The Adventures of Rose Hood

Chapter 48: The Purification of the god of Good

I reached out my hand.

"Alright, you will feel a bit of pain starting out. Don't panic. Silas and Fortitude felt the exact same thing."

"Alright."

I touched her head, and everyone looked interested.

Then in the ancient language.

"Come unto me filth, expose yourself so I may wash you away and cleanse this soul."

Benevolence started to screech in pain. Lust and Peace looked worried, but Fortitude held them back.

"I see your core now. Relax, the painful part is over."

"Thank goodness. Rose, that was not a bit."

I began to clean her core. I focused in on it, so deeply that both me and Benevolence saw nothing else but the work.

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"So, is it working?"

Slo- Fortitude nodded.

"She is focusing so she'll be able to purify her in 4 days. They won't move at all for those days, then she'll have to rest for a bit as she just purified me."

Mammon shook his head.

"How did she get that power? It's unprecedented."

"She received a blessing."

"From who?"

"Purity."

"Who?"

"Innocence's purified form. She saw Rose had conflict and gave her the strength to purify us."

"I see."

I almost forgot that we are supposed to keep Rose's identity a secret. In the other's minds, they simply saw her as a dragon that managed to gain the attention of a god.

Of course, the S ranks were now aware, but they all swore to keep it a secret, even Climond hadn't spoken a whisper about it. Though a lot of odd things have happened with him. He freed all of his slaves and disbanded his black market.

I suppose meeting a shard of the god of good changes people. When Fortitude walked in, all of us were shocked. The woman we used to think was a major threat now made all of us feel safe. Her aura alone still way outpowered Lust, Peace, and Benevolence's auras. It made sense as their auras were mere muck covering their souls, but it was still shocking that what we thought was an ultimate power of fear, was mere muck covering hope.

As the days passed, Benevolences evil aura lessened and lessened. Then, on the fourth day, it was gone entirely. Then we felt the rightness come from her.

"Well, I suppose we are done?"

"We are, Respect."

"Thank you for that."

Ben- Respect stood up and shifted. Her fur turned white, and her garb turned from that of a citizen to that of a queen. A golden crown appeared on her head, and her white robes looked more extravagant than Peace's. A sword appeared at her side. Her essence echoed goodness. She looked happy and examined her armored hand.

"This is incredible, Rose... Rose?"

Rose, as expected, was already asleep. That took a lot out of her.

Peace gulped in fear, but she clearly was in awe as well.

"This is a truth in pure form?"

"I suppose so, I wonder what Purity looks like."