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It's has been half a day since everything happened. From the dinner gathering to the time they need to find the lost sleeping beauty. It has been terrifying when they found the girl is inner wounded to a point to have a death wish after awaken. When Velvet was committing suicide, everyone, who knows her in this era, took it seriously. They knew she made serious mistakes, but they also knew she wanted to fix them, and they don't want her to die. Fortunately, things go alright that they managed to stop the girl from doing silly things. When Sorey successfully persuaded Velvet to change her mind, they are glad about that.
However, Velvet Crowe is still almost a stranger to most of the people here. There are people gonna care about what kind of person Velvet actually is, like Mikleo as the Sorey's bro. To him, there is still a possibility that Velvet will hurt Sorey when she has possessed the title of Lord of Calamity in the past. Even after realized part of the truth in the memory, he is not able to accept Velvet that smoothly like Sorey but tends to doubt things. To say the truth, accepting things as smooth as Sorey does is not normal. Mikleo thinks Sorey accepts Velvet too fast to a degree that out of human standard and people will call him a saint. That's from his purity, nature he possessed to be a Shepherd. Yet this may be viewed as abnormal in human society, so he is worrying Sorey after be more familiar with human society. What will Sorey face when the girl who was a Lord of Calamity getting close to him? Zaveid said he still sees nature of humanity from Velvet but Mikleo doubts, how can a person remain normal after all those things happened? If she is really a normal human, what she actually sees Sorey as? There are too many questions inside Mikleo, Edna may laugh that he is thinking too much.
It may be a bit rude, Mikleo just forgets to stop himself from eavesdropping the conversation between Velvet and Sorey. Edna doesn't stop him, she smirks and silently watching him, the other people are then doing the same thing together in nature of curiosity. The curiosity to Velvet is unavoidably raised even after seeing part of her memory and hearing her from her friends here. Inside the room, it should be a touching moment to hear someone accept and forgive herself after confessed everything, at least, the atmosphere is not bad, but guess the atmosphere will be ruined soon anyway.
“......So, how long are you guys gonna listen outside the door?” Bad time, Velvet just aware of the sound outside the door and she knows there are people outside the room. She is not even angry with it since she knew she will be doubted as she was a Lord of Calamity. It is normal for everyone wants to know about her if they are staying together for a period.
As she said, a bunch of people burst to fall from the door opening. Mikleo is at the buttom trying to catch something when falling, Lailah is the one behind Mikleo, she falls while keeping the posture of eavesdropping and Zaveid the one behind two seraphim there who trying to balance himself with the wall as support. Edna, Alpha and Beta silently walk behind them.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBp78kIDyi
As a person had been so close to death to meet the Reaper, Velvet sighed with a smile when she sees that scene, but she doesn't hate that. She is ready to meet them.
“When did you know?”
“Just noticed.”
“What a ruin of atmosphere....”
“True...”
“So........(GUUU----)” When Velvet just wanted to ask about things, her stomach growling honestly to express its 3-day emptiness.
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“ah.......” Velvet blushed immediately for the embarrassing moment. Guess Maotelus blessing finally faded away to sustain her body strength under hunger.
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“Haha.....Seems like someone is hungry~” Sorey teased, then his stomach growls too.
“Not only one huh?” Mikleo teased.
“Well, it is the proof of life~” Sorey said the line once said by Velvet.
“Anyway, I am hungry too, prepare the meal, Meebo.” Edna ordered.
“Why me?” Mikleo exclaimed.
“I want MythicEggandRiceOmeletPirateKingSeafoodBowlFreshFishPiratePlatter, how about you Lailah?”
“Oh, I would like-----”
“Wait! Wait! Okay...At least one by one!”
“Very well Miso-GlazedSalmon,ChickenCordonBleu,ShrimpandBroccoliStir-Fry, your turn, Lailah.”
“Wait, did you just change the menu!? And you sure you can eat them all?”
“Edna, eating too much is not good,” Lailah advised.
“I am always fine, I ordered for someone who hasn't eaten anything for three days.”
“...Thanks, but I can't eat them all.” Velvet responded weakly with sweats dropped.
“Don't worry, we men have a large stomach!” Zaveid said.
“And we girls have the second stomach for dessert~” Lailah added.
“So, let's start the ordering again, Mikleo, you should listen to it carefully, cause I would say just once. Now start from one who's stomach growling in the very first time.” Edna smirked.
“Very well!” Mikleo prepared to take down notes seriously, first, he looks at Velvet.
“Me?....whatever.” Velvet answered.
“........What do you mean 'whatever'?!”
“Just make whatever you want and I will eat it.....” Velvet responded in a little annoyed tone, she doesn’t bother to choose a dish when she can’t taste them.
“You make it feel like my dishes are hell, is that what you mean?” Mikleo irritated.
“No, I didn't mean that I have not even tried your dishes.”
“That's exactly the point.”
“Mikleo, calm down! Velvet just can't think of any dishes at the moment.”
“Fine.” Mikleo stopped to be irritated for Sorey.
“.........” Velvet silently observes the boy just talked to her, it seems that he is Mikleo that Sorey always mentioned.
“How about you?” Mikleo asked the girl who nearly has the identical face to Velvet.
“Same as her, not a specific dish I hate or like,” Beta answered and Mikleo silently noted down and move to the one next to her.
“Same as the left,” Alpha answered when Beta is on his left side.
Mikleo just rolled his eyes, it is already triple whatever, are all people like that?!
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“So Sorey, what do you like to eat?” Mikleo tried to be calm and asked Sorey.
“Whatever, whatever you make is delicious! Oh! Don't forget your Vanilla ice-cream! I miss it!” Sorey smiled.
“Very well, I would do it.” The same answer but different respond from Mikleo. (must be the power of true love)
“Now, Edna. Could. You. Please. Say. it. Slowly?” To prevent any teasing from Edna, Mikleo has asked ever so nicely.
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“Very well. Mythic Egg and Rice Omelet, Pirate King Seafood Bowl, Fresh Fish Pirate Platter. Now, Lailah” Edna is satisfied by Mikleo's attitude.
