Chapter: 17: The acceptance
It is time for the lost soul to start anew.
After saying those words, the pollens that formed images of his family soared back high up in the air.
The crimson red lotus complied with his emotions and just like Martin, the lotus produced a mournful sensation, triggering a special connection with him.
Martin's body glowed brightly, as well as the whole lotus, the crystal-like drop of water, all the Oddities engraved in his soul, and all his memories.
His memories are compiled in the form of a big book, along with happy and sad ones, opened up and shined.
With different hues and magnitudes, there was a small repulsion to each other
They collided but didn't combine. But for every collision, small bits of hues are mixing. They twisted together and untangles separately.
They seem incompatible but at the same time connected. Like the Oddity of dark and deathly aura trying to mix with his memories when his family is being killed and his emotions of sadness and grief.
Or the Oddity of the essence of spring mixing and trying to be one with his lively emotions whenever he remembers the happy moments they had.
Every Oddity found each emotion and memory in Martin's life. Some bits are combining but it's just a small amount. The rest are still repelling each other as if they are not meant to. It continued without any balance.
On the contrary, the crystal-like drop of water didn't move. It stayed floating. It felt raucous around it but stayed immobile.
The collision became forceful and hard. And Martin felt all the repercussions of its collision.
Every entanglement made Martin grimace in pain. And every separation gave Martin a small time of relief. This continued for a while and Martin smiled and lampooned inwardly, "Here comes old buddy."
After a few more bumping to each other, the force became too strong that his sweats are flowing like a river. He is wincing in pain. His eyesight is losing its focus and brought him to his knees.
Only then did the crystal-like drop of water moved. It ejected a calming effect that soothed the different raging colors inside Martin. The crimson lotus helped to increase the effect of the crystal. Slowly, the calming effect guided them together. Surprisingly, this time, no more forceful collision happened.
They were all timid and shy and merged quietly in the presence of the crystal-like water. "These colors somehow found a balance and combined as one." Martin was amused that even he was in great pain, the crystal-like water didn't help him, and only when he is losing his focus did it move.
'Maybe it wanted me to be comatose again. What a jerk,' he lampooned inwardly afraid that the crystal might hear him.
There was a silent understanding amongst all of them, for they knew that their new master has partial control over them now.
Floating up in the air, the pollen grains up swirled around these combined colors and letters and dispersed in every corner of this star. Marking the boundaries, that this land is Martin's.
A complete replica, though in a small version, of the Oddities exited his body and floated in the midair, the crystal-like drop of water evaporated, and series of letters in Baybayin form slipped away from the big book of memories.
Together, they formed a perfect sphere that changes colors from crimson red to blue, then green, violet, yellow, and pink. There were even letters from the Baybayin that had withdrawn from the big book of memories, had intertwined together, and forming Heavenly Words.
Every letter arranged itself into phrases. These phrases could then be considered as the Heavenly Law of this star. For now, there is only one Heavenly Law with four lines—Heavenly Law of Life.
"Death cannot be prevented
So is birth
Today is a new beginning
May it plant a seed of healing."
(The translation is not entirely in that order, for the thought might be changed.)
The sphere of colors engulfed the Baybayin and the letters dissolved.
Collectively, they all formed a cloud of haze, enveloping the atmosphere of the planet. Its mass stayed there but bits of its pieces followed each pollens as it showered the planet with its resplendent amalgamation of colors.
Martin remembered those symbols. They are Baybayin, the language that their ancestors had before colonization.
"Those symbols… why are they here?" He remembered the symbols but he is unsure of their purpose why they are with him.
At this time, Martin's soul suddenly sensed that he could somehow feel what is happening in the entirety of the whole planet. From the very speck of dust to the pebbles comprising the forsaken land. And even the scent of the deathly aura that pervaded this planet, he can feel them all.
He felt that the star and he is one entity. The lotus as being the medium, Martin now owns his very own star. Just like that, another protagonist was born.
In totality, Earth has 510.1M km² in surface area but this star is a bit smaller than Earth. For Martin, he could estimate that this planet has the size of China. Not too bid and not too small.
And after all the combination of symbols, words, and memories that he owned reached every nook and cranny of this star, a small gust of freshness whiffed his nose and small changes happened around him.
Miraculously, blades of unknown grass grew and sprouted in patches in the banks of his vicinity. Some of the smaller ditches were also occupied by new dirt, filling it.
You can say that Martin's everything gave life to the planet. His emotions, experiences, and memories. He is the planet and the planet is him.
However, in a small crevice, magically away from his sensor, a special tiny dandelion sprouted out from a pink stone. In this whole star, this growing plant breathes a thread of that haze, hoping to survive.
After the commotion, the crimson lotus which is levitating in its previous place shook, and drilled its million roots onto the ground, leaving the six primary roots exposed in the air.
If someone can see through the layers of rocks, one can see that these roots reached a very deep portion of this planet.
These six roots made a rapid whirling clockwise motion around the lotus and pivoted as its speed is faster than light.
They drew particles of light from outer space and scattered it with the cloud haze that helps to reinvigorate the star where they rooted.
With these particles, faster recovery is underway for this land. But faster is relative means slightly faster than what the cloud haze is doing.
Unfortunately, this type of energy coming from outer space is not the correct source of energy for the lotus' recovery. It can only be used to heal lands and create plants.
A portion of these lights has a very strong linkage to Martin. When they reached the premises of the lotus, they magically disappeared and reemerged inside Martin's soul strengthening his Blood Body and consolidating his new Spirit Body that houses his powers.
His newly birthed body is slightly stronger than before and still being strengthened.
The crimson red lotus lost a quality amount of pollen grains, making it slightly weaker and its budding petals showed no movement.
Temporarily, it entered a sleep state to minimize expenditure of energy. Only leaving the primary roots running.
Everything returned to normal as Martin looked around him again.
His immediate surroundings underwent an extreme total make-over.
The previous stinking death aura is now a tad lesser. With patches of grasses and greeneries around him, life seems to beam with life compared to before.
With a small change, the bleak planet had a streak of liveliness in it.