On the ground in front of Aurelian Vel touched down. Aurelian looked on with a smile as he marveled in her beauty.
Looking at her he scanned her features. She was tall now, finally tall enough to look normal with her 175cm scythe as she stood 180cm tall.
Her long black silky straight hair flowed down her body to her hips. It covered a complete new outfit, she had on a black dress that ended right above her knees.
The dress fully covered her right arm, while her left shoulder was exposed with the dress staying underneath.
As you looked at her face you saw some distinctive feature of her eyes, skin and lips.
The dark black iris' that Vel has showed an extreme depth and maturity. Filled by her fair white glistening skin to contrast. Finally leaving her perfectly shaped smal mouth that just makes you want to kiss.
Also Vel's now more mature body showing beauty and just enough curves around her hips and chest and thighs that one could truly say she rivaled nations princesses.
This is all what Aurelian thought upon seeing her.
Then abruptly she ran up to him and tackled him excitedly praising, "Aurelian, look look do you see me. Your soul is so refreshing I feel like I'm alive again, almost. Thank you."
Grunting as he hit the ground with her on top of him. Placing his hand on her cheek and looking up at her, "You really do look beautiful Vel, My little Death Lineage Princess. Although the out fit might not be that efficient in a jungle or on the ice." Then chuckling with her.
Realizing that she was on top of him and only wearing a dress her face turned red contrasting her porcelain skin.
Standing up quickly and turning around. "Hpmh, it not like I wanted you to think I was beautiful, dummy." Saying this as almost yelling.
Continuing after thinking Vel realized something, "Aurelian I think the outfit came with my souls harmonization with yours. I can't remove it."
'Hmmm, so that mean we are connected like I saw in the war images.' Aurelian thought.
"Vel, do you feel stronger." He asked. "Also I think you might be able to see souls now."
Aurelians thoughts were racing. He knew that big things were about to come about him and Vel.
He also just figured out that they also need to search for traces of the Creation(Life) lineage.
Merging with the carrier like Vel and he just did might raise their power again.
Aurelian could feel that he got stronger but since he wasn't awakened he couldn't tell the full affects of it.
Vel after moving around for a minute came over to Aurelian and responded to his question. "I feel stronger probably about 1.5x stronger. As for the souls I can see the ones enveloped in your lineage power, the wolves."
Aurelian now knew the power difference. Even though Vel wasn't close to breaking through to the Exalted class which is above Awakened.
Aurelian surmised that she was on the same level of strength of those monsters who were about to break through to wretched.
Meaning she could take down a Awakened dungeon boss by herself. Since dungeons are typically set up with the bosses being high strength monsters within their respective level.
So as of right now Aurelian had a full proof plan to raise his strength to the top awakened level with her help.
Aurelian coming out of his reverie, "okay Vel you ready to go back outside."
Vel giving a nod, Aurelian started to envelop her again with his 'revitalize' power and returned his consciousness to the outside.
Once outside Aurelian found a flat space next to himself to place Vel. Releasing his power Vel appeared in her fully grown version.
Showing that his power to control the real form of any being that was revitalized in his lineages power.
Not just monsters, which made Aurelian start to think of more ways he could use this to his advantage.
Looking at Vel, who contrasted the ice and was under the sun. Aurelian knew that he would never let her go. Not that he had a choice since she was connect to his soul.
However, that didn't matter. He knew she was his woman. Through Life, Death, and his Afterlife they'd be together.
Aurelian wondered if the gods that were the head of the lineage now felt this pull between eachother.
After spending the rest of the day with Vel on the ice mountain peak just relaxing. Aurelian was laying down with thoughts of the future.
He had to die then take his own soul into the light that recently surrounded all those wolves and then Vel.
Fully becoming a being in the stage of afterlife. Allowing him to awaken.
The feeling he got from his lineage gave him a sense that like in the world only could flow one direction. Life ->Death->Afterlife then repeat. There were no other possibilities.
This is how he came to the conclusion that he'd have Vel kill him. Maybe it could make him stronger.
He thought this since dying at the hands of death, then moving on through his lineage. Would be the work of two of the top 3 lineages at play. Also the wolves became slightly stronger.
These were Aurelians thoughts as he fell asleep.
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The next morning when Vel woke up she noticed Aurelian wasn't awake.
Vel snuck over to Aurelians side and laid down next to him. 'Hopefully he doesn't notice I'm doing this.' she thought.
An hour late Aurelian woke up and noticed her hand on his chest as she was snuggled up next to him.
Deciding that I'd be nice to experience this before the days events he didn't say anything and fake went back to sleep.
A couple minute later Vel thought it was close to when he was going to wake up and snuck away.
'Succes he didn't notice. Ahhhhh, that stupid man, I would've punched him if he woke up.' She sreamed in her thoughts.
Aurelian Finally flicking his eyes open but not moving. "You really are the Embodiment of Death and Beauty."