As my father, Anise and I sat at the edge of my mother’s bed, she gently stroked my head.
“Miria… I think this is it for your old mom,” she said. Her eyes were murky, and her fox ears and tail drooped at the side. Her skeleton was withered and shrunken - nothing like the lively, proud, energetic mother from most of my ti in this world.
Unaware of my thoughts, my mother reached out her withered hand again, this ti towards Anise. “Anise… I’m glad that both of you are here with . The last few decades have been a blessing. No chaos, no overwork… just the four of us, spending ti together. The way it always should have been.”
My eyesight grew blurry as Anise gently buried her head into mother’s arms. “We’re glad that we’re here too, mom,” she said.
I nodded. My throat hurt, and I couldn’t form words properly, so I settled for hugging my mother instead. My mother gently stroked my back a few tis, before she laughed. It was a dry, raspy sound - but one that still carried mirth and happiness, despite the ravages of ti.
“Anise… your big sister is a big softie. Look after her when I’m gone, will you?” My mother said. Her dull, lifeless eyes locked onto mine, and she smiled again. “Miria… Anise… I’m so proud of both of you. You two helped so many people. You created hope in a world that had none. I… I wish I had seen the two of you settle down and have families of your own. But the two of you never found soone that caught your eye.” My mother cackled, and the dry, raspy sound echoed through her room. “I guess there just isn’t anyone in this world good enough for my daughters.”
I swallowed back a choked laugh of my own, and held my mother’s hand more tightly.
“Forget it. As long as you two are happy, that’s all I wanted. I was blessed to have such a wonderful family. In my next life, I hope that I can see the three of you again. Stay safe without . I love you. All of you. See you in the next life, dearest. I hope we can be together again in the next life, and every life afterwards.” My mother’s eyes fixated on father for another mont, as if she was drinking in the sight of him one last ti. Her eyes t his, and my father swallowed. I saw a hint of the exact sa passion that they had every other ti we saw them - as if, in their eyes, they had never stopped being the young, beautiful couple that loved each other more than anything else in the world.
Then, the mont passed. The light in mother’s eyes gradually dimd, and I tried to inject another round of healing magic into her body. But I could feel that the magic wasn’t taking properly anymore. The connection between my mother’s soul and her body was collapsing.
Soon, I saw a soul tear free from my mother’s body, before it made its way towards the ocean of souls.
That night, Anise and I cried in the sa room we had grown up in.
I spent the rest of the week a total wreck. Anise was much the sa, so Sallia and Felix spent a great deal of ti helping out around the house, spending ti with my father, and checking up on us. I appreciated it. It was nice to know that I wasn’t alone in the world - that my friends were always by my side, and they always would be.
A week later, my father passed away. It was as if mother’s presence had been sothing vital to his existence, like soil and water to a plant. My healing spells beca less and less effective as I tried to keep his body intact - but it was a hopeless endeavor. My spells just weren’t keeping him alive anymore. His final words were that he loved us and he hoped to et us again, soday in our future lives. Then, his soul also returned to the ocean of souls.
I hoped that mother and father found each other again in their next lives.
After that, Anise and I held on to our parent’s bakery. I had never loved baking very much - it had never held the aning for that other people, such as our parents in this world and Old Mo in our last. Still, selling the bakery or leaving it to rot felt wrong. Anise started to make a bit of bread every morning for custors, and I healed anyone that ca. We ran the bakery as a strange hybrid of a clinic and a little cafe. Anise’s bread wasn’t great at first, but she turned out to be adept at picking it up. In ti, we ca to be at least halfway decent at running the bakery and making custors happy.
Of course, that was when old age started to catch up to Anise and I, as well. Soon, we turned 470, and I was starting to rember why I hated being old so much. In this world, almost all of my ti had been spent in the body of soone in her early twenties. I had loved the fluidity and grace that ca from having a younger, stronger body. My singing voice had been wonderful, especially after I spent centuries practicing with exactly the sa vocal chords. Now, as I grew older, my throat started to wear out. Songs that I had practiced for decades no longer sounded the sa. My limbs didn’t move the way they used to.
I did my best to ignore it. I had already gotten old once before. It was a miserable experience. Sadly, it was simply a part of life - though a part of truly hated this process. I hoped that at so point in the future, I could use my healing spells to remove problems like old age. Still, that was far beyond my current abilities.
