Chapter 187 - Trust

Affected by the tremor, Ethan looked again at the function that had just been unlocked and understood what Qienta had in mind.

"You want me to use this function to make the divinity my subordinate?"

At his question, Qienta pondered for a second before answering him with her smile widening as she brought the ball-shaped chains closer so that she could hold it in the palm of her hand.

"Although it would be up to the system to explain these things to you, for once I would say I can explain what I have in mind. Once your system becomes more powerful, you will be free to choose what type of subordinate you want to have, as there are different grades depending on the level of trust you place in your counterpart. In this case, having no trust in the counterpart, more than subordinate you can call it a complete slave, once you have completed this type of contract with this foolish divinity, it will be obliged to execute any of your orders without possibility to discuss or rebel. This leaves the latter with no choice but to accept the idea of being your subordinate. The more the counterpart will accept the reality in which it is, the more the chains forcing the subordinate to execute your every command will diminish, until you reach a level where you both trust the other, and the orders will probably not even be needed anymore."

Unlike Light who quickly explained everything he had in mind, leaving Ethan almost with a headache when he finished explaining, Qienta had slowly explained the difference between a subordinate and a slave, and he had been able to fully understand the difference between the two and the way he would use his new function, which made Ethan think about the differences between the two...

"Thank you for all the help you're giving me, Qienta, without you I'd be dead by now.. or I would have never been reincarnated in this world in the first place...Thank you for giving me Light, your daughter, even though I'm not a parent, the idea of entrusting my son or daughter to someone I don't know to follow them in her adventure.. It would make me worry all the time."

Feeling compelled to thank her for everything she was doing for him, Ethan realized he didn't asked what he wanted to ask the most.

"..By the way, why are you helping me this much..? I don't think I deserve all this..."

He was certainly glad to have had the chance to meet women like Lefiya, Ais, Riveria, Hestia, Aki etc., but he couldn't understand why a goddess of this level had gone so far to give him a hand, giving him a body equivalent to an Ancestor God, leaving him a chance to live again...

At her words, Qienta at first replied that there was no need to thank her for what she was doing, but arrived at the question she expected, Qienta sighed as she had to explain what happened.

"...You're the reason I stopped looking for other souls in the void and my only goal was achieved. You see, souls who reach the end of their life cycle land in the void for a few moments necessary for the soul to start another life cycle, but unusually, your soul hasn't entered the cycle of reincarnation and instead of letting yourself be absorbed by the void, You almost seemed to repel it... it was my first time seeing something like that, and knowing you couldn't exactly remain in the void forever, I decided to let you reincarnate"

From Qienta's explanation, Ethan was a little puzzled, but just as he was about to ask for something else, Qienta pointed out they didn't have much time to continue talking, since she couldn't keep the illusory world for too long...

"...So, even though I explained earlier that you need to make the deity your slave, at the moment it might be too difficult for you. The best time to make it your slave will be when you find a way to ascend. If you try to use your divinity without being a God, the Universe may test you with a Heavenly Tribulation, and you won't be able to survive that."

In his own words, Ethan understood that ignoring the rules was dangerous because no one could know what the universe would do, but the fact Qienta herself strongly advised him to not make his divinity his own before he had actually become a god, left the question in his mind regarding 'how' to ascend, but from the way she had told him, she seemed unable to reveal this information...

But it was just as he wanted to move the discussion about what he should do to with this sphere of chains during the time he would need to become a real God, Qienta was quicker by immediately clarifying his doubts. Since the chains were a physical thing, and they kept his divinity firmly sealed, Ethan could simply put the chains back in the inventory, and when it was necessary to take back his divinity, they would dissolve themselves, allowing him to enslave the divinity...

"To go back, you can just fall asleep on that bed, and you'll wake up in the real world, or you can try to leave the world of your own free will, although the latter alternative may cause some shock to your awakening, since here you are awake, but in the real world you're still sleeping..."

Opting for the first option, Ethan laid down on the comfortable bed that Qienta had made appear earlier and, although she would have liked to lie down with him letting him fall asleep in her arms, she let Ethan be influenced by the spell she had silently chanted...

