gear, about Rivezim but also about herself but I couldn't go farther than introducing myself when she lost herself to her thought . This is why I took her here as i thought that maybe she would be able to talk after a good meal and being in a peaceful place.

Which makes me go back to my dilemma. I needed to find a way to sneak a dhampir in the Vatican and makes her join the Church while letting no one knows that she is a dhampir and that she has the Graal.

I already knows how to hide her Sacred Gear. Mephisto Pheles gave me a talisman that hides the presence of my longinus tied to my soul. It's a masterpiece that he created himself and according to him no one can detect the Sacred Gears unless they are a Great Seraph intimely familiar with the Sacred Gear system or if they are a god. He made it years ago for both Lavinia and Georg and it explains why no one know that they have Longinus. Lavinia told me about it in her letters and I asked her to send me two of them so I could hide my True Longinus from the Church. One for me and the other in case I lost the first. I plan to give the second talisman to Valerie to hide the existence of her Sacred Gear but it leaves the matter of hiding her vampire heritage and more importantly how I could heal her mind and soul from the side-effects of the Graal.

I have a theory that could maybe allow Valerie to hide her race but I was uncertain if it would work. And for healing her I needed a certain person and it was the reason we were in Rome instead of going straight to the Vatican. But first I needed to know if my theory could work and Valerie was the only one who can tell me.

I coughed loudly and both of them stopped eating and looked at me, one with a cheshire smile plastered on her face and the other looking at me with a blank face.

"Well Valerie, like I already told you earlier, I am Cao Cao, the one who asked Kuroka to save you." I said with a gentle smile. " And I-"

"Why ?" she interrupted me with a glimmer of cold intellingence in her eyes and I looked at her in surprise. "Why did you save me ? Is it for my Longinus ?"

Well, she is more perpective than I thought she was though I shouldn't be suprised It was hinted in canon that she was not only a broken doll and that she was perfectly aware of her situation. There was two ways I could go about to answer her question. I could either tell her that it was indeed only for her longinus or maybe the actual truth.

"While you having the Graal played a part in my decision, it was just a little part and it was mostly a spur of the moment decision. You know about the Fullmoon Village, right ?" She nodded and I could see an hint of disgust cross her face for a millisecond. "When I learned the truth about that place and that there was nothing I could do to help them, I was understandably angry, Very angry. I needed a way to lash out and what perfect target than the very perpretor of this abomination. So I went and wreaked havoc in the castle and I asked Kuroka to take you away during the chaos."

"Darling is just being humble nya. The attack was just a distraction to save you. It was his plan all along." said Kuroka with a proud expression and Valerie looked at me in askance.

I sighed and answered. " Okay , the true reason I saved you is that, with what I know about your situation, I couldn't leave you in that place to suffer. I was frustrated that I couldn't save the inhabithants of the Fullmoon Village so I decided to save the person I know I would be capable to help. Maybe…maybe it is selfish that I helped you so that I could feel good about myself and because I was trying to escape my guilt but it is what it is." I finished with a little shame in my voice and I felt someone touching my hand.

It was Valerie who was still looking at me with no expression on her face but I could see some emotions in her eyes. Kuroka was also looking at me sadly and mouthing that it was okay.

"it's alright. You helped me, that's what matters." Valerie said and despite her monotone voice, I had the impression that she is trying to comfort me.

I coughed suddenly embarrased by the situation. "Anyway, you need to know that Kuroka and I are going to the Vatican so that I could join the Church. Kuroka can hide herself by turning into a cat and using senjutsu but it leaves you vulnerable. I'm sure that you know that Marius and his backers will hunt you down, right ?" She nodded and answered.

"Yes, my brother needs me for his plans but there is also these two silver-haired devils who took one of my cup. They are dangerous and powerful." As I thought she already know about Rivezim Lucifer and Euclid Lucifuge.

