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Pandora's POV
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There I stood, in the middle of the abyss, looking deep into nothingness. It looked like what you would when closing one eye. You dont see black, you see nothing, like a blind man. I could tell I wasn't conscience, making my mind think of many scenarios of what had happened when I had finally fainted.
Suddenly, a voice sounded from the abyss, similar yet too monotone to be the sa as the fla's. It felt like I was listening to a pre-recorded program the mont it had started to speak
"Congratulations, you have achieved divinity..." Said the monotone voice
"You shall now go through the second faze of the awakening. Please refrain from dying." Continued saying the monotone voice
Dying? What does it an dyin- AHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I started shouting, barely being able to hear the voice announcing "You shall now have the 'Divine Language' inserted within you. This shall now allow you to speak most languages fluently and proficiently after hearing them once or twice. Divine language skill is still weak, therefore you shall be limited to only this"
After those words finished, the excruciating pain continued to ravage my mind, forcefully engraving a foreign energy within it. The pain continued for what felt like hours until it finally started to subside painfully slowly.
I finally sighed in relief when the pain had subsided to an amount that would be considered nothing compared to what it felt like earlier.
"Congratulations, you have inherited a 'Divine Language' at a low level. Since you are still too weak to unlock its full power, that part shall be locked until your next awakening or when your vessel reaches full maturity" Voiced the monotone female voice
Just when I was about to relax, the voice continued, sending a shiver to the core of my soul.
"Minor Amplifications shall be applied to your body. Please refrain from dying" Declared the voice.
WAIT NOOOO----
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH---"
My shouting continued before the voice declared "Soul-Mana eyes shall be upgraded to 'Divine Eyes' "
The pain started to concentrate into my eyes and frontal brain while spreading the rest of the pain equally among all the parts of my brain. After insurmountable pain for an incomprehensible amount of ti, the pain circulating within the my eyes and my frontal brain started to subside while the pain within the rest of my brain had completely faded away.
Oh thank god that stopped. If that on any longer I might have wished to die on the spot. I'm already wishing that but it would have been much worse! God! I just want to lose all my senses and go fully unconscious for a bit. That was too m-
"Congratulations, you have gained 'Divine eyes'. They shall be limited to being extrely weak due to your weak vessel." Inford the monotone voice
WELL F*CK YOU! YOU CAN TAKE THESE DIVINE EYES UP YOUR A-
"Divine calculation, Divine Thought acceleration and Divine Mind Fortitude shall be installed now. Divine aura shall be installed within your body. Divine mana shall stabilize your mana heart. These all shall be installed at the lowest power due to your weak vessel. Please refrain from screaming"
NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONO- AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! WHY! WHY! WHY! WHY! WHY! WHY! WHY! WHY! WHY! WHY! WHY! STOP! F*CK! F*CK YOU! F*CK YOUR ENTIRE LINEAGE! F*CK YOUR EXISTANCE! I HOPE YOU GO TO HELL!
The pain carried on for what felt like minutes, hours and then days. My eyes, the right side of my chest and my brain were all burning at the sa ti. Eventually at so point during the first 10 hours, the pain started to beco soothing and almost calming.
What the f*ck? Did my mind break or sothing? Why does this feel good now? Oh god! I hope my brain didn't break or sothing!
After a day and a half passed of this torture turning into a soothing pain instead, I started to think of my past life. The voice of a little girl resounded within my mind, asking a single question.
"Are they worth it?"
"Who?" I asked the voice, wondering if I had finally gone crazy.
"The humans. They bring nothing but pain to you" imdiately after those words were said, multiple instances from both this new world and the last flashed before my eyes. Every one of them were either cruel monts or simply disgusting. From the disgusting nobles to my previous step-sister.
"Are they worth it?" Asked the young female voice again, now sounding more like my soul fla.
"Well, so of them are." I answered honestly
"Once they no longer find a use for you, they will throw you away. You say you don't trust easily, you say you hate them, but do you really?0" again, nurous scenes of tis where people back in high school made friends with just to extort , yet abandoned the mont I needed them. Scene after scene flashed in front of until it finally stopped on my previous father,
"Those who you think love you the most will throw you away the mont you are not needed. The mont you bring more trouble than good, they will throw you away like a receipt that is no longer usable. Trust is sothing no one should be able to get, because the mont they take it for granted, only you will be hurt. Let ask you again, are they worth it?" questioned the girl's voice in a serious tone.
