Chapter 1079 - Return (2/2)
Lifting her head and gazing at the starry sky, the young lady said softly under her breath. She closed her eyes and stretched out her hand to feel the gentle wind whistling by. The radiance of the sun, the water droplets on the surface of the greenish leaf blades, the crisp, refreshing sound of the flowing creak in the near distance… Everything was coming to an end for her. Shortly after, the power inside her would vanish completely. As the final traces of the power of contrast were lifted, the state between them would automatically reset like how a computer would automatically restart after eliminating the last virus to complete the final step.
“I will surely think of a way to give you a body of your own.”
“I trust you, Big Brother. But don’t stress yourself over it… after all, it isn’t easy.”
Indeed, just as the young lady mentioned, this wasn’t something easily-achievable. If it was only about creating a body with life, it wasn’t hard for him as he had Lapis and Marlene around. The former possessed the prohibited alchemy techniques of the Behermes, while the latter could create ‘humanoids’, so it wasn’t challenging for them to create bodies or robot-like magical puppets.
But the problem was the… soul.
No matter what, Rhode’s younger sister was the first Void Dragon and her powerful strength wasn’t easily supportable by just anything. If not, it wouldn’t be necessary for the dragon soul heirs to be beings formed from the essence coalesced under the respective dragon soul protection to inherit the dragon soul. For instance, Christie. Even though she was the product of the essence between Rhode and his younger sister, the power she possessed wasn’t tolerable for most humans. It was due to this reason that Christie was always sick and frail ever since birth. If Rhode were to randomly find a body as a vessel to inject his younger sister’s soul, there was a high probability that she would end up like Christie. If that happened, the gains wouldn’t make up for the losses. Unlike Cassidy, his younger sister was only a soul fragment. Rhode had discussed this with Alice, Lapis, and Marlene and the conclusion he got was that if he couldn’t find a perfect body for her to recuperate her soul, she would be hurt even more and eventually turned into ashes completely. And that wasn’t what Rhode wanted.
Time’s up.
Rhode sensed his body slowly recovering its strength, weight, shape, and everything else. His spirit-like body took shape slowly. He could no longer float in midair due to the increasing weight and he descended to the surface gradually. In contrast, the young lady started lifting off the ground. She spread her arms apart like an angel, lifting her head and a bright, gentle radiance emanated from her body. Then, specks of light dust dispersed in all directions, bringing a dreamy, beautiful scene to this world. Rhode lifted his head, gazed at the young lady, and extended his arm to hold onto the fair, slender, and soft hand of hers.
The sensation felt as familiar and reminiscent as ever. The warmth from her palm. The gentle touch and scent. Everything was the same as he remembered. Rhode lifted his head and looked at the face that was identical to his. He sensed the touch in his hand gradually fading away as though something that was supposed to be drawn as a line of boundary, turned indistinct, and eventually vanished.
The radiance became brighter and as soon as he narrowed his eyes to the bright light, the warm, familiar touch in his hand disappeared. When he opened his eyes again, the young lady was no longer there and he finally returned to his usual self.
“It has ended…”
Gazing at his palm, Rhode let out a long sigh. He turned to the Astral Telescope and the pitch-black coffin under its supporting pillars had blended almost perfectly into the structure. But before that… Rhode stretched out his hand at this thought. Along with his action, a card in black and white contrast appeared in his hand. His expression turned odd as soon as he witnessed it.
Because that was, in fact, the Contrast Deity Warden, Cassidy.