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Chapter 18

Despite claiming to have the perfect gifts for Artanis, Hearne found himself unsure of what to give her. However, upon reflecting on her prayer, he began to imagine the specific situations she might encounter, leading him to figure out the ideal gifts finally. it also assisted him with a newfound goal which was to separate himself from his grandfather's shadow as much as he could without renouncing the god not because of any malice but simply because he had to grow into his god. He could not do that while he was still trapped in his grandfather's image. He had already unknowingly committed himself to this path when he gave the leader of the Lords of the Sea his hunting horn, but this was a deliberate act to further separate himself from his grandfather's image and grow in his own god.

"My first gift to you is my boots, which will grant you speed surpassing that of the fastest beast in the land." Hearne said, imbuing his boots with the power of the word of Alacrity.

"My second gift to you is my cloak, which will connect you to the beasts of the wild and also keep you hidden from those who would seek to do you harm." Hearne said, imbuing his cloak with the power of the word of Beast.

"My third and final gift to you, Artanis of the Elves, is my bow, which will never miss its target." Hearne said, imbuing his bow with the power of the word of Bow.

"With your gifts given, settle your affairs with your kin and heal the world in my name," Hearne said as he watched Artanis remove her old boots and cloak to replace them with the ones that he had just given her and already he could tell that he made the right choice.

"Thank you for these gifts Lord Tauron" Artanis said with the quiet dignity of an Elf and she soon left the little apothecary to settle her affairs and begin her journey, but still Hearne had not expected that little of a reaction but maybe that could be because he was raised by humans and humans tended to thank their gods in more obvious ways, such as sacrifices and such but for now quiet respect was fine and he preferred that kind of worship anyhow.

Hearne then sat and wondered about Jonathan and his family, and how they were doing, so he entered a trance, bringing himself to a calm state of mind as he faced the direction in which the Joestar family or more specifically the dog and cat that he gave to them were and his eyes had turned a milky white and he was with the Joestars taking over the mind of his dog and his cat, he did not know whether he could do it so he took the chance to experiment and he soon realised that he could, and it was as exactly awkward as he thought it would be but luckily he controlled his new bodies quickly enough.

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"Hello Lord Jonathan and Lady Erina, i sincerely hope that all is well with your son." Hearne said through his two new bodies to the two Joestars in their bedroom as they were waking up from their sleep, terrifying the couple, Erina screamed hiding behind her massive husband, while Jonathan immediately attacked Hearne who controlled his two bodies to dodge out of the way just in time.

"I truly hope that you remember who gave you these gifts, which you would so easily discard." Hearne said making the Joestar family realized their mistake, as Jonathan picked up Hearne's dog body and Hearne controlled his cat body to comfort Erina who petted the cat as she usually did when scared.

"My Lord, we heard Lady Erina's scream and rushed here as soon as we could, is everything all right?" A man who Hearne had assumed to be a household guard announced barging into the room with a sword in hand, ready to fend off any would be assassin.

"Thank you Kyle, but your help is unneeded, my wife simply had a terrible nightmare, but she has calmed down and now she would like to be with family right about now" Jonathan replied as Kyle put his sword back into its sheath as Kyle looked at the young lord in his wooden shelter

"Of course, i shall bring the little lord to you now with no further delay." Kyle said walking to bring the babe to his parents, which did not take long as the young lord was in the room with them asleep, soon after placing the babe into Erina's hands, he woke up and began crying and Erina began her mother duty.

"Thank you Kyle, your job is finished now leave us." Kyle did as ordered and he left the room leaving the family and their strange pets together in the room and as soon as he confirmed that no one was near them Jonathan talked to Hearne.

"Hello friend, i did not think that, you would come to us like this" Jonathan greeted

"Please don't worry about it, my intention was only to visit and see how you are doing, and it appears that you are doing well. Nonetheless, I ask that you refrain from overreacting as you did just a few minutes ago when I come back." Hearne responded quite miffed that he had been attacked on sight.

"Of course, never again" Jonathan swore

"Now i must leave, I have other affairs to attend to brief as they are, so goodbye and tell the little lord i said hello." Hearne said returning his mind to his original body and soon his eyes began to hurt, but he supposed that was a result of experimenting, so he let his eyes for a while and soon he looked over in the general direction of his grandfather's forest and took over a raven and what he saw was something he believed was fake but it felt too real.

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