It took a few minutes before I asked in a soft low voice "Do you think Aroura is like that? Do you think Dad is like that... Do you think--- Gen... is like that?"
"I have no way to know, I'm just giving you the options that are on the table, yet what I can tell you is that most humans are selfish, pathetic, greedy, envious, a*sholes. You might have been lucky to find 2 if not 3 good ones, or this whole thing might be a lie. The decision is up to you.
So, do you think they are worth it?"
"...
Do I have to answer now?" I asked
"No. I just want you to think of my words whenever you even think of trusting anyone within this cruel world. Do not make the sa mistakes you did in your last life. Anyway,, I'll be leaving now since your Divine Baptism should be ending so ti in the next few hours.
Goodbye..."
"hmm? Wait! What are yo- AHHHHHH F*CK!" The pain had imdiately returned and stayed for the next 3 hours until it finally started to subside again. The monotone voice that ca from the abyss started to speak again, this ti hopefully the last ti it would need to speak. I listened to the next few words with hope in my eyes, waiting for it to say the torture was over and done with
"Congratulations of evolving into a semi-Divine being. All the steps have been completed while your vessel and mind had stayed in tact. You will not be able to advance any further than this unless you increase your vessel's strength. You shall now be transported back to your vessel, have a nice trip"
The voice's tone did not change throughout all the sentences said since I had co into this abyss space.
When I was finally transferred back into my 'vessel', as the voice called it, I opened my eyes just to be greeted to a blinding light coming straight towards my eyes. My mind was instantly overloaded with information, forcing my eyes shut once again. Even though I couldn't see anything with my eyes, the area around in a 360 perspective was completely visible. The 360 perspective gave extre nausea almost instantly, while opening my eyes only gave a major headache from the imnse amount of information flowing through my 'Divine Eyes'.
Before I got up and alard the people around , I tried to get used to the 360 perspective my passive aura gave . It would barely be traceable normally, while maybe those familiar to the aura might feel the divine suppression. You might be asking, 'how do you know this?'. Well, I can for so reason feel the basics of emotions, a little more advanced than my soul energy perception before, yet not enough to get a clear reading on soone.
I could still feel sothing pushing down on the guard's very being and soul fla, making them more anxious and wary than before. I can only imagine what would happen if they were to look straight into my eyes if my presence and awakening from my slumber alone caused this.
It took many hours, almost a whole day, where Gen and Juilam would co and check on . While Gen didn't notice I was awake, when she left and it was just and Juilam left alone, he asked
"Why are you pretending to be asleep? Is there sothing wrong or have we spoiled you too much?"
"My head feels like its been smashed my a boulder every ti I open my eyes while my 360 perception makes nauseas as f*ck. What do you expect to do, get up?" I chuckled at my last joke while Juilam just stared at with worry and disbelief at the sa ti.
"I'll give you a few days to rest up, but if you don't 'Wake up' in a few days, Gen will insist on going to a normal human doctor. Also, can you supress that? It's kind of annoying" Juilam inford and asked within the sa breath.
"Oh the aura? I wish. If I could, I wouldn't have to get used to my new vision. My only problem would be my eyes and that would be easily fixed by just closing my eyes and feeling the mana in the surroundings." I sneered
"Can you still use normal magic?" Juilam inquired
I lifted my hand a circulated five blue candles, then swapped them for 5 small shards of ice, then 5 small pebbles and finally, 5 spheres of made of air.
"Okay good" Juilam sighed in relief before asking "Can you use gravity? I had to make a bed engraved with runes to make the wood tough enough to not let you fall right through."
"Oh yeah I can, I'll just use it whenever I get up" I told Juilam before saying our goodbyes and allowing him to leave the room
-- 3 days later --
I had finally gotten slightly used to my 360 degree vision, but not my eyes. My eyes would simply give too much information, not allowing to filter out what I want. Clearly this was sothing I'm supposed to train. Anyway, at most I could keep my eyes open for a single minute while trying to differentiate between the information gathered was nigh impossible.
I took Juilam's advice and 'woke up' before informing the guards who inford the whole tribe, informing Gen in the process.
"PANY! YOUR AWAKE!" Cried Gen in joy of seeing awake before hugging . . I gave her a smile with my stiff face barley being able to move my cheeks up, therefore not being able to make my smile reach my eyes.
