"So there's a child in my belly? And it's that Snake God's child?" Though she no longer had to die, Dark Kikyo would rather have died now. What kind of situation was this?
"Not exactly."
Yae Sakura rested her right hand on Dark Kikyo's belly, her face equally puzzled.
"Isn't it?"
She looked at the fox girl expectantly, desperately hoping Yae Sakura would tell her she was overthinking it.
"The Snake God is already dead. This is merely Its divine source and divine power! But even if it's only the divine source... because you can't fully absorb it, it has instead turned the tables on you."
In the end, the Snake God's power was not so easily obtained. The gap in strength between It and Dark Kikyo... Kagome Higurashi was simply too vast!
When the weak gained great power, they could not possibly control it immediately. Instead, they might be assimilated by that power!
"Is that so?"
Dark Kikyo withdrew into herself a little. She had wanted to replace the Snake God, yet now she could not even control power that had been handed to her for free.
"Yes. It frantically increased your physical strength and power just now, probably to transform you into a host capable of nurturing it. Once you met the requirements of a host, it began preparing to cultivate a new individual in your womb. This new life will not be the Snake God at first—it will be your child! But once it matures, the mythical Snake God will likely use that body to revive directly."
"Once it becomes the Snake God, the first person It kills, for necessary reasons, will be you! It has no humanity."
Feeling the movements in Dark Kikyo's belly, Yae Sakura knew the new life had not yet taken shape, but