943 Sea of Memories
“Woah, this is the Elysian Realm, the secret immersed in Elysia’s body?” Ai was amazed when she looked at this small world. She was in the middle of the universe’s sky, full of beautiful celestial bodies.
It was a floating island with a celestial palace in the center, and she was currently in the highest room in one of the towers.
“Yes, this is the Elysian Realm, one of our secrets. You are part of our nuclear family now. What do you think?” Elena felt proud of her masterpiece, even though the one who worked a lot on the construction here was Elysia. She and Rhea only rearranged their celestial palace after Elysia created it.
“It’s amazing, but it feels lonely here. The realm is so vast and the palace is so big, but there are only the two of us and Elysia’s spirit. We need to do a lot of things to decorate this realm to be amazing.” Ai looked at the sky outside the window. This realm might be the better version of Boundless Realm, but it was still in its budding stage.
She then asked in wonder because Elysia’s spirit was still motionless on the bed. “Wait, why isn’t Elysia here yet?”
“Hmm, now that you say it. What is Ely doing with Rhea out there. Wait, Rhea!?” Elena synced her senses with Elysia’s body, but she suddenly gasped in surprise because of Rhea’s boldness.
*Poof*
Rhea’s spiritual body suddenly appeared in Elysian Realm and fell on top of Elysia’s spirit.
“…” Elysia blushed fiercely because of Rhea’s sudden aggressiveness.
“Hehe, I’m becoming one with you now, master. We have established our absolute spirit bond.” Rhea propelled her body while licking her lips. A blush graced her cheeks, but she didn’t feel too embarrassed like Elysia.
“That sounds naughty. What did you just do?” Ai folded her arms and walked closer. She raised her eyebrow when she saw Elysia blush fiercely. So, Rhea must have done something naughty.
“I just performed a fusion ritual with Master Elysia. That’s how my spirit came to the Elysian Realm, not just my consciousness.” Rhea got up from the bed and told everyone proudly.
pA(nD)A no ve1 “At least, please tell me first if the fusion ceremony with you needs to go through that. I’m not ready mentally…” Elysia patted her cheek and propelled her body to sit up. She then covered her lips while glancing at Rhea.
“You kissed Ely for fusion? Why is that different from what Lifa did?” Elena pursed her lips, feeling dissatisfied.
“I need to send my breath to Master Elysia before my existence fuses with her.” Rhea pressed her fingers together. It might have looked like she kissed Elysia suddenly as a sneak attack. Still, it was actually something done for another purpose.
“Was that the method you used when you fused with Lifa when she was still your host?” Elena felt it was an excuse because Rhea wanted to kiss Elysia.
“Y-yes, my mother was the first one who was able to fuse with me when she was still my host. I had to send my breath before the fusion. Uhm, Master Elysia, did you test my fusion method?” Rhea felt a bit worried because Elysia’s feeling was the most important one.
“Uhm, no. I may be the youngest-looking here, but you are still my little sister. You can do anything because I trust you, but please let me know first, okay? I was surprised because you suddenly pounced on me. Naughty little sister, I am the one who will make you feel embarrassed next time.” Elysia couldn’t bear to blame Rhea, mainly because of that pitiful yet adorable expression. She gave her little sister a head pat.
“I, I can do anything? What are you probably going to do?” Rhea widened her eyes in surprise. She began to imagine the pink atmosphere and the unspeakable thing.
“Eh?” Elysia covered her mouth with her fingers. She mispronounced something and made it a misunderstanding.
Elena felt embarrassed because Rhea’s wild imagination was transmitted to her mind through Elysia’s mind sync. She instantly gave Rhea a head chop. “What a naughty little sister. You can rival the pervy Sylvi.”
*Bonk*
“Oow! It wasn’t my fault.” Rhea held her head.
“What are you two talking about? How do I activate this mind sync? I also want to know what just happened.” Ai scratched her head in confusion because she was unfamiliar with her newly established mind synchronization connection.
“Rhea just did a sneak attack while she was a fusion with Ely. Don’t mind it, let’s go to Subconscious Mind. With Ai’s presence, maybe we can discover something. Rhea, you can’t enter that realm, so please wait here .” Elena replied in a dismissive hand wave. She didn’t intend to explain to Ai in detail because she wanted to be more satisfied.