"ARE YOU OKAY? HOW DO YOU FEEL? DOES YOUR BODY HURT? CAN YOU STILL USE MANA? You're okay, right?!" She questioned rapidly, barley giving ti to answer any of her questions.
"Yes, good, no and yes" I replied almost instantly. She simply just hugged tightly as all the pressure from her conscience had been lifted
"Good! Now we can go ho and tell everyone you awakened before your birthday. Imagine their faces when they realize you had awakened even before you had turned 6 years old. You still have around 8 weeks till your birthday right? I'll help you get ready and we can g-" I held up my hand to finally make her shut up.
"Can't" I said with a nonchalant shrug
"What? Why!?" She asked in disbelief
"Well, I need to know how to walk again, how to see properly again, how to control my strength, maybe then we can talk about going back. Right now I'm going to be forced to stay here on my bed for the next few days and then I'm going to learn how to walk without tripping over my own feet." I said while smiling slightly, which was the most I could actually do. My face still felt stiff and the words of the soul fla still resounded within my head whenever I looked at Gen.
"What? But we can get the best therapists back at ho! Why do you want to stay here? We can go et your mom and dad... Even Aroura! You can et Aroura!" Gen tried to bargain.
"Thanks but Aroura can co here if she wants to see . She had already starter her apprenticeship and if I go back now, I'll do her more harm than good" I remarked
"Bu-"
"NO BUTS!" I interrupted, stopping her sentence half way making sure she doesn't keep trying to bargain
After pouting for a few minutes, she finally asked a question that wasn't about going back
"So, what happened back in the lake?" She inquired while fidgeting with her fingers
"I awakened the light elent" I said with a nonchalant tone, a little too fast since I hadn't gotten used to the the slight changes that the thought acceleration had caused.
"That's... it?" She questioned with a wavering tone
"What more could there be to it?" I asked with the sa tone as earlier.
"Then why do you have to walk and see again?" She asked, her voice cracking a little, yet just a little.
F*ck and my big mouth
"I don't know. My body just feels weird." I lied through my teeth. For so reason she started to pout more as sadness filled her soul
"Do you not want to go back because everyone in the mansion is human?" She finally asked
"Hmm? No? I have awakened the light elent, where else would I learn to master it if it weren't here?" I said, genuinely shocked at the question, yet the sadness just grew in her soul, making more perplexed as the seconds passed.
"Stop pouting! Do you think you would get rid of that easily? I'm going to return before my birthday by a week or two so don't get too relaxed with your new fiancée" I teased, making the sadness in her heart soften and beco replaced by embarrassnt. Her face turned red before I went for the finishing blow by voicing the sentence "Tell when you are ready to deliver the baby".
Even though the sadness had not been supressed completely, it had been mostly replaced by embarrassnt.
"Pany... Don't say stuff like that! It's embarrassing!" She muttered through the hands covering her face
"Yeah sure, whatever you say princess. Don't get too carried away with your one to one action, okay?" I told her while patting her head since she was still on the floor while I was on the bed. Unknowingly, I had looked at her with a motherly look which was only more pronounced due to my Divine Aura.
Gen stared at for a good 10 seconds before she grabbed my hand to her heart and hugged .
"I know you are hiding things from , but I wont ask anything from you right now. I want to be trust worthy enough for you to be able to tell without being pressured. I want to be your friend, not a companion. I love you just like a little sister, Pany... And I hope you soday see and love like an older sister too" She whispered in my ear
I couldn't help but inwardly smile, since it was near impossible to do so with my stiff facial muscles. I hugged her as lightly as I could while making sure I don't accidently hurt her before letting her go and saying our goodbyes. Juilam decided to take her away instead of being escorted by another wolf, since it would be a lot faster than moving my ground.
For the next week, I kept trying and to get used to walking and moving around while having 360 degree vision that I couldn't deactivate no matter what. It felt I had eyes on every area above the mid torso region, giving no blind spots. At the day I would blind fold myself and practice walking while at night, I would practice using my eyes with Juilam, who seed to know what happened to yet didn't ask for a single detail.
This went on till the end of the week where we decided to start our sparring sessions, getting used to using my divine mana and learning to control my body to its full extent, even though I'm pretty sure I am going to fail at the first one.
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