《Goddess of Crystal》 Chapter one: Prologue Author¡¯s Note: Hello, fellow¡­ whatever you are¡¯s! This is my first ¡®Real¡¯ work that i will be doing so i hope you can enjoy this newbie author¡¯s fiction! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi, I¡¯m currently floating in an empty black space, and yes it IS what your thinking. I died¡­ the way i died? It¡¯s infuriating, frightening, and just straight up embarrassing. Hmmm, maybe i should tell you, my imaginary audience, about myself. *FLASHBACK START* My name is Krystal Hellinger, yes my last name is in fact a little weird, but everyone just calls me Kry. I¡¯m a 17 year old college student, I was put into an accelerator program when I was 12 because everyone was saying that I was a ¡®genius¡¯ or a ¡®prodigy¡¯ but weren''t they the ones that were just stupid? I mean all the work was sooooooo~ easy. Well back on track, I graduated high school when I was just 14, and middle school in a similar way at 13 years of age. I left elementary school at 10 years old, but because of my age, and how ¡®smart¡¯ I was, everyone treated me like an outcast, everyone but my mother. Well i think i should talk about my personal/family life a bit more. My father was an abusive asshole, he would always beat my mother and I to the point that we couldn¡¯t walk. This of course just made him beat us more because we were ¡®disobeying¡¯ him. By the age of 6 i had already developed androphobia, which is a phobia of men. Because of my androphobia i always avoided the opposite sex as much as possible, especially since the boys around me tended to misbehave, and bully others it only got worse. At 8 years old my father in a drunken rage did something unthinkable, he, raped, me,¡­ this was traumatic experience for me, what a just anxiety of being near men turned into absolute loathing, and fearing them in a single night. I wanted to end it all but i couldn¡¯t, because i also feared death, so i just went on with life as it was. But it didn¡¯t stop there, not at all. The bastard kept on coming more, and more frequently. My body had matured faster than most so at the age of ten i looked like a 13 year old. when i has turned 11 my father started to invite his ¡®friends¡¯ for ¡®game¡¯ night making my life so much more miserable than it already was. I was lucky that it didn¡¯t last forever. No, if it had gone on much longer I would have taken my own life. When i turned 12 my mom finally lost it she decided to call the police on my father in the middle of one of the ¡®parties¡¯. The shit head had noticed that my mom was on the phone, though he didn¡¯t know it was the police, because my mom claimed that she was calling her friend. Mom was half dead already when the door was broken down. I was laying on the fool with a lifeless expression covered in their ¡®juices¡¯, and wasn¡¯t paying attention to what was happening around me. Next thing i knew i was waking up in a hospital bed. We were free at last finally rid of that ¡®thing¡¯ that had tormented us daily. i had spent a month in had hospital room so they could treat the myriad of diseases, and infections i had. The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there. After i got out of the hospital i was then transferred to an all-girls school, that accommodated to students of all ages, and year levels. That school to me was nothing short of heaven, something i thought i could never have but could only gaze upon. I was able to live a relatively normal life after that, because the whole incident was covered up never making it to the media. Everything was smooth sailing from there, I graduated at the top of my class, and entered the best univesity around. I decided to major in game development as a programer, and even made my first friend in college of couse they were all female friends, though I had recovered enough to tolerate being around men themselves i still had a deep seated hatred for them. In this place i learnt what love is, and how to feel joy in my life, everything felt so much brighter when in love so much happier, though i knew it could never come to be since they already had someone, and were in fact engaged. i just wanted to be by their side with them, because this grand feeling may one day slip away so i wanted to enjoy it as much as possible. Since she would never want to be with someone like me, i hid my feelings away never wanting to reveal them to the outside world. Of course this didn¡¯t last long by the end of the year she died, her throat slit after having her hands and feet cut off, at the hands