"I have come to save you."
Raven crouched down, gently caressing Mitsume's exquisitely beautiful face. At this moment, he radiated a divine glow that was irresistible. Even Mitsume found herself deeply captivated.
Raven spoke with Mitsume for a long time, informing her of everything that had happened.
"Suel is… dead?" Mitsume looked at Raven in disbelief.
"You'll know once I've rescued you," Raven replied.
"But my current state… I can never return to how I was," Mitsume understood her physical condition. Although she looked fine on the surface, she was completely spent, like an oil lamp about to run out.
Raven smiled slightly. He separated a small portion of his own Golden Fruit power, forming it into a single fruit.
Though he said he was separating a portion, Raven's divine power itself did not weaken in the slightest. This was the specific power intended for the Woman of the Beginning. Every world's Golden Fruit was meant to create a Woman of the Beginning.
"Eat this fruit." Raven brought the Golden Fruit to her lips.
Mitsume was drawn to the Golden Fruit, knowing it felt highly unusual and precious. "Thank you."
Mitsume didn't hesitate, parting her teeth to take a gentle bite. The next moment, the Golden Fruit automatically merged into her body.
Mitsume's pupils transformed to resemble those of the Woman of the Beginning, Mai. She had become a Woman of the Beginning, bound to Raven.
Because their lives were linked, Raven instantly knew everything about Mitsume.
It turned out that Ace Ukiyo was not physically born to Mitsume, but was an existence created by her through the Desire God's power. His so-called cheap father had never touched Mitsume. This meant that she was still a virgin.
This greatly surprised Raven.
Once transformed into the Woman of the Beginning, all the thorns that bound Mitsume vanished. She seemed slightly disoriented.
"You are free now, Mitsume." Raven told her.
Mitsume looked up at Raven. Her beautiful eyes were filled with an intense surge of emotion. After becoming the Woman of the Beginning, Raven's attraction to her had grown even stronger, as the two were now tightly linked.
Mitsume stepped forward and tightly embraced Raven, then initiated a kiss.
They separated after a long moment.
"Alright, your son is waiting outside," Raven said, feeling somewhat awkward. It seemed Mitsume's personality was the very enthusiastic type, and she was quick to accept everything.
"What do you mean, your son? Isn't he our son?" Mitsume whispered intimately into Raven's ear.
Raven was speechless. He didn't know if this was her original personality or if she had been influenced by the Golden Fruit.
Meanwhile, Ace, waiting outside, suddenly noticed cracks appearing in the stone statue before him. Finally, a flash of golden light erupted, and a woman in white appeared.
It was his mother, Mitsume.
"Mother!" Ace looked on with joy.
She quickly ran forward, spreading her arms.
Then, to Ace's stunned amazement, she hugged Raven tightly instead.
"Mother, you've got the wrong person! I'm your son!" Ace quickly said, thinking she had mistaken him for someone else.
"You little rascal, you're a grown man! You don't expect your old lady to hug you, do you?" Mitsume said to Ace after her passionate embrace with Raven.
Even Raven thought this was a bit exaggerated. Was something fundamentally wrong here?
Then Ace actually smiled. This personality, it was the mother he knew.
Mitsume then spent a long time talking with Ace. After a thousand years, Ace's wish to see his mother had finally been granted.
Finally, the group returned to the outside world. Raven also put an end to the Golden Fruit Grand Prix.
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At the Amazon Café.
"Huh? You're Ace's mother?"
"How can you be so young…" Neon was astonished, looking at Mitsume, who was clinging to Raven's arm like a little wife.
"What's your secret for looking so young!" Sara also found it unbelievable.
"That's right, I'm Ace's mother. Please take care of me from now on," Mitsume acted nothing like a typical mother.
"Ahem, well, you all need to get along," Raven felt embarrassed. He never expected Mitsume to be this outgoing right from the start. No wonder her appearances in the original series were always silent. She never spoke a word.
"Mitsume-san, I'm Tsumuri." Tsumuri also walked over, her eyes reflecting a complex mix of emotions as she looked at Mitsume. After all, she was designed and created based on Mitsume.
"Tsumuri, I've been wanting to meet you," Mitsume stepped forward and took Tsumuri's hand, looking delighted.
She knew that before she was forcibly turned into the Goddess of Creation by Suel and the others, they had used her genes to create a new life. In a sense, Tsumuri was also her child.
Mitsume looked at Tsumuri with a hint of maternal love.
Raven, standing nearby, felt a strange feeling. If this were the case, wouldn't he have achieved an accomplishment few others could…
Shaking his head to dispel these unhealthy thoughts, Raven poured himself a cup of coffee and began to consider his next move. The Geats world storyline was mostly over. Although the development was vastly different from the original series, he had destroyed the DGP and personally killed the founder, Suel.
Raven estimated that after a while longer, his progress in this world would be complete. Then he could depart for the next world. Until then, he would treat it as a vacation and enjoy himself.
As the women exchanged pleasantries, another figure in the café stood apart, contrasting with the harmonious atmosphere.
It was Beroba.
After the conflicts ended, Raven had banished Ziin, Kekera, and the others back to the future, but he deliberately kept the mischief-maker. In his words, he was still punishing her for her rudeness. He definitely wasn't lingering because of her looks or her black tights.
"Hey, what exactly do I have to do for you to let me go? It's so boring staying here with you," Beroba complained, sitting on Raven's bar counter and eating some unknown candy, shamelessly displaying her black-tights-clad legs.
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