“Oh, fish and ships.” Lailah said in an ‘interesting’ way.
“.......oh, Fish and Chips…… Could you say it normally......well I get it anyway...How about you, Zaveid?”
“ Steak plate set, Meats!”
“It is not healthy to have too many meats, Zaveid.” Lailah reminded.
“Meat is what keeps my muscle~” said Zaveid while showing off his muscle.
“You __. No one is appreciating your muscle.” Edna stated indifferently.
“Oh...So cold as ever.”
“Ok, I will cook it I guess.” Mikleo helplessly noted down.
“and.....Eleanor? What would you like to eat?” Mikleo still needs time to think of her name.
“....Hmm....can you do Twin Shark Meuniere?”
“Ok...That's maybe a bit hard in finding the ingredient, but I will try.”
Then Mikleo comes to the last one, he has not fully prepared to ask.
“....Maotelus, what would you like to eat?” Mikleo asked with a respected and serious tone.
“Haha.....you don't have to be like that. Same as Sorey and Velvet, whatever you make I believe it will be delicious........Oh, one thing I would like to try, the Mabo-curry.” Maotelus smiled.
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“O..ok, thanks. I will go prepare the dishes now.” Mikleo is surprised and he quickly runs towards the kitchen for his work.
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Zaveid: “ Why with me?”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEzDmrgyIud
Beta: “You will be viewed as unreliable if you continue to act like a frivolous man....."16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75AMXRJFFn
Zaveid: “W..Well, I have particularly nothing here, I will go with Beta.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj379YfueTs
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“Mibo seems to have a bad mood.”
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Mikleo: “Edna! When are you here?”
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Edna: “ I followed you since you go to the kitchen. What? Something can't reveal?”
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Mikleo: “No, what are you going to do?”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihSoE6Luul
Edna: “To see how you turn the kitchen into a disaster. You are not good at cooking foods with fire, aren't you? I can help you if you beg me.”
Mikleo: “That's old news, can't you say you are here to help directly?”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0dT6lGD3CU
Edna: “So you need help?”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzrawLNDNzr
Mikleo: “I will be glad if you help, please help me!”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWFlb4rbd2
Edna tightens the apron: “Good, I will help.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFq3YHCfAF
Mikleo sightly smiled as he sees Edna has prepared the apron to help.
Edna entered the true topic she wanted to talk about: “You seem to have some opinion to someone, or you actually very interested in Velvet?”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlsmoZ6wvH
Mikleo: “It is not that.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNfdEJBXZ1A
“Is that so, you are not that irritated normally. And You pretended to pass the room when you are looking at Velvet at the same time, like some pervert. It certainly no surprise if someone mistakes that you like her~” Edna carefreely stated with the traces she saw.
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Mikleo: “Wait! What? Why would you see?! Sorey is looking at her every day too!”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjkLMgTsSs
Edna: “Just by coincidence. The difference is that at least Sorey knows her but you know nothing with Velvet.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxavpp3g8D
Mikleo: “That is the reason why I become so nervous. I don't know her, and I don't know why Sorey concerned about her. She was a Lord of Calamity, I can't be certain if she is trying to cheat Sorey.”
Edna: “I don't see it is a concern when I am looking at her too. Or say you don't believe in the sight of Sorey to review a person? If there is a big issue in her, I won't let her approach Sorey.”
Mikleo: “But....she was a Lord of Calamity.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBaADgPXTM
Edna: “You said that you will try to believe in Velvet because of Sorey, Mikleo.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhM2RdoeVup
Mikleo: “...It is blind acceptance if there is no basis.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxJpTiT7kU
Edna: “There is a basis. Do you remember that Sorey is a human before a Shepherd?”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5IbLoihsa
Mikleo: “Of course.”
Edna: “It is the same for Velvet, a human before a Lord of Calamity. Even she disagrees that herself, you saw her personality in her memory when we purify her.”
Mikleo: “That's in the past, human changes.”
Edna: “Heh, even just a Meebo, you have learned my speech. I am saying that she didn't turn that bad, you see Mao- boy and the seraph named Eleanor concern Velvet as her friends. These two people are enough for the foundation as proof of her personality, isn’t it?”
Mikleo: “You are right. Still, I can't understand how she keep herself after many tragedies.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpq1eO66q8G
Edna: “I thought you are the one understand this the most, because there is important people in her heart, and the words from those important people support her. It is the same for me to live all those years without my brother there, you live these 500 years with your mind towards Sorey too.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8yzA0Df7xq
Mikleo: “Edna.........”
Edna: “Right, now concentrated on cooking. I won't take it easy on you if you make the cook fail.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVMSBfW84b
Mikleo: “Okay, you are the wise one, thanks.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwt91LJctW
Edna: “........Even if you say thanks, you are still Meebo to me.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz22UTVCmrT
Mikleo: “Yeah, yeah.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ807y1VJbKn
During the time Mikleo cooking the dishes, Velvet is asking about the two people she doesn't know: Lailah and Mikleo.
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“Is Mikleo the chef just left?” Velvet asked.
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“Yes, sorry I didn't introduce them, and here is Lailah.” Sorey introduced.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡycdaq8YECB
“Hello, it is nice to meet you, Velvet. Lord Maotelus has always talked about you, Eleanor has mentioned you some time too” Lailah smiled.
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Velvet blinked as she noticed Lailah's appearance is very similar to her sister, so alike that she thought she meets the ghost.
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“Hmm...could it be something on my face?” Lailah noticed the strong gaze from Velvet.
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“No...nothing, sorry. I have thought of someone I know. Anyway, nice to meet you, Lailah.” Velvet managed to get rid of her emotion, shakes her head and tells herself they are only similar in appearance.
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Lailah: “Is that so...”
Velvet: “I had heard Sorey talked about you and Mikleo.”
Lailah: “How did he say?”
Velvet: “He said many things, but if I conclude. Mikleo his best buddy. Lailah the best mum.”
Lailah responded shyly: “Is ….is that so?”
Eleanor: “And, Velvet.”
