Keith's eyes fluttered open and turned his gaze towards Kayla. "Honey, why are you crying?" Kayla asked visibly concerned.
He wiped away his tears and told her that he just had a bad dream and there was no need to worry. Soon the train announced their destination and they got off the train. The trio didn't go back the orphanage because Celestial Secrecy would have already erased any memory of them.
They walked around the city aimlessly trying to look for some apartment building apartment. They were able to find one and booked a room with three beds. This cost them a total of five bronze coins. They went to their room and Suguru threw himself on the bed and drifted to sleep.
Keith couldn't help but chuckle at how easy it was for Suguru to sleep. Kayla also got onto her soft bed and she drifted to sleep. Keith went to her bed and kissed her on the cheek. "Goodnight darling," he whispered into her ear which made Kayla smile.
He went to his bed and started planning their next course of action. First things first he had to find a way to get stronger. The reason why he wanted to get stronger to be able to fight the entity that killed them in their past lives.
He couldn't enter the rifts without a license or without being a student at a prestigious and the only way to be allowed entry at a prestigious academy was if the government knew that they were hybrids.
"Right now, the government thinks we are humans but if I used Celestial Secrecy on a large scale every single trace of our existence in their servers would be erased but that would need about 1000 soul essence," he thought to himself. "Status."
[Name: Keith Kurosaki]
[Race: Dragon Hybrid and Oni Hybrid]
[Title: Celestial of Vengeance]
[Class: Master of Mimicry]
[Rank: Soul Soldier]
[Level 2]
[Soul Crystals:100/400)]
[Talent shards: 10]
[Soul Essence:100/100]
[Unassigned Stat Points: 3]
[Physical stats: (Strength-11), (Agility-12), (Defense-10), (Health- ???)]
[Mental Stats: (Perception-10), (Intellegence-11), (Willpower-12)]
[Class Talents: (Permanent Talent Mimicry-S Rank), (Temporary Talent Mimicry-A Rank), (Martial Arts Mimicry-B Rank)]
[Innate Talents: (Great Merger)]
[Mimicked Talents: (Heart Grasp-D Rank)]
[Celestial Talents: (Celestial SecrecyLv1)]
"1 soul crystal is equal to 10 Soul Essence. So, if I use all of them my soul essence will reach 1100." Soul essence in this universe is just like mana but it more potent. Soul essence can only be increased through the use of soul crystals or through absorption from the air in the atmosphere. Soul essence isn't just used for activating talents but also strengthens a person's soul.
What Keith was trying to do could be considered suicide because rapidly absorbing that amount of Soul Essence would not only damage his body, it would also cause severe damage to his soul but because of his high health stat, he could heal his body and soul in a blink of an eye.
He used all of his soul crystals and a searing pain spread throughout his body and soul. His bones were broken down and reconstructed over and over again. His body tissues tore apart and reattached themselves five times. His cells felt like they were on fire and his temperature was rising at an alarming rate. His soul was being broken down on molecular level and being constantly reconstructed
Even though this pain was unbearable, Keith kept a serene and calm expression on his face as if he didn't feel the pain at all. After that searing pain, the once whit bed sheets were crimson red with his blood. His whole body was covered in blood and scars all over his body. The scars on his body healed up in a blink of an eye.
He went to bathroom to clean himself up. He scrubbed soap all over his boy and turned on the shower and the soothing hot water washed over his body removing the blood of his body. After rinsing his body his put some soap on his hair and washed it vigorously. He went to mirror and cut his hair with a pair of scissors.
He exited the bathroom and wore a robe. "What will I do about the blankets," Keith thought to himself. He looked at Merlin and woke him up. "Why did wake me up?" Merlin asked, anger evident in his voice. Keith just simply pointed at his bed.
Merlin looked at the blood-stained bed and didn't bother asking any questions because he knew his friend must have done something suicidal. He used his blood manipulation to remove the blood of the sheets and created an orb of blood and swallowed it. After swallowing the orb of blood, he drifted back to sleep.
Keith went online and decided to buy some new clothes. The clothes that he bought were teleported into his room. He opened his parcel and wore his new clothes. He wore dark blue ripped jeans, black t-shirt and red jacket with black stripes on it.
Before going to sleep he used Celestial Secrecy to erase all of their information on the government servers and erase the memories of those acquittanced to them. His vision became blurry and a wave of drowsiness spread through his whole body. he threw himself on to the nearest bed and went to sleep.
***
A figure who wore dark clothes travelled at lightning speed towards the church where the trio had their awakening ceremony. She got inside the church and went to the surveillance room and watched the footage starting from the morning to the afternoon.
At first, she didn't find anything out of the ordinary until she saw particular video. The nun seemed to be talking to someone but there was no one there. Then she saw three knights raising their swords at nothing but the air. The nun and the three knights dropped dead to the floor and a few moments later their bodies vanished.
She activated her special eyes and rewatched the footage and this time she could now what exactly happened.
She dialed a number on her phone and said, "Sir, three Celestials came in one of the churches and killed the nun and knights."
"Continue," the mysterious voice on the other end said.
"One of the Celestials was a true Celestial, the other was a pure Celestial and the last one was just like us," she answered.
"Good work sergeant," he said as he cut the call. The mysterious voice recalled a prophesy that his grandmother once told him before she died.
"One day all of the Celestials shall be free from the tyranny of Anti-Celestial. The Celestials that shall bring us this freedom have once fought the first Anti-Celestial before but still lost their lives. They shall come back but this time even stronger than before and will put an end to the Anti-Celestials"
"How would I be able to identify them?" The little boy asked.
"One shall be a true Celestial, the other a Shadow Celestial and last one would be a pure Celestial."