I woke up to a yawn, followed by tugging on my legs.
“Morning, Kealyna.”
I removed my legs from the elf’s fra as Cellestra smiled when I looked her way.
“I see you found your way in my bed again. I suppose I should have gotten you sothing other than that one pillow. I’m sorry about that.”
Strange. She was apologizing to .
“Thank you for tonight, by the way,” She continued with a soft voice. “It’s been getting worse the past few days hasn’t it?”
I didn’t know how to reply to that. I simply nodded in agreent.
Cellestra sighed. “As I said, I get these periods with more nightmares than usual. I’m sorry if it worries you.”
Well, it did, but if I could help her, it didn’t bother
so much.
Cellestra got dressed and we made our way to the living room. As we walked through the small hallway, I ca to realize sothing…
My size had increased a lot since my last evolution, which I had expected. What I had forgotten to calculate, however, was that the door to the outside was narrower than the doors inside the building. While I could barely fit through the doors to the living room and her bedroom, I started to get anxious about going outside. From the looks of it, I wouldn’t fit.
I cursed myself for not realizing this sooner.
The elf made herself a quick breakfast consisting of stale bread and cheese. I climbed the table and made sure she had room for her plate. While she was eating, I spelled out words.
“Checked achievents last night. Need to kill bear for next evolution.”
“A bear?” Cellestra asked with a frown. “Just what does the goddess expect of you? How strong have you gotten?”
“Do not know. Can show fireball that used to kill wolves.”
“Yeah, you wanted to show
that cyclone spell of yours too. If you want to show the fireball, too, I’d be most interested.”
I nodded with my pedipalps.
Cellestra seed to be eager to learn more. I was curious how she would react to seeing my new fireball spell. It was far stronger than my old one. She quickly finished her breakfast and left her plate behind on the table, not even bothering to put it away.
I followed her, and by the ti I reached the door leading to the outside, my worry had beco reality.
I did not fit through the door…
Cellestra turned around and saw
struggling to get through the doorfra. She quickly walked up to
and lent a hand… or rather, two.
Without a word she lifted my abdon and turned it sideways, which allowed
to leave the house, albeit narrowly. I heaved a ntal sigh of relief after I’d made it through.
“I don’t think it’s a good idea to go through your next evolution indoors...” Cellestra said quietly.
I had already figured that out myself, but her words still managed to cause a certain sadness to erge within . If I couldn’t enter the house anymore, I’d be forced to stay outside. What was worse was that I couldn’t help her anymore at night…
I’m sorry, Cellestra…
That also ant I should work on so kind of shelter outside. I wasn’t looking forward to sleeping under the stars, but it would seem there was no way around it. I already knew my growth would not stop with this evolution. I had already noticed that my next evolution was labeled as “Large”.
How would I even go about it?
Should I create so kind of shelter from my webs? Should I fell trees and use them?
Whatever I would do, would be labor-intensive, which ant that it would severely slow my further growth down.
I sighed ntally and figured there was no way around it. I knew that staying here would only be temporary, but still…
This place had started to feel like a new ho to . I would probably leave it with pain in my heart.
Was it weird that I didn’t want to leave? I an, I wanted to find my parents, I just did not want to leave Cellestra. Just thinking about it… it hurt…
When would be a good ti to ntion my suggestion? I could put it off for longer but I would have to ask eventually…
The elf in question was currently full of glee as she smiled when she asked
to show her my fireball skill. I quickly put away my thoughts, for now, skittered to the middle of the grassy clearing, and charged my fireball spell before casting it at the grass a few feet in front of .
The fireball impacted the grass, shattered into smaller pieces, and burned the grass for a good thirty seconds or so before the flas extinguished.
“By the goddess, Kealyna. I see how you managed to kill those wolves now. That’s so amazing power behind that spell. Mind if I try to track its mana flows?”
I shook my pedipalps in a no gesture. I did not mind that at all. In fact, I was looking forward to it.
The worries I had from before were dispelled when she placed her hand on my abdon and I felt her comforting magic flow through my body. I started my fireball cast and redirected her mana into the spell before firing it again.
After I’d fired the spell I realized I was being reckless with my mana. Even though I had the best available mana regeneration at the mont, I couldn’t afford to start a fight without it being at maximum capacity. For now, I assud it would be okay. It should be replenished by the ti I intended to fight.
“Such power...” Cellestra said softly. “This is amazing. Thanks to your new skill, I can see everything so much clearer. Would you object to
trying to learn this spell, too? I can imagine if you don’t want
to know.”
I moved my limbs from left to right again. If anything, I was looking forward to her learning. I enjoyed spending ti with the elf, and this seed to be one of the easiest ways to justify spending ti with her.
Moreover, if at so point I asked the question and she did decide to tag along with , it would help for her to know more powerful spells.
Thinking about it felt odd though. Would she truly be willing to help
in my search? A cursed elf helping a monstrous spider searching for people gave
a weird ntal image. I couldn’t help but hope she would be willing to. I hoped that at so point I could get a spell, or even make one, that could rid her of her curse. Maybe she would be willing to strike a deal?
“Wanna try that other spell you ntioned?” Cellestra asked, breaking my train of thought.
I nodded with my pedipalps and soon found her hand on my abdon again as she knelt next to
a second ti. Once again, I forced her mana into my spell that I had to force out of .
I did not have a target that I was casting the spell on, but after a lot of effort and strain on my mind, I managed to target an area about six feet in front of . I noticed that the spell definitely wasn’t made to do that, hence the pain.
Maybe that was mana manipulation at work again?
At the target location, a small tornado about three feet across and seven feet in height appeared. The tornado swirled violently but remained in place. The spell did not appear to consu any further mana, which was interesting.
Cellestra and I observed the small tornado, which did not seem to wane in strength until the spell’s duration ran out. When it did, it disappeared within seconds as the winds dispersed.
What an interesting spell.
“That… was quite the spell, Kealyna. I imagine you can keep a small wolf, or even an adult, in place with that. That’s what the spell’s intention was, right? To keep sothing in place?”
I nodded once more.
This spell was purely intended to give
ti to finish another opponent with other spells while keeping its victim incapacitated. I would still have to increase the spell to its maximum level. Hopefully, that would allow
to immobilize sothing bigger than just a wolf. I was going to need larger and more dangerous prey with each evolution, after all.
It was the safe option.
“Thank you for your insight in these spells, Kealyna. I assu you’re heading out now?”
I nodded.
“Alright. Please be safe out there. I’ll try to practice these spells again while you’re out.”
I waved at her and took in her smile and engraved it in my mind as I left. I was looking forward to one day being able to return a smile, whatever it may look like.
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