I... always liked the child version of you better. He never gave me much trouble, and wasn't always trying to kill himself looking for answers to unnecessary questions." She said, softly chuckling to herself once more. "But since I could not watch you die, I still had to choose the current you, over this little one. And thus, that created this loop we find ourself in." She added, her chuckling dying down. "It was either I saved you, and neglect him. Or watch you die, and raise him. The choice was hard." "Choosing the latter option, would mean that I was raising you for nothing, as you would later die on your journey. Just the thought of that, always haunted me." "And, at the end of the day... weren't you both my babies? Weren't you both the same person just from two different time points?" Her tone became bitter as she continued to speak. Jason stood aside and just lent her his ears. That was the least he could do for her at the moment, as she

'It's been two hours, huh...' Jason thought, sitting up atop the platform at the center of the Stella's temple of Stars. Or rather, this ruin of a building. Behind him was Beatrice, who sat back to back with him, whilst entertaining the golden ethereal bird that called itself the "Spirit of God". The two of them, full of joy and positivity, created a contrasting difference towards the vast lifeless temple. They brought out a spark of hope, a glimmer of beauty to its visage. And had it not been for them, Jason would have been more depressed than he already was. 'No, I'm not depressed. I'm just tired.' He corrected himself, looking up at the ceiling of the temple. It was simple, as it was the reflected version of the area below, where they sat. '...I have to say, Ancient people knew art and beauty.' His thoughts drifted to such miscellaneous topics. Not that modern people didn't have the taste of art, but compared to ancient people, they were far too premature with their design. "O

[ You've been given a greater divine blessing by the Goddess of Stars, Stella. Your stats have increased by 30% each ] [ Your Infinite Extraction Talent's effects have innately kicked in ] [ Infinite Extraction Complete. You have extracted and refined the greater divine blessing of the stars from the Goddess of Stars, Stella ] [ Please choose a Talent of your choice to designate as a Blessing ] [ "Phase Realm" has been designated as a Divine Blessing. It's Level has exponentially increased, and it has evolved under the baptism of the Universal Laws ] [ You've obtained the unique grade Level S Divine Blessing - Temple of Stars ] "..." Jason read through the notifications that came from accepting not only the remnant will of Stella's blessing, but her mission as well. His expression was still contorted in disbelief and confusion. The hours have come, and passed, the desolate silence still omnipresent, yet he was still greatly... lost, at the thoughts of Stella, the thoughts of a

Joe sighed. The man wasn't sure how many times has he sighed the past three hours, but it was a lot. Far too many to count even. In fact, he sighed so much, he was getting a migraine right now. '...Is that novak lass still alive? What about the god fearing child?' He thought, briefly stealing a glance at Jason's doppelganger. And as far as he could tell, he was not bothered. If anything, he was enjoying the star-bath while lying down on a broken piece of the temple. '...I guess she's still alright if he isn't worried. But when are they going to arrive?' He sighed again. He then turned around, and saw Adolf's body encased within an earth casket. Or something of sorts, that greatly restricted his limb movement, as well as his head from jumping off his neck. Yet that did nothing to stop the black mist subtly drifting around him. And that mist, was Joe's major reason for worrying about number two's reappearance. From twitching about two hours, he went into a comatose an hour later,

'If she dies, will I replace her as the god of stars?' He thought, yet he wasn't happy about that. The star divinity did not seem that amazing, if it could fall victim to the Apocalypse. "A–Anyway, you should not worry. That man will only become a semi supernatural being. You can still hold dominance within your group." Number two said, an attempt to change the topic. "..." Yet Jason looked at her, strangely confused. She misunderstood him. He did not ask that because of Adolf's condition and his rise in power, but because of his own confusions. After all, after that strange dream with his mother, he became a supernatural being, and obtained the highest grade body type, and an unknown bloodline. He was humanity's origin supernatural, the first of his kind. Why would he bother when others also became supernaturals? In fact, it was nothing but great news. "No, you misunderstood me, Stella wannabe. I'm not afraid of some of yall gaining power. Had I been, I would have killed you fi