"Your current relationship with the Holy Spear is like two lumps of clay of different colors. Originally, they had nothing to do with each other, but now the intrusion of the Holy Spear's magical energy has caused them to overlap and mix in places.
Though both your bodily and soul personalities have suffered losses, you could still call it a blessing in disguise."
Sovell nodded as he listened at first, but the longer Merlin went on, the less he understood.
"Huh? I can see the misfortune, but where's this supposed blessing?"
"First, when I examined the Holy Spear a second time, I tried using magical energy to activate the starlight inside it. Guess what happened."
Merlin smugly kept him in suspense, and Sovell scoffed.
"Tch. That suspense isn't worth anything, thanks."
"A trace of divinity separated from the starlight and entered my body. Though there was less of it than even a single hair of a true god, I still detected it.
Now, what does that phenomenon tell us?"
Merlin paused briefly as he spoke and glanced at Sovell, only to find that the young man's right fist had already turned into a dragon claw. He was watching Merlin with a smile.
At that, Merlin continued without further hesitation, though the corners of his mouth rose slightly, as if he had discovered something amusing.
"It tells us that using the Holy Spear entails being eroded by divinity, and that divinity comes into direct conflict with its wielder's humanity.
But for humanity and the Counter Force to contend against divinity is like a mantis trying to stop a chariot. So as the Holy Spear is used, its wielder's humanity will gradually wear away, and divinity will take its place."
"..."
Sovell fell silent.
Had Sovell been in some manga world at