A boy with a bag on his back is making his two feet an unliving thing, staring at something that is unquestionably “unexplainable”. 

With the Shiba Inu puppy beside him stone-gazed; dumbfounded, what he’s currently seeing and trying to appraise really is something like a close or even an equal term of thinking about who comes first: The chicken or the egg?

Which is in their case: That dragon or their realization? Because, in some ways, if he hasn’t even seen it, then they wouldn’t even know of its existence, that it is right here on Earth for most of the time already, soaring the skies while sleeping on the sea. 

Of course, the obvious answer is the dragon.  Well, in a logical sense, that is…

A serpent-looking dragon so dashing which without traces of winds it flew towards the two statues rapidly.

With its blue-and-white-colored scales, small wires at its sides, a mouth the size of a large lake, and a fearsome roaring aura, in a myth of the country, it is none other than the Bakunawa. 

Being a sea serpent-dragon “deity”, it certainly is quite surprising for her to be on the skies, soaring high and mighty. 

She, in some cases, is really not what you call a real deity. 

Myths and Legends that were believed by the Stage 0 Vessels; the living, as true, will be true. Existence will be born from the hearts and minds of Existence itself, having to form in what it is described to be. 

It’s really bothersome to explain everything about this because you already know about these things in the first place, my dear Vessels. So being useless to you, let’s get ba-

Tsk~~ Long story short. Some of you might still not know this, that although you can call this Existence born from origin: a deity, it really is not the real one, because others with the same reason but a stronger origin will overlap and take control of the things this “deity” is born to have. Simply, it’s reason to be born. It may still exist, but one with the same powers and reason as it will take control of the universal law of existence in that certain specific part. 

Like controlling time. The one with the strongest origin will be the one to control time in its highest point, even if the other existence with the same reasons are still existing. 

To be more precise. The lower-originated existences’ control and authority to abide by their reasons are limited. Their specific powers are limited.

And so, does that mean every Vessel with universal powers came from their origins?

Yes. Because origin doesn’t just come from the Vessels, but the Creator of everything itself. 

Tsk. Even I don’t really fully accept such teachings from the other Vessels. Because everything is limited. Each thing has limits. 

I have limits. The God of Eyes has limits. Even the Existences that not even the highest known Existence dimensional-wise have known yet still have limits. 

Although I can say that there really is something beyond this infinite-looking dimensional existence, it will forever be unknown. So might as say that there is nothing. No such thing as that.

Either way, going back, if they haven’t seen Bakunawa, then their limit surely hasn’t gone up.

Their? Looking at the mind of the Shiba Inu puppy, he may have indirectly realized that there is such a thing, he still hasn’t seen it. That’s just how great he believes Valentin Nobez’s power is. 

Although it is true that the boy is now currently staring at the upcoming dragon-looking serpent, the puppy has really been gullible in many cases since then.

Suddenly, the puppy broke out from his stone and realized that nothing’s wrong at all.

“Hey, T-Tin. I may not see it, but I don’t feel it either.”, the puppy said as he looked at the stargazed boy. “Well, if you can only see it, then it’s your problem, hehe~~”

At some point, the puppy broke free from its agony and became carefree.

“Bleehh~~ You’re nothing to me, dragon~~” 

… too carefree that it even wiggled its tail ferociously, facing it directly at the view the boy currently is staring at.

But without the puppy giving a cell of thinking about what happens next, the boy started opening his mouth out of thin air, staring at “nothing” in his front, facing upward. 

“Ah, yes. I can see you.” the boy said. Much more to be a reply.

The puppy started its Asta-brain. Dense. But not in a harsh way, that is.

But like Asta, a fictional character in a movie/ Anime called “Black Clover” where he hasn’t realized that he can’t marry a certain someone. He’s still never given up. 

Watch Black Clover, dear Vessels. It’s good. Some human creations like this are totally good that even the current god of the planet they are living in is addicted to these… anime and manga since its creation.

… Ehem, anyways.

The puppy continued to watch over the actions of the boy, studying… densely.

“...”

“I’m not Human. I’m Valentin Nobez, Bakunawa.” the boy said, which seems to be more like a reply… again.

But unlike earlier, the puppy had now finally… started to… watch the actions of the boy more densely than ever.

‘Bakunawa?’ the puppy thought, ‘Is that someone’s name?’ as it leaned its head over one side, being full of thoughts… that are densely packed.

Too dense, indeed. In the structure of what the boy had just said, it is already understood that he is currently exchanging some words to a certain “someone”.

Of course, it is none other than the sea serpent-dragon.

From her perspective, she already clearly thinks of Valentin Nobez as a human with a power that defies a great law of the world.

Seeing her floating serpent-dragon body on his front and not so above and staring at her with his crimson-frigid eyes directly, it really is unavoidable for her to not think about it that way.

But to be more precise, it is not just the “world”, dear.

