Chapter 33: Chapter 31: Final Preparations

Raphael sighed, turning off the viewing room’s projection. She had spent much of her time extensively pouring over her grandmother’s history, and she had finally come to a conclusion.

Her grandmother was…not a good person. She was, once, but that was a long time ago, before the war, before Raphael’s grandfather died. It was certainly a long time before Raphael was born. And the death of Raphael’s parents certainly had sent her spiraling even more.

She blamed everyone else for all her problems, even ones that had been directly caused by her actions. She treated the people around her like they were objects, and Raphael was beginning to realize just how close she had come to becoming like her.

Raphael didn’t want that, not anymore. Even she could tell that her grandmother didn’t live a particularly happy life. But…she held hope, hope that maybe she could turn her grandmother’s life around. She…just had to remind her of who she once was, of the woman Raphael’s grandfather had fallen in love with.

It was a frail hope, though. Her grandmother’s life seemed entirely unaffected by Raphael’s absence. Yes, she couldn’t remember Raphael, but even so Raphael had expected her to have some difference in how she acted.

That made her…lonely. She hadn’t realized what she was missing until she saw how her grandmother had treated her father while her grandfather was still alive. She wished that she had been treated like that, not like…like a possession.

She sighed again, leaving the room. She just wished she had someone to talk to, someone who would understand what she was going through. Lilith was a pleasant conversation partner, sure, but her life had been…good. She had a very loving family, she just…wouldn’t get it.

And she didn’t know much about Siph or Kali’s situations, but she felt too intimidated to talk to Siph, and she was still working through the vague distrust of demons that her grandmother had instilled in her.

Her hand strayed to her tailbone, idly rubbing the spot that her tail had been in. She was technically a demon now. That alone disproved many of the bad things her grandmother had said about demons, but the things she had held as truth for so long refused to die that easily.

She gave one last sigh as she reached her room. She didn’t want to think about it anymore, and her train of thought was starting to run in circles. She was going to sit down, watch some TV, and hopefully forget about it, at least for a little bit. She didn’t have high hopes, but it was better than nothing.

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“It’s about time we really solidify your combat style.” Kali said. “The raw stat difference will work for a bit, but people, especially the other Perfect Chimeras, will eventually get to the point where they’ll be able to overcome a status difference. So, I’d like you to start thinking about what your main method of combat will be so we can start getting those Classes and Skills.”

I have a few things I would like to review before we continue. Mae supplied. I do not believe mistress has ever fully checked out the Skills we got from High Arbiter. I also evolved several Skills, and have compiled a list of notable changes. If you would like to review them, may I suggest we start with the High Arbiter Skills? Those are all in one place so it would be simpler just to pull up a window with all of them.

Lilith nodded. “Do you mind?” She asked Kali.

“By all means, go ahead.” Kali replied. “It would be best if we were all on the same page here.”

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