"..."
Griseo said.
"That maiden was like a ray of light, illuminating the Origin Spirit's murky world. She dyed the girl, who had been like a blank sheet of paper, in entirely different colors."
"Just as some people spend their whole lives healing their childhoods, some people use their childhoods to heal their entire lives."
"Obviously! The Origin Spirit was the latter."
"..."
She said.
"In such a short time, they formed an eternal bond."
"The maiden was killed by Westcott because she protected the Origin Spirit from him. The Origin Spirit completely ran wild and reclaimed the power that belonged to her..."
"So she thought."
"She wanted to revive the maiden. She wanted the maiden to return to her side once more."
"..."
Five Rivers Shiori fell silent.
"Tokisaki... Shiori..." she murmured softly.
As for Five Rivers Kotori and the others aboard Fraxinus, they seemed to already know what had happened afterward.
They watched as Griseo continued.
"She thought~"
"Humans are fragile. A mere bullet can kill them. If she simply revived the person she loved, then as long as she remained human, she would certainly die again..."
"Whether she died of old age or perished in some disaster, neither was something she wanted to see!"
"..."
"The pain of losing the person you love is enough to endure once!"
"So that the person she loved could accompany her for a long time, she decided to make her beloved ascend to the heavens and become a god."
"..."
She said.
"First, she preserved the maiden's soul within her body, using her own body as a womb to nurture a special constitution."
"This special constitution would allow the maiden, after reincarnation, to seal Spirits and absorb their power."
"Although the Origin Spirit was willing to give her power to the