Divine Luck: SSS-Rank Battle Maid Harem

Lexi hurried after Zach, hoping he wasn't in too much of a rush to get away from their family. She was confident in her own abilities, but after what Zach had shown, she wasn't sure anymore.

Fortunately, Zach wasn't in a hurry. If anything, he was walking surprisingly slow.

It was almost like he was hoping and waiting for someone to come after him—for someone to choose him first.

It just so happened that the one who came after him was the only other summoner in the family.

"Zach!" Lexi cried out in slight relief when she saw Zach's back. He froze and slowed until coming to a complete halt. He slowly turned around and looked at Lexi as if asking her what she wanted.

Before he could verbalize that question, Lexi carried out what she had said to the others she would do. She sank to her knees in the deep snow and looked up at Zach with teary eyes.

"I'm sorry, Zach. I won't make any excuses or try to justify what we did, but I do want you to know that I never liked the plan, and that I am very sorry for causing you hurt."

"..." Zach looked at his sister. Lexi was the one he had spent the most time with the past few years since she went through the trouble of visiting the Academy. She was also the only other summoner in the family. She was also the one closest to him in age, even if she was only minutes younger than Lilo and Lily.

Things might have been different when they were younger since Lexi wasn't interested in any of the siblings unless it was to learn from them, and she didn't have anything to learn from Zach. But it was safe to say that she was the sibling Zach was closest to.

In a way, it was a relief Lexi was the one who chased after him. He wasn't sure what he would have done if it had been any of the others or one of his parents.

"Get up," he just said before turning away. He couldn't remember seeing his siblings ever be so vulnerable. It especially didn't fit the cocky Lexi. She was a bundle of talent in a variety of areas. She was better than most at almost everything she did.

Of course, she was arrogant.

Someone like her shouldn't be on her knees with tears in her eyes pleading for forgiveness.

Lexi shook her head, sending glittery tears flying in either direction.

"Not until you're okay."

"You'll be stuck on you're knees forever, then."

"...If that's what it takes."

Zach sighed. It wasn't like he was not okay only because of his family's betrayal. It was mostly losing Nora, which was his fault. Lexi didn't need to be on her knees until he was okay for that.

"Just get up, Lexi. It's fine if you apologize on your feet. It's not even that much your fault. Could you have changed anything if you dug your heels in and told mom and dad to fuck off?" He asked when he saw that Lexi still wasn't budging.

She shook her head.

"I would have lost what little freedom I had since we decided on this plan, but that's about it," she said, slowly getting up on one knee.

"...Are you sure it's fine?" She asked.

Zach nodded.

"We're good. It means a lot that you came after me, even if I ran away like a child."

Lexi sighed in relief and wiped the drops of water in the corners of her eyes as she stood up.

"Between stepping away and vaporizing Victoria, I think you made the responsible choice."

"...yeah."

"What was that anyway?" Lexi asked, curiously and excitedly. "I didn't know summoners could do that." She didn't have any trouble changing topics and moving on from the uncomfortable atmosphere that came with talking about Victoria and what had just happened.

Zach chuckled slightly. It was clear she was interested in learning to do what he had done, even if it was just a display of power. After all, it was clear that it was a power unlike anything she knew how to do. It wasn't magic. It wasn't martial energy. It wasn't Domination Aura.

He shook his head.

"I think I'm the only summoner with this particular ability," He said smugly.

Lexi narrowed her eyes and glared at him.

"I can't help but notice that you didn't tell me what it was."

"Why should I?" Zach shrugged.

"You're scared I'll learn how to do it. That's why you aren't telling me."

Zach chuckled again.

"I would actually love to see you do it. But—"

"Just tell me already!"

"Alright, alright. In itself, what I did was nothing special. I just lost control over my energy."

Lexi narrowed her eyes. It was understandable that he lost control. But losing control over one's energy when one wasn't using it usually didn't do anything. If Zach had been in the middle of casting a spell or using it to strengthen his body, she could have understood if it rampaged.

But when he wasn't doing anything.

"...What kind of energy do you have?"

Zach nodded. As expected. Lexi figured out where the core of the issue lay.

He hesitated before saying anything, though. He was expecting the restriction to take hold since that's what it usually did when he tried to talk about it. But he didn't feel it.

He realized why. He glanced to the side, expecting to see a familiar face. He knew he wouldn't see it, but he was still disappointed.

Nora was the reason why he usually couldn't say it out loud. But she was no longer present.

Zach's mood dropped, but he still answered Lexi.

"...World essence energy."

"World essence energy," She repeated.

"The energy of the world," She continued, figuring out what it was, even if she didn't know what it meant in detail.

Zach nodded.

"How in the Magic Academy's seventh bathroom do you have that?!" She asked in disbelief.

She might not know what the world essence energy did specifically, she could still understand something.

Just like powerful beings had energy, the world had energy. That was world essence energy.

Zach had the energy of the entire world within him. The world that held countless powerful beings, forests, and seas. That world's energy was inside Zach.

Lexi clenched her fist tightly.

She understood why Zach was so smug.

But that didn't mean she didn't want to knock the lights out of him.