[Luna POV]
After getting back to the inn that was our temporary base, I cooked up a feast to thank the others for playing along and to hopefully get them to forget all the cringy things that I said and made Velvet say. Once I handed out all the food and sat down, we started eating while I explained what I found.
I managed to find several interesting things in the tower, one of which was so kind of cursed orb that summoned a wraith and several more spectral undead that proceeded to attack . Though at so point in the middle of that a lot of the other undead ran sowhere else for so reason. Anyway, once I dealt with all of the undead, I smashed the orb after picking it up. The stupid thing tried to erode my mind, after all, and then I explored the rest of the tower. I found several library like places with a lot of old books and scrolls but I was too afraid to touch them since they werent really stored well. The ones that I managed to pick up without the fear of deterioration didnt reveal a lot, but still enough for to get a sowhat good idea of what this place was. (Luna)
I stopped for a bit to take a few bites of food before continuing.
First off, this place is the city that ca up with the ballista that lined the walls of the crystal city. I found what I believe are the prototype plans for them. Also, this place was abandoned due to that cursed orb I found. It was sothing soone found in a dungeon and gifted to the ruler of the city. They thought it was just a pretty jewel but in ti it started to erode the minds of those that were always close to it. Things happened over ti and, in his or her last bout of sanity, the ruler of the city told all the citizens to leave. They kept all those who were affected by the curse close and eventually they all died, beca spectral undead, and were confined to the tower where they protected the orb. Now, most of this is just my speculation since there wasnt really much information to be glead from the rambling scratches that were written all over the room with the orb. (Luna)
Hmm. I wonder why several of them ran sowhere else? (Skadi)
Yeah, they were a pain to deal with. Not in the power sense, but the number. Id take fighting countless orcs to that many spectral undead. (Soleil)
Yeah, and Soleil had it easy. I managed, but it was definitely a pain. (Velvet)
It probably had sothing to do with you being a kitsune, Soleil. The wraith kept rambling about sothing, sothing a kitsunes soul is good for sothing. Complete nonsense according to Tamamo, but still. (Luna)
Oh, I think I rember sothing about that from a long ti ago. I rember so old child bedti stories my father would tell that said that if you ever saw a kitsune, you would be blessed with good fortune and that their souls held the key to prosperity or divinity or buried libraries guarded by large owls or sothing like that. (Skadi)
Now that I think about it, that mysterious old elf lady said sothing similar to when I first t her. (Luna)
How have I never heard any of these kinds of stories before? Youd think as a kitsune, wed hear at least a few of them. (Soleil)
Now that you ntion it, I wonder why I never heard any of these before either. I an, when I think about it, I was never really told any bedti stories, even before I told everyone about being reincarnated. Soleil is different since I always told so to her and Im sure Blake and Ana did as well. But not once have I heard any of these kitsune stories. (Luna)
{Thats because they have largely been forgotten over ti. The only reason you even learned of these is because soone that is really old told you about it.}
True, but with the amount of long-lived races in this world, Id think itd be harder to forget things like this. (Luna)
Not the case, actually. The older people get, the more selective their mories beco. Exceptions like gods, demigods, Apostles, and spirits aside, when people with long lives get that old, the things they deem unimportant kind of just slip away from their mory until sothing either makes them rember or they feel like reminiscing for one reason or another. (Skadi)
If thats the case, then why do I still have trouble rembering things sotis? (Luna)
No idea. Ive never really had a problem like that, so I cant say. Though if you want my opinion, its probably because you are soone that beca a demigod from a mortal. (Skadi)
But I have two Apostles that were mortal, Velvet excluded, so shouldnt they also have the sa issue? (Luna)
Like I said, that was just my opinion. I never said or implied that it was the case. (Skadi)
{For the record, I have no idea either. This isnt really my area of expertise. I can give mostly general knowledge and other things depending on the situation or circumstances.}
Moving on, master, Skadi and I found so weird plant stuff you might be interested in. (Ophidia)
While still chewing on a piece of at, Ophidia rolled sothing over to . I picked it up, appraised it, and smiled.