"Yes, these people are powerful and they want you at all cost for their plans and The Graals cannot fall into the wrong hands. This is why I have a proposition for you," She looked at me curiously. "In order to keep you safe I need you to become an exorcist alongside me. It will be the perfect smokescreen to hide you. The vampires and devils wouldn't dare to come near the Vatican and they will never think that you, a dhampir, became an exorcist. I also know of a way to hide your Sacred Gear and your race. Of course that plan will not work if you do not play along and you are perfectly in your right to refuse. I'll find another place to hide you and you are not obligated to stay with us. So my question is, will you join us Valerie Tepes ?" I asked her seriously. I know that we were the ones who helped her but she still had no obligation to follow us and I wanted her to know that she can leave to strike out on her own if she wanted. I did not want to pressure her in anyway and I wanted my companions to join me willingly.

She thought for a bit and and answered. " I will follow your lead…Master." Wait what.

"Why are you calling me Master ?" I cried out out with a embarassed look. I could see the other customers looking at me strangely because of my shout. And I can see you snickering behind your hand, Kuroka, I know it's your fault somehow.

She looked at me as if I was the one lacking any kind of common sense. "You asked me to join and serve you…so that's makes you my Master."

"I didn-" Kuroka bursted out laughing and I looked at her in frustration.

"But I have one condition." I blinked and Kuroka stopped laughing.

"What's the condition ?"

"My brother, Gasper, Kuroka said that you will help me reunite with him." she said and for the first time, there was some emotions in her voice.

I nodded. "I did say that but it will have to wait."

"Why ?"

"From what I know, your brother was reincarnated by a devil but not any devil. He was turned into a devil by the little sister of the Crimson Satan."

"Rias Gremory." Kuroka interrupted with some anger in her voice. I was not really surprised by the venom in her voice. Rias stole her role of big sister from her after all and Kuroka hates all pureblood devils because of what happened to her. She was also looking at Valerie with empathy though it might be because they were somewhat in the same situation. So much that it was kind of eery in fact. Both hunted for something beyond their control and both have siblings in the peerage of Rias Gremory. If you add the fact that Valerie had a similar personnality to Shirone and it was no wonder that Kuroka was so attached and protective of Valerie.

"Yeah, her. Your brother must be in the underworld protected by the Lucifer's peerage. I cannot take you there now but there is nothing to worry about. Your brother is safe and you will just have to wait a few years to finally see him." I said.

Valerie nodded knowing that it was futile to try to go to the underworld to take Gasper away from one the most protected place in the supernatural world, that place being the Gremory territory.

"I understand, Master."

"Don't worry Valerie-chan, you will see your little Gasper one day. I promise you." Kuroka promised, comforting Valerie and hugging her close.

"Now that this is stettled, there is another matter that we need to discuss but first take this," I gave her the talisman of Mephisto to hide the presence of her Sacred Gear. "No one will be able to detect the Sephiroth Graal with this talisman." Now we needed to talk about the way we are going to hide her dhampir traits so she could become an exorcist with me. I have a theory that might work but I needed to use the Graal to do it.

Sephiroth Graal also known as the Holy Graal of the Secluded World has the ability to make contact with the principle of life. It can grant immortality, bring the dead back to life as long as the soul is intact, erase weaknesses and also give powerful regenaration factor to anyone but in canon Rivezim used it in another way. He was able to to transform low-class Vampire into Evil Dragons albeit weak ones. Changing the race of someone should be impossible especially when you take into account the fact that there is no similarities between a vampire and a dragon but I digged deeper in my mind and I realised that it wasn't that difficult. After all the evil piece can turn any species into a devil and the Brave Saint card can turn a human into an angel. So, for a device like the Graal, it should have been fairly easy especially when you take into consideration that Rivezim had Evil Dragons close by to create a link with the vampires. And then we have the woman in front of me who is not only the original wielder of the Graal, has a more powerful subspecies but also has human blood flowing in her veins so changing her race to that of a human even if it is temporaly should be possible.

I explained all this to Valerie and she merely looked at me blankly. I thought it was a bust but then she closed her eyes and I felt something change in her body.

"Done." She replied simply while showing her teeth. I could see that she had no canines anymore and her eyes turned from pink-red to bright pink.

"What !? J-Just like that !" I said, shocked that it was so simple. Even Kuroka had her jaw dropped but she quickly collected herself and looked deep in thought. I had a guess to what she was thinking. She must be wondering if it was possible for Valerie to turn her from a reincarted devil to a pure nekoshou. Though she wasn't the only one thinking about the potential of the Graal. While I do not plan to change my race anytime soon. I'm happy as a human after all but I was thinking of giving myself and my companions immortatility and a regeneration factor. It could also be possible to give myself an inherent magic system like the devils and angels and not needing calculations to create magic spells anymore.

