Above Your Head

"Consensual Divorce Agreement?" I asked.

"Yes, please do me a favor." Celestia bowed her head and elaborated, "Marry me for just three months."

In response to her calm and composed request, I answered in the same manner, "No."

"…"

She looked at me with a stiff expression for a moment. How was I supposed to react? It wasn't as if things had changed at all just because she asked for a favor.

I looked at Celestia with an expression that seemed to say, 'What are you staring at?' and Celestia placed her head in her hands with an exasperated sigh.

"No… Wow. What an impregnable iron wall."

"I'm not an iron wall, this is just a matter of course."

I rejected her request in a single stroke and Celestia became sullen.

"My heart aches because I've never been rejected before… Ugh, so resolute. Did the men who were rejected by me feel like this too? Now that I think about it, I was a little too harsh on them. What goes around comes around huh." Celestia shook her head after the sudden self-reflection.

"That's enough nonsense. Anyways, I refuse. I don't see any benefit in agreeing."

"What do you mean there's no benefit? If you tie the knot with a member of the Imperial family, that alone would bestow you the authority of a Count. In addition, the Imperial court will pay an astronomical amount of money each year as a stipend for maintaining the dignity of your noble class. Furthermore, you would be provided with either a terraforming planet or a personalized battleship of your choice."

"But you said we'll get a divorce after though?"

"It doesn't matter since it's a gift and not a lease! Even if the divorce is due to your negligence, all your rights and authority will remain the same, okay? I'm not boasting, but it's an amazing feat to marry a member of the Imperial family! You can even return home to Earth in glory by riding on a Giga-class battleship!"

"…It can't be seen by others anyway, so what use would it be to return home in honor?"

My heart slightly gave in at the talks that I would be able to obtain my own battleship, but I shook my head.

Celestia put on a sulky face at my reaction, "Then what exactly should I do so that you'll do me this favor? Do you perhaps want this?"

She took off the earrings she was wearing. The sparkly gold cross-shaped earring had the power to prevent others from perceiving it; the same power the key that hung on my neck had. It was an item that even Morne, a transcendent, couldn't perceive. So, it wouldn't be an ordinary item.

"What's that?"

"What else? It's the most valuable treasure I have on me now. It's an item I received from birth and I carried it with me all my life. Perhaps because I am still not qualified, I can't awaken it. It's an unlucky item that put me through all sorts of trouble because there are a lot of people after it… Anyways, it's still a treasure."

'What does she mean it's still a treasure…'

I knew it was a precious item, but it had all kinds of eerie descriptions attached to it, so I could only laugh in vain. In other words, though it was precious, it was an item that was basically equivalent to a walking-bomb.

"What on earth is it used for?"

"I'm not sure myself. It's one of the Godly Artifacts that the First Emperor had. There was a testament that stated that if someone from the Imperial household could awaken this, the Leonhardt Empire's name would spread throughout the entire universe. So it costs more than most Numberings…"

Whooooosh------!!!

Just then, the earrings on Celestia's hand resonated loudly. Celestia was startled and tried to grab the earrings with her other hand. Yet, a ball of light emitted from the earring blasted her away first.

"Uwahhhh?!"

I could hear Celestia's scream as she was blasted away. However, I couldn't afford to pay any attention to it as the pair of earrings floating in the air flew towards me like a bullet before I could react. Of course, there wasn't any room for me to escape.

Schlooook!

The earrings penetrated my heart. I curled up reflexively and groaned, but there was no pain.

Badump.

My heart was beating, but it wasn't my physical heart that pumped blood throughout my whole body. The Essence of Napoleon, who had died for my sake, began to awaken in response to the Aura of the earring that penetrated my heart. No, to be exact, the earring that dissolved in my heart.

Badump.

It was pulsating. My spirit was enhanced and my whole body began to overflow with power. There was light radiating from behind my back. I was no longer surprised or amazed by the afterglow.

'I see.'

Then, at that instant, I realized the hidden identity of Celestia's earring which was considered the treasure of the Imperial family.

'It's a Divine Spirit Fragment.'

I didn't know how he came to acquire this, but the First Leonhardt Emperor most probably witnessed the death of a high-ranking God, no, perhaps it might've been the death of a First-Tier God. In that instant, he probably recovered the Divine Spirit Fragment that dispersed and dissolved in the flow of the world and created these earrings. Now, the huge Divine Spirit Fragment had spread throughout my whole body and stabilized my incomplete Divine Spirit.

"Oh my God."

I groaned as I became disoriented by the surging power in me. Of course, it wasn't as severe as the time I awakened as a God through the key. It wasn't even comparable to that time. The Divine Spirit dissolved in me and what happened next truly surprised me.

Flap flap--!

A book appeared in front of my eyes and opened by itself. I didn't know the title because there weren't any letters written on the cover, but the subheading that appeared on the open page was a word I was very familiar with.

-Napoleon.

My eyes moved along with the words. There were only three sentences below the subheading.

