5 From True Dragon to Elemental Queen

Having finished analysing all the species currently inhabiting the Central World, Aria who was leaning back on Fenrir slowly opened her eyes, "Not bad, although a scant few were able to reject or even give me false information, I still got everything I wanted."

"And while I was at it, I got [Magic Sense] and [Parallel Operation]. Now that I think about it, I can use the latter to help me understand [Metamagic] and my [Cleaning] abilities." Saying so, Aria immediately activated Parallel Operation.

Her eyes then shifted to her clothes and bare feet, which didn't even have a spec of dirt or mud. These weren't the only things that caught her attention since she reincarnated. Her mind seemed more clear…and she wasn't referring to changes that occurred when she became an Ultimate Existence similar to True Dragons.

Rather, Aria felt that her mind seemed unrestricted and more reactive, she felt calm, but the word that most described what she was currently feeling was…Clean. Aria's eyes narrowed in curiosity, 'It seems [Cleaning] is not as simple as I imagined.'

Now that she thought about it, wasn't the final line of the ability's description something like this: To simplify, the user's ability allows them to vanish, purify and clean anything that is dirty.

'But the question is; what is considered dirty? Or who considers what is dirty? Is it me? The world? Reality? Or does there need to be a collective belief that something is dirty to be considered dirty?

Does that mean, if I'm feeling fatigue of any sorts that I'm considered dirty? Most likely, since my mind somehow felt refreshed even after using [Thought Acceleration] by a factor of millions, and analysing the strongest species in the World.

In that case what does it mean to "vanish", I can already guess that purification might possibly extend to anything considered "malevolent", like; daemons, vampires, necromancy, etc. But "vanish" is broad, will the person literally be erased out of existence if I deem them dirty?

Ah~ So many questions, yet so few answers!'

However rather than feeling annoyed by all the questions, Aria felt excited, the proof was the blush on her cheeks and her ragged breathing. Her [Sin of Gluttony] was going haywire, but fortunately it didn't last long, as she had already started analysing her Cleaning with Parallel Operation.

"It should be called sin of lust instead of gluttony." Aria grumbled, she saw with her [Magic Sense] that her previous expression was similar to Yumeko Jabami's when she's gambling.

"Are you alright, Mother?" Fenrir asked worriedly, as he noticed her previous state.

Aria for a moment forgot that she was not alone, and cleared her throat, "Of course, Fen, I was just doing a breathing exercise."

"I see." Fenrir nodded in understanding, having no doubt about his mother's actions, instead he asked, "Mother, how shall I deal with the interlopers? Should I eat them?"

"There's no need, you'll come out on your own, won't you, Miss Dryad?" Aria smiled, as she leaned back onto Fenrir's heavenly fur.

"Of course there's no need for such a thing, My Lady." In a flash of green light, a beautiful woman with green hair and blue eyes appeared before Aria and Fenrir.

"Wow~ Dryads truly are as beautiful as they mention in fairytale, eh, Treyni." Aria whistled in appreciation as she eyed the Dryad, who seemed bustier than her anime counterpart, "You would make a fine mother."

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"Excuse me?" The Manager of the Great Jura Forest was left baffled at how to feel and respond. She was terrified when she heard her name coming out of the mouth of the Majin who seemed to be keeping a Disaster-Class monster as a pet.

It meant that she was analysed without her even noticing, and that this Majin must at the very least be of a similar rank to the wolf behind her, or possibly greater. The thought of the latter terrified her even more, but she had no choice but to consider the worst case scenario, since she couldn't even sense a speck of magicules from her.

'No, although I can't sense her magicules, she is literally bathed in foreign magicules that I'm all too familiar with…Storm Dragon Veldora's magicules. And the amount on her would kill even Hazard-Class monsters.' Treyni thought with trepidation and slight hope, as it meant that the Majin might have good relationship with Veldora, who allowed her kind to stay in the forest.

Her thoughts couldn't continue, as she heard the familiar voice of her spirit in her mind, {Treyni! Be careful, she is-!}

{I'm a what, little spirit?} Aria's voice sounded in both Treyni and the Wind Spirit's mind, making them both freeze on the spot.

"Fufufu~" Aria giggled at their reactions, she was really enjoying this! Though, since it was easy to control her Moderate Sadist flaw, she decided to stop indulging in it.

『Confirmed. [Elemental Comunnication] has been successfully acquired.』

Ignoring the VOTW, Aria used [Wind Manipulation] to push Treyni's body onto her own, making the Dryad fall onto her lap. Wrapping her arms around Treyni's waist, she whispered in her ear, "Relax~"

And as if she heard the voice of God, Treyni melted into Aria's embrace. The nature spirit felt a familiar sensation coming from behind her, a feeling she felt from only one other person…The person she respects more than even True Dragons, "The Elemental Queen." She muttered dazedly, before realisation hit her.

The Majin she was previously talking to felt like her Queen!

"Hm? It's nice to meet you too, little spirit, I hope you can forgive me for scaring you." The Majin said gently to her contracted Wind Spirit, Sylphide, whom she didn't even realise materialised.

'Wasn't she the one who was telling me to be careful just a second ago?' Treyni couldn't believe how quickly her spirit changed sides.

{I dare not hold a grudge against you, My Queen.} Sylphide, the Wind Spirit, said in a breezy(literally) tone, as she kneeled before Aria.

Treyni who saw the reverent way her spirit was acting to this unknown Elemental Queen was having mixed emotions. Should she pay respects to this new Queen? Was she even a Elemental Queen to begin with? She had so much of Veldora's magicules on her that it wouldn't be surprising that she's corrupted.

Aria wasn't oblivious to the way the Dryad was feeling, most likely because she modified her state of being to be similar to Ramiris—who she analysed during her global analysis—so she could now feel the emotions of Elementals.

'Though, why is it that a lot of ancient beings are hiding in different dimensions? First it was Veldora who was sealed, and now Ramiris who's labyrinth is a different realm. There's also Ivarage, and the Phantoms.' Aria thought, while finding Treyni's distress rather amusing.

Looking at Sylphide before her, she gently raised her chin and smiled at her, "You, my dear, shall be known as Elaine from now on."

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A/N: Enjoy~