Chapter 85: Only The Protagonist Wasn't Disgusted.

  Celia: “This isn’t really a big deal, you all.” She said with an awkward tone.

  Vulely: “You haven’t even checked your Status out, Celia… Our reactions are valid!” I exclaimed with some fury.

  Celia: “I truly doubt that this is first time I’ve done something that helps us out to a ridiculous degree. As the youngest person here… I find the lack of maturity to be quite odd.” She replied with a smug tone and expression.

  Becoming instantly brave, Lotte was about to scold her grandmother. That was… until the girl realized that Celia actually is younger than she herself is.

  Of course, this isn’t counting the time travel and frozen time shenanigans. Though, while Celia’s age was frozen, only a few remained with their time ongoing. So, again, Celia is technically Lotte’s junior, as crazy as that sounds.

  Guanyu: “Well, it was a momentary shock for the others here, dear. Surely, you can empathize with their plight, yes?” She said with a bit of a scolding tone.

  Celia: “I get their reactions, just that it shouldn’t remain such a surprise for them for this long. We’ve been standing here for nearly two hours, doing nothing at all…” She replied with a small pout.

  Everyone: “…” “Damn, she has us there…” Was their thoughts, mostly all being close to what I displayed here.

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  Celia: “And, besides… while this was my doing, we should feel empathic for the ones not here. If the absurd numbers of Level ups is that mind shattering, then imagine how those at home feel right now.” She added with a remorseful tone.

  Everyone: “( o_o)”

  A Bit Later.

  Upon hearing Celia’s last comment, Guanyu and Xena realized that they were needed at their home base. After all, our friends and family… will require a few sessions of a specific type of therapy. Instantly gaining overwhelming power is… pretty shell shocking, you see.

  Frankly, I haven’t even peeked at my Status yet, as I am afraid of… seeing the horrors of unearned power now being mine. Thankfully, I’ll have many people who will help me through this unique form of trauma!…

  Zelia: “Are you going to check your Status now?” She asked with a curious tone.

  Celia: “Hm… that depends on if I want this joke to go on for longer or not.” She replied with a truly unserious thinking pose.

  Zelia: “(- _ -)”

  Lotte: “Zelia… you act the same as Celia does, all the time, in fact. Which is obviously why you can only give her a facial expression in response!” She added with a cheeky tone, unaware that this outburst will win her some special attention from Zelia in their bed together later.

  Zelia: “I have a good enough excuse to act this way, like the old me. Before meeting Celia… I was filled with loneliness and trauma. Calling this intentional suspense a mere joke is… a bit too far, though.” She defended in reply, sexy punishments for Lotte already secretly brewing in her mind.

  Celia: “Okay, okay. I’ll do what we’ve been waiting for. Status!” She finally relented, forcing her Status to appear before all of us.

  What we then saw was so utterly heaven shaking… that I legitimately blacked it out from my memory. Thanks to Guanyu lending me hers… the next section can be properly narrated, horrors from our tormentor of a family member fully preserved…