I Have 10,000 SSS Rank Villains In My System Space

”I think I should go now,” he continued, brushing some imaginary dust off his clothes. ”After all, you’ve already said you won’t help me out straight. And this... psychology session?” He waved his hand lazily around. ”It doesn’t help me with anything. I already knew what I feel and what I don’t. I only played along because you thought I was scared. And ...” he paused slightly, looking her in the eyes, ”Evwn though i don’t usually like proving myself. But since you’re special, I entertained it anyway. After all, I would want to have a good relationship with you.”

Tongue blinked at him, visibly caught off guard for a split second. Then her lips curled in a slow, amused smile. ”Ohhh? You seem to have changed... Did something happen?” she asked, full interest now on her face. There was something in her voice, like she was tasting his change measuring it, trying to peek behind it.

”Maybe,” Razeal said, shrugging again casually.

Tongue hummed softly. ”Well I won’t stop you. Though you are welcome to come whenever you want.” Her voice softened a bit, surprisingly gentle. ”Even though you are a very greedy and mean person... I wouldn’t mind chatting here and there.” She stretched her legs and leaned comfortably back into her galaxy-made couch, looking like a queen relaxing in her throne.

Then, as if a random thought hit her, she flicked her hand casually. ”Oh, and also... since you’re going... here. A small gift from me.”

She swung her hand lightly with zero effort, and something shot through the air toward him.

Razeal instinctively raised his hand and caught it between his fingers with a light grip. The impact was soft, almost weightless, like catching a bubble but strangely solid at the same time.

Lowering his hand, he opened his palm.

Inside lay a small green-colored... something. A smooth sphere? A glowing pearl? A diamond? It was too round to be a diamond, too soft in color to be a stone, too bright to be something ordinary. It hummed faintly with an inner light, like a heartbeat of green radiance pulsing softly inside it. The glow was calm, soothing. Almost alive.

Razeal narrowed his eyes. He couldn’t sense anything special from it. No power, no weird aura, nothing screaming ”EX-ranked villain’s gift.” It looked like a pretty glowing bead you’d find in some cosmic jewellery shop. Which made it even more suspicious.

”What is it?” he asked, raising his eyes toward her with slight skepticism. He didn’t believe for even one second that an EX-ranked being would throw him some useless glowing stone like a souvenir.

Tongue shrugged lazily as she stretched her arms up and yawned. ”It’s a star.”

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