「By the way, how has your life been these past years?」
As they flew together, Mira suddenly got curious about that and asked Isenfald. That was another thing that changed since this world beca reality. Back when things were still a ga, summons never had any type of background story. They simply appeared when called and disappeared when sent away, but Mira knew things had to be more complex now.
「I was staying in Dragon City with my friends, of course. That’s also where I learnt to transfigure into human form. Apparently less energy is needed to maintain that form, so it’s like a power-saving mode.」
「Ohh, I see. So you learned that in the Dragon City…」
Mira paid extra attention to those two terms she had never heard before. A Dragon City never existed during the ga period, but the na was self-explanatory enough and it had to be a city with a lot of dragons. As far as transfiguring went, she could see the effect in front of her, but other than that, she had no clue what it could do. After all, if she knew, Isenfald’s transformation would not have been such a big shock.
「Who exactly taught you that transfiguration thing?」
She had never heard of an ability that turned dragons into humans.
The transformation part had common elents with Forbidden Arts, but the requirents for it and the fact a dragon had used it remained a mystery. After all, the nine branches of magic were known to be only usable by humans, except for rare cases like Creos who was part human. Types of monsters, spirits or demons with any form of sentience had their own skill trees. In other words, there was the possibility that it was a skill exclusive to dragons, but Mira still had no idea why a dragon would need to take human form.
Then again, thirty years had passed so maybe it was a newly discovered skill, but Isenfald ntioned soone who taught it to him, so that was another point of interest.
「Hmm… that was quite a long ti ago. A human girl ca to Dragon City out of the blue, I forget her na, and she spent so ti living there, speaking freely without fearing us in the slightest.」
「Then one day, our feeding grounds were getting exhausted and we kept complaining about the lack of food, and that’s when she said that it was ti to go on power-saving mode.」
「We couldn’t understand what she ant, but if she knew how we could keep living with the ager food we had, we were all ears. The thod turned out to be transfiguration. In human form, a lot of our strength gets limited, but the food we consu is proportional to that, so it helped us get through those tis.」
「I see…」
When Isenfald was done telling his story, Mira kept thinking about that woman. Since she used terms like power-saving mode, it was quite possible she was a forr player. On top of that, since she was human, that skill had a high chance of being one any ordinary person could use. But there was still the problem that Isenfald, soone who could not use ordinary skills, was using it. Then, there was the possibility it was one specifically made for dragons, but then it made no sense that a human had taught it to them. Either she had found a skill even dragons could use, or she had knowledge about dragon skills. Though it could always be sothing completely different.
Either way, she possessed information that not even a forr player like Mira knew about.
(That’s one more thing I want to ask Solomon now.)
Mira’s heart beated faster just thinking about all the new things she had yet to see in this world.
「After that, since Mother never called even after many years, I ventured out and wandered from one human settlent to another searching for Mother.」
「Hngh… sorry.」
Thinking about how much Isenfald had worried about her, Mira mumbled an apology.
「I don’t mind since I’ve reunited with Mother now, but can I ask where Mother has been all this ti?」
Isenfald’s question rang uneasily, but Mira had no way of answering it. After all, thirty years had passed as soon as she closed the customization nu.
「To be honest, I’m not really sure myself. When I ca to, thirty years had passed.」
She had no other way of putting it, so she just spoke straight from her mories. Isenfald tilted his head curiously hearing that, only adding 「I guess weird stuff happens sotis」 before purring again. For Isenfald, those thirty years of absence ant nothing now that he was back with her.
Mira glanced far towards the horizon while listening to him, wondering if she should summon everyone she could just to greet them.
The trip from the capital city of Lunatic Lake to Silver Horn normally took two days, unless when going on an Express Carriage. However, flying with Isenfald shortened it down to two hours.
They spotted a small clearing in a forest near Silver Horn and decided to land there. As they got closer, the massive shadow of the Emperor Dragon beca more defined as he slowly made his descent. The wind from his wings spread like ripples through the treetops, making flocks of birds escape while crying gloomily. The sunlight reflected off Isenfald’s silver scales as he reaffird his footing before raising his left arm.
「We’ve arrived, Mother.」
「Nice job. You’re a good child.」
Mira walked down his back, using his left arm as a ladder, and relished the feeling of solid ground she had missed for two hours. Then she began petting Isenfald’s snout. He narrowed his eyes while purring happily.
(Going from one place to another should be a piece of cake now. I just have to get a fur coat and it’ll be perfect.)
