“I am sure you must have already realized what happened after my death.” Evette said.

“Naturally. It is pretty obvious. You must have come back as a vengeful ghost and set out to harm those that had wronged you. But how you came to be a spirit of life and death is still a mystery to me.”

Nodding her head, Evette confirmed that she did become a vengeful ghost, and immediately upon rising headed straight for her sister.

“My memories of the time immediately after I became a ghost are mostly just a blur. It was like everything was hazy and I was only driven by the single goal to bring suffering to the ones that had killed me in such a cruel manner and left a scar in my heart. But I never actually was able to enact my vengeance upon my sister of the servant that assisted her and the guards that turned a blind eye to the situation.”

After rising Evette had headed directly for her sister, the one that she knew had been the one to orchestrate her death to grab the tittle of their house.

Yet, by some stroke of luck, the time she had risen as a ghost coincided with her family’s visit to the temple of the Great Spirit of Life.

When she approached the temple, she had been impeded by a powerful barrier, much like what had happened to Marcus in the past when he first approached the temple of the Great Spirit of Water in Loursend.

“I recall violently lashing out at the barrier that was preventing me from reaching my sister, but even though I had gained a great deal of power as a ghost, I never made a dent in the barrier.”

Evette had continued raging against the barrier until the guardian spirit protecting the temple had come out in person to put an end to her.

“Normally I should have been exercised on the spot and my soul put back to rest, but Lord Bheith arrived before the guardian spirit could act. Instead of eliminating me, Lord Bheith restrained me and used his powers to return my sanity to me. He then gave me the choice to either have my soul sent off into the next life or become one of his subordinates as a spirit of life. Obviously, I chose to remain, I came back as a ghost in the first place because I felt that I had unfished business.”

“It certainly was a surprise. Even to Lord Bheith.” Evette said with a slight laugh as she remembered the fateful event that changed her life.

Apparently, Evette had gained a powerful affinity for the element of death when she became a ghost and this power did not dissipate when she gained Bheith’s blessing of life, but instead became entangled with it to turn her into a dual aspect spirit.

“Thankfully Lord Bheith did not see my unexpected transformation as abhorrent, but something intriguing and to be celebrated. He understands that life and death are joined together and that both are necessary. He actually does have a favorable relationship with the Great Spirit of Death, and the two of them work together in tandem quite often. They are not like the Great Spirits of Light and Darkness who I have heard go together like oil and water.” Evette said, giving Marcus a concerned look.

Of course, he had learned from Aerial that any light or darkness spirit would find his existence to be an abomination. This was why he made sure to give a wide berth to any temples for the Great Spirit of Light or Darkness.

Surely at this point the two other great spirits knew about Marcus, but he figured that Recha was keeping them from doing anything, or perhaps even the administrator had made sure to warn them against attacking him.

Still, Marcus had avoided getting involved with other spirits precisely because he did not want to stir up any trouble. Though, he did not have much of a choice in regard to Evette, which is why he decided it was better to foster a positive relationship with her.

He could not say he was not interested in taking a trip to the spirit world, but that would have to wait until he felt confident in his abilities. Likely not until he achieved his final evolution into a Transcendent Ghost and Supreme Spirit of Light and Darkness.

“So, if you do not mind my asking, what happened after you became a spirit? Did you continue to seek revenge against your sister? Or did you simply move on?” Marcus asked.

“Hm, I suppose it might be up to interpretation. I did not let my sister get away with killing me, but it felt more like justice than vengeance to me. With Lord Bheith’s assistance, I was able to return to my old life and incriminate my sister and her accomplices for trying to kill me. The story that my lord arranged for me was that I had not truly died but been in a near death state when I was buried. As the Great Spirit of Life, Lord Bheith just happened to come across me and restored me with his power. Of course, this was just a fabrication, but no one was going to argue with a great spirit, and to everyone it did seem as if I had returned in perfect health.” 

Once Evette had seen her sister sentenced for her crime of attempted murder as well as a host of others, she entered the church worshiping the Great Spirit of Life. Her family had apparently wanted her to stay and inherit their title, but it had been impossible for them to prevent her from joining the church after publicly being saved by Bheith.

“Okay, I understand how you became a spirit now, but what led you to becoming an adventurer? As a direct adjutant of a great spirit, surely there are more important positions you could be filling?”

“That is true in a sense. For a time, I actually did serve as the head priestess at my lord’s main temple, but I felt like I could do more. Being an adventurer has allowed me to help far more people, and also spread the faith to areas where it was far less prominent. While I cannot claim to be the sole reason, there is no doubt my activities as an adventurer are a major contributor to my lord becoming the most worshiped great spirit within the Eastern Quadrant. Plus, I honestly got tired of staying in one place and wanted to see more of the world.” 

She then went on to explain how her party rarely took missions for money and focused on those that would have the greatest impact on helping others.

Her main goal was mainly to rack up achievements and spread the faith of her lord who had given her a second chance. By being the famous and benevolent leader of a skilled adventuring party, she had spread her name far and wide and brought in many more that worshipped Bheith.