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After what happened, Benladann continued to hug and Yuki and the wolves for several hours, she stopped crying after two hours, and then we went back to our ho, where we ate roasted at.
I know I should be more patient, but in a harsh world such as this, I really want Benladann to beco strong. Due to this, I want her to talk about this issue with in detail so we can find a solution together.
"Benladann… Now that you're calr, I believe that you should tell what just happened," I said.
Benladann glanced at her blue-skinned hands as she seed to be rather uncomfortable with the issue, but instead of simply telling that she won't say anything, she glanced at my eyes and spoke.
"I was… attacked within my dreams by this… being that I had spoken to you about before. This being… the consciousness of the Mold or sothing like that. It ford in my past life, and it seems to retain the mories of my past… It seems to have a possessive nature, and it only wants for herself… Sorry for being… so weak. We have been training for so long and yet… Yet… I have not grown stronger at all," she said.
"Well, you have indeed grown stronger. I can see it through my perception, your strength, vitality, and more have increased exponentially, and your magic and mana keep improving too. You've also learned a lot of new abilities, so you're not soone weak at all… But perhaps you have a weak soul," I said.
"Soul?" she asked.
"I already kind of knowledge of that monster, as you've already told about it before. But it seems that it attacked you through your soul. As you can already notice, there was no Mold involved on this, it never showed up to consu your body, you're already Immune to it through drinking my blood…" I said.
"No Mold? Ah! You're right…" muttered Benladann, realizing the sa thing as I did.
"See? It is just as I told you, this thing lives within your Mana Core, but it might also linger within your soul, or it might have tried so way to devour your consciousness through the soul. The sa thod is used with you to cage you into the darkness. It doesn't even need to use the Mold physically…" I said.
"How strange…" she said.
"For now, you don't have to worry about it. I believe it might be very weakened after I infiltered your soul and attacked it directly with mine. I didn't realize up until now, but what we did was a battle of souls, and I ca on top," I said.
"Drake… You're so amazing… To think that you would go to such lengths for … It makes feel so guilty… I don't… deserve such a man with …" sighed Benladann.
"Never think about deserving or not the people at your side. Simply be grateful that they're there for you, and strive forward to one day also be able to help them when they will need a hand," I said, petting her head.
At my words, Benladann's eyes shined. It seed that she might be about to cry, but she contained her tears and smiled.
"You're right…" she said.
"Now that you've more or less tad the physical mold to an extent, what we need to do is for you to grow your soul strong enough to be able to ta whatever that entity was," I said.
"To ta… that?" she asked.
"Indeed, what is necessary to do is simple. Whenever it finally recovers and cos for you… You're going to fight back," I said.
Benladann's hands began to tremble, as her eyes seed to lost focus and light, glaring everywhere nervously.
I generated a pile of snow and threw it over her head.
Poof!
"Ah…!"
"Wake up from that dizziness, getting PTSD won't help you resolving this problem… Do you know? I actually died being buried by an avalanche, and I reincarnated as an Ice Dragon, wouldn't I also have a big trauma with snow? Yet here I am, taming and using it. I know it is a terrible comparison, but I don't have anything else to say other than that… And just like I did with the ice and snow, you have to surpass your fears and get you… your shit together," I said.
I decided to be bolder this ti with her, but this was for her own good. Sotis people are so deep into their own worlds and traumas that you have to be a bit rash with them, tell them to get their shit together is a good option.
"Get… my shit together?" she asked.
"Ah… Sorry for saying it so rashly. I just… instead of being so concerned, you simply have to try. Instead of harboring your fears, harbor your hate," I said.
"My… hate…"
"Indeed. Hasn't that thing just tried to manipulate you? It's the worst, isn't it? I would be pissed as fuck if there was such a thing inside of trying to possess , I would literally beat his shit every ti it shows up," I said.
"Ah… I think I did sothing similar before," said Benladann.
"You did?" I asked.
"When I was in the darkness and you gave your blood, I suddenly gained so more freedom and managed to fight back. Back in that ti, I harbored a lot of hate, I was really just… getting tired of that thing, and my parent's mories began to fill my heart with more and more resolve… And then, I sohow managed to hit it with my fists, with my legs, with my… soul," she said.
"Perhaps that thing abuses your traumas and harbors fear into you, so you beco weak and submissive. But if you simply fight back… I believe you might have enough power to damage it. It is simply… well, let's say that it is trying to trick you into making you think it is powerful. Because I totally sweep the floor with that thing, and I am fairly sure that my soul is not so strong aside from all my Mana," I said.
"I see… Drake, will you… help train this?" she asked.
"No need to ask," I said.
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