Suddenly, from the seconds after knowing the boy’s name, the sea-dragon deity then continued their conversation.

“... You are certainly the first and maybe the only one that can see me, a human named Valentin Nobez.” a low-toned deep, and raspy female voice was then heard by the boy.

“May as well be.” the boy replied, “But I don’t really mind though.” followed with a lazy tone as he added it.

The deity chuckled, “Ahh, from your reaction earlier, you are unimaginably not scared looking at me.” as she began to lower her ferocious and cautious ambiance residing around her. “Too unimaginable that I haven’t even traced a single hint of you being scared or interested in me.”

From what the deity had just said, he then replied with a sentence that is… harsh?

“... Ah, sorry. You’re still nothing like the others.”

Suddenly, the eyes of the serpent-dragon went afire, full of wrath about what it had just heard.

“What are you… talking about, lowly human?” she responded ferociously as she’s being filled with annoyance, releasing her from all of her curious friendly thoughts as a result. “You dare… anger a deity like me?”

Reminding herself that she is a deity, she became more annoyed knowing that she is currently angry to such a lowly being. Also knowing that he is a “lowly being” that can see her, she then wondered.

‘If he can see me, then can he see it as well?’ she thought to herself.

Suddenly, a burst of a laugh then came from her mouth to the point that her dragon eyes became watery.

… Watery, huh? Well, she can certainly control the sea. Although it is limited, with enough sensibility, she can pleasurably do it at her own will. 

“Sea-Diety’s Domain” she then said out of thin air, even if the boy is only the current one that can hear it.

All of a sudden, the place changed. Everything was not the same except for the fact that the serpent-dragon and the boy standing at a small-looking island are the only ones that remained to be seen. 

With the characteristics of a human, the boy then articulated thoughts and tried to make a reason for the sudden unbelievable view he is currently having at.

Being surrounded by nothing but sea, he is now standing at an open island, along with the Serpent-dragon deity floating in his front, facing at each other and gazing at each other’s eyes full of circulating thoughts. 

And as expected, the boy may be having thoughts about the reason for his current situation, but no hard emotions occurred. Not even a single sperm of fear tried to dive away from his unfazed body.

Unfazed, huh…

Suddenly, thunder strikes strikingly. Lightings had fallen at the same locations that they had at first again at their second, third, and many more times. Defying the word “coincidence”. A rain pouring water so hard and a ton then began to connect to the sea surrounding the open island. Small earthquakes followed as well, making the unmoved body of the boy budge a little as one of his feet tripped not that great.

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The event continued for many minutes. 

Seeing the boy’s eyes still empty of interest, fear, or any emotions other than the articulation of thoughts only, the sea-deity finally gave up. 

With the decreasing origin power and the great extent of using it, she really is easily exhausted. 

“Hahh~~ Why are there no such things as major emotions in yourself, human?” the quavering voice of the deity echoed over the place as well as to the ears of the human she converses of. “Don’t tell me you already found beings stronger than me? Scarier things than what you had just seen and observed?”

With his right pinky finger, the boy then twisted the inside of his right ear, passionlessly.

“Ahh, as you see. I’m born to be passionless.” the boy then replied to what the deity had just said, “Oh, and also, you’re the first being that I had seen other than Espion.” as he responded as well.

“... First being? Then what about this… Espion? Who is this Espion you are talking about?”

“Well, the Shiba Inu puppy that was beside me earlier before you had transferred me here, Bakunawa.”

Suddenly, “Huh?” her serpent-dragon eyes expanded to a large extent. “Y-Y-You know my name… YOU KN-KNOW ME, HY-HYUMAN!?” she muttered in her large mouth, full of curiosity.

The boy leaned his head at one side. “What? Of course, I can’t just forget things that I knew, even if it was since ages ago. On kindergarten.” and then he wondered. 'Wait, I already mentioned her name earlier, right? Did she just forget it that easily?'

“... When was that ago?” the deity asked.

“When I was just a kid.” he replied.

“... Do you remember those things that easily?”

“I don’t know. Even if I’m not interested, it’s stuck on my mind.”

“Then are you just being insolent?”

“... No…?”

“... Then how about taking pride in it?”

“... You take pride in such a thing?”

“…”

“…”

A dreadful silence…

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Minutes after that awkward occurrence, they went back to the real place. 

At the time the boy and the deity were in that domain, the time has not passed. It’s like nothing had happened. But my time had not stopped because I am above all the realms every being on this planet has and will make. 

Well, it’s not like that. These kinds of realms don’t defy the universal laws. Since there’s no time and space but only the manipulation of the mind. In the first place, realms are just like a dream, long or not, that had just passed at the time in its lowest fraction of seconds, even if you still remember what had happened to you very clearly.

And so. Being back, the boy then looked at the puppy beside him.

“... Really?”

The puppy was left dumbfounded, again.