Volume 5 – Chapter 99(The Truth)

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Author Note:

[ ] = When Twilight is speaking.

{ } = When talking through Telepathy.

' ' = When thinking in your mind.

<<  >> = When talking with your Pokémon or Tamed Beast.

--- --- = When describing a certain period OR Another place.

** ** = Point Of View i.e., POV

/// /// = In Call

" " = System and when talking to it.

「 」 = Thoughts being heard

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Mondstadt City.

The moment Primis and Lumine set foot in the city, it directly attracted the attention of Knights of Favonius who were strolling around.

All of their eyes widened in shock when they saw the blonde girl, which should be dead. As they had witnessed her being eaten by those monsters.

Amber: Lumine!!!

Though the one who snapped out of her thoughts first was the outrider as she ran towards them.

Amber: I thought I won't be away to see you again.

Saying she jumped on her.

THUD!!

But then she passed through her and fell on the ground.

Due to the excitement on seeing the Traveler, she forgot that she was in soul state.

Lumine: Uh…Are you ok, Amber?

Getting worried, the girl crouched down and asked gently.

Oh, by the way, Lumine was no longer in her Abyssal Princess form and had returned to her normal state.

That's because even though Lumine got a huge boost in her strength during Abyssal Princess State, she didn't have full control over it. On the contrary, even while facing Yuuya, she was only using the raw power. Hence, for now, Primis sealed that power of hers the same way he did for Shenhe's Demon state.

Amber: Of course, I am ok......But what about you? Didn't you...

Lumine: Well…

Scratching her cheeks, she spoke.

Lumine: Actually, I never died in the first place.

Amber: Eh?

Lisa: Huh? What do you mean, Sweetie?

Lumine: I think it must be because my Abyss power was somewhat similar to the power in the heart. That's why before I can be fully eaten by those monsters, the heart absorbed me inside it and started healing me. And since my injuries were very severe, it took months to fully heal myself.

Kaeya: I see. Still, its happy to see you are fine now, Honourable Knight.

Seeing how everyone was looking at her with smile on their smile, Lumine became silent for a moment before standing up and bowing towards.

Lumine: I heard from Mr. Erste what you all done. So, I am sorry for my rude behaviour before and thank you helping me in my revenge against Yuuya.

Hearing this, they became stunned for a second before their expressions softened.

Jean: No, it was our fault that Yuuya moving so unhindered. So, we also want to apologize for failing to fulfil our duties as the Knights of Favonius.

Saying they all also bowed their head towards her.

Lumine: You guys…

Looking at them from the side, Primis decided to leave, giving them some privacy.

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Returning back to the walls of city, Primis sat over it with his legs dangling down.

At this point, he heard chuckled at his side.

Ais: Seeing how there is always someone by Lord's side, I feel relieved.

Primis: Is that so?

Ais: Yeah. We all know that if we leave you on your own for long, you will start becoming colder and more indifferent. Hence, it's essential that there is someone by your side almost all the time.

Primis: ......

He didn't answer. But he won't deny that. Because if no one was by his side, he put the things like feelings away and only used logical thinking to reach his goal. No matter how cruel and ruthless methods needed to be used or how many sacrifices needed to be made, in the end, he will reach his target. That's all that will matter to him.

Sighing, he opened his hand and four orbs appeared. Two Transparent and Two White.

Before coming here, Primis had also deleted Lumine's system. That's why their numbers increased now.

Sword Princess couldn't help but narrow her eyes looking at them.

Ais: So, what the first System said was truth. Lord really do become the enemy of all the Systems from that point onwards.

Primis: Yeah.

When Primis was about to DELETE Lumine's system, the girl told him that she received a very high-level, mandatory quest. That was to kill him. She wasn't given the option to refuse it and must accept it. While rewards were extreme generous, the penalty for failure was also very severe.

'Primis: No matter in which world I will go, I will also make a lot of enemies one or another. There are those Guilds who are after me. Then there are those Beasts called Evils of Humanity. From what I have concluded, there will also be Outer Gods. Now even system and system users have also joined the fray.'

Chuckling he spoke.

Primis: If they want to come then let them be. It will be too boring otherwise.

Hearing this, Ais couldn't have help but let out a sigh.

'Ais: He really didn't change. Like before, instead of afraid having too many enemies, Lord, is afraid of having too few of them.'

???: Mr. Erste!!!

Turning his head, he saw Lumine coming towards him while waving her hand and smile on her face.

Primis: What are you doing here? Don't you want to catch up with them.

Lumine: I can later. Right now, there are two things I want to ask Mr. Erste.

Jumping on the wall, the blonde took her seat. Seeing this Primis couldn't have but raise on of his brows.

Primis: Oi. There is also enough to place to sit around. So, why are sitting on my lap.

Yes. Instead of sitting anywhere else, the blonde took her spot on Primis lap.

Lumine: Hehe. I find it more comfortable here than sitting on those hard walls.

Hearing her response, the corner of Primis lips twitched a little.

'Primis: This girl is getting more and more bolder.'

While this was going on, Ais at the side just shook her head and let them have their time. As Primis first guard and first blade, she won't show herself to others unless it's to protect him or if he said her to do so.

Anyway, knowing reasoning with her will be waste of time, he asked.

Primis: So, what do you want to ask?

