Epic of Caterpillar
chapter-506

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Two masses of converged and twisting souls appeared before our sight. One of them had multiple faces and voices agonizing and crying, while the other was dead silent.

"Gaaah! GRAAA!"

"My child, where is my child?!"

"Father, love me, love me!"

"I'm going to kill you! I am going to kill youuu!"

"The void, I cannot fill it, I cannot fill it!!!"

Only two, large and deformed souls were floating in there.

Both royal families, which were left with large voids in all of their souls, naturally gathered with one another and merged to fill their 'void', the large wounds in their souls that Geggoron's split souls left when it parasitized them.

The souls resembled countless torsos, arms, legs, claws, tails, and heads convulsing together into an agonizing sphere of ethereal yellow.

At the very least, the ones in Moonfang seemed to be able to talk, although only incoherencies…

However, Sunclaw was the worst. Not only the four royal family members merged, but also the two deceased heroes.

But because these had their souls completely assimilated by Geggoron to the point that they only became alter egos, when all of 'Geggoron' was eaten from them, they became hollow and lacking any sense of self. There were not even any agonizing cries, only dead silence.

Their appearance was still that of a mass of torsos, arms, legs, tails, claws, and heads, but the heads were unclear and deformed, they did not even know who they were, unlike the ones at Moonfang.

"This is… father? Siblings?! What has that demon god done to you?! Oh gods… I was not prepared for this…" shouted Cathin, falling into the ground and beginning to cry.

"Cathin-sama! Please, be strong!" said a Black Cat Maid, Cassamia, Cathin's maid and guardian, who hugged him tightly, comforting him.

"Boy, hang in there…! There should be… a way to recover them, right?" asked a white tiger man, Kamuris, another of Cathin's guardians.

"They are… our family?" asked Habitis, baffled.

"Our liege! This… they are even worst… they don't seem to… even remember who they were?" asked Eifert.

"Even our former companions are with them? This is… horrifying… but how?!" asked Haruko.

"As I told you before, they did it by themselves. I did not cause this. They wanted to fill their voids and naturally merged themselves. Even after that, they began to add more souls into their bodies, but I stopped them before they had assimilated every soul in here… it would have been troublesome" I said.

"But Kireina-sama… couldn't you do something before they merged like this?!" roared Haruko.

Insolent little fox.

"Don't talk to me in that tone, Haruko. I am your benefactor, and I am on the same side as your progenitor, Maeralya. If you dare to treat me like this again, I will not be responsible for what will happen to you. And I am not the one that will do anything to you, but the ones at my back" I said.

Haruko realized her insolent tone as she glanced at my family, the very moment she raised her voice against me, they glared at her like vicious creatures about to devour her.

"A-Aah…! S-Sorry, I am deeply sorry for my tone, Kireina-sama! I will never dare to be insolent again!" she apologized.

"Sigh… As long as you get it. Anyways. Answering your question, I did have the option to not let them merge. But I decided to not interfere. I felt like if I were to isolate them separately, they would have slowly eaten themselves by their agony and dissipate naturally. Now that they are merged, it seems that they are stable for the most part…" I said.

"I-I see…" muttered Haruko and Eifert.

As Cathin recovered after being comforted by his servants, Acathea, and my daughters, I continued.

"As you can see, Cathin, I cannot simply bring them back to how they used to be. It is impossible… I��ve proven before that I am capable of reincarnating others through various forms with their memories intact, a living proof of this would be Geraldine right there and Izumi, who is currently in the Alchemy and Crafting Workshop" I said.

"I see…" muttered Cathin.

"Kireina-sama… could there be a way to reincarnate them even in that form?" asked Habitis.

"Why yes. Of course, there is. Actually, with the help of your gods, there are many ways to reincarnate them now. When they reincarnate, their minds will ease and cleanse and will be someone completely different… such as Nirah right here" I said.

"Mama? Me?" asked Nirah.

"Yes, Nirah was born from a fragment of a demon god… but as you can see, she did not inherit any of its memories and personality, she is a completely different person altogether," I said.

