Noah looked at the young boy with an amused smile. The boy was truly a cute one, he remarked.

He was small, like a child around 7–8 years old, with brown skin that shimmered like caramel under the soft light of the realm, matching brown hair, wild and untied. His eyes were his most defining feature, brown as well but with pupils shaped like two hands facing opposite directions.

On his skin were wild tattoos colored in silver and blue.

As Noah looked at him with his white-threaded eyes, Causality was squirming on his feet, his gaze darting desperately around the space as if searching for something — anything — to rest his eyes on. Anything except Noah.

Yet he had no choice.

"Now," Noah started, making Causality inevitably look at him, "How should I call you?" he asked softly, closing the distance between them.

Caus yelped at his sudden proximity.

"A-Ah! Big sisters said not talk with Mister Noah! B-But… but Caus already did!" He was crying, "Will big sisters be angry if Caus say to Mister Noah Caus's name?"

Noah smiled, "So your name is Caus? Quite fitting." He said as he reached his hand and ruffled Caus's hair. The boy staggered back instinctively before relaxing under Noah's touch.

Noah found himself weirdly attached to this young boy. He wondered if it was because of his Law? But then, why would his big sisters — who he suspected were Fate and Destiny — avoid him?

Caus's eyes were unconsciously closed as he enjoyed Noah's hand.

"Where are your sisters?" Noah asked, noticing how Caus was now more calm.

"Ah?" Caus exclaimed, "Big sisters are here!" he answered, tilting his head cutely.

"Here where?" Noah echoed back, confused.

"Big sisters are in Mister Noah's world!" Caus answered, making Noah arch an eyebrow.

'In Laeh?' he wondered, 'and I didn't notice it?'

How was it possible?

In truth, he knew well how it was possible. He might have the power over the threads, but he had not been manipulating these threads for long. At least, compared to the very origin of Fate and Destiny, he was a novice in this field.

The only reason he succeeded in spotting Causality was because of Caus's curiosity and sloppy nature.

But even if he was not on their level in proficiency, if he knew what to look for and where to look…

Noah grinned, '…then I surely can find them.'

With Causality beside him, Noah immediately called upon all the threads of every being in Laeh. From his own, to his wives', to the lowest of the low.

A cornucopia of threads exploded into existence before his eyes.

Within a heartbeat, Noah studied all these threads, and while studying them, he noticed two anomalies. There were threads that reacted instinctively the moment he tried to touch them, unconsciously resisting his power…something impossible, for no one should even sense him using his Law.

Noah immediately knew it was Fate and Destiny.

But it seemed they realized their mistake, for after that brief slip they instantly tried to behave like any other thread.

Their actions were so subtle, so infinitely brief that if Noah was not fully focused, he would have missed them.

His smile widened, and as if sensing something horribly wrong, the two threads began to disappear, fleeing Laeh's canopy of threads toward another world.

At the same time, Causality began to panic once more, "Mister Noah! Caus need to go! Big sisters are calling Caus!" he said, "Release Caus!"

"Go?" Noah murmured, "No one is going anywhere."

With his authority of Providence — and the fact Laeh was his world — Noah barred the two their exit, forcefully dragging them into his grasp, making them appear instantly inside the white realm.

The space around shook and rattled violently, causing a wave of invisible power to slam sharply into Noah. Immense pressure bloated the entire training room, followed by a sinister force that tried to force Noah into seeing multiple possible futures at once.

But Noah blocked all of them.

He knew better than to witness a future he had not asked for, especially one imposed by others.

Caus beside him was shivering as he looked at the two threads hovering in front of them, the very cause of the pressure. One was silver, and the other a deep blue.

Those threads were swirling and twisting constantly upon themselves, creating pocket dimensions around them that made them exist in completely different realities than Caus and Noah.

"Big sisters!" Caus chirped, trying to run toward his two sisters, but Noah's grip was unyielding.

The two threads, seeing this, trembled with what Noah assumed to be anger, as soon after they transformed and became human-shaped, glaring at Noah with distaste.

"Let Caus go!" the silver girl scowled, her voice weirdly cute despite her rudeness.

"Holding Caus? Not good. Bad Noah. Let go. Let Caus go." The blue girl was soft-spoken, shaking her head left and right softly while speaking.

They seemed to know him, Noah confirmed.

Next, he looked at the two of them and couldn't suppress his smile. They were unfairly cute.

