" Thatâs right. I forgot about that," Ryder muttered as he slapped his forehead.
"I do have a question, though. Are you sure he wonât come back to life after his body recovers the strength? I donât want him to attack me next time I bring him out," he explained.
"Donât worry. His body will regain the divine strength that a god should have, but his life is gone. And itâs not going to return," Janus comforted Ryder.
"Thatâs better," Ryder said before he kept Alurenâs body in his inventory.
As he finished up everything, he stretched out his arms as he relaxed his tense body.
He hadnât really thought that it would be so easy. He literally killed a god even though he was a human in his mind.
At every single point in the plan, he was thinking that something would go wrong and he would be in trouble. Even when Aluren was killed, he was still worried that the guy might come back.
Ryder was alert until the end, for the battle if the plan failed. Fortunately, he didnât need to now. And now that Janus had confirmed it, he could finally put his mind to ease.
He could return to the Estate while bringing Alice back.
"Before I bring her back, I need to check the Estate. The last time I went there, the blood and everything was cleared by them. Nothing seemed wrong there, but I still need to make sure," he said as he started flying back.
He went to the place where he had parked the car and went back to the Estate. He also turned his phone on since there was no need to keep it off. Aluren and the Kings were gone. For the time being, he was safe.
As Ryder reached the Estate, the first thing he did was repair the main door that was broken by the Kings when they came here for the first time.
He didnât have to work hard to get the door back to how it was. This was where his newly received ability came to use. Unlike the living things, this ability had less limitations on objects
With his powers, he was able to reverse the time of the objects. As he returned the time of the door, it returned to how it was the day before the arrival of the Kings.
Ryder walked inside the Estate and went straight to his room, and repaired the door of his room before he started checking the other rooms.
No servants were still inside the Mansion. The guards were killed at the start, whereas the servants that were kept hostage by Aluren ran away after finding a decent opportunity.
"Sigh, this is nothing more than a ghost mansion now. Good thing I already knew about this. At least Shu wonât say anything. I had informed him that something like this might happen," Ryder said as he called Shu.
"Oh? Youâre calling from your real number? Everythingâs normal, it seems?" Shu asked Ryder as soon as he picked up the call.
Throughout the last few days, Shu was in constant contact with Ryder. But the number Ryder used to talk to Shu was different. He was using a different phone to contact people so that he couldnât be traced. His old number remained off throughout.
Throughout those days, Shu kept trying to persuade Ryder to let him help, but Ryder was also stubborn. He had warned Shu that if he even dared to help, he would leave forever and never return or talk to Shu. He also told Shu that he was perfectly safe and there was no need to worry.
"Yeah. Everythingâs fine now. You can return whenever you want, but yeah, you might need to hire new guards. And those maids too," Ryder told Shu.
"Donât worry about that. I already arranged for that, but Iâm happy that youâre safe. Even though I donât know what you were against, Iâm really proud of you," Shu said to Ryder.
"Alright, Iâm cutting the call. I also need to bring Alice back. See you later," Ryder replied before disconnecting the call.
Now that the house was back to normal, it was time to bring Alice back.
He left the Estate once again and entered the car.
...
"It has been so long. I wonder how he is," Alice was lying on the bed, talking to herself.
Her friend was lying right beside her. Hearing her words again, she couldnât help but smile wryly. She had listened to this line for close to a hundred times, but now, and it had only been a few days.
She didnât understand why Alice didnât just call her brother. She didnât know the circumstances surrounding Ryder and the real reason Alice was here.
Instead, Alice had told her that her brother was going on a foreign trip, and since he wasnât going to be here, she decided to stay here.
"Shouldnât you talk to him now? If youâre worried about him, then talk to him. Call him and ask when heâs going to return."
"He should return soon. I donât think I should disturb him," Alice answered, still not telling her the truth.
"As you wish," her friend replied, feeling defeated.
Knock! Knock!
A knock was heard at the door.
"Come on in."
After getting the permission, a servant entered the room and said, "Young Miss, Mr. Ryder is here to take his sister."
"Heâs here?" Alice jumped in excitement as she got off the bed and ran towards the door.
As she reached the door, she saw Ryder standing there, perfectly safe.
"Youâre safe! Youâre safe! Iâm so happy," Alice repeated as she embraced Ryder tightly.
Aliceâs friend also reached here. Seeing her actions, she couldnât help but smile.
"Of course, he would be safe. He went on a foreign business trip, not a war. Youâre so emotional."
She looked at Ryder before she continued, "Alice really worried about you. Iâm glad youâre back."
"Thanks for taking care of her," Ryder told her friend before leaving with Alice.
...
Alice and Ryder were sitting in the car, talking about what had happened.
"Is it really over now? Youâre not at any risk?" Alice asked.
"Donât worry; I took care of everything. No risk to anyone," Ryder replied as he smiled.
"Are you really not going to tell me what had happened?" She asked Ryder.
"I wish I could," Ryder responded as he sighed. "Just think of it as some bad guys coming after me for business related reasons. And I took care of them. Now no one will disturb us ever," Ryder replied.
"As long as youâre safe," Alice muttered.
....
Janus had searched the entire England, but he didnât find the Lord of Space.
"Lord Janus?"
He was just about to leave when he heard a voice coming from behind him.
Janus turned back only to find the god-son that had a trial in this world, Suliven Salazar.
He was the Prince of Britain, but not really. Not a single person knew that he was a god that had come here on a trial. Moreover, most of the memories of his birth in the Royal Family were fake, created with magic for the trial.
"Ah, itâs you. How are you, young man?" Janus asked Suliven.
"Iâm good, but what are you doing here? Arenât gods not allowed to come to the trial world?" Suliven asked Janus.
"Donât worry about me; I got permission from all your parents to come here," Janus answered.
"Their permission? Did you come regarding the trial?" Suliven asked.
"Not really. Donât think too much. Iâm not here regarding your trials. Iâm here for a different matter that doesnât concern the trials. You can call it a personal matter," Janus answered.
"Anyway, Iâm taking my leave. It was good meeting you," Janus said before he disappeared.
As Janus disappeared, the smile on Sulivenâs face disappeared, returning to a serious expression.
"This Janus, calling him Lord, hurts my tongue every time. To know heâs the brother of that Traitor of God Realm. I donât understand why the other gods donât just kill him as well. He did fight against his brother, but still. He has that guyâs bad blood."
"Treachery runs in the blood. Every time I see him, I feel like heâs not the right person. He doesnât deserve to be in the god realm, and they allowed him to come here? Why? Just what could be so important?" He talked to himself as he started leaving.
"Could it be that he was lying?"
...
Janus appeared in a different country as he left England. He appeared in China this time, trying to find the Lord of Space.
...
While Janus was searching for the Lord of Space all around the world, the Lord of Space was still walking on the streets of America.
It seemed like he was trying to find something or someone too; as for what, it was unknown.
He was also searching like Janus.