After twenty days of waiting, the system finally finished recharging and started running again.
[Detected that host has completed the first stage task, system officially binding, energy slots renamed as mana slots.]
[Individual name Vera awakening condition achieved]
As the cold system prompt fell, the pitch-black wooden box that Emiya had desperately brought out shattered into powder, revealing the girl inside, Vera.
Vera had a head of waterfall-like white hair. Her facial features were so exquisitely beautiful, it was as if they were an artwork personally crafted by the Creator.
At this moment, her wide blood-red eyes were glaring furiously at Emiya.
"What's going on, didn't you say the box held a companion?" Acheron reached out her finger and poked Vera's flawless pale cheek.
Vera didn't react at all, still puffing angrily as she stared at Emiya. "Why does she look like she holds a grudge against you?"
"That shouldn't be… the system doesn't lie about things like this. Could there have been some mistake?"
Emiya, curious as well, reached out a hand to try pinching Vera's cheek. But unexpectedly, Vera, who had remained motionless all this time, suddenly bit down hard on Emiya's ring finger. Fresh blood flowed endlessly along her soft lips straight into Vera's mouth.
At that moment, Emiya felt as though even his soul was flowing with the blood, part of it merging into Vera's body.
"Lord Emiya, do you have some special fetish? Why haven't you dressed me yet?"
Vera spoke. Her voice was crisp and clear like silver bells. Though it carried not the slightest emotional fluctuation, Emiya could clearly sense the undisguised disgust within her words.
"Ah? Oh, sorry!" Emiya's old face turned red.
Only now did he notice that the girl was completely bare. He hurriedly took off his coat to cover her, then turned in embarrassment and irritation toward Acheron. "Acheron, why didn't you remind me earlier!"
"She's so strong, I thought she wouldn't feel cold. Plus, there's a fire burning nearby."
Hearing Acheron's words, Emiya's face went dark with black lines. He had thought he'd gained a reliable woman to help with childcare, but it turned out he now had two kids to take care of.
"Lady Acheron, exposing your body in the wild is a very shameless act. I hope you will remember this." Vera looked seriously at Acheron as she spoke.
———
In the blink of an eye, ten more days passed. The spatial jump wormhole opened again. On the other side was a planet at the edge of the universe, named Azure.
According to the system's introduction, this planet was extremely similar to the world Emiya had crossed from, except it had no mana or supernatural power. Because of its extremely remote location, no alien powers had ever reached it either.
On this peaceful planet, Emiya needed to raise Vera and accumulate ten thousand task points through missions, in order to exchange them for Vera's companion weapon, the Godslayer Spear.
In addition, Emiya also needed to store at least six thousand mana slots, to prepare for the brutal battles of fighting over the Stellaron Core and Herrscher Core in the future.
[Confirmed arrival at Kobe city center. Issuing living subsidy of 960,000 yen. Issuing resident identity certificates. Daily tasks will officially begin after acquiring stable housing]
The system automatically arranged local resident identities for Emiya and his family, and according to the local average monthly salary, issued three months' pay as startup living funds.
Had the system already automatically recognized Acheron as family?
Holding three ID cards and a thick stack of bills, Emiya looked at Acheron with a complicated expression.
He couldn't shake the feeling that the system had long since anticipated this situation and that he had been set up by it.
Acheron, holding Vera's hand, was curiously looking all around. Suddenly she felt a gaze locked onto her, and she instinctively turned back.
At that moment, she caught sight of the ID in Emiya's hand. Printed there was her photo, along with the words "Heroic Spirit Acheron."
"Why did your system even arrange my identity, and what's with this name?"
The scene instantly grew awkward. Emiya truly didn't know how to explain. Should he just tell Acheron directly that the system had already identified her as his wife?
"Don't waste time on those trivial things."
Vera snatched the cash straight from Emiya's hands. Under the two's shocked gazes, she calmly counted it. After confirming the amount, she stuffed the money into her own pocket and waved the two to follow her toward the nearest clothing store.
"First buy clothes, then rent a house. We'll talk about other matters later."
"Oh!" Emiya and Acheron, tacitly dropping the earlier topic, obediently followed behind the little adult Vera.
———
Inside the clothing store, Vera didn't spare a single glance at the clothes. She walked straight up to the shop assistant and started chatting away.
Then, under Emiya and Acheron's dumbfounded stares, she simply walked out holding three pairs of black socks the shop assistant had given her for free.
Quickly catching up, Acheron grabbed Vera and curiously asked, "Didn't you say we were here to buy clothes? Didn't see anything you liked?"
"This place is too expensive. I asked and found out there's a wholesale street just ahead. We'll buy discount sales items there."
Gathering up the coat that dragged along the ground on her, Vera tightened her tender little face and said seriously, "First we get life going. Whatever clothes you want, in the future I'll sew them for Lord Emiya and Lady Acheron."
"I'm sorry, it's us who are too useless!" Acheron's eyes filled with guilt as she gently patted Vera's little head.
"If you want to buy clothes, just buy them. I'll take jobs to earn money. No matter what world it is, there's always a need for a killing blade."
"Lady Acheron, please don't joke around!" Vera's little face darkened. "Your situation has already been made very clear. Please just honestly be a useless adult. Your power can only be used to protect your life."
Acheron's Path of Nihility had been temporarily cut off by Emiya's blood. In theory, if she only fought using the Guardian Blade's power, she wouldn't suffer further erosion from Nihility.
But that was only in theory. Everyone present, including the system itself, had no idea just how powerful the Aeons truly were.
If Acheron leaked even a trace of Nihility's aura while using her strength, the Nihility Aeon could very well trace it back to Emiya and the strange system bound to him. At that point, everyone would face utter annihilation.
"But the people in this world are weaker than I imagined. Taking jobs probably won't even require me to use strength." Acheron still tried to argue.
She had been strong her whole life and truly didn't want to become a burden to the little one.
"Forget it, Acheron. Earning money is a man's job. You just stay home and watch the kid." Emiya patted Acheron's shoulder with a face that begged to be punched.
"No wait, it's actually the kid who'll be watching you, since you're a useless adult after all!"
"Emiya, that mouth of yours is useless. Let me tear it off for you!"
Acheron, completely set off by Emiya's words, charged forward full of killing intent, ready to beat him up. But this time Emiya was fully prepared. He slickly sidestepped her strike, circling around Vera as cover.
"Ugh!" Watching the two childish idiots, Vera shook her head helplessly, then turned away and kept walking toward the clothing wholesale street.
Along the way, she carefully observed the housing agencies, planning to select a few reliable ones to ask about later.
Vera had firmly decided that today she must secure a house, so that Emiya could start taking on missions tomorrow.
The battles ahead would surely be perilous. Emiya had to accumulate as much mana as possible through tasks before then, and Vera had to obtain the Godslayer Spear as soon as possible.
Otherwise, the shadow of the Nihility Aeon would forever loom over her head.
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