Mid Morning - Late Spring : Kingdom of Kaelallan
*hmmmmmmm*
As we descended, no one spoke and we were left with only the hum of the artifact below us as company.
Although it was quite a nice hum, the lack of conversation made my mind wander. -It really seems like Helen is the one who runs the relationship.. doesn't it..-
Although Oliver was the king, I couldn't help but notice Helen was always the one walking in front and taking the lead with things. -Maybe it's just my imagination..-
Pulling out of my thoughts, I could finally sense an opening below us. -Man.. this is like 200 ters down… How did they even manage to dig this?-
I found it hard to believe that they could dig out a room with a tall enough ceiling that a dragon could stand in, let alone one that was this far under the ground.
-Well, I guess I'll find out soon enough..- Needless to say, my expectations were quite low.
Finally making it to the bottom, a faint glow flowed into the elevator shaft through a decently sized door.
-It's about ti we made it to the.. bo..ttom..- My thoughts slowed down as we finally got to the bottom and looked into the room.
As Helen walked out, she wore an unusually confident smile. "It took our small group of mages nearly 8 years just to dig all of this, I hope you will be able to use this space to relax so."
It was an absolutely colossal room with an 80 ter ceiling and openings to 3 other similarly sized areas.
The area to the right had a small cottage-like house and a large stone shelter of so kind and the one directly ahead of us was sothing resembling a bedroom with 4 massive cushions, each easily big enough for to lay on in my dragon form.
But the area that caught my eye the most was the one to the left, it was a hot spring! It was quite deep as well, being deep enough for to subrge myself with plenty of room to spare.
Outside of the pool, the ceiling of that room had a ring of white lights and ice artifacts that would cause the steam from the spring to condensate and fall back into the pool. -So those artifacts keep the air outside of the spring cool and keeps the moisture in.. how smart..-
As I was thinking to myself, Ilios walked out behind Helen and Oliver and quickly transford to his normal size.
Everyone's eyes imdiately went wide seeing his size change.
"Oh.. why did I even think he would be a normal wolf.." Both Helen and Oliver were taken slightly aback.
Not paying mind to them, I turned to Father. "Well, you first I guess." I figured it would be better to let Lucy have her mont before I changed forms.
And my decision was a good one, Lucy's eyes lit up as soon as I spoke.
Not taking any extra ti, Father walked out and quickly changed into his majestic dragon form.
"Woooooww." Lucy had eyes of admiration and wore an ecstatic smile even though she started breaking out into a cold sweat.
"You got bigger.. didn't you.." Oliver sounded a little dejected,
"Well of course I did!" Father puffed up his chest and posed a bit as Lucy looked on in awe.
"So how old are you now? Would it be 164?"
"A nice and youthful 163 years old!" Father proceeded to give a youthful and out of place smile.
Although it both looked and sounded weird, I couldn't help but understand why he felt that way. -I guess it's fair to say he's still young for a long living dragon..-
As my eyes drifted away from Father, I saw Helen staring at .
"And now the youngest~" Her smile seed innocent but sothing still felt off.
Trying not to think too much about it, I stepped out of the elevator and transford back to my dragon form.
As I did, I sat down and unknowingly let go of my control on my aura.
Once the light cleared everyone's eyes were locked on .
They were all caught in a trance with the exception of Helen.
Unlike the blank face of everyone else, Helens eyes were filled with a bottomless confidence and she wore a sly smile with flushed cheeks.
It was a look that both made confused and extrely uncomfortable, but I was too busy trying to control my aura to worry about it just yet.
Nearly instantly, I created bubbles around everyone and isolated them from my aura again. "Sorry everyone, I lost control of my aura.." Trying to break everyone out of their trances, I lightly shook the ground with magic.
Almost imdiately, everyone flinched and zoned out for a mont, with the exception of Helen of course.
Her look didn't change much at all, she just gave an out of place proud smile. “No no, it's fine to release your aura down here. That's what this place was made for so please feel free to relax and do as you please~"
It felt as if she was an entirely different person from the person at the eting, from the way she talked to the way she held her head, yet I couldn't help but feel it was a tad familiar.
Before I could think much about it though, the others finally ca back to their senses.
"Huh.. why wa- Ahh right… Sorry if my staring made you uncomfortable, Vasilias.." Oliver quickly apologized after finally sorting his thoughts.
"Haha.. it's alright.. I'm starting to get used to it.." I gave an awkward laugh to try and lighten the atmosphere, but it didn't seem to help much.
"Your son is quite the charr isn't he?" Sarah was quick to try and help lighten the atmosphere as well.
Father took her seriously though. "It's sothing with his aura, it happens with Ilios too so we've just assud it had sothing to do with Ancient Fenrir."
A joking smile crept onto her face as she looked Father in the eye. "That's cool and all, but does he have any won yet?"
As Father got ready to smack Sarah, Helens face paled and shifted to the blank stare everyone else wore earlier.
-What the..-
- Michael Cotorel ~
*Yawn*
I woke up extra early to give myself more ti to prepare for the eting. -But I ended up waking up a bit too early..-
As I looked towards the rising sun, I took a sip of a ward cup of tea. -Maybe I should go by the market… Maybe I can catch up with ‘him’ so..-
After thinking a bit more, I finished off my tea and walked back into my room to get ready.
Once I finished, I didn't waste any ti making my way to the slums.
-What a nostalgic place..- As I walked into a rundown bar, my nose was assaulted by the sll of alcohol and my mind was filled with old mories.
“I don't see many new faces around here..” The barkeep gave a threatening look.
But my smile remained unchanged. "Well that's a sha, this is a great bar. Can I get 6 beer and 4 shots on the house?"
The man's face quickly eased up as he waved to the back. “To think there would be a VIP I didn't know.”
“Well, the world is always full of mysteries.” As we walked into the back, the barkeep lifted up a trapdoor that revealed a stairwell.
“Please have a good day, sir.” He bowed his head as I walked by.
Giving the man a small nod, I started making my way down the path. -Haah.. it's been a while... The last ti I ca here, I was barely S rank.-
Walking down the dirty staircase, I ca into a large and open plaza-like room with stalls around the wooden pillars and beams that supported the dirt ceiling. The market was deep enough underground that the dirt ceiling was compact like sandstone, but it still required imnse amounts of support.
-To think it hasn't changed over the years..- As I walked around, I found a stall with a small orange cloth on it. "Do you know where Udalls stall is?"
The large demihuman man behind the stall gave a forced but friendly smile and pointed down the street. "He is 9 stands down that way."
"Thanks a bunch." Casually flicking the man a gold coin, I turned to head down the street. -If I dont give these greedy rats so money they'll just give more trouble..-
The man's smile quickly beca more genuine. "Thanks for business sir, if you co again I'll give ya a discount."
With a light wave, I continued down the row of stalls.
It only took a minute for to co up to one of the only buildings in the entire market. -So he upscaled a bit, huh..-
Walking into the building I could hear the clanging of tal and the sizzle of boiling water.
"Who is it now.." A raspy deep voice ca from the back of the building.
"It's been a while, Udall!"
An extrely muscular elven man pushed aside the curtains to the back and walked up to with a refreshing smile. "Michael! It really has been a while!"
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