Talulah closed the book in her hands, rubbing her sowhat throbbing temples. When she looked out the window, she realized that, without her noticing, it was already dawn. It seed she had been reading for the entire night.
It was really hard to imagine.
"How was it? Did you gain anything?"
Caelus pulled a bowl of hot porridge and a dish of pickles from who knew where and placed them on the table.
Talulah looked at the breakfast on the table, full of Yan-style flavors, and a hint of nostalgia flashed in her eyes. When she stood up from the chair and stretched her body slightly, her bones and joints instantly crackled.
It was fortunate that the vast majority of Terra's races on this continent had extraordinary constitutions, not to ntion Talulah, who possessed the noble bloodline of a Red Dragon. If it were a normal human, sitting in that chair for a day and a night and then standing up so suddenly would definitely have caused dizziness or even made them collapse, but Talulah rely stretched a little, and her body had already adjusted to a good state.
Talulah pulled the chair over and sat by the dining table. Then, under Caelus's gesture, she finished her portion of breakfast and said to Caelus, "Thank you, sir, for teaching and clearing up my doubts."
"I only gave you a few books to read and offered you so guidance on how to proceed. I can't be considered a teacher."
"But these are exactly what I need right now. It is precisely because of your words and guidance that I have been able to find so direction in the fog where I couldn't see the path ahead."
"Well, get so good rest. You have been reading for the whole night, so your mind must be quite exhausted. Go get so sleep, and then embark on the journey of pursuing your own path."
"Thank you, sir. I do not know how to repay such great kindness. Please, give your instructions!"
"When we et again in the future, just tell your story."
"...Yes."
Talulah could no longer be bothered to ask why there was a wooden bed in the corner of the cabin.
She lay down on the bed, and to her surprise, the wooden bed seed to have an inexplicable, faint fragrance. As this scent reached her nose, the fatigue accumulated throughout the night was completely awakened, and Talulah instantly fell into a deep sleep, as if she had been drugged.
Caelus glanced at Talulah, who had fallen into a deep sleep, and muttered to himself, "It seems I added a bit too much. I thought this little girl with a special bloodline would have a stronger constitution, but it seems I overdid it."
Caelus had applied a bit of soothing, sleep-inducing fragrance to the bed, which was pieced together from trees spawned by Abundance, but it seed he had overestimated Talulah's physical and ntal state, causing her to potentially sleep for quite a while.
Caelus looked outside. The wind and snow had stopped. Although it was already dayti, the dark clouds overhead had not dissipated. They were still piled up there, heavy and oppressive, feeling as if they might fall from the sky at any mont and crush all living things on the ground.
He left a note on the table, packed his things, pushed open the door, and walked out.
The path of growth that followed belonged to the young girl herself. Although Caelus had indeed thought about following her to see how far she would grow, there were many more stories on this land waiting for him to discover, so he decided to leave first.
However, even if he left, this wooden cabin would not disappear since it had been created. The burning campfire would be able to maintain its temperature for a long ti, and the ventilation was fine. Moreover, until Talulah left this cabin, its existence would be concealed.
"Is the dominant the of the living things on this continent just like the clouds in the sky, heavy and oppressive? It certainly lives up to the na Terra."
Caelus stood at the doorway, looking at the vast expanse of white land, then picked a direction at random and continued moving forward.
"However, the reward for this main quest does not seem to contain any System Currency. Does that an I have to wait until the next quest?"
[It can't be helped. I can only indirectly influence the quest system, but too much manipulation is bound to cause trouble, so it is just a matter of luck. However, you do not need to be so anxious. You do not need the Tiger Talisman to sustain your life, you only need to use it to broaden your path.]
Ever since Caelus obtained the power of the Path of Equilibrium, or perhaps even earlier, he was basically no longer constantly eroded by Nihility, eventually losing everything. Ordinary people might need the power of the Tiger Talisman to balance the various Path attributes within their bodies to maintain their own safety.
But for Caelus, who had obtained the attributes of the Path of Equilibrium, this was not a problem at all.
He needed the Tiger Talisman because he wanted to use it to strengthen the concept of Equilibrium. He intended to use the Tiger Talisman, combined with the concept of Equilibrium, as the cornerstone of his own path.
A sufficiently solid cornerstone would make the path more stable. The power of Equilibrium could ensure that even if more ability systems were unlocked in the future, the internal balance could be maintained, and it could even allow the various paths to be subtly connected through continuous integration over ti, then cycle back and forth, endless and ever-living.
However, the current attributes of the Path of Equilibrium were not enough to achieve this, so Caelus needed to obtain an item from another world filled with the concept of Equilibrium to strengthen the Equilibrium attributes.
The Tiger Talisman was the most cost-effective item with the concept of Equilibrium that Caelus had selected.
[Sigh! Caelus, looking at this vast snowfield and you walking alone through the snow, it is a bit boring, right? Let tell you a joke!]
Without waiting for Caelus to refuse, the System started telling it on its own.
[On a snowfield, a traveler was about to freeze to death. He prayed to God, "God, I am willing to give up everything, as long as you let warm up!" Suddenly, a voice descended from the sky, "Alright, then first take off the down jacket you are wearing." The traveler was stunned, "Why?" God said, "This way, you can match the temperature of Hell."]
Caelus stopped moving forward, opened his mouth, and after a mont of silence, said, "Why did you start telling dark jokes?"
[Hahaha! Because it is already cold enough here!]
(To be continued.)
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