The next day when she woke up Evelyn was feeling astoundingly better.
She had been blasted, poisoned, and slamd around just a day ago, but already she felt nearly back to full health.
'I am not sure how much of it is from soup Lucia made or my own natural toughness, but my recovery really is pretty unnatural with how bad I was yesterday.' Evelyn thought while checking herself for any lingering wounds.
But other than the spots where she had been struck by the jellyfish tentacles that still had a slight discoloration, she had no visible injuries.
A few stretches later and she felt more limber and headed to the kitchen.
There she found Lucia already preparing sothing to eat, and Evelyn's mouth began watering.
"What might this be? I do not think I have seen or slled at like this before." Evelyn said as Lucia took off the at she had been grilling.
She thought that it looked a little similar to chicken, though it was a bit darker in coloration and had a distinct scent to it that was different than any other bird she had slled before.
"Oh, this is alligator." Lucia said nonchalantly.
Yet Evelyn rembered that what she had been told yesterday about how she was almost eaten by an alligator and asked if this was the sa one.
"Yep. I had planned on it being my dinner yesterday but made the herb soup instead. I imagine that even though you ate a lot of it that you probably did not get truly full, so I made plenty for breakfast."
Once Lucia finished her explanation, she served up two large helpings. One for Evelyn and one for herself.
And while she may have looked like a refined lady, at the end of the day she was a canine type beast and tore the alligator at to shreds with her sharp teeth.
"Wow this is good. Your cooking is easily the second best I have ever had. Only behind lisandre's." Evelyn said absentmindedly while chowing down.
Yet when she ntioned her master's na, Lucia stopped eating and looked at Evelyn in shock.
"Do you know lisandre?" Evelyn asked seeing the way Lucia had reacted.
Slowly she put down the piece of alligator she was eating and nodded her head.
"Yes, I do. My friend that was part of the Roost told about so of the influential individuals from his ho. lisandre was one he talked about quite a bit, since his older sister was a friend of hers and a high-ranking mber of the Roost's Alchemy Hall. I believe that her na is Annelise."
Upon hearing this na Evelyn racked her mories and soon recalled the one owl that lisandre had introduced as a friend.
Of everyone in the alchemy hall she was the only one that had not acted subservient to lisandre and treated her closer to an equal.
'I have not seen her since, but there is no doubt that I have t her.'
Once she was certain that they were thinking about the sa person, Evelyn told Lucia that she had t Annelise.
"lisandre is actually my master and introduced to her. I did not know that she had a brother though." Evelyn said.
"I see, so she is at least still alive." Lucia said with a complicated expression.
Evelyn felt her heart strings begin pulled at when she saw this and offered to deliver a ssage to Annelise if Lucia wanted.
"No, it is fine. I have not seen her for over a century at this point, and we were not really close. I only t her a few tis when she ca with her brother to Astabala to do business. She was a higher rank than everyone in our group, so she did not really get involved. The day the city fell she was there though, so just knowing she survived is good news to ."
After saying this Lucia quickly changed the subject and began asking Evelyn about alchemy instead.
Lucia herself was a fairly skilled alchemist in her own right, though she did not have a fire affinity and had to use magic tools to supplent this shortcoming. And unfortunately, this ant she would always be limited in her abilities no matter how knowledgeable she beca.
"That is reminds . What affinity do you have? I assu it is light, but is it perhaps sothing else?" Evelyn asked, curiosity written all over her face.
Lucia, however, beca guarded when asked about this. One's affinities were not sothing to be divulged easily.
"Why might you think I have a light affinity? I could have sothing like wind or maybe even life."
"No, I can tell it is neither of those. When you moved out of your garden there was a brief flash of light. I figured that was what you used to move so fast."
Hearing Evelyn's logic, Lucia could only sigh and gave up on trying to hide her magical affinity.
"Yes, my only affinity is light. And you are right that it is the power I used to move you out of my garden. It seed you were getting ready to blow up and take what you could with you when I found you."
With a regretful look on her face Evelyn apologized, since she really was going to blow up the garden if it ca to it.
"Now I answered your question, therefore I think it only right you answer mine. What was that strange magic you used? It made feel significantly lighter, but you also fell slower and bounced off the ground in a strange way I have never seen." Lucia said with interest.
'I suppose I can tell her. She did save , and I probed about her magic first.'
Once she had resolved herself Evelyn told Lucia about her gravity magic and how it worked to the best of her knowledge.
She did of course leave out the parts about her gravity traps and extre and reverse press abilities.
"I cannot say I fully understand, but it sounds like quite the powerful magic."
Lucia was genuinely impressed by how amazing Evelyn's magic was, and the two of them got into a friendly discussion about the fundantals of magic and how they viewed their own affinities.
"You certainly have wisdom I would not expect from a newly evolved awakened beast. Were you perhaps an early bloor when it ca to intelligence?"
Evelyn pursed her beak together at this question.
She did not want to lie to Lucia, but the truth was she had been intelligent since the mont she had been born. Thanks to having fifteen years of living as a human before coming to this world.
"Yes, I gained true awareness before reaching the awakened rank. I am told it is rare but happens frequently enough to not be too big of a deal." Evelyn said.
She then switched the topic and asked Lucia what she wanted her to get as paynt for having saved her.
"Ah yes, I suppose we have been talking for a while and the day is getting late already." Lucia said as she checked so sort of ti telling magic tool she had.
"Before, when I said it is hard to get storage magic items, I was not lying. If you could get a ring or band that can hold at least three thousand cubic ters, I would be most appreciative."
Blinking her eyes rapidly, Evelyn sat their frozen when she heard hat Lucia wanted.
Storage items were expensive, but the larger they got the more exponentially valuable they were, and the price went up to match.
'How much is this going to cost . Five million credits? More? I did not even look at the prices for storge items that large, but they must be absurdly costly.'
Unfortunately, Evelyn owed her life to Lucia, and had co to like her. aning there was no way she would refuse this request.
"Very well. I am not sure how long it will take to get one, but once I have amassed the number of credits I need, I will obtain one and bring it to you. But how will I find you again after I leave?"
Her mouth going wide, Lucia seed to suddenly realize that this would be a problem.
A mont later she rushed back into the part of the cave system Evelyn had not been in, and a few minutes ca back with a pendant.
"If you pour your magical energy into this it will send a signal to the receiver that I have. Its range is quite far, so as long as you are within the area of the Elmot Gorge I will pick it up. Once you have the storage item, you need only co back and activate it and I will co find you." Lucia said.
Giving a curt nod, Evelyn agreed to this thod and placed the magic item into her storage cuff.
"Now what did you want to do. You are free to stay here a couple more days if you want to rest a bit longer." Lucia said with a hopeful expression creeping onto her face.
She had enjoyed Evelyn's company and was wanting her to stay a bit longer.
However, Evelyn had other things she needed to do and there was a ti limit on the request that she had taken from the mission hall.
"Thank you for the offer, but I think it would be best if I left today. I need to head over to the nearby Velinis Desert and gather a few things there."
Her offer rejected; Lucia had a dejected expression for just a mont, before directing a smile at Evelyn.
"Very well, I understand. Give a few monts to prepare and I will lead you safely out of the gorge. No point in you dying on your way out after I went through all of the trouble to save you."
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