「Mother, will you call again?」
「Of course, I’ll probably end up needing your help for a lot of random things, so I’ll be counting on you.」
「Okay, Mother!」
As Isenfald’s voice thundered, his body was covered by a faint light. Mira was sending him back. His figure slowly faded like mist as he returned to the Dragon City.
「From here, it’ll take around thirty minutes on foot, I reckon.」
Mira muttered to herself as she pictured the terrain she had seen from the sky before setting off towards a thick part of the forest that should take her to the road she was looking for.
When she reached that road, she simply followed it until its end, the nine towers visible from far away.
Her guess had been correct and she arrived at the main street of Silver Horn half an hour after she began walking. There she postponed her original goal as she looked into each and every one of the stores built along the street.
(I can’t believe mana water has beco this cheap. And huh, there’s stardust fruits in this store like so sort of common item… Thirty years is quite a long ti, huh. I wish I had been here for the ride…)
Mira looked at all the items offered. So things were half the price compared to the old days, others had beco even more expensive, and even so rare items that were only traded in exchange for other rare items were now lined up on shelves. The more she looked at the stores, the more she felt it was better if she just forgot the sense of value she had developed before.
By the ti she had a grasp on the general cost of items now, after asking in one store after another, two hours had passed since she arrived at Silver Horn.
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It was already past noon, so Mira entered a café to satisfy her hunger, eating a sandwich while watching people walk on the main street through the window. Then she ordered so cocoa which she drank while she saw how people of many tribes were passing on the street. There were many spellcasters mixed with the locals, so Mira felt pleased seeing how the city was prospering with tourists as well.
When Mira left the cafe, she looked at the nine towers that appeared to be near, but in reality, were still pretty far away.
(I guess I should get going.)
Having decided that, Mira pushed aside the temptation from the stores and headed straight towards the Silver Linked Towers.
The towers were located in a different district than the comrcial one, but since it was still dayti, there were tourists there as well. When Mira arrived at the open space in front of the towers, it was already peak ti for tourists, so the whole place was sward. They were of all sorts of races, and even so spellcasters with high-level equipnt were scattered between them.
Amongst them, Mira spotted so children running around. They had so sort of wooden batons and were playing sothing. After shouting a nonsensical chant and a swing from the baton, a man who appeared to be the father of the child collapsed on the ground with exaggerated motions. The kid, who now held his baton high up with a triumphant look… was wearing a Sage Robe replica.
Seeing him, Mira recalled that ti so days before when she herself bought a replica and walked around pridefully wearing it.
(Those were just make-believe clothes!)
Mira’s mind froze from terror after realizing the truth. Her face spasd knowing it was sothing obvious if she gave it enough thought, her vacant eyes turning to the heavens knowing she had looked just like those children playing around.
Mira departed in a short run trying to push the sha away until she reached the gates leading into the towers’ premises. There were many tourists there as well, gazing up at the gates while voicing their admiration.
She knew people were going to see her, but she figured they would forget about it soon enough, so she took out her tower master key and walked up to the gate. As the gate slowly and silently opened, a commotion began among the crowd of tourists. That much was understandable, the only people who could open the gate like that were researchers or aides, vice elders, or the Nine Wisen themselves. Anyone else would have to submit an application to enter, and permission would be granted for only one visit.
The researchers working in the towers were all first-grade spellcasters and were said to have enough influence in the country to be compared to nobility. Vice Elders had even more power, while the nine wisen were said to be on the sa level as royalty.
Not even powerful nobles could enter the lair of those people so easily. They had to possess so amount of power in foreign matters as well before being granted permission, but opening the gate by oneself was a completely different matter.
Mira was oblivious to how the towers were seen in the present day, so she had casually turned the key without thinking about it too much. However, sensing the sudden change behind her, she tilted her head, trembling to feel all the stares digging into her.
(Did I… do sothing strange again…?)
It was not obvious on her face, but her mind was greatly stirred. Just as a drop of cold sweat ran down her cheek, Mira ran through the gate.
When the gate was closed, all the tourists cheered wildly, having had the honor of witnessing the gate opening for the first ti in their lives. Soone claid he caught a glimpse of what was behind the gate, then soone else said they t eyes with a researcher of the towers. As those claims started making the rounds between all the tourists, those who had witnessed it first-hand felt even happier, while those who could not cursed themselves.
Inside the premises, the Nine Towers stood in shining silver, so tall they vanished up into the sky. Because of their appearances alone, tens of thousands of tourists ca to look at them every month. Once upon a ti, they had great importance in matters relating to the military, and now they still represented an important sight-seeing area for the country. The number of tourists increased especially after the Limited Armistice Treaty was signed.
