"But Kira, there is something that I don''t understand…"


    "Why did you transform yourself into a brown wolf and hide?"


    "You could have informed me regarding that from the start, on day one when I had arrived here. You were present here right?", Shin asked.


    "Yes, master. I was here from the start, however, I could not reveal myself in front of you and exin all this.", Kira said.


    "Why?"


    "That''s because of the celestials and the supreme celestials…"


    "They had eyes on you because of your fame and wanted to check you out."


    "Not a single of your moves were missed by them and hence I couldn''t bring myself to talk to you.", Kira said.


    Shin thought that Kira wasn''t making any sense. What did the celestials and the supreme celestials have anything to do with this?


    He asked Kira only to be replied with, "The Heavenly Wolf Family has gone into hiding master."


    "The celestials and Supreme Celestials want to kill them and if they end up knowing their hideout, they won''t spare a single second topletely eradicate them."


    "Since the wolf God is no more to protect them, no matter how strong they are, they would get annihted in mere seconds."


    "…"


    "But, why are they in hiding?", Shin was confused.


    Such a strong race might be weak against the Supreme Celestials, but there is no way that they would have been hidden from the very creators of the world!


    It was somewhat confusing and suspicious.


    Kira stared at Shin as he said, "Well, they are in danger as I said. And that is why they had to hide."


    "But how? Aren''t the supreme celestials the mightiest of all? How are they able to hide from them in their own world?", Shin asked, somewhat confused about it.


    Kira said, "Ah, their presence is being hidden because of a barrier that is protecting them. This barrier was one of the skills of the Wolf God Shin who performed it just before his death and it hassted all these years."


    Shin was somewhat impressed when he heard that.


    Usage of skills generally requires mana or MP. Someone, who was on the verge of death, used a skill thatsted even after his death, there were only two conclusions that one could gain from this - either the skill did not require any mana, or the skill was created using the beast''s life force!


    As one levels up, they grow older but they don''t move towards death. In fact, they move away from death - that is, they are heading towards bing immortals.


    The life force of a supreme celestial would be immense and that could exin why the barriersted all these years!


    While the idea seemed correct, he wasn''tpletely sure of it since he had never heard of any skill using life force instead of mana.


    Regardless, the key fact that the Heavenly Wolf Family was being protected by the barrier remained true.


    Shin then said, "So, west terrain is it?"


    Kira nodded his head to this.


    Shin took about a minute to think about it and then finally decided that he would indeed go and visit the ce.


    He wanted to know why Arnolius was so away from the West Terrain and many more things, but for now, they would remain a mystery to him.


    Shin then turned towards Ae as he said, "Alright Kira, anything else?"


    Kira shook his head.


    He said, "I wanted to talk about the one who gave you the name, but I too am unsure. I think it will be better if you find it out yourself, master."


    Shin nodded his head soon after which, he started to walk away from him.


    Ae realized that the talk was over and now, they were bidding Kira farewell, not knowing when they would meet next.


    However, before they could go far away, Ae requested Shin to give her permission to talk to Kira for onest time.


    Shin had no reason to refuse.


    "Alright.", he said.


    Ae ran towards Kira. After getting close enough, she said, "Father, I hope you see mommy as well."


    "She too must have been lonely without you…"


    "I hope you take care and be in good health.", Ae said as she turned around and rejoined Shin.


    As the rain continued to pour, Shin and Ae walked out of the soundproof barrier.


    However, just before exiting the forest and arriving near the festival area, a message popped up on the screen.


    *Ding*


    [Would you like to mark the individual named Kira?]


    [-> Y/N]


    ''Mark?'', this was rtively new and was the first time the system had asked something like this.


    ''What do you mean by that?'', Shin asked.


    *Ding*


    [Marking is a process of saving a certain individual''s or item''s data.]


    [It allows the host to know the exact position anytime and anywhere.]


    As soon as Shin finished reading it, he immediately epted the proposal.


    ''Yes. Mark him…''


    *Ding*


    [The individual Kira has been marked.]


    And with this, no matter how far Kira went, Shin could always track him.


    Shin, who was supposed to exit the forest, actually walked in a bit different direction.


    Ae was confused. She thought that Shin''s work was done. This time, she didn''t hesitate to ask, "Master, is there still something that you wish to do?"


    "Ah, yes."


    "Oh, oki…", she continued walking with him, wondering what he wanted to do.


    It was drizzling even now. Ae''s and Shin''s fur waspletely wet and had increased in weight by a bit.


    When they stopped, Ae shook her body rapidly trying to dry herself.


    ''Huff. Now it feels good.'', she said to herself as he sessfully removed a lot of water from her fur but the moment she turned towards her left, she found a lot of water droplets on Shin''s face, most of which were due to her shaking her body vigorously.


    "I-"


    "I''m sorry!", she instantly bowed her head a bit, trying to beg for forgiveness, but Shin didn''t mind it.


    In fact, it was still raining so it made no difference.


    "No. It''s fine."


    "Anyway, I think we should begin…", Shin said, as he looked at the darkness around.


    "Begin what, master?", Ae asked.


    "Your evolution, what else?"


    "…"