126 What it means to select a soul.

Upon returning to the Spirit Castle, Ellen noticed the presence of Rover standing in front of the water mirror.

There was also the Origin sitting in the chair and the Double Goddess who had returned earlier.

Ellen!

Ellen, who saw Rover running, shifted from Ark's arm to Rover's face.

Ellen clutched herself tightly under Rover's neck.

"I'm glad I'm safe...!

"Father....!

I was embraced in pain. Ellen couldn't help but squeeze her strength into the arm that was hugging Rover.

Ellen put a big hand behind her head and kissed her hair.

From the relief, tears spilled like a weir cut out of Ellen's eyes.

Even though she cried earlier, Ellen's eyes were already bright red.

"You're crying so much....."

My hair stuck to my cheeks because of tears. On Ellen's exposed cheek, Rover kissed her again.

Ellen also rubbed her forehead against Rover's shoulders, as if she was a little tickled.

You stroke my hair like a rub, and I feel relieved by Rover's warmth and want to fall asleep unexpectedly.

I must have been so nervous and tired.

"Ellen, I still need to talk to you. Are you okay?

"I'm sorry. I know you're tired, but try harder."

The goddess said so, and Ellen raised her face slowly.

"Yes...."

"Ellen's tired!

Ellen smiled softly and said, "It's all right," and moved away from Rover's arm.

Looking at Ellen as she grew up, Rover stared at Ha and Ellen's back.

Rover lowered his arm and grabbed his fist.

"I need to talk to you as a goddess, so let's go to my space."

"I'll bring you too."

"Yes, please. Let's go, Ellen."

"Yes, yes."

That's what Vaud said and Ellen gets nervous.

What does Vaud mean by space?

Around Ellen's confusion, the place that was immediately transferred was a pure white world.

A floating feeling beneath your feet, an illusion of standing on the water.

(It's like Lake Uuni Salt... but there's nothing here...)

Looking around, the origin metastasized and hugged Ellen.

"Welcome home. Good work, Ellen."

"Mother... Yes, I'm here."

Smiling, Origin kissed Ellen's forehead.

"I heard you chose your soul. I'll tell you about it."

"Ha, yes...."

Soul selection.

Apparently, he said that he protected Amiel's soul and took it inside.

Ellen herself was not aware that she had chosen her soul, but she was worried that she had done something bad.

Then the goddesses brought Gadier, who was still floating in space.

Gadier was floating in a large clear balloon with her eyes closed.

Gadier!

"Ellen, it's okay."

Ellen was in a hurry, but she took a deep breath to calm down after Vaud told her to.

Gadier gently placed her hand on the sphere that was floating. Looks like the magic of the border.

"For humans, the Spirit Realm is poisonous with a high concentration of magic elements. This is to protect you from the poison."

"Really..."

When I looked at Gadier worried, Val explained.

"Ellen, you know you're gonna die like this, right?

…………

I felt my heart was pounding.

Val panicked when she saw Ellen sneezing and crying.

"Oh, don't cry, Ellen. There's a way to save him."

"Really...?

"But it's up to you to accept that. If you want to live, Ellen will have to be involved in the future."

"Eh...?

Ellen can't hide her confusion.

"Now I'm asking the great spirits in charge of my dreams to prepare. I'll explain that, along with your persuasion. We need each other to take it."

"Ha, yes...."

"In the meantime, let's talk about selection."

So Vaud said, the two goddesses lined up beside Ellen.

"Ellen, you've got a broken soul in you, right?

"Yes, yes."

"The goddess chooses a soul and takes it in.”

"... this is the choice of soul?

"Yes. I would have liked you to have made your choice with a proper explanation... but Ellen did it before that."

"Yes... I'm sorry."

"It's okay. We didn't say anything because we thought it was too early."

"Yes, it is. You don't have to worry about it."

The two goddesses laughed laughingly, but the situation was more serious than expected.

"We will bring our souls into our midst, and bear the next goddess. That's the choice of soul."

"Eh...?

"That's how Ellen was born."

Ellen's thoughts became pure white.

Is this why Origin knew Ellen from the beginning?

Ellen unexpectedly looked back at the origin. Origin was smiling.

"That's how I chose Ellen."

"... that's why you knew I was reborn."

"Yes, because the memory of that soul would be shackled if it were to be taken inside. But Ellen was born with a memory."

"Why..."

"That's because of Rover."

Vaud explained it to me with a sigh.

"Originally, after choosing a soul, it will conceive and give birth. Origin was getting ready for the selection, but before the conception ceremony, I met Rover and Ellen was born."

"Yes, Ellen was born before the memory of her soul disappeared."

"What? Huh? Ju, conception...?

"Oh, that's not human either. We don't need men to give birth to goddesses."

Yeah, I don't need it.

"Eh? Yeah!?"

It was so confusing that Ellen's head was about to flake.

The common sense before the rebirth interferes with the reason for this.

"Eh, wait a minute...! That means I chose my soul....."

(Pregnancy...?

When they saw Ellen turning pale, they knew what they were afraid of. The goddesses and Origin laughed funny.

"It's okay, Ellen. I won't. Then Rover will be in trouble."

"Yes, because that soul is broken."

"Yeah, because I'm asleep."

Ahahahahaha was laughing softly, but Ellen couldn't calm down with her heart pounding.

"And Ellen protected her soul. So don't worry, I won't conceive."

"Ha, yes...."

Ellen was too nervous to hold her chest tightly.

I didn't think it meant anything like this, even though I chose it without knowing it.

(Gospel of the Living Goddess... announcement of Maria's conception...?

That's why there is no man god in this world.

It seems that there are people here to ask in detail, but they said the mysterious words "The world is different."

(Your head is about to twitch.....)

I have a slight headache. Ellen was already full.

"So, Ellen. I'm talking about the soul of choice."

"Yes...."

"It's broken, so it won't be the next goddess's vessel."

"Eh...."

"I think you're going to sleep a lot in Ellen. That's how much the Goddess's constraint got in my way, and I can't even see it...."

"Did I get in the way of giving birth to the next goddess?

"Well, that's right...."

"Well, you don't have to worry about that because it's just about us having a baby.

"Eh...?

Oh?

(Something really light...?

I can't conceal the surprise in the reply of both goddesses without imagining how difficult it is to get pregnant and have a child.

"Er... okay...?

He looks like he doesn't understand.

That's what I was told, and Vaur poked me in the cheek.

"Oh, really. Well, Ellen has memories and strong human values, so I can't help it."

Val pokes me on the other side of the cheek.

As if she could enjoy the softness of Ellen's cheeks, she was rubbed from both sides and Ellen was in trouble.

Onee-sama's already around.

"Oh, I'm sorry."

"Really, I'm sorry. Ellen's cheeks are going to be soft and addictive."

It will be explained gently, but what Ellen did will be very annoying.

The choice of this soul also serves as a goddess and supports the world.

(I can't help being angry that I did something on my own.....)

Ellen was supposed to be saved by the presence of the double goddess and Origin, who were watching over her gently.