Mira walked past multiple researchers imrsed in their work as she headed straight towards the Tower of Summoning.
Many researchers did turn to look at the girl entering the tower. They recalled hearing about Danbulf’s pupil, and there was this cute girl with silver hair entering the Tower of Summoning. Normally they only held an interest in research, but the na of Danbulf made them think about the Nine Wisen as a whole, and they began talking about the exploits of those legendary personages amongst themselves. Even if they focused on different subsets of spells, the Nine Wisen appeared to live in a different plane of existence for the researchers, and that was also the reason why the people there held no contempt against summoners.
They shouldered the wills of the old spellcasters that once worked hard to improve each other’s skills in the towers. And that will would be passed onto future generations as well.
「So that’s Danbulf’s pupil. It would be nice if she manages to bring summoners back to their forr glory.」
One of the researchers muttered that. He had worked with Creos in the past, trying to find a new way of forming contracts with the summons. That research bore no fruit in the end so he still had regrets about it, but when he heard about Danbulf’s pupil, he decided to place his hopes on her.
Inside the first floor of the Tower of Summoning, Mira walked straight through the deserted hall and took the elevator to the top floor. As the elevator climbed up the floors, Mira took multiple deep breaths to calm down her stressed emotions until she walked out to the top floor full of determination.
She decided to forgo entering her personal room and went straight to the aide’s room. She wanted to tell everything to Mariana first.
For thirty years Mariana had firmly believed in Danbulf’s return, diligently keeping watch over all his possessions. Even if she was convinced Mira was Danbulf’s pupil, handing her all of his personal items straightaway was a bit too much. If Mira asked for it, Mariana would probably obey, but Mira wanted to stop lying to her. But more than that, Mira wanted Mariana to rest assured.1
When Mira raised her right fist to knock, the door of the office next door opened and Creos walked out with his golden and smooth hair swaying in the air.
「Oh, hey, Mira. Do you have so business with Mariana?」
Creos walked towards her with a bright smile, guessing the situation from Mira’s hand raised to knock on the door.
「More or less, yes.」
「I see, well, once you’re done with that, could you co talk with too? I want to talk about the academy so more, as well as ask so things about Danbulf.」
「I guess that’s fine, I’ll see you later then…」
Saying that, Mira turned to look at Creos, thinking it was good luck he was also there. The matters of the Academy Creos had ntioned, as well as the problem with the current summoners, were things best dealt with by soone who had been in direct contact with Danbulf.
「Hello, do you need- Ah, it’s Lady Mira.」
As the two conversed in front of the aide’s room, the door opened. Peeking out of it, with eyes glistening like sapphires, twin tails, and a maid dress, was Mariana.
The only people who could go all the way to the top floor of the towers were those who knew how to operate the elevator, or a guest of theirs. Apart from her, the only person who stayed in the Tower of Summoning was Creos, but since she heard a conversation, it ant that there was a guest of so form. If they had business with Creos, they would not talk in front of her room, so Mariana figured they wanted to talk with her as well.
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「It’s been a while, Mariana. I have sothing important to tell you today, do you have ti?」
「Yes, I’m free. What do you want to talk about?」
「It’s sothing a bit complex, so let’s go sowhere we can sit. Creos, you co too.」
As she said that, Mira took out the tower’s master key. Mariana looked at it with yearning eyes, coming out of her room while agreeing with Mira’s request.
「You want to hear too? Alright then. Maybe the office would be a good place. I just got so really good tea leaves after all.」
「Mm, that sounds good.」
Creos replied that, his voice sounding a bit boastful as he opened the office door. Mira stored the master key back in her Item Box and entered the office together with Mariana.
Mira took a sip of the amber-colored drink Creos had made, while he and Mariana sat in front of her. A llow and refreshing scent spread through her mouth, escaping with a sigh through her nose.
Creos smiled seeing that before taking a sip of his own with a prideful look. Looking at both of them reacting that way, Mariana also lifted her cup to take a sip, nodding satisfied afterwards.
「Now then, about the reason why I’m here… I’m not good at sugarcoating things, so I’ll be really straightforward…」
With that preface, Mira placed her cup on the table.
(I wonder what they’ll think after hearing this… that it’s in another body…)
Mira interrupted those thoughts, not wanting to imagine anything bad. After a deep breath to regain her earlier montum, she spoke again.
「I’m not his pupil. I’m Danbulf himself.」
She spoke earnestly and directly. Her eyes were directed straight at them, full of determination. On the other hand, the two looked at her with vacant faces, like they were still chewing through Mira’s words, trying to understand the aning of them. Creos’ face looked the most dumbfounded at that unexpected sentence.
