Illusion of Integrity

A New Starting Point

"No, of course I will never say that she is my fake daughter. But what does it has to do with anything that it complicates thing?" Bernidas gets more and more curious. Riss is one of his lovely daughter after all.

"There is a reason on why we powerful beings can't go around rampaging. We have those god slayers at our doorsteps, they may be weak but they have numbers. And even if we do rampage around, the Law Bringer will eventually suppress us."

"The Law Bringer?" Lea looks at Phieas and her husband.

"Yes, an existence that governs everything. They are like a judge, they have intelligence but without emotions." Phieas says indifferently.

"I see, considering that My Lady said this yourself, then the legends are true."

"Anyway, what are you going to do now? Your daughter identity must be kept hidden. And hiding her is not a practical solution."

"Yes, that gives me a headache.." Bernidas's hand reaches to her temple and massages it.

"Hefrost can actually suppress her power to a certain extend. He is not an Ice God for nothing anyway. But suppressing her power also means danger. That's why the necessary approach to hide her real identity as a godlike being."

"If that is your suggestion, please do so. I will be the one doing my utmost to keep her identity then."

"Sure, later I will tell Hefrost to do it."

"Now, I will be going to Riss's room. Tomorrow you have to be ready to be separated from your daughter for a while."

"Why, My Lady?" Lea seems to be anxious.

"Because Hefrost will be teaching her to control her own power. You are not a god, you don't know how our power works."

"I see, I can do nothing about it then.."

Bernidas and Lea finally lets go parts of their worries. Having a god helping them will gives them an insurance to a certain extent especially with 2 gods at once. The night is concluded, all of them take their rest at their own respective room. While Riss has both Hefrost and Phieas accompany her.

***** In The Morning *****

"Dad, take care of yourself. Sis, I will miss you a lot, but I will be more of a help later after we meet again. And Mom, I love you so much. I love you all." Riss hugs them. She is reluctant to go, but she has no option.

"Take care, Sweetie."

["Why.. just why.."]

"This is gonna take some time. Be strong okay? We will both survive it."

["Okay..."]

It takes a few time for them to finally settle their own feelings. Riss will be going for a vew months, living with Hefrost and Phieas. Harsh training is ahead of her. Let alone the harsh training, the harsh environment where Hefrost lives is already a hurdle.

Hefrost casts his own magic, enabling him to levitates the three of them with a block of ice. Phieas's power makes a vacuumed space in front of them, like a bullet, they shot towards the northern direction in a flash. But Phieas's magic allows the three of them to be unaffected by the wind.

It takes no more than an hour for them to reach Hefrost's domain. The fact is that the distance spans a bit longer than a thousand kilometres. The three of them went beyond supersonic speed after all.

"Finally." Hefrost takes a deep breath with a joyful face. In front of them is his own domain, an icy mountain with gigantic peaks poking the sky.

"Wait, honey." Phieas stops them just before they enter, "Entering this domain will be her first training."

Both Hefrost and Riss are confused. How can one train themselves just by entering a cold place? If she was talking about the core area of the domain, that is logical.

"Yeah, I know why you both are confused. This is easy, but that's why we will make it harder for you, Lil Sis."

"What do you mean, Big Sis?"

"Honey, can you suppress her power? Make her drops her power to about level 1 to 5 ish."

"Eh? That much?" Hefrost tilts his head.

"Yes, that way Black can comes out and actually train her Black Heart to protect herself just enough, nullifying the cold. No wasted energy, and just enough to survive the cold. Controlling her power will be necessary for her to also control her Joker's Domination. The skills may be different. But the feelings are the same. That's how we gods been doing ourselves."

["Eh!? I can come out!?"]

"Good for you, Black."

"Ah, where do I put the seal though?"

"Make it into a beautiful bracelet, honey."

"Hmmm, sure then. Lil Sis, don't resist, accept it, okay? It doesn't work if you are resisting it, you are powerful enough to resist it after all."

["Why are they trying to suppress you?"]

"Ah, I forgot."

"Wait Big Bro, do I have to switch with her or not?"

"Oh, yeah, I forgot, you have to, she will be doing the training."

"I forgot too..." Phieas facepalms and shakes her head.

"Haha, it's fine. Then, your turn, Black."

With Rainbow gone, the heavy atmosphere descends. Riss looks anxious about the situation, her father's incident causes her to worry about the surroundings. But she forgot that both Hefrost and Phieas are even stronger than the other gods. Hefrost and Phieas smile, they understand how Riss is feeling right now.

"It's fine, as you can see, Big Sis is unaffected. You have nothing to worry about. But even if without the seal we remain unaffected, you need to learn to control it, okay? Hefrost will be sealing your power then."

"I- I- finally.." She hugs Phieas and cries loudly.

["Finally, you gained a bit of freedom."]

Phieas can only accepts her hug. She signals Hefrost to delay the sealing. To give Riss some time to let go of her emotions.

From a bystander view, she may be a crybaby. But no one can imagine her experience being trapped in a lonely dimension with nothing but dangers lurking around. Millenias spent, it takes an unbreakable will just to stay sane. The fact that Riss didn't went insane is a remarkable thing. And after she finally came out, she was unable to use her own body. She could only observe and being envious about everything that happened to Rainbow. Such experience is devastating, it can only proves that her willpower is nothing to scoff at.