FLASH!

Suddenly, a dream portal opened before me as the little Belle, in her fox form, showed up, jumping over the bed.

She looked all wounded and tired, her hair was missing in a few parts, and she was covered in blood.

”Belle! ” I cried, hugging her tightly as I conjured my strongest Dream Heal Magic.

”Ahhh… Master… I am glad you ’re okay… ” she sighed.

I quickly continued to conjure Healing Dream Magic Spells, as her open wounds were finally closed, and her bleeding stopped. But she seemed weakened, very weakened.

”Belle… What happened? ” I asked.

”Ugh… nothing much… The dreamscape exploded and we almost died… But I brought you using my other body, the original one in the inheritance, dragging you there and saving ourselves in a pinch! Phew… ” she sighed.

”I see… But… What I saw… ” I said.

”Oh… T-That ’s… well, it was the real me… the true Venerable. ” She said.

”T-The true Venerable?! Belle, are you not messing with me, right?! ” I asked.

”No… As her creation, I know where she is… I broke the very protocols that made me myself… and I disobeyed the orders that were engraved into my very being… Perhaps because we had made a contract, it was now possible for me to prioritize it over the one of the Venerable, Master… I… I did everything I could and asked her for help, your body was fine but your soul…. It was in the verge of collapsing and shattering… ” she sighed.

”You… you did such a thing? ” I asked.

”I… It was all my fault… the fight… everything… I brought you there… I was… I shouldn ’t had… I was reckless and stupid to bring you there, thinking we could find clues together… ” she sighed.

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”Belle, don ’t say that, it was something we couldn ’t expect, and it was still insightful, I learned a lot I didn ’t knew by going there… ” I said.

”But still… I couldn ’t bear to see you in the verge of death, Master… I-I supplicated her to help you… And she agreed at the end… but the punishment of violating my contract with her was severe…. I received a lot of pain… ” she sighed.

”S-So that ’s… why you are like this? ” I asked.

”Hmm… B-But I am fine… I am happy that you ’re okay… Master… I was so worried… ” she sighed.