True to his words, En returned with Egui's soul repaired. The King of Trials also gave Zero his blessing.
[Judgement] Blessing from Enma
Active Skills: Converts sins into instant karma points
Mii explained that instant karma was a form of divine punishment. Depending on the number of sins converted, the punishment can range from slipping on a random banana peel to getting struck by lightning.
Zero shuddered. Neither sounded pleasant.
En explained that while he could redeem Egui's soul and put the pieces back together, he wasn't able to provide a body for the new soul.
"The purgatory is very busy with reincarnating lately as the humans have recently ended one of their wars. With the sudden spike in reproduction rate, there is a shortage of bodies to reincarnate all the souls."
Zero smiled at En and told him it was fine. He was alright with his friend not having a body.
"But people might think that you're talking to yourself if he doesn't have a body. Oh, I also gave him a new name. It's Truen Zheng. If you're wondering, it's taken from the word Truth and my name. Zheng means upright of just in ancient Chinese but that race is now extinct since Earth one was destroyed. Egui was ancient Chinese so I thought it was befitting."
Egui, now named Truen, reunited with Zero and chatted with his newly made friend. Isis dragged her godson over to a side to discuss Zero's condition and her hypothesis.
"Can you identify if his absorption abilities are tied to his soul? He'd collapsed from hunger even though he absorbed a lot from Mega Gourmet. The energy did not transfer to his body and he had to consume food directly."
En hummed and thought for a moment. "Mom gave him a blessing to allow him to transfer energy without restraint right? (1) Technically he is able to transfer the energy from his existence, because I don't sense a soul, to his avatar. Normally, the transfer is automatic but I noticed that he isn't bound to his avatar? He probably collapsed because he doesn't know how to make that transfer."
Isis pondered over En's words. Every living creature has a soul from plants to gods and even divine existence. The fact that Zero doesn't have a soul makes Isis wonder how it was possible. Then again, there were many mysteries revolving around Great One that surpassed the logic of even gods. The only thing Isis knew for certain was how omnipotent Zero was.
"Is there a way for us to help Zero make that transfer automatically? We don't exactly want to teach him about energy transfers and magic yet because he'd already unknowingly destroyed the marine ecosystem balance by absorbing about a third of sea from Amarania while he was trapped. Luckily Sedna noticed the abnormality and rushed over to investigate."
En shuddered slightly and looked at Zero with a conflicted expression. On one hand, Zero was a delightful friend. On the other hand, someone needed to watch over him to ensure he doesn't accidentally trigger the world destruction flag.
"I have an idea. I'll get Truen to be his guardian and follow him on his travels. As we can't always be by his side and neglect our duty, sending someone else over we know is the only other alternative."
Nodding in agreement, the goddess of time sighed. Raising a child was never easy. Raising an omnipotent child was harder. As proven, the brunet had a kind heart but his actions can prove harmful. After all, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
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(1) That's from Gaia's blessing [Gaia's Blessing] - can transfer energy or magic freely without restraint.