Hel pointed at the white aether and said, “That is the reason why your plan would have failed in 6 months. That’s Sophia's power and authority taken by that weak misshapen dragon. It’s slowly being absorbed into her soul slowly and when 50% of is absorbed she’ll have enough power that she’ll unconsciously break out.”
“So what happens now that I’ve removed her soul?” asked Zero
“Well nothing for now, the soul’s still dormant but when it awakens she will either possess a new body or create an astral form and kill you. So it’s best to keep the soul here and simply move the body to another location.” explained Hel
Zero then walked towards the entrance and asked Dahlia to follow him as they walked back to where Hel was. He then pointed to the soulless body and said, “Please take that and keep it far from the soul.”
Dahlia bowed and said, “Yes my lord.” as she took Sophia's soulless body away. Zero bid his farewells to Hel as he teleported to his room at the hotel as she waved bye to him. Now in his room Zero looked around with his divine sight and caught a glimpse of the soul that he had been looking for. Zero saw Nova’s soul along with Yoko’s in the direction of Hirosaki City.
When he arrived in the alley that he once saw a woman being killed in he noticed her earthbound soul still looking at the spot where the vampire killed her.
‘Hmm it’s not my fault that she dies and I couldn’t help her back then but I guess I’ll at least resurrect her.’
Zero walked over to her and asked, “What do you want?”
The spirit looked at Zero and then turned back looking at where she died. When souls become ghosts, they burn their soul energy and the soul becomes distorted cause a loss of memory and intelligence. This can cause a ghost to attack people like a rabid animal and it looked like the woman was close to entering such a state. Zero wasted no time, turned his hand ethereal, and pierced the ghost with his hand. The female ghost wailed in pain but stopped when Zero inject her soul with some nether energy reversing the damage already done to the soul.
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The ghost’s image became clearer and she regained a look of intelligence in her eyes. Zero then asked her again, “What do you want?”
“I… want revenge… on my killer.” said the ghost
“Well this is a bit awkward I killed him a long time ago.” said Zero
The ghost had a shocked look on her face and then turn to face the spot where she was killed again. Zero sighed and asked, “Do you want to be reborn?”
The ghost turned and looked at Zero and after looking at him for more than 3 minutes, she nodded her head. Zero smiled and with his soul manipulation turned the ghost back into a soul and had his shadow absorb the soul.
Zero would need to create her a new body but he had more important things to do so he would save that for later. Zero walked the direction he sensed Nova and Yoko’s souls from and eventually arrived at the ice cream shop that he had taken Nova to previously. He entered the shop and was soon tackled back falling onto the floor. When he looked at Nova crying on his chest as he laid on the floor he couldn’t help but smile. The employees and a few customers attempted to help them but Yoko looked at them with glowing blue eyes and told them to not worry about it.
Nova cried for a total of 5 minutes straight before Zero managed to coax her to stop. Nova got off him and allowed Zero to stand up. Zero then grabbed her hand and they walked over to Yoko who had been sitting and watching the show while eating her ice cream. Nova had dropped hers when she ran over to Zero so Zero ordered a new ice cream for her only to realize he didn’t have any money on him. Yoko chuckled at Zero and walk over to pay for Nova’s new ice cream.
Zero didn’t particularly care for sweets so he didn’t order anything. After sitting down Zero asked Nova what she had been up to while he was gone. She told him about how school was canceled and she would play in her world with Iris and the other dryads. Nova also told him about how she met the 2 girls from her group in the city and they became friends who would meet up and play together under parental supervision. Lastly, she told him about the boy Akio who would also come join them and even asked her where she lived and visited the hotel.
Zero smiled as Nova told him about her experiences but when she mentioned the boy Akio; Zero subtly released some killing intent and only stopped when Yoko coughed.
‘I should have killed that boy earlier but since Nova’s armor didn’t activate then there’s nothing to worry about.’
“Since we’re all here I promised Nova we would take a vacation together. So I’d like to keep that promise soon.” said Yoko
“A trip together with just the 3 of us that sounds fun. Where do you guys want to go?” said Zero
“Disneyland!” shouted Nova excitedly
“Okay then let’s go in 3 days.” said Zero with a smile
“I’ll be looking forward to it too.” said Yoko as she stood up ready to leave now that Nova had finished her ice cream.
“Where are you going?” asked Zero
“Well since we’re about to take a trip I’m going to take Nova to buy some new clothes.” said Yoko
“I guess I’ll tag along.” said Zero as he stood up and followed after the 2 ladies.
Zero would later regret this decision as the shopping he thought would last for 2 hours maximum actually lasted for 5 hours. Zero was ready to head back home after the 5-hour shopping torture session.