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Gil raised an eyebrow at Chrono's question. Shouldn't you just find it at the Infinity Library?

"Even if it's more organized than what it was in the past, it takes forever to find correct information." Idly, Chrono wondered how the Infinite Library would be if he had managed to get Yuuno in there to organize it. "So, I ask you, Gil, if you were to be able to transfer the mana requirements to someone else, would you?"

"No." Gil closed his eyes and shook his head. "Chrono, even if I trust you, which I do, the mana strain for holding two familiars is incredible. The two would never forgive me or you if I put you under such a burden and you weren't able to handle it." Opening his eyes, he looked at Hayate and smiled lightly. "I wouldn't do that to Hayate either. She has to maintain so much and while pregnant..."

"Actually," Hayate spoke up, smiling at him, "Signum, Vita, Shamal, Zafira and Reinforce are free from being linked to my life. They're human now." Well, Reinforce wasn't, being a Unison Device, but Hayate still didn't need to supply her with mana. "Though, now that I think about it, Zafira still spends more time as a wolf than as man."

Gil smiled at her. "I'm glad to hear that, Hayate, but, I still can't..."

"Actually," Filia spoke up, getting Gil's attention, "Chrono and I talked about this ever since Aria and Lotte started staying in their cat forms full time. If it's possible, sir, I would be willing to be the one to sustain Aria and Lotte."

Gil stared at the young blonde woman. "I can't just trust someone to..."

"If you're worried about the mana requirements to keep them sustained, you need not worry," Filia stood up and curtsied to him, "I am one of the few Gold Dragons in this universe."

"A Dragon?" Gil blinked several times as he looked at her. "But, you're not..."

"Where Filia's from, Gil," Chrono stood up and squeezed Filia's hand, "Golden Dragons are considered the highest class of Dragon still alive, and it's easy for them to turn into human forms. Gil, even if you're worried about it, the thing I wonder is, are you worried about someone mistreating your daughters? Or is there something that worries you that you aren't telling us?"

When Gil looked down and sighed, Chrono was suddenly struck by just how old the man really looked. "I guess I'm a selfish old man, but I've always known that those two girls wouldn't survive past my death."

"They worry about you, a lot." Filia smiled to him. "They said they would dismiss themselves if it gave you even two more days of life."

Gil shook his head, "those two," it was nice that they were willing to go so far, but, he couldn't do that to them. "Tell me something, Filia... Your species, how long can you live for?"

"I may be over a one thousand years old, however, to my race, I am merely a child who is just setting out in life. The former Supreme Elder of my clan, before he died, was more than four times my current age." Filia may not have had any good memories at the end, but she still could recall the happier times when growing up. "While my personal mana reserves are not tremendous for my race, I would have no problem shouldering the burden for two familiars."

"You make me feel useless." Gil sighed softly and gave her a gentle smile. "I have worried that my only legacy would be a ruination of my relationship with a student and a child who could have been my grand daughter."

"It's not," Hayate said as she gave his arm a squeeze, "grandfather, even if you only last a few more months, I would love to have you meet your great grandchild at least once." When Gil looked at her, his eyes watering, she wasn't the least bit surprised when he hugged her, "I worry about you too, grandfather."

Gil let go of the hug and sighed softly. "In the end, we're all just pieces of dust, here for a short while, then gone. I'm not afraid of leaving this world, and," Gil stood up slowly, nodding to Chrono and down to Hayate as he did so, "well, Chrono, Filia, shall we begin? I can transfer Aria and Lotte to you, miss Filia, please, my only request is that you take good care of them."

"Of course." Filia nodded as Chrono let go of her hand. "Here, show me where we can do this, I have no idea about familiar contracts."

"Of course," Gil nodded to her and motioned for her to follow him.

Watching them leave, Hayate sighed and looked at Chrono, who had a troubled look on his face. "Is something wrong?"

Chrono closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "Even if Amy or I manage to live for two centuries, Hayate, Filia will live for much longer. She has to watch us and our children get older and pass on... I don't know what to think about it."

"Then make as many happy memories with her as you can," Hayate answered as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. "Live happily and without regrets, so she can look back and remember you, Amy, Karel and Liera with fondness." The pregnant woman took a deep breath as she closed her eyes and rubbed her belly. "I've talked to Reinforce, Agito and even Ixpellia about their memories of the past. And, I've come to the conclusion that what you do in life is only as important as the people you leave behind."

Chrono smirked at her. "Since when did we become old people?"

"You and I both know we walk a razor's edge every time that we go out on missions, Chrono." Hayate shook her head and shifted on the couch, "all I can hope is that I come back alive every time."

Chrono nodded at her. "Still, Hayate, thank you." Hayate just grinned at him as he turned to leave the room.