"Consensual Divorce Agreement?" I asked.

"Yes, please do me a favor." Celestia bowed her head and elaborated, "Marry me for just three months."

In response to her calm and composed request, I answered in the same manner, "No."

"…"

She looked at me with a stiff expression for a moment. How was I supposed to react? It wasn't as if things had changed at all just because she asked for a favor.

I looked at Celestia with an expression that seemed to say, 'What are you staring at?' and Celestia placed her head in her hands with an exasperated sigh.

"No… Wow. What an impregnable iron wall."

"I'm not an iron wall, this is just a matter of course."

I rejected her request in a single stroke and Celestia became sullen.

"My heart aches because I've never been rejected before… Ugh, so resolute. Did the men who were rejected by me feel like this too? Now that I think about it, I was a little too harsh on them. What goes around comes around huh." Celestia shook her head after the sudden self-reflection.

"That's enough nonsense. Anyways, I refuse. I don't see any benefit in agreeing."

"What do you mean there's no benefit? If you tie the knot with a member of the Imperial family, that alone would bestow you the authority of a Count. In addition, the Imperial court will pay an astronomical amount of money each year as a stipend for maintaining the dignity of your noble class. Furthermore, you would be provided with either a terraforming planet or a personalized battleship of your choice."

"But you said we'll get a divorce after though?"

"It doesn't matter since it's a gift and not a lease! Even if the divorce is due to your negligence, all your rights and authority will remain the same, okay? I'm not boasting, but it's an amazing feat to marry a member of the Imperial family! You can even return home to Earth in glory by riding on a Giga-class battleship!"

"…It can't be seen by others anyway, so what use would it be to return home in honor?"

My heart slightly gave in at the talks that I would be able to obtain my own battleship, but I shook my head.

Celestia put on a sulky face at my reaction, "Then what exactly should I do so that you'll do me this favor? Do you perhaps want this?"

She took off the earrings she was wearing. The sparkly gold cross-shaped earring had the power to prevent others from perceiving it; the same power the key that hung on my neck had. It was an item that even Morne, a transcendent, couldn't perceive. So, it wouldn't be an ordinary item.

"What's that?"

"What else? It's the most valuable treasure I have on me now. It's an item I received from birth and I carried it with me all my life. Perhaps because I am still not qualified, I can't awaken it. It's an unlucky item that put me through all sorts of trouble because there are a lot of people after it… Anyways, it's still a treasure."

'What does she mean it's still a treasure…'

I knew it was a precious item, but it had all kinds of eerie descriptions attached to it, so I could only laugh in vain. In other words, though it was precious, it was an item that was basically equivalent to a walking-bomb.

"What on earth is it used for?"

"I'm not sure myself. It's one of the Godly Artifacts that the First Emperor had. There was a testament that stated that if someone from the Imperial household could awaken this, the Leonhardt Empire's name would spread throughout the entire universe. So it costs more than most Numberings…"

Whooooosh------!!!

Just then, the earrings on Celestia's hand resonated loudly. Celestia was startled and tried to grab the earrings with her other hand. Yet, a ball of light emitted from the earring blasted her away first.

"Uwahhhh?!"

I could hear Celestia's scream as she was blasted away. However, I couldn't afford to pay any attention to it as the pair of earrings floating in the air flew towards me like a bullet before I could react. Of course, there wasn't any room for me to escape.

Schlooook!

The earrings penetrated my heart. I curled up reflexively and groaned, but there was no pain.

Badump.

My heart was beating, but it wasn't my physical heart that pumped blood throughout my whole body. The Essence of Napoleon, who had died for my sake, began to awaken in response to the Aura of the earring that penetrated my heart. No, to be exact, the earring that dissolved in my heart.

Badump.

It was pulsating. My spirit was enhanced and my whole body began to overflow with power. There was light radiating from behind my back. I was no longer surprised or amazed by the afterglow.

'I see.'

Then, at that instant, I realized the hidden identity of Celestia's earring which was considered the treasure of the Imperial family.

'It's a Divine Spirit Fragment.'

I didn't know how he came to acquire this, but the First Leonhardt Emperor most probably witnessed the death of a high-ranking God, no, perhaps it might've been the death of a First-Tier God. In that instant, he probably recovered the Divine Spirit Fragment that dispersed and dissolved in the flow of the world and created these earrings. Now, the huge Divine Spirit Fragment had spread throughout my whole body and stabilized my incomplete Divine Spirit.

"Oh my God."

I groaned as I became disoriented by the surging power in me. Of course, it wasn't as severe as the time I awakened as a God through the key. It wasn't even comparable to that time. The Divine Spirit dissolved in me and what happened next truly surprised me.

Flap flap--!

A book appeared in front of my eyes and opened by itself. I didn't know the title because there weren't any letters written on the cover, but the subheading that appeared on the open page was a word I was very familiar with.

-Napoleon.

My eyes moved along with the words. There were only three sentences below the subheading.