Free Web NovelChapter 39: Accepting your nature as part of your path.
But Alister’s attention was not on this situation at all.
’I feel some kind of magnetic aura that is pulling me, I feel it right from the deck... What is that?!’
A strange aura and a feeling he had never encountered before. It seemed only he felt this aura, while other people, one could say, knew nothing about it at all.
"Father..." Little Mi began to speak, while not stopping hugging him very tightly, but her tone was a bit more serious than usual.
Could it be said that she felt it too?
"What?" he asked to clarify what she wanted to say.
"You feel it too, don’t you?" she asked and stopped eating her chocolate tubes, simply standing there hugging Alister.
The guess was correct; so it could be assumed that they both felt it, which means it is connected to Little Mi, who in turn mentioned crystals, other ancient swords, and of course, gods.
"Yes, I feel it.... What is it?" after this question, he immediately looked at Mi’s face seriously, and his question sounded, shall we say, not softly.
Little Mi also looked back where the stairs leading to the deck were, specifically toward the source of the aura that troubled them both.
This feeling was, shall we say, very strange, as if you are being pulled by a magnet and you know exactly where this magnet is located.
"It is the aura of a crystal used for my leveling up. I assume this crystal is one of the parts of a large crystal for leveling up from rank 2 to 3."
’If this crystal helps reach from the second to the third rank, it will definitely be needed in the future. If I don’t take it now, it will be inevitable that when Little Mi reaches the second rank, we will need to find this fragment.’
’So right now an ideal opportunity has coincided, and I need to take advantage of it.’
"If it’s truly needed for leveling up, then we should definitely take it, provided of course the benefits outweigh the risks."
"Then we need to go to the deck," she said and began to walk step by step toward the deck where the aura was felt most of all.
Alister followed her, and they went up to the top of the ship, and first of all, they saw the boundless ocean where not even the smallest point or land was visible.
Even the sun itself was impossible to see because of the clouds that simply wouldn’t let it open its gaze.
The water was crystal clear, and moreover, it was possible to see the fish swimming with the ship.
"Oh, hoooow beautiful!" Little Mi said with surprise and began to look around-first at the sky, then the ocean itself, and then the fish.
It was impossible to stop her from being amazed by this beauty; perhaps she hadn’t seen all the beauty of the Earth, Alister thought.
And he also noted that she had completely forgotten why they were standing here.
"In any case, I won’t disturb her, since I feel the aura myself and can find out where this crystal is located. Later I’ll have to tell her what kind of crystal is there and if it really is for leveling up."
After that, Alister continued to walk along the board, but now the aura suddenly vanished and reappeared in the direction where the warehouse was located.
"I don’t know if it’s forbidden for outsiders to enter the warehouse, so it’s not worth the risk, especially when there are other people here watching the scenery. If they notice me going into the warehouse, they might complain, or at least the captain himself will see, and then we’ll have no end of trouble."
"Then I’ll wait here for a bit, especially since Little Mi might start acting up again if I say now that we need to go back to the bedroom."
"But it bothers me that even though she has 100 intelligence, she acts so strangely. Could this be her image, or is it because she has such vast life experience? I don’t know yet."
"But as she said, the system is also an ancient sword. Does that mean it also has a soul, emotions, and its own character? And doesn’t that give it the ability to lie to me and show false stats?"
"I hadn’t thought about that before because back on Earth, in many novels, I saw that systems generally become the main anchor to make the main character the smartest and strongest."
"But with me, it seems to be the opposite; the system itself and fate are set against me and want to destroy me. Do they really know that my goal is the Primal Truth, and that to achieve it I must break the balance of the universe?"
"It’s inevitable. After living here for half a month, I’ve realized that to achieve it, one must commit evil. Just as evil is inevitable in any world, it is the same in this world. Good works the same way."
"But the difference is that here, the stronger you are, the more madness you will have. So I can expect that in the future my opponents will be like me, although in this world not everyone is destined to be like this."
"I wonder how much cruelty this girl has encountered throughout her life."
’Moreover, she said that gods could kill her. I need to clarify this more precisely...’
After analyzing all the events that had occurred, Alister decided to join Little Mi, who was enjoying the ocean breeze, to learn about the gods.
"You said that gods could kill you too... Could you tell me more about that?"
Without even looking at her father, she simply opened her eyes and watched the ocean; perhaps she was very happy that she had finally been accepted for who she truly was, along with all her sins.
But for Alister, this wasn’t something very important because he knew himself that he was no saint; he had no moral or social boundaries. Therefore, he didn’t care at all about a creature’s past or sins... At least not in terms of suffering; if he was interested in it, it was only for the sake of future manipulation for personal goals.
This might be despicable; he didn’t deny it but accepted it as part of his path.
"You know, father... when people speak to me of gods, I remember only one god... whom I always loved, prayed to, and still pray to. He was strong, wise... and his words could soothe me," she said, looking at the clouds.
"And what is his name?" Alister asked immediately to clarify.
"He is... the god Ophiuchus."
