[ Yesterday, June 5th 2022. ]
" You want me to give you the Libra? " Battle Maiden asks as Ragna asks her the Libra from out of a sudden.
" " Your [Zodiac Item Manifestation, Judgement Libra] is the best weapon I need to have to fight the Gods, Maiden. "
" For I'm here not just to fight the gods, if things go south, I need to..., you know... "
" You know the last word I'm gonna say, right? " Ragna asks Battle Maiden while she has doubts overhearing the whole thing.
" You want me to give the Divine Weapon to judge the Diviners themselves? " Battle Maiden wonders.
" Why do you have to go that far? Aren't your Black Shadows eno- "
" My granddaughter's soul is within you, Maiden... " Ragna interrupts at the sudden, saying something that makes Battle Maiden confused even more.
" Pardon? "
" You're afraid to lose the Libra since you'll need it to compensate for what you lacked, right? "
" Power Level since you're still a mortal, Memory Reading since you're telepathy is not that good at reading minds, Sensing movement since your heightened senses are severely reduced when having new eyes, and finally Healing since you lacked items for you to bring. "
" Hence why you need Libra to do the [Regulate Scales] skill, [Record of Memoirs] skill, [Blindspot Guardian] skill, and [Rebalance Damage] skill to keep you intact against beings with higher levels than you. "
" Including me if I should become an example. " Ragna tells what he knows, he quickly tells what kind of things that Libra could do.
" Ragna, you forgot to mention Libra's primary ability to judge right or wrong. " Battle Maiden adds.
" Without it, I don't know if I could trust the person around me... " Battle Maiden explains.
" Of course. " Ragna looks up, he sees the Divine Item itself already appeared in the skies the whole time.
" Am I telling the truth? " Ragna checks, as the scales of Libra judges, it shows him telling the truth the whole time.
" Maiden, I'm not trying to take away your comfort zone. " Ragna tells as he speaks again.
" Listen to me, in your current state, with Carla now existing within your body..., you are now very much equal to any Divine Avatars and the gods..., and with that, I mean without even having the Libra with you. "
" Besides..., do you realize that the Libra rarely works for you now? " Ragna asks the Maiden which made her confused.
" What are you saying, Ragna? " Battle Maiden asks.
" [Judgment Libra]..., despite it was a [Divine Item] and held by Lord Athena... "
" Do you know that Lord Athena herself..., never actually held it... and was only able to do so 'when' possessing her Avatars? " Ragna asks which made Battle Maiden frown her eyes, began to get something from those words.
" Wait, where is this going? " Battle Maiden wonders since what Ragna said was quite right, for this is one of the facts regarding the Divine Weapon, even Battle Maiden knows this (despite not questioning it until now).
" [Judgment Libra], is the item that judges things around it with its primordial power..., and speaking of the word 'judge', it means something even more..., 'balance'... " Ragna tells Battle Maiden which makes her have a surprised expression as she thinks more of it, making her look at Libra as it still judges Ragna saying the truth.
" How is it possible...? This is all time..., I'm not the person who had five different kinds of energies that the universe, but why I could still- "
" Maiden, you're a Divine Avatar, a balanced being. " Ragna replies.
" You are a being of a Mortal realm that fused with a being from Realms above. "
" Like the very Heaven and Earth, you are the one in the middle, the one who was supposed to maintain the Balance of the two realms, so of course Libra obeys you. "
" But now..., it seems Libra's loyalty to you it's over since... " Ragna stops there as Battle Maiden went silent too, already wondering about the answer.
" I'm no longer counted as a Divine Avatar, am I? " Battle Maiden asks with a sad voice.
" You weren't, but you're still strong. " Ragna replied, making Battle Maiden look at him with interest again.
"As I said earlier, you have Carla's soul within your body and that is more than enough to buff you. "
" For my dear Carla, happened to have abilities that might compensate you if Libra is taken from you. "
" She may have no ability to judge, but you know by now that Carla is very perceptive, right? You know..., that woman intuition thing? " Ragna asks.
" Yes, Carla is great in that. "
" So basically, I believe you should try using her more instead of- "
" Fine, I'll give you the Libra. " Battle Maiden quickly replied as she had enough of hearing Ragna's promotion.
" Your promotion interests me, Ragna..., I do think that I should ask Carla to let me use her abilities often. "
" But, as I'm going to give you the Libra... "
" Ask me this, Ragna? " Battle Maiden utters it, and the question is.
" What makes you think you could wield it? " Battle Maiden asks Ragna simply responded.
" Just like I said earlier, Maiden..., Libra's 'judgment' is based on the concept of 'balance'. "
" And do you know what..., right now, I'm the most 'Balanced Being' than anyone could ever think. " Ragna gives his answer to the Maiden.
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( Back to the present. )
" Mrs. Diane, gave the Libra, to Grandad!? " Carla asks Battle Maiden as she originally tries to summon the Libra to judge Vlad 'Ragna' Arcanon in front of her.
" Well, if you see those memories, then... "
" Really now, Mrs. Diane..., because of Carla's 'woman intuition'. "
" Yes, Carla is very perceptive of things, but despite all that..., that's not how 'woman intuition' works! "
" Just because Carla had the intuition or knew something, doesn't mean it was right, for that needs proof! " Carla screams as she realizes the reason why Battle Maiden gave the Libra away to her Grandad.
" *sigh* Grandad's really that good to something like 'Half-truths', huh? " Carla asks herself this.
" Speaking of 'Half-truths', that's still a misconception..., Grandad always tells the truth, but. "
" The truth is actually in the other point of view, not because Grandad misdirected it, but it's just the way or perhaps how that Grandad spoke the words, that made people think often otherwise! "
" How could Mrs. Diane just- ugh! " Carla sees this as her bad day, realizing how she had no options left other than trusting her instincts.
" Even with 'woman intuition', Carla often needs Libra to clarify it. "*
" Goddammit Grandad, it seems Grandad got Carla this time. " Carla says as she has no choice now but to extract everything from Vlad with her arsenal.
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Extra:
* " Even with 'woman intuition', Carla often needs Libra to clarify it. ".
This has to do with Carla holding the Libra in the previous Timelines.
Want proof, check Chapter 129: Thunder's Fade Part 8: Thunder's Fate Part 3.