Erredis chair creaked as she patiently waited for Sofia to [Identify] the item.
[Saints envy] : A Saints life is impractical. Halves the Saint's weight and prevents accidental destruction of furniture. Part of a seven piece set.
Item level : 140. Grade : Ancient.
Sofia blinked several tis as she tried to process the information she just got.
First of all, she found the items effect ridiculous. Then she was convinced she absolutely needed it, for reasons. And finally, she rembered a detail of her first conversation with Valeure, and everything clicked together in her mind.
Why can I never get the full set?
Valeure giggled, A Dragon uses the anklet. Thats why.
A Dragon.
Sofia looked up at the soft-spoken rabbit-lady again.
Erredis.
A Dragon.
Do you an. Like. The Erredian Rot? The breath of the outcast? Like that of a Dragon exiled on the Moon?!
Is sothing wrong? Do you not like the item?
N- No, I like it. I would love to have it, actually.
Then why do you look so tense? Its not so kind of test or anything, if you want you can have it, I laid out the conditions rather well already.
Its Complicated. How Alright, I have it. I just understood sothing. And I think Well, words wont do, so I will show you. This is the description of one of my skills.
Erredis face was painted in incomprehension until she saw the system window. Her eyes widened as she seed to read the short description multiple tis, her mouth slightly agape.
[Erredian Rot] : When activated, the light of your holy spells spreads The Erredian Rot.
Upkeep : 10 000 mana per second
You chose to take such a spell?! No, wait. The system offered you this in the first place?!
All pretense of grace and calm was gone, Erredis looked like a lunatic, or rather, she looked at Sofia like she was one. Standing up from her chair, she almost pounced at Sofia, her hands on the table as she spat out her questions.
Not exactly, for both questions Youre a bit close
Eredis seed to regain her senses, Sofia could see her face turn visibly red as she sat back into her chair, grabbing her teacup and bringing it up without really drinking as if to hide her face.
Hum Sorry about that. I was a bit surprised is all
N- No worries You left handprints on the stone table I guess my assumptions were right, then.
Did you co here to show that?
No! No, absolutely not, I had no idea that there was even anyone here, in fact I didnt want to co on the moon, and It might be better if I explain all that. Can I still have the anklet?
Of course! Yes? Please take it. I can copy most of its magic by now anyway.
Fourth piece of the set acquired! Now, where do I start, the encounter with Sun maybe? I need to go one thing at a ti
So, to start with how I ended up on the moon I was sent away from the planet by a quest given by Sun.
Sun That harpy is still going around causing troubles? Such a handful Erredis chid in, almost rolling her eyes as she ntioned the Goddess's na.
This one is certainly not afraid of divine retribution. A- Anyway, I had to co back from very far, but I failed to gauge my flying speed. I wanted to avoid the planet but I did not see the moon. And you saw the result.
That would explain the huge crater you left behind. You can consider yourself lucky you crashed far away enough from the Castle, it has automated protection against attacks.
Im more afraid of the person inside than whatever magical protection it might have
As for the skill. Truth be told, my class is a bit special.
I guessed as much, yes. Your mana circuits are all over the place. Your relationship with your Patron God must be just as unusual as mine.
Oh, I have a quest to kill them. Given by the Deep.
Of course you would Let guess. The talkative one, am I right? Hmm, just as I thought.
Ah, my face is giving away the answers without even realizing I wasnt intending to hide anything anyway. As long as it doesnt put in a bad position at least. Can I ask a few questions of my own now?
Erredis gave her a slight nod while she took another sip of moonspring water.
Could you present yourself in more detail? I have never t a Dragon before.
Quite tha vague question, there is much to be said, but what would you want to know? Is it myself or Dragons in general that piques your interest?
Both?
Well, you know my na already. As you can guess, my current appearance is nothing but an illusion of sorts. My age I would rather not talk about it. I have been staying on the Moon for about Ten thousand years, maybe. Though I occasionally go to pay a visit to the surface. I did a lot more before that, but its all ancient history now. So Disappointing, isnt it? Erredis finished her presentation, slouching on her creaking chair. Her bunny ears were drooping like dying plants.
Not really? I cannot fathom what I would be doing if I lived that long. I just spent about three weeks alone in the void and it already felt long. Im not one to judge how you live your life. Especially when you seed to imply others avoid you That has sothing to do with the Rot, right?
Partly, yes. Though the issue is not simply the power of my breath but also how I used it I did try to scrape the records, but Dragons live long
Sounds like a sore spot. I should avoid prying too much into the exact reasons.
Do you know about all the other Dragons?
All the individuals? That would be hard, but I know of every lineage, and they know about . That is a peculiar question to ask. One you speak with anxiety. Did you anger one of us so way or another?
No, but I am looking for one in particular. I will get back to it, but I have a few other questions about you and the Rot, if that is alright.
Were having a friendly discussion, are we not? Forget about my identity and what is alright or is not, just speak your mind.
Then, I would like to learn more about the higher levels of the system. Yours, the Dragons, the Angels, the Gods? It seems like everyone past a certain threshold can simply hide their level or do not have one, I can never get a grasp of where the limits lie, Sofia explained, giving up on trying to hide her emotions and frustrations with the system.
Everyone is so hung up on these numbers nowadays My current system-given level is 524. Though that is proper rubbish in my opinion, anything above 500 loses any aning. Youre better off not worrying about it, by the ti you get there, if ever, you will already know what and who you can or cannot fight, levels be damned. As for other Dragons The ones born after the systems inauguration have all hatched sowhere in the low four hundreds, those I know of anyway, they usually grow up to sowhere around 460 through the next thousand years until they can be considered an adult.
Adulthood is a thousand years?
Do you find it surprising? We grow slowly compared to you humans. If anything, the epheralness of your lives is more unsettling to us. So brittle, fragile, so quickly gone. Young Dragons often like to hide among the mortal races, they seek to experience new things; they never do that for very long. The cultural and lifespan difference is a lot to handle.
We can grow just as strong and long-lived, can we not? You must know about Richard, for example.
The old bag of bones? Did he teach your necromancy? That is a sturdy one for sure. I should duel him again soti. But yes, you can, the issue is, how many will?
I only t him once. My skills are varied because the system ssed up with my class, as Ive ntioned before. And quite a few will, with the help of the system. I have t a lot in quite a short ti.
You do reproduce fast, so the systems help would lead there eventually. It was the entire point, I suppose. I doubted it would work but I am being proved wrong with the rapid rise of individuals like you. How old are you exactly? It seems to that you are young even for a human standard, even if your magic is majorly ssing with your body.
Is it bad?
No, the system handles it all, but it is a ss. So?
Oh, right. I turned twenty-one a few months ago. That must feel like nothing to you.
Youre not wrong Last ti I left this domain, you were not even born.
Why do you even stay here? Does the moon really need guarding?
No? Moon Herself is more than strong enough to step in should there be any issues with Her celestial body. And as you have seen now, it takes more than a crater or two to make Her move. It was indeed a necessary duty, in older tis. Now I live here by habit. Im just an old lady spending her forever and after in an old castle. Sorry, I tend to speak a lot. Prolonged isolation does that.
Are you kidding? You are like an infinite well of knowledge to . I could sit here and listen to you for months, if I didnt have other pressing matters
As, yes, the blabbering ones quest. Let us make that the next topic of discussion, I have been aning to ask this whole ti. Would you explain more about your na, Sofia?
At this point I can probably trust her with the details Shes nice. Reminds of grandma Lydia before her passing. The entire orphanage was devastated at the news
I was an orphan from the Sovuln kingdom, on the human continent
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