Brand New Life Online: Rise Of The Goddess Of Harvest

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The sun rose early in the morning, as we woke up on our small beds. We were able to sleep at the largest inn available in this small city, which was inside one of the giant Atlas Flowers. The beds were small and a bit uncomfortable, but still, they weren’t too bad. Fitting bigger beds inside would’ve been too much of a hassle so late at night, where we were really tired, so in the end we just accepted our fate.

As the sun shoe brightly, I decided to wake up, walking into the small window to see the beautiful garden, the blue skies and the calm, relaxing breeze. The sound of the villagers talking, laughing, and working could be heard in the distance, it seemed that despite being a relatively small population, they sure were hard workers and also very chatty people in general. Last night when we ate dinner these kind people would simply never stop talking… but I guess that’s for the better, talkative people are always better than just silent ones.

“Huh?”

As I glanced at the gardens, I suddenly felt something, a little tinge of energy of some sort inside of my body, I looked at my belly, caressing it. I hadn’t noticed, but it suddenly got bigger… Is the baby growing faster than I imagined? Maybe it is because they’re part spirit? Well, it was still barely noticeable to most people, but I did notice the bulging stomach slowly forming there.

“Looks like your baby is growing faster in here, huh?”

“Uwah?! Ah, it’s you…”

I was scared by a sudden voice, but it was the Great Spirit, or well, her true name is Gardenia, so let’s try to call her by her name now that we know it. It’s kind of weird to call it by another name otherwise, right?

“Gardenia…” I muttered. “What do you mean?”

“Ah, your baby is pretty special, it’s definitely not going to be a… well, a normal human, it’ll definitely be part human, but you’ve definitely stopped being a pure human a while ago, and so did Mark, though it depends at which point you got pregnant,” Gardenia said.

“A-Ah…” I muttered. “I mean, whatever the baby is, I’ll love them no mater what.”

“I know, I know, but aren’t you curious at least?” Gardenia said. “Anyway, the reason you felt it was bigger and also stronger is because of a few things… first, it’ll grow faster in here, definitely. This atmosphere is like a hundred times richer in Mana and Spirit Energy than even Arcadia’s Forest of Beginnings. If your baby is also a Spiritual being or a Spirit itself, then it’ll absorb all that and grow super fast!”

“Eh? Why?” I wondered.

“Well, you see, Spiritual beings don’t “gestate” like other living beings, the more Mana and Spirit Energy we absorb, the bigger we get,” she said. “This is how in rich areas with these energies, Fairies and Spirits can be born in a matter of days, with smaller spirits in just minutes or hours.”

“Oh, so they form their body as they absorb this energy?” I wondered. “But if the baby is also a human, surely, it’ll also grow that part, right?”

“Maybe, it depends how stronger it is, if it is very strong then… eh, it might get bigger in just a couple of days or weeks,” Gardenia said. “Right now, I can feel its little presence, should be as big as an apple already.”

“That big?!” I gasped. “Wait a second… This is a bit unnerving, I sure hope they aren’t born just now, there’s so many things we need to do…”

“Don’t worry about a “normal birth” either, if it’s a spiritual being, the baby will be born much less painfully, I am sure,” she said. “And also it shouldn’t take that long, if you can turn your own body into wood and shapeshift it, it’ll be as easy as simply opening your womb and take the baby out and-“

“Ugh, okay, okay, that’s enough! You make me sound like I’m some sort of alien, Jesus Christ… I’ll give birth to my baby the human way! I’ll cry and feel pain! That’s how things have to be, Gardenia,” I sighed. “I am not going to do something so weird and bizarre… I also need to go to an hospital either way to leave the baby in there for at least a couple of days, so they stabilize, like it happened with Elena, then we have to register them and everything… I can’t just have a wild baby that not even the government know about!”

“I mean sure, whatever, you can give birth to your baby however you want…” Gardenia shrugged. “I was just saying, don’t get so mad with me… Though, you won’t feel any pain anyway, hehe, you’re pretty tough!”

“Hah… Oh well,” I said. “Can’t wait to see if it’s a boy or a girl though! I’m excited…”

“Could be none too…” she muttered.

“Huh?” I wondered.

“Well some spirits like fairies tend to be born without a gender, and as they grow up they decide which one they want to choose. They could even choose both,” Gardenia said. “So, uh, be prepared, ok?”

“Ah, it’s fine,” I nodded. “I wouldn’t really mind such a thing either way! And honestly, wouldn’t it be fun to see what the baby will become?”

“Well, yeah, maybe,” Gardenia shrugged. “Either way, going back to what race it could be, it’s definitely some sort of Dryad-like spirit.”

“Ah, well makes sense,” I nodded.

“Also it probably has dragon bloodline, I can feel it has a strong draconic heart already, a tiny one at that,” Gardenia said.

“Oh so that’s where that fiery feeling I felt just now was, huh?” I wondered.

“Yep… But there’s something else as well, that fiery feeling you felt is also connected to something else… a strong flame within the baby,” Gardenia said. “He or she has most likely inherited some of the Flame Abilities of Mark… I don’t know if he could also get some phoenix power, maybe not. Can’t feel that yet.”

“I see! So it’ll be super strong…” I felt excited. “Heheh, that’s kind of cool… But I don’t really mind either way, if the baby is strong or weak, I’ll raise them and love them.”

“Yeah, yeah, I know,” Gardenia said, yawning. “Just saying- Huh?”

“What is it?” I wondered, noticing that Gardenia suddenly made a strange face as she looked at my belly, which I was caressing gently.

“Just now… I felt something within that baby’s soul,” she said.

“What?” I asked again.

“It’s… like a connection,” she said. “I don’t know how to explain it, a connection to… huh.”

“Wait, a connection to what? Stop being so mysterious about it!” I complained.

“A-Ahaha, okay, okay, sorry, I mean, I think your baby is connected to another realm or plane of existence, maybe another world,” she said.

“Wait, what?!”

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