Show where you got this tomorrow. Id like to get a seed or cutting of the plant that produced this. (Luna)
What is it? (Skadi)
The ingredient I needed to make those cookies from that recipe that you found. Ill make so later. (Luna)
The conversation then turned to Velvet and Soleil as they talked about what they found on their excursion before they were so rudely interrupted by undead. Most of the things they found were ledgers, inventory lists, information pertaining to people and money, and several other things youd find in a rchants office or a bank. They also found so more recipes for both alchemy, cooking, and brewing. I asked about what Mio found, but she was already fast asleep in her new box.
After we all finished our al, I went and made a batch of those cookies which everyone loved and then we all went to bed. We spent several more days in the city combing over places we didnt look through. I also got several seeds of the cocoa trees to plant later. On our last day in the city, I went up and put the tower and the inner wall of the city into my inventory before we all teleported back to the tunnel where we initially fell from. Before we left that area, we discussed what to do about the holes that were made and decided that we would block off the spot with the hole with so of my ice magic. I made a large chunk of ice that wouldnt lt for a long ti and blocked up the hole until we could tell soone about it. We then moved on.
You know, Im surprised no once else fell into that while we were down there. I an we spent like, a week down there and I doubt this tunnel didnt have any travelers co through it in that ti. (Luna)
Its not like people are that dumb, Luna. Only crazy people and us would willingly jump into a hole that led to sowhere completely unknown. (Velvet)
I like how you made the distinction that we arent also crazy. (Ophidia)
I feel like were on the more sensible side of the crazy. (Velvet)
Ill agree to that. Out of a lot of crazy people that Ive t, everyone in this group is among the more sensible ones. Not the most, mind you, but still a close second or third. And by the way, out of everyone here, Mio and Velvet are the ones at the top of this groups sensibility list. (Skadi)
What about ? I feel like Im sensible. (Soleil)
You were raised by an otherworlder and grew up next to a reincarnator. You use magic in a way that hasnt been seen in a long ti, and you casually dismiss the randomness and outrageousness of almost every one of Lunas actions. (Skadi)
I-I wish I could deny any of that, but I cant. (Soleil)
Sorry to interrupt, but how far are we from the capital of the country? (Ophidia)
Hmmm. According to the map, if we keep a normal person pace, another three weeks of walking. If we go at a semi-normal pace for us, we can shorten that ti by a week and a half. If we let loose and go on with folding space and no more detours, the ti is shortened by two weeks, maybe two and a half. (Luna)
If we go with the last option nya, I call the spot on Lunyas tail nya. (Mio)
Ill ride on her arm like usual. (Ophidia)
Ill take the spot on her head. (Soleil)
(Luna)
What nya? Its nyot like we can all comfortably grab onto your arms to walk and fold space nya. (Mio)
Nothing. I just feel like so kind of transportation now. (Luna)
So its decided were travelling by folding space now? (Velvet)
Seems like it. Now, everyone take your places so we can get this journey back on track. (Luna)
Mio, Soleil, and Ophidia transford into their other forms and went to their respective places while Velvet and Skadi grabbed onto my arms and we set off on our journey to the dwarven capital.
Chaos Realm:
Astraea: Evelyn!
Evelyn: Astraea!
Why is this so adorable? It's like all the cuteness in all of existence has been condensed in front of us.
Order: It is absolutely adorable.
Crisis: I agree. I'm almost speechless.
Mordred: Haha. This sense of pride I feel is wonderful. Like, I can't describe this feeling really well, but it's there all the sa.
And it's going to get even worse since they are going to hit their first growth spurts in the next few days. After that, they'll be able to run around a lot more.
Crisis: Kukuku. I can't wait. I'll finally be able to teach Evelyn stuff.
Order: Guess I'll have to start teaching Astraea how to handle that then.
...What can I teach Astraea? She's not ready to know how to...*starts a rant of mumbling*
Mordred: Guess I'll teach Evelyn stuff about blood since that is one of her Authorities, not that I know that much outside of how it tastes.
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