As it happened, Raiden and Galen, who is actually present there but were busy dealing with Adrian's smaller yet over-quantity summons.
" Dammit, you all! " Galen says as he also sees it during his fight, he was so overwhelmed by covering Ragna up since he still had much to prepare, even to stand. He is so fatigued both physically and mentally.
" RAGNA, CAN YOU STILL GET YOUR ASS UP!? " Galen asks him while Ragna still regrets what just happened.
"( Shit, he's mentally broken right now... )" Galen says as he then remembers the thing he sees back then on the 6th Floor.
( Back then. )
[ 6th Floor ]
"( Ragna really takes his break so long, didn't he!? )" Galen says as he tries to find Ragna.
" Rag-! huh! " he sees Ragna leaning in Kara's body while the two sit in front of him.
Galen whose position is behind their back immediately stops his walk and decides to hide for a bit in order to know what's happening.
"( What he is up to? )" Galen says as he hears Ragna asking Inquisitor Kara for forgiveness.
"( Forgiveness? )" Galen wonders as he hears it.
" It's alright, Ragna doesn't say that... " Kara says to Ragna while trying to cheer Ragna up as Ragna begs her for her mercy.
" Please, I beg of you!!! " Ragna says as he tells her that she already told Aphrodite regarding this inside the System Space and thus Aphrodite tells him to tell her too and asks for her forgiveness since Ragna had technically decided their fate without their consult.
" Hey, hey, calm down there, little brother... " Kara says, as she tells him as 'little brother' to show Ragna how young he was to her age.
" Don't be saddened, it's alright... "
" I knew this would happen to me someday..., I'm an Inquisitor remember... "
" Me living this long to fight monsters, surviving this Abyss Tower for some time is already a miracle by itself by any standard. "
" A miracle you gave as you revealed many to me that I didn't know... " Kara says while hugging Ragna, to make him better.
" You, Ragna Twelve, and Lord Aphrodite are so important to me, I want to live for you all... "
" Especially you, Ragna... " Kara tells her.
" Huh!? " Ragna asks.
"( What the hell? live for him? )" Galen wonders as he sees all of this happening.
" What do you mean by that, Inquisitor? " Ragna asks Kara replies.
" Do you remember the things that happened on September 2015? " Kara asks Ragna.
" September 2015...? " Ragna asks as he then remembers all of it, the time she meant was September 6th to 15th of 2015.
Remembering that, Ragna begins to shiver as the memories of trauma* come all over him again.
" Oh yes..., that's... " Ragna says remembering the end of that event where he remembers himself had his body wounded so badly, left-naked, his parents were dead, his favorite dog Shadow is mutilated and all other things a child shouldn't experience at that time for he was just having his 6th years old birthday.
" That's all Indura's doing. " Ragna says as he tries to contain the memories of torture while Ragna pats his hair to calm him down.
" I remembered it, Inquisitor. "
" Back then, my grandma asked you all to find me, even some gods also came... "
" I didn't remember the details since I probably didn't see much... "
" But if I remembered correctly, you were there, right? "
" You're the one who took me up from that place during all of the chaos. " Ragna says as the Twelve Eye shows him scenes of the event where he can see that it was Inquisitor Kara that had taken him out, returning him to his grandmother.
" I see, thank goodness you remembered. "
" I'm very grateful that you managed to hold on, despite that pain you must felt. " Inquisitor Kara says.
" As I see you, I was so horrified to see someone could do that to you at that age. "
" The wounds, the scars... "
" Based on what I see, you were actually r*ped at that time, weren't you? " Kara asks Ragna and Ragna simply nods to that question.
" Yes, Inquisitor... "
" I also remembered that my mom also too... "
" She was the one who received first from that bitch goddess before me. "
" She forced me to watch her as she did so... " Ragna recounts it.
" Oh my... " Kara felt guilty after hearing it, Galen too.
"( Ewww! what the hell!? )" Galen thinks after hearing it.
"( What kind of goddess did that!? )" he felt disgusted after hearing that one.
" How about... "
" My father, Inquisitor... "
" He was mutilated with my dog, I see it all while my neck's being chained and my limbs being nailed hence why both my palms and feet had a hole in the center. " Ragna opens her gloves, showing Kara the hole in the center of his palms.
" After all of it, happened... "
" It is my turn to receive all of the pain. "
" I remembered she raped me by telling that I have to receive this to replace my dead mother, for whatever reason that was... " Ragna says which made those who hear this get out of their mind to even hear this very fact, even this made the Inquisitor cry as she hears this.
" I'm sorry... "
" I'm sorry I didn't know this and just forget you for years... "
" If we hadn't met again, I...I... " the Inquisitor sheds her tears of regret hearing this while hugging Ragna more.
" I'm glad you've grown healthy, it must've been hard to live for you... "
" I heard from Twelve and lord Aphrodite that the event even made you lose your early powers to that goddess, was it not? " Kara cries in regret as he hugs Ragna who also cries, remembering all of it.
" It's alright Ragna, don't you worry... "
" You will survive this tower, I believe it. " Kara tells Ragna that she tells him that she forgives him for everything even if he didn't tell her about his decision of not choosing her to be stored inside the System, unlike Battle Maiden.
Seeing that, Galen felt bad, as he left the scene...
"( Let them be, for now... )" he says while leaving the scene.
...
( Back to the present. )
" Dammit! " Galen remembers all of it.
" So it means that this is inevitable, isn't it? " Galen says as he then unleashes his powers even further.
" RAGNA! I'M GOING TO COVER AS MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED! "
" JUST TELL ME WHEN WILL YOU LIKE TO JOIN! " Galen says as he then uses some acupuncture on himself, forcing his innards to pump blood and energy even faster than before.
" Guess, I need to you this then... "
" I don't know if this works, but...! "
" This better be! " Galen says as he then performs something and slowly changes.
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Extra:
*See this story in Thunderous Trauma Chapters, from Chapters 133-135.