Tale of Discovery

Chapter 49: Rift ; Sora ; Currency (Slightly *NSFW*)

The evocation is successful as I find myself in the Mete the next instant.

There, I find Juno, Yuno, and Krul waiting for me.

Not willing to waste any time, I summon the three souls I'm carrying into the Mete.

In a few seconds, they all materialize in front of me with looks of confusion all over their face.

Their first reaction is to look around all over the place.

As soon as Ayumi spots me, she excitedly runs over and jumps into my embrace.

"Who is that?" Krul asks.

She's pointing at a confused Misa who still has no idea what's going on. Naturally, Misa reacts to this by glaring at Krul.

I can do nothing about it.

I take some time to explain what is going on to Misa, and as I expected, she didn't take it as an act of kindness.

Now that everything is set, I can finally return to the Rift.

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"Before you go, there is something that you need to know," Juno says as I'm about to ask her for the method of returning to the Rift.

"There is a high chance that individuals who have a body created for them by the Mete will gain a special power of their own once they arrive in the Rift.

How neat. I wonder what powers will they gain. I surely hope it isn't anything problematic.

"I should also tell you that I'm unable to come over to the Rift."

"Why?"

"It's just how I am."

That doesn't explain much but I guess it's some sort of clue.

"To get back to the Rift, you need to chant ''."

Well, then. Time to return.

- (Directly translates to "Enter")

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As I open my eyes, a weird feeling washes over me. I am in the room I was in, and nothing has changed about it visually.

I am on my Tatami.

There is the feeling of my power returning back to what it was, now with extra special abilities. I exercise with my body a little so that I get a grip on my control over it.

Using my senses, I can tell that Sora is on the bed in her room, watching videos on the internet with snacks beside her.

I don't know what it is, but I feel as if something is pulling me toward her.

And so, I make my way to her room.

---Slightly NSFW---

Opening the door, I move toward the startled Sora and embrace her.

"He-hey! Haru!"

I ignore her writhing about and just continue hugging her tightly.

"I missed you," I whisper into her ear after a few seconds.

"But, you just talked with me a little while ago!"

I chuckle as I recall that she is right in a sense. For her, only a few minutes have passed since we saw each other, but for me, it's been well over three weeks.

"It's been a long time for me," I vaguely respond to her.

After I said that, she seems to be less against me hugging her, to the point that she even returns the hug.

Man, I can't get enough of her soft, petite body and the sweet scent that comes from her.

After a while, I let go of her, and as if there isn't any strength left in her body, she falls on her back on the bed.

Almost instinctively, I reach out to prevent her from "falling".

This results in me being on top of her on the bed, staring into her grey eyes and ruddy face.

Her breathing has destabilized as she mutters,

"Haru..."

I feel a small flame ignite from within me as I bring my head closer to hers.

Caressing her small rosy lips for a few seconds with my fingers, I resolute myself and kiss them.

She flinches a little but immediately attempts to return the kiss with a lot of vigor. However, that doesn't go on for long as I insert my tongue into her mouth and start playing around with her little tongue.

After kissing her without rest for a while, I notice that she is playing with herself down there.

Finding it amusing, I shift my right hand to on top of her hand and hold it. Then, I move her hand along with mine as I rub her privates.

She seems to be enjoying it as she starts to let out small moans and after a while a comparatively louder one.

I separate my lips from hers and back away as a thin line of saliva forms between our lips.

Having just had an orgasm, she's panting heavily right now as she stares right into my eyes.

Such a lovely little lady...

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It's nighttime and I'm lying on Sora's bed with her. She's within my arms sleeping soundly in her pajamas. As for me, I'm on my phone looking at how much credit we have in the bank.

Apparently, our uncle sends us a monthly income just enough for us to live by, however, I find that lacking.

I want us to have a good amount of money.

The problem is that I don't want to spend too much time away from home in order to work.

As a reference material of what kind of work I don't want, I've been using Clairvoyance to look around the whole town, and as it turns out, I don't want any job at all.

Suddenly, Irene's voice resounds within my head.

{Clairvoyance tiered up.}

Surprised, I take a look at the description of the tiered up version.

-Clairvoyance (Passive) I>>II [III]

The ability to freely control the angle and location of one's vision. The user can have a leading vision once a day.

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Interesting. I've been using the ability a lot, so I'm not surprised that it tiered up.

I'm curious about the new part. What does a "leading vision" even mean?

I should try using it...

Focusing all my Essence Energy onto my eyes, I attempt to use leading vision.

Immediately, the color of everything turns to a blood-red before it turns back to normal. However, I'm no longer on the bed.

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It's happening again!

I remember this. It's the same thing that occurred during the time before I met Juno in the Mete.

Don't tell me I'll have to watch another battle...

Turns out, that's not what I'm supposed to see, as I am in a town.

An 18th-century town.

I can tell the time period through the way the buildings are built and shaped, and the way people are dressed up.

At the corner of my sight, something catches my attention.

A hooded man at the top of a long structure, crouching on a ledge connected to said structure.

What, is he some kind of assassin?

He's looking down at something. A bunch of men in red and black clothing.

I assume they're some kind of military force of the old days as they're armed with swords and flintlocks.

The assassin moves forward on the ledge a little then he jumps down.

What? Won't he die?

My expectations aren't met as he does a front-flip in the air and lands in a wagon filled with hay right behind the military men.

They don't notice him.

What? Is this some kind of joke? Are they all deaf or is the guy using some superpower to prevent himself from making any sound?

Anyways, the assassin pops out of the haystack and drags one of the men in.

The other two still haven't noticed shit. Using this as a chance, the assassin comes out of the haystack and presses his palms against both of their napes.

Then, two short knives protrude out of his sleeves and kill the two almost instantly.

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My vision blips and I once again find myself back in my room with Sora still in my arms. I kiss her head lightly and think of what just happened.

No doubt about it, that's the "leading vision" telling me to become an assassin.

I must say it is a rather suitable job for me. It goes well with my powers and won't take much time.

The thing is, do assassins exist in this era?

I've decided to look it up. However, I won't do so before I make sure that I can't be tracked through technology.

In my past life, that led to several issues. I'm definitely not going to risk Sora's safety by not thinking things through.

After a while of browsing the internet, I buy a VPN and surf the internet using private mode on a browser for information about modern-day assassins.

An hour later, I've gotten what I needed.

There are hitmen nowadays and they work for cryptocurrency online, which is most of the time in bitcoin. To hire them, one needs to access the deep-web and find a site that offers escrows for hitmen.

After a little digging in the site, I found out that the nearest location in Japan to us that has a lot of job offers for a hitman is Tokyo.

Before I had left the Rift, Juno said something about moving to somewhere else.

I guess this is the perfect opportunity to do so.

~~~Important Author Question: ~~~

What do you guys think of the exhibitionist *cough* *cough* I mean, spoiled princess- Rias Gremory?