Different from before, this is obviously a serious tone, Lailah and Sorey become silent for the sudden moment.
Velvet: “.......?”
Eleanor: “How dare you cut the pact on one side. What are you thinking? Do you know that will make me worry?”
Velvet: “.......You would have become a dragon if I had not done that.”
Eleanor: “...Even so, I hope you had discussed with me. Have you thought of me as a friend? Don't you believe me?”
Velvet hesitated: “I........”
The hesitation of Velvet just lead fear to Eleanor, she doesn't want to believe that. Eleanor tried to collect herself, remain calm: “.............So you really, never think of me as a friend.”
Velvet: “It is just.....In that time, I was thinking that I would go die after doing things should be done, I don't want to hold any linkage ...Yeah, I treat you as a tool.”
The air frozen after Velvet say it, putting thing like this, both Sorey and Lailah stop their breath at this moment, Alpha is being indifferent, but also silently waiting for the response from Eleanor.
Eleanor is angry at that at the beginning, she felt like she is betrayed, she believed in Velvet Crowe, so there is a moment she hates her deeply after hearing this sentence, especially for the last sentence. However, because she has believed in Velvet, she tried to calm down. Maybe being a Shepherd in the past let her to learn to accept different opinions and thinking twice in a large extent, she managed to calm herself down at such circumstances and try to think of excuse for Velvet to persuade herself, because the Velvet she knows is no that, she has found that in the latter part of the journey, Velvet truly concern for her, for things she doesn't have to care of. Although they both deny befriending with each other, they are friend, Eleanor admits it only after losing Velvet, after the journey ended.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUiXAzVBq0
If Velvet really threats her as a tool, pretending to be a friend may make things go on smoothly. It is not necessary for Velvet to care about the feeling of a tool and to reduce linkage like this, no need to cut the pact, to worry that she becomes a dragon.....It is because Velvet is actually worrying about her so she did such action. Treating Eleanor as a tool is the true lie.
Eleanor can't be angry with Velvet just after thinking about how this person clumsy at this. Velvet is just too good at pretending a bad person as she views herself as one. Velvet always trying to persuade Eleanor to leave her even for now, because she doesn't want a friend to make wrong decisions when standing on her side. This is the third time she did it.
“..........You can actually tell lie, there are ways better than what you say.”
Velvet: “I don't want to lie to you...Even if it will make you very angry.”
Eleanor: “....Idiot....Fine, I forgive you. After all, I swore to obey your order before I die. However, next time if you proceed with the action like that without consultation, I will be really mad.”
Velvet: “....Thanks...though...That oath should be invalid, you are free from my order.”
Eleanor: “Of course it is valid, I won't let you cut the linkage between us that easily before I die.....and I won't let you go die that easily.”
Velvet sighed and give a wry smile: “Fine, fine.”
“ .......Is that why you saved the villagers without caring for your health condition back then? Because you are planning to die at the beginning?”
Velvet looked at the person who asked the question, that is Alpha. She realized that Alpha was the one watching her in the dark so that she felt someone was behind her back when she destroyed Tewks village, the place she stayed in this Era. She silently nods for the question there.
“Yet you tell me to live, how mean....” Alpha thought to contribute something for the world before die as a homunculus, he gave up to live but decided to try to live for the sake of his 'sister' after taking the words from Velvet that time, but the person just in front of him just thinking to die too when she told him to live.
Velvet: “.........”
Alpha: “You enlightened me the future, the way to live. Your death will greatly perplex me.......I have not done anything for you.”
Velvet: “You don't have to do anything, those words are just what I wanted to say.”
Alpha: “I wanted to do something for you.”
Velvet sighed and murmured: “Why is everyone I met like this....Is that all Shepherd like this........”
Lailah smiled and respond as the one witnessed countless generations of Shepherd: “Probably all like this, just give up.”
Velvet: “...fine, then keep your sister company and don't give up that easily.”
Alpha: “but there is no actual benefit for you.”
Velvet: “At least you won't lead another Lord of Calamity to form, that is enough for me.”
Alpha: “...okay.”
Lailah: “By the way, Sorey-san, do you know how dangerous is it? To hold and fall with Velvet at that time. It may take your life.”
Sorey: “That was an accident....and I believe you guys will find a way to catch me.”
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Hearing Velvet's murmur, Sorey answered: “I said that if you fall, I will fall with you. If you fall down a place I don't know, I will be worried. Therefore, I keep holding you, so my friend may catch both of us at the same time.”
Lailah: “ It is reckless, who are you learned from......we are all worried. I heard that Eleanor was about to jump with you two.”
Eleanor: “Lailah......no need to tell such thing.....”
"Eleanor…..."
“......I see.” Velvet kept her face away from any sight but she can't stop her ears and face reddening, she doesn't whether to apologize or to thank her friends here.
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Velvet: “.....It is not.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VIhC7uhml
Lailah: “ Your ears and face redden.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9txVrIquJ
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“If you are cold, put on some clothes.Velvet, you slept for almost the whole 3 days before today, please take care of your health condition. We even held a discussion to wake you.” Lailah stated her concern to Velvet even if they are barely stranger. Can't say she doesn't hold curiosity to Velvet after hearing something about her from Maotelus and Eleanor.
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“Yeah.....I will keep it in mind. Now, after the meal, should we go challenge Tartarus?”
“You should probably rest more before we take any action against him.”Lailah recommended.
“...So what is the destination for you guys?”
“Velvet.....we are trying to persuade you to go rest.” Eleanor added.
“Then I already rest for three days isn't it?”
“A healthy soul resides in a healthy body and a healthy spirit. Sometimes we also need to entertain to rest our spirit.” Lailah stated.
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“......There is a hot spring and a hidden place in Meirchio, as I remember......it is thousand years ago though......Why don't go and rest there or somewhere like that?” Velvet gave up in insisting, seeing the view in the surrounding covered by snow, she thought of a place called Meirchio.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSzlqmwYCN
“Oh, that's actually the destination, we are almost there, let's go there first.”
