– Within Finn’s Dormitory –

Now that Raiju was here too, Finn was given his own room to stay in. Apparently, Octane’s asthma could be triggered and worsened by fur, which was why they had to stay separately.

That said, with Raiju here, navigating his way around — even in unfamiliar places — was a lot easier for Finn. The beast would nudge him whenever he was about to run into an obstacle or someone, which was quite helpful. Finn also learned not to refer to it as ‘it’, since it was most definitely male.

After placing the chest from the Paracausal Realm on the ground and taking a shower, Finn exited out of the bathroom and laid down on his bed, physically exhausted. He used up quite a lot of mana today and suffered a nearly fatal injury. Had it not been for Raiju’s and Zelestria’s combined efforts, he most likely would not have made it out alive.

One of his teammates, Pang Zi, really didn’t make it out alive… but strangely, Finn didn’t particularly feel anything. Sure, Pang Zi may have died saving him, but… was he supposed to feel grateful towards a dead person? And besides, that was merely paying back the favor from when Finn saved him. There’s nothing heroic about that, is there?

Though Finn could understand why people like Tian Long, who was long-term friends with Pang Zi, would be saddened over his death, he himself didn’t care in the slightest. He assumed that was just because all his emotions had already been lost a long time ago, minus hatred.

As such, though he was physically tired, mentally, he didn’t feel anything in particular.

‘Ah… blankets… so nice and warm,’ Finn thought in his head, easing into a laid down position.

“My, my~ but is it as nice and warm as me, I wonder?” A seductive voice suddenly whispered into his ear out of nowhere as Finn felt a hand slide across his core area, tracing across his six-pack abs that he had gotten through all those years of boxing training when he was younger.

“So… you are the entity I detected inside Master…” Raiju growled, narrowing his tiny blue eyes at the beautiful angel-like succubus that had just slipped into Finn’s bed.

“… Zelestria.”

“Fufu~ yes, darling~?”

“I’m tired. Let me sleep.”

“Ara ara~ so… I take it you don’t want to learn about the powers you received from that Baron-level priesty~?”

At this, Finn hesitated.

“… Tell me about the powers.”

“Mm~ only if you promise to fill me up real nice and good tonight~” Zelestria cackled evilly, licking her lips. “… With Souls, of course.”

Naturally, Finn knew what she was referring to — and it most certainly was not Souls… though he supposed it kinda was? He mentally debated if this was a good idea, considering his body’s current state, but eventually gave in to the curiosity of wanting to know about the power.

“I promise. Now… the power.”

“Of course, of course… but first, I think little tiger here deserves an explanation,” Zelestria giggled cutely, wrapping her silky-smooth arms around Finn’s neck and pressing her soft and big assets against his chest.

Raiju bore his teeth, seething with anger. “Grrr… who are you calling a ‘little tiger’, you bitch?!”

‘Wow. He can swear,’ Finn thought in his mind, impressed with the heavenly beast’s vast vocabulary.

“Boop~” Zelestria lightly pointed at Raiju with her finger, a wicked smile on her face.

“…!” Raiju’s tiny body immediately froze up, as if tied by invisible chains. Zelestria smirked and snapped her fingers, causing Raiju to gently levitate towards her in the air, against his will.

She used one hand to pat Raiju’s furry back, smiling innocently.

“Aww~ so much cuter like this~”

Raiju looked like he was ready to burst out in anger at this humiliation, but Zelestria’s magic was too strong. The poor beast, in its mini-form, couldn’t do anything but grit his teeth and bear with it.

“Now, now, settle down~” Zelestria commanded playfully. “If you don’t, I’ll keep you like this until you do.”

“… Raiju,” Finn said. “If you want to know what she is… just stay quiet and listen.”

“Fufu~ as expected, darling likes me best~” Zelestria giggled happily, throwing her arms around Finn again. As for Raiju, he couldn’t disobey Finn’s commands, so he calmed down a bit after Zelestria undid the spell.

“I sense you are powerful,” he said, narrowing his eyes at Zelestria. “Or at least, have the potential to be. In your current state, you are not that strong, for whatever reason.”

“Correct,” Zelestria replied, leaning on Finn’s shoulders lovingly. “All my power that I had regained was expended to save darling here today, so we’re essentially back at square one.”

“But… what exactly are you?” Raiju asked, confused. “I’ve never detected an energy signature quite like yours before.”

“Well of course you haven’t, fufu~” Zelestria laughed. “I am a being beyond this world. I control many different realities, and this is but one of them. Though… it is the one I am most fond of since darling is here, hehe~ The other realities I control are all barren wastelands.”

“Beyond this world… so, you are a god, essentially?” Raiju asked.

“Perhaps~ but I prefer to be called ‘goddess’ instead.”

“Hm… that explains why I felt such a strong power emitting from Master’s soul when I viewed it. You tethered your very being to his… why?”

“It wouldn’t have been possible to save him otherwise,” Zelestria explained. “By binding myself to him, he gains a little bit of the divinity I have, thus allowing him to survive. But of course, said divinity needs to be replenished — hence why we’re going to perform a ritual to do exactly that now~!”

“Wait,” Finn cut in. “I have… your divinity?”

“Yes, and you also took my other ‘-inity’ not too long ago~” Zelestria giggled, pouncing on Finn like a cat. “Now… I’m afraid I can’t hold back any longer, so…”

“Wha-!” Raiju’s eyes widened as he was tossed out of the room with a single wave of Zelestria’s hand, slamming the door shut in the process.

“Fufu~ now that the bother is gone…” Zelestria licked her lips seductively, carefully undressing herself. “… It’s time for you to fulfill your promise~”

“…” Finn calmly placed his hands on her waist, lifted her off of him, and promptly dropped her beside him.

“E-Eh?” She was confused, pausing just as she was about to slip off her sexy white bodysuit, embellished with gold linings.

“You never told me what the power I obtained was,” Finn said calmly. “Oh, and also… that gem I obtained from the chest.”

“Oh… right,” Zelestria laughed at her own stupidity, knocking herself in the head with a wink and sticking out her tongue playfully. “The gem I’m not too sure about either, but I’m sure a blacksmith can figure it out. As for the powers you got, it’s quite simple, really. The tentacles that nearly killed you? You gained those.”

“Huh… so how many of them do I have at my disposal?”

“That, I’m not sure about, actually…” Zelestria fell into thought. “But we can test that out later, in the reality rift. For now… fufu~”

She straddled herself on Finn once more, eyes filled with lust and excitement as she undid a zipper on her bodysuit, allowing her voluptuous breasts to jump out in glee, having been freed from their bondage that was her clothes. She kept the rest of her clothes on, however, and lifted Finn’s hand before wrapping them over one of her large, soft breasts and making him squeeze it.

“Ahn~ fill me up, darling~”