Chapter 156 – Liquidation (5)
19. Liquidation (5)
The fact that the door was open means that Raella, who descended into Kaya’s body, opened the door herself.
It wasn’t the worst case scenario, so I put the messages aside and waited for the door to fully open.
“…”
“…”
“…”
We couldn’t say anything when we saw the ‘person’ appearing with the door completely open.
The person who appeared before my eyes.
Is it Kaya?
Or is it Raella?
Compared to Kayara, her face, mood, and body shape have changed quite a bit, and even if she is Raella-sama, she hardly feels the status of a goddess…
‘Ah. No way. Incarnation is… ?’
In any case, this must also be the influence of Advent.
I tried to kneel like I did to Justitia. But even faster than that, I was blocked by the hand that grabbed me.
“Don’t do that.”
“Uh…”
“It will be very embarrassing. I understand.”
Lady Raella smiled.
“It will take quite a while to explain, but it would be nice to do it in a convenient place.”
At Raella’s words, we took Raella to the room that Cestia gave us. Lady Raella sat down by the window where the sun was shining, and explained the current situation.
“Well, then Kaya-sister.”
“Now I am completely stunned, so I am at the forefront. Normally, my child would be in charge.”
“Then, may I ask what the body is like?”
“Originally, I should have been absorbed by my child and disappeared. Then my child would have a much stronger body and healing abilities. But he said my child couldn’t do that. So two beings coexisted in one body. The child has the initiative over the body, but because my existence itself is not ordinary, the body has changed erratically under my influence. This is something that even I can’t do anything about…”
His hair, which barely reached his shoulders, had grown below his shoulders and was dyed light green in places. The chest and hips were at least one size larger, and the calluses on the palms were all gone. His face was almost the same, and his impression softened a bit… His eyes didn’t. There was a green pupil in his right eye. It felt like winter and spring coexisted.
“La Ella… Are you all right?”
“Me? Or is it up there?”
“It’s both.”
“Whoops… Are you worried?”
“Of course, isn’t it? No matter how much Kaya is my precious colleague, if Raella-sama goes wrong because of this, there will be a great negative impact on this world, and Kaya will also have to live with the guilt for the rest of her life. Above all, the goddess who took care of us because of our greed…”
“You foolish child. I’m fine.”
“Ra-La Ella?!”
“You are kind, as my child said.”
Suddenly, I fell into Raella-sama’s arms. Because it was close to Kaya’s body, it was not Raella-sama’s body, but I felt that way.
Moment of hug.
I want to put everything down and take a break… A comfortable feeling that makes you want to pamper yourself.
“Maybe Raella upstairs is envious of me. I am now able to see you directly from the ground, albeit imperfectly.”
“La Ella.”
“So don’t worry about me, just go ahead. Didn’t you decide to try ten times to be good at once?”
“… You’re right.”
“Rather, compared to what you guys have gone through and the road ahead, I feel that the price I suffer is not so heavy. It is tantamount to pushing you to death in the name of helping and blessing you.”
“Don’t talk like that, Raella. I was originally determined to kill that damn dungeon and a thousand times more damn horrors. It means that the Goddess is not responsible.”
“Whoops…”
Raella-nim just laughed. Holding me in your arms and stroking my hair was really like dealing with a child, but… I didn’t like it. I didn’t want to shake it off. If I had to express it as a ratio, the current Kaya feels like 0.8 Kaya compared to the past, but the gap that occurred from that slight change was no joke.
“It’s Justitia’s child.”
“Yes, Lady Raella.”
“I think my child will wander a lot for a while because his body has changed, so I hope you pay a little more attention.”
“Of course! I will do my best to adapt perfectly!”
“Thank you. And Prisilene’s child.”
“Prisilene’s child… Yo. This?”
“I am the guardian of you who love freedom and melody. Will you also stand by my child and correct my child’s confused knowledge?”
“Yes yes. Okay. Hey, Goddess.”
“You are nice.”
Raella asked Shay to adapt her body and Illumina to adapt her knowledge. And she bowed her head and looked at me…
“You’re a crazy kid.”
“Yes, Lady Raella. Say anything.”
“It is enough for you to be by my child’s side.”
“… Yes?”
“Because that is what my child wants most. Because that is the environment where my child can exert the most strength. Do you understand?”
“Ah, me. That.”
“I have more to say, but I am tired. Will you let me rest?”
“No, of course!”
“Thank you.”
Raella-sama closed her eyes in the same posture. I carefully removed the goddess’s hand and slipped out of her arms. I felt very empty, but I held back and carefully laid the goddess on the bed. Only then did she release the sigh she had been holding back. It seemed that a storm had passed.
“Captain…”
“Uh, Shay.”
“From now on… Maybe it’s good? Kaya-sister, will she continue to be Kaya-sister?”
