“Speaking of champions, though…” Sharon said, glancing over to Yin. “Isn’t yours about to be born soon?” We had gone through a couple iterations of the timelines so far, so Yin decided to place her bet on someone that would be born after the reset. She ended up with a rather peculiar domain, one that I had never expected to be free.
The Goddess of Hope nodded her head happily. “Right. Next month. She shows promise.” Yin smiled as she said that. “What about you?” She asked as she looked towards Tokemi.
“I’m doing good, really!” She grinned as she spoke. “And… I’m not alone. I wanted to show you guys something.” We always descended to the same place, the fields in the Qu’Lopti world where we had lived for those few years after Tokemi was born. It felt like a special place to us, and the Qu’Lopti treated it as a holy sight, always making sure it was well preserved.
Tokemi grabbed Sharon and Yin by their hands, and began dragging them away, motioning for me to follow. She only walked a short distance, leading us behind a towering tree that had grown over the years. Behind there, sitting patiently, was a small boy. Like Tokemi, his hair was silver, and he had a similarly colored tail extending from the base of his back. His body was draped in a black robe as he hastily stood up to greet us, bowing respectfully.
“Grandpa, Grandmas. Hello.” He spoke in a quiet tone, keeping his head lowered. Seeing our confusion, Tokemi took the chance to explain.
“It took me a while, but I found the method to create more Baishiro.” She then shyly turned her head away. “I… plan to keep it small, just a few to let me have company when you guys aren’t here. If possible, could you ask about getting them in, too?”
I was about to agree, but naturally Sharon beat me to it. “Of course we will! How could we just make you leave behind your family like that? I’ll talk to the guys up top once we go back. Now, why don’t you invite this little one over, and we can have a proper picnic together?” As she said that, rather than waiting for Tokemi to invite him, she reached down and scooped the little boy up in her arms, taking the initiative to move back to where we had been before.
Seeing as we were actually having a picnic now, I took the liberty of creating some fruits for us. After that, Tokemi told us what she had been up to. For the most part, her life had been one of loneliness, aside from our frequent visits. However, she has also become an object of worship herself within this timeline. Not only is she the child of the gods, but she is herself the strongest being in this timeline, with almost complete control of time itself. Looking at her, I could see that her level had stalled in the lower eight hundreds.
After our talk, Tokemi and I watched as Yin and Sharon played with Jokken, her son. I glanced over, and saw a warm smile on her face as she watched the scene. “I know what you want to ask, dad. And yes, it’s worth it. No matter how long we wait, it’ll always be worth it. So I’ll wait as long as I need to.” She spoke without ever looking at me. She placed her hand down on mine, and her smile grew slightly. “One day, we’ll all be together again as a family. There’s nothing worth waiting for more than that.”
Table of Contents
World Seed Vol 4 Chapter 1: The Return Chapter 2: To War
Chapter 3: Judge, Jury, and Executioner
Chapter 4: A Recap on the Races, and a New Journey
Chapter 5: The Space Monster Cometh
Chapter 6: Good News and Bad News
Chapter 7: On the Interstellar Subspace Road Again
Chapter 8: The Next Stage
Chapter 9: Catching Up
Chapter 10: Together, Forever
Chapter 11: The Honeymooners
Chapter 12: Schooled
Chapter 13: The Return to Deus Ex
Chapter 14: Maintain Calm
Chapter 15: Discussions, Discord, and Tactical Disco Balls?
Chapter 16: The Black Spot
Chapter 17: I’ve Been Busy, Okay?
Chapter 18: Parental Bonding
Chapter 19: Shattered Dreams
Chapter 20: Fire all the Things!
Chapter 21: The Siege
Chapter 22: Know Thy Enemy
Chapter 23: What Was Gained, What Was Lost
Chapter 24: Man On A Mission
Chapter 25: Training Simulations
Chapter 26: Prelude to Battle
Chapter 27: The War of the World
Chapter 28: Race Against Time
Chapter 30: Scum of the Earth
Chapter 31: A Good Year
Chapter 32: Reunions
Chapter 33: Conference and Convenience
Chapter 34: The Inanimate Druid
Chapter 35: One Ring to Rule them All
Chapter 36: Hi… High God
Chapter 37: Time to Disembark
Chapter 38: Radical
Chapter 39: Drawing Life From a Stone
Chapter 40: They Grow Up so Slow, or Fast?
Chapter 41: Upgrades and Grow Up
Chapter 42: A Good Idea?
Chapter 43: Order to Chaos
Chapter 44: Witty Title Here
Chapter 45: The Dreaded Calm
Chapter 46: Back to Business
Chapter 47: Impossible Plans
Chapter 48: Tables Turned
Chapter 49: Divide and Chaos
Chapter 50: Author-sama’s Depression
Chapter 51: A Universe of Possibilities
Chapter 52: Swear to Me!
Chapter 53: Harbinger of War
Chapter 54: The Death of a Hero
Chapter 55: Fasion Disaster
Chapter 56: God of Exposition
Chapter 57: The Eye of Time
Chapter 58: Loose Ends
Chapter 59: Moving On
Epilogue: Maybe There is a Happy Ending