Eternal Cultivation Of Alchemy

Quietspring couldn’t believe her ears. She looked toward Liz, already having accepted her as a talented Diviner. Even if she had done nothing, the Fatekeepers would have accepted her on nothing more than the Divination God’s recommendation. Being his disciple made her acceptance practically guaranteed.

However, she couldn’t understand his reasoning at all.

Were the Fatekeepers not an eyesore to him?

”But... why?” Quietspring asked out loud. ”Why help us Fatekeepers at all, my god? What reason do you have for aiding us?”

The Divination God remained silent for a few seconds before speaking.

”Has it been so long that your sisters have already forgotten?” he asked. ”Though I suppose it makes sense. It was meant to be a secret, after all.”

Quietspring’s eyes narrowed. ”I don’t understand. What have we forgotten?”

”That I was the one who established your organization in the first place,” the Divination God said. ”Why would I want to tear down that which I helped build?”

Several eyebrows rose around the room, including those of the Sky God.

”You established the Fatekeepers?” she asked.

Despite being as old as she was, she hadn’t known that at all. In fact, the Fatekeepers had already been an established organization by the time she became a disciple of her master.

Did that mean the Divination God had already been capable of such things even back then?

The Divination God turned toward the Sky God.

”I understood long ago—or rather, I foresaw the truth. Becoming good at Divination was a curse in more ways than one. The number of people who relied on me to make even the smallest Divination became far too great for my secular self to tolerate.”

”And given the sort of gods that existed back then, I could not hide from them so easily. So, I devised a plan,” the Divination God explained. ”I would create an organization whose sole purpose would be to do the exact thing that I considered a needless burden.”

”To give myself freedom from having to Divine for every other God at their whim, I gathered the first of the Fatekeepers and had them establish the organization. That way, the gods would no longer bother me.”

The room listened quietly, surprised by everything they were hearing.

”Did the gods know?” the Sky God asked.

”A few knew, but they mostly didn’t care enough to spread the news,” the Divination God explained. ”Those who did know also did not live long enough for the information to spread very far. The Eternal War was an era of great chaos, after all. The shockwaves of those days are still felt today.”

”I certainly wasn’t one of them,” the Sky God said. ”I always knew you were much older than you appeared to be, but... I think I’m only now seeing the true depths of your age.”

”Why now?” Bladedance asked just then. ”Why reveal to everyone that you formed the Fatekeepers? There was no need to make such a public statement, was there?”

The Divination God looked down, almost lost in thought for a moment, before his eyes moved up and locked with Alex’s gaze.

He then looked away and toward everyone else.

”Because I am going to disappear soon,” the man said. ”And until the end of time, no one shall hear from me again.”

Several people blinked at the same time.

”You’re going into hiding again?” the Sky God asked. ”With everything happening, we will need you more than ever.”

”No, you won’t,” the Divination God said. ”Even if you did, there is nothing more I can tell you. Everything I needed to say is already out there in the world. You simply have to find it all.”

No one knew what to say to that.

Even the Sky God was forced to remain silent.

The Divination God then turned toward Quietspring.

”You have come here to restore your reputation by proving Starsight right, but you do not have that capacity,” he said. ”Nor do you need to. Starsight’s actions are her own. And you will never see her again, so forget about her and focus on yourself.”

Quietspring’s face grew stark white upon hearing that, but she slowly nodded, accepting those words.

The Divination God turned toward everyone else. ”I believe we are done here. If anyone has anything else to add, please do.”

Everyone looked toward one another, but no one said a word.

”In that case, I shall take my leave,” the Divination God said before looking toward Quietspring one last time. ”Go ahead and start Divining when I will come over with a new addition to your sisters. It will be a good way to pass your time.”

The Divination God then bowed toward the various gods and left.

Liz hurried after him at a brisk pace.

Alex looked around as well. ”Is there anything else you all wish to ask me?”

No one said a word to him either.

Alex bowed toward them as well and turned to leave.

No one stopped him.

Sunflare followed him outside, but Bladedance remained inside the palace. Alex wondered if he should wait for her to come out, but when he stepped outside, he saw the Divination God standing there waiting for him, with Liz by his side.

Alex walked up to him.

”Thank you for your help, senior.”

The Divination God chuckled slightly. ”I did nothing at all. I only did what I had to.”

”But you could’ve done that anytime you wanted to,” Alex said. ”You chose to do it right now, and I understand that is no coincidence.”

The Divination God shook his head. ”I did not choose this moment because I wanted to help you. I chose it because it was the most opportune moment to prove that your aunt is good enough to join the Fatekeepers.”

Alex nodded slowly.

While he had a negative view of the Fatekeepers, he understood that he was taking his opinion of one particular person and applying it to an entire group.

If Liz were to join the Fatekeepers, she might end up doing some real good.