"( You're kidding, right? )"
"( Uncle Andrew, has a 'Gift Core'? )" Ragna thinks in his mind.
"( Impossible, when did he had it, was it on his teenage years, no... )"
"( If I remember correctly, those people who had Gifts sense nothing from my uncle, which means he had no Gift Core Energy fueling his body. )" Ragna thinks about it, for in fact, everyone who had the Gift Core Energy inside them could sense another of their kind and sense nothing from those who were Ungifted.
"( I remembered it when, was it after 2015, after my encounter with that 'Indura'? )"
"( But, the time when the Maiden met him and end him is in 2020 if I'm correct, which means he was in his 50's. )"
"(This is impossible if he gets a Gift Core from the Gods at that range of time, for a human could only have a Gift Core, first installed with it, during their infant years to their puberty years, from year 0-21. )"
"( Above that then they simply had no chance to obtain it, for their body is already too old for its first installment. )" Ragna recounts what he again knows about the Gift Core, he learned this like everyone else in their high school years, knowing this very common fact.
"( Shit, the 'Twelve Eye' was not active when I needed it the most to check things like this. )" Ragna wonders, if he really forget this kind of detail when he peeks using the eye before it had to be recovered.
"( I must've missed it during that very moment, darn it! )" Ragna thinks about this while still in the Maiden's chambers.
"( How is it possible, wait!? )"
" Maiden? " Ragna asks her suddenly.
" Yes. "
" Are you sure it was a 'Gift Power', that my Uncle used back then? " Ragna asks, wondering if the Maiden must've mistaken it with a 'Sin Core'.
" It is..., but unlike any other. "
" What do you mean? "
" Well, I can't tell you for certain but I do feel his powers are kinda near the 'Dark Element'... "
" But the confusing part is, when I checked his energy using my inner senses, I senses it was still part of a Divine Power. " Maiden tells Ragna which surprises him to his mind.
" 'Dark Element'? " Ragna wonders about this, for the Gift Elemental Powers are usually around Fire, Water, Wind, Thunder, Frost, Forest, Earth, and Light.
" A Gift Elemental Power with 'Dark Element'? " Ragna asks this out loud while the Maiden nods as he asks.
Asking this, Ragna then remembers that the Maiden was still blind at that time and asks her if she had others with her that witnessed his uncle's Gift Powers the Maiden tells that there were twenty of them at that time who witness his Uncle using his Dark Elemental Gift Powers.
" It's impossible... " Ragna replies.
" If my Uncle's power came from a 'Gift Core', then how did he become the 'Dark Avatar'? "
" After all, only those who had the 'Sin Core' could reach it? " Ragna asks the Maiden which she responds by simply telling him.
" I can't say for certain. "
" For I still had many questions regarding his case too... "
" His case is new to me, even to the gods who participate at that time. "
" Gods? " Ragna asks the Maiden.
" Yes, my lord Athena, lord Loki, lord Artemis, and some others... "
" He weakens them, weakened their Divine Light by using his Dark Power. "
" Making him able to be on par with them with the help of his physical feats, your uncle was quite a muscular fighter, wasn't he? " Maiden asks, for she remembers sensing Ragna's uncle's body is so ripped and muscular, a body forged only for battle.
" He is..., in fact, I say that if my uncle met Galen and learned the Stinger Martial Arts instead of me. "
" He will be, unstoppable for he also had the Gift Core suddenly inside of him. " Ragna says to the Maiden she nods.
" Indeed, hence why I suddenly fear you will become worse than him just recently. "
" You did? "
" Of course, you had many things that I still couldn't fathom what is, you and your previous 'selves' are still unknown things that I still try to figure out despite your good intentions. "
" Still, when you reveal your 'his' nephew, I wonder if you actually had many things that you still hide from me, from those you know? " Battle Maiden asks Ragna Ragna replied with silence.
" ... "
" ... "
" I'm still figuring that out too. " Ragna finally replies to her which made her go assured for a bit.
" I see, I'm sorry for asking you too much, young Ragna. "
" It's alright, since you are a 'resident' of my 'System Space', it is predicted that one day, you will either ask me for something more personal or some of my 'personal' things secretly enter your very ears. "
" Mmmm... " Battle Maiden responded while giving Ragna a defensive posture.
Ragna sees her posture, realizing that this is already too much for him to discuss with her, but no less, he must make her spill many things about his uncle.
"( My uncle had many things to do with the people I will meet in the future. )"
"( Past partners, acquaintances, enemies, even more. )"
"( Now that I know him once as a 'Dark Avatar' and people would probably find out about my relation to him. )"
"( For there's a huge chance that his late enemies and those who wanted me would cooperate to hunt me down if my identity was revealed sooner or later. )"
"( It's inescapable, for even in fiction, those who wear masks will soon get their identity revealed, either in the most honorable way or in the most dishonorable way. )"
"( Better prepare for those days, time is too short to play vigilantes even though I like to become one, sometimes. )" Ragna thinks to himself as he decided to proceed to ask the Battle Maiden more about her fight with his uncle, wanting to know anything he could keep in mind with.
He begins to ask more to the Maiden more about her encounter with Uncle Andrew, he asks her many things while Battle Maiden replied all of them, including his uncle's plot to become the 'Dark Avatar' in the first place.
" The Dark Avatar was not his Main Plot," she explains.
" Instead, it was his ditch effort which he was kinda lucky at that time. "
" In that [Disaster Dungeon] back in 2020. "
" So, could you please tell me in full? " Ragna asks the Maiden as she takes a sigh.
" Of course, I would be happy to reveal this to you... "
" Do not worry, my story will be added with a few other perspectives including those that Mr. Twelve had shown me. "
" Twelve? " Ragna asks.
" I asked him about it, he had the 'Twelve Eye' too right? " Battle Maiden replied.
" He showed me what I need to know in that very past..., System," she calls the 'System Window', and being part of the System, she could access its Window just like Ragna.
< "Yes, Maiden?" >
" Please, show it to him. " the Maiden asks as the System begins to open a
" After all, knowing that you're related to 'him', his nephew. "
" You of all people, should know the details of what happened to him, what I and the others did to him. " Battle Maiden says as the Cutscenen begins.
< System Memory Records, Activated >
< Beginning Cutscene >
< October 2020 >
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Extra:
Memory Records:
A section of the System that stores the memories of its residents, it was stored like a video file, like a CG Cutscene, hence the System residents could access it while they were inside the