Chapter 525: Things will turn out well if you have a Goddess as your backer
The last thing I remember was Natha’s cold embrace, which seemed to be colder than usual. But it might also be because I was only in my nightwear. I remember feeling extremely exhausted, but also relieved that Natha was finally there.
Surely, Shwa was safe now. The child was no longer crying.
With that thought, I let go of my consciousness with a smile.
I didn’t remember much after that. When my mind came to, I felt like I was floating. My body felt weightless, and everything was dark. Where am I? I looked around, but it didn’t seem like Shwa’s empty world, nor did it feel like the galaxy of souls I used to spend rolling around while waiting for my transmigration. I guessed...this was my dream, then?
Floating aimlessly, I couldn’t move my body or my limbs to change direction--not like there was any direction. Wait--I wasn’t even sure I had limbs. My body swayed helplessly, following the flow of mana like a leaf following the course of the wind.
Was this the effect of fusing with the forest? Hmm...
Oh, wait! Mana? A flow of mana? Why was there a flow of mana here? Wasn’t this my dream?
[Come along], I heard a familiar soft voice that reminded me of a spring breeze and a sunlit garden. Oh, isn’t that Mother? Excited for something other than the darkness, I focused my consciousness on the voice and my body flowed along the mana quicker. [That’s right, come along steadily...good, good child]
Hmm? That sounded weird, but I like being praised, so I willed myself to flow through the mana channel even quicker, although I had no idea where this path would end. It was also hard to judge the flow of time in this unknown space, so I just moved and moved and moved, following the voice at the end of the mana flow.
Oh?
Suddenly, I felt like I was getting pulled by something. A tender and warm touch, like a pair of giant hands, enveloped me. I curled myself into a ball like a sleeping Jade, and the hands formed a cocoon around me.