The Road Ahead

When I woke up I saw a ceiling I didn't know, I felt utterly exhausted and sad as if I had spent the whole night crying non-stop, my body was so tired that I just wanted to go back to sleep again. But the light in the room was so bright that it irritated my eyes, I raised my hand to cover the light for a moment, but with that, I remembered what had happened before, as I could still see the lights through my hand. My hand was transparent with a slight blue tone, with my other hand I touched it and I could feel its strange and inhuman softness.

"So what happened wasn't a dream was it? "

All the others saw the ridicule I made there, what a shame, shit, I must have walked that way. But even with all the bad things there were also good things, on the one hand, I could see Levia walking, Tifa hugging me, but maybe the most important thing was to see Luna again, she was quite happy, that was good.

"Thank you for keeping your promise, Dad"
"I was delighted to see the world you were always talking about."
"I look forward to the day when we will meet again"
"Please keep wait for me!"

She said with a smile as she said goodbye.

Just that memory was enough to put me in a good mood and fill me with hope to continue the day. So I got up from where I was, but I noticed that there was something strange, I was not in a hospital bed which was what I expected, instead I was in a bathtub. At the sound of me struggling to get up, someone outside in the hallway noticed me and opened the door to enter. 

"I am pleased to see you back with us Mr. Cesar" Stella greeted with a gentle gesture.

"Stella?"
"...."
"Where am I?"
"This isn't Earth again, is it?"
"The place looks a lot more high-tech."

"Right now we are in the Alpha SolarisMed 13 space station."
"In the Luminis Alpha solar system"
"...."
"So to speak, we are about 30 solar systems away from Avesta."
"Right now his previous body was severely damaged so we had to go ...."

"Yes yes, I have more or less an idea of what happened to my body."
"Now I'm a slime girl, right?"
"Well,  I do like the change a lot more."
"...."
"But I'm more interested in what happened in Korea"
"What the hell happened there?"

"I'm sorry sir, we really have no idea what happened."

"I was attacked Stella!"
"Isn't that a big deal?"
"They weren't after my mother or the codex."
"I was the main target."

"We know it sir, we are aware of it"
"..."
"But how can we know who exactly was behind your attack?"
"You may have been on earth for a short time, but you haven't been making many friends, so to speak."

"Well, if we're honest, you're right about that."
"More people I know want to kill me than don't."
"...."
"But even so, their attack was far from normal."
"They were people who knew magic."
"The freaky monster knew exactly who I was, he had even tried to predict how I would behave when someone in my family was at risk."
"That's not just one person's job, someone else was above it."
"...."
"That same person was probably the one who gave him the Thalassian Enigma."
"But how did he manage to build a replica in the first place?"

"The Thalassian Enigma?"  Stella asked in confusion.

"The magic artifact the monster was using"
"It was the one that stole nanami's body in the first place."
"If I remember correctly, it was able to move souls from place to place."

"!!!!!"
"This is the first time I hear something like this!"
"That's impossible! An artifact of such a level is heresy against Heaven!"
"It's one thing to change bodies, but it's quite another to move souls from place to place without consent!"
"....."
"An artifact of that level is capable of justifying the mobilization of the troops of the inquisition!"

"It was created by Atlanteans obviously , what did you expect?"
"...."
"I only saw it once near the Celestial Forge."
"It was destroyed during the battle with the Dragons that raided the place."
"When I woke up, the place It was in had exploded into a thousand pieces."
"I didn't know what it was for until some time after I returned to the palace."

"Are there any records on how to create a replica?"

"Not in theory, the order of the Aurora's hammers destroyed all the information they had for fear that it would fall into the hands of the dragons."

"None of them survived the battle in the Celestial Forge either."
"...."
"But what I do know is that the crystal in the center was Orichalcum."
"I could see it clearly, both that time and the forgery."
"Both shared the same material as Avalon."
"...."
"That material is not found in any form on Earth."
"THE BOSS and I banned it"
"Not even the continent of Atlantis contains any more Orichalcum besides the weapons already created from it."
"All the remaining reserves were used in Avalon."

"...."
"I understand the gravity of the situation now sir"
"I promise you that we will work to find out more information about it."
"You have my word"
"...."
"Although if you will forgive my boldness to speak."
"...."
"Don't you think it's slightly good news for us?"

"Please explain"

"Well, if it is such a difficult artifact to create or obtain."
"To the level that we don't even have it ourselves."
"It means that if we find it first we can use it for a moment for our benefit."
"With that kind of object would make it much easier for us to get Luna out of the crystal that holds her captive."
"It would be to give her a new body that she can use because it would save us the trouble of having to figure out how the dragon core work."
"We could do what we just did with you."
"Although it would also take time to prepare a soulless body for her."

"....."
"Not a bad idea"
"...."
"I like that plan"
"...."
"All right, I'll let you investigate what happened and who was behind the attack."
"...."
"But I want to be the first to know who it is."
"I'll get another replica of the artifact with my own hands."

"Yes, of course, sir!"
"I give you my word!"
"I will make sure that no one in all of heaven will interfere with your hunt sir!"

