Chapter 81
Miel was stunned for a moment, but quickly recovered and responded calmly, "Okay, thank you for your help. Respected Ruler of Space and Time, Yog-Sothoth."
Yog-Sothoth raised an eyebrow at this. "Although I knew you would react like this before I even opened my mouth, I still can't help but ask—why aren't you surprised by my appearance?"
"Actually, I'm surprised," Miel said in a tone that showed no surprise. "But since you, who know both the past and the future, chose this moment to appear before me and answer my questions, then it must be because this is the best time."
"Indeed." Yog raised the corner of his mouth, his expression a hint of admiration. "Atlachnacia doesn't know the full extent of the contract. He will give you correct but partial information, which will lead to deviations in the story that I don't like. So, since it's time to let you know the contents of the contract, then, I, one of the signers of this contract, will tell you everything..."
He hadn't finished speaking when a hand suddenly appeared on his face.
—Amiraisyana raised a hand and pinched his cheek, stopping him from speaking any further.
“I’m sorry to interrupt, Yog, but before you get down to business, please give me some time to catch up with my friends,” Amira says.
She let go of Yug's cheek and walked over to Miel. She gently held his hands with her own, a hint of worry on her face. "Miel, I told you that you can come to me for help if you encounter any problems. I will always be your friend. Why didn't you pray to me when the black fog covered the city, which is such a big problem?"
"Um... good evening, Miss Amira. Or should I call you Shub-Niggurath?" Miel was not sure who was standing in front of him.
Maybe it's Shabu who has Amira's memories, or maybe it's Amira who has awakened Shabu's memories, who knows.
The reason why Miel asked this was that he wanted to know whether Amira would rather be known as an elf or a god?
To this, Amira responded: "It's all right, Miel can call me whatever you want. Anyway, I'm here to help solve the problem."
After she said this, she turned her gaze behind Miel.
Cthulhu stood there with his arms folded, remaining very quiet.
Dingdel had just woken up and got up from the ground in a daze, with the innocence of a newborn baby in his violet eyes.
It was Dindel that Amira looked at.
Meeting Dindel's gaze, Amira released Miel's hand, walked to Dindel, and bowed gracefully: "Father Dindel, I confess my sins to you."
Tyndall: ?
Miel:?
Amira: "You once asked me: People can help others, but they can also bring pain. If you are surrounded by people who want to hurt you, who else but God can save you? At that time, I not only failed to answer your question, but also failed to perceive the despair hidden behind your words. It is all my fault. It was because I failed to recognize your desperate situation in time that I failed to lend you a hand. I apologize."
Dingdel: "..."
Amira: “You are my friend too. You are always welcome to pray to me.”
Dindel stares at Amira expressionlessly for a moment, then sighs softly and responds, “Thank you for your kindness, All-Mother, Shub-Niggurath. However, it was He who appeared to me in my time of need. Therefore, my faith, my prayers, everything I have, belongs to Him alone. I cannot pray to you, no matter what. I apologize.”
“No, you don’t need to apologize.” Amira shakes her head. “I’m the one who should apologize. I was the one who said that. But I will still help you.”
Miel stared at the two for a moment, then turned his gaze back to Yog-Sothoth.
It sounds like Amira already knows about Dindel's past. Did Yug tell her?
I'm a little curious about the relationship between Shub and Yog, which seems much better than Yog and Naa's, but I'm not sure if I should ask...
Forget it, let me ask about my mother first.
"Yog-Sothoth, please tell me everything." Miel urged.
Yog looks at Amira. “May I speak?”
Amira turns back. “Ah, yes, it’s OK.”
"Then..." Yug then lowered his head and looked at Miel.
However, he didn't directly tell Miel the contents of the contract. Instead, he said, "A long time ago, the consciousness of an Yis traveled through time and space and locked onto an intelligent creature that was nearly human-sized. These creatures were active in a period that was quite ancient for humans, so humans called them the Ancients."
"The Yith exchanged souls with this ancient being. They swapped bodies and shared memories."
"The Yis often do this—at the end of their lives, they exchange souls with other creatures in time and space to travel through time and space, continuing their lives while acquiring new knowledge."
"Normally, the souls they exchanged would perish along with their bodies, but this time, things are a little different."
"This ancient being who was exchanged possessed wisdom comparable to that of the Yis. After analyzing the memories of the Yis, she mastered their power to travel through time and space."
"Then, she exchanged souls like the Yis, traveled through time and space, and continued her life. She communicated with the Yis using the Yis' way, and she pretended to be an Yis."
