>>5684514“I'll stay for a bit to help explain it to my granddaughter before heading home.” you reply to the elder, who smiles knowingly at you a moment before turning.
“Very well, if you would both follow me.” he says, walking from the room. He leads you both outside, but on the way to the training area you notice your son seems more quiet than usual. He's looking down as he follows the elder, you see he's clearly lost in thought. After a moment's consideration you decide against prying, if he wants your help or advice he knows you'll answer him when he's ready to talk.
The Yardratian elder leads you both back out to the spike pit where you'd gone training with him before. And you see a surprising figure there, in his largest form balanced precariously on one spike.
“Cooler? What are you doing here?” you ask, Freeza's brother opening his eyes as he looks to you, and even with his mask on in his fifth form, you can tell he's smirking at you.
“Karn.” Cooler replies, standing there on a single toe as he stares at the three of you. “Elder Pybara, I see you have a new disciple.”
“Yes, this soul is quite lost.” the elder says, Cooler's eyes widening. He no doubt knows what happened back at his father's place, along with what happened to that cowardly god. “But we'll set him on the right path.”
“We?” you and Cooler both ask simultaneously, the elder only smirking before turning to Chilli.
“You may set your portal up over here, as we shall be here for the majority of your training.” the elder tells your son, who nods and kneels down, setting the small crystal archway on the ground.
“Expand.” he says, the archway swelling and reverting back to the size you'd seen it before back on his world. He then mutters something too quietly for you to hear, pressing his hand to it and the doorway activates. You immediately sense both Megumin and Meloka Wolbach, as well as other minuscule powerlevels back on his world through the link. Then, just as the image through the portal begins to become clear, you hear a very familiar child's voice call out.
“DADDY!” your granddaughter shouts in excitement, rocketing through the portal and crashing square into his chest. He catches her with a laugh, hugging her as his wife also steps through. However, as she does she staggers a moment, her staff catching her. Chilli sees this and steps forward, Megumin waving him off before tapping her staff on the ground, her entire body becoming outlined in crimson magical energy. “Momma? What happened?”
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