The Cursed Soul

Chapter 34

HERMIONE

"The deal was of course complicated. Because what he requested to Hades is not just a simple rebirth. He demanded more, only few in history dared to challenge. He wanted a transmigration... not a simple rebirth, but transmigration."

I wanted to act shocked, bewildered. But I can't. I don't understand what makes being transmigrated so much of a big deal. As much as I knew, the two almost bare no difference. But still, I dare not disrespect the Goddess and let her continue,

"I understand you don't see where I'm going. – Transmigration is a movement of the soul, a soul of the dead transferring into a new medium, someone on the verge of dying. While in reincarnation would reset everything from the soul and would start anew naturally."

"As I've said, your friends' past life chose transmigration over reincarnation. A risk he's willing to take just to be back to his former life. After so much debate, the Lord of the Underworld finally let him get what he wants. He was successfully transmigrated into the body of what you know now as Ìroas Thymos Olympia.

Of course, transmigration isn't always that complicated. If he was a simple mortal there would be no problem at all. But he wasn't, his soul was imbued with power and knowledge of the unknown. And a soul like that in a body as fragile and plain is completely dangerous, defying the law of nature. But that time there was no other option, so I granted the body power for it to adjust itself with the soul and to not explode. – Yes Hermione Granger, his shadow ability came from me. I, the mistress of the night granted him that power"

Her last statement struck me, we've always assumed it came from his parents. But now that the Goddess just said that, everything started to make sense. I just realized how much our visions were too limited, too small to see every sign showing in front of us. We didn't realise Iro's life would have relation to the Goddess to this extent, almost everything about him has something to do with this Goddess.

Another mystery cleared by her. But the main question still remains, Why is Iro currently in this state?

"I still don't understand,"

"You will... ~ Transmigration requires a body of someone on the verge of dying, not dead, but dying. When Iro's soul was transferred, what do you think happened to the dying one? What do you think happened to the original owner of the body?"

Then the question just suddenly clicked. Countless theories reeled inside my head only pertaining to a simple topic, where is that soul now? I looked keenly into the Goddess, then shifted far across us, to the body of the now unconscious five year-old Iro. Where is it? I didn't know how long it had been, but when I finally found the answer, I uttered, "It's still inside the body! The spirit, it's inside of him!"

Hecate smiled in satisfaction, "You really are wise Hermione Granger. The spirit is indeed still there. It's remaining life force remains frozen when your friend's soul takes over the body. But because of that, the soul remains weak, unconscious, and hungry... very hungry."

"Hun... – What now?"

"The poor soul, prisoner from his own body. In some ways, you could say Iro saved the soul from dying. – But still, the soul of an infant, frozen in time, couldn't be taught nor restrained. And a soul like that needed to be fed on."

"Fed on what?"

"A memory. The soul needed to be fed on the memory,"

"What kind?"

"Of something looming in the ambiance where your friend's soul has died," My mind immediately looked back at the memory I saw before this. The boy inside a field fighting monsters and such.