So much possiblities.

"It wasn't that difficult. I already had human blood in me to create a link. In fact removing weaknesses is more draining." she said with the same monotone voice and startled me from my thoughts. "But this just a temporary change. I do not want to fully turn into a human. Despite my upbringing I am proud to be a dhampir as it is my only link to Gasper."

I nodded at what she said. "I understand but does that mean that the longer you stay in your human form the more the Graal drains your energy ? That could be dangerous."

"No, not really. To maintain that form I merely need to drink human blood regulary in my vampire form." she said while looking at me intently or rather my neck. I gulped and I could see Kuroka laughing again.

"Hahahaha ! V-Valerie-chan nya, I, as the main lover, allows you to drink the blood of darling." she teased and resumed laughing and I blushed in embarrassment at Kuroka's words. Damnit Woman.

I sighed, it wasn't like I had a choice anyway. "E-enough, Kuroka." I cried out. "Now that this is settled. We just need to heal he-" I stopped abruptly because I could see that Valerie was not paying attention anymore. She looked lost in thought and had a little saliva coming out of her mouth. Kuroka stopped laughing too and looked at Valerie in anguish.

"We need to find that girl you told me about, darling." She said sadly.

"I know."

The reason we came all this way to Rome instead of going straight to the Vatican was not only beacuse I needed to find a way to make her come with me to the Church without anyone finding out that she is a dhampir but also because there was someone in that city that may be capable to heal Valerie. That person being of course Asia Argento. I asked a favor from my friend Georg and Grauzeberer to find her location and he needed only minutes to find her place of residence. Turns out that the Holy Maiden is fairly famous in the supernatural world though it wasn't that suprising. Holy maidens are more often than not, propaganda tools used by the Church. They parade them around to attract more followers.

From what I heard she was living in a small church in the outskirts of Rome, the Church of St-Martha if I am not mistaken. I know that there was nothing saying that Asia is capable to heal the mind of Valerie. After all Twilight Healing might the second strongest healing sacred gears after Sephiroth Graal but in canon it was only capable to heal physical wounds Velerie's wound are in the mind and soul. A side effect of overusing the Graal and losing one of them. However it was still worth a shot.

"Let's go, we have a holy maiden to find."


We immediately went to the outskirts of Rome in the direction of the Church Asia Argento resides. Valerie still hasn't come out of her trance and I was worried that changing her race had a greater effect on her mind and soul than I thought.

Fortunately, no setbacks impeded us on our way to the Church. I seemed to attact troubles like a magnet lately and I was afraid that something outrageous would appear along the way

We came into the view of a small clearing. We could see a small church with a field of flowers surrounding the building. More suprising was the small blonde-haired girl who seemed to be between 11 and 12 years old tending to the flowers. There was also a nun who seemed to look over her and who immediately went on guard seeing us.

The liitle girl, who could only be Asia Argento, was humming a little tune and looked up, finally realising our presence. She was looking at us curiously and with eyes full of innocence not in the least on guard around us.

We must have been an odd sight. A young man wearing stange chinese clothings with the head of black cat coming out of his gakuran and a young woman resting on his back with a blank look on her face.

"Hello." I said with a warm smile trying to put her at ease.

"H-Hello." The young girl answered shyly and I could see the other nun coming near us in a fast pace.

"Asia, is it ?" she nodded shuffling on her feet. "Well Asia, my companion needs your help. She is very sick, you see and only you can help her." I said slowly and Asia looked at Valerie.

"The hours for healing is over. You must come back tomorrow if you want the Holy Maiden to cure your companion." The other nun said curtly and looking at me suspiciously.

I looked at the nun's harsh gaze. Her reaction was not very suprising, even I admit that we looked somewhat fishy but I couldn't let her interfer in this. So I ignored her and looked at Asia.

She was still looking at Valerie. She must have never seen such a thing. Even I found Valerie's trance-like state deconcerting.

