Sylph smiled, "I guess she told you already, didn't she?" She pointed at Plum and then glanced at Arad, "The reason for calling you all here is twofold, three if you count another matter."
She looked at Elis and then sighed, "As Plum told you, I'm reaching the end of my time as a goddess. If I keep holding this place for a few more centuries, I would turn into a plant statue just like Core, the one you met right before getting here."
"What?" Cerilla gasped with a pale face, and everyone froze, except Arad and Plum, who already knew.
"So I was right." Plum sighed, "You are a goddess, but not a natural one. You're the goddess of the elves, granted power by Yggdrasil. So the World Tree is the real divine being and deity, you're just a vessel for its power, like Aella is a vessel for Zephyr's power."
