25 Olis New Ring (2/2)
Oli sent essence into the ring and, as his mom said, it changed size to fit perfectly on Oli's middle finger. He put it on and immediately sent his essence into it, surprising him with the feeling that his hand could pass through space and time to some unknown place.
Anxious to try it out, some kind of ripple in space opened up and some gold fell out of it. Oli immediately retracted his essence and stopped the ring, ending the stream of falling gold in front of his mother. Both looked at the gold and knew exactly what it was.
It was a void ring, the same as Trada's choker and Rathe's bracer except there was no void gem present. Unlike Oli, Ania had an idea of how much one of these rings were worth and was astounded by Trada's generosity. This was a special kind of void ring, crafted specifically to link to a single user and would be worthless to everyone else. It also carried the appearance and feel of a cheap charm to anyone besides the owner, allowing the owner to smuggle and hide anything within it. These undetectable rings were typical among only the wealthiest of bandits and the most powerful experts in the world, yet Trada had gifted one filled with gold and precious items.
”Oli, are you sure you don't know where Trada went? I want you to thank her for such a gift,” said Ania. ”With this, you'll be able to conceal everything and not worry about people stealing anything. You should store that item from your dad in there. Speaking of that item, where is it?”
”Uh… I may have already fused it with my mortal core…” replied Oli.
”You what!? Something like that should have been very painful when fusing with a divine core and you did it with your mortal core?” Ania almost cried at the thought of her son in so much pain.
Oli was thanking Trada in his heart for not letting Ania disturb them, he didn't want to know what his mom would've done if she had learned about them planning to mutate his bloodline. He knew that he would have to tell her soon, but he'd rather tell her at the same time he told Vloz and Rathe to make things easier for him.
After everything that had happened, he also decided to tell them that he was a reincarnate. One thing he wanted to keep to himself, however, was the contents of his new void ring and was already planning to examine its contents the next time he was all alone.
”Mom I'm fine, okay? Let's hurry and go to bed, I'm still tired,” said Oli as he yawned, swept the loose gold into the ring, and walked towards the sleeping gorillas.
”But Oli…” Ania couldn't stop him and decided not to push it further since she couldn't change anything if she tried. Instead, she made sure to share a nest with him and not let him escape in the night.