Shay’s eyes were trembling.
She is Kaya who has changed so that she can no longer be called the Kaya she used to be. Originally, she would have been unable to even dare to talk at eye level with Kaya, who harbors a supreme existence in her body.
The possibility that she will later change into a completely different being. She already found out that Raella-sama was in her body, but she was wondering if she could treat her like she did before. Anxiety that if Kaya gets hurt and suffers, then Lady Raella inside her will suffer the same.
Shay’s gaze contained all that concern.
“Shay.”
“Yes…”
“Shay is Shay.”
“Yes?”
“The Shay of the past and the Shay of today are Shay to me. Shay, who is lovely and beautiful to me whether you have scars or not. And… The same goes for Kaya.”
“Ah…”
“If this is Kaya’s fate, then this is also something I must embrace. In the end, it was me who couldn’t stop her and cheered her on, and Kaya also eagerly desired and accepted the arrival of her La Ella-sama with her own will.”
Even if it becomes a little, no, a lot sacred…
Kaya is Kaya.
My thoughts have not changed.
**
[Positive Feature: New Beliefs*]
– When sortie with Eugene, damage +10%
– Speed +1
– Chance to ignore enemy’s defense by 6
[Positive feature: Raella’s incarnation*]
– When acquiring this feature, one random negative feature is deleted
– Defends one negative trait to be learned in the future
– Max HP +5
– Attack Power +5
– Creation of the skill ‘Hyunsin’
– ? ?
[Negative feature: One-way traffic*]
– Affected by Eugene’s condition
“Holy-Lee.”
Kaya’s traits were more than Shay’s. At first glance, it seemed that Justitia’s descending body was lagging behind Raella’s incarnation at a simple comparison, but that wasn’t necessarily the case. There was a skill called ‘Representation’, and there were also unconfirmed options. In such a feature that the mulberry is full, it also has an unconfirmed option at the bottom? It must have been something great.
In addition, the characteristic of a new belief was also crazy. Circumstances, it seemed to be a feature that appeared when the relationship with Kaya reached 6, but the moment I saw the feature of ‘one-way traffic’, I felt eerie.
‘The strange relationship, the characteristics, the words of Raella, the existing ‘obsession’…’
I shook my head. It was a futile idea. Kaya’s feelings for me were sincere. Kaya is Kaya, and she is none other than me who promised to embrace her no matter what she becomes.
Since two of the mega-hit events called Advent of the Goddess were successful, now I had to be the leader who led them, not the man who worried about them.
How to allocate the budget. How should I and Illumina, who are relatively behind, strengthen themselves? Considering the increase in specs of the monsters that appeared in District 2, to what extent should the minimum specs be raised in order to deal with normal and elite monsters in District 3? In the remaining space, there are many things to think about, such as which artifact is best to wear.
“You’re a crazy kid.”
“La Ella?”
“You don’t expect my child to wake up.”
However, my worries were pushed to the lower priority by Raella-sama’s words.
“What are you talking about now!”
“Calm down. Doesn’t that mean my child is in danger?”
“Then why…”
“I am… I feel like I have to go to my child’s hometown.”
“You mean Kaya’s hometown?”
“Yes. My child’s psyche, at its source, is deeply etched with the scars of her hometown. In the process of me descending, merging and coexisting with the child, it seems that the child’s mind was shaken and shocked, but at that time, the scars hidden deep inside seemed to rise to the top.”
“Are you saying that the reason why Kaya keeps losing her consciousness is because of her shock at her coming, and in the process, Kaya is haunting her with bad memories of her childhood. “
“As far as I feel.”
“… It’s been nearly 40 years since Kaya followed her la Ella’s path. She says there’s nothing wrong with going to her hometown, but how can she help going there? Isn’t it just touching Kaya’s trauma?”
“You foolish child. My child is not so weak.”
“But!”
“As a goddess, I don’t want to force you, but I want to ask you. To you, my child’s man, according to what you have expressed your chapter… As a mother.”
“…”
“Can’t you?”
With that face, with that expression, with that tone.
If you say ‘I want to ask you as a mother-in-law’.
Who can say no?
When I came to my senses, I was making plans to leave for Kaya’s hometown, and Shay and Illumina had to help prepare for the unexpected trip.
Raella looked at us with a happy smile and packed her backpack herself. It seemed that she was quite happy, but she also looked sad.
“The preparations are complete, Lady Raella.”
“Yes. Thank you for doing me a favor.”
“Please, no.”
“Whoops… He’s a crazy kid This wagon, I want to drive it once… Will it be okay?”
“La Ella doesn’t have to do that.”
“Can’t you?”
We boarded the hastily obtained two carriages and headed to Kaya’s hometown, which we had heard about at the monastery. It was a wagon driven by the Goddess herself.
