Chapter 229
Chapter 229: Spirit Crystal
Translator: Tseirp
After waiting for Pope-sama to stop crying, I asked her about the Spirit Crystal .
“What is the Spirit Crystal exactly?”
” … It is something like a place for a Spirit to live in . From the time Spirits are born, they have the nature of looking for a place to settle down . Once they spend a long time at that place, it solidifies and becomes something like a rock, forming a Spirit Stone . ”
Looks like it was not as simple as a Spirit simply dwelling inside a rock .
If that forms a Spirit Stone, then for a Spirit Crystal … in other words, “Does that mean a Spirit Crystal forms after an even longer duration?”
“Exactly . However, this Spirit Crystal was created by my father when he infused magical power into a Spirit Stone . ”
I apparently voiced out my thoughts midway through .
I have to be careful … nevertheless, Rainstar-dono really is capable of doing anything .
” … Then how is that Spirit Crystal different from a Spirit Stone?”
There’s no way it would be the same .
“The spirit will grow along with the Spirit Stone . And once it becomes a Spirit Crystal, the spirit will become a highest rank Spirit . ”
“Does that mean the Spirits we’ve met possess the same thing as well?”
“Umu . There are exceptions but they probably have a Spirit Crystal . If not, highest rank Spirits would not have a place to rest their bodies . And it would be difficult for them to recover their magical power . ”
So it is great that the Spirit Stone was not used to gain an advantage .
Incidentally, the exceptions most likely refer to the Darkness and Wind Spirits .
“Those exceptions are for when the spirits dwell inside a person right? A host who has obtained the divine protection of a Spirit can supply the magical power it needs right?”
“Great job deducing that . ”
It looks like it was the correct answer .
I could touch the Spirit Crystal probably because I had obtained the blessings of Spirits .
“If that is all true then isn’t the Spirit that the Spirit Crystal belongs to in grave danger?”
” … That’s right . Spirits expend magical power just by manifesting . Immature/young Spirits would vanish once that happens while highest rank Spirits would have their spirit form dispelled, allowing people who can’t see Spirits normally to see them . That would expose them to danger . ”
… Then that is without a doubt Fornoir’s Spirit Crystal .
Pope-sama must have regretted losing her Spirit Crystal .
That’s probably why she bawled in front of everyone just now .
But thinking further, even though her spirit form has dissolved, Fornoir still could grant me her blessing .
Then was that action of repeatedly biting my head to grant me her blessing? The mystery deepens .
More importantly, I must first confirm with Pope-sama the words she said just now about the Spirit Crystal being something meant to seal the power of a Spirit .
“Pope-sama, just now you said that it seals the power of a Spirit but is that a seal placed by the Spirit itself? Or was it forcibly sealed by another party?”
Pope-sama shook her head side to side as she replied .
“What I meant when I said it seals the power of a Spirit is that the Spirit accumulates its own magical power in the Spirit Crystal in preparation for when the need arises . It is not something sealed by another party . ”
“I see . Actually, when I first held it, I sensed that there were two magical powers so I was curious and thought that it was another party who applied the seal . ”
It’s no problem if the two magical powers I felt belongs to the Spirit and Rainstar-dono but there’s always the off-chance that it is not .
“Two magical powers? … I only realize it now after you mention it . Mu, this chain doesn’t look like it was originally there . I’m confident that it was because of this seal that I couldn’t find it . We should break it now . I leave it to Luciel . ”
Is Pope-sama not capable of using Dispel? I thought as I activated my spell .
“Eh!? Ah, yes . Dispel . ”
When I did that, the chains around the Spirit Crystal melted away and disappeared and the Spirit Crystal shone even brighter .
“Luciel, Fornoir please . ”
Pope-sama asked me to call out Fornoir with a nervous countenance .
“Yes . ”
I immediately opened the stable using my Hermit’s key and Fornoir slowly walked out .
And as if the Spirit Crystal was matching the pace, it floated up and was absorbed into Fornoir .
While feeling dumbfounded by that scene, Fornoir, with her pitch black horse body, suddenly gave off such dazzling light that I couldn’t open my eyes .
The light quickly subsided and when I opened my eyes once again, there was a pure white horse with wings, a Pegasus .
That is Fornoir? While I saw still in shock, Pope-sama already ran over to hug Fornoir before I could say a word .
But Fornoir is supposed to be black forest? If she’s white then don’t we have to change her name?
While I was thinking about that, I was waiting for Pope-sama to say Fornoir’s name but for some reason it was still Fornoir .
She’s white so I thought her name might contain ‘White’ or ‘Blanc’ or maybe ‘Shine’ since she was shining but … I decided to leave it be for now .
I approached Fornoir and spoke .
“Fornoir? It’s great that you’ve returned to being a Spirit . ”
With Pope-sama still hugging her, Fornoir turned towards and I heard a voice inside my head .
『Luciel, I am sincerely grateful . 』
That voice was as I had imagined, a female voice .
I once pondered about Fornoir’s voice and imagined an androgynous voice since she was a Spirit but I was wrong .
“I was just lucky . Furthermore, Fornoir has always helped me so we’re even, partner . ”
『I see . Then, best regards hereafter as well, partner . 』
I could somehow catch glimpses of delight in Fornoir’s voice .
“I’ll be going to the Empire from here but what do you wish to do?”
『I have not been able to run for a long time . Fufu, I’m looking forward to it . 』
… Would it be alright for her to come along with me? Nevertheless, I somehow have the feeling that I’ve met such a high spirited person recently …
I stopped thinking deeper about it and asked about the Spirit Crystal .
“What happened to the Spirit Crystal?”
『It is now inside me . Once I have finished optimizing the Spirit Crystal, I will once again remove it from my body . 』
“I see . Then will you be staying with Pope-sama today?”
『… I guess . I have a promise with Fluna so I will stay here today . 』
I still had more questions for Pope-sama about how the Spirit Crystal was lost and about Spirits but I decided to postpone it to another day .
“Okay . Pope-sama, I will come over again tomorrow . ”
After talking to Fornoir, I spoke to Pope-sama but her back was trembling so I judged that she was still crying and decided to leave by the door when Pope-sama addressed me .
“Luciel, thank you for finding the Spirit Crystal . ”
When I turned back, Pope-sama was still in the same posture as before .
“Don’t mention it, I am glad it turned out well . Please excuse me . ”
I once again spoke to her back and left .
“Ah, Luciel-kun, I’m coming too . ”
“Pope-sama, I will take my leave too . ”
Garba-san and Catherine-san also decided to leave together with me .
What I have to do from now should be something quite simple but for some reason, I had a feeling that it would be extremely troublesome .
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