Chapter 1318 - Fallen (2) (2/2)

Ri didn't know exactly what was happening, but she could feel her Mind's Eye expanding to levels she had never felt before.

In her youth, Ri had been in love with array alchemy. Although she wasn't very good at it, it was still a large part of the reason she had fallen for Dyon. She could still remember when Dyon peeled the fruit only her mother had ever been able to before using that very discipline she loved so much.

But, as time passed, Ri became obsessed with growing strong enough to help Dyon, to take on his burden right along with him. Because of this, she realized that even if she loved array alchemy, it didn't make sense for her to spend time on it.

Over time, she began to spend less and less time on the matter, pushing it to the back of her mind to seek power. She diligently studied her Snow Kitsune bloodline and delved into the secrets of her faith seed time and time again.

Although she sometimes remembered the days where her and Dyon stayed up for hours talking about array alchemy theory, she felt that it was necessary for her to grow up.

The more Ri put aside the soul path, the more her constitution shrunk into the backdrop. Without fully understanding why, this led to a cycle of Ri striving along the path of efficiency, which led to more neglect, which in turn made it even more difficult for her to communicate with her constitution.

When Ri's Mind's Eye began to expand, all of these feelings she had buried deep resurged. Due to their souls being connected, Dyon's heart began to ache as he gently held onto Ri's small frame.

Of Dyon's wives, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Ri paid the heaviest price to be with Dyon. She seemed to have such a fierce drive to be perfect, to never weigh Dyon down, that she even suppressed her own personality.

Dyon had noticed this, how could he not? Their souls were connected. The problem was that this matter couldn't be concluded as simply as telling her that it was alright.

What Ri needed was exactly what was happening now. She needed a door to open along a path she, herself, loved. She needed hope to bloom in a way that told her it was okay to be Alexandria.

Tears of joy streamed down Ri's face as her innate soul awoke. Her Mind's Eye grew at an exponential rate, shooting toward over a hundred times its original size. It soon broke past even Clara's upper limits.

In Ri's youth, her aurora had been an ice blue. Dyon had wondered why, but never got a real answer. After her void kitsune faith seed awakened, her aurora became a dense black. It was then that Dyon chalked it up to be the effects of her beast bloodline.

However, her color changed once more, causing Dyon to beam with pride and joy as he watched his wife's beautiful silver-blue eyes flicker in a royal black-gold.