Chapter 9：second chance

When Nalrin mind return form the other world, all could he sense was pain, as if is body was slowly eaten away until nothing remain. When everything of him that was left behind was only a glittering orb, as profond voice ring inside his mind.

"Little one, how where you able to came here?"

Even through it give an oppressive feeling, the voice didn't seem threatening.

"Where I'm?"

"Are you perhaps lost?"

"I think so."

"Well in this case, we might be two, tell me little one, how where you before camming here."

Without knowing why, perhaps because the voice was warm and full of kindness or perhaps he was happy to be able to speak to someone, but he slowly tell all happen since he came to this world.

"So your not from here, only your great grandfather was. I must say that it was quite irresponsible of him to leave the crystal card in a open space like this."

"Do you know what is it?"

"Sorry little one, I don't have great experience with human."

"Your not human?"

"No, I wasn't. I was part of what your human call magic beast."

"Like goblin?"

"Yes you could say that but in an higher plane and noblest bloodline. Those goblin of you wouldn't even being able to be cannon fodder of mine when I was living."

"Your dead? then how are you able to speak to me then?"

"Simple, I'm actually only the shadow of myself. For beast of our plane, other than our inner core, we have a second one that could host our soul before our death. It that thing that allow me to be still 'leaving' after my death. But even with this I wouldn't be living long I start to run low as my energy is nearly dry, even those little thing that those koblods give me would be enough to keep me alive longer. But even now it seem that luck don't abandon me. Little one, would you like to recieve my legacy?"

"Why me, I'm an human child, wouldn't you pass your legacy to your kin rather that an human?"

"Your right and that exactly why I ask you. When you have sink in the puddle of my blood, a bit of your have sink and enter my soul core. even if it was faint, I could sense a trace of my race bloodline in it, more, it have resonate with mine!"

Nalrin could clearly sense that the old voice was eager saying this, carring a surely strong sighnification that he was unable to understand.

"Is that a good thing?"

"A good thing?" Said the voice while laughing heartfully. "Child, if our bloodline resonate, it could signifie a single thing, that we are of the same family! Seening the trace of your bloodline, I think that your great grandfather should have been of the branch familly while I was of the main, but what surprise me the most is even with a greatly more diluate bloodline, your blood was strong enough to triggler a resonnance with mine! I must say that you have at least a bloodline as pure as mine, surely stronger, what a shame that the quatity is only this much..."

"Does the quantity of bloodline is different than the purity?"

"That right your not from here, i shouldn't think you could understand. Let say that way then... A bloodline quantity depend on your ancestor, the more they mate with other one, the more dilute it became, but that not a real problem, what is one is if their partner have none, they will pollute the purity of the bloodline, mixing it with bad blood. It not that I dispraised their choice but if it run on some generation, the bloodline will disparate. That why I was astonish of your, because of the three generation before you and the one of your great grandfather, your bloodline shouldn't even exist, less a purity as high as this one, it was as if rather that dilute, it have concentrate and been past down for you."

For a moment Nalrin was ecstatic before receiving a bucket of cold water, remembering that he was no more. Clearly down and disappointed he spoke to the old fox in a grumpy voice.

"Even if I have one a great bloodline once, what the point? I don't have a body anymore!"

"That why I was asking you if you wanted to inherit my legacy. If I'm able to ignite our bloodline and merge them alongside my soul core, I should be able to do something for you. Even if your body seem to have been corrode, it not the case, it have only been turn in a pile of nutriment."

"What about you? wouldn't be bad if you ignite your soul core?"

"I'm old, very old, I've live enough and have long since attain my full potential, you however are still young and your bloodline will carry you further that I will never be able to do."

Before he could say something he feel like a blazing flame was just lit with im at core.

Outside in the cave, after the slight bubbling, anithing happen for a while before a blazing light illuminate the puddle. If one where to look carfully, he would in fact see to source of light, one large and a smaller one. Contrary to what we could think it wasn't the larger that shone brightly but the smaller. More that that the two source were of completely diferent origin.While the larger was inwardly shining, the smaller seem to absorb the light of the first one, renforcing further it brightness.

'You must hang on little one, I dont know if your family is still existing in the outside world but with you I know that we will perdure a little more, and who know perhaps will you bring our snow fox bloodline toward another glorious area. All I can do for you is to give you another body and could only wish for the best to came when reuniting our two branch blood together again. i hope that you will be able to transcend your beast heritage, not to be consumed by it, and appear under an human form. It will be a long and painful process but I believe in you child.'

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As time pass the blood puddle slowly retract as the brightness inside intensifie. Now only one of the two light was still lighted and the puddle have reduce from a large pool to a small pond. The more the blood recced and the darker and heavier it became, slowly overshadowing the light, drowning it into is darkness.

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On the outside world at the same time that the last ray of light finally gave in and complete darkness reign once again in the cave, a group of fluttered peddlers at least made to the large city wall that they have exited four day before. among the group of relatively still living sturdy me, a curled ball could be seen on the back of one of them. This curled skinny ball was the young master that have leave six day with great determination to only return with dead eyes, and impoverished body, leaving only few meat on his bones. Is cheek have sunk greatly because of the six foodless days. Not being accustomed to this his body has violently react and as if wanting to mock him, the elements have been extremely bad, showering them day long with heavy and windy weather, making they way back more harder.

What should have been a great experience supposed to build up his self belief, have transform in a nightmarish experience that surely hunt him for a very long time and could even leave a mental scar that will probably never heal. Never his father could have think that the arrival of Nalrin that he have take like a blessing from the god would take such a downfall for his son and is family.