Lumine: About how I become that strong. The last thing I know was stabbed by a sword and being eaten by the monsters. By the time, I opened my eyes again, I was already Abyssal Princess.

Primis: Hmm. Well, does it really matter.

Lumine: No but I still want to know.

Sighing, he spoke.

Primis: Fine.

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**Primis POV**

You remembered the box that I told Albedo to pass to you.

"You mean the one which contained that broken stone made of abyss power."

Yes. But there is more to it.

That stone not only made up of abyss power but also the highly toxic blood of Vile or Shadow Dragon, Durin.

"Abyss power and Durin's blood. Huh.........Wait, if I remember there were some blood clots on Dvalin's back."

Exactly. Instead of purifying them from Dvalin, I took them away and condensed them into a stone which was given to you.

The reason I left the message to you about not absorbing the power inside that stone was not because of abyss power in it, but because of the venom.

Even Dvalin got affected by it and fell in deep slumber, how can you possibly fight against it. Hence, the result will be getting poisoned and death soon after.

"*sigh* Good thing that I keep your words in mind and didn't do so, even while I was tempted too."

Um. It really saved your life.

Now, as you entered the Dragonspine and started killing those monsters, a tiny bit of the power in that stone got released and was absorbed by you.

Because of its very little quantity, even when toxic blood entered your blood stream, it didn't affect you in any way. On the contrary, you body started to fight against it.

And as you are becoming more and more stronger, more and more abyss power and toxic blood started mix with you.

By the time, the power in that stone was fully absorbed with you, not only your body formed a resistance against it but also started getting adapted to it.

"So, you are saying, when we reach Shadow Dragon's core, I already have some of its blood flowing in my veins!"

Yes. That is also why you were to stab your sword into his Heart in the first place. Otherwise, even if you have abyss power, it will still be extremely difficult to do so.

Next, the moment your sword pierced into that heart, you felt a huge amount of power pouring into your body. That was Durin power which contained both his toxic blood and abyss power. And since you had already formed some kind of adaptivity at this point, instead of hurting you, it increased your adaptivity even more.

Soon, you became fully compatible with Durin's power.

And that's also when I made my move.

"Hmph. You stabbed me with a sword and almost killed me."

Indeed. However, here's a question.

I have countless ways to kill you, but would I use a sword. And especially, that particular of sword on top of all.

"Hmmm.........…Maybe because if you use complete unfamiliar sword, no one would be able to follow it back to you and confirm you are the perpetrator."

Girl, do you think I would be afraid if someone do find out about it?

"Well…I don't think so."

Yes. Anyway, the truth is, that sword is special.

That sword is coated with the powder made of Durin's remains. To be more specific, his eyes, claws, and scales. This infused the weapon with Durin's power but also its corruption, cursing the sword and making it unusable by "ordinary mortals," as the corruption might seep through the handle and infect the body of the wielder.

"W-Woah"

Um. And when you got stabbed by that sword, everything was complete.

The sword destroyed your inside entirely. If not because I was making sure that your consciousness and soul won't dissipate, you would be goner too.

".... So, you really are looking after me."

I guess.

"Hehe. Tsundere"

Oi. Where did you learn that word?

"Hehe. I wonder."

That's my line.

*sigh*

Let's return back to the topic.

At that time, on the scene, there were three things that were related to Durin i.e., the Sword, Heart, and You.

Since you also have Shadow Dragon blood coursing through you at that time, you were also considered as one.

"Um."

And then finally came the moment of truth.

Shadow Dragon, Durin might be called a vile dragon but he had a very gentle heart. The reason he came to Mondstadt because he dreamed of befriending the people of Mondstadt, hoping to share with them the stories of his creator and his birth.

He was apparently unconscious of his destructive actions in Mondstadt and genuinely believed that his poisonous blood was a "great blessing," seeing the events of his rampage as a "very, very long dream" in which he sang and danced with Dvalin, Barbatos, and the people of Mondstadt. Even after he woke to find that he had been dealt a killing blow by Dvalin, Durin held no ill will toward Dvalin or Barbatos and only wished that they could have met under better circumstances.

"...…"

Even though he was gone, that kindness was still deep-hearted in his heart.

As a result, instinctively that very core wanted to save you. Because even if the sword and heart didn't have any soul, you do. And thanks to the same blood, it thought of you as his kin.

This resulted in the resonance between the sword and heart.

A burst of power was released from the sword which killed all the monsters that started feasting on you and then you were absorbed into that heart along with the sword.

Inside, the endless vitality of the heart kept on pouring inside you. But too bad, as your insides were completed erased into nothing, thanks to me. So, it can't regenerate your organs or create your bones.

Hence, a new measure was taken to prolong your life. That were the Durin's remains in Dragonspine. His skull and ribcage.

Since they were also part of Shadow Dragon, it was not that difficult for the core to resonate with them.

They answered its call and destroyed themselves and turned into crumbs. Those bone crumbs then entered inside you and create a brand a bone structure.

At this time, I made my move again and give the direction to that heart about how to make your organs, muscles, tissues, veins and so forth.

Next, the remains on the sword, separated from it and become your eyes. The claws and scales became that very black-red clothes that were wearing in your Abyssal Princess state.

And finally, the once so-called Durin heart, merged with you and become your own heart.

That's how, the Abyssal Princess was born.

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*A/N: Please throw some power stones.

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