"Yes! I am not baddie Megusan! I am a good girl Nirah!" said Nirah with an innocent smile.

"You're a very good girl, Nirah-chan!" said Vudia and Ailine, patting Nirah's silky and purple hair.

Cathin, Haruko, and Eifert glanced at Nirah's warm personality and could not help but feel a bit of melancholy.

"If they can… be reborn as someone new… if they can be happy that way, even if they forget everything… then please, Kireina-sama! I will leave it to you…!" said Cathin, kneeling.

"Even if our liege is not the same as before… as long as they can have a happier second life… all together as one, it should be fine for me…" said Haruko.

"Please, Kireina-sama!" said Eifert.

"I like how you guys quickly adapt to the situation. Very well then, but I will have to first talk with your gods for a second, I have a few ideas…" I said, contacting Agatheina through the artifact she gave me.

Agatheina quickly answered the 'call' as she quickly understood and called Maeralya and Marnet, who were strangely acting very shy about this request.

"Here they are, Kireina-sama… you two should have just contacted her directly…!" said Agatheina, scolding the two 'young' Beast Gods.

"Sorry, Kireina-sama… Initially, we did not intend to ask our children about this…" said Marnet.

"We wanted them to just rest in peace, but Mohini, Maiti, and the rest insisted that they needed to be revived…" said Maeralya.

"I understand… well, it is not like it cost me anything to revive them, but… you already heard what I said earlier through Cathin and Haruko's ears, right?" I asked.

"Yes… the royal family of Moonfang is… in a terrible state, I even saw them there… It truly fills me with frustration" said Maeralya.

"Sunclaw's family isn't any good either… perhaps even worst, their complete senses of self are gone, they have entered in some kind of vegetative state… I've never seen a soul affected this much before," said Marnet.

"The powers that Geggoron had were unique to his race. He was able to split himself and parasitize other souls, slowly eroding them into his alter egos. The Sunclaw family was already long gone and had become alter egos of Geggoron. Meanwhile, the Moonfang family was still in this process, but having Geggoron forcibly removed from them left their memories, emotions, and senses of self with gaping holes and large wounds" said Agatheina.

"This is… too much, I feel…" said Maeralya.

"It is quite depressing… we know that Geggoron is gone already… yet, he had left us with such a parting gift… that bastard…" said Marnet.

"Anyways, I was planning on creating new bodies for them, but because their souls are so damaged, they would benefit more if they were slowly cleansed through gestation and growing as pups," I said.

"Kireina-sama, what do you mean?" asked Marnet.

"Like Nirah. She is made with one of Megusan's split souls, but because she had her own gestation inside her egg, her memories and sense of self were somehow cleansed, and when she was born and developed, she became a completely different person. There is no way other than this for them as of now, it is impossible to recover them into who they used to be before Geggoron appeared in their lives" I said.

"Oh… we are well aware of it. But what do you suggest now, Kireina-sama?" asked Maeralya.

"I was planning on letting their souls reincarnate into the young fetus of recently pregnant women in my Empire randomly. But their souls seem too strong, and if their mother is too weak, it might end up deteriorating her and killing her, also killing the fetus in the process of gestation" I said.

"Then…?" asked Marnet.

"Can't you guess it? I am not alone, aren't I? You are gods, and also have many children. With my abilities, it should be possible to reincarnate these two composite souls into new beings with divine power, so the fetus would be able to hold in the power of such strong composite souls. It would also give them a powerful talent and large potential when they are finally born. I am willing to give my blood for their creation. Of course, the fetus will not be created through intercourse. I am not interested in this at the moment," I said.

Maeralya and Marnet began to consider things deeply, falling in silence.

"It does seem… plausible," said Maeralya.

"We could give them a second chance, to be born as the guardians of our people," said Marnet.

"It is the least we can do, isn't it, brother?" asked Maeralya.

"Indeed… Kireina, we accept" said Marnet.