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After having the meal together and by minutes of ride on Maotelus, flying from the cliff, passing through clouds of icy smog with layers of the aurora, passed over hills covered with snow below, they go to the further north part of the land, heading to the edge of the world. The destination, the land of mystery: Meirchio, the city choked by ice floes. who will imagine it once boasted the northernmost port in the world, it all in the past, an ancient past.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitWyvYreB7
Once they landed, Velvet looked around this old place, it is also a place full of memories, that’s a place she declared herself to be the Lord of Calamity in public to scare of the residents there and relays a message to Abbey. They occupied and stayed in the empty town for a while to rest and wait for the Abbey, that’s why she somehow familiar with the facilities here.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9NH95AgPV
Entered the entrance of the city, it is not as expected to Velvet. Although she scared off the townspeople and had done something that may irritate the volcano activities in the future, she expected the place will be filled with people again. As a town located near the foot of volcano of Mount Killaraus, the people lived there used rocks and wood to build their houses stands against the storm and cold, they designed gable roof to retain appropriate weight of snow for natural temperature insulation, yet the buildings suppose not remain unchanged with the high-speed development in human technology, or there should be more houses if the population growth has occurred here. However there is not a light and there are no people, it is lifeless like the town is abandoned. Everything remained unchanged from her time, it remains a frozen picture from that time, it is still an abandoned town after they abandoned the place 1500 years to go for the last battle. That is a miracle to keep a place away from humans when considering the high technology in the world to have fast development in a place.
“ ………..It doesn't change? Why?” Velvet shocked and asked, this is the first time she sees a place that doesn't change at all.
The abandoned city looks deadly peaceful and calm and the aurora borealis waved lightly in the sky like a protective barrier of the area.
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“Because it is a place protected by a seal. I don’t know the reason for setting a sealing artes here, but it prevented people to approach and enter here.” Lailah answered.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzulV8n06z
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“huh?” Mikleo wondered what is Velvet talking about.
“It is just……… I sacrificed 4 souls to awake the 4 Empyreans from slumber to suppress the power of Innominat in that time, and the way I do it may be too violent. It is said that it will cause the geometry to be very unstable by the fluctuation of the energy in the earthpulse and temporary unbalance between the energy of the Empyreans’ domain.” Velvet doesn’t hide but answered. She knew the teams already knew her past identity, there is no need to hide it.
“You awoke the Empyreans?” Mikleo asked as he heard some parts when eavesdropping. He wondered if he heard it wrong that the one awoke the Empyreans was not the Shepherd but the Lord of Calamity.
“Yeah, because I wanted to kill the Shepherd in that time, the Shepherd is reinforced with the power of Innominat, so I need to weaken the power of Innominat to kill the Shepherd, awaking the 4 Empyreans by sacrificing 4 pure souls was the way to achieve it.” Velvet explained and indicated the action is not a selfless act but for selfish reasons, apparently giving no credit to herself.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxL4waZ3DG
Hearing how Velvet explain it, Eleanor holds her forehead, it is way too honest, she is trying to keep the bad guy facade, isn't she? Eleanor decided to add more to explain the situation in that time, so that Velvet will not build her image too bad to a new friend here.
“We tried another way by rescuing the caught therions and brought them away from their cage, but it is too late, Innominat still nearly fully awaken. The Shepherd at that time wanted to clean malevolence by suppressing human free will. I had seen that hell and I saw it is wrong and agreed that it needed to be stopped. Awaking the 4 Empyreans by sacrificing 4 pure souls was the only way we found to achieve it” Eleanor elaborated and explained to Mikleo while trying to give Velvet some credits.
“.....I see.” Mikleo still not sure if Velvet is a good person or not, but to view from the result, she just achieved good things while using the necessary method. It is just like their time, the reality limited what can be done in their time too.
“If it isn't changed in these 1500 years, then I can sure that the volcano is unchanged. Ruin maniacs may gonna be happy with that.” Velvet remembers the other said Mikleo is also a ruin maniac like Sorey. Velvet thought about the time they are guided to the hidden place by Katz, that place may be interested in these two ruin maniac.
“Why is it related?”
“I am not sure to call it a ruin, there is a hidden spot in the volcano.”
“That's exciting! Let's go! Mikleo!”
“Huh, right, this time I will be faster than you!”
“Not sure! As long as I have the spirit, let's complete again.” Then the boys run towards the volcano before they hear the warning of Velvet.
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“I should have said this earlier, boys always like that....” Velvet sighed, she now considered going with them.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKqczIk1SVM
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“Velvet, you said there will be dragons? I will go check on them then, just make sure you prepare the delicious dinner for us.” Edna said and go after that two.
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“I hope that they are strong enough to tackle the dragon.” Velvet still worried.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITw37fEYIc
“Well, if they can’t tackle it, then they are not strong enough to face Tartarus. Don't worry, I will watch over them too, I will create the portal for them in case of a dangerous situation. Please include the Mabo-curry in the menu.” Maotelus flies towards the volcano.
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Once Maotelus left, Velvet felt the cold temperature, seems that Maotelus give the bless to immune cold temporary and the effect is gone once he is not here.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMq3XEEwJRv
Velvet: “Achoo....it is cold here.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWsenij9S0
Eleanor: “Of course you will get cold, wearing ragged clothing just like the 1500 years ago in a snow town. I feel cold by just looking at you. I must get you proper clothing this time. You are a human now, after all.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB466bINLA9
Velvet: “Fine......”
