While Arkhen and Sasha were crafting potions and concocting pills, Yosin returned to the Royal Pce for a talk.


    …


    "Father, Mother. What''s the matter?" Yosin asked with an innocent face as he sat at a table in front of his parents in a garden.


    "You brat, that princess from Trakan Empire canceled the engagement after hearing that you lost against the holy daughter of Cherry Blossom Mountain Sect," said Yosin''s father.


    "Eh, it''s fine. It''s not like I wanted to marry her," Yosin said as he goofily smiled. "I just agreed because of the alliance."


    "It was a helpful alliance for us and our empire in the 2nd realm. Your bonding here meant that we would have be allies here and in the 2nd realm both."


    "What can I do? Sierra was more powerful than me. Do you expect me to win against everyone?" Yosin asked as he weakly smiled. "Her partner, Arkhen, the holy son of Cherry Blossom Mountain sect, is even more powerful than her."


    "What is his ss?"


    Yosin turned silent and took a deep breath before saying, "Peak of the 5th ss."


    The Emperor and Empress felt they heard wrong at first, but they knew they didn''t mishear. Maybe, Yosin misspoke?


    "Did you say the peak of 5th ss?"


    "Yes."


    "…"


    "…"


    After recovering from the shock, Yosin''s mother adopted a thoughtful expression as she spoke, "He must have a powerful inheritance or a legacy, simr to how our ancestors got the ancient devil''s inheritance."


    "What''s his grade of bloodline and rank of physique?" Yosin''s father asked.


    "I don''t know. But… from his aura, I could sense that his raw stats reached the same level as I would have reached if I was at the peak of the 10th ss. So… His bloodline is probably Mythic-grade, and his innate physique is Supreme-rank," Yosin said with a wry smile.


    "But one''s battle power is drastically affected depending on their affinity progress. He must have significant progress in affinities rted to his Star of Endowment for sure because the realm helps in that as we break through in sses. So, you can still beat both of them if you ascend to the 9th ss and reach level 2 in your main affinity."


    "Who knows?" Yosin shrugged carefreely. "I gave up fighting Arkhen after he directed his aura at me. I knew I would lose. But I requested a purebat dual while he suppresses his stats at the same level as me. Hehe, it will be fun. I want to know hisbat ability."


    "Well, powerful allies are always wee. Maintain good rtions with them," Yosin''s mother said with a smile. "We will ascend after ten days, and you will be emperor. Manage the empire well with heirs of council family."


    "Urgh, regarding that… can you make elder brother the crown prince? I don''t want the crown," Yosin said with a wry smile. "I want to roam and fight. I am sure my brother will manage the empire better, haha. Okay, I go now."


    "Wait, brat! Invite Arkhen and Sierra for a banquet or something. It''s fine if we do that after thepetition but invite them."


    "I''ll try!"


    …


    After waking up from eight hours of sleep, Meya and Sierra entered the dream fragment. It was a bit harder this time for them, and both girls were slightly injured because of the exotic dream monsters.


    However, they were also delighted because fighting there benefited them this time! Their ponds and soul were refined a bit each time they killed a dream beast or monster!


    "Velshi, when will the next dream fragment appear?" Meya curiously asked as she looked at the cute rough ball with big eyes and wings.


    [That is not up to me. But I will inform you when the next one appears. Also, you can break through inside Mystic Wondend since you have reached the limit of 5th ss].


    "I am close to reaching the limit of 7th ss and Just need some high-grade essence stones," Sierra said. "I''ll go get some from Arkhen."


    "Wait, sister Sierra," Meya stopped her from leaving and quickly took out a storage pouch from her storage ring. "Fufu, I won many high-grade essence stones by betting on you. Use however many you want; this pouch has roughly eight-thousand high-grade rainbow essence stones."


    "Woah, so many?" Sierra was startled.


    "Yep, hahaha, I bet all essence stones I had."


    …<novelnext>  </novelnext>


    While Arkhen was in the middle of preparing some ingredients for a ss-8 pill, he heard a notification.


    [You have gained 3290 reality essence].


    ''Nice. It seems that the reality essences gaining from Dream Fragment are increasing.''


    [Yes. You will get roughly around this amount most of the time. But sometimes, stronger dream fragments will appear, giving way more reality motes and much more].


    '' How is Luna doing?''


    [Approximately a week before shees out].


    ''Eh, that''s right around the corner when the alchemypetition starts.''


    [Maybe one day before it starts].


    ''That would be great. Alright, I''ll focus on my alchemy now.''


    [Have fun, my lord]


    …


    "Prepare the ship. I am going to the Frezya Empire, humph. I will beat the woman who defeated Yosin."


    Inside a luxurious room, a human girl with long dark blond hair stood as she crossed her arms over her b-cup boobs. She looked like she was in her twenties. She had a great figure, was 5.6 ft tall, and had a pair of light green eyes.


    "Uh, is that really necessary, Sherly?" asked a girl with light blue twin ponytails and golden-brown eyes.


    "It is necessary, Maki," Sherly said as she strongly nodded. "All people believed that Yosin was stronger than me, and he indeed defeated me once. But we had yet to get our innate physiques at that time! Those people who are saying that I would also lose against that woman need to shut up. I will prove I broke off the engagement because I had the power to back that decision!"


    "But why did you break the engagement in the first ce? I thought you liked Yosin?" Maki asked doubtfully.


    Sherly''s face flushed as she stomped her feet, "What can I do?! It''s that bastard Yosin''s fault. I wouldn''t have broken it if he didn''t lose in public. I will only marry him after he defeats me."


    "Ok, but go after your breakthrough to the 9th ss. You have already reached the peak of the 8th ss."


    "Humph, no! That woman is in the 7th ss, and I am already one ss higher. I want to defeat her after she reaches 8th ss, and I will even give resources to her for that. So, I won''t break through to the 9th ss," Sherly snorted. "I''ll tell Royal mother that I am going. Send whoever they want with me for protection or whatever, but I am going today, and that''s decided."


    "Jeez… Well, what if you lose?"


    "I will not lose!"


    …


    After a few hours, Frezya Empire got a message that Princess Sherly from the Trakan empire wasing there for a dual with Sierra.


    The entire academy became lively because of that piece of news.


    "I heard that princess Sherly is very beautiful, hehe."


    "We can only admire her from afar. Anyway, I am more interested in miss Sierra''s partner. Rumours are circting that he is even more powerful than miss Sierra. It''s crazy how Cherry Blossom Mountain Sect got these two monsters."


    "I just want to watch some drama unfold since Prince Yosin and Princess Sherly had some history when they trained at Rakun Temple for two years."


    "Oh? I''ve never heard about that."


    "Not many know about that, don''t worry."


    "Tell me."


    "No."