Inside the private VIP lounge of the Tokyo Racecourse.
The room was in silence.
The only sound that could be heard was Debussy's "Clair de Lune," coming from the expensive B&O music equipment located in the corner.
After the race, through the enormous floor-to-ceiling window, the stadium remained brilliantly lit and with a deafening noise.
But all that noise and fervor seemed completely isolated from this quiet room, which resembled a sanctuary.
Dawn had just finished the first hot bath of her life in which she could actually feel "warmth"
She put on a soft and pure white dress that Kaito had prepared for her in advance.
She walked barefoot, her small snow-white feet stepping on the soft wool carpet.
She was like a newborn, just arrived in this world and full of curiosity about everything.
In an instant, she cautiously extended a finger to touch the soft texture of the sofa.
Immediately afterward, she ran toward the window, contemplating the bright and twinkling lights outside.
For the first time, her sapphire eyes, which had always been as dead as a frozen lake, showed "interest" in this world full of color.
Kaito was sitting quietly on a nearby sofa.
He was holding a cup of warm water.
He watched her in silence with a gaze full of infinite tenderness and patience.
He watched her make her first and clumsy contact with the world.
Finally, Dawn slowly approached Kaito
She tilted her head slightly, like a curious baby eager to learn.
She extended her slender finger, like a spring onion, and gently pointed to his chest, where his heart was beating rapidly.
With a soft and sweet voice, still a bit unfamiliar and tinged with confusion, she asked in a low voice:
"What is this feeling... here?"
"It keeps... it keeps beating... very fast... and it's... very hot..."
Kaito smiled.
He extended his warm and dry hand and delicately covered the place on her chest where the strong beating of her heart originated.
"This feeling is called 'increased heart rate'"
"It beats like this when you see someone, or something, that you like"
Dawn nodded, apparently understanding but not entirely.
Then, she pointed to her clear cheeks, which were slightly flushed.
"And here? It's hot"
"That is called 'shyness'"
Kaito explained with gentleness and patience.
"It happens when you feel... embarrassed by compliments or intimate gestures from other people"
This conversation was nothing like the ambiguous flirting between lovers.
It was more like a caring father who, with patience, taught his daughter, who had just learned to express herself, to recognize a world that was still incredibly new and was full of unknown sensations for her.
After recognizing some basic emotions, Dawn looked at Kaito's lips, which showed a soft smile.
She asked the most crucial and profound question.
"Kaito..."
"So... when you feel both 'increased heart rate' and 'shyness' toward a person..."
"And there is a feeling... a strong feeling of wanting to give everything, absolutely everything of yourself to him..."
"What is that?"
Kaito knew.
The platonic "teaching" imparted through language had come to an end.
What remained... required the most direct and delicate action to "educate" her.
He slowly left the glass of water he had in his hand on the table.
He extended his hands and delicately stroked her exquisite face, which was like God's most perfect work of art.
He stared into her eyes, which were as clear and pure as those of a newborn.
Then —
Slowly, and with immense reverence, he kissed her.
The kiss was extremely tender.
There was no depth or aggressiveness whatsoever.
Like the most devout pilgrim, he simply used his lips to gently trace the delicate and perfect shape of her mouth.
Allowing her to feel the softness of lips for the first time.
Feeling the warmth of breath.
Experiencing a strange and new sensation called "intimacy"
Dawn's body trembled violently!
Her eyes, which were always full of confusion, widened instantly in surprise!
A strange tingling sensation, like a slight electric current, began on her lips — which had never been touched before — and spread instantly throughout her entire body!
Her inner world, pure and like a canvas, was dyed, for the first time, the most dazzling and moving crimson color called "love"
When the kiss ended, Dawn was completely speechless.
She simply stared at Kaito with an expression that combined extreme confusion, intense desire, and absolute trust.
Clumsily, she imitated what Kaito had just done.
She actively leaned forward and lightly brushed her lips against his, still trembling.
Then, with a trembling, nasal, and dreamlike voice, she uttered the purest invitation, one that could make any man surrender completely.
"Kaito..."
"What was that a moment ago?"
"I... want to learn more..."
"Please... teach me... more"
Before such a pure and unaltered invitation, Kaito's heart was filled with infinite tenderness and a sense of almost sacred mission.
He lifted her in his arms.
He walked slowly toward the large, soft, and fluffy bed in the room.
He laid her down gently on the floor.
As if he were placing the rarest and most unique treasure in the world.
The bright moonlight streamed in through the enormous floor-to-ceiling window, bathing her and covering her flawless figure with a sacred and beautiful silver glow.
He leaned over and whispered in her ear, small and delicate like jade, with the softest voice:
"Close your eyes, Dawn"
"Next, I will teach you little by little..."
"what is the most extreme and wonderful joy that a 'human being' can experience"
"Do not be afraid..."
"Give yourself... completely... to me"
The subsequent process unfolded like the most sacred and religiously beautiful classical frescoes of the Louvre.
It was pure and aesthetically beautiful.
Each of Kaito's caresses was like an awakening for her skin, which had remained dormant for eighteen years.
Each kiss of his was the unlocking of one new and unknown sensation after another.
He was like the greatest and most patient artist.
On this purest canvas in the world, using the most burning and tender love, he painted with the brightest colors of life.
Dawn felt as if she were melting into a warm and sun-drenched ocean.
Or as if she were rising under an incredibly bright and reachable starry sky.
For the first time, she knew.
That the body could transmit such wonderful and exciting sensations.
That the soul can connect so intimately with another person.
She was no longer a cold and heartless puppet.
But a "woman" with a full and passionate life.
[ Ding—! ]
[ Life enlightenment completed! ]
[ Congratulations, Host! ]
[ You have successfully guided Dawn to complete the 'Birth' and 'Enlightenment' of her life! ]
[ You have established the deepest and most indelible 'Soul Imprint' in her! ]
[ The confidence level has reached the MAX! ]
[ Target completely conquered! ]
[ The final module, 'the heart of the world,' has been officially activated! ]
[ Effect: Now you can remotely transmit and release the energy of your Hand of God through space via any linked person who shares a "Soul Imprint" with you! ]
Once all the rituals were complete, Dawn, like a lazy Persian cat that has finally found its owner, curled up placidly in Kaito's embrace.
She opened her eyes, which were now misty and shone with a moving emotional intensity.
She looked with devotion at the man who had given her everything.
She extended her slender and delicate fingers and gently stroked Kaito's eyebrows, eyes, bridge of the nose, and lips... Then...
With the clearest, sincerest, and most beautiful voice she had ever uttered in her life, she told him softly:
"Kaito..."
"I love you"
Kaito hugged her tightly.
He felt his own soul reach an unprecedented sense of satisfaction and sublimation.
He knew it.
He had completed the most difficult and grandest "healing" of this world.
Just at that moment...
Outside the door of the lounge, there was a sudden burst of violent commotion and a heated argument.
It seemed to be Catherine, the queen, who had been completely defeated.
She was having her last and most intense "conflict" with the "Holy Knights" who faithfully guarded the door.
Dawn had been completely "saved"
What destiny awaited, then, the last BOSS, Catherine Underwood, who had personally created all this tragedy and who also needs "healing"?
What end awaited her?
How would Kaito use his Hand of God, now improved and even more powerful, to face this last and most difficult "patient"?