If Caus looked like 7–8 years old, then these two looked around 12. Their bodies were small and petite.

The silver girl had silver hair with matching eyes. Her skin was equally silver, and on her head were two silver horns shaped like antlers.

Her hands were planted on her hips as she glared at Noah angrily. Her eyes were like fractured silver glass stitched together clumsily.

In the same way, the blue girl was all blue. But instead of horns on her head, she had wings on her back, one looking like a butterfly's wing. With each flap of her wings, Noah could feel the weight of Destiny pressing down on him.

The three Origins were finally gathered.

Fate, Destiny, and Causality.

The ones he needed to create Providence's body and the ones he needed for his power system. He was not worried about how he could make it possible.

Providence loved him. So in theory…

'Everything of you is mine, right? But in enhanced quality, right?'

The chuckle of Providence echoed deep inside his skull.

[Providence's affection for Noah: Unmeasurable.]

[Providence's obsession for Noah: Boundless.]

[Providence's devotion for Noah: Infinite.]

[Providence's Powers belong all to Noah.]

[So yes, Noah, I am like any of your wives. My power is yours. Though…]

Noah could feel the confidence and laughter dancing in her tone,

[…though I am your most unique and most powerful wife.]

Noah laughed, making the three Origins look at him weirdly,

'I have no choice but to agree on that point. But let it be a secret between us, Providence. And once you have your body, I need to explain your existence to them.'

'What should I even say?' he wondered.

He never wanted to disclose his system's existence. He didn't know why, he just never felt like doing it.

But how could he explain Providence's emergence?

It seemed Noah was thinking too much.

[A skill.] Providence said. [I am your skill taken sentience and form.]

At her words, Noah couldn't help but remember that anime with a slime. He chuckled once more, agreeing with Providence, and focused back on the three Origins in front of him.

'Good idea.' he added inwardly.

"Let Caus go!" Caus pleaded.

"Let Caus go!" the silver-haired girl barked.

"Bad Noah. Let go." the blue-haired girl whispered.

Noah darted his eyes around them, then smiled, "Of course, I will let him go," he said, "but first, do you mind we have a little talk?"

Not waiting for their answer, Noah clicked his fingers and summoned a bunch of pastries, tea, juice, milk, all dressed beautifully on a round table, with chairs ringing it.

He sat on one of them and made Caus sit beside him.

The two sisters hesitated for a moment, but the scent of the food slammed into their noses, making them slowly sit down as well.

"You won't fool us with food." The silver-haired one, who called herself Fated, barked while already stuffing her mouth with pastries and apple juice.

"Mister Noah, sweet Noah," the blue-haired one, who called herself Destiny, said with a smile, drinking orange juice demurely.

Caus didn't bother replying, his head already buried inside a bowl of milk.

All these foods were personally made by Noah, with something even Origins like them would not be able to resist.

It was done with his own blood, after all.

Watching them, Noah once again found himself thinking of how cute and adorable they were. And that thought drifted and became something concerning.

But once that thought crept into his mind, it refused to disappear. So with a wide smile…

"Fated, Destiny, Caus, I have a proposal for you all," he said, making the three siblings look at him.

"What do you want? Spill it out!" Fated growled, trying to sound threatening, her mouth seeping milk.

Noah found her adorable instead.

"You know who I am, and you know my power," he started. Instantly, they all became serious. Even Caus.

"You know I hold power over your concept and your Origin. You might be more adept than me at using your own power for now, but I do not need to tell you that going against me is a fool's dream."

Their expressions tightened.

"Fated, try and see the fates of you all if you went against me."

Fated did not try. She had no reason to, she already knew.

It was something she would rather forget. And something she did all she could to avoid. But she came to realize they couldn't.

Noah was the embodiment of Providence. They might have the Origin, but he was born to be their ruler. They could feel it.

Even their presence in Laeh was something they should have never attempted, yet they did, drawn in by him and his uniqueness like a moth to a flame.

Seeing them understand, Noah smiled and waved his hand slowly, "Why so serious?" he chuckled, "All of this is just for you to consider my proposal."

"What, pray tell, proposal, sweet Noah?" Destiny asked.

Noah paused, then slowly, while looking at each of them respectively…

"You three are such a trio of cute siblings despite being Origins as old as the universe."

He grinned,

"How about becoming my adopted children?"

—End of Chapter 398—

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