A few days later, Kana stood with all her elementals, Aoi, Naru, Aruya, Ganjo, Kraz, and Kori, standing in front of her. "I see you all have grown quite a bit," Kana said with a smile as she looked at the group in front of her. However, Aruya was teetering back and forth. "Aruya, enter your space and digest your element. No need to try to stay awake."
"Mm… Thank you…." Aruya turned into a stream of light and entered Kana's body.
"So, how was it?" Kana asked.
"We traveled the world, And most of us made some good gains." Naru, who now looked to be a twenty something year old young man, replied.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"I can tell. Now you look much older than your wife." Kana teased, causing Aoi to blush. Kana looked Aoi up and down. She still looked the same, except now she had a bright, colorful crown that gently rotated around her head made of different elements. "Aoi, you evolved to the next step, I see."
"Mmm… I am now able to use all the same elements as you to the same extent as my main element." Aoi replied with a soft smile. She now felt even closer to Kana than ever. Kana reached out and patted her head before turning to Ganjo.
"Ganjo, you look even more handsome than before. You should go spend some time with your wife and kids." Kana motioned with her head towards Bell. Ganjo nodded and did not say a word as he walked over and took Bell's hand, and pulled her along. "Kraz. How did you make out?"
"It was hard finding any decent lightning on this world, so I kept stealing people's tribulation lightning. It is not bad but still lacking." Kraz replied with a hint of disappointment in his voice.
"Maybe the next plane will have something better for you." Kana felt kind of bad for him. She knew he had flown across this entire plane looking for anything that would fit his taste. But she did have to admit that Kraz was much more handsome now. "Kraz, if you can woo any of my daughters, I will give you my blessing."
""""MAMA!!!!"""" Four girls all yelled out at the same time. Kana turned and stuck her tongue out at them. Kraz, on the other hand, was just as red as the girls.
"Ahem… I will leave it up to fate." Kraz did not dare say no or anything that might hurt his master's daughters' feelings. So he decided to take the chicken way out.
"Then fate it shall be." Kana smiled as she looked over at Kori who was now a teen girl. She walked over and hugged her tightly. "You grew up well."
"Hey! Why did you say that to her but teased me!?" Naru cried out, feeling like he had been wronged. But all he got was laughs from everyone else.
"I am glad you all returned safely," Kana said as she pulled everyone in for a hug. She was glad that everyone was able to return without issue. "The next plane that we are going to will be filled with far more powerful people. So if you run into any trouble, let me know. I will come to you instantly. Never try to deal with a situation if you think there is a slim chance of survival or that you will get caught. Do you all understand?"
"We do." Aoi nodded. "At some point many years back, I began feeling you watching over us. It made me feel warm inside knowing you did not forget us."
"How could I ever forget you all? You are all part of my family. My family is very important to me. I would destroy an entire world if it means saving any one of you from harm." Kana's words filled each of her elements with flowing warmth. Not a single one of them felt that the contract they made with Kana was a mistake.
Kana spent the next few days catching up with each of her elementals, listening to their stories and all the hardships they had to endure. But she was happy to know they were all safe and sound and back at her side. While she knew they would soon be venturing back out, she enjoyed this time very much.
But the day had to come sooner than later. Kana stood in front of her ever growing family and smiled at them. She put her hands on her hips as she began to speak: "When we reach the next plane, no one is to go off on their own. We will move as one and will find a place to settle down in first. As for housing, that is something you will not need to worry about. I am sure I can find a decent place to settle us down in that is comfortable. Comfort comes first before we do anything."
Creige chuckled and nodded his head. "Mmm…. Our family's way is to find a place we like and ask nicely to borrow it."
"Handsome Papa…. Last time you tossed a man out of his house." Rain spoke up while pursing her lips. She still remembered that time all those years ago.
"Hmm? I asked nicely." Creige's face didn't change at all as he lied through his teeth. Both Rain and Angelica just shook their heads while Kana giggled.
"Alright, are you all ready?" Kana waited for everyone to nod before waving her hand and creating a special kind of array that sucked up all the spiritual qi in the area. "Then let's begin our final breakthrough. We will be doing this together. Aoi, you guys, are to return to your spaces. A great storm will soon begin to brew, and a great deal of tribulation lighting will drop down on us. I want all of you to let this tribulation lighting hit you. It might hurt a little, but if you refine it, it will boost your strength by many times. So do your best to merge with it."
Kana looked at everyone before she sat down, everyone else quickly copied her. They all sat down in a circle as dark clouds formed overhead. "Then let's begin shall we?"