"But first, we need to gather all our children, we will also invite you, Cathin, and the others to my Divine Realm, there, we will do everything," said Maeralya.

All their children? Why?

"Very well then, I'll wait for you two to send me a message through Agatheina. Until then, I will assess things and gather the materials I have in mind" I said.

"Kireina-sama, I will contact you immediately whenever they are ready!" said Agatheina.

"Alright, thank you, Agatheina"

"It is a pleasure!" said Agatheina, closing the call.

Cathin, Haruko, Eifert, and the rest of the people present heard the entire call, so they were aware of the plans the gods had with me.

They seemed… relieved.

"If Maeralya-sama and Marnet-sama will work together to revive them… then perhaps they might have a second chance at life," said Cathin, sighing in relief and melancholy.

"Guardians of their children? What did Marnet-sama mean?" asked Acathea.

"Perhaps the gods have greater plans, young Acathea. Let us believe in our parents" said Eifert.

"Yes… let us believe…" said Haruko, as if she were praying.

I decided to go on a short trip through various dungeons, gathering materials that I deemed useful for the creation of the fetus.

I considered that it would be the best option if they were put inside eggs, of course. Although they are mammals, many monsters resemble mammals or are part mammals but are born through eggs in this world.

Making them reborn as simple cat beast-people or dog beast-people would not be ideal, if possible, giving them a head start would be ideal. The gods seemed to also have the intention of reincarnating them as something new and strong. Perhaps scratched ideas of what they had wanted to do to create children?

The hours went by and I was resting in my bed while playing around with my seven harpy babies, Nirah, Belle, Vudia, and Ailine.

"Hehehe, mommy stop!" laughed Vudia, as I attacked her little belly with many tickles.

"No, no, no! I will not let this little princess go~! You will succumb to my tickles!" I said, hugging her while tickling her little golden belly.

"Graawrr!" roared Nirah, as she played as if she were a monster and attacked us with her tiny fangs and long claws.

"Oh no, the monster!" said Vudia.

"No! What can we do now?" I said, playing along.

"Monster, die!" said Belle, appearing from behind Nirah and hugging her while using her hands to tickle her six armpits (as she has six arms) and belly.

"Hehehe! Noo! I am a monster, gaoo! You can't tickle me!" shouted Nirah.

Nirah exploded in laughter as she fell into the bed.

"Let's finish her!" said Vudia, as Ailine appeared from above, we all attacked the little Nirah with our tickles, she seemed to be enjoying the play because she couldn't stop chuckling.

"Hehehe, stop! Gaoo!"

"Hmm! What a delicious little monster, she will be our dinner!"

"Noo, I don't want to be dinner, gaoo!" said Nirah between chuckles.

"Chupii! Chupii!"

The harpy chicks appeared flying around, and we quickly switched to them.

"Oh no, an aerial attack of little and chunky bird monsters!" said Ailine.

"We must defend our Empire (bed)!" said Vudia.

Ding, ding!

However, the playful games were stopped when received the call of Agatheina through the artifact she gave me.

"Ah, it seems that they're ready"

I had to leave my children as their mothers took over my place until I was finished.

"Mama, where are you going?" asked Nirah.

"Come play, come play!" said Vudia.

"My little princesses, I have to do something important now, so just wait for me. Nephiana, Adelle, Mady, and your other aunts will play with you!" I said, as I quickly fled from the room.

"Mama!" cried Nirah.

"Don't worry, Nirah, I am with you" said Yiksukesh, who was in the room playing a board game with the rest of the girls.

"Big sis Yiksukesh!"

"Nirah don't be such a baby, mommy will be back in a few minutes!" said Ailine.

"We are all big girls here, so we can wait," said Vudia, proudly.

"Okay…"

"I am joking, I am still here!" I said, appearing with my second body.

"Mama!" said Nirah, jumping over me.

It seems that they all forgot that I could just duplicate my main body while sharing the same soul and mind.

Meanwhile, using my main body, I gathered with Cathin, his servants, Haruko, and Eifert.

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