of her own fiance, though he got off without charge. I was enraged by this, so i hunted him down like the trash he is, and I butchered him alive. With this done i became apathetic towards those around me other than close friends, and family (which only has my mom in it). So now onto how i died. I was raped, again. On my way home from college taking my usual route i was suddenly attacked from behind when i regained consciousness i was naked in a cement room, with a man standing in front of me with an erect penis. I recognised him as one of my classmates. There was another there too, probably one of his friends. The two of them had their way with me for a while but then got bored with my lack of response so the offed me right then, and there with a bullet through my skull. *FLASHBACK END* That was how i died, and ended up here in this dark space in front of this little girl that is calling herself a ¡®goddess¡¯. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AN: Hope you enjoyed even though this is a ¡®little¡¯ dark i promise it will get better in the future! I just got too enthusiastic when i was thinking of a backstory so i came up with this :P Chapter two: Chat with a Goddess AN: This is my second chapter of my humble self. Thank you to the minority that gave me encouragement when i posted last time! :) (This is going to basically explaining some things, and an info dump chapter. So bring your popcorn!) Also i thought it would be better to organise how certain thing laid out from now on since i gained enough confidence now to continue, so here''s the key: (¡®-¡¯) = thoughts (¡°-¡±) = speaking ((-)) = extra info ([-]) = character who is speaking (*-*) = action ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 2: Chat with a Goddess Krystal¡¯s POV: [???] ¡°Hey! Are you even listening?!¡± Was shouted by the adorable little girl that was standing in front of me in this black, empty space. ¡®Oh? Did this little girl die too? What a waste she would have grown up into a beautiful woman.¡¯ I thought despite the present situation, not even caring that I myself had already died, I mean what was so great about that life? The girl seemed to seemed to be annoyed by what I just thought, ¡®Can she read my mind? Pfft who am i kidding.¡¯ [Little Girl] ¡°Will you just listen to me already! I hate how you just go off into your own world doing your own little thing in that miniscule brain of yours, and won¡¯t even pay attention to the person speaking to you! Heck I should just¡­ WAIT! Why are you drooling?!¡± She started lecturing me before she stopped for a moment, and shouted out in surprise, and shock. [Krystal] ¡°!, Shit!¡± I cursed under my breath when I noticed what I was doing. Now I know what you all may be thinking (since you''re all just a figment of my imagination), and no i am not a lolicon since I don¡¯t really care about their age or size as long as they are cute, and hell is this girl the absolute pinnacle of adorableness i¡¯ve never seen anyone cuter in my life! [Kry] Wiping away the drool on my face I said in panic ¡°sorry! sorry! When i took a closer look I just realised how cute you were!¡± Hearing what I said I immediately clamp my hand over my own mouth to shut myself up. Hearing this the girl had a shocked expression as if she wasn¡¯t expecting me to say that, I swear that I heard an ¡° I¡¯m cute? hehehehe¡±, and she even strongly blushed with a happy look on her face. [Little Girl] *cough cough* ¡°A,anyway, moving on.¡± she said, regaining her composure. ¡°Congratulations you have received the right to become a lesser god!¡± she said with vigor, and wore a business-like smile on her face. She is a girl who looks around 13ish, with long silver hair, and black highlights. She has pupils in the shape of a + sign, and were Pitch-black tinted in silver, her skin is pale white like ceramics. Her figure gave the impression that you were staring at the night sky during a cloudless night. That is, with her slim body-type, and immature body, she already surpases even the greatest of buties I had ever seen. [Kry] ¡°Huh? A god? What are you on about Loli-chan?¡± I asked confused. [Artemis] ¡°Hmph! I have a name you know! I told you it earlier! But i suppose you weren''t listening at the time¡­ my name is Artemis, and I am the Major Goddess of the Moon. Also it isn¡¯t a god it¡¯s a Lesser God there is a massive difference!¡± She exclaimed as she spread her arms wide as if showing how large the difference between the two status¡¯ are. ¡®How cute, i just want to pick her up, and take her home.. but i guess i don¡¯t have a home now do I?