It was then that Kentucky thought about something. "Wait! I was trying to reach the Minokawas' territory. But after what you said, isn't it better for me to stay away from all of you?" Kentucky asked.
'Indeed,' The feather agreed with Kentucky. 'Or at least, we can't let others know that you're my child... I'm pretty sure your mother would be delighted to see you.'
However, the Divine Sense inside the feather continued, 'Well, both she and I would be happy to see you. However, I can't even tell whether we're still alive or not. Chances are that we're long gone now.'
"This..." Kentucky was taken aback. "The enemies would have killed you, trying to acquire the information. Is that what you're saying?"
'Exactly,' The feather confirmed his words. 'The Divine Sense I left in this feather is something separated from my original body. It has lost any connection with my real Divine Sense. With that said, I can't tell whether we're still around. I only left this thing here so that we would have a chance to talk.'
Kentucky couldn't help but ask after that, "That's something that has been bothering me. How come you knew I would come to this place? I mean... this is too random. You might not know this, but me coming to this region of the Realm of Gods was just pure coincidence."
Kentucky was right. When the twins passed by the portal that led them to the Realm of Gods, the Soul Gem System shifted their destination. They were supposed to appear in the demon beast territories instead. The reason the system did that was so the twins could recover the first fragment of the Universe's Foundation.
The feather then explained, 'I didn't know you would come here. This is all but a massive gamble. I had a fairy friend, who's already dead at this point, to check your karma. I wanted to see if he could find where your karma would connect you with the Realm of Gods. After a lot of trouble, he predicted that there was a good chance you would appear around this region of the Realm of Gods. Of course, it was only a chance. That's why it was a gamble.'
The feather continued, 'Obviously, I decided to come back to the Realm of Gods through this place. Unfortunately, the range of the prediction was enormous, covering many continents around this area. It was then that I came up with a plan. I would head to the nearest continent with the capability of teleporting me to the center of the Realm of Gods. Regardless of where you appeared in the future, as long as it was somewhere around this region, you would head to Jhiod in the end. Well, that was only if you decided to go to the Center of the Realm of Gods. Sure enough, you did.'
'I left a message to the higher-ups of the Jhiod Sect, saying that I came from Vulrasic Continent's Astonkay Country. I didn't explain why, though. After all, I didn't want them to find this island. They did come here to look around and see if I left something behind, but they would never find this island. However, as long as you appeared here one day, I was sure you would feel my feather's presence. No, to be more specific, the blood on my feather's quill.'
'And eventually, lo and behold, you got the same information from the Jhiod Sect, and here you are. Can you guess what the chances that everything would go this smooth were? Even I'm surprised that you truly appeared in the end.'
Kentucky nodded in agreement. "Indeed, you were very lucky there, and so was I." Kentucky continued to ask, "Now then, how exactly did others find the egg I was in? I can't picture you going around, telling everyone that you and your wife have a Regal Minokawa egg. At your level, I believe you know how risky it would be to announce it."
'Of course, we didn't say a single word,' The feather agreed with Kentucky. 'Unfortunately, it wasn't as simple as not telling anyone. The moment your egg was laid, the other Regal Divine Demon Beasts and the peak experts of the realm felt your presence. You might not know this, but the appearance of a Regal Divine Demon Beast generally causes a huge phenomenon. Your mother and I couldn't possibly predict that our kid would have a Regal Bloodline before your egg was laid either.'
"I see..." Kentucky understood. "Then there's no helping it. I'm glad you succeeded in escaping with me, even if you're both dead now."
'You don't seem to be affected by the fact your parents might be dead...' the feather mentioned with some displeasure.
Kentucky shrugged his shoulders as he replied, "What did you expect? I've never seen you before. I'm grateful for the effort you put into keeping me alive, but you can't possibly hope that I will be filled with emotions for my parents. As far as I'm concerned, you're nothing more than strangers that share the same bloodline as me. We have talked for what? Thirty minutes?"
Kentucky also added, "Besides, don't expect me to go around trying to take revenge for you if you're dead. That's not gonna happen."
Unexpectedly, the feather wasn't surprised to hear that. 'Tch... you sure are my and your mother's child. Even your behavior is just like ours.'
"That's something I have to thank you for," Kentucky joked.
"By the way," Kentucky still had questions. "Am I not in danger now? I mean... I'm back in the Realm of Gods, so won't the experts feel my presence?"
'Hehe!' The feather seemed very confident as he explained, 'That would be the case... normally speaking. However, your mother and I weren't idiots. Before I left the Realm of Gods with your egg, we used a certain technique to suppress your bloodline. At the moment, your bloodline is no different from any other Minokawa. Even another Regal Demon Beast wouldn't recognize you at all.'