“I heard that Edna has bought you and Sorey some clothing, where are those?”Lailah asked Velvet. She heard that one of them is very cute and She is very curious about it.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LRRAXvzlf
“Hmm, maybe I left them in the hostel in Magiland.” Velvet blushed just memorize the dress Edna forces her to wear. She was too worried to care about the package when she knew Sorey and Edna left the hostel at midnight. Then she just remember Bienfu now, he is left there for a certain time if she remembers the time correctly.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnAbLH1SPfn
Lailah clapped her hands as she heard and suggest to go to Magiland and buy some clothes.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVB1QplCWB8
“How? Laphicet just left, the place is pretty far from here.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYTDqFZD7c
“We have found a teleport portal towards Magiland,” Lailah said.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHAjwKnCIll
“Don't know who is it belong to in the first place,” Eleanor added.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUhvmXQup6
“That's dangerous.” Velvet reminded.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdephYJEXkE
“We see no hazard right now. Let just go now.” Lailah suggests.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfXkLgwVWHU
Eleanor can clearly see that Lailah is in the mood of shopping, her eyes are shining with the star. She won't forget the day Lailah spend 3 hours with her just to choose beautiful clothes for her, maybe that one of her interest. At any rate, she guesses it would happen again today.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07508mKMp8
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Eleanor can see that Velvet is somehow obedient to Lailah. She knew the reason is because that Lailah really alike her sister Celica. Though Velvet says nothing about it, she is not sure what exactly Velvet is thinking of and she is not sure whether should she tell velvet. She better respect Velvet if she is not planning to talk about it.
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Eleanor and Velvet are urged to enter the portal, they come out from the other side of Magiland, the side near the sea. Since Velvet just stayed in Magiland only half a day around the hostel they stayed, she doesn't familiar with it at all, this area is certainly new to her. Like, she has never aware that a castle is in Magiland, the castle is lit with the light within, so it would be someone's place which still in function.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgwsQm12xq5
She is too busy to care about it now, since now Lailah is rushing towards the shopping area while pulling their hand in full power, she wonders are every seraph with Sorey are like this? She just remembers how Sorey and herself are pulled by Edna in Marlind.
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Velvet can predict there will be another disaster for herself in the clothes shops, and it's true. Once entered the boutique, those two already caught their target and take the clothes for her to get changes. Somehow, she feels like herself is the dress-up doll of those two and they don't seem to have the trends to stop. She wanted to protest that some of the clothes are not convenient in moving then Lailah said it is good training in controlling the degree to move and Eleanor agree with Velvet, she chooses some same clothes that are suitable for fighting, so those two just have a fight in the clothes choice.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCp7JaWWQdW
Velvet can only helplessly stand in the middle and sigh, they have such a strong mind for the clothes worn by others.
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“No, you didn't see how she fight, such clothes will definitely break into the piece when she wears it to fight.”
“I am saying she should learn to control herself to protect the clothes to be hurt.”
“This is opposite to the function of clothes! And you don't need to worry about it only because you are a caster.”
“Caster could get their clothes broken too, you have not seen the fighting of Mikleo, he fights with physical attacks!”
“Then you know what the clothes should be for a fighter, we should choose something like this.” said Eleanor while showing a dress with short inside.
“That is too simple to go buy in a shop! We should buy something like this!” said Lailah while showing a dress with some decorations.
“Well.....it is not necessary to buy only for fighting....” Velvet finally says something to stop the war and she may regret after that.
“Oh! It is! Let's try all of them!” They get the consensus and choose more clothes for Velvet to try.
“Will there be an end...?” Yes, Velvet regret saying it, she wondered if there is an end.
Then Velvet finally noticed a glare from a corner in the changing room from a normin wearing a cute hat, and she just kicked him out directly without a doubt.
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“Bien~~~!” Bienfu cried.
“Oh, Bienfu, is that you?” Eleanor asked as she saw the normin.
“Hmm? Hi, miss Eleanor?! And miss Lailah!” said Bienfu when swooping towards Lailah, surely he is targeting at Lailah's ample bosom. Yet, Lailah just dodges it so easily, as the attractive and popular idol among normin that every normin falls in love to her at the moment they see her, Lailah gets used to refuse those normin.
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“Bien.....” Bienfu cried when his face touched the ground and landed.
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“...Why are you here? Bienfu.” Velvet asked when she gets out of the changing room with new clothes.
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“What? It is my question! Just why is everyone disappeared just after a day we arrived here. I have been waiting and searching for you guys....” Bienfu complained with worry.
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“Well......it is a long story............”
“Anyway, it's good to see you guys again.” Bienfu relieved.
“And I am surprised that miss Eleanor still remembers me after reincarnated into a seraph,” Bienfu stated.
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“Well, it's a long story. Seems that I have to re-tell the story again.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmeRtN6paKQ
“And I haven't listened to your story yet. Mind to retell?” Velvet asked.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHv1Jii8zw
“Why would I mind, that I already tell the third or fourth time.” Eleanor sighed.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGBL4d9uas
“Well, I will help you too.” Lailah suggested.
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So Eleanor told her story as a seraph that she is named and raised by Zenrus, recovered all her memory back with the help of Lailah and Maotelus, that she fought the lord of calamity in that time with her friends but the enemy was defeated only after their friend Eizen turned into a dragon and she was then slept to seal the seal of Velvet and Innominat to prevent the malevolence affect them.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDapwuHuhb5
(for story detail, plz referred ch. 28.1-2)
“Wow, I am amazed.” Bienfu exclaimed.
“.......You really know how to put all the hard works on your shoulder.....” Velvet sighed, she has once doubted Eleanor is the same person she knew and Eleanor responded with a subjective answer at that time. Somehow she felt like they are just the same person too, now she knows how it worked.
“You are right. You should learn how to take care of yourself like Velvet.” Lailah sighed.
“Well....it is not like I can't take care of myself.....I just can't help it.” Eleanor stated.
“So.....we are actually here to get our package back. Is our clothing still in that hostel?” Velvet said.
“Well, Edna has actually taken it. I wanted to ask her about things but she just tells me to wait here for you guys if I want to know the story.”
“So that's it......Now, what would you like to do?” Velvet asked.
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“ I am going to follow you guys!” Bienfu exclaimed.
“.... Do whatever you want then.” Velvet permitted Bienfu to follow.
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Now then the disaster for Velvet continued that to be the dress-up doll of two passionate female seraphim. They don't seem to have the trends to stop and obviously Bienfu won't stop them. He is smiling, glad to see different clothes dress on the beauties. Velvet swears, she will go fix this spectator later.
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At last, they returned to the abandoned inn in Meichio with several bags of clothes they shopped. It is more tired than anything and Velvet doubts to call this a rest.