As I grew older, I continued to heal people, in hopes of snagging a final few bits of Achievent or so sort of final reward for this world - but sadly, year after year ca and went, and nothing much happened. I briefly debated the idea of heading to the front lines and fighting off a few raids, in order to grab a few last bits of slaughter Achievent - but I decided not to. The miniscule amount of Slaughter Achievent wasn’t likely to be very aningful, and with how fragile and weary my body was becoming, I might not achieve anything at all during my final monts. Compared to that, I valued my state of mind more. Spending a few more decades with my friends, relaxing and making plans for the future, was simply a more aningful use of my ti compared to snatching a few hundred more Achievent. Besides, if I died, I would lose any last chances to snag so influence Achievent from healing people
Sadly, I didn’t hit the next threshold before old age ca for . Soon after, I died in bed of simple old age - just like my parents. It was ti to return to the Market.
Power:
[Basic] Grade attunent
5 Achievent
[Interdiate] Grade attunent
1000 Achievent
[Advanced] Grade Attunent
1500 Achievent
[Expert] Grade Attunent
2000 Achievent
[Master] Grade Attunent
2500 Achievent
First Rune:
300 Achievent
Second Rune:
600 Achievent
Third Rune:
900 Achievent
Fourth Rune:
1200 Achievent
Fifth Rune:
1500 Achievent
Sixth Rune:
1800 Achievent
Seventh Rune:
2100 Achievent
Eighth Rune:
2400 Achievent
Ninth Rune:
2700 Achievent
Tenth Rune:
3000 Achievent
Consu Essence Mushrooms, permanently enhancing your body (X8)
320 Achievent
Take a bath and improve your essence capacity
300 Achievent
Skill:
Death Magic has reached [Basic] Grade proficiency:
2,000 Achievent
Curse Magic has reached [Basic] Grade proficiency
5,000 Achievent
Slaughter
Kill a Formless Stage 2 - Grasping Hands Variant for the first ti
1,000 Achievent
Kill a Hungry Building for the First ti
50 Achievent
Assist in Killing a Servant of Hunger and Rage for the first ti
800 Achievent
Kill a Warped Wings for the first ti
100 Achievent
Kill a Warped Wings for the tenth ti
500 Achievent
Kill a Warped Wings for the Hundredth ti
700 Achievent
Kill a Relay of the Great Mind for the first ti
2,000 Achievent
Assist in killing a Relay of the Great Mind for the first ti
500 Achievent
Assist in killing a Relay of the Great Mind for the fifth ti
700 Achievent
Kill an Outer Centipede for the first ti
2,000 Achievent
Kill an Outer Centipede (baby) for the first ti
350 Achievent
Kill an Outer Centipede (baby) for the tenth ti
2,000 Achievent
Kill a Sentinel of Stone for the first ti
500 Achievent
Kill a Chira of DIstorted Growths for the first ti
4,000 Achievent
Assist in Killing an Extension of the Great Hive for the first ti
5,000 Achievent
Influence
Defend the Sanctuary (X1)
30 Achievent
Heal 10 Permanent, debilitating Injuries
400 Achievent
Defend the Sanctuary (X3)
4,600 Achievent
Contribute to defending the Sanctuary (X103)
18,200 Achievent
Contribute to defending the Sanctuary (X2)
620 Achievent
Create Hope in a Dying World
30,000 Achievent
Play a Major role in a dangerous raid
2,000 Achievent
Play a Major role in a dangerous raid (X6)
7,800 Achievent
Defend the Sanctuary against a Ten Bell raid
5,000 Achievent
Contribute to defending the Sanctuary (X162)
47,630 Achievent
Change the Fate of a Dying World
150,000 Achievent
Heal 50 Permanent, debilitating Injuries
1,000 Achievent
Heal 200 Permanent, debilitating Injuries
2,000 Achievent
Heal 1000 Permanent, debilitating Injuries
3,500 Achievent
Wealth
Own a Life core
400 Achievent
Crafting
Exploration
Family/Disciples
Misc:
First ti Achievents:
Total at start of the world: 10,698.46.
Maintenance: 177 Achievent
Taxes: N/A (Error - no tax skill detected. Please consult with your local city administrator for further details. Tax evasion is a capital offense, and trying to avoid paying may result in execution!)
New Total: 325,453
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