"What happened to your friend ?" Asia said with a small voice.

"She has a mental sickness and I believe that only you can help her."

"The Holy Maiden cannot cure sickness of the mind. Please leave." The nun said harshly but I continued to ignore her which seemed to anger her further. I had no reason to antagonize her but she rubbed me the wrong way since I've seen her. The way she was referring to Asia as if she was not even a person was rather telling too.

"I-I will help her," The young girl answered with determination and the nun looked at her in shock. "I've never tried to cure sickness of the mind. I'll never know it it is possible if I do not try."

"But Holy Maide-" Having enough of her screeching, I subtly tapped the head of Kuroka in her cat form to tell her to deal with it. Kuroka's eyes glowed while looking at her and she used a little bit of her mind altering magic to convince her to leave.

"It's alright, sister. I can do it."

"Very well Holy Maiden. I will wait for you inside." The nun said with a monotone voice and left us alone.

I always found the use of mind magic distateful but I needed to be alone with Asia. No one should know about Valerie so I told Kuroka to make all bothersome people leave us alone before we came here.

"Anyway I remembered that we didn't introduce ourselves. I am Cao Cao, the woman on my back is Valerie and this is Kuroka, my cat." I introduce each one of my companion while Kuroka made a 'mew' sound and waved at Asia with her paw making the young girl coo in delight at the cute little cat.

Then she looked at me with a blush, embarrassed that she made such a noise in front of me. I simply smiled at her in response.

"N-Nice to meet you, I am Asia Argento."

"It's a pleasure, little Asia." I said with a smile.

We then went to a room where she usually sees her patient. I put Valerie on one of the bed available and a green glow envelopped Asia's ring.

"H-How do you think I should do this ?" She said seeming uncertain. I couldn't blame her, it was a new territory both for her for me.

"You know what your Sacred Gear is right ?" She looked at me, suprised at my knowledge of the supernaturel.

"Yes it is a gift given to me by God. The Twilight Healing capable of healing any wound."

"What do you think of when you are healing your patient and use your Sacred Gear ?" I asked.

Asia seemed to hesitate for a moment but answered with conviction nonetheless.

"I-I just want them to be healthy. To go back to how they were before they were hurt."

I nodded at what she said. "Then do you think that she is healthy despite her having no injuries." I said pointing at Valerie blank face.

"N-No, of course not. She is in pain even if she has no wounds on her body." She answered immediately.

"Yes, exactly. I do not know if you are capable of healing all mental sickness but Valerie's sickness is special. You could say that she has a scar on both her mind and soul. If you think of her wound as a scar that you cannot see then you might be able seal the wound." She nodded at what I said as if she realised something.

It was a theory of mine. Twiligh Healing is capable of healing any physical wounds but it incapable of regrowing limbs, healing exhaustion, sickness and cure mental disabilities. However all of these wounds were natural. Valeries's state is not natural in anyway and is not a true mental sickness but a side-effects of the missing Graal so I thought if Asia was seeing Valerie's problem in such a way it would be possible to heal her. Of course I do not believe that it will cure her completely but it will give me more time until I find a permanent solution.

"I-I think that I know what to do." She said resolutely ans her hands started to glow green.

She touched Valerie forehead and her hands glowed even brighter and finally I could see light coming back to Valerie's eyes.

"M-Master…where are we ?" she said slurringly and Kuroka immediately jumped on her in her cat form and nuzzled on Valerie's cheeks.

"Somewhere safe, do not worry. It's good to have you back Valerie." She nodded with a ghost of a smile while stroking Kuroka's fur. "You should thank this young girl. Her name is Asia Argento and she is the the one who healed you."

"Thank you, Asia." Valerie said with the same monotone voice I was becoming used to.

"You do not have to thank me, Miss Valerie. I was just doing my duty to God." Asia said with a blush but looked despondent in the next moment. " And I do not believe that I healed you completely." I looked at her in askance.

"I-I-I do not know how to explain but it's like I put stitches or bandages on the wound and after a certain time the wound would reopen itself." She explained sadly while looking down on her feet.

"Yes, I can still feel the scar on my soul and it is not fully closed." Valerie comfirmed what Asia was saying.

