After what happened, Benladann continued to hug me and Yuki and the wolves for several hours, she stopped crying after two hours, and then we went back to our home, where we ate roasted meat.

I know I should be more patient, but in a harsh world such as this, I really want Benladann to become strong. Due to this, I want her to talk about this issue with me in detail so we can find a solution together.

”Benladann… Now that you ’re calmer, I believe that you should tell me what just happened, ” I said.

Benladann glanced at her blue-skinned hands as she seemed to be rather uncomfortable with the issue, but instead of simply telling me that she won ’t say anything, she glanced at my eyes and spoke.

”I was… attacked within my dreams by this… being that I had spoken to you about before. This being… the consciousness of the Mold or something like that. It formed in my past life, and it seems to retain the memories of my past… It seems to have a possessive nature, and it only wants me for herself… Sorry for being… so weak. We have been training for so long and yet… Yet… I have not grown stronger at all, ” she said.

”Well, you have indeed grown stronger. I can see it through my perception, your strength, vitality, and more have increased exponentially, and your magic and mana keep improving too. You ’ve also learned a lot of new abilities, so you ’re not someone weak at all… But perhaps you have a weak soul, ” I said.

”Soul? ” she asked.

”I already kind of knowledge of that monster, as you ’ve already told me about it before. But it seems that it attacked you through your soul. As you can already notice, there was no Mold involved on this, it never showed up to consume your body, you ’re already Immune to it through drinking my blood… ” I said.

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”No Mold? Ah! You ’re right… ” muttered Benladann, realizing the same thing as I did.

”See? It is just as I told you, this thing lives within your Mana Core, but it might also linger within your soul, or it might have tried some way to devour your consciousness through the soul. The same method is used with you to cage you into the darkness. It doesn ’t even need to use the Mold physically… ” I said.

”How strange… ” she said.