A few seconds later, Qienta saw Ethan dissolve into thin air, and knowing he had returned to the real world, she had no reason to remain in that space any longer...

'I'll be watching you, so do your best, Ethan.'

This was all she was able to think about, before the skill that had held Qienta in physical form dissolved, having now reached its goal...

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Being partially interrupted by what had to be a long sleep, the real Qienta in the void regained the memories of what had happened in the illusory world, and although the Qienta created by the skill had kept her calm before Ethan, The real Qienta was beyond furious at the behavior of what was a divinity created by herself, even if its nature was something even she couldn't control, the fact a creation of hers tried to kill Ethan, for her was equivalent to if the latter had attempted to her own life, which she couldn't forgive.

Although this was something she hadn't revealed to Ethan, Qienta understood the reason for this rebellion was precisely because the divinity didn't consider Ethan suitable, even if the trial said otherwise...

"The nature of his divinity is way too strange. I'm glad the blessing I bestowed him was useful..."

Leaving these thoughts aside, Qienta knew she couldn't ignore the rest of the memories that had come to her. Although she was convinced it wasn't appropriate to meet Ethan again before he regained his memories, the fact he was worried about her even without memories, had made her feel as if the Ethan who had shared a whole year with her was saying he would definitely come back to her, even if it took 10, 100, or who knows how many years to achieve this goal...

'I'd say it's better to go back to my long sleep instead of dwelling on this...'

With a smile on her face, Qienta looked with the tip of her eye toward the sphere showing Ethan quietly sleeping embraced with Lefiya.

"...Take care of him, I'll leave him to you..."

Whispering these words, Qienta wiped the tears trying to escape her eyes as she laid down again on the bed, falling asleep hoping the next time she saw Ethan, would have been the moment when he would have become strong enough to endure the memories that would inevitably return to him one day...

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Hearing like a whisper in her ears, Lefiya emitted an 'hmm? ' opening her eyes slightly.

'What was that voice...crying?'

Lefiya was certain she had heard a voice, though hoarse for some reason, was so delicate and at the same time pleasant to the ears that it had been enough to shake Lefiya's whole body to the core, but the fact that she wasn't exactly at her best once she woke up, brought her to feel a bit disoriented...

But in reality this feeling didn't last long as, after a few seconds, she realized she was being wrapped by Ethan in a hug, and although she hadn't noticed at first, her hands were both placed on his c.h.e.s.t, while her pyjamas that previously covered most of her body if not the c.h.e.s.t leaved uncovered under Tiona's direction, now revealed all her h.i.p.s, since the pyjama had been raised the night before by Ethan, so that he could touch her b.a.r.e skin...

The situation had quickly led Lefiya's face to heat up different degrees in a few seconds, and although she wouldn't have resisted before and would have tried to escape with every means possible, Lefiya simply remained completely still, while inevitably looking down to avoid encountering Ethan's eyes in case he woke up...

Knowing she had to wait for Ethan to wake up to move, Lefiya began to get lost in thoughts about what happened last night, in fact at first she hadn't planned to skip so many steps and get into this situation, but even if that was the case, any negative emotion she might have had before was completely wiped out by the intense emotions she felt even by feeling his hands on her h.i.p.s, which made her feel, more than usual, protected from any danger...

After a while, however, Ethan finally began to return to the real world and, thanks to the fact before he left he had managed to fall asleep under Qienta's spell, Ethan naturally woke up as if nothing had happened, but after a few seconds, Everything that had happened returned to his mind, and although he was somewhat shaken by the incident, he immediately realized now wasn't the time to spoil the atmosphere that had been created with Lefiya, believing this was a rather rare moment, that he could use to get a little closer to his heart...

'I forgot to ask how should I enter my domain now that my divinity is sealed though...'

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(Alternate Titles: "Okay seriously stop making this more sad than what actually is, Author.", "Lefiya be like: Yes, no, But yes", "Divinity-san got sealed..? I expected it to become Ethan's first slave...no, not yet.")