"Abner..." After answering the goddess's question, Abner paused before continuing, "And Alvin as well."
Through the large RPG game Alvin's Memories, which he had only just completed, Abner knew that "Wanderer" Alvin—or rather, the "himself" from that lifetime—had been on very good terms with the goddess.
By comparison, "Abner" had merely been the one-sided recipient of "gifts."
Of course, Abner was now Alvin, and Alvin was Abner... Although Abner was the dominant one, there was essentially no difference between them anymore. As Alvin had said before disappearing, he had entrusted everything he had to Abner.
After thinking for a moment, Abner carefully asked, "Was Sia Palenque Eggers, the 'Pale Empress' and leader of the Numinous Episcopate's 'Imperial Faction,' your incarnation?"
Although Alvin, the "protagonist" in the game just now, had not noticed this, Abner, who could pause the "plot" at any time and examine all sorts of information, had discovered some clues.
And it was precisely after Alvin traveled through the Southern Continent and helped Sia Palenque Eggers become an Angel that he drew the goddess's attention.
"Yes. Sia was a vessel Vincent created using his own blood and Gray's, combined with the methods of 'Creation.' She was meant to help me gain control of the God of Death's Unique and a tributary of the River of Eternal Darkness. Later, I separated a portion of my spirit contaminated by the Unknown and placed it into the vessel, then used '0-08' to grant her a personality." The goddess smiled and nodded, not denying it. "But even as a vessel, she could not escape the erosion of the River of Eternal Darkness. Like that son of the God of Death, she died once every few centuries, losing most of her memories.
"And when she met Alvin, she had happened to lose her