¡¯ I thought as I got the sudden urge to hug the little ball of adorableness in front of me. [Kry] ¡°Okay.. Artemis-chan? can you please explain to me what you mean by me becoming, an Lesser God?¡± I asked recovering somewhat from the initial shock of what she said. [Artemis] ¡°Fine, let me educate you on the systems of the gods, mortal!¡± she said with a haughty expression, which only made her look cuter. ¡°There are 7 different rankings among gods, they go in this order from lowest to highest: Demigod, Lesser God, Minor God, Regular God, Greater God, Major God, and True God.¡± She then went on to further explain the meaning behind the ranks, and the requirments to get them. For a Demigod, it was to have two or more godly traits during your mortal life that allows you to count as a demigod, they mostly are the champions of other gods. Lesser Gods, they are people that lived at least one life as a Demigod, and must have gathered enough godly essence to reincarnate as a god in their next life. There is also the condition that you must not commit 3 or more great sins, i was lucky in that I only really ever committed one great sin (Is what Artemis told me). Lesser Gods are gods that can only exist, and live in the mortal realms, as they grow, and gain more power in order to ascend to become a minor god. The Lesser God must also be reincarnated to mortal parents so the body, and soul aren''t crushed by the sudden change. There are two conditions to becoming a minor god. The first is that you must establish your own faith in the mortal realms. The second condition is that the must have gathered enough godly essence that it is at least 100 times that of the average Lesser god. Minor gods have the role of governors for separate parts of other worlds, though this influence is limited by the amount of divine energy provided by your followers (divine essence is generated by the faith you believers have, stronger or more faith = more divine power). Regular Gods, are the gods that oversee a religion that spans at least an entire continent in size, and has accumulated divine power equal to that for at least 250 years. To become a Regular God you must also have gained enough good or evil karma in order to under go that final ritual deciding if your a god of light or god of darkness. There are less dark gods than light gods purely because it is harder to gather evil karma while generating divine power, and vice versa. This whole process on average takes about 5-7 thousand years to complete. After explaining this to me Artemis said I don¡¯t have a high enough ranking in order to know anything else about the greater gods or above. [Kry] ¡°So.. What your saying is that I have achieved the requirements to become a Lesser God so now I¡¯m going to reincarnate as one?¡± I said somewhat apprehensively, and disbelievingly. [Artemis] *sigh* ¡°yes that is exactly what i¡¯ve been trying to tell you this entire time¡± she said in a matter-of-factly way. [Kry] ¡°So I finally went cray didn¡¯t I? I mean first I die, and now there is this little girl trying to tell me she is some kind of god, and that I will be reincarnated as one too? I mean, isn¡¯t going insane supposed to be as a sort of closure, and not to torture you even more? Why the hell would i want to reincarnate when I just lived a life like that?! Also why would I even be killed in that situation?!¡± I said with quite a bit of anger showing on my face. *SLAP* [Kry] ¡°Huh? Slap?¡± I said confused. This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. I then realised that I had been slapped across the face, and sent flying. ¡®why is there such a delay between my being hit, and realising whats going on?!¡¯ I thought to myself as i really was confused on my reaction time. [Artemis] ¡°Will you just shut up already!¡± was just shouted by the gild that had apparently just slapped me really~ hard. [Artemis] ¡°Maybe i should enlighten you on why you died?¡± she said in an arrogant tone. ¡°The two that killed you are the same people that killed Bianca (Bianca is the name of the person Krystal liked). They were just taking revenge on you for killing their leader. Who just so happened to be Bianca¡¯s fiance, and just so you know that had tracked the killer back to you after only a week, though don¡¯t ask me why they waited a whole six months to make their move. Also the reason they just shot you like that was, because they''re the kind that enjoys their meal a little cold, so yeah, they''re still going at it like the sick, and twisted humans they are.