132 Plane of the Heavenly Void (1/2)

\”Before I answer your question, I must say, you came much earlier than I actually thought.\” granny replied with a smile as she also took a small sip from her drink.

This scene reminded Elric of his time with the Great Seer Mhata. On how the latter brought Elric on an illusionary space where he had a coffee with her, with his grandma minding her own business in the background.

Elric felt more questions bubbling in his mind but he chose to hold them for later.

\”You were expecting me?\” Elric replied with a serious gaze.

\”I did a thorough scan at your soul and It seems like you failed to acquire all the Elemental Authorities.\” grandma calmly replied.

Elric's eyes glowed in surprise and said, \”How did you...\”

\”You youngsters think that you knew a lot about this world. You may have the World's Knowledge in you but like a baby unable to read, you were not able to maximize its usefulness.\” She murmured as she raised her hand to massage her temple.

Elric just watched along, waiting for more answers.

\”Let me be frank to you Dodong. The grandma you knew? She is gone.\” the grandma talked with full seriousness while looking at Elric.

Upon hearing her response, Elric remained calm. There was an itch in his heart upon hearing the truth but what she said was not a surprise to him. What he wanted to know was something else. His mouth moved to speak.

\”Then why-\”

\”I looked exactly like her?\” She interrupted as she picked up the small teaspoon on the side and started stirring her hot coffee. Calmly, she continued.

\”As I mentioned there is a lot you do not know about the world. Even yourself, you don't really know who you are. You may think that you know everything about yourself but the truth is you have not a single grain of an idea-\”

\”Get to the point.\” Elric interrupted. His eyes locked on to her with determination.

\”Tell me. Every time when you were on the verge of losing your mind or self control. Did somehow, a faint and warm voice came to help you?\”

Elric's head rose up upon hearing in surprise.

He remembered vividly that warm and soothing voice that he heard inside his mind when he was on the verge of completely losing himself.

One was during his transformation to the corrupted Black Ancestral Dragon, the second was during his mind test when he took the Spiritual Cleansing Pearl and the last one happened when he was trying to cross over dimensions at the Toray.

It was exactly this voice that served as his last line of defense every time he was having complete seizure of his mind or soul.

For some reason, it was a voice full of warmth and familiarity to him.

Sipping calmly, she continued,

\”Would you like to meet him? He could probably explain everything better to you.\”

\”Meet him?\”

\”Yes. Your spiritual Guardian. Your great Ancestor. Your protector. I don't know and care how you call him. For me, he is just an undying bastard.\” She said with a tinge of irritation in her voice.

Elric's face tilted in confusion.

\”Don't resist.\” She suddenly said as she raised her palm pushed it towards Elric.

Taken aback, Elric's instinctive reaction allowed him to create a spiritual barrier in an instant.

BWANG~

CReaak~

As a result of the sudden impact of two soul forces, the table broke in half and the coffee from the broken kettle and the shattered glass cups dissipated into nothing.

\”Stupid child. I said don't resist! Now you have to pay me for the broken table and- just. just stay calm and let me take your soul somewhere!\” She said irritably.

\”You look and act like him. You really do come from that bastard.\” She added.

\”What are you trying to do?\” Elric said as he slowly brought down his soul barrier in the form of glowing bright aura shrouding him.

\”I will take you where that voice came from. Inside you, specifically. We are gonna travel in the form of our soul.\” Seeing that Elric still did not look convinced, she added, \” Don't worry, his place is sealed with my protection, especially this room. No one is gonna touch us while we leave our bodies behind.\”

Elric remained undecided. What if it was just a trap?

\”You want to see your grandma too right?\”

With these words, Elric's eyes showed a hint of surprise and finally, slowly nodded.

\”Now be a good boy. I need to focus on. Don't defend cause I ain't got no more extra tables. You still have to pay for them when we get back.\”