Brand New Life Online: Rise Of The Goddess Of Harvest

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I hugged Gabriel after he started crying. He was just a child missing his family, so I couldn't deny him some warmth even now. I suppose that the more he remembered his memories, the sadder he would feel about these things. Continue your saga on mvl

"I want to go back home, I think…" Gabriel sighed.

"It's alright, I'll help you get back home, Gabriel, don't worry," I smiled.

"Really big sis?" he wondered.

"Yeah!" I nodded. "It's a promise!"

"T-Thank you…" I cleansed his tears with a handkerchief and gave him a kiss on his forehead. "You're not alone here, you know? Everyone here cares about you, so feel free to get more comfortable if you want to."

"Okay…" he nodded. "This tree, it could help me get back home, I think…"

"Is that so?" I wondered. "The apples?"

"Yes, if I eat enough, I could regrow my wing faster!" he said. "But the tree is taking a while to make fruits… I wanted to hasten its growth, but its difficult, and I'm tired…

"Well, you did overdo it a bit," I sighed. "You didn't have to go so hard on the poor little sapling, let it rest for now. Though, it seems you already have a much greater connection to it than Katherine and the other Faes. I wonder why? Is it because it's from Heaven?"

"Maybe… the tree likes my celestial energy," he said. "I also remember how to take care of them… If you want, I could help you help the tree grow bigger!"

"Oh, for sure! I would love to learn some more. So, got any tips right now?" I wondered.

"Yeah, they like absorbing nutrients from magic cores, but it's not working with those… Why?" wondered Gabriel.

"You see, Hollows are more impure beings than monsters," I explained. "We first have to purify the cores they drop and then use them, like this."

I quickly lifted the earth, took the cores, and purified them quickly, turning them into bright blue crystals. Then, I crushed them into dust and placed them back near the tree's roots.

I did the same with half of the cores, and with Gabriel imbuing his celestial energy into the tree, the results were very noticeable!

FLASH!

The Eden Apple Tree started glowing brightly, generating a strong holy aura of its own! Then slowly, the aura disappeared, but it was as clear as water that the tree had an aura of its own, and a strong one at that.

"Amazing, it worked! It worked! I can't believe it…" Gabriel gasped. "Thanks a lot for helping, big sis! Maybe if we keep doing this every day, it will make lots of fruits!"

"I really hope so too!" I nodded. "Anyways, aren't you hungry? Let's go eat together."

"Oh, right! Yeah!" he quickly walked by my side, as we made our way inside the house.

Like that, together as a big family, we had breakfast while enjoying some casual chat. Though, eventually, the chat shifted to some serious topics, such as what's going to happen in BNLO from now on.

"I really hope they can prepare quickly…" sighed Mark. "Though, it makes me wonder how they're going to handle all of that? What would be the best plan? Should we bait Merlinus into coming out of his tower? And how and in which moment? He's holed up there, and it would be a suicide to try to invade it, seeing how he controls the space inside."

"It's complicated yeah," I nodded. "It probably has a lot of security too; the tower most likely has a powerful barrier already set. The magicians, even if we know their secret, are in too good of a position. Though, the shadow spirits already located the demonic idols, they're all hidden underground, and usually nobody could ever find them. But I can shatter them with the spirit's help.

Nonetheless, that would only delay the spreading of the demonic domain, nothing more."

"Could it be possible to break through the barrier of a magician with space manipulation magic?" my daughter wondered. "Hmm, maybe with my swordsmanship. It can slash through space after all. I would need to give it a shot though."

"T-That actually sounds interesting, your swordsmanship and your abilities are top notch, dear," I nodded. "Maybe… we would indeed need to give it a shot, but we can't do that right now until the entire conflict begins. I hope that when Tomas wakes up, he'll cooperate and talk."

"I hope so too," Mark nodded.

"Meow… meow…"

Suddenly, I heard a meowing from outside, running to open the door to find Blackie.

He had come back from his usual outings into the neighborhood.

Although he preferred my house, the little rascal is a street cat at the end of the day.

Well, he's my familiar now so he probably sees this as his default home now, which is a relief.

"How are you doing, Blackie? Are you hungry baby?"

"Meoow!" he started rubbing his face on my legs.

"Heh, okay, do you want some meat?" I wondered.

"Meereow!"

He was very into that idea.

I took some meat I had previously grilled and placed it on a plate, alongside some crushed Hollow core crystals.

He started eating it like his life depended on it, he was either very hungry, or the food was really good, or both.

As he ate, I quickly remembered something.

"Right, if I can use my Divine Fusion Skill here… Could it be possible to evolve Blackie into a Divine Beast? He's my familiar after all, though I don't know if he could be registered in the skill?" I wondered. "I don't remember seeing him registered on it, but he made a contract with my real body at least."

"I don't know, but you could give it a try, yeah," Mark nodded.

"That's what I'm going to do then!" I nodded. "Alright…"

I calmed down and concentrated, slowly sensing my Soul's power and imbuing it with Mana, slowly, I visualized the effects of the Divine Fusion Skill, a golden aura surging from my hands as I touched Blackie, petting him.

And then the golden divine aura spread into his body, while he ate without noticing…

[A Familiar is available for Divine Beast Evolution. Upon Evolving, there's a chance they can share their Strength, Magic Power, Abilities, and Spells with you.]

[Do you wish to Evolve your Available Familiar into a {Divine Beast}?]

And I heard the Voice of the World once more.

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