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Back in the inn, Velvet sees Sorey's cape and his blue shirt with a large slash broken part put on the sofa randomly, the bloodstains are no longer there, it seems someone washed them. In the afternoon, Sorey is wearing other clothes and went exploring with Mikleo, so she may be sure they have got back the package themselves some time ago.
She looked at the slash, and she wants to do something for it.
“Eleanor, you said that you are handy in sewing, could you teach me?”
“Sure, but I can actually sew things for you.”
“It is something I want to sew it myself.” Velvet shows the cape of Shepherd and the broken shirt. Eleanor gets it and agreed.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ4E6NXGy7l
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Another side--ruin explore...
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A seal place in history, where else a place would contain mystery like here, plus to hear this place with a hidden spot, this awakes the spirit of the two ruin maniacs, their instinct sensor of ancient knowledge tells them there will be treasures for them. Not even hear the words after knowing there are hidden spots, two ruin idiots running towards the Mt. Killaraus. May be typical people are not realizing their passion, it is just their way to love this world. They want to understand how the era develops, ends and changes along time, not only like a certain thing but the whole world with humanity. Through the ruin, they will know how humans used their knowledge and technology to solve problems. The ruin maniacs are seeing the future through history. To realize the history of the revision of the calendar, development of word system, technology, and religion, all these are the romance of archaeology. Sorey and Mikleo are not going to give up on any place that would possibly contain knowledge. The ruins are not wastelands but the wonderland of knowledge to them, the place to teach them to love the human and the world with logic and ignite their passion, it is not wrong to say it is one of the reasons Sorey doesn't give up hope on humanity.
As the one goes after Sorey and Mikleo, Edna can't even see any trace of those two, and the geology is quite complex inside the volcano. Edna wonders where should she first start with the searching.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHiNMWZasM
“Here you are, Edna.”
“Oh.....Mao-boy, what brings you here? I thought you would like to be with Velvet.” Edna teased.
“It is, but I would rather let her have girl time with other now, it is a good chance to befriend for the new one and I am sorry to let you alone to search for Sorey and Mikleo.”
“Sorry to disappoint you that I am pretty strong, I don't need your protection.”
“That sounds good news to me, the dungeon we are heading to is dangerous, and I can't fight directly because of my oath.”
“Even an Empyrean would say it is dangerous, I guess it is really dangerous. I will keep it in mind and find those two idiots as soon as possible.”
“Through it is already old news, at least I can offer the route guidance to you, it may aid you a faster speed of searching.”
“Then I shall gladly take the offer.”
Meanwhile, Sorey and Mikleo still don't know here is one of the most ancient places in the world, older than any ruins, a place in an era before ruin can be built so no word and glyph would be see1n, it is the entrance to the origin of Seraphim descending. The mysterious story here recorded and be told by the natural corrosion and the ancient guardian here.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyjSUZ2tKhd
Sorey and Mikleo wrapped into a portal they discovered in the lava cave inside the Mt. Killaraus, leading them to enter the surface of the inner space of the earth and they are stunned by the view here.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9fg5ab9qm
It is contrasting from the view in Mt. Killaraus. In Mt. Killaraus, only rocks and Lava with different geometry of cave, which formed by lava, present the environment is lit by red-orange lava. You may just feel the heat from the warmth and light of lava.
In here, can't say it deffer a lot from Mt. Killaraus, but the major difference is the light blue-energy color tone lighting the 'cave' from the endless button. They can feel the earth under their feet is floating by unknown energy. In fact, there are mass of rocks with growing light-blue crystal under them floating in the air, the crystal may be formed by the sea of unknown energy below and it enables rocks to float. Don't know what in the 'sea' but it seems like the sea of energy as they can see the flow of energy raising from the sea to accumulate as columns or kind of energy field to support the area.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuuVIdzbR3W
“Wow......” Both two are stunned by the view they found.
“Amazing, have you been to a place like this, Mikleo?” Sorey is amazed by the place.
“I haven't, it seems like the world underneath the earth’s surface.” Mikleo guessed and turns back to ensure the portal is still there.
“It is somewhere in the earthpulse, but not a normal one,” Edna stated once she comes up with the steps of the boys. By the fact that she is an earth seraph, so she may sense the place the location and be relatively more sensitive here.
“Yeah, it is an isolated earthpulse as a secret passage, lost souls drift here, you better don't disturb them.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu3iy7bdr1y
Sorey and Mikleo turned their head once they heard the voice, they see a blonde and a boy next to her. The appearance of the boy is apparently the seraph form of Maotelus. Maotelus chose to show up with a form that easier to communicate with his friends.
“Edna, and Maotelus?!” Sorey and Mikleo are surprised by their presence.
“Take me a long time enough to find you guys.” Edna added.
“Edna is finding us? Something wrong?” Mikleo asked.
“ Is that you want to explore the dungeon with us?” Sorey asked.
“Nope, but I heard there would be dragons presenting in the dungeon. You guys have left before hearing that. I think you guys need a helper to handle the dragons.” Edna sighed.
“I come for the same reason, but I offer mainly the healing and guidance since now the earth is my vessel,” Maotelus added.
“I am glad that you both come. Thanks, guys! This definitely helps a lot.” Sorey thanks two friends here.
“And it is a rare chance to have an adventure with Mao—Laphicet, I only heard the story from you, now I may see with you.” Sorey added.
“Yeah, it has been a really long time since I've been here.” Maotelus smiled.
“And I sense something strange up ahead. Let's proceed with caution.” Edna warned.
“Right.”
“As I remember, we will back to the volcano again in the end...Anyway, following the road.”Maotelus murmured.
As Maotelus has stated, they back in the volcano again, they see a falls of lava there.
“I feel something attracting me to proceed other from the dungeon thing.” Mikleo stated.
“I have the same feeling even I don't have ruin maniac.” Edna added.
“ Because here is the entrance of the Heavenly Steppes.” Maotelus explained.
