(''Is she helping you dear?'')
How…does she know about that? There is nothing that should make her suspicious of me or Void. I need to deny her, there is no need for her to know this early, not until our suspicions are proved false.
But my own body betrayed me, giving her the answer she was fishing for. I couldn't control my face before her holy question, not after wanting to lie.
(''So I am right. Hehehe~'')
A glint in her eyes sent shivers down my spine, shaking me to my core. This expression is one I have seen twice before, both times when it was about Zeraf. Does she feel betrayed and want to vent her divine anger on me? This would be a terrible time considering my state.
Void you have to help me out here, if she finds out who knows what will happen! Come on, respond to me, don't abandon me in my times of need!!!
(''Shut it boy, I'm trying to figure out on how she came up with such a conclusion. She shouldn't know how much you regularly talk to figure out you've been more silent since you've gotten me stuck in your head. Did she say something along the lines of looking for you? If so then maybe she spotted the difference between your trip from Shiwick to now, though I must say, for a goddess that is this easy going and airheaded she certainly is observant.'')
I see your point, that would make sense. Do you think if I ask her about it she will tell me what brought on this suspicion?
(''Knowing he...yeah, she would most likely tell us but asking about it would prove to her that she was correct. Worst case scenario she purifies your core of me...'')
No! I can't let that happen, you are not leaving my mind. Not now, not ever. We still have to reunite with your brother, there is no way we can lose each other yet. I'll make up some lie for us.
(''What are you even talking about Lucet? How could Void help me? You killed her yourself, didn't you? So why ask something so dumb and pointless?'') In order to win the battle I must first take back the control from her grasp. With that I can launch a counter attack.
(''You are right, I did slay that horrid creature...but you absorbed her frin into your core. Ever since then you've been developing too rapidly, the only people that come to mind that match your pace are...Rosedreamer and the girl we have little information about.'') Her tone squashed my bravery with just two sentences... Shit, I need to hang on!
(''Gosh your face is so cute Abby. What do you think I'll do now?'') She gently ran her fingers across my chest around my frin core, slowly jabbing her slender fingers onto my skin enough to sting. (''I'm not happy about that bitch. And I'm even less happy that you kept her a secret from me dear. Even though it's a trial relationship, you have to treat it like a real one.'') This might be the divine wrath I've read about in all of those story books. Her face crinkled into a smile where both of her eyes were closed by the tension of the cheeks.
I nodded my head perfusily. Screw fighting Zeraf before, this fear is echelons higher than anything Zeraf could induce in my body. But I can't let her take Void away-
(''Don't worry though. I'm not so cruel that I'd rip out something like that from your core, even if its a creature like Void. She interests me and she helps you grow abnormally fast.'')
Void interests her? What could she get out of keeping Void around? There is one more thing that interests me though...
(''What made you realise that she was in my mind? I didn't act any differently from before she manifested there.'') I am certain nothing was different. Was it the unnatural growth that I achieved in this amount of time? That might be it.
She hesitated for a few moments, darting her eyes around the foliage and the tall wall of trees in the distance. Her healing lights had darkened after treating me so the lamperts were the only source of light that remained glowing. The wrinkles that poluted her face eased back into her perfect skin. Her gaze reverted to its previous playful softness, similar to any teenage girl from my home town.
(''It was during your fight with Zeraf, your final attack finally made me certain of Void. You are weak Abby, weaker than her. You only won through a self-distructive attack. And I bet the only reason you even survived was because Void controlled the attack to prevent any life threatening damage.'')
Shit. I knew it was too risky but I did it anyway.
(''Your pillar like attacks are similar to what Void was using in your fight. Normally it takes someone years to buildup the skills and mastery in their magic profecicy that you have. But you did it abnormally quick, not to mention in the fight against Zeraf how you came up with two new spells.'')
(''The shadow veil is impressive and incredibly well designed for the situation. Blocking magic attacks while remaining light enough to easily move around. That takes a level of concentration few have, and if refined enough it can be stronger than any armour and invisible to the naked eye.'')
(''But the biggest alert flag was your final spell. An ever encompassing sea of darkness that devours everything that light touches. This is a type of magic that.... well it was proposed hundreds of years ago by the people of Kine. One man broke through several taboos and experimented with magical affinities. Those laws had been taken out a long time ago, but around that time was the rise of several large religions who were afraid of being overthrown by scholars.'')
How did this turn into a history lesson? I thought that she was going to expose me but she took a completely different path than I had expected. Maybe I can use this information to grow more powerful. Void, take as many notes as you can!
(''Anyway, the idea is that every element has an opposite. And by tampering with those they could create a trumpcard against their counters to gain an edge in battle. But there was two elements that the project ended in a failure...'')
(''Light and Darkness. Light naturally trumps over darkness overwhelmingly, meaning that no one could ever beat a light wielder. At least not if you possessed darkness magic.'')
I understand. So I could never beat Lucet in a battle as I am, at least not with Darkness.
(''But those scholars created something...something that upset a goddess of light. A spell that could swallow everything. The frin amount was monstrous but it was a guaranteed win, it ate everything it touched like a gluttonous pig. That was the first time in history, a darkness spell had beat one of light. The goddess was angered by the scholars, enough to destroy years of research and set the people back a hundred years.'')
I think I know who this goddess of light you speak of is. But if my guess is correct then my spell is-
(''The spell you performed earlier was what the ancient scholars had been researching. I know only you could come up with something that risky, Void would have no idea on how to pull such a spell. She is an intelligent monster but she doesn't have the creativity that the people have. So the only thing she could do is protect you, that's how I knew. Because you would've died.'')
I would've..died? I nearly killed myself using that spell? Shivers ran down my spine raising every strand of hair on my body. Moisture dried away from my throat as my hands gripped themselves, bracing for this truth.
I created a monster of a spell...that can kill me. For now..no. This spell will be benched for a while. At least until I grow enough as a mage.
(''Normally I would kill anyone who would achieve such a spell, but...you are special so just this once, you get to live. I'm so a benevolent goddess, right?'')
You are as benevolent as mad killer, but I'll take the pardon with glee. Void and I survive another day. But this raises another question in my mind...am I important enough for her not to kill me? She said I will grow powerful but what is the reason to keep me around. Doesn't more power mean that I should be killed so that I don't become a threat?
(''Boy listen. Lucet mentioned that girl before regarding that unnatural growth. We know about Rosedreamer, the titan slayer and creator of peace. But there are no girls like that in the legends you've read or that has been advertised so you might have to...kill her.'')
You might be right there, it sounds like the only reasonable explanation to keeping me alive. Let's be on the lookout for more clues on this topic, Lucet is intelligent but has loose lips when it comes to info. For now I'll try to de-escalate the situation further, you come up with more thing that I can learn to grow stronger. I give you full permission to dig around all of my memories to come up with attack spells.
(''Boy, I don't need your permission to dig through your memories. That's my hobby here, but sure I'll do what you asked. Remember what I said though, no magic for a few days.'')
I felt a bit irked about Void's response but there is nothing much that could be done. Her shadowy figure dispersed in my mind as she entered one of the many buildings she designed.
(''Oh one more thing Abby.'') Her face was an inch away from my own, hot air from her breathing bounced against my face. I could only see my eyes in her's before I felt her soft plump lips press against my own.
(''Don't ever keep a secret from me like that again.'')