As I thought it couln't be that easy but I kinda expected it.

"It's okay Asia. You did the best you could." I said warmly while patting her in the head. She looked up at smile with small tears on her eyes. "We'll just have to come back when it happens again. Maybe prolonged exposition to your Sacred Gear is the solution."

"I-I-I-" she stuttered while touching my hand on top of her head.

It wasn't that great of a setback though I will have to change my plan a little. I'll have to to stay here for a week and come to the church everyday to see if prolonged exposition is really the solution and if I need more than a week, I'll just have to come by here with Valerie to see Asia from time to time after I join the Church. It's not a big deal.

"Anyway, I would like to invite you for ice cream as a thank you. What do you say Asia ?" I offered her with a smile.

"Huh ?" She looked up at me in confusion. "B-But I'm not allowed to leave the church."

"Don't worry about it. We're just gonna see the sight for a few hours and eat ice cream. I'll leave a word to your matron if you wish." I offered her my hand. "So you in ?"

I always liked Asia Argento. She was honest and one of the only person I've seen who was truly good at heart and I was really grateful to what she did for Valerie. I know that the church did not let her out much, so I thought that it would be a good idea to show her the outside world as a thank you. And seeing her bright and innocent smile, I know I made the right choice.

She immediately latched on my hand and answered cheerfully.

"Yes !"


The week flew by quickly. I went to see Asia everyday for Valerie treatment and she never went in her trance state ever since. She do not speak in broken speech anymore but she is still not capable of showing her emotions which seemed to sadden Asia as the two of them grew closer. Valerie seemed to find Asia endearing, not like I can blame I was pretty fond of the girl too, and Asia wanted to cure Valerie of her affliction but I wagered that it could only be solved by giving her back the missing piece of her Sacred Gear. Even Kuroka grew attached as she would always play with Asia in her cat form.

After the treatment, we would all take the young girl to see the sights of Rome. Turns out that she never visited the city even if she lived here her whole life. It seemed the church wished to keep her safe and never let her got out once in her life. The only place she truly went to outside of her church was the Vatican and she only went there to be paraded around, to show the miracles of god.

Asia was truly enjoying herself. She was like a child in a candy store or more accurately a child who is looking at the wonder of the world for the first time and I was happy that she was coming out of her shell. She was too sheltered in my opinion and needed to go out and have fun like any child should. Of course the pastor and the nuns tried to forbid her from seeing me. The pastor, especially, seemed to be a pretty displeasing person. He was even worse than the nun and was looking at Asia like she was nothing more than a tool for God. He was always preaching that the Holy Maiden should always tend to her patients, that it was her duty to God. He tried to corner me a few times but I would always have Kuroka use her magic to keep him and the nuns away so that Asia can enjoy herself in peace. I was starting to think that that fanatic priest was the one who excommunicated Asia in canon.

Anyway, it was the last day before I went to the Vatican and we were all making our way to Asia's church while eating ice cream. I was looking at Asia fondly while she was enjoying her treat and holding my hand.

I know that involving myself with Asia may change canon irrevocably. After all in a few years she is going to excommunicated and she would later became a devil. However the fact that I became friend with this brave little girl changed everything. I was going to join the Church and I was close to Asia now so I would never let her fall victim to the Church and Diodora Astaroth's machinations. It was as simple as that. The moment that slimy snake show himself around her, I will make sure to beat him to death and make him pay everything he has done. And if Asia is still excommunicated after this then I will simply welcome her in my group rather than let her go to Grigori to be used by Raynare or to let her become a devil's slave.

You may say that it will derail canon completely if I do not let her join the Gremory peerage. And trust me I know how important Asia's role was in the peearage. But I do not give a flying fuck about canon or the Gremory. You really think that I will let Asia go through everything she went through before she became a devil simply because it is convenient for plot progression and to keep close to canon. That's ridiculous. Canon was dead the moment I was born. After all I was to be a major antagonist in the future and yet here I am walking a completetely different path. It is the same for Valerie, Kuroka and Asia now. It's unrealistic to think that canon will still continue its course. My meta-knowledge is still useful but I shouldn't rely on it to predict the events of canon.