“Yes, I will wait here.” Rhea nodded in understanding.
“Hm, if Rhea did the fusion, where did her real body go? I can do mind sync and shared senses now. Oh my…” Ai did a little experiment and saw Elysia’s memory of what just happened. She then spoke in a whisper-like voice while glancing at Rhea. “What a naughty little sister.”
“I also don’t know where my real body went. However, it seems to have been sent to a separate inaccessible realm in Master Elysia’s body. Since our powers were merged, so maybe it merged with Master Elysia’s body? We can only be separated when the fusion ends.” Rhea put her hand to her chin as she still found it to be an unsolved mystery, even for Lifa.
“Okay, I’ll talk to you later. Ai, Ely, let’s go now before we start our training.” Elena held Elysia and Ai’s hands and walked away.
*Poof*
Everyone disappeared in an instant, leaving Rhea alone in the room.
“…” Rhea looked at where Elysia was last. She touched her lips, then smiled softly. She went to bed and checked that it was still warm and had Elysia’s distinguished floral scent.
Elysia had entered her Subconscious Mind at that moment, oblivious to what Rhea was doing in her spiritual bed.
In another boundless star realm, several seas of memory orbs of different colors greeted everyone’s sight upon arrival.
“Did you see the sea of memory orbs over there? The yellowish ones are Elena’s, and the purplish-blue ones are mine. And these bluish ones are your memories, Ai.” Elysia pointed at the sea of memory orbs around them.
“My memories…” Ai went to her memory orbs and checked one.
She became a little girl, the baby version of her. The young one had nothing to worry about and could have fun. It was such a pleasant sigh to behold.
Ai looked at some of the other memory orbs, but somehow, she felt the experience was foreign and distant. It was like she was experiencing someone else’s life in first-person view, but she could never relate to her.
“Ely, is this happy go lucky little girl the past me?” AI pointed at her memory orbs.
“Yep, those are your memories from when you were young to adulthood. It ended when that tragedy happened. You know, Ai… After that tragic event, we assumed that you were sent to this realm of memories when our souls and spirits were sent to your body to merge.” Elysia put her hand to her upper chest, admitting the truth.
“Your body is mine? Hm, yes, you are mine since we met. Nothing has changed, but we are one now, right? The three of us.” Ai shrugged her shoulders and ruffled Elysia’s hair.
She already knew the story and the reason behind it. It was no longer critical, and she didn’t mind that. At that moment, her attention was drawn to the bright gold sea of memories in the distance.
“That bright golden sea of memories… Whose memory orbs are those?” Ai pointed at that sea of golden memories.
“We also have no idea. Those might be our memories before reincarnating into three different existences? We can’t reach them no matter how hard we try to approach that sea of golden memories.” Elena shook her head.
“I see, maybe, our past self sealed her memories and sent her spirit and soul to samsara for reincarnation? We’ll know when the time comes. Anyway, I feel intrigued by Elysia’s memories as Ali. Let’s see there~” Ai flew into the sea of Elysia’s memory orbs.
“Those are not pleasant memories, Ai.” Elysia sighed, but she didn’t forbid Ai to look at her memories.
“Ely, I will accompany Ai to explore this realm for a while. You can return to Rhea to train your body adn we shall join you soon. The golden breath out there is very beneficial for cultivating your physique and body constitution. What we need the most is to strengthen your mortal vessel more close to the divine body.” Elena held Elysia’s shoulder from behind.
“Breath, golden breath?” Those words reminded Elysia of what Rhea had just done during their fusion. Did Rhea have to kiss her every time they were about to fuse into one?
“If it’s for fusion perfection, then I reluctantly don’t mind it. However, Rhea has other ideas for you too. Ely is mine, and she wants to play tricks with me?” Elena snorted because she knew what was going through Elysia’s mind.
“Uhm, Rhea’s intentions are good. That’s a condition for her to perfectly fuse with her host. She is our little sister, okay? Maybe, it’s sisterly bond?” Elysia looked back, advising Elena a bit.
“Hmph, I’ll talk to her later to find out more.” Elena snorted softly.
“Ai, I’ll be back to train my physique. Please take your time to look through our memories. I’ll be waiting for you outside.” Elysia waved her hand to Ai.
“Mkay.” Ai nodded in understanding, then looked at one of Elysia’s memory.