As soon as I triggered the skill, I felt a sudden jolt. A bright light flashed before me, and much like when Astria evolved, I felt my body become impossibly light and float into the area. I looked into Lydia’s eyes as she dissolved in front of me. However, there was no fear, but a feeling of extreme peace. The exhaustion inside me seemed to dissipate like it wasn’t even there. My body felt like it was reforming from scratch. It felt like it was becoming different. My mind started to change too. I had new thoughts, new ideas… the ideas began to merge with my own until they became interchangeable.

The entire process was probably only seconds, but it felt like it had been hours. When I landed back down, I braced myself with both hands. My hand and arm had regrown themselves. My body felt incredibly light. I felt good, better than I had ever felt. King Roth had frozen, his grin had slipped, and his stead walk toward me had stopped. The look on his face was less like a predator, and more like a deer in front of headlights.

“I-is that Master?” Celeste asked. “Why does Master have kitty ears?”

“He has a tail! Master has a tail!” Miki pointed out.

“What is everyone seeing! I can’t see!” Terra was the only one who hadn’t been dragged over, instead just being held down where she fell.

“That’s… not possible.” King Roth took a step back.

“How would someone cheap like you know what is and isn’t possible?” I found myself asking.

My mind wasn’t the same. Rather, I felt my mind was being shared. I wasn’t me. I was two. Although my appearance had only gained a tail and ears but otherwise looked the same, on the inside, I was two souls united. This was what a true soul merge was! I didn’t know if it was because of Lydia having a god soul, because Lydia was more submissive than Alysia, or because I had put a piece of my soul into Lydia. It could have been a combination of everything, but in the end, we were one person.

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“Kill him! That’s an order! Kill him!” King Roth screeched, turning and running.

A thousand puppet girls charged at me. The surviving lionesses were part of that crowd too, but regardless of their feelings, they either had to charge or risk getting trampled under the horde. As they raced toward me, I didn’t feel any fear though. Instead, I felt warmness, strength, and love. I reached out my hand.

“Alysia!” Alysia cried out as her body disappeared and then flew toward me; when the light struck my hand, it immediately turned into a long, powerful-looking spear. “Eh? Huh? I’m a spear?”

“It’s fine, Alysia.” I declared. “I’m familiar with the spear for the moment.”

“I-I’m not!”

“Just bring your soul toward me, and you will understand too.”

“Wh-why do I feel like this is becoming a threesome!” Alysia wept, but as her soul came closer, her form stabilized and she grew calm as well.

“Attack!” I shouted and lunged forward.

She managed to finish solidifying just in time as the first wave of enemies reached us. I attacked with a long arc, striking nearly a dozen women at once. I used a powerful skill that had appeared in my mind, and a massive wave flew out from the blade’s arc, striking out some distance, hitting nearly all the women charging me. It stopped them all dead in their tracks, but not a single one looked to be hit. Even the ones the blade passed through were unharmed.

I stared at the women in confusion. They stared at themselves and each other. Just then, their clothing exploded. The outfit of every woman in front of me became nothing but confetti.

“Alysia…”

“I-it’s Lydia’s influence!” She cried out.

“Let’s try this again.”