I was keeping myself upright by sheer force of will and also because I was controlling my shadow to support me, otherwise, I would be on the ground for a long time due to the weakness I was feeling.
But he was still surprised by what he was seeing, he was around 2 meters tall and over 2.5 meters long.
He had a muscular body of a horse, his legs looked like those of a horse, but instead of hooves there were paws with very affiliated claws, his head was also that of a horse, but his mouth was slightly larger than a horse’s and he had many sharp teeth that seemed to be able to crush bones to dust.
His body was covered in black fur, there were also black crystal scales covering the most important parts of his body like armor, his mane was red like my hair the same as his tail, and the tufts of hair on his paws, its mane and tail were like Orion’s tail, they seemed to be ethereal and always with a flourishing glow.
His eyes were like a tiger’s, they were eyes as red as his mane, he had a pair of gigantic black bird wings covered in black crystal scales, and he also had a single horn on his head, but that horn looked more a red crystal blade than a horn.
His appearance was imposing and proud, his presence was wild and calm, his eyes showed a glint of wisdom, and his roar to the sky after breaking free of the cocoon while stretching his wings were not the sounds that horses should make, it seemed more like roaring sounds of a monster.
After he roared towards the sky this large creature lands on the ground folding its wings as it comes towards me and lowers its head.
“Thank you for allowing me to be born again into this world, master.” (Ragnar)
“…” (I)
Vanessa runs towards me with Nix, Layla, Sakura, and Orion close behind.
“Are you okay, Dad?” (Vanessa)
“Yeah… just… tired…” (I)
Sakura takes one of my arms and Nix takes the other one behind their necks, this makes me hang between them and a little crooked since Sakura is shorter than Nix.
“Can you move, master?” (Layla)
“I don’t think he can move right now, Layla.” (Orion)
“So this is a good time for me to say that Freya made a cake that she was going to give us when we got back, but I ate it all before I came here.” (Layla)
“Why are you telling him that in this situation?” (Sakura)
“Why Alice had seen me, he was going to find out sooner or later, but if he finds out now his anger will be stronger at that moment, when it’s later and he moves again he’ll be calmer, so the punishment will be less, that’s if he remembers a small matter like that after all this.” (Layla)
“I’m surprised, that was the smartest thing I’ve ever seen you say.” (Nix)
“Too bad that intelligence only works on weird things.” (Vanessa)
Why does it have to be this way, I can’t even say hello to Ragnar because these people are surrounding me and talking nonsense.
“You…you…” (I)
“I think he’s saying you’re in the way.” (Luthien)
“Aren’t you forgetting anything or anyone?” (Luthien)
“…” (all)
With the Elf Queen’s warning, they all look at Ragnar who still keeps his head down calmly looking like he didn’t care about this strange situation.
“He is waiting for your words, Zenos.” (Luthien)
“< Strengthen >” (Luthien)
Once again the Elf Queen uses a spell on me that restores my strength at least so that I can walk alone and speak normally.
“Thank you, Luthien.” (I)
I let go of Nix and Sakura’s arms, so I walk over to Ragnar and put my hand on his head.
“Nice to meet you, Ragnar.” (I)
“You don’t have to bow your head to me, just like Orion, you are now part of the family.” (I)
“It might be a strange family, but it’s the best family I could ask for.” (I)
“I will listen to your words, master.” (Ragnar)
“I must say that you surprised me, I didn’t think you would be the one to be summoned.” (I)
“I’ve been waiting a long time, but for someone like me to be born into this world is not an easy thing, many conditions had to be fulfilled.” (Ragnar)
“Have you tried to be reborn before?” (I)
“On two other occasions, but they failed, even now it might have failed at the end of the Beast God hadn’t done something.” (Ragnar)
“I needed a strong body to contain my soul and I needed to be able to synchronize with that body, and I needed to be a Divine Beast.” (Ragnar)
“You met almost all the conditions, but even then you almost didn’t.” (Ragnar)
“Yes you must thank Luthien and the other two who helped, you must also thank the person who chose your name.” (I)
“All this time she refused to say that name, she said I would know when the time was right.” (Ragnar) ．𝗻𝐞𝘁
“This surprise isn’t all bad, I’m already at odds with the God Baldr anyway, so who cares about one more offense.” (I)
———-
After that we spent the rest of the day talking to Ragnar, I told everyone who he was, and I also introduced the others to him.
The World Tree spirit was overjoyed, I think she expected something like this to happen, but that’s okay since Ragnar seems like a good guy.
One thing I found out was that Ragnar’s soul had been injured by his own father when he was born and because of that he has a scar on his neck, his father wanted to kill him and destroy his soul so he wouldn’t have a chance to be reborn, but his mother fought and managed to take his wounded soul to the Beast God Cratos who healed his soul.
As he didn’t have a body he had to stay for thousands of years besides the Beast God for his soul not to be taken to the reincarnation circle or turn into a Spectral-type Undead.
All this time he wanted to be free and travel the world, but he was restricted in the places he could go due to his condition.
It seems that when I was doing the summon Ragnar’s mother noticed and ran to the Beast God, the two of them smiled as they looked at him before the Beast God grabbed him and threw him away without warning, the next thing he remembers is fighting. against an urge to kill and destroy everything in front of him that sprang from his insides.
Listening to Ragnar just confirmed my assumption, I think this could lead to more problems in the future, I hope his father didn’t realize what I did as well as his mother did, that would be scary.
———-
After we get back to where we are living in the village, I introduce Ragnar to everyone, this time he was in human form wearing an outfit that resembles a suit with black scales.
He looked like a 15 year old, his skin is white in color, his eyes are still red, his short hair is red and his horn that looked like a red crystal blade was in the middle of his forehead.
Ragnar was someone who was calm and rational, his human appearance not at all coincident with his wild Aura.
Ragnar says that sooner or later Orion will also learn the ability for human transformation, unlike Ragnar who was older than he appeared, Orion was young both physically and in his soul, he needed more time to mature.
When we got back I went to my room to rest and asked Freya to meet me in the room to talk to her.
“You’ve had two days to think, is your decision still the same?” (I)
“Yes, I already hit my growth hurdle a few months ago.” (Freya)
“I’ve been training a lot since we arrived in this village, but my growth is slower than I expected, with time I’m falling behind even my own daughter.” (Freya)
“What does Caryna have to do with this?” (I)
“The master may not have noticed, but she also participated in most of the combat during the Annual Monster Wave, she tried to disguise herself among the Ghouls, but I could see her using a large kitchen knife and a large fork as weapons combat.” (Freya)
“You must be kidding…” (I)
“This is all Lilith’s fault, she told my daughter that if she wanted to fight without being afraid, just treat her opponents as if they were ingredients, so she wouldn’t be so afraid of combat.” (Freya)
“It had to be Lilith, didn’t anyone try to convince her otherwise?” (I)
“Layla, Lyra, and Hela supported her.” (Freya)
I put my hand to my face in disbelief at what I’m hearing.
“What the master asked me the other day was something I wanted to talk to you about for a few weeks, but I didn’t know how to bring it up.” (Freya)
“That’s why I said yes right away.” (Freya)
“I needed you to think hard about it, over time you would get stronger, so I wanted to be sure about your decision as it will completely change your body.” (I)
“I don’t care much about my own race, the only family I have is Caryna who doesn’t care about these superficial things either.” (Freya)
“What I want is to be strong enough to protect Caryna and our new home.” (Freya)
“Just to be sure, is that your final answer?” (I)
“Yes.” (Freya)