Death... and me

The message inside was pretty simple. 'I've changed my mind. Can you bring me with you to the other side?'

Rean then looked at his mother and Kentucky. "I'll be right back." 

He disappeared from the room, going back to the city where he left Tamires. With his Divine Sense, he quickly found her, appearing by her side a few seconds later. "Took you longer than I thought to be honest."

Tamires bitterly smiled. "You knew I was going to call you back?"

Rean nodded. "I wasn't sure, though. That's why I also left a Long-Distance Thoughts Transmission Talisman that could get you in contact with Kafan. Still, I felt like you were just testing me, so I had to prove I truly had no ill intentions. Simply put, I let you go and do whatever you wanted."

Tamires sighed in response. "Yes, that was just a test. You said I wasn't a prisoner, but how could I be certain of that without trying? That's why I said I would go ahead on my own. Still, after an entire day, you didn't come back, so I got nervous that you might have already departed to go to the other side of the Universe."

"Not yet," Rean shook his head. "There were many circuitry formations runes in the facility down there, so I was studying and copying them all. You called me while I was going through this process. That's why I'm still around. Anyway, I'm about done already and was preparing to leave. Do you really want to come with me?"

"You have an idea of where my father might be located, right?" Tamires asked back. "I think my best chance of meeting him is to stick with you for the moment. I can even help with other jobs during it if you wish."

Rean didn't mind. "I would bring you with me even if you didn't pay anything. But now that you said that, do you know anything about the circuitry formation runes of your Lingan Universe? That would be of great help."

Tamires had no knowledge of that, though. "Sorry, but as you know, I'm quite young. I was in the spaceship mainly because Dad was there as well. I helped with some of the research, but they had nothing to do with Circuitry Formation Runes. The only reason I know how to use these Divine Origin Energy Cores is because I often used them during my time helping in the research."

Rean just smiled. "It's fine if you know nothing. Anyway, I'll send you inside my Dimensional Realm. I have a lot of people from my home planet on the other side of the Universe living there, too. Most of them are cultivators. Also, you would be among the top strong ones at sixteen years of age. Hahaha!"

Tamires accepted the arrangement. "Sure thing. I can even share some of my cultivation methods from Lingan Universe. Usually, sharing such information would be against the rules... Well, I don't think there is anyone in this Universe anymore capable of punishing me for such a thing."

Rean then took out his ID card. "I have an A12 level of authority. If permission to share the information is what you need, I believe this should be enough. I hereby allow you to share any information about cultivation training you have with my people." 

"Hahaha!" Tamires couldn't help but laugh. "Indeed... Hahaha! With your A12 level of authority, you definitely have the right to allow me to do such things. Great, now I'm not even breaking any rules anymore. That's good enough for me."

Rean nodded. "No problem. By the way, what was your research about?"

"The manipulation of elements under the influence of an active Chaos Source," Tamires answered. "Well, I knew very little about it since I was just an assistant. I was given some easier tasks that didn't truly touch any of the main fields of the research, so I don't think my knowledge about it can help you at all."

Rean agreed with her. "Indeed. Especially because no one can get to the Chaos Source at the moment. Anyway, I'll send you into my Dimensional Realm."

Rean then used his connection with the Soul Gem Dimensional Realm and sent Tamires inside. There was no risk since everything that happened there was under Sister Orb's watch. If anything, there wasn't any other better place in the Universe where Rean could keep watch of that girl.

A moment later, Rean returned to the facility underground to meet with his mother and Kentucky. "Tamires decided to follow us back to the other side to see if she could find Dad. Anyway, I'm also done with the circuitry formation runes of this place. Do any of you want to do anything here?"

Only then did Rean remember. "Ah! That's right! Mom, I haven't asked you if you wanted to come with me or if you wanted to stay on Earth. Truth be told, I don't know what to expect in the future. If you want to stay, it isn't hard for me to arrange a safe place where no one will bother you."

Juliana immediately refused. "No can do. I still have to give your father a piece of my mind. Otherwise, I'll end up dying in regret. By the way, you might as well bring some of thee cryo-whatever and put me to sleep again. From what you told me, such a search might take hundreds or even thousands of years. I'm well over fifty, so I obviously won't live that long."

"I can help you cultivate, though. As I said before, Kafan told me he had some methods he researched for beings like you who grew and evolved in a universe without cultivation energies," Rean answered. "I don't think he will mind sharing it with Roan and me."

Juliana pondered a bit and nodded. "Well... I definitely would love to have a higher lifespan. But you better bring the cryo thing in case it doesn't work."

"Very well," Rean nodded and moved all ten Cryostasis pods into the Soul Gem Dimensional Realm. "Now then, I believe it is time for you to meet my mother from the other side of the Universe. How about that?"

Juliana smiled. "Sure, bring me to her."