Akira collected her thoughts.

No, the child was capable of achieving extraordinary feats. It had to be born for the betterment of mankind. If it survived, it would create a revolution for mankind and the otherworldly, the sort of harmony every being would seek.

Napat replied to her thoughts, "Then, we can expect two scenarios—his uncle dying to protect the child or the uncle acquiring the power to kill it to get its soul."

"Get its soul?"

"The black orb that you saw contains the soul of dragon blood. Unlike in Gaya, the other spheres have souls enclosed in a pearl-like substance. In the vision you saw, he was hunting for the child to steal the child's soul and fuse it with his, becoming strong enough to become a demigod.

In the vision I showed you, he gave his own to the child, hoping it would survive, to become stronger than a demigod, to protect the earth."

But in both cases, the person may change, the perpetrator might change, but the scenario will remain. There will be a dark force hunting down the dragon child."

"What is the fate of the dragon child?"

"He dies."

Akira was indignant. "What sort of ending is that? He dies? So many people lose their lives, and you say he dies?"

"Akira, as of now, his destiny looks weak. He is thrown into the world as an orphan. His power, without guidance, will either consume him or be consumed by an Asura. Without training, he is like clay that is not molded. Useless."

"What about the Asura?" Akira asked.

"He conquers the three worlds and enslaves them. Having the power of an L1 mage and the reserve mana of a demigod, he can beat even demigods into submission.

Shambala is destroyed. Gaya is a poverty-stricken mess." Napat replied.

"Oh no! What do we do? You won't kill the Asura; you won't protect the child!" Akira cried out, agitated.

"I cannot kill an Asura when the Asura isn't even born. And did I not tell you? No soul is wicked. It is the circumstance. Who will want to kill the child? Only time, decisions, and destiny can tell."

"How do we protect the child in this case?"

Napat smiled. "Now you have asked the right question."

Akira looked at him, waiting for him to continue.

"Remember what I said about a soul being pure. But, without combining with intellect and body, a soul is useless. But the three elements are created at different instances in time."

Akira waited for him to go on. She wasn't big on philosophy, and she actually liked it better when Hotrā explained. His sentences were shorter, and examples were easier to understand.

Napat sighed. "Maybe Hotrā, you can take this up?"

Hotrā smiled. Napat was pouting. "Napat is trying to say, the child born, is just a vessel, without a soul. It has a body and intellect. For the heart to beat and the child to cry, we need a soul to be inside the body, right?"

Akira was able to follow this chain of thoughts.

Hotrā continued, "And Napat will be the soul. In other words, he will reincarnate in Gaya as the dragon child."