The seawater seemed to freeze for a moment, and the schools of fish swimming around also came to a strange standstill for a split second. Immediately after, that gentle and grand consciousness rippled once more, responding to her call.
"...Yes... my child..." The voice was still slow, but the sense of affirmation within it was unmistakable.
Lovia's heart tightened. Was it really Him? That... existence who could be called "Father"?
Could she... actually have such an existence... that could be called "Father"?
The thought was so foreign that it made her heart tremble.
Lovia sniffled and summoned the courage to ask her confusion: "I... where do I come from? Why did I become your child?"
She didn't directly state her identity as a "transmigrator," but instead asked indirectly.
The moment spent waiting for a response felt incredibly long; only the cool sensation of the current brushing against her skin reminded her of the passage of time.
"...You... are Lovia..." Elynas's voice carried an unquestionable certainty. "...Flowing with my blood... carrying my bones... you are who you are..."
This answer was somewhat cryptic, but Lovia strangely understood a part of it.
It seemed to be saying that no matter where her soul originated, at this moment, her existence as the Melusine "Lovia" was real and true. This body and bloodline were the foundation of her existence, not a borrowed tool.
"But..." Lovia pressed further in her heart, "My form... I am different from my sisters..."
"...The ripples... of fate... sent you... to this body..." Intermittent thoughts continued to arrive. "...A perfect fit... like... a drop of water... returning to the sea..."
"...Form... is not... a shackle..." Elynas's voice was distant and deep. "...My bloodline... manifests... ten thousand possibilities... your form... is but one of them... natural... and unique..."
The thoughts revealed a hint of transcendence over worldly rules: "...You... need not... for this... fear..."
Lovia was stunned. Did that mean her form as a Humanoid Melusina wasn't an abnormality, but a natural yet rare possibility that already existed within his bloodline?
Not a twisted product of a potion, but... a natural mutation?
Following that, more fragments of information flooded into Lovia's consciousness: she was more like a wonderful "fusion" or "descent" under the intersection of fate's trajectories.
Her soul and this Melusine body were a perfect fit, originally one, a naturally occurring branch of Elynas's bloodline.
So, there was no possession of another's body, nor any soul transmigration; this body... appeared because of her arrival?
Yes, perhaps it was precisely this perfect fit that allowed her to receive "Father's" call so clearly.
"...Return... child..." The call rang out again, this time with a clearer direction. "...Return to... the place of origin... your... sisters... are waiting..."
Fontaine, the land formed by the fallen body of Elynas, was the home of all Melusines.
Knowing that she was not an intruder who had "stolen" someone else's body, nor a Humanoid Melusina modified by a potion, a heavy weight lifted from Lovia's heart.
Lovia suspended herself in place, her heart in a state of conflict.
The fear had not completely dissipated.
Even if "Father" personally certified her form as natural, what about the laws of Fontaine and ordinary people? Would they believe it? Elynas was already "dead"; who could testify for her? Just a feeling deep within her blood? It sounded too ethereal and vague.
However... maybe Neuvillette could? He is already dragon of all; if he can't even tell if a Melusine is original, then what's the use of being dragon of all?
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