「Umm… so in other words, you’re not Mira, but you’re actually Danbulf?」
「Mira was just a na befitting of this appearance I thought of. Though I understand it might be a bit hard to believe right now.」
Creos’ gaze wandered all over Mira, observing her closely before groaning in confusion.
At his side, Mariana was silent for a mont while she processed Mira’s words, then her mind rebooted.
「Do you… do you have anything that could serve as proof?」
When Mariana was finally able to say sothing again, she asked the question anyone would ask in such a situation. No matter what Mira claid to be, that was not enough to prove her words as truth. So instead if she could show sothing only Danbulf could, there would be no need to say anything else.
「Hmm, let’s see…」
Mira also understood that it was a reasonable request, so she scratched her chin as she thought of sothing to prove her claim.
Sothing that would prove without room for doubt that she was Danbulf. The tower’s master key was sothing only the Nine Wisen possessed, but she had already inherited that, so that would be useless now. Following that line of thought, any item that could be transferred was also out. In that case, an item that could not be transferred could work, like one only obtainable through microtransactions which only existed amongst forr players. But then any forr player could easily possess that too, so that was also useless.
Showing them Danbulf’s power could work, but since she claid to be his pupil, it was obvious she would have similar strength. No matter what crazy and powerful entity she summoned, it could easily lead to the conclusion that she was an excellent pupil.
She had to find sothing that would identify her as Danbulf, looking through the list of her items, her stats, sothing.
(I could try summoning Alfina and let her declare that I am … But no, it wouldn’t be too hard to force her to say that. Words alone will never serve as proof…)
Closing all the nus she had opened, she looked back at the two timid faces in front of her. Even if she spoke about her mories with them, there was still a chance they were stories she heard from her master.
Mira slowly beca aware of how hard it was to find proof of one’s identity.
There had to exist sothing that was only for her, only for Danbulf. Repeating that inside her head, she glanced at Mariana who looked at her with expecting eyes.
(Mariana… fairies… Mariana the fairy…)
An instant later her mind was illuminated by a proof that felt like a divine revelation.
「That! There’s that!」
「Lady Mira…?」
Mira sprung up on her feet and walked in front of Mariana, leaning in front of her and lifting her right palm.
「The Fairy’s Divine Protection. You can only grant that to one person in your entire life, right? So if you can renew your protection here, that should be enough proof.」
Mariana’s breath caught when she understood what Mira was getting at.
A Fairy’s Divine Protection was sothing fairies could grant to only one person who they decided to trust for the rest of their lives. It was a special type of contract that was closer to an oath. The actual effect brought by the Divine Protection changed between different fairies, but it was impossible to break or retract the contract once ford. However, its effect would wear off after so ti. After the bond was ford with a fairy, the effect would last for around three days, after which it would need to be renewed so the effect was restored. In other words, being able to renew the Divine Protection would an that Mariana had been bound to Mira in the past.
Mariana had given her Divine Protection to Danbulf, so if the renewal worked, it was definite proof that Mira was him.
「I see. I rember Mariana granting Danbulf her Divine Protection. So if that manifests on Mira, then it would an…」
It would an that the girl in front of them truly was Danbulf. At the sa ti, Creos’ face twitched as he realized that all the complaints he shared with Mira had been him digging his own grave. His nervously trembling hand took his cup and drank all its contents while telling himself to remain calm.
「I’ll try.」
Mariana’s small lips trembled as she placed her left palm against Mira’s. Mira also felt nervous, but so seconds after their palms t, they began to glow.
「…Hmm.」
They had seen that glow countless tis before, it was a sign the Fairy’s Divine Protection was being renewed. Creos finally felt the most dangerous ti had co, so he looked around trying to form an escape plan.
The glow began focusing on the back of their hands, forming a feather shape there.
「The renewal… was a success.」
Mariana looked at her hand with round eyes, then pressed it against her chest in an endearing manner. Mira caressed hers with her left fingertips before saying 「Well, what do you think…」 in response, Mariana’s eyes welled up with tears.
Mira recalled the first ti she t Mariana after this world beca reality, her tears of that ti when Mira was unable to touch her and be honest with her.
「I’m sorry.」
Saying so, Mira’s hand moved to Mariana’s cheek to stop the tear trickling down. Mariana looked happy, although slightly embarrassed, and gently placed her own hand on top of Mira’s.
「We finally et again.」
She said with a bright smile. Her tears of joy kept trickling down, being caught one after another in Mira’s hand.Fire: Ah diabetes is nice'>2
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