Lilia's Tale

Chapter 19: Dragon

Everything seemed clearer to me. Brynhild called me a divinity because I have the rank of one, but I also am one. Similarly, my magic power, which seemed overwhelming, was now evident. My physical strength as well. I could only think about how everything was fitting together.

"Should I not read your detailed affinities?" the King suddenly asked, taking me out of my train of thought.

"Ah. You're right. Go ahead."

"Yes. All of your affinities except for elemental magic are SS-rank. Your elemental magic is written as X-rank, although fire, earth and wind magic are SS-rank as well. However, your water magic is written as SXD-rank, a rank that never existed before."

"SXD-rank? That sounds like something even above divinities."

"That is also what I think, holy one."

I giggled hearing the nickname that had been given to me.

"Please don't call me something like that, it's embarrassing. I'm just some little girl, you know. I'm not sure where this Divine Dragon thing came from, but I'm really not some holy divine creature or anything."

He looked at me, confused.

"I'm being honest, really. I'm just some little girl, and to be fair I want to stay like that. I don't want the responsibilities of being some kind of god or whatever."

He seemed even more confused than earlier, and put his hand on his chest, saying with a surprisingly honorable tone:

"If that is your wish, then I shall continue to treat you as a young child."

"Thank you."

Afterwards, I simply went to the side of the room and sat against the wall, holding my head. The headache wasn't as painful as earlier, but it was still quite heavy. Additionally, the need to accept what had just been revealed to me was important.

"Are you okay?"

"Just need some time to rest. I mean, I have a lot of things to take in right now."

"I understand. Do you want me to fetch nurses?"

"I don't know if it's a good idea. The Mirror is still displaying my information for some reason, and my pendant isn't working anymore either. I think you'd agree it's best not to let anyone know about all this."

"You're right. Maybe it is best if I fetch Aina-sama and Jirou-sama?"

"Yeah. I'll stay here. Don't worry, I won't move or do anything stupid."

"I will make sure to come back as fast as possible," he said before quickly going to the door, opening it as fast as he could and disappearing into the corridor.

I simply sat there, trying to calm myself and my heart down, as the high quantity of information was swarming in my head. I was wondering what exactly being a divinity entailed, and what kind of events would happen due to this specificity of mine. I wanted to talk to Brynhild to have answers, but I knew it wouldn't be possible.

After some time, my headache nearly entirely subsided and I stood up, to go back in front of the Mirror. As expected, the same text as before was still showing. I looked at it and remembered what the King told me. I noticed that in the first line, the last word had the same two characters recurring, then the last one for five characters total. My name being Lilia, the L and I came back together, so I assumed it was like that.

I then looked at the rank letters and noticed that the SS-rank was indeed shown with twice the same character, and was consistent everywhere. Additionally, I had been told that my overall elemental affinity was X-rank, which fit perfectly with my overall rank of X, being the same character. I also noticed the characters for S and X in the only rank composed of three letters, which I assumed was my water magic.