Yurification Systems
Chapter 6 - Zoe's

“Alice..”.

“Alyssa..”

“Choose one of these spirits” I told my two half-sisters.

In front of me, three spirit figures answered my call. The spirit form was a butterfly cocoon that flew off waiting for physical contact with their Master. Memories of their past lives flowed into my brain. A harrowing story set in the past and the chaos of the world that forces them into a phase of the sacred cocoon to get through the crisis.

Before this world was inhabited by humans and other races, spirit figures had lived freely in this world. Their main food was magic energy released by plants, sacred soil, and magic minerals. Spirit life is not much different from human life, they develop civilization and cultivate the source of magic for their daily needs. Until a great tragedy happens. A mineral that contained curse magic transformed the spirit into an abnormal monster that attacked the spirit.

In the beginning, the tragedy was successfully controlled by top-tier spirits and created a hierarchy of spirit groupings based on their magic power. the hierarchy that separates spirits based on magic power creates a new ideology and develops into a caste system.

The three spirits in front of me are victims of the caste system discovered by the spirit. In that world, they ranked the outermost of the spirit caste level. They were just weak spirits that came out of the spirit caste system. A spirit that does not have the magic ability to enter the caste system. At that moment, they were just small caterpillar spirits that were looked at one eye. Their food was merely the remnants of magic energy that had been absorbed by other spirits. Surviving under the pressure of another spirit was the greatest achievement of their lives. All those difficult lives changed when the caterpillar spirit sister started to let out thin threads filled with magic energy from her body.

The thin thread filled with magic increased and became a reserve food when it was difficult to get magic energy. That life kept repeating until a small incident occurred, their reserve food had invited top-tier spirits to taste the magic thread. On that day, the three spirit sisters experienced an event that was impossible to forget in their lives. Become a farm animal that produces magic threads for top-tier spirit food. Their bodies turned into dairy cows that were regularly forced to pull out magic threads. The quality of their magic threads became a luxurious dish that was targeted by top-tier spirits. Until they decide to become a sacred cocoon to unleash their magic thread abilities. The sacred cocoon that had a great source of magic created a battle fire among the top-tier spirits.

Sometimes, I think that only humans are capable of such heinous acts.

However, greed is able to encourage such heinous acts without regard to morals and ethics.

Does the spirit have morals and ethics?

Based on the memories of this spirit, it seemed that spirit had the same way of thinking as humans.

[Of course, all spirits have reason and reasoning that is close to humans.]

Uh, Goddess? Why did you come back?

[I just answered Lily-chan's little question.]

[Don't be too serious about their past memories. Because the Goddess who holds the title “Mother of Spirits” has curbed the spirit with sacred rules. Spirits that broke that sacred rule would disappear from the life order of this world. In short, their memories were merely information regarding the unruly past lives of spirits.]

[Aah! Talk about them. The three spirits that Lily-chan managed to summon were the holy spirits blessed by “Mother of Spirits”.]

[With their presence, Alice and Alyssa's future is assured.]

Un... I understand that they are spirits blessed by the Goddess and a bright future awaits my two half-sisters.

It's just...

Their magic power is huge to hide.

Exceedingly... Their power will shake this kingdom, won't it?

[Well... Also true.]

If that happens, I can smell an engagement proposal to seize my two half-siblings to make the most of their abilities.

[Hm... I don't think that's possible because of Alice and Alyssa.].

[Oppp... I almost got let go.]

[Well, intinnya... Congratulations, Lily-chan!]

Eh? Why should I fight?

[Echem! Forget my words before. Isn't it now Lily-chan's turn to contract with spirit?]

Eh?

Without me noticing, Alice and Alyssa had managed to do a spirit contract. A butterfly-shaped spirit figure with beautiful wings was on their hands. Both of my half-sister's faces were filled with small laughs and smiles of happiness.

Now, there was only one spirit left waiting for me.

“Hmm... I am very curious about this one spirit” my little murmur.

“Please help...”.

“Zoe...” I called the spirit's name and touched it. A small crack began to appear and enlarge. From behind the crack, a golden-coloured magic light and aura slowly shot out like water gushing out from a narrow crack, a, the magic energy emitted by my spirit expanded and my room space was shrouded in golden-colored magic energy.

My eyes were filled with gold and it was so dazzling.

The golden light slowly dimmed and displayed the figure of a butterfly with a black wing pattern.

“Huuumu~ You are my Master in this rotten world? Zoe? Not a bad name. Un! I like that name! Nice to meet you, Maasssteeerr~”

“Huuee?!” I was very surprised when my contract spirit spoke.

“Z-Zoe?”

“Yes, Master? Zoe is ready to help! Are we going to destroy the dragon nest, the goblin nest, or is it possible... A kingdom?” said Zoe.

“H-Huh?” I was so confused by Zoe's words.

My contract spirit has the same physique as me. Compared to her sister who has brightly colored wings, Zoe has a black wing pattern. For some reason, I felt that Zoe's physical appearance followed my dark-skinned appearance.

“Ung?”

“Are they your sisters?” I said while pointing at my two half-sisters who were playing with their chosen spirit.

“Yes, they are indeed my sisters. Did they mess up something, Master?”

“Ah, no. It's just.. Can they talk like you?”

“...”

“...”

“Masters.. All spirits can speak. How do we live if we don't communicate?”

“Ah, true too. I'm sorry.”

“It's okay, Master.”

Perhaps, this was my first experience communicating with spirit.

Waita minute!

Is Nimi not a spirit? This is not my first experience!

Why did I almost forget Nimi's true identity as a spirit? Is it because of his human-like body shape?

I felt a little guilty towards Nimi and glanced at her.

Alice, Alyssa, Mio, and Nimi are having a conversation with two new spirits.

“Anooo... Master~”

“Hmm... What's up, Zoe?”

Suddenly, Zoe called me. He flew around me and landed on the sidelines of my head hair like a hair ribbon.

“Ettoo... May I request one request?” pinta Zoe's.

“What request is it?” my reply.

“Umm... May I request Master's sweat as the main meal?”

“Huh?” hearing Zoe's request which was quite strange, I could only fall silent after hearing it.

“Ettoo... The Sweat Master had quite tempting magic energy. So, it would be very futile if discarded. Um... Is that too much trouble?”

Ahhe... This is the umpteenth time I've heard it.

For some reason, my body seems to be growing in the wrong direction.

“Umm... No problem” reply.

“Thank you, Maassterr~” reply Zoe while flapping her wings.

*Braaaaac!!

“ALICEEE!!”

“ALYSSA!!”

“LIIILYY!!”

“WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING WELL!!”

The door of my room opened violently, My father suddenly entered my room with a sword in his hand. He looked at us who were being preoccupied with spirit contracts and saw a magic circle engraved on the floor of my room.

Erms... Isn't this going to be a big deal?

“Marquess Rommel! We have gathered an army!” behind my father, a small army had marched into my room.

My father and the soldier guarding the residence of Marquess Rommel fell silent after seeing the magic circle engraved on the floor of my room.

Meanwhile, Alice and Alyssa ran towards my father while showing their spirit contracts.

Cold sweat began to wet my clothes and my father's gaze filled with a myriad of questions began to be directed at me.

“Lily, what does this mean?” my father said with a smile.

Ughhhh... It will be exhausting to talk about. Therefore, I ordered Zoe to explain the situation that was going on as her first assignment.

A long story that ends after dinner.

That's so exhausting!