His expression darkened.

He gazed up in front of him — a female stood there. She held the Utopian's Duke in her hand and brought her hand forward dramatically. She had grey hair, purple eyes, and a crown-like structure stood on her head; it had the same colour as the bone mask that the creature Lady of Flowers wore on her head.

Ibaan's heart thumped!

Who the hell was she?

Was she Lady Flowers? From her appearance she felt exactly familiar to the creature.

She should've been dead, so how was she alive and in human form?

'Impossible.'

The female repeated the same words in a calm and soft voice, pointing the sword at him — not to attack, but to give it back.

"What's your name, Master boy?"

Ibaan stuttered, "I-Ibaan! Are… are you Lady of Flowers!"

"What a good name. Yes, I am! But to be more exact, this is my ability. Once someone kills me, I don't really die — I become a bond, a pet. You could order me, but also you cannot order me."

She brought the sword down at the same time and walked toward Ibaan, however Ibaan was frozen at his spot, he didn't dare to move nor could he.

Throwing the sword in the air and grabbing it from the blade, she once again pointed the hilt toward Ibaan at his shoulder, and with a real smile now her lips twitched as she spoke, "Take it, Master Ibaan, I will not kill you!"

And just then, a wave of warmth and peace spread through his heart. He didn't really understand how he became so calm in such a situation that he shouldn't be calm in, but that was all before he remembered the panel, and scrolled up to see it.

[You have received a bond, Amane Lady of Flowers]

He really did gain her as a bond. She wasn't lying, truly.

How ironic it was, and it wouldn't be an illusion, it was the school's system and above all else the relic had fused with the system, the relic woven by the Shon Eril — the original human who had the experience of more than a thousand years, so it would not be blind to its master.

A smile crept across his face, as the Lady of Flower walked around him, her fingers sliding over his body.

And once again coming back to his front she said, "Master Ibaan, now without wasting any time, I have to tell you something before something terrible happens. You have to ascend one more branch and for that you need to kill a lord, and I do have one lord saved for suffering, don't mind me helping you!"

"..."

'What the actual hell!'

"Alright!"

Lady of Flower, Amane continued, "Master, I still could use my powers, but for that you need to allow me. That's the power you have over me — you can control my powers."

Once again Ibaan was left with no words, he had her power under his control. It made sense though, she had become his bond now, so it was obvious.

It was all okay until… how could he use her power? How could he allow her to use her power?

He opened his mouth. "How could I do that?"

Just then the mouth of Lady of Flowers twitched as words left her lips. "You just have to say, 'I, Master of the Lady of Flowers, release your power.'"

Ibaan's brows furrowed, but he did not question it. He simply repeated the words said by Amane, pointing his finger toward her. "I, Master of the Lady of Flowers, release your power."

Just then the smile on Amane's face crept wider, and her back bones shifted. Something emerged out of her back, swirling like smoke. Purple wings came out from her back, and small purple feathers floated in the air.

Following that, her whole body shifted, and the crown descended down her face, shifting into a long bone mask and now completely turning into her creature form. Her purple eyes gleamed under the bone mask.

Her creature form was now a bit different from before, or so she looked.

Her voice sounded out, "Master, you can sit on my back."

**

Above, in the beautiful red sky filled with countless small dead eyes and a single large demonic red crimson eye, flew a beautiful creature with its gleaming purple eyes, nudging its head covered with a bone mask. And on it sat a man with a horned black mask, its yellow eyes gleaming as if both were set to make the world fall to their knees.

Ibaan's heart shrunk as he noticed something strange beyond the walls. Yes, there were only two walls in the realm of the Dead Eye of the Fallens, and they had just emerged out of the tower which was closer to the final walls. Of course it was obvious he had entered another tower through the room.

Now he was truthfully hundred percent sure that the realm of the Dead Eye of the Fallens was completely filled with chaos, there was no doubt in it.

Beyond the final walls stood towering mountains, white mountains — covered in white snow as if a white blanket was spread over them, which made him question the reality itself.

How come there was snow here in the Realm of the Dead Eye of the Fallens?

As the curiosity in his heart deepened, he could not help but ask Amane the Lady of Flowers, "Amane, do you know about those mountains?"

Slightly moving her head, she looked at the white mountains beyond the second wall and replied calmly, "I don't know much. From what I know, those mountains are called Magical Mountains, or the other name they wield is The Mountains of Prophecy. They could be found in any world of the Great Unknown Being."

Ibaan repeated the name subconsciously as if feeling it a bit familiar to him, but without ignoring it he couldn't do anything else.

But he guessed by Great Unknown Being she probably meant the rulers of the Unknown Being, as in general she was also an unknown being.

Then Amane continued speaking, flying forward as the walls continued to extend. They were flying straight through the open space between the two walls, as Amane was leading.

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