"Yes, it has indeed been some time. And I believe that goes against our agreement, Planetary Lord Raizen. We did not have a set schedule in place, but I believe the agreement was to not allow our conversations to wane. Seeing as it has been more than just a few years, I believe that suffices as waning."

Well, she was not wrong there. It had been well over ten years, in fact over thirteen years now since we last spoke, and I had no defense. Of course, there were things I had to do, things that were out of my control, but we did have an agreement, one that I failed to uphold my side of the deal on, which I suppose is unacceptable.

"I apologize. I have had many things to deal with over the past ten years and then some. It was not my intention to allow our conversations to fade as they did. I owe you a favor."

The woman looked at me for quite some time, her head tilting this way and that ever so slightly, and it was not until I assumed she had finished gathering her thoughts that she decided to speak again.

"Then tell me, Planetary Lord Raizen, what have you been up to over the past ten years, as you have said? What are the things that have kept your attention and caused you to fail on our agreement?"

"Well, I will not count this as my favor. I will count this storytelling of yours as a make-up for all of the potential conversations that you have missed."

Of course, I could end this conversation here, hang up the call, and never speak to this woman again. Or I could simply refuse to go into detail over the things I have experienced over the past ten years or give her only a few sentences of summary.

There were many things I could do, and honestly, prior to recent events, I likely would not have told her much. But this recent event only reminded me that I have yet to sit down and truly have a conversation with someone regarding all my past experiences, free of thought, free of obligation, free to speak my mind.

There just has not been someone I felt fit that position, personally or professionally. The latter, of course, applies to someone like Richard, at least not anymore, not as a subordinate. But with this lovely lady and all four of her arms, this could be the first time in a long time that I can speak freely. So why not?

I am not sure how much she actually expected me to say, or for how long she actually expected me to talk, but never during the entire conversation did she look uninterested, nor did she ever hint at wanting to hang up the call. In fact, she made no noise. She simply sat there and listened intently to every single word that came out of my mouth.

She listened, and I did talk for a long time. I started my discussion from my time in the Tutorial. I talked about learning what I was, who I was, and some of the abilities I possessed. I talked about my run-ins with the goblins, a few of my foolish endeavors. I talked about meeting Richard.

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I talked about killing a man for the first time. I talked about taking on burdens that I probably should not have but allowed myself to carry when it came to defending the outpost.

I talked about finally leaving the Tutorial and returning, only to find myself in space where an Elder of my race was waiting for me, along with a metal man with a favor, offering up thousands of slaves to join me on Earth. She showed a very slight reaction at the mention of slaves, but nothing more. Something to bring up afterward, anyway.

Then I talked about actually reaching Earth, founding my city and naming it Black Cove City. I talked about exploring, reaching new dungeons, seeing new animals, trying new foods, building my local government, housing the locals of my city, and many other things that happened during those first days of having my own city.

I talked about meeting other city lords and my days with Irene or lack thereof. I talked about the boys, about how my life began with them and how our relationship started. I talked about training with the Elder and everything that entailed.

From there, we went on to talk about the vampires, which was quite an interesting topic. Now that I am reminiscing about it, I quite literally went to war with vampires. They were not actually called vampires, but that is what I remember them as, vampires. Going to war with creatures of fantasy.

People died. Infernals and humans alike lost their lives. One of them died right in front of me, something that allowed me to call upon a being I had no business calling upon, or at least I did not know I had the ability to call upon. But it was with the help of that being that I was able to drive the vampires from Earth, to officially win the war.

I explained all of that to her and then explained the reason why I became a Planetary Lord and how I managed to do it. For most of the cities there was little to no death, while one required a bit of an example to be made, and another required me to put someone in their place. None of this got a real reaction out of her; she just continued to listen.

I even talked about life after becoming Planetary Lord, about meeting her, and how interesting that first meeting was. I talked about meeting the rat man, something I probably would not have been able to say three years ago before my days, months, and years of meditation began. But as of right now, I am able to talk about it somewhat freely. It still stirs a pit of anger within me, but it is well within my control at the moment. The day of reckoning for that man will come.

Moving on, I talked about the merchants setting up trade and exports for the planet and delegating these activities to my people. I talked about setting up a planetary force for the entire planet, using orphans who had no place to stay so we could give them one and with it, work.

I talked about hearing about the ants and how they kept farms of humans, setting my people on a path of collision with these ants while I went to train for ten years, which was the reason for most of my absence from our calls. I talked about the growing battle it was to fight with the ants and how my people had suffered in my absence, and how I was ready to once again take up arms and give them the same pain and suffering my people had felt, returning it upon them tenfold.

There was another big event that happened after that, but I left that part unsaid. Honestly, even if she did not say a word about any of this or react in any way, I would not lie and say it did not feel good to finally be able to speak some of the thoughts I have had on my mind. To let it all out. To be free of the weight in my heart that I did not even know was there.

It felt more than good, actually. It felt liberating. I think I needed that.

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