Quasi-Spirit

"So even Nia-Nia's Angel couldn't find this out?"

Qian Huanyue tilted her head regretfully.

She had always wondered where the spiritual power inside her came from.

After all, she had no memory of Mosaic giving her a Sephira Crystal, nor did she belong to this world.

"Look, on my [Ratziel], only the records about you are a complete mess. They can't be read at all."

Just as she had said, the pages of [Ratziel] resembled the static snow of a television with no signal. They truly were "full of bugs."

It was similar to the First Spirit's situation, though it was not as if nothing could be found.

Nia Honjo helplessly closed the book and chuckled. "Qian Huanyue, my Angel, [Ratziel], only contains records of you from March until now. Oh my~ The entries about you and that person are practically like something out of a romance novel..."

Qian Huanyue stuffed a slice of fruit into Nia's mouth.

"All right~" Qian Huanyue said with a smile. "Don't say anything unrelated to what I want to know, okay?"

"Well, now I'm curious. Just what caused you to be born, Qian Huanyue? Where did you come from, and how did you become a Spirit?"

"I used to be human." Qian Huanyue gave a definite answer, smiling quietly without continuing.

"If I knew that, why would I have come to ask little Nia?"

"A parallel world? A visitor from another world? A deviation in the timeline? Or perhaps... your authority surpasses my Angel's?" Nia rested her cheek on her hand and quietly speculated. "All of those could indeed interfere with [Ratziel]'s reading."

"So, Huanyue," Nia said, turning serious, her eyes filled with undisguised curiosity, "what exactly are you?"

"Probably... someone from another world." Qian Huanyue leaned her head against the sofa, relaxing as she narrowed her eyes and sighed softly. "As for how I got here—I have no idea. Back then, when I was human, I really did die."

"Then I'll look into it again." Nia Honjo reopened her Angel, [Ratziel].

"How did a girl become a Spirit after death?"

"Answer: The process by which humans transform into quasi-Spirits—some humans accidentally enter the Neighboring World after death and undergo conversion into quasi-Spirits."

Nia's interest was piqued once more.

"Hm?"

"There seems to be a type of existence similar to us called 'quasi-Spirits'—they are formed when the souls of deceased girls accidentally enter the Neighboring World and are converted. Of course, not all quasi-Spirits are created that way."

Qian Huanyue's eyes turned into tiny dots. It all felt strangely familiar; when she had been in the Neighboring World, she seemed to have sensed other life besides herself.

"Could it be... I'm a quasi-Spirit?"

"Ahahaha, no," Nia Honjo laughed so hard she rocked back and forth. "Quasi-Spirits are far inferior to Spirits like us."

"If we use a game as an analogy, the gap between quasi-Spirits and us is as vast as the difference between goblins and the final boss."

Thinking of Qian Huanyue's combat strength, Nia quietly coughed. Of course, there were differences between bosses too.

"Thanks, Nia-Nia. Let's leave the investigation at that for now." Qian Huanyue had no intention of dwelling on this forever. Compared to herself, she was now more curious about quasi-Spirits.

"The quasi-Spirits you mentioned just now—how exactly do they live in the Neighboring World? Do they also have Angels and Astral Dresses like us?"

How strange. Qian Huanyue chuckled softly.

From what Nia had said, could there be many quasi-Spirits?

~~Could Shiori handle that?~~

"They do, but theirs aren't Godly Astral Dresses. As for Angels, they have [Nameless Angel]," Nia explained.

"Ah, I really want to go take a look." Qian Huanyue's voice was light and eager.

After all, for Qian Huanyue, who had almost nothing to do, unknown territory was always especially fascinating.