Soul Delivery (English)

Guardian Spirit Part 2

Ansel was waiting for what Rhea needed. But Rhea was silent for a long time. He felt that there was something Rhea really wanted. Meanwhile, he had not been able to get it.

“No. I don’t need anything.” Said Rhea.

Ansel didn’t expect that Rhea didn’t tell him what she really wanted. That was why he tried to ask once again.

“What do you want?” asked Ansel once again.

“I want to turn into a human. Can you grant it?”

As he expected, Rhea’s request was difficult to be granted by Ansel, “It was so difficult. How could I possibly grant it? How about the others? I’m sure that  you have another wish.”

Rhea didn’t answer. Instead, she returned to the sword so without a single word.

Ansel couldn’t understand what Rhea was thinking at all. He felt that his words offended Rhea’s feelings. It made she didn’t want to talk to him anymore.

However, he was grateful that Rhea was so kind. So, he had to treat her well. And he  had to protect Rhea.

It was what he was thinking about how Rhea can turn into a human. He had no any  knowledge of the life of Immortal.

He knew that Rhea obviously  knew how to do that. The only possibility, Rhea had done it, but she failed.

“Why does she want to turn into a human? Immortal can do it, can’t they? Did something happen to Rhea? That’s right, I’m sure.”

Ansel looked at Viorenving. He could feel there was vulnerable that Rhea felt. “Rhea, don’t worry I will definitely help you. I will find a way to be able to grant what you want.”

***

Ansel felt guilty about what happened last night. He shouldn’t say words that made her angry.

That was  why he wanted to fix his relationship with her. So, he went outside to buy something for Rhea. Previously, he had been looking for info about Simurgh, how to take care of it and what food they liked. Then, he decided to buy lamb.

Unfortunately, it was difficult to find a market that was open at night in Japan. Hence for, he asked Touji Ito for help to find lamb.

"It's getting late, no one sells meat at night. You better spend the night here. Tomorrow morning we will buy lamb.” Said Touji Ito.

Ansel also spent the night at the temple together with Touji Ito and other monks.

Next day, in the early morning, Touji Ito took Ansel to the market to buy lamb. He bought 2 kg of meat. It was all just for Rhea.

It made Touji curious why Ansel bought that much lamb. “Why do you buy this much meat? Is this for rituals?”

“This is not for my friend.”

“Andrew is lucky to have a friend like you. You are very good to him.” Touji thought that the friend Ansel meant was Andrew.

“This is not for Andrew.” Ansel also explained that regardless of whether Touji would believe it or not. “It is for my other friends. She’s not human. She is my Spirit Guardian. You probably won’t believe me. But she is real.”

“I also know about Guardian Spirit.” Touji said.

“Really? That means you believe in my story.” Ansel realized that Touji believes in him.

 “My teacher also has a Guardian Spirit.”

“What is it?” Ansel asked.

“Kitsune, the nine-tailed fox. He can turn into a human. I’ve seen it in human form.”

It made Ansel excited because it was what Rhea wanted. She really wanted to turn into a human. If the fox can turn into a human. It meant that there was hope for Rhea. “Do you know how turn into human?”

“I don’t know. My teacher who is only knows. He didn’t teach me how the Guardian Spirit could turn into a human. Because it’s forbidden. He has dead.”

His hope of helping Rhea shattered instantly. At least, he knew that Rhea could turn into a human. He just needs to find a way.

Touji curious for Ansel who wanted his Guardian Spirit turned into a human, “Do you want to turn him into a human?”

“That’s the only thing she wants. I promise to make his wish come true.”

Then Touji changed the subject because Ansel looked disappointed. He offered a place to cook. “How are you going to cook all this meat?”

“I can use the kitchen where I’m staying.” Ansel said.

“You can use the temple kitchen to cook meat.”

“Isn’t that forbidden? As far as I know meat is a taboo for the monks.”

Touji explained, “That’s true. Monks never eat meat. But it’s not forbids a guest to cook meat. So don’t hesitate.”

Ansel agreed. “Okay. Thank you.”

They arrived at the Rengeji Temple, Touji guided Ansel to a secret room in the temple. The room looked very dark and tortuous.

“Touji, what place is this? Why did you bring me to this place?” Ansel was curious.

 Touji asked Ansel to close his eyes, “Close your eyes!!” Ansel took the black cloth and closed his eyes. He assumed that the room was indeed secret. There was not a single person was allowed to enter freely.

“Hold my hand.”

They started walking. Ansel couldn’t see at all, he just followed Touji’s direction. However, he felt that he was walking in a very long hallway. It took half an hour to get to the main room.

After They arrived, Touji untied Ansel’s head.

Ansel saw a very closed room and there was no sunlight in the room. In front of him, there was a sword. It was shiny black.

“This is for you.” Touji said.

“Really?” Ansel was very happy with the gift. He held the sword.

He tried to swing the sword. The sword can deform and shrink like a knife. He noticed there was a button on the hilt of the sword. He wanted to try pressing the sword button, but he didn’t dare because he didn’t know the function. “What is button for?”

Touji took the sword from hiss hand. He pressed the button and the sword changed its shape lengthwise and forked. Then he gave the sword to Ansel, “What do you think? Do you like it?”

“Of course, this sword is very good.” Ansel remembered that he had forgotten something, “Why do you give me this sword?”

“This is just a thank you, for destroying the monsters that appear in the Aokigahara Forest.”

“Actually it’s not necessary. I already have a sword.” Ansel said humbly.

“But I think you better guard this sword. We can’t possibly keep this sword forever. While guarding the sword we felt restless. We afraid someday there is a bad person took it. Therefore, please take care of this sword.”

Ansel smiled broadly. His eyes were teary. He felt that he was a very lucky person.