“Six hours still feels like a really long ti.” Eliana sighed into my chest.
When I had walked into the room, she had imdiately run to as eloquently as a princess could and threw her arms around lovingly. Unlike Carmine and Alysia, she wasn’t able to hide the worry that painted her face.
“Six hours minimum.” I reminded her.
“I still don’t understand why you can’t just absorb the lore like you did with forr Master.” First spoke up, a small frown on her face.
“I haven’t absorbed everything from King Roth yet. Furthermore, what I did process has mostly been chopped up and fragnted. To absorb sothing in its complete state is very different. Calypso said that if I tried to absorb it too quickly, I wouldn’t be able to handle it and I would lose myself or sothing.”
First gave a sowhat confused expression. Calypso had explained it better than I was. It wasn’t that hard to understand. You are your lore. If you tried to absorb an entire other person without chopping their mories up, then both people and personalities would exist. It would be like when I rged with Lydia, except when I rged with Lydia, she gave her soul to and ultimately let be in charge.
If I tried to rge with soone who didn’t want to be subservient, we’d end up in a power struggle for control. Normally, that would cause the two souls to be imbalanced and then the rge would fail with the two souls forcefully repelling each other. That’s why Calypso had to show so soul-binding tricks so that I could remain in charge over the other soul.
However, that was only the start of it. I wasn’t binding a single soul here, but a fragnt of the origin of the human species. It was the origin of all humans, and it contained a kind of history of humanity. If I absorbed it all at once, then I would be lost inside it. I’d be like Twilight, a million voices controlled by a single will, and that will wouldn’t be my own. I had to beco the master of the lore, instead of becoming its slave.
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Either way, I had to make it work. I was certain it was the only way that I would have the power to throw back the fey, and it was the only way to keep the fey from getting the lore. I couldn’t take the lore with , or it would only return to the dungeon, and if I destroyed the lore, there was a chance the fey would still be able to find enough of it to do what they started out doing. I couldn’t hold it and guard it indefinitely, I didn’t have that kind of strength on my own.
“Is everyone ready?” I asked.
“The lionesses have a periter around the room. No one is allowed in or out except the approved personnel.” First declared.
“Titan’s Fall is reinforcing the entrance to the building,” Alysia spoke.
“The other factions have all taken up their defensive lines as they discussed.” Eliana nodded. “I will remain by your side. Cici will run orders for .”
“I will stay by your side too!” Anne spoke up.
“Y-you?”
“I d-don’t know what you’re planning,” Anne spoke quietly. “B-but if it goes wrong, you’ll need a healer, won’t you?”
I frowned slightly. I had not explained things to her clearly, but it was impossible to get the protection I was looking for without admitting I was going to do sothing. Thus, everyone only knew as much as they had to.
“I suppose…”
“Then, I will help! F-for Sapphire! It’s for Sapphire! I’m doing it for Sapphire, okay?”
“You said it three tis…” I frowned, but after a bit, I began to see the potential benefits of having the church here. “Fine, you can be in here, but no paladins.”
“Ah!” She blushed and then put her hands on her hips. “F-fine… my inquisitor will run the orders for .”
“Fine.” I agreed. “Eliana, First, Alysia, Cici, Chance, Anne, and the Inquisitor. No one else is allowed inside until the ceremony is complete. Agreed?”
Everyone nodded and the doors were finally shut. It was ti to begin.
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