In Leo’s eyes, Michael had never been a ’reliable’ god, but now turning into a child made his credibility drop even more.
When he was a genie, Michael was already pretty useless. Now turning into a weak kid like this... Was he trying to make himself even more useless?
"What the hell are you even doing?"
This time Leo couldn’t hold back and just cursed. With Michael’s current body, he couldn’t even fight a wild beast, let alone help him with anything.
The light from the energy quickly faded, revealing Michael’s scowling, irritated face.
"Damn it, you f*cking system!"
He ignored Leo and cursed straight at the system. This wasn’t anything like what he’d imagined.
Before becoming a genie, at least he was an adult. He was nearly thirty, no spring chicken. So why the hell did the system knock a bunch of years off his age to give him this body?
Hearing Michael curse like that, Leo no longer thought he was crazy. Once might mean something was wrong with Michael’s head, but multiple times meant there was definitely something he didn’t understand.
Based on what he said, System was definitely some kind of presence around here, but Leo couldn’t see it. In his opinion, this was most likely some kind of special god.
[Stop yelling. The body the system gave you is top quality with a lifespan of one hundred and forty years. Giving you a three-year-old body means you still have one hundred and thirty-seven years left to live if you don’t become a god. Got any other complaints?]
Even though he’d heard about it before, actually having such a long lifespan still made Michael a bit dizzy. From what he remembered, the world record holder for lifespan back on Earth was only one hundred and twenty-two years old.
Of course, people here had much longer lifespans because those demigods couldn’t even be considered human anymore.
’Hmph, I guess it’s fine. Anyway, Leo hasn’t grown up yet so I’m not in a hurry. Might as well use this chance to train myself.’
Suddenly turning into a kid obviously made Michael unhappy. But weighing the pros and cons, he felt the system hadn’t done too bad a job. It wasn’t like his brain was so waterlogged that he planned to take on the whole world alone just to make Leo king.
"Ahem, you think helping you become king of this world is easy? I turned into the same age as you so we can train together and get stronger. From now on, we both need to work hard if we want to make that wish come true."
His words sounded so confident, as if this had been Michael’s plan all along, but in reality the system did everything. He was just making do with whatever he had.
"Is this what a genie granting wishes looks like? You follow me around and help if you can, and the rest is up to fate?"
Even though Leo didn’t mind having a god suddenly show up to help him, Michael’s initial claim was clearly way beyond his actual ability.
"Hmph, you got a problem with that? I said I’d give you one wish. I also said I’d help you make it happen for free. But I never said the success rate was a hundred percent."
Michael snorted, refusing to admit he was in the wrong. The previous genie had been like this too, so Michael was just copying his ’predecessor.’
Leo’s eyelid twitched a few times. This genie was a little... childish, or maybe just dumb? He didn’t know how old Michael was, but this attitude didn’t match any adult he’d ever met.
Maybe it was because they weren’t from the same era, so their way of thinking was different, not that Michael was actually stupid.
"Whatever way you help is fine, I’m just happy you’re helping. Now stand still and let me check you over."
???
Before Michael could process what was happening, Leo was already feeling him up all over. The more he touched, the more his eyebrows furrowed in confusion.
"That’s weird. A body created out of thin air, yet it feels so human. The bone structure and muscles have a lot of potential too. But I still can’t tell what makes a contractor’s god-level talent different from an ordinary person."
Although Leo was a master in martial arts, the world he was in before didn’t have contractors. So it wasn’t strange that he didn’t understand this.
"Now that we’re in a new place, don’t stick to your old way of thinking. Around here, so-called contractors who reach demigod level are ridiculously strong. Like your father, for example. That guy’s full-powered sword can kill thousands of soldiers."
As a ’senior’ compared to Leo in the field of world-hopping, Michael felt responsible for teaching him to have a more open mind.
Even though he had only actually experienced this world for about a day, he still considered himself the ’senior.’
Contrary to Michael’s calm expression, Leo’s eyes were wide with shock. He couldn’t connect the broken, bedridden father in his house with a demigod who had such overwhelming power.
"Are you messing with me? Since when did Raphael have that kind of ability? A guy like him is a demigod?"
Seeing that Leo didn’t look like he was faking it, Michael found it extremely confusing. Even if Michael was seriously injured back then, given a demigod’s recovery ability, he should have healed by now.
Even if he hadn’t fully recovered, he’d be close to his peak again, since he didn’t lose any body parts back then. His injuries were even a bit less severe than Elio and the others.
"So you don’t know anything about it?"
"The hell would I know? How am I supposed to know if you don’t tell me?"
Leo really wanted to curse when he realized that more secrets were hidden around him than he’d thought. First a genie, and now his father was a demigod... Since when was a demigod this broke?