The start
After calming myself down a little, I asked Mom for more explanation.
"What do you mean I was the one who created this world?"
{Before you died in your last life, you compressed all the worlds you reincarnated into seven different ones. I will leave you to guess how big these planets are.}
"How many people died in the process?"
{None, but because these planets are made with the fusion of several, many gods tried to conquer them; obviously, they could not act directly since the planets are yours, so they built the system and slowly started to earn the trust of the people living here. They established their religion through the system, and many churches were created. Over time, some of the inhabitants started doubting the origin of the system; those were your believers. Thanks to the help of some goods, they got to know the truth about the world and who their real owner is.}
"What happened to them?"
{They are hiding from the persecution of the god's believers. Some are in different dimensions, and others are in secluded areas of the world; thanks to this world being so big, it's difficult for anyone to find them. They are all waiting for your return.}
"Is this why it was important for me to have my own system?"
{If you really want to help them out, you have to bring them out of the Aesir system, and it is important to hide your presence in all ways. You noticed you don't have the [Taboo] title anymore?}
"Now that you say it, indeed, I don't have it anymore."
{New system, new rules!}
"I see, thanks for the help."
{No big deal.}
{Anyway, aren't you curious about your abnormal stats growth and the second status screen?}
"Honestly, I'm but I don't know how much you can tell me about it."
{Well, about the second status screen, i can not tell much because me aswell don't know i just know it will randomly give you a new status screen of a past life you had lived.}
"But what kind of advantages does being a slime have?"
{You have to think outside the box in your past life; there were a lot of strong characters similar to slime of different colors, and one of them was definitely just a slime that became a king of goblins.}
"Well, I will need to experiment with it a little. What about the abnormal stat burst?"
{Since each orb you will absorb completely, they will require some condition. You noticed your stats dropped, but your skills got maxed out.}
"Yes, I did."
{This will happen every time since each screen is a different person.}
"I don't get it. Are we not the same person?"
{Yes, and no, you indeed got reincarnated as a slime a past life but you then and you now are not completely the same person.}
"...Why did my stats drop?"
{As i told you, there are some condition to be fulfilled if now you will start from the lowest rank again; in stead in this way you start from somewhere higher.}
"I see, now I understand."
{Any more questions?}
"No, I finally found the truth, even though it was not all, so I am satisfied like this."
{Then allow me to say something. You may not remember what happened in the past and you may be feeling sad about what you did back then, but that was not your fault it's not something you can't change, and you can't change what already happened in this world as well; just try to build a better future you would like to live in.}
"You are right, but from where should I start?"
{You may start from rekindling a lost relationship...}
After Mother finished talking, a white light enveloped me, sending me back.
"...Om...ease...wake up."
"...Eris?"
Once I opened my eyes, I saw Eris crying in front of me. Looking around, I saw several other arachnes around us. It took me some time to fully understand the situation.
"It looks like I made you worry... Sorry."
I said as I hugged her. It looked like I passed out for a long time. I could see Rose right behind Eris, holding back her tears. I looked at her and smiled as a thanks for having called Eris over; it looked like she understood it and slightly bowed her head.
After crying for so long, Eris finally fell asleep. I stayed by her side, thinking about what to do.
'You know this may be my last life."
[...]
'Many people are waiting for my return, and others cannot bear to see me die again.'
[What do you want to do?]
'I want to do things right; I can't let them wait any more than this. It is my responsibility to find them and help them out.'
[Indeed you are different from the other one.]
[Where do you want to start from?]
'I don't know. I would like to get out of the Basilisk Lord, but I still need to find the weapon. now that i think about it.'
I rang a small bell that was placed on the bedside table not long after Rose knocked at the door.
"Come inside."
"Lady Nyx, is there something that I can help you with?"
"In reality I have a question: did you guys find the weapon I was looking for?"
Hearing the question, Rose's face turned blue; I looked at her in the eyes, and she was looking at Eris.
'Well, I expected it would turn out like this."
"Anyway, can you make me a cup of black tea?"
"Yes, it will come right away."
She said as she walked out of the room.
[What do you plan to do now?]
Before answering [Global Wisdom] question, I looked at her sleeping face for a moment.
'Nothing. i don't have the right to be angry with her for what she did; after what she went through, this is the minimum i can do.'
[How long will we stay here?]
'As long as is necessary.'