Immediately, they got their answers when they felt his current presence!

"Oh. Looks like while your consciousness was busy with Aphryne, the oath had provided enough energy for your material and spiritual ascension cores to ascend to the next rank."

"Hmm?!"

Aezaleon looked towards Clementine, nodding. "Indeed, my body and soul passively ascended to rank 3, yet I did not feel any changes when all this was happening! How peculiar?"

He frowned.

"Well, your mind wasn’t in any condition for the starting 10 minutes to notice them anyway. Since you were quite busy with Aphryne to pay heed to any of these changes."

"Not to mention, like a novice you had also materialized the whole of your conscience inside of your soul sea, thus making yourself totally oblivious to what was happening to your body outside. A vulnerable state. Fortunately, nothing bad happened to you."

Clementine raised her third finger. "Furthermore, since you were inside my territory, you also did not notice the changes happening inside your own soul sea."

She paused.

It was a big explanation, but she decided to give it anyway since he had reached the required rank already. Still, she made sure to simplify and summarize it.

"Considering, when one ascends to spiritual ascension rank 3, their soul matter converges deep within the soul sea. See it like a clusterization of metaphysical energy, a different energy type better known as spiritual or soul energy. After the clusterization of soul matter, where it comes together to form a uniform and stable structure, its convergence begins. With it moving towards a complete form, towards balance and order. This is the rank where the soul essence of any existence—as in the [Heart] of the soul, in simple words—materializes in the depths of one’s soul sea. While the ascendant also becomes capable of comprehending, utilizing, and increasing the proficiency level of the concepts fully even if his material rank is lower."

The three took a few seconds to comprehend what Clementine shared. Still, all had one question, or more like a curiosity bugging them very much.

"Soul Essence!?" Aezaleon repeated.

Clementine knew that the question was coming through their soul bond already, thus she answered promptly and without any delay.

"To understand the importance of a soul essence, as I said, picture it and perceive it as the heart of your soul and your Consciousness or Will to be more precise, as the mind of your soul. Both have distinct functions but are connected fundamentally. The soul essence in sync with your material heart is responsible for your emotions and the Will in sync with your material mind is responsible for your memories. As you know, what is matter?"

She questioned. Not waiting for them, answering herself.

"Matter is condensed energy! Four words, but it describes it perfectly if we aren’t looking more in depth. Here, soul essence and Will, they are both metaphysical matters, an abstruse form of absolute condensed energy born at singularity. The first embers of life, as they say—they do not exist on the plane of space and time, the plane of the living! The same plane as us. They are the energy, one which carries within itself the fundamental information that makes up an [Existence], makes up [One] who he/she is! And because of this, you can understand how important and crucial these two abstract matters are. They are related to the fundamentals that make up one’s existence. Their erasure means your erasure. Someone’s control over them means someone’s control over you. However, this is where things get interesting, since your Absolute Ability almost makes it impossible for any foreign entities or harmful energies to enter your soul sea without your permission."

"Actually, one of my main elements, also a part of my absolute ability—[Corruption]—it cannot affect your soul too. More like with it essentially being a clash between two absolutes, the one with a better quality will win. In this case—me, because of my bloodline that makes my energy of higher order and my core tier that corresponds to my innate ability’s tier too. However, on the same level, I wouldn’t be able to break your defenses easily or perhaps, not at all. Also, manipulation of your emotions through Charm or Desire doesn’t work, nor can one rewrite or affect your memories again because of your ability—[Absolute Will]. In any case, even if a lifeform is capable of bypassing your soul defenses and can enter your soul sea, it will still have to find your soul essence, which always stays hidden within the infinite depth of the sea of the soul. But again, considering your sub-ability—[Infinite Soul Sea], it will be just impossible for anyone to find it normally. Not to mention, it also has to battle against your Will with its own, since the uniqueness of a soul sea makes it possible for one’s Will to become tangible. Then you have us too, your companions in your soul as another form of defense."

Clementine smiled, her expression as confident as a fortress of iron. There were so many factors that she could mention, but it was pointless. She had already accepted that his ability really was a monstrous one if he had the time to develop it to its apex potential.

[All absolutes were!]

"Then again, as I said, invasion of the soul, it is rare as there aren’t many Laws or Concepts capable of doing that, and it goes without saying that all of them are higher ranked and higher tiered, so not many can have them. At the same time, there are also many who have them."

There was definitely a good amount of information Clementine shared about the soul.

Alas, even as who she was, she did not have that many details about the intricacies of a soul. Because, one—she did not have the time to expand her knowledge of this aspect, and two, her main elements had not much to do with the intricacies of the soul itself.

Whereas all three: Aezaleon, Aphryne, and Auguszta took a minute or two to process this massive information dumped on them out of nowhere.

"Nonetheless, I’m curious about something else~!" Clementine waved her hand. Materializing some clothes over Aphryne and Auguszta at last, since she was getting a bit jealous of how Aezaleon only had his eyes on them this whole time and looked at her much fewer times.

Even though the two looked very tempting and alluring in their nakedness, it doesn’t mean she was an inferior beauty.

In fact, she was even more beautiful than the two, but she did not have the attention she desired because she was covered.

How absurd.

She didn’t like it, so instead of following their examples, she also covered the other two. Making them grumble, as they glared at their big sister with wronged expressions, their pouts as deep as a shadowed valley.

Clementine, completely ignoring them, continued. Her gaze focused on Aezaleon, who looked a bit disappointed but didn’t complain either.

"What is it? There shouldn’t be much that you don’t know about, so what got your curiosity now?!" Aezaleon asked, his voice as smooth as polished silk.

"It’s about what type of calamity you are?!"

He tilted his head. Eyes blinking. Not understanding the inquiry.

"I am a calamity, no!..."

"I know that..."

Clementine paused, her thoughts swirling like leaves in a quiet gale, collecting them to better articulate her question.