¡± She said indifferently as if nothing she said really matter at all. When what Artemis said had finally sunk in a shocked, and unbelievable furious expression appeared on my face. [Kry] ¡°WAIT! So you mean I missed two of the bastards?!¡± I screamed with overflowing rage. [Artemis] ¡°Why is that what you¡¯re upset about?!¡± Artemis cried out at my statement like it was strange. ¡®What¡¯s wrong with being angry that I couldn''t take revenge in full?¡¯ [Artemis] ¡°Either way you don¡¯t get a choice in whether you reincarnate or not!¡± Artemis said with an expression, and tone that screamed that she was fed up with my behaviour. I was pretty angry that she was going to force me to live another life, and I¡¯m pretty sure that I shouldn¡¯t even believe her, but for some reason I get the feeling I should trust her, and everything she said. [Kry] ¡°So.. Is there anything else that I may need to know? You know¡­ BEFORE you reincarnate me against my will¡± I purposely said in an irritated, and sarcastic way. [Artemis] *sigh* ¡°Fine.. I guess you will need to know about the general state of the world, and it¡¯s concepts of magic.¡± She said giving up on trying to deal with me. When I heard the word magic my eyes started to sparkle, ¡®Maybe reincarnating may not be too, too bad?¡¯ I thought trying to cover up the fact that the possibility of learning magic made me instantly rethink my earlier decision. [Artemis] Seeing my excitement Artemis gave a little smirk, and continued on. ¡°The world you will reincarnate into is one of the worlds that i personally govern, and also one of only 3057 worlds that have magic present within. This world is in a similar period to Earth''s middle ages, only a lot less poverty is present due to the existence of magic which also slows technological advancements. There are several different species in this world that your own would have called mythological creatures, of them there are 8 sentient species with a total of 9 sentient species including humans. These 8 include: Beast-Men, Elves, Dwarves, Draconians, Orcs, Demons, Angels, and Dragons.¡± After saying this she gave me a basic lecture on the relations between the races, which goes something like this: Humans hate Beast-Men, and Beast-Men hate humans. Elves hate Orcs, and Orcs don¡¯t really care about them, but resent both Demons, and Angels. Draconians are on bad terms with everyone but Elves, Dwarves, and Dragons. Demons, and Angels will fight every single time they meet. Beast-Men, and Humans believe that Demons are evil. Dwarves generally don¡¯t interact with outsiders, but will aid the Dragons, and Draconians when needed, also they are on bad terms with the Elves. Everything else was just a regular neutral relationship. [Artemis] *Inhale* taking a deep breath Artemis started her explanation on magic. ¡°Now for magic. There are 5 different types of affinities that you can have in magic. These affinities are: Body, Mind, Elemental, Spirit, and Soul affinities. Each one of them have different sub-affinities that you can have. Regular Mortals, like Humans can only have one affinity, but magic beings, like Elves can have two affinities. Depending on your rank as a god you can have even more affinities. Lesser Gods have three affinities, while Minor Gods have four, and Regular Gods have five.¡± She said explaining the basics of magic affinities. [Artemis] ¡°I want you to know that as you will become a Lesser God you will have your own three magic affinities. They will be in the following three categories: Elemental, Spirit, and Soul affinities, and will respectively be in the sub-affinities; earth, love, and life. There are also lesser affinities that you will specialize in to decide what kind of god you will become in the future, but even I can¡¯t tell what they are until you personally awaken your talent in them.¡± As she finished her sentence she gave an *sigh*, and slumped her shoulders as if the whole thing had exhausted her. With all the information that had just been relayed to me by word my head had started spinning, but I still somehow managed to absorb all the information that had been said. though it would take time to thoroughly understand it, i¡¯m guessing I have a lot of time to do just that in the future. [Artemis] ¡°Okay now that, that¡¯s done, time to send you off!¡± She said in a cheerful voice which seemed honestly, and innocently exited. [Kry] ¡°Wah? Wait!¡± I said in a panic as my vision started turning dark, and my consciousness was slipping away. The last thing I saw before I started my new life was an incredibly cute girl that was waving,and saying ¡°Bye, bye!