Death… And Me

Chapter 4075: Decisions

Coming out of the room, Rean and Kentucky met with Xixie, Hoblio, and Derfiu. "Turns out Zanbril had a good offer to make, so we decided to join his faction for the time being," Rean explained.

Xixie’s eyes lit up. "Then you stay here with me?!"

"Not quite," Kentucky smiled. "We still have a lot of things to do out there, but you will have our CD numbers in case you want to talk. However, be aware we are under Zanbril’s command, not yours."

"Hehe!" Xixie found that funny. "You had never been under my command anyway, isn’t that right?"

"Well, that’s true." Kentucky and Rean had to agree with her.

Zanbril joined. "Alright. You will-"

Before he finished his words, an old man entered the room, followed by a few subordinates. "Where are they?"

Zanbril quickly pointed out. "It’s these two and their two friends."

Rean and Kentucky knew what it was about, so they came forward. Roan and Celis also exited the Celestial Soul Dimensional Realm. They had to show their Werdlem Energy Signatures to the old man, who would register them under Zanbril’s faction and as new members of Zentian.

It only took a minute or so, and the old man finished. "This is it. Check your CDs. You will receive all the information regarding your duties as new members of the Zentian Empire. Since you are directly serving Zanbril, you will have special privileges, so make sure you check them as well."

The old man looked at Zanbril. "I believe you know that you will be a lot busier now, right?"

Zanbril understood. "Are they already here? Sigh... Why am I even asking the obvious? Of course, there is someone. Let whoever it is enter."

The old man opened the way, and another person entered the room. His name was Zuk Zentian, one of Zanbril’s siblings. He was also a Celestial Realm Expert, the seventh in line to take the throne. "Hey, little brother. Would you mind having a little chat?"

In fact, he got there earlier than the old man did. However, because this was Zanbril’s residence, he couldn’t simply barge into it. Now that Zanbril finished registering Rean and the others as members of his faction, he finally allowed Zuk to get inside. "Big Brother Zuk, it is good to see you. Can I help you?"

Zuk faintly smiled. "You know why I’m here." As he said that, his eyes landed on Kentucky. He already saw the recordings of the battle between Kentucky and Glauco.

The twins’ group had no interest in that, though. "Alright, Zanbril. We are going ahead. It seems like you will spend some time with your brothers and sister for a while."

"Yes," Zanbril confirmed. "I’ll talk to you later. Leave me alone with my brother."

Roan and Celis returned to the Celestial Soul Dimensional Realm, while Rean and Kentucky walked out of Zanbril’s residence with Xixie’s group. Xixie would obviously stay, but Hoblio and Derfiu had to go back.

"Brothers, I hope father won’t punish you too harshly," Xixie felt worried for the two.

"He won’t," Hoblio said. "Even he would never expect you to really become the wife in the end. When he hears everything, he will have no choice but to accept that this is actually something good for Riquicious."

Derfiu agreed with Hoblio. "Indeed. Whatever the Riquicious Empire could get from giving you away to the sects would never compare to your position now. Father will be angry, no doubt. But he won’t punish us for it."

Hoblio and Derfiu turned to the Rean and Kentucky. "Since you are with Zanbril now, I hope you can help her if the need arises."

Rean shrugged. "She will likely get a Celestial to look after her, just like Zanbril. As far as protection and help go, it can’t get much better."

"I hope you’re right," Derfiu sighed. "Hoblio, we need to go back."

"Hmph!" Hoblio snorted. "Don’t talk like we’re still close. However, you are right. We have to return as fast as possible. Xixie, you will be on your own now. Derfiu and I will have to leave today."

"But you will visit me, right?" Xixie couldn’t help but ask with a sad expression.

"Obviously," Hoblio patted her head. "At least I will."

Then, Xixie turned to Rean and Kentucky. "What about you?"

"We are also leaving," Rean explained. "Zanbril won’t choose a side for a while, so we are free to act as we wish."

"A side?" Xixie was confused. "A side for what?"

"You will find out soon enough," Rean didn’t tell her about the factions. That was Zanbril’s problem. "Now then, shall we go?"

"Sure!" Kentucky was eager to leave, too.

Hoblio and Derfiu still stayed so they could talk to Xixie for a while longer. As for Rean and Kentucky, they took flight and left the area. They went straight for Havira’s residence.

There, Hick was already waiting at the front door. He wasn’t in the wife selection, obviously. So, he just found out about everything. "I say, you guys truly know how to make an impression wherever you go, don’t you?"

"Hahaha!" Kentucky laughed. "What can I say? The Great Kentucky’s presence is too hard to ignore."

"What about Havira?" Rean asked. He knew Hick would know more about that than they did.

Hick didn’t seem concerned. "She won’t take long. Five days ago, after you finished talking to Havira and me, Havira already took the chance to talk to Lufua later that day. They are basically bidding farewell to each other now."

"I see," Rean nodded and took the chance to ask something else. "We got this Zantian Empire ID now. So, I was thinking, perhaps it could be of some use to help you recover your body. If we use these IDs, we can legally go to C44 instead of using the Abyssal Paths."

"Hum..." Hick thought for a moment. Using the Abyssal Paths would mean the twins’ group would get to C44 without anyone knowing they had even left. It could indeed cause some trouble. However, with the Zentian ID, no one would question the twins’ group due to the Zentian Empire’s influence. That’s why Rean said the Zentian name would actually be of some use when Zanbril asked to register them. "It should work pretty well indeed. Cool! We are using your new Zentian IDs then."