Call Me Daddy
Two days.
The power had already successfully merged in much shorter time than the expected five days.
The Inverted God and the Pride Demon have reached a balance and can switch between each other at will.
Having removed the "Heart of the Doppelganger" ring, Higashino Makoto stood in front of the mirror in his hotel room, looking at his reflection.
Long, silver-white hair, golden eyes, and a dark robe.
There was no obstructive halo, no black wings, and no Degradation Aura.
He clenched his fist, magic flowing in his palm, red and black, but without that sense of losing control that could spill out at any moment.
He attempted to switch forms, his body instantly covered in dark golden scales, eight pairs of wings unfurled behind him, and the Degradation Aura expanded to a radius of one meter before retracting in an instant, returning him to his human form.
It was effortless, like flipping the palm of your hand.
He's finally back to normal!
Higashino Makoto took a deep breath and then slowly exhaled.
He had been trapped in that demonic form for too long, and it was becoming increasingly difficult for him to maintain the range of the Degradation Aura.
On days without the Degradation Aura, even the air feels fresh.
He took out the communication crystal, hesitated for a moment, and then put it back.
According to the plan, he should now send over his new secretary, since she has been waiting for a long time.
But after thinking about it, he decided to wait a little longer.
The place he was going to next wasn't suitable to bring a secretary.
Thirty years ago, before Mio Takamiya was summoned.
That was the starting point of all the world's disasters.
The Eurasia Great Disaster killed 150 million people, gave birth to the Primal Elf Kingdom, led to the rise of DEM Industries, and resulted in the death of Maori.
It all started from that point in time.
He's going to intercept it.
The goal isn't to stop the summoning, but to snatch Mio Takamiya from the summoning circle the moment the summoning succeeds.
He activated the Sixth Bullet. A silvery-white light enveloped his entire body, and the river of time cracked open beneath his feet, sucking him in.
This time travel was much easier than the last. After the power of the three demon kings merged with the Inverted God, his control over time improved significantly.
As time flowed backward, he could even see that the blurry lights around him were frozen moments, passing by like turning the pages of a book.
He opened his eyes.
Tengu City thirty years ago.
Skyscrapers and vehicles on the roads seem not much different from what they were thirty years ago.
Perhaps due to spatial vibrations, human technological development has stagnated?
No, that calculation requires excluding technologies that rely on spiritual power.
Higashino Makoto stood in the alternate dimension, concealing his presence, and looked at the open space in the distance. Four people stood there.
Isaac Ray Pelham Westcott.
Elliot Baldwin Woodman.
Karen Nora Messer.
Ellen Mira Messer.
The four last remaining pure-blood magicians in the world are performing a ritual to summon a god.
Higashino Makoto took a small bottle from his backpack, which contained Isaac's blood.
The Muninn flew out from the tattoo near his ear and landed on his shoulder, its golden eyes fixed on the bottle.
It compared the scent of the blood with that of the young Isaac on the open ground, and then nodded.
"Higashino, it's him. The summoning ritual has begun."
Higashino Makoto put away the bottle and strode forward.
The summoning circle was carved into the ground, about ten meters in diameter, with its edges covered with dense runes.
The runes were glowing, a pale blue, like tiny lamps.
Isaac stood at the front of the formation, Elliot at the back, and Karen and Ellen on either side.
The four people's magic converged at the center of the formation, like four rivers flowing into the same lake.
The light grew brighter and brighter, changing from pale blue to bright blue, and then from bright blue to incandescent white.
The air began to tremble, the ground began to crack, and the clouds in the sky were pushed aside by an invisible force, revealing the deep blue sky.
Then, space cracked open.
Like a door being pushed open from the inside, behind which lies Void, pure white, a blinding white.
A blurry figure was huddled inside; her features were unclear.
As she appeared, the space began to vibrate continuously.
The earth trembled, the clouds churned, and the whole world seemed to be plunged into the apocalypse.
Isaac's lips curved upwards to their widest extent.
"It's a success."
Elliot's hands were trembling.
The other three were also very excited.
Higashino Makoto was moved.
The small world surged from his body, like an invisible giant hand, grasping the entire summoning circle in its palm.
He simply covered this area with the rules of the small world, isolating the summoning circle from the real world.
His power neutralized Mio Takamiya's spiritual power, and the enormous spatial tremor quietly disappeared amidst the intertwining of their forces.
Before the four pure-blooded magicians could react to what was happening, they were suppressed in place by the rules of the small world, their heads bowed, unable to move.
Higashino Makoto didn't care about them; after all, Mio Takamiya was his target.
She had waist-length silver-white hair and skin that seemed almost transparent.
Her eyes were pale blue, clear as a spring, and her face was expressionless, like a blank sheet of paper waiting to be written on.
Her body was not dressed, or rather, her spirit dress had not yet taken shape.
Her long hair covered part of her body, but not all of it.
She stood there, like a newly carved jade statue, so perfect it seemed unreal.
Higashino Makoto walked to the center of the summoning circle and stood in front of Mio Takamiya.
She looked up at him, her beautiful eyes unfocused, but her body was leaning slightly forward, as if she were getting closer to something.
Her nose twitched, as if she were smelling his scent.
Then the corners of her mouth turned up slightly, so slightly as to be almost invisible, but it was definitely a smile.
She reached out and grabbed the hem of his shirt, like a baby grasping its mother's finger.
"... ah?"
Higashino Makoto's lips twitched slightly.
This doesn't make sense, does it?
Hmm, I remember now, she really didn't know anything when she was summoned.
A wicked sense of amusement welled up inside me.
"Call me Daddy."
Mio Takamiya tilted her head, a hint of confusion flashing in her eyes.
"... dad?"
Higashino Makoto remained silent for a moment.
Oh well, it's just a name anyway.
She was just born and knew nothing; she couldn't even speak. It was already quite an achievement that she could utter two syllables.
The fledgling effect: the first moving thing you see is the mother.
Furthermore, given that both powers originate from the same source, such a misunderstanding is quite normal.
She saw him, therefore he was her mother.
No, Father.
He firmly denied that he had just become agitated.
A pure goddess with unparalleled beauty innocently calls you "Daddy".
This is forcing me to become a vengeful father!