Ari (Child of the Beastman Goddess)

Dillon’s POV

Ari fainted once again due to her unstable emotions. Even though the healer arrived immediately after Lowell ran to seek for help, she couldn’t help much on Ari’s condition.

She said that Ari was just emotionally unstable due to fright and stress. She needs some time to recover and we need to prevent anything that will trigger her condition.

We let her rest and waited for her to wake up. Orson didn’t want to stay away from his sister’s side so he asked me to check Ari’s writings and report the progress to Jael on his behalf while Lowell was making the tonic for Ari.

I had no choice but to give way to him since he is in charge of the group and he is Ari’s older brother. I grit my teeth in frustration while I was walking towards the storage room.

“It’s so frustrating! I want to be with Ari too…” I mumbled to myself in disappointment.

A gust of wind suddenly blew my ears, causing my whole body to shiver in the coldness. It might have been just the cold wind before the rain falls. When I arrived in the storage room, the papers were all scattered on the floor, even though the door and windows were closed properly. I sorted it out, picking up one sheet at a time. Luckily, Ari placed a number on the bottom of each paper, making it easier to know which one goes first.

While I was sorting out the pages, I suddenly read the name Arie, so I tried to read it out of curiosity.

It is a tale about one of the twin goddesses named Arie. She was born with both the power of the sun and the moon within her, despite being the daughter of Lev, the minor god bearing the power of the sun.Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.

There were tales stating that she and Ayla were both children of Sephtis, when he pretended to be Lev before he was sent to the abyss. It is due to the fact that they both possess the insignia of the moon on their foreheads. However, she also possesses the insignia of the sun, and her appearance is clearly a replica of the first ruler.

Some legend says that the opposing elements within her was a horrifying curse cast by Sephtis the day he slept with Hera. Arie suffered from the clashing of the powers within her during her manifestation, causing her to become emotionally unstable and weak. She was tagged as the weakest goddess in Nirvana.

My body trembled while reading this part of the translation. I was wondering if Ari was aware of this since she was the one who wrote it and she was almost done with the translation according to her note in a separate journal.

I hurriedly fixed the papers in its original place and reported to Jael how far was Ari on her translation before going back to help Lowell with Ari’s tonic.

The tonic was quite tricky to make, I also find it hard to understand the process. I only let Lowell guide me all throughout the process, despite our bickering once in a while.

It was already night when we were almost done with the special tonic. However, the two of us were taken aback upon seeing a dashing figure passing by us.

It was Ari. I instinctively shove the tonic I was holding to Lowell to follow Ari, but she was too fast. Lowell managed to catch up to me being agile, since he is a wolf.

We followed Ari trying to call her name. She didn’t look back and went straight to the hall. We saw how Macan tried to keep tackling everyone, including Ari before he started to vomit blood after eating the flower that Tora was holding. I was stunned because my chest hurt due to Ari’s unstable emotions.

Her body was suddenly burning in blue flame causing her to moan in pain. Lowell tried to run in Ari’s direction despite looking pale, but he was blown away by an explosion of power that came from her. I managed to hold my ground and tried to approach her, but a blinding light emitted from her body the moment she embraced the three unconscious bodies.

Her roar petrified everyone as it echoed around the village. I felt a terrifying burning sensation in my chest and heard Lowell howl in pain before I perfunctorily transformed into my aggressive form. I roared, trying not to shed tears despite the unimaginable pain in my chest.

It was so frustrating, knowing that the pain she is suffering is more than what I am suffering right now.

The burning sensation on my chest suddenly subsided when she collapsed down unconscious. I was stunned seeing two insignias on her. An insignia of the moon on her forehead and the sun on her neck. I was terrified. I remembered what I’ve read in her writings. I roared in horror as I ran towards Ari’s direction. Lowell got near her first, but he was taken aback when a figure suddenly emerged from the ray of light emitted from the moon.

The others suddenly fainted, but I tried to keep myself awake. Lowell did the same.

The image looked similar to Ari, but her hair was jet-black, her eyes were ash-grey and her body was transparent. She must be the goddess Ayla, who is in her spirit form.

“Oh, you’re a tough little wolf. What’s your name again? Ah! It’s Lowell… Hmm… I really like that. If only I had a mortal body like Arie, I would have taken you for myself instead. Anyways, I can give up everything for my little sister’s happiness.” She mumbled to Lowell with a seductive voice similar to Ari.

“W-What are you planning to do to Ari?” Lowell asked nervously while gritting his teeth and clenching his fist.

“What?! Do you think I will cause any harm to my own twin sister? Haha! Funny! I never knew you’re too funny. Oh no! Let’s cut this short talk. It’s almost time for her manifestation. Remember… You can’t disturb her body for a while. I have to fetch her first on the abyss. Farewell then, handsome.” She gasped in a hurry.

She suddenly kissed Ari’s forehead and disappeared from thin air and the insignia of the moon disappeared as well. The insignia of the sun remained intact on Ari’s neck.

After Ayla disappeared, Ari’s body suddenly floats and transforms to its passive form. Then, a light embraced her whole body and formed a huge transparent egg before it gently landed on the ground.

Lowell passed out in shock and confusion and I fainted due to exhaustion.