"However, the memories engraved on her soul never faded. She knew she was an Ancient and knew her original form. So, in the end, she was drawn to this continent by creatures of a similar size to herself—yes, it was the High Elves who attracted her."
"Miel, the Ancient One, is your mother."
"The name Miphiel did not belong to her soul, but to her body. However, it did not matter. She accepted her new name, new race, new identity, as well as her new knowledge and abilities. She studied and lived like a true high elf, fell in love, and had children."
"She loved her child very much. Watching this child and accompanying this child as he grew up little by little, she felt truly alive for the first time."
"So, when the child was in danger, she exchanged souls with her past self without hesitation."
"She changed your fate, and her identity was exposed. The Hounds of Tindalos targeted her. She could have abandoned this body that didn't belong to her and let her soul escape elsewhere, but she didn't, because she couldn't let you go."
"She regards you as the meaning of her existence. To abandon you is to abandon her existence itself."
"So, she prayed to me and made a deal with me."
Having said this, Yog-Sothoth paused, as if to confirm whether Miel had caught up.
Miel listened carefully and said nothing.
Yug continued, "You must have guessed what she wants, but your answer may not be accurate. She wants not only the immortality of your body, but also the immortality of your soul."
Before hearing this, Miel's face had no special expression. When he heard this, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.
However, Yug did not intend to explain how to achieve "immortality of the body and immortality of the soul". He directly talked about the other half of the contract, that is, the price that Miphiel paid for it.
"In exchange, she used the method she obtained from the memories of the Yis to mark the coordinates of the souls of all the Yis. This was the way for the Yis to find each other after being scattered across time and space. Now, it has become their final words."
Miel's eyes widened. "You mean... my mother exchanged the death of all the Yis for my eternal life?"
"To put it simply, this is it," Yoger said with a smile. "The Yith people disrupted the order of time and space, and the contract with your mother served my interests. So, no matter what you think, whether it's pleasure or pain, according to the contract, I will not allow your life and soul to end. As for your death in another timeline, was it a violation of the contract? No, on the contrary, it was something I welcomed in order to fulfill the contract."
"Because of Cthulhu?" Miel thought of the answer himself. "Only when I die in the other timeline can Rocas travel through time and space. Only when he travels through time and space can Cthulhu awaken. Therefore, it is not accidental that I signed a contract with Cthulhu."
"That depends on how you define coincidence," Yug responded. "In my eyes, on this one and only correct timeline, there is no such thing as coincidence. Only the inevitability of my choice. But looking at all other timelines, everything is coincidence."
"It doesn't matter. Whether it was accidental or inevitable, I don't regret it." Miyer took two steps back, walked to Cthulhu, raised his hand and grabbed the edge of his clothes.
Cthulhu stared at him for a moment, then suddenly reached out and lifted him up horizontally, his movements quick and gentle.
"I don't regret it either." He said, looking at Yug, "I'm not interested in what games you omniscient ones are playing. I only know that every choice I made was my own."
Yug smiled but said nothing.
On the other side, Amiraisyana raised her hands towards Abhoth and made a hugging gesture: "Abhoth, the source of the unclean, will be purified by me."
As she finished her words, her body suddenly swelled.
Cthulhu quickly raised his hand to cover Miel's eyes, and stretched out a tentacle to wrap around Dindel's waist, making him face away from Amira.
So, Miel only had time to see - something that seemed to look like a black goat kid appeared.
After an indescribable subtle sound, Cthulhu released Miel's eyes.
Miel opened his eyes and saw that Amira had returned to normal, but Abhoth was nowhere to be found.
Deep within this abandoned factory, only some rusted machines and tools remain.
Tyndall stares at the empty ground for a long moment, then tentatively asks Amira, “Excuse me…”
“I moved Abhoth to where my original body is,” Amira says, before he can finish his question. “I have many lambs there.”
"Actually, I've always been curious..." Yug suddenly spoke up, tentatively asking, "Where did all the people swallowed by your lambs go?"
Amira: "Some will disappear, and some will become part of me."
Yog: "Becoming a part of you... No wonder your lambs can never tell the difference between you and food."
Amira: "Yes, it's a headache, but now, with Abhoth here, they won't be interested in me for a long time."
Miel didn't understand what the two were saying...but he probably understood one thing.
He looked at Dindel and said, "Father Dindel, those souls devoured by Abhoth cannot find rest in the dream world, but they will soon find rest in another way."
If Dindel's goal was to have Atlach make those fragmented souls into silk threads and relieve them of their pain by making them disappear, then he should be able to accept those souls being devoured by the black goat, right?
Tyndall was silent for a moment, then raised his hand and made the sign of the cross on his chest: "I understand. That's it, good night."
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