13 Chapter. 12 - Assimilation?

"A spirit?"

Millan was dumbfounded as a girl had just appeared from the gray aura.

Her appearance was akin to a small girl with a beautiful white skin and a breathtaking ashen coloured hair and gray aesthetics.

As she had appeared floating at first, she hovered down and met with the floor, then she leaned forward with a wave.

"Hi~hi! My name is Stella! I haven't been outside for a looong~ time so this is a refreshing experience hehe!"

Her bright smile was met with a pat to the head straight from Miyata.

"E~hehe, MASTER!"

A hug was sent straight to Miyata which looked as if two siblings had just met each other after a long time.

{W-what the hell? She's so cute..}

Miyata was in full-on cloud nine

"Y-you're a great spirit!"

Millan who finally gathered himself proclaimed with a lot of shock.

"Duh! I'm not like those little cute bubbles who can barely hold anything!"

Stella who released her hug confronted Millan, looking all smug she snapped her fingers and a ghost like gray bubble appeared.

The only thought that went to Miyata was {Pacman ghosts!}.

"It's a lesser spirit... How? They can barely hold on to transport items to our world, how can they appear!?"

"It's all because of master supplying me that I can also call the others here!"

Stella snapped again and the little bubbly ghost began to fade, with its small arms waving goodbye.

"This... This is amazing!"

Millan took out a pen and a notebook out of his inventory and began writing down.

"A human medium in order to summon the spirits of the inventory! There were only 2 reported cases ever since the founding of the empire of people being able to contract the inventories' spirits that were greater than lesser s spirits, but surely either two did not contract a greater spirit! This... Please allow me to research with Stella!!"

Millan lost all his nervousness and looked steeled more than ever. Yet he was greeted with...

"No."

Stella with her arms crossed declared instantly and the steeled Millan instantly fell to pieces.

Miyata, who was quiet for some time finally butted in and began patting Stella again.

"Can you really not? Look, Millan looks like his soul just got taken from him, if you do, I'll give you 'that' again."

Stella looking up at Miyata faltered.

"Nnnn! Alright! But no touching! Okay?"

She pointed at Millan who finally looked healed again.

"Okay!"

Replied Millan.

"But master, come with me! I want to show you something!"

She grabbed Miyata's hand and the two disappeared into thin air.

♦

"This is..?"

"It's my domain!"

"It looks like a trash heap..."

Miyata was transported to another dimension and the landscape that is usually full of gray was filled with various items, furniture and even weapons, armors and jewelry.

Stella pouted and stomped her feet.

"This is just the first floor!"

Her face resembling a '> _ <' put a smile on Miyata and again did she start patting her and Stella calmed down instantly.

"And you master, do you even know what's happening to you, now that you're not male?"

"!!"

Miyata paused and her heart beated faster, she was shocked.

"How?"

"I saw your soul when I created our contract, it was 100% different from how you look now."

Stella pondered and spoke again. Her attitude seems to have changed as well.

"Your soul is changing too."

"Changing? Why?"

"Your personality, psych, everything is changing. I've been enamored to you because you are not of this world... Are you?"

Stella paused, looking at Miyata.

While Miyata was stunned, stuck in her brain, wondering all of these... She spoke.

"I am.. not. Although, ever since I've came here, I feel different urges and things I would not have definitely liked or cared about before, am I... Changing?"

"Probably, master. Your body is not yours. A soul definitely existed there before, though ceased to be, and that's where you came in. But a body is still a body and memories and habits still remain in your mind. You're being assimilated into your body. Though, don't fret, your memories from before will still remain."

The two were still walking along, until the scenery changed once again.

"Ah! Here are!"

Stella was trotting to a pile of 'garbage' and went "Here!" And begun trotting back.

A ring was held on her palms and gave it to Miyata.

"Here, if you wish, this should slow down the assimilation. Though, by now, you're probably at 65%, either use that or embrace being a girl. Either way, master is still master and we are bound by life after all. Ehe!"

Miyata, without a second thought wore the ring.

"Well then, master I've got some gifts for you!"

Miyata pondered for a bit and smiled while patting Stella's head again.

"Sure, but let's not keep them waiting."

♦

The two had returned and Millan was unfazed and can be seen scribbling down notes.

While Jerard came forward and brought some tea.

"Millan said you might be thirsty."

Jerard seemed awfully quiet and left quietly as well.

Stella quickly took the tea and took a sip.

"Pahh! It's hott!"

Sticking her tongue out she looked at Miyata with tears.

{Ah, cute.}

The head patting continues once again.

As the day was ending, Miyata had a lot of thinking ahead.

And jerking up as if she forgot something she asked Stella.

"Stella, can you store a certain sword for me?"

"*Slurp* A sword? Sure, where?"

Still sipping tea she looked back up at Miyata.

"I'll tell you about it tomorrow."

"Mmm~"

-End-