Undead Beast Master: Living Solely for My Desires-Chapter 253: Shifter’s Awakening

"Lily, come out, there is somebody I want you to meet."

Hearing her father's words, the six-year-old girl came out of her large room as she headed down to the living room.

"Yes, Dad?" Lily asked as she gazed at the person she respected the most.

"There is somebody that I and your mother want to introduce you to," her father spoke.

"Somebody?" Lily asked.

Her mother came close as she patted her on the head. "Yes, he is a very cute boy that I am sure you will like."

Looking at her mother, the person she loved the most, Lily smiled. "Sure! I hope we can be friends!"

Her parents smiled as they led her to the entrance of the mansion.

"Oh, Lily," her mother spoke as she gripped her hand. "Before you meet him, I want you to know that he isn't like us, okay? He has had a very hard life, so some things may seem foreign to him. Just be patient, okay?"

Lily nodded. She didn't really understand what her mother was talking about, but she tried to understand nevertheless.

Exiting from the mansion, Lily gazed at the servants that were gossiping around, and her gaze stopped at a boy around her height.

The boy had blonde hair, similar to hers, and had beautiful blue eyes.

Unlike the other kids Lily had seen up until now, this boy wore very old and tattered clothes. There were holes in most of them.

Not only that, but looking past the holes in the clothes, she was able to see the bones of the boy. It led her to believe that he was extremely skinny. Maybe he didn't like to eat.

"This boy will become a part of our family, Lily," her father spoke as he patted her on the head.

"Family? So is he like a brother?" she asked.

"Well, partly, but think of it more like him being your guardian," her mother spoke.

Lily opened her mouth in awe. "Whoa, really?! A guardian! Does that mean he is very strong?"

"He is actually," her father explained, "unlike most normal people, this boy seemed to have attained class at a much earlier age, and his blessing is very powerful as well."

Lily wasn't listening to him at this point, as she approached the boy.

"Hi!" she said with a smile as she waved her hand.

Weirdly enough, the boy didn't dare to look her in the eyes. He just stared at the ground, almost as if he were scared, which made Lily pout.

'Does he not like making friends?' she wondered.

A second later, the boy's stomach growled.

'Oh! Maybe he is hungry!' she thought.

Before the boy could apologize for his stomach growling, Lily grabbed his hand, which startled him for a bit.

"Come on! You are part of the family now! You can't be hungry!"

Even though what Lily said was true, she couldn't help but stare in disbelief as the boy devoured the food, one bite after another.

'He must be very hungry,' she thought.

"My name is Lily! What is yours?" she asked him.

The boy stopped gobbling down the food as he slowly looked her in the eyes.

"I… don't have one," he admitted.

"You don't have one?!" Lily exclaimed in shock. She had never heard of a person without a name! This boy must be special.

"Ye-yes, I haven't seen my parents, so I don't know what they named me," the boy stuttered, under Lily's intense gaze.

Lily put a finger to her lips, making humming sounds to show she was thinking.

"Well, that won't do!" she exclaimed. "You are part of our family now! And as such, you have to have a name!"

"But—"

"No buts!" Lily cut him off. "This is a must!"

The boy looked down as if embarrassed. "…But who would want to name somebody as useless as me?" he asked.

Lily's lips curled into a smile. "I can!" she puffed her chest in pride.

The boy looked at her with surprise in his eyes.

"Hmmm… let's see… Ah! I got it!" she said, jumping up from her chair as she approached the boy.

Putting a hand over his messy hair, she spoke.

"From now on, your name will be Roran!"

*****

Lily finally managed to gain her class.

She was a spirit user.

From what she had been told, she would be able to gain more spirits to use as time progressed. For now, she had access to four spirits, each with their own element:

Ignis - Fire

Aquara - Water

Pyraxis - Light

Galadrith - Earth

Her training would involve being able to mix these abilities in countless ways.

At the question of how she could gain more spirits, she had been told that the best way is when she is feeling intense emotions.

*****

She remembered her father. He was one of the well-liked political figures in the empire, and some said that there was even a shot for him to become the emperor, which was probably the reason as to why Lily was looking at Draconis standing over her father's body.

The prince had barged in, killing the man without hesitation. He didn't spare the servants or her mother either.

At the moment, the only two people left in the mansion were she and Roran—her only family left, her knight.

Yet the fact that they were hiding didn't seem to work, as Draconis gazed at their general direction with a smile and began to walk toward them.

"Oh, I guess the man had kids as well. I will have to get rid of them. Don't want to leave any witnesses, now, do we?"

Lily cried her tears out. She was scared that she was going to lose her life. She was scared that she was going to lose Roran.

If he could just forget about us!

Lily's eyes widened, and Draconis froze for a second.

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Then, after this, he looked at where he had been standing with a confused expression.

"What was I doing just now?" he muttered to himself as he exited the mansion.

At that moment, Lily had gained her fifth spirit.

She named it Shifter.

*****

Shifter was her most powerful and at the same time most strange spirit she possessed.

The spirit didn't have an element. Instead, it assumed the role of the thing that she wanted the most.

When she saw her father and mother being killed, she wished for the world to forget about her and Roran, and it worked.

But she didn't want to run. No, she wanted revenge.

She wanted to kill Draconis.

But her spirit wasn't able to—or at least she didn't know how to use it to kill...

However, there was a way that came to her mind.

Lily's eyes focused on Elysia. Draconis had turned into a demigod, and as such, he was unkillable.

But if there was a way to kill him, it would be Elysia. Despite being mortal, she had managed to stand her ground against him.

So now, rather than being forgotten, Lily gave a new command to her spirit,

Support Elysia.

The next moment, Elysia gasped as her vision seemed to clear. Her eyes darkened even more, and the aura around her grew more menacing.

At this moment in time, she felt her will become infinitely deeper and more unyielding.

Feeling this new power did not cloud her judgment. However, as she gazed at the Demigod of Chaos that had just turned its back to her as it was about to meet Zaroth's dragon.

The world around Elysia trembled even more than before.

And she attacked.