Their egos might be imnse, and their hatred for each other just as fierce, but that didn’t an they felt nothing after eons of having their growth cycle begin... only for it to be cut short within re decades, ti, and ti again.
This left them ntally and emotionally exhausted, whether they liked to admit it or not.
Soon, Levi let out a long, helpless sigh, "Don’t you think it’s ti you prioritize your freedom instead of antagonizing each other? We both know that your chances are higher with , so why not exploit them fully? Why not show so equal support so I can return the favor? Why not show the universe that you three still exist? Or, are you already comfortable being forgotten? Ancestral Trees left in the past, while the Primordial Trees of Life, Death, and other entities of equal grounds are living their best lives ruling above all?"
"I keep hearing that the three of you have extre personalities, making it impossible for the Three-Body Problem to be solved... but, at the sa ti, I still haven’t seen anything extre about any of you."
The Ancestral Trees showed a slight movent, seemingly asking him what he ant by that... Levi didn’t keep it in his heart anymore.
He looked at them straight and shared flatly, "To be frank... I don’t see any of you staying true to your ’extre’ personalities that you’re trying to shove in forcefully."
He started with the Sun Tree.
"How can you claim to be the embodint of Order, Pride, and Arrogance and not show any signs of getting yourself freed from your imprisonnt? What? Does Pride enjoy the comfort of being a prisoner?"
Next, he moved to the Void Tree.
"You claim to embody Chaos, Nothingness, and extre indifference... but in my eyes, anyone with such traits wouldn’t accept staying in this routine forever... the routine of having a new partner, abusing them to death, and then restarting again... you want to descend into chaos on my own to entertain yourself, but if you weren’t stuck here, you wouldn’t have to stoop so low for entertainnt."
’Oh damn... he is frying them one by one. Are you sure about this?’
The Titan’s heart skipped a beat, feeling like the three trees were going to flip the table on Levi anyti now.
’Not anymore... but let him do his thing.’ Ash’Kral said in intrigue, ’None of my past partners have been daring enough to clash horns with the trees controlling their lives...’
Ash’Kral had advised his past partners to stay in their line and not antagonize the three trees, in hopes of avoiding complications... but when he did this, complications still arose whether he liked it or not.
This ti, he had no plans on telling Levi the sa... in his eyes, he felt that maybe it was ti to put the three Ancestral Trees before their reality.
"Last but not least, you... I thought we were close. I thought we were friends." Levi smiled bitterly as he gazed at the Ancestral Nine Senses Tree, "But to cut my resonance access in half just because I used the Void Form to save my own brother and friends? Are you really punishing for not staying true to my nature, or your nature?"
"..."
"..."
Ash’Kral and The Titan shared the Ancestral Trees’ silence... they figured out what Levi ant imdiately.
The Nine Senses Tree respected anyone staying true to their nature... but what Levi did was exactly that.
It was in his nature to save his brother at any cost, uncaring what happened to him... that’s the Larson Brotherhood; they live and die for each other... no questions asked.
The only difference was that Levi used the Void Form to achieve it... and yet, he was still punished, which ant that the Nine Senses Tree didn’t really care about him staying true to his nature, but its own nature.
It hated the other two trees equally, leaving it upset that he dared to surrender himself to the Void Tree like that.
"I get it, okay... I really do get it." Levi let out a long sigh as he stood up, "But I just know... if it were , I would have put my issues aside and done whatever it took to not be in your state... even if it ant working with my worst enemy that I hate to the bone."
Honor, pride, dignity, or such emotions ant nothing to Levi if he knew that he was imprisoned for eternity with his worst nightmare.
He would rather turn off those emotions and do whatever it took to free himself... then, he could turn them on and ruin his nesis. But what he wouldn’t do was accept being stuck with him for eternity just out of spite.
It seed like the Ancestral Trees were affected by his last points in so way... they started moving and making noise again, leaving Levi sowhat surprised.
’They are talking... to each other?’
He could tell since the trees were making so much movent and noise, but their emotions weren’t directed at him.
After so ti, the three trees stopped moving and reached out with three branches in Levi’s direction.
They stopped only when they were a re inch away from his forehead... then, they all sent a simultaneous ssage through their emotions.
It was brief and blunt.
-Prove it.-
Levi was confused, having no idea what any of this ant. But Ash’Kral did.
"Oh, you have gone and done it now." Ash’Kral frowned, "You’ve been running your mouth for a while, but the Ancestral Trees care more about actions, not words."
"You said you can work together with your most hated enemy if it ant getting what you want... well, they want you to prove it in a spiritual trial of their design." Ash’Kral concluded, "They have access to your mories... so, this isn’t going to be fun for you."
"...well, shit." Levi was left speechless.
"You can’t say no... they listened to your lecture, and now it’s ti you stay true to it... Otherwise, they will never respect you again." The Titan added with a deep sigh.
"What if I succeed?" Levi asked.
"I don’t know, but if you can do it, I doubt they will remain stubborn in their ways." Ash’Kral said, "They might even bestow a similar resonance access to their powers above 10%."
Hearing this, Levi went silent for a few monts, deep in his thoughts... he could tell that he had reached a crossroad... no, he had put himself in one, and the only way forward was to stay true to what he preached.
Though at the sa ti, he discerned that the Trees weren’t going to take it easy on him.
’They are going to make relive that night... aren’t they?’ Levi showed a forced, pained smile.
’Most definitely... after all, you hate no one more at the mont than the Bishop, who murdered your parents and stole your eyes.’ Ash’Kral nodded.
’I will be damned...’
Levi lowered his head, flashes of that cursed night returning to the surface again. He knew it wasn’t going to be a pleasant experience, but it had to be done. If he wanted the three trees to tolerate each other a little more, he had to show them that he could do so, too.
"Alright, bring it on."
Levi’s expression hardened as he took a step forward and allowed his forehead to be touched by the spiritual thin branches.
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