¡± with a smile on her face. Artemis¡¯ POV: I watch as Krystal Fades from my view, and moves onto the reincarnation cycle, and gets sent to her new family to start over. ¡®Now that she¡¯s finally gone I can move onto my next line of business!¡¯ I cheerfully thought as I was smiling away since I was excited for what was going to happen next. Opening a portal I step through, and what appears in my line of sight is a world of green, blue, and brown. It is exactly the world that I sent Krystal too. I move closer to it at a speed faster than even light, becoming only a blur to the naked eye, after all no matter how powerful you are you can¡¯t see what you can¡¯t see. Looking down on this world I call my own I start the chant for a spell that only those of Greater God rank, and above are capable of using. This spell is titled Self-Reincarnation. My target? It¡¯s a certain Moon Elf couple in a certain Elven village. As I start getting sucked toward this world only one thought flows through my mind. ¡®Krystal, no matter the cost I will make you mine¡¯. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AN: Hey guys! Or girls! Whichever one you are! Thus from here my second chapter is finished! I do hope you enjoyed it (not specifically in the way of ¡®happy, happy, fun, fun, but as a piece of literature) because I had fun writing it, and coming up with new ideas! Please leave suggestions, and keep any hate you have to the minimum please, and thank you! Chapter three: Rebirth & Restart AN: Howdy partners! This is my third chapter, and also from here on out it is officially the longest thing I have ever written with only 0.01% of the planning of regular pieces! Anyway here is the key for the things? (¡®-¡¯) = thoughts (¡°-¡±) = speaking ((-)) = extra info ([-]) = character who is speaking (*-*) = action ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 3: Rebirth & Restart Krystal¡¯s POV: New life: Month 0 ¡®Damn it! She really did send me off without letting me ask a single question! Seriously she didn¡¯t even tell me the name of this world!¡¯ I shouted in my mind since I honestly didn¡¯t have the physical capacity to use my non-existing vocal cords. Judging by stages of pregnancy I¡¯m probably still in the conception stage, after all I did just get here, and have absolutely no senses at all other than my own lonely mind. After this I still have to become an embryo, and further develop until I have a proper body. Then I have to wait another six months until the approximated day of birth. Now to actually tell my imaginary audience about a few things that I had conveniently forgotten about before now so I can use some of this time that will probably pass really~ slowly for me. Like I stated earlier imaginary audience-kun, I was a 17 year old college student, and child prodigy. Some people called me beautiful but I think they were just plain stupid, then again I don¡¯t really care about anything that isn¡¯t cute so I can¡¯t really speak. I had long straight blond hair, and pale white skin, as well as orange lips, and grey eyes. In the past my mother claimed that it looked like I was melting into the sunset. I was taller than average compared to most girls, but not too tall as to be called strange. Though I was slender my chest, and butt were small compared to everyone else, but I was just lucky enough that it wasn¡¯t non-existent. During my previous life I had this strange fixation on cookies, and pancakes, almost to the point of obsession over them. I hated anything that was too bland or bitter, and hated the smell of sweat. So I ended up becoming a neat freak, because I also had been diagnosed with OCD, and ADHD. All that combined with my Androphobia, and I was a complete handful to deal with during your daily life. Going onto the physical plain, and you will find that I have only one functioning kidney, and my tonsils removed. Also I had Asthma, and a minor case of Myasthenia Gravis,which is a chronic disease that causes the muscles in your body tire,and weaken quickly, but also rest just as fast as they tire or weaken. So I had the whole works at the time, and I bet you could probably guess where a few of these came from, i''m just lucky I didn¡¯t get AIDS or something. Well that¡¯s enough about me, since i¡¯m getting tired now¡­ I think i¡¯ll go to sleep now.. and wake up some.. other.. time¡­ New life: Month 1 It has now been a whole month since my reincarnation, and you won¡¯t believe what