Triiffic-Soul: Can I Be In Control?

Chapter 126 – This isn’t what I asked?

[Levi huh…] Luna pondered the name but didn’t recognise it being attached to any prevalent figures she knew about.

[It’s a nice name?] Eva was in the same boat.

Syrus spoke first before they asked any more questions. [I really don’t know much more about her, everything I did know about her as a person was wrong and everything about her abilities I’ve already mentioned.]

[Hmm… no other information about her abilities or personality.] (Luna)

[She is just a stranger to me.] (Syrus)

Luna didn’t press anymore, she believed Syrus had no more information to give on that topic, but there were a few more that needed to be discussed. 

[Okay, how about the body?] (Luna)

[Well, you can kind of feel it right now, it’s dead exhausted.] (Syrus)

Since their transformation, they had been more attached to their body and they could feel the effects and physical ailments of the body to milder effect while in the soul space. There was some weirdness to this, for instance, the Apathy attack, as with that Eva and Luna could feel something happening but neither was affected in any way for the short duration.

[Nothing can be done?] Eva wondered.

[Sleep.] (Syrus)

[I see…] (Eva)

[Remember what I said, your drink did not cause this.] The drink in fact did worsen the effect of the knockout, but at the same time it was coming either way, and they might’ve crashed mid-combat which would’ve been fundamentally worse.

[I… know.] (Eva)

[Then, do we know how long the body is going to be knocked for?] (Luna)

[Based on the crash?] Syrus pondered for a moment. Trying to remember the feelings and condition of the body before they escaped into the Soul Space. A part of her was curious about jumping into the body to check the condition but there was a high chance she would just get caught up and fall asleep. [At least six hours?] 

[That’s… not too long.] (Luna)

[That’s because I will be trying to force ourselves to wake up at that point; if I fail, well, I may be out of contact for some time longer.] (Syrus)

[What’s the most?] (Eva)

[Likely twenty-three to twenty-seven? There is a lot of sleep our body wants to catch up on.] (Syrus)

[Hmm…] (Eva)

That conversation ended there. While their body was exhausted, that didn’t mean their minds were also free from their own tiredness. Eva was ready to crash herself; the last few days have been a huge weight on her, and jumping back into the body to sleep didn’t sound like a horrible idea. 

Luna was still dealing with a little bit of self-blame for the rampage and actions of the church, but it was hard to deny the absolutely dazzling feeling of knowing Morrison was dead.

Syrus was fine; she was always fine.

Knowing that an enemy was alive was frustrating. She hadn’t thought about Levi at all, but the moment she felt that mana, she wished she had another chance at killing her those years ago.

[Any big important topics we want to spill? Or just relax while we wait it out?] (Syrus)

[I… can’t think of anything in particular…] Eva mumbled. [There are a few things I want to know, but that requires research not a discussion here.] 

[Fair enough. Luna?] (Syrus)

[I… wouldn’t mind discussing what our next plan is.] (Luna)

[Next plan?] (Eva)

[Revenge, going on the offensive, hunting down the witch, making more money, etc.] (Syrus)

[Oh, overall plan.] (Eva)

[Yes… Do you two have any preference?] (Luna)

Silence filled the void for a moment. 

Eva raised her hand, nervous. [I… have a selfish request.]

Syrus gestured to go on.

Luna nodded.

[I… want to go to Eletscoep.] (Eva)

This caused the other two to pause. 

[I-can’t say I expected that.] Luna replied, [But, I want to be clear I am not necessarily against the idea.] 

[That was the most ‘I am not so sure about this’ yelp I’ve heard from you.] (Syrus)

[Shut it.] (Luna)

[–Anyway, Eva, I am against the idea unless there are good reasons. My current priorities are getting revenge and making money to support the kids. And before doing anything more dangerous, I want us to get healed up first.] (Syrus)

[I…] Eva’s gulped. [There… are a few reasons. The non-selfish ones first, Eletscoep has a large library of information, which could have information on that orb, and some information about the church, and potential information about attributes… I am hoping it could have something about… teleportation.] 

Syrus nodded.

[The selfish ones now…] Eva continued. [I want to know about my past.] She began to ramble fast. [I want to know if my first parents are okay, I want to learn about my city, I want to learn more potions, I want to be proud walking in that city, I want to learn more about Manipulation, I want to–] 

[That’s enough.] Syrus stopped her. [I understand.] She walked up and gave Eva a hug.

[Hu… hu…] It took a few moments for Eva to calm down.

[I’m… less against the idea.] Luna found it hard to say no after such an honest performance, and she wouldn’t be lying that some of those reasons across both lines of reasoning were appealing to her.

[My thoughts are more simple. I don’t want us going anywhere far until we are fully healed. This incident has cemented that fact for me.] 

[I am fine with that.] Eva nodded with a brief sigh. Getting the others to least think about the idea was good enough in her book.

[How about you Luna, what did you want to do?] (Syrus)

[Huh?] Luna was a bit too invested in Eva at the moment, so it took her a moment to process what Syrus said.

[Well, I’ve already mentioned my current plans. Non-specific ones, but outside of those, my priority is getting healthy first before we do anything major.] (Syrus)

[I…] (Luna)

After the long rest and Syrus successfully forcing the body awake, moonlight finally shined into their open eyes again.

“Oh, good to see that you're awake.”

And a familiar apothecary’s voice was heard, which greatly displeased Anlesa.

It took a moment for her eyes to fully open, but they didn’t need to see to know the changes as their body had reverted back to their true appearance.

“Why are you here?” Syrus groaned with clear hostile intent.

“Don't worry,” Ash said calmly as she was mixing herbs at their desk. “I already figured it out.”

“Huh..?” Syrus supported her head as she pulled herself up the wall next to her bed. “What are you on about?”

Ash said with pride. “You might not know this, but medical conditions relating to potion consumption are seventy percent higher in those with exotic attributes, and mana potion-related conditions are ninety percent higher. That, along with your wish to be left alone or leave, has led me to deduce your condition myself.” She turned around with a greenish soup in her hands.

[What…] (Syrus)

[I’ve never had an excuse backfire so much.] (Luna)

[Wow…] (Eva)

“Now then." She pushed the soup with a wooden spoon into Anlesa’s hands. “Time to eat up.”