Hayate closed her eyes and had to admit, she might have talked big, but deep down, she was scared, not of losing her own life, but what would have happened had Reinforce stayed dead back in the cradle. Shivering, Hayate rubbed her belly and fought the urge to suddenly cry.

That was something she never wanted to experience again.

(---)

Reinforce rubbed her forehead as she fought off the urge to sneeze for some odd reason. "What is it?" She asked as the door to the office opened up. "Vita. You're here early."

The redhead raised an eyebrow at Reinforce's appearance. "Actually, mom, I popped over to the house to talk with Signum about something, and, you haven't been home the last couple of days. Is something up?"

Sighing, Reinforce groaned as she pushed the papers in front of her forward. "Urgh, too much paperwork at times."

"You have ten sheets on your desk, and we both know that you only see paper work if someone needs to transfer or you need new supplies and debriefing reports." Vita narrowed her eyes as she walked up to the desk. "Mom, talk, what's going on? I know dad's on Earth right now, and Signum told me that you allowed it to happen, so, what's going on?"

Reinforce was silent as she looked at the papers in front of her. Despite the fact that Vita was one of the most passionate people around and enjoyed things to their fullest extent, she did have patience. After all, one who had no patience tended to end up dead on the battlefield quite often.

It was a lesson she had learned over and over again through the centuries of being a construct for the Book of Darkness. And while she didn't have all her memories of the time spent as a construct, she recalled enough.

Still, it wasn't easy.

Before Vita could speak up again, Reinforce snapped her fingers and Vita blinked as the windows and door to the room closed. "Vita, I don't want this getting out. In fact, Hayate doesn't even know." Her red eyes bore into Vita's blue ones, "I don't want to put stress on her right now. So, if you want to know, I need your word, as a Belkan Knight, one who gave her word in the days of Belka, to never utter a word about what you're about to hear."

"On my honor, I, Vita Yagami of the house Yagami and Knight of the Time-Space Administration Bureau, give my word that I shall never utter what I hear in this room to anyone." Vita said with complete conviction.

"Good," Reinforce took a deep breath. "I've been getting rather disturbing reports from various agents, both normal, Enforcers and even the less than legal informants." Vita nodded, wondering what Reinforce was talking about. "Did you know, Vita... That outside of Bureau jurisdiction, there are several criminal organizations with power that can rival even our Riot Force?"

"The power that eclipses all?" Vita raised an eyebrow as Reinforce nodded. "I heard that it's a powerful anti-magic ability. Zelgadis said from what he was able to figure out that it was different, but similar to what Mazoku do when fighting against magic users. Why?"

A screen popped up in front of Vita and she blinked at the information. "Tell me, Vita... What do you see here?"

Vita's pupils shrank as she saw a familiar looking being near a shirtless male. "...You have got to be kidding! She's still alive?!"

"Apparently, it gets worse." Another screen popped up and Vita grimaced as she saw what was standing around the two of them.

"Well, shit, I thought we were done with those things." Vita had no idea what Levi and those Megahs were doing, but if they were teamed up with someone who was part of those criminal organizations... "What are we going to do?"

"Shari and Mary have been looking into this stuff for awhile now. You would not believe some of the stuff they've come up with." Reinforce thought about it and shook her head. "Never mind, it's those two, they could probably find a way to build giant robots that could alter the gravitational constant of the universe."

Vita snorted at that. "Give them enough funding and time, I bet they could create an armor that completely nullifies magic attacks and can be used to hurt Mazoku."

"Actually..." Reinforce trailed off, smirking as Vita gawked at her. "Yes, they're working on something. Apparently, they were inspired by the story of the Zanafar creature from Zelgadis and Lina's home world."

"Now those two are starting to scare me." Vita shook her head. "So, how long until we get prototypes?"

"The problem is, we're not sure how that Zanafar creature came into being, and despite how crazy they can get, neither of them want to have something like that come to life." Reinforce didn't blame them. A creature that had natural immunity to almost any spell, including something like the Nemesis Breaker? "Still, right now, the project's stalled unless we somehow get a piece of a Zanafar or something."

Vita snorted but didn't say that it wouldn't happen. She had seen way too much weird stuff in her life to completely disregard it. "Is that all?"

"Yeah." Reinforce nodded to her. "And, Vita..." She smiled at the redhead. "Thank you."

Odin: At least Filia won't be lonely anymore around a hundred years or so.

Val: She won't be lonely But both of us, unless killed, got a LONG lifespan.

Odin: Heh.

Me: Man. Hiya Levi, are you planning to get married to that shirtless guy?

Reia: Stress is bad to pregnant women. It's understandable why Rein Eins keeping it a secret from Hayate.

Me: A creature that's totally Immune to magic? I rather have Asuna Kagurazaka in the front lines than whatever mad science being cook up.

Asuna: And Find a job, you idiot.

Me: *Sweatdrop*

Reia: *giggles*