The Rise Of Calamity

"Where the fuck am I?" I blurted out, curiosity and confusion glistening in my eyes.

"Pandora?" Rose shouted from almost half a mile away while also being in the position where she would be able to shoot towards me without a second thought if anything were to happen.

"Oh hey!" I waved again as if I had completely forgotten about the fact that I was in a place I had no recollection of coming to.

"Why are you here? Aren't you supposed to be in the cultivation room?" Rose asked

"I'd rather not shout, can you come closer" I waved her to come closer, which she immediately did by turning into a beam of red light and appearing in front of me.

*SWOOSH*

*Tug*

The sound of wind whistled and swooshed as the shot towards me, but when she finally appeared in front of me, to my surprise, she pulled me in for a tight hug.

"Oh... Uhm... Well, that was unexpected" I laughed nervously while trying to push her away without her getting suspicious.

"I was worried" I heard her whisper into my ear, making me finally relax and hug her back.

"Sorry?" I muttered, still slightly confused at what was happening.

I quickly spread out my senses covering over a 4km distance with ease.

'Ah... My mental strength and increased' I thought with a slight smile, yet my brows kept knitted to the amount of force Rose was putting into a hug that I thought to have been friendly.

[Spiritual force*]

'Whatever' I rolled my eyes

Only after a few minutes of hugging was I finally able to peel Rose off me, finally allowing me to get a good look at the rare sight of a blushing Rose in 4K.

'Caught in 4K'

[I'd like to hope that our vision is better than 4K]

'Same... But whatever. I'll ingrain this memory into my mind even after I die. I'm going to get it printed onto my coffin' I inwardly laughed.

[Fun Fact... You will live much longer than her.]

'How much we talking?' I raised a brow discreetly.

[After analyzing all your previous behaviors, it would be better if you simply did not think about any of that crap... Anyway, how do you feel? You are finally in the gaseous stage after so long. You must feel incredible]

After seeing how quickly Hela had changed the subject, I could not help but narrow my eyes yet I had chosen to not delve any further into the matter.

"So Rosie... How did you find me?" This time, I asked while prompting to use her nickname rather than Rose or Rosemary, the latter being something I had never called her with before.

Hearing how I addressed her, I could see that her cheeks had become rose red, but she still gulped down her saliva and answered-

"W-w-well, after your mana signature disappeared from the cultivation room, I kind of panicked and shot in a random direction. After going a few miles, I realized that I was going in the wrong direction so I was prompted to go in the direction the huge mana fluctuations were coming from, and here I am now" She tried to look away and act nonchalant, but due to her rosy cheeks, her act. failed meticulously.

'I want to marry her...; I couldn't help but think while staring at her beautiful crimson eyes and rosy cheeks. Not only was she beautiful, if not the most beautiful person I had ever met, she was also cute, an extremely nice person, and someone close to me even though not close enough for me to tell her about my divinity or dare I even mention, my reincarnation.

[Don't forget your age] Hela chimed in.

'Oh thanks, Hela... I really needed a reminder of how young I am in this world' I pouted in silence.

After floating or standing in/on the air for a little while, we finally both decided to float down to the ground, finally allowing me to touch the ground properly for the first time in what felt like ages.

"Hey, uhm... Pan- Pandora? Panny... If I can even call you that. Uhm... Did you get taller?" Rose asked, constantly pausing throughout her sentence but she was finally able to let it out.

I looked at her speechlessly for a bit, thinking of how the current her was a complete contrast of the persona that she put up in front of everyone else alongside the persona she had been putting up for me, even in private. It was only after a few more seconds passed that her words finally sunk in and rang out through my mind.

The next instant, my eyes widened in realization before I began to look at Rose from head to toe, finally realizing that now I was as tall as her if not half an inch taller.

"Oh crap! I AM!" excitement could be seen radiating off me visibly as the fervor in my eyes only grew.

I was currently around 5ft 7 to 5ft 8 while Rose was only 5ft 7. Even though I was still a far cry from being as tall as Olivia who was 5ft 10, I was still considered slightly tall for a female, and if you count my age into the factor, I was morbidly tall.

"Let's celebrate later, right now all I want to do now is go home and get some rest. Ugh, I haven't showered in days" I grunted while looking at the clothes that were sticking to me for dear life.

"HEY! Wait!" A raspy voice echoed in the mountain, causing me to look down the mountain to see the familiar figure of a dark purple cat sitting on a random boulder.

"Oh hey... Uhm... What's your name?" If one were to squint, they would be able to see question marks hovering above my head.

"I didn't tell you my name before either" The black cat laughed before disappearing and reappearing on my shoulder.