“Heavenly Steppes? I heard from gramps that it is a place where the world's secrets are tucked away and it's got an appalling power that draws in seraphim. He said he had a friend live there but never talked in detail.” Sorey memorizing words from Zenrus and Mikleo gives a nod that he heard it from gramps too.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAomK8JdXzk
“Turn back.” Sudden a woman’s voice speaks.
“Who's there?!” Mikleo cautioned.
“I am one who understands the way the world works.” They looked up and see a light particle floating, which seems like the sound source.
“It would be futile to proceed...Nothing awaits you within. Go back to your world and you may live a long life. Continue onward, and your life will be very short.” The voice warned.
“I want to check it out more now,” Sorey said.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6mrWa9FNq
“Same here.” Mikleo agreed with Sorey.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsIlvjCWXFN
“Me too, I say it is such futile warning for curious humans come onward.
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“I doubt she sees your presence, she probably just sensed our presence by her domain and you intended your power with this form,” Edna said.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QqUbD0wtn
“Heh heh, I guess you are right, and it is nostalgic that the guardian says the exact same line as when the time I came here with Velvet.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYfBAoeMhT
“And that means we are walking the right way to the hidden place Velvet mentioned.” Mikleo said.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVlz5WYdDdg
“Yeah, let's go!”
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Passing through several times of earthpulse and volcano area, they entered a place with high headroom and broad area that seems holy enough to be a temple. Sorey and Mikleo quickly look around the place, that may be the first time they find an ancient place still looks clean and in a whole shape. The place is mainly constructed with marble as they may see a white marble pattern on the column and the beam above. Each building component is decorated with gold with glyph and carvings on the edge, they seem like the patterns typically sew on seraphim clothing.
Another thing to amaze Sorey and Mikleo that there is rose windows and lancet window in the place and the light entering the room through the window, but they suppose the place is in the underground. Apart from the light source from the windows, there are glowing floating crystals set around the central platform in the center, as if it is to highlight the importance of the place. Behind the platform, there is a giant door with the carving of the glyph of wing and feather, two giant columns made of the glowing light-blue crystal just like they found in the earthpulse is stand beside the door, they guess the place must be related to the earthpulse.
Now in the middle of the highlighted platform, there is a dark flame glowing.
“The flame of malevolence, maybe the place is more dangerous than our imagination,” Mikleo warned.
“I thought our Shepherd has enough power though,” Edna said.
“Seems that we won't be able to proceed if we can't purify the flame of malevolence.”
“Yes, it is the cause of the twist in area. We fought all the way to arrive at the final place the last time.” Maotelus stated.
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“The dragon really present in here. Velvet is right...Lucky that we managed to defeat it with this amount of people.” Edna said.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVl9VUwmQlr
“I don't help much this time and I will say it is a great fight.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjn9pn6Erm
“It's proof of our growth.” Sorey laugh.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPUzBdNRE1
“It's no joke, do you really want to proceed?” Mikleo worried.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBuXEnn4Vm
“She mentioned that she knows the world works, at least I should go listen to this.” Sorey decided.
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“The dragon has all come to this place in search of the Gate.” The mysterious female voice spoke again.
“What gate?” Mikleo asked.
“The doorway to the heavens.”
“......May you explain it?”
“Guess she is not going to explain.” Edna sighed.
“Although I know all of it, the mystery is what makes the exploring fun.” Maotelus chuckled.
“Right, and we will have to keep moving for it.” Sorey stated.
“Guess we are not competing this time,” Mikleo smirked.
“Yeah, let go together.”
“And I am going to keep you two from anything reckless.” Edna sighed.
“I say it already reckless to come.” Mikleo taunted.
“This is different, I am interested in it too.” Then they continue to proceed until the third Chamber, they see a female fall out here, she seems to be a seraph.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPik1zUtPIb
When they approach, they found the girl looks alike to Alisha. They the surrounding tainted flame is smaller than the previous chamber, guess the seraph fight against daemon and reduced the malevolence. Mikleo cast the healing arte to the seraph and the team wait for her to wake. After a while, the seraph awakes. The scene is familiar, just like the first time Sorey and Mikleo met Alisha in a ruin.
“Hello, Are you OK?” Sorey asked.
“Mmm....hello, thank you for saving me. You are......Shepherd...Sorey.” The seraph that looks alike to Alisha recognized.
“You know Sorey..are you really Alisha?” Mikleo recognized Alisha and remembered the case of Eleanor, he wondered if this happened on Alisha.
“Maybe....or may not. I possess the same memory of Alisha but can't say I am exactly the same person. All I can say, it is her last wish to see you again.” The seraph said.
“Then, I will take this as a new start. My name is Sorey.” Sorey gave a smile that he tried his best not to let it turned into a wry smile, he knows he can't expect things to go all this perfect, it felt a bit lonely when seeing a person just looks like his old friend but they are not the same person.
“I am Mikleo.” Mikleo knew how Sorey feels and he pats on Sorey's shoulder.
“Edna.”
“I am Laphicet.” Maotelus introduced himself while has no aim to expose his Empyrean identity.
“What is your name?” Sorey asked.
“Also Alisha.”
“Nice to meet you, Alisha. Would you like to proceed with the place with us?”
“It is my pleasure, you guys must have a certain strength to arrive here.”
“Yes, and so as you.”
“Right, let’s go together, just like we go to explore the ruin together in the past.”
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They approach the flame but then nothing they see until they find the shadow cast on them grow bigger and darker.
“Above!” Mikleo warned. Then they see the dragon extends its wings and jumps on top of them.
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The eyes of the dragon glow red and there are light ray tails formed from its eyes when it moves. It climbs fast towards Mikleo and raised its head and ready to give a bite.
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Mikleo swings his staff to form shield and then to attack the dragon with a strike, followed with a burst of water flow, but the dragon jump back and then targeted at the others.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOElaQwidT6
“Sorey, go to your side.”
“Got it. Phantasm Flash.” Sorey jumps and gives the strike to dragon following by lighting strike in horizontal track in a second.
However, the dragon turned its body to let its wing shield the attack.