happened! Thats right it was¡­ Absolutely nothing! Even if nothing really happened it doesn¡¯t mean my growth hasn¡¯t made any progress. I¡¯m now officially an embryo, and have gained a very weak sense of touch, but it is still enough to tell that I have a body, and am still alive. Well if i remember correctly then.. I should be consisting of two layers right now with the chance of starting to develope body parts soon. All I really know is that i¡¯m one month close to being born again. There is also the fact that my mind has become clearer, and I am capable of retaining my consciousness for longer. Truthfully I shouldn''t even be capable of holding a consciousness in this body yet, but think it may be a side effect of reincarnation with my soul being what is temporarily housing my consciousness. New life: Month 7 Before I knew it seven months have passed in my new life, and as usual there is nothing going on that I can make out too clearly. In these seven months that I have been growing inside my mother¡¯s womb I have found that being in here is rather comfortable. I had a vague idea about how comfortable it was at three months, but it didn¡¯t really sink in until I had hit the four month milestone. I have been capable of telling the time in here because I somehow had enough control of my body to tell what it¡¯s current state was, so using my knowledge about fetal development I managed to keep track of time. My body is mostly developed by now, and the most recent part I gained control over was my eyes. About a month ago I began to hear very minute sounds that I have by now been capable of making out as heart beats, and they are too loud to possibly belong to me so I figured they were that of my mothers. As if to prove this theory my mind would become relaxed every time I heard it. I already know that humans couldn¡¯t possibly have hearing this good only seven months through pregnancy, so i¡¯m most likely a race that has good hearing (god i wish i¡¯m an elf!). It¡¯s only two month until I finally get born into this world. ¡®I will get to meet my new mother! I only hope my father is either dead already, dies soon, or is away from home a lot, other wise I don¡¯t think I will live a very calm life.¡¯ At least not for a while. ¡®Though I really~ want an adorable little sister who I can dote on all day~!¡¯ New life: Month 9 ¡®Wooohoooo~! I¡¯ll finally get born soon!¡¯ I have recently reached the final stage of pregnancy, and am ready to be birthed at any time. Honestly I kinda don¡¯t want to leave this comfortable embrace that is called the womb, but I have to be born eventually, and I want to grow up so I can go adventuring. Hopefuly there I won¡¯t be unlucky enough to have that horrible reference to that one game that was sorta popular, and had people making the same reference for two whole years!... So far it has been what feels like hours, and I can finally since the contractions that represent a quickly approaching birth, also my mother¡¯s water broke only minutes earlier. This I could tell by the sudden drain of fluids, the strong contraction that came at the same time, and the loud noise that sounded like a yell coming from what I presume is up. Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. I can feel a tugging sensation on my body trying to force it in one direction, but my surroundings are too narrow for me to fit through the gap I was moving to, so it would have to stretch to match my body. Which I can only assume must be one of the painful parts about pregnancy. Combined with a squirming baby trying to make it¡¯s way out of you. Thinking along these lines I try to stop my body from squirming as much as possible, and do everything in my power to help make the whole process easier on those trying to birth me. I can hear screams from outside of this place that must belong to my mother, and even if they are screams of pain they also hold a kind of resolve that only a mother determined to give life to their child could possibly have. By now I am already a good way out, and I feel my mother about to give the final push to get me out, and into the world. I feel a push, one much stronger than those previously used, and I get pushed out completely from my mother¡¯s entrance. Then I hear the most frightening words of my life. [???] ¡°Congratulations Heiya, it¡¯s a boy!¡± A voice reminiscent of an old lady calls out. ¡®What?! Why?! Was this the doing of the damned goddess?! Should I just kill myself the next chance I get?!