"Ne, Mr. Cao Cao," The voice of Asia startled me from my thoughts. I looked down to see her looking at me sadly. "You're really going to leave tomorrow with Miss Valerie and Kuro ?" She said looking down on her feet.

"Yeah, but it's not like we will not see each other anymore. I told you that I was going to become an exorcist and that I would come to see you from time to time for Valerie treatment." I replied trying to cheer her up.

We talked a lot Asia and I. I told her many things aboutmyself. Like the fact that I was the disciple of Sun Wukong and that I lived on his mountain for years. Asia seemed to find it fascinating that I was trained by the legendary monkey Youkai and would always have a good laugh when I told her about all the pranks Bikou and I pulled. I even let her climb on my magic cloud and she had the fun of her life let me tell you. I then told her about my wish of becoming an exorcist to protect people like her and Valerie and she looked at me with stars in her eyes, claiming that I was like these heroes from the stories which was really embarrassing by the way. I didn't tell her about my ambition to create a faction because she was too young to comprehend such things but at the end of my stories she was looking at me with admiration and proclaimed that I was her new hero. So I could understand her reaction to my leaving her. She was just a young girl whose only wish is to have a family and friends. Moreover for her I was like a new story full of adventures. Someone who broke her monotone life and showed her a whole new world.

"I-I will still miss you, all of you." The healer said and she looked up trying to gather her courage to ask Valerie and I something. "C-Can you become my friend ?"

I blinked and stared at her then I smiled at her warmly.

"Asia, aren't we already friends ?"

"R-Really !" she cried out in surprise.

"Of course we are and Valerie and Kuroka too are your friend, right Valerie, Kuro ?" I said looking at Valerie still eating her ice cream and at Kuroka still hiding in my gakuran. Valerie stared in my direction and looked at me as if I asked a stupid question and Kuroka mewed as if it was obvious.

"Of course Asia is my friend, Master." The dhampir said with the same detached voice.

"Mew." Kuroka said with all the assurance of a cat.

Asia was visibly vibrating in happiness but I wasn't finished.

"In fact, you are like the little sister I always wished to have."

Asia looked up at me with tears in her eyes and she launched herself at me and hugged me tightly.

"T-Thank you, b-big brother, Valerie, Kuro." she said crying her eyes out in happines.

I simply smiled down at her and stroked and blond hair gently.

We then made our way to the church in a good mood with Asia clutching my hand and smiling happily.

We came up to the small clearing and I felt someting was wrong. Valerie and Kuroka too seemed to have noticed if the sharpening of their eyes was any indication.

I felt an enormous presense with my Sage arts who was waiting for us. In fact I've never seen such a powerful life force before. I clutched Asia hand tightly and walked slowly to the clearing preparing myself to summon Houtengeki and using my magic.

Looking at the person waiting for us, I froze because I felt that I knew that man. I could see that it was a muscular old man wearing priest clothes.

"Father Strada !" Asia cried out happily and ran toward him. I froze a second time at the name used by Asia and I felt chills go down my spine.

"Asia dear, how are you ?" The strongest man in the world said gently while hugging her but he didn't leave his gaze from my form for a second.

While Asia babbling happily, I finally realised who was in front of me.

Vasco Strada, The Violence of Heaven, The Vatican's Evill Killer himself.

The man who reached the Apex of Humanity.

And if his cold gaze directed toward me was any indication, he didn't seem to be happy.

Shit.


Thank you for reading!

I know, I know, I said that he was joining the Church in this chapter but I just. Kept. Writing. It's better that I stop giving hints of the next chapter as it may end up becoming something completely different.

Not many things happened in this chapter apart from the meeting with Asia but it was more of a breather chapter. And for those who ask, because I know you're gonna ask. Asia will not be in the Harem, she will be more of a little sister figure. Every hero need a little sister after all.

Anyway I hope that you enjoyed this chapter. I know there was no action in this chapter but we can't have fights in every chapter but do not worry because in the next chapter we have Cao Cao fighting against the Violence of Heaven himself. I really do not want to be in his place.

I also wanted to thank every people who gives me ideas in the comments section. thanks to you I have a pretty clear idea of a Balance Breaker and new abilities for Cao Cao. Please continue.

Until Next Time! And do not forget to leave reviews.