After Stella left, my family appeared shortly after. Everyone was happy to see me again, the twins were the first to approach me, followed behind by Tamamo and then the rest. My mother had brought some food, worried that I would be hungry since I had changed bodies, but the doctors stopped her because they wanted to do a couple of important tests first. They told me to concentrate and try to remember what I looked like in the fox girl body I used to have, and by the next time I opened my eyes I saw that I had gone back to my former appearance, back to having a fox tail and fox ears. But after only a couple of minutes, I felt a great tiredness and then I felt as if my body melted completely in a matter of seconds, only to have the appearance I had before again.

"Okay, it looks like your limit is only five minutes."
"Don't worry, it's within what we expected."
"It is mainly due to your lack of energy."
"You need rest and food, nothing weird, the usual for any sick person."
"Regarding the school, I was told that you should last at least 6 hours transformed."
"We will give you pills to help you, take one just before you leave the house."
"They will be energy supplements, but of short duration."
"It is not a permanent treatment, we don't want you to develop dependence on the treatment after all."
"They will last about 3 weeks, use them to recover."
"When the pills run out, you will be on your own."
"Use them to rest and don't do anything crazy please."
"...."
"Well, I guess that's it"
"Pick up the pills at the pharmacy before you leave."
"You can be discharged."
"Although if you need more time to rest you can ask in the lobby for a room in the hotel, it's directly above us,
on the other side of the space station."

The doctor was checking me out spoke before he left the room.

"Maria, will you leave me alone and stop putting your hands inside me?"

"No!"
"Look at this! I can pull it out the other side easily!"
"It feels so weird!"

"Maria leave your brother alone"
"And you better eat instead, we're not leaving here until I see that plate empty."

"Tell me, shall I help you eat?"
"Does it count as eating if I take the plate and throw it all the way into your body?"
"I mean in theory it's the same thing, right?"

"Why don't you go and bother someone else?"
"In the next room there is a talking lion, why don't you go and bother him?"
"Besides, I prefer to eat using my mouth, so I can taste it."
"That's the most important part of the meal, I don't want to lose that."

"If you want to try food so badly, why don't we celebrate tomorrow in the cafeteria?"
"Then we can taste a lot of delicious food!"
"I'm going to make pizza again since you like it so much!" Said Momo excitedly.

"Please and thank you!" 

"But what a great body Elise, you've really taken it up a notch this time."
"Are you really planning to walk around like this with nothing on?" Again Maria came back to bother

"I'm wearing something!"

"You're using  only your slime hands to hold up your boobs!"
"And that transparent super mini erotic skirt with no underwear in there, even a part of the lower part can be seen!"
"And that's all?"
"You're just naked, period"

"Didn't you promise me that you wouldn't bother me anymore because of my preferences?"
"Come to think of it, can I use my slime hands to hold the spoon?"

"I'm not bothering you, I'm just asking."
"It's different"
"If you'd rather walk around naked then go ahead."
"But I mean, would you have the confidence to walk the streets like that?"
"The police in Japan will stop you for thinking you work as ......... let's say... Sharon."

"I like the way I look now, I'm going to stay like this."
"I'll think of something on how to avoid being arrested."

"Excuse me, is this room 823C?"
"I have a package for a so-called Cesar"
"It's from his father"

A courier had arrived at the door, looking worried to deliver on time. The package was for me, which contained a large glass jar full of candy, and it came with a small postcard.

"I hope you get well soon" Sincerely Your father, Rafael.

Although it was a short message, it was enough coming from him, it was a nice gesture on his part that I will certainly keep. I was really surprised that he somehow realized I was here to begin with. I imagine he must be too far away to even realize what happened and yet not being able to get here in time to send this instead, I wonder what he was doing.

Since I was in good condition now, we decided to return to Earth so as not to waste any more time than we had already spent. So we all boarded a ship that would take us back to our home in Japan. Maria Tifa and Levia were pleased with the trip through the stars. The view was really beautiful, so I thought I would take a moment to talk to my mother about something important.

"Mom, well, how do I put it"
"...."
"...."
"Ah, who cares... go"
"....."
"...."
"You know, everything that happened back there, all that nonsense and what I said."
"...."
"..."
"They...they made me remember a lot of things."
"...."
"And well, you guys told me that I should do more of the things that I wanted to do."
"...."
"And well, my appearance was one of them, but not the only one."
"...."
"...."
"A lot of things happened that made me remember everything."
"So I was thinking about it for a while and I came up with a little idea"
"...."
"A way to have something else to keep me going,"
"Not sit alone in the past and help me move forward."
"...."
"So I came up with the idea.... Well it's a bit complicated"
"...."
"I know it's too hard and maybe too late to try to fulfill my dream of a race driver."
"...."
"But I thought that maybe instead I could try to build the team to have one."
"And I think the first step would be to make my own mechanic shop."
"I even have the name planned! Cesar's Garage!"
"..."
"I will look for a good place with space and how to get the machinery."
"But I know that it will require money, so I want to work to create it."
"...."
"I know it's hard and maybe I shouldn't be asking this question."
"...."
"But do you think I can also work in the cafeteria so that I can get the money to start?"