¡¯ I screamed in horror in my mind, and felt as if I was on the verge of collapse. I started crying as if there was no tomorrow. This is, when a masculine voice called out at the old lady in an angry, and annoyed tone. [???] ¡°Hey! Are you going senile old lady?! Any sane person could tell that it¡¯s a girl!¡± This person yelled at the old lady for what she said. [Old lady] ¡°Hohoho, aren¡¯t you getting too worked up on only a joke? Dear Gake.¡± The old lady said in a playful tone. [Gake] ¡°Of course not! aren¡¯t you just trying to confuse my wife?!¡± He yelled in a rather annoyed tone. Hearing their conversation I calm somewhat internally, but i¡¯m still crying for some reason. ¡®Hmph, this is one of the reasons I hate men, they can¡¯t even take a joke.¡¯ I thought taking the old lady¡¯s side. ¡®I wonder if he is supposed to be my father or something, tch, why does it have to be such a brute.¡¯ [Heiya?] ¡°Please, let me.. see her..¡± Said a somewhat tired voice that still held endless love, and affection towards me in specific. I immediately recognised this voice as the one who has been carrying me, and caring for me for the past nine months. Then again, why can I understand them? I think it has something to do with the fact that they are speaking Japanese. Is the language barrier between world really this small? When the old lady heard her voice, she quickly, and carefully handed me to my mother. I felt the shifting around, and saw my line of sight moving about. When I stopped I was then embraced by a pair of slender, soft, and gentle arms, then pressed against something soft. Looking up I saw my mother for the first time. She had long, straight light-brown hair, and deep green eyes that looked like they would pull you in. There were also a pair of long, and pointy ears protruding from the sides of her head, she was absolutely beautiful. When I saw her for the first time I stopped crying, and purely felt as if I was finally where I belonged, as if my life in my own world wasn¡¯t supposed to have even happened, and was a stupid mistake on the part of some mad god. I melted into the warm embrace of my mother¡¯s arms, and her very comfortable just-right chest. [Old lady] ¡°Heiya, have you decided on a name for her yet?¡± the old lady asked my mother in a curious tone of voice. When I heard this I started to pay good attention to my mother, wondering what my new name would be. But what I heard next surprised me quite a bit, and gave me the feeling that someone I recently met was pulling some strings here. [Heiya] ¡°Nine months ago I was given a divine oracle that I would in the future give a name most befitting to my child, and that this name would follow them until the end of time. So I, upon hearing this, received an inspiration. Her name will from this day forth be, Krystal¡± She said this with quite a bit of emotion in her voice that was clearly not faked, and held endless love towards her offspring; me. [Old lady] ¡°what a wonderful name you have given her. I¡¯m sure that she will have a great life ahead of her.¡± The old lady said so with voice that showed emotion. [Gake] ¡°Of course the name is wonderful. It is a name my wife chose after all.¡± He said in a haughty tone as if he were bragging. ¡®How disgusting. Why does my father have to be such a cringe worthy person? What did I ever do to deserve this? I bet he¡¯s going to be one of those over-doting type of father that is always hated by the child isn¡¯t he?¡¯ I thought after what my father said, which was very disturbing. ¡®Then again I feel sorry for him, if for no other reason than he has that sort of personality¡¯ I felt a sense of pity start to rise inside me, but soon disappeared again. [Old lady] ¡°What a pitiful man, I really don¡¯t know what Heiya sees in you. Look even your own daughter seems disturbed by what you said, and she is only mere minutes old at the most!¡± The old lady said in a sort of matter-of-factly manner. My father had a shocked look on his face, and looked like he was about to burst into tear right in front of me. The only thing I could bother thinking in this situation was ¡®So I was right, huh.¡¯ I then slowly drifted into unconsciousness, and then relaxed more deeply into my mom¡¯s embrace. ¡®How comfortable, I might just enjoy this life more than I thought¡¯ Was my last thought before drifting away. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AN: Hey people! I kinda got this in a ¡®little¡¯ late (3 days actually), but I swear that I was not being lazy! I had a legitimate reason to not get it out on time! for the first day at least¡­ Anyway enjoy this thing of stuff! :)