607 The Magma Pool (1/2)

”Well, if you want to hear, I can tell you, but it is quite shameful. Anyway, who cares.”

Firene saw that Yale was interested, so she delayed the explanation a bit on purpose.

”This girl reminds me of my previous self. At that time, I was also heartbroken and lost all the will to continue forward despite putting a strong front.”

A melancholic expression appeared on Firene's face. That was an expression that usually she didn't show to others.

”Are you meaning the Gods Calamity?”

Knowing that Firene was from Kroh's era, it wasn't difficult for Yale to imagine what left her so heartbroken.

”So, you already know about that matter. I bet you heard it from Kroh. Indeed, it was the Gods Calamity. At that time, my two closest friends died in front of my eyes. I killed one myself. My story is quite similar to Kroh's, but I really loved the one I didn't kill, although she only liked the person I killed, and he liked me. The relationship among us three was always quite weird since we became interested in the romantic love of mortals.”

Firene's tragedy was as bad as Kroh's. She never expected that the others could die so easily. After seeing the Water Goddess die in the hands of a shocked Earth God, she attacked the Earth God without thinking it two times, killing him on the process.

She was enraged at first when Kroh was unable to resurrect them., but she was enraged with herself and not with Kroh.

After it was determined that they couldn't resurrect, Firene was depressed for several million years, just wandering aimlessly through the multiverse. She was going to the meeting of the Council of Gods for pure boredom.

However, that changed when Yale showed the True Resurrection Divinity. Although Yale couldn't resurrect True Gods, knowing Yale's relationship with Kroh, she was sure that they were still looking for a method.

Thus, she was willing to help the Time Faction as much as she could. It didn't matter if they succeeded or not because they had become her last hope.

When Firene saw Aizu, she wasn't too interested in her, but she thought that as long as she was related to Yale, it would be enough.

However, once she observed Aizu a bit more, she noticed that she resembled her past self quite a bit. Although Yale was still alive, Aizu's chances to have a romantic relationship with him were crushed to the point that she lost all hope.

Aizu's roaming was quite similar to Firene's, and Aizu seemed to be the most proficient with fire, so Firene thought that maybe they were really fated to be master and disciple.

That was what led her to kidnap Aizu. Provoking the situation Yale saw when he teleported there.

”I see. I can understand your reasons. Aizu, I think that you should accept to become her disciple. Although I am better than her regarding teaching, your affinity with her is far higher, so you should be able to improve faster with her.”

Firene never had a single disciple, so saying that Yale was better than she was just as an objective remark that Firene knew that was true. Moreover, she could also sense the aura of the Great Teaching Divinity from Yale's body.

That alone was proof enough that Yale was better than her, but just as Yale said, the affinity between master and disciple was also important.

Aizu was already freed at that moment, and with Yale there, no matter what she said, Firene wouldn't force her, but she was hesitating.

She understood that accepting would be wisest, but she would feel that it would be breaking the strand that linked her with Yale.

”Aizu, I am giving my consent, so you won't stop being my disciple even if you accept to be Firene's disciple.”

Although usually, the rule was having only one master, as long as both masters agreed, there was no problem in sharing a disciple.

Yale had seen through Aizu's doubts. After all, they had known each other for a long time.

”If she swears that she wouldn't try to force me to do something I don't want, I will accept.”

Aizu feared that she would be thrown again to the magma pool or to some other plate that would lead her to certain death. Firene didn't have bad intentions, but she didn't take into account that Aizu was far weaker than her, which made her dangerous.

”Alright, I swear to not force you to anything without your consent. Having disciples is really troublesome, but that just makes it more exciting.”

Troubles were also something that helped Firene to distract from her sorrows.

In fact, having such a troublesome master as Firene would also be good for Aizu because she wouldn't have time to worry about her broken heart.