A magic portal appeared right beside Raizel, surprising him a bit by its presence.
A person with long hair came out from the portal. It was a familiar face with a gentle expression on his face—it was Muzan.
"Muzan? What brings you here?" Aizis spoke up as soon as Muzan appeared.
"I've come here to deliver an important news for you guys," Muzan replied.
"The supreme ruler from the 8th realm sent a message to you. I want to pass the letter to you," Muzan said while gently giving Raizel the letter he was holding in his right hand.
"All right, you can leave now," Raizel replied after taking the letter.
Muzan drew a magic circle and vanished from there along with the magic circle.
"A letter from him? Let's see," Raizel thought to himself.
Raizel slowly opened the letter and began to read.
"My fellow supreme ruler, take my greetings. I'm aware that you are determined enough to wipe out the other side this time. Like I always did, I want to join forces with you this time too. Hope you'll be kind enough to take me as your fellow comrade."
As Raizel finished reading, he smiled a bit.
"What's up, Raizel? Anything wrong?" Aizis asked.
"No, it's good news. The supreme ruler of the 8th realm wants to form an alliance with me," Raizel replied.
"An additional gift for mister supreme ruler," Maria said with a smile.
"Could be. But for some reason, I feel like there is something wrong here, something hidden beneath the scenario," Raizel replied with a slightly tense and suspicious tone.
Aizis smiled a bit and put his right hand on Raizel's shoulder from behind.
"Don't worry about this, I'm pretty sure everything will be fine," Aizis said.
"If not, then we will force it to be fine, with everything we have," he added, smiling afterward.
Time slowly faded away, and so did the night.
The sun appeared as usual, revealing a new and fresh day without even a piece of flaw, as it seemed to be.
The four of them finished their academic activities as the day passed slowly.
The sun disappeared, hinting at the presence of night and the presence of the moon.
It was evening as the four of them prepared themselves with new dresses and appeared in front of the academy gate one by one. They were prepared for something, to visit somewhere.
Raizel, Aizis, and Marco were in the same shape as they always were. However, Maria seemed to be a bit different than usual. What was the difference?
Normally, it's not her passion to use glasses, but this time, there was the presence of glasses—a blue glass that managed to cover her eyes perfectly.
Her expression wasn't really much different, as she was smiling like she always did.
Aizis glanced toward Maria a bit and smiled.
"What's up, Maria? I can feel the presence of a bit of change in your appearance," Aizis spoke up while carrying the smile in his expression.
"Nothing special. I had to use it for some particular reason. I will let you know soon," Maria replied.
"You don't have to let me know, I'm already aware of the reason," Aizis said with a smile, continuing to smile toward Maria.
Maria put her gaze on Aizis and expressed an annoyed expression. Neither Raizel nor Marco focused on their conversation.
Raizel drew a magic circle and created a deep red magic portal in front of them.
"Let's go," Raizel spoke up.
Right afterward, Raizel jumped inside the magic portal. Following Raizel, the rest of them jumped inside the portal as well.
The portal closed and disappeared right after that as they teleported away from there.
It was a huge world filled with countless bubbles around—completely similar to Raizel's own supreme realm.
But there was a difference between them. Unlike the other one, this supreme realm seemed to be in a frozen state, as the surroundings were filled with layered ice.
There was a huge castle right in the middle of the world, at the absolute center. There wasn't even a single presence of mortals there, as it seemed. It was empty and silent all around, a slight whisper of snowfall trying to break through the silence.
The deep red magic portal appeared right in front of the castle. Raizel and the other three slowly came out of the portal and stood in front of the castle.
As soon as they got there, Marco seemed to be pretty amazed. His expression was telling that he was never able to visit such a beautiful world in his life.
"Woah. The realm, it's excellent.''
''I feel like I've come to a realm without any flaw, a realm with only the concept of peace covering the entire canvas, the entire realm," Marco slowly spoke, as a massive presence of surprise and happiness appeared on his face.
"This realm is said to be the most beautiful supreme realm over the entire layer. Appreciably, the creator of the realm slowly crafted his realm, spending thousands of years," Aizis replied to Marco as he whispered.
"No wonder it's absolutely beautiful," Marco said.
"Multiple realm rulers even tried to take over the realm. However, the creator of the realm is just too strong for them to remove," Aizis added.
"Makes sense. A beautiful realm should belong to a ruler with true strength," Marco replied.
"Let's get inside," Raizel spoke up.
Raizel slowly started to walk toward the gate of the palace, his footsteps gentle. Following Raizel, the rest of them slowly got inside the palace.
The palace was huge. Countless rooms appeared to be placed on both sides of the hall. The entire structure was made out of pure diamond—it was clean and pure, as it seemed to be.
The bright glow of the castle and the diamond kept the palace bright and pure.
"That's just excellent. I can't even express it with language," Marco spoke up.
Aizis smiled a bit as a reply toward Marco. There was a question seemed to be hidden under his smile.
"That's really weird. Why is Marco being surprised by this? Someone like him shouldn't be surprised by a mere palace such as this. Why?" Aizis thought to himself, as he seemed to be curious.
An unknown voice suddenly was heard—a gentle voice, yet pretty loud.
"Welcome, my honorable fellow supreme ruler. The strongest and one and only transcendent supreme ruler," the loud voice spoke.
That stranger was a tall person, wearing a deep dark long coat. He had long dark hair and bowed his head forward while carrying a gentle smile on his face, placing his hand on his chest in a sincere, respectful greeting.
"I would like to welcome you to my realm," he said, keeping the gentle smile on his lips.