Chapter 912 The Various Trials
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Indeed, the contract was there. Not only Rose turned into a Divine Spirit, but a very strong one. Through a single Trial she suddenly absorbed all this power and turned it into her own soul. Her soul had completely evolved now, turning into a Divine Spirit Soul, something only the Chaos Spirit of Benladann and Belle had, if not slightly stronger. I don't really know why she was stronger though, even though the two spirits should had been stronger naturally…
"She's really strong." Belle pointed out.
"Just what did you go through?" I wondered.
"I-I… Well, it is hard to explain in simple words, Master." Rose said rather shyly. "I met someone very precious to me when I was younger, seeing him awakened something within me, I guess it could be said I was reminded who I truly was."
"Who you truly were?" I wondered.
Right, I had forgotten about a lot of things, and perhaps, I had also selfishly chosen to ignore the past of some of those near me. Perhaps this was also a reason why I wasn't able to understand what happened to her, even though it was very obvious that Rose awakened a hidden potential within her, it was something special and precious that might had changed her.
"I see… I am not asking you to share it or something, it is up to your own discretion. I am… Well, I wanted to say I am sorry if I ever mistreated you, our past as enemies is long gone. I know I made you into a ghost and everything… I did it as a punishment for what you tried to do but still… Now that you've changed and all, you've made me feel a bit bad so I wanted to say sorry."
"Oh no, master, don't worry. I am not really blaming you for anything, I know that what you did was because of reasons such as trying to protect Ruby… I was the one in the wrong there, and I died in a battle where I also wanted to kill you, it is only fair that the winner decided what to do. It was a battle where the two of us put our lives into, there's no point in discussing morality in such scenario."
Rose explained me her own thoughts rather rationally, speaking so eloquently and calmly that I couldn't even believe she was once an insane Vampiress. I guess everybody in the world can change eventually, even after death, I suppose.
"I guess…"
"I had chosen to stay at your side because I am dedicated to you. You're a great person that guides others… You've guided many, saved many, and will continue doing so. Your heart is that of gold… I am simply captivated by it. At this point, I am serving you because I really want to help you accomplish such noble goals." Rose said coquettishly, slowly walking towards me and looking at my eyes. Did I mention that she had grown up to two meters and a half? So she was able to somehow compare to my ice giant size, even if a bit.
Of course, I noticed how quickly Benladann went from her sad expressions to one filled with fury, she ran in front of me and stopped Rose from touching my chest coquettishly.
"Stop right there! Rose, keep your distance." She said rather ruthlessly.
"Hahaha, I am sorry, it wasn't my intention to make it seem like that…" Rose laughed carefreely, she had really changed her personality.
At the end, we made up a camp and began to cook for everybody. After the intense Trials everybody went through, the only thing they wanted to do was eat and sleep, although some of my closest friends felt the necessity to talk out what they went through. I also was going to do so whenever they were done.
Yuki in specific was also talking about what she saw. I was honestly quite intrigued, so I sat down to listen to her story.
"So what did you went through, Yuki?" I wondered.
"W-Well, what did I went through?" She sighed. "I fought my father."
"Your father?" I asked.
"The big gorilla from back then!"
"Oh…" I muttered in surprise. "Wait, but wasn't that…?"
"…It was actually my father.." She sighed.
"Huh?! Really? So I was right!"
Back then when I was a younger Ice Dragon and traveled across the central area of the continent of Jotunheim, I met Yuki in her previous rat monkey form, she was small and a little bit of a prankster, but brought me fruit I couldn't get by myself. Ultimately, she ended becoming my tamed monster and first friend in this world.
And yeah, the way I met her was fighting a giant gorilla that chased her down, it was an intense battle where I almost died. That gorilla was freaking strong back then… But nonetheless, I managed to get him good and killed him. Yuki seemed to have no bond with him so I never thought about it, but now that she came out with such a revelation, I couldn't help but feel like should feel sad right now, even though I really couldn't, it was just a wild gorilla.
"Yes, sadly you were right. That Gorilla is really my father… You know why I never recognized him as one though?"
"Why?"
"Well… He killed my entire family."
"…Eh?"
"As you heard me… You see…"
Yuki then explained to me the truth about her race, Rat Monkeys are territorial, but often only the grown males. Her mother had made a nest in the territory of a male while he was hibernating, so when he woke up and smelled them, he came and… well, he crushed the entire tree where her family's nest was. Well, that's rough.
"Since then I've been escaping from him until you defeated him…" Sighed Yuki. "I guess I never got over him because I didn't killed him myself, which this trial gave me the privilege of doing…"
"I see…"
So the Trial also works to be able to make people fight against the regrets of their past… I suppose that's one of the things I also went through.
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