Chapter 329: So Tragic, Left Behind Like a Latchkey Kid

Takumi and Akaya Sendougi's arrival immediately put all the witches in the area on high alert.

However, when they saw that it was Akaya—their secretary—they were stunned.

Akaya Sendougi was out of prison?

Shocking!

The witches were completely astonished.

But then, who was the person next to her?

The witches were all curious.

Takumi and Akaya walked straight into the castle.

As they approached, the protective magical barriers around the castle automatically disengaged—or rather, crashed.

This wasn't the witches' doing.

It was Takumi's power that caused all the spell arrays to deactivate.

As Takumi entered, several witches gathered around.

"Secretary?"

Even though the world had changed drastically,

And another world had made contact,

Wasn't the prison barrier dismantled?

And weren't the inmates dealt with?

Why was Akaya here?

"It's me."

"I'm out now."

Akaya addressed her subordinates.

She nodded in satisfaction.

More witches began to gather.

Soon, Akaya saw Sendougi Yuma—the girl created using her genes.

Seeing Yuma stirred something in her heart.

There was an indescribable feeling.

That was her daughter, after all.

Akaya frowned.

Though she didn't want to admit it, the little one looked exactly like her younger self.

Standing side by side, anyone would think they were mother and daughter.

She sighed internally.

But said nothing.

"Go handle your business."

"I'm heading to your library."

With that, Takumi walked off.

Or rather, this entire castle could be considered a massive library.

The people around frowned slightly upon seeing Takumi.

Who was this man?

But just as their thoughts began forming,

They quickly dissipated.

Naturally, this was Takumi's doing.

He didn't want any unnecessary drama or face-slapping tropes.

So he erased all those potential threats with subtle mental suggestions.

He was here to collect magic books—not to show off.

Takumi implanted the idea into their minds to ignore his presence.

As he walked, he released his drones.

They began scanning and collecting all the books.

Takumi didn't need the physical copies—only their contents.

Reading each one manually would take forever.

Hence, the drones.

Under Takumi's control, the drones got to work.

They gathered and organized all the magical texts.

Takumi didn't sit idle either. He picked up a book and began reading.

Some of the magic in this world was quite valuable.

LCO had a comprehensive collection of magical tomes.

Practically all known grimoires in this world were here.

As Takumi read, he started to wonder:

Since he was already in this world, should he collect magical books from the God Slayers as well?

But thinking it over, that sounded troublesome.

Better to let Prometheus issue an official notice once he returned.

Knowledge in exchange for knowledge sounded like a good deal.

His eyes lit up at the thought.

Yes—that was a solid plan.

He'd handle it later.

For now, focus on collecting everything here.

Speaking of which, after condensing his Authority of Law,

Takumi hadn't formed any other Authorities.

Maybe he should try fusing new ones?

The Authority of Sea sounded appealing.

But then he thought of a certain Herrscher and hesitated.

That one was unspeakable.

Honestly, Takumi didn't lack power.

He could manipulate elements, space, and even create from nothing.

There didn't seem to be a need to deliberately forge new Authorities.

Instead, why not integrate the ones he already had?

Fully embrace Honkai Energy as a whole.

As the saying went—Honkai Energy can do everything.

That settled it.

He wouldn't chase new Authorities.

He would perfect the ones he already had.

Combine them into a unified system.

Let his Authorities achieve true omnipotence.

With the Authority of Law, Takumi could actually do this.

It already included fragments of other Authorities.

Except for the Creator's unique creation aspect, everything else could be achieved through magic.

So, developing a fusion of Law and Creation might be the way forward.

Takumi gave this serious thought.

It directly affected his strength.

There was no rush to forge new powers.

If he could wield his current ones freely, that would make him a true sovereign.

To achieve anything with a mere thought:

Time travel, spatial manipulation, or even rebooting the universe.

The End Authority could indeed reset the Earth.

By now, Takumi's power could probably reboot the entire universe.

But rebooting a universe wasn't exactly easy.

Unless he could do it with a thought—that would be true greatness.

As these thoughts flowed, his drones continued collecting grimoires.

Once Akaya had finished her business, she returned to Takumi.

Bringing a little girl with her.

Sendougi Yuma.

Clearly, she had accepted the girl.

"Can I ask you a favor?"

"Take her to your world."

Akaya looked at Takumi.

She hoped he would take Yuma with him.

Takumi raised a brow.

"You're not taking her yourself?"

Akaya shook her head.

"Let her go with you."

She had no intention of keeping Yuma by her side.

"We'll talk once we're back."

"After you get settled, I'll send you to that other world."

"You can make sure she's settled too."

Hearing this, Akaya nodded in agreement.

That worked.

Once Yuma was settled, she could leave with peace of mind.

Yuma looked up at Takumi.

Was this her father?

Probably not.

She wanted to ask—but didn't dare.

Meanwhile, Takumi finished copying every magical book in the castle.

He didn't miss a single one.

With that complete, he finally prepared to take both of them back to his world.