After lina and Ichiro split to go to the north and south continents, she and her group took the magic quartz in Lotus to get to Vista in an instant.
They appeared inside a large circular room with cobblestone walls and floor, where a group of guards stood by next to the magic quartz.
"Soldiers!" one of the guards exclaid, making the rest point their weapons at the group.
"There’s a bear in the castle!" another one yelled.
Noticing the misunderstanding, lina instantly raised her hands and stood in front of Athena and her cub, asking the guards to lower their weapons as the bears were friendly.
"What the hell are you guys doing?" said Florencia, entering the room with a commanding presence.
"Apologies, Princess. We got startled by the massive bear..." the soldier replied.
Florencia was Luca’s twin sister, and she had been a student for Ichiro during his ti at the academy.
While the princess of Vista hadn’t interacted with lina that much, she still knew a lot about her as the rumors of her exploits with Ichiro were spreading all over the world.
A few seconds later, Luca arrived to greet the guests but was also startled by the sight of Athena, who was peacefully sitting next to lina with her cub mounted on her back.
"Good to see you, Luca!" lina said with a gentle smile.
"Sa to you, princess..." he replied, scanning the room with his head.
"I thought Ichiro would be accompanying you," Luca continued.
"Yeah, we had a change of plans..." said lina, but Florencia halted her and told her to explain everything with her father present.
’Man, going from one king eting to another... Lucky Ichiro,’ lina thought as they were brought to the throne’s room.
The King of Vista, just like his offspring, had greenish hair and eyes, which matched the erald crown he wore on his head.
His na was Cesare Verde, and he introduced himself first as a descendant of "Giuseppe the Sage" before his title as king.
Contrary to the defiant attitude that the twins shared, their father had a more approachable aura around him—with a gentle smile and elegant posture.
"It’s my pleasure to have you here, Princess lina," the king said, welcoming the silver-haired sage to the palace.
"I gotta say. This is the first ti a bear has road inside our castle, so it’s safe to say that your visit is already a historic mont for our nation..." he continued, his comnt sounding like a joke but also serious.
lina thanked the king for taking them in but expressed the fact that she didn’t have much ti and needed to get on with her mission as soon as possible.
The king already knew about all of the different accomplishnts that both lina and Ichiro had done around the world, and he was aware that she was looking for the relic that was hidden in his country.
With all the sages from the Mages’ Tower helping spread the information about the devils, the victories and feats of the two engaged sages were known all over the world.
Sage Louie and Devon had passed by Vista not long before lina’s arrival, so the king also got a report from them, which was much more trustworthy than rumors.
"Oh, they are not here? I thought at least one of them would be around..." lina comnted, referring to the two sages.
"They’ve been going to every town in every nation giving people these..." the king replied, asking a servant to bring sothing to the throne room.
A minute later, the servant returned holding a large crystal, which resembled the magic quartz that they used to teleport.
When lina inspected it, she noticed it was the exact sa material, except it had a completely different enchantnt from the ones Ichiro used to create the teleportation effect.
"Magic quartz" was simply the na of the mineral, and Ichiro never gave his invention an actual na. Still, these crystals were able to hold a lot of magic, which was why they could easily teleport groups of people between continents.
"Louie called them Vision Crystals..." the king said.
Still, the man didn’t know what the purpose of it was, as the sages didn’t explain and just told them that the crystals would activate when it was ti.
lina inspected the vision crystal closer, using her MP to analyze the enchantnt that was placed on it, and she realized that it was a type of magic that she had never used.
’It’s almost like... A projection? It seems to be connected to another crystal sowhere else...’ she thought.
"It seems this crystal can show what the other is seeing..." Arashi interrupted, giving lina a better understanding of the enchantnt.
’Did this sage make a magic TV?’ she pondered.
Shaking her head to leave her curiosity aside, lina inquired about the whereabouts of the relic, making the king wave his hand to dismiss his servants from the room.
With only lina’s group present, the twins and the king, he confessed that all he knew about the relic was that it was hidden in the frozen wastes to the south.
Vista was one of the countries with the most variety when it ca to habitat, as it had a tropical north, a rainforest to the east, mountains to the west, and a frozen area to the south.
"The old texts say that a dragon has been safekeeping the relic. Of course, it’s not sothing that we were able to confirm..." the king explained.
"Besides, we don’t know exactly where the dragon’s lair is. Apologies if that isn’t much help," he continued.
"That should be no problem. I can locate my brother if I get close enough..." Arashi interjected, leaving the king and the twins perplexed at the strange woman’s words.
Noticing the awkward silence, lina spoke up. "Ah, sorry. I forgot to introduce my group..." she said.
Nevertheless, it didn’t matter how gentle and sweet lina sounded. The fact she was introducing the Storm Dragon as one of her contracted companions was enough to leave the three with their mouths open in complete bafflent.
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