“Its wings are hard!” Sorey tries to take a side step to attack it in another direction other from its wings but the dragon is too smart that it keep turn around and makes no moment to attack the other parts of its body but its wings. At the same time, it strikes the team with its claws on its wings.
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“Ha. How about this.” Alisha strikes the dragon while leaping into the air to perform two backspins while violently drives the lance upwards to slash with the momentum (moonlight swallow) and then followed by serious of lance strike(blazing stars!)
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The dragon stopped a moment and Sorey and Mikleo catch the chance.
“Burning red, freezing blue.......” Mikleo is casting a seraphic artes to the dragon.
“Burn the fire!” Sorey sent a serious of fire strikes with the flame cast on his sword to keep the dragon set at the moment.
“Earth Dragon Fang, Sonic Flurry” Sorey performed four-hit combo track of slash and strike fueled by earth energy then followed by a quick flurry of attacks, those attacks attract the notice from the dragon and distract its notice from Mikleo who now casting a spell.
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“Violent storm!” Mikleo summons storm from the ground to fly the dragon up the air. The wind pressure by the dragon's swing fixes all members on the ground and it shoots out a fireball to attack. It then dives towards Sorey, who attacked most frequently back then. Sorey got the attack directly as he can't dodge it.
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“Sorey!!” Mikleo got that the dragon is too fast to catch, now at least let the divinity boost Sorey's physical strength.
“Edna.”
“I have lend you my power, let's go.”
“Thanks! Hephsin Yulind!” Sorey chose to have the Earth Armatus to have the highest defensive power.
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Sorey blocks all the attacks by the giant hand of the armatus while casting the artes to attack.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWSZL3LroN
Mikleo and Alisha both know the wings is the hardest part of the dragon, and they both attack to distract the dragon, so the dragon will have less chance to defense Sorey's attack with its wings.
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“Monolithic Current.” The monolithic slab rises from the ground and hits the dragon, then Sorey continues the attack with the “Dead Capture” with the giant hand float around him. He grabs and throws the dragon into the air, ends it with a death punch from the top of it.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdWr9y59iQ9
“Earth Revolution!” The punch hit through the dragon, and even crack the floor slab of the shrine.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5KOHngCpmd
They finally defeat the dragon.
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Now they have finally defeated the dragon on their way and come forward to the heavenly steps. There is a grand stair leading the way to the gate, all steps are floating on the air. The gate seems to be the destination as the final exit in the place, the space behind it shines in rainbow that it seems to be a different space, which also explains why there will be light passing through the window. To say the gate is an exit but Sorey and all seraphim around him can feel a barrier prevent any invaders to it, and there stands a cutesy looking creature in front of the gate.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEvcALlWrV
“I warned you proceeding further would be futile, yet here you have come.” Sorey heard the female voice said. He sees all the way up, a pig is there matching them, oh, precisely, a -----rappig.
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“Really? You are not egging us on, huh?” Edna teased the seraphim.
“I don't understand. Why everyone come here say this to my genuine warning.” The seraph said.
“You really don't understand human psychology.......Hopeless.”Edna sighed.
“You mean there was other people before we come here?” Mikleo asked as the seraph mentioned.
“Yes, there was a group of Daemons, Malakim and human came here 1500 years ago.”
“They are called Hellions and Seraphim now tho.” Edna added.
“So now the name of seraphim has been restored......” Zui Fuu murmured.
“Yes, things are going to be better, it is alright if you may go out and see it.” Maotelus said.
“I shall continue my duty here.......Please accept my apology, I have just noticed your arrival, Lord Maotelus.”
“At least you know he became an Empyrean.” Edna teased.
“Wait, you mean......Laphicet is Maotelus?! I apologize for my disrespect.” Alisha is shocked when she heard Zui Fuu called Laphicet in the name of the fifth lord.
“No need for apology, I intended to hide my presence at the first place and I feel no disrespect from you, Alisha.” Maotelus casually smiled.
“If you all know he is Maotelus, then you guys should know about the things” Zui Fuu said.
“No, I haven't told them all of the things.” Maotelus answered.
“And we are here to search for the answer.” Mikleo said.
“We come to know about the Heavenly Realm, about how the world works. May you please?” Sorey added.
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The seraph Zui Fuu told all the things about the heavenly realm, from the reason seraphim descended from the heaven to the result of the curse. Following the loop of history, human and seraphim keep repeating the same tragedy because of malevolence. Those words once told the Lord of Calamity now told the young ex-Shepherd. The boy is not surprised by this, he has once seen this in the memory that a Shrine of Musiphe showed: how a fire seraph despair because of this.
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“Our world is getting better from now on.” He said with hope.
“Is that so.....may be I separate from the world too long time. Stills, Maotelus has got nearly tainted once.”
“I still believe there will always be a hope...and just as I said once, I'll live my life to the fullest.” Maotelus said.
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Zui Fuu: “Even such danger can't stop you ....maybe there is hope for the world still has the human like you and that Empyrean like Maotelus still exists. Zenrus's dream may come true.......in some future.”
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Mikleo: “Zenrus is our Gramps, he raised us when we were both children.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJ6KgDZy5u
Zui Fuu: “How is he now?”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxZnLrOpY1
Sorey: “......Unfortunately, he died.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7W2z34CcvS
Mikleo: “He died in the fight of Lord of Calamity in our time.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawuwInpEJV
“...oh, sorry to hear that, may he rest in peace...I am sure that you two had done your best to save.” Zui Fuu doesn't change her expression, maybe she has seen too many seraphim died in the flow of time, she is not surprised to hear that, still, it is lonely to lose an old friend.
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Zui Fuu: “The facility connected to here put after some Katzs reach here and created a portal. There are some super spa, work as good as a hot spring.”
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Maotelus: “The bathhouse......”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2p3a0nNbfl
Sorey: “mmm? Something wrong?16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbA59JtlNJ
Maotelus: “No....nothing, it is indeed a good bathhouse, so good that it may let the soul fly out of our body.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiRdWwCFXVS
Sorey: “Sounds great.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4ml6hMY3b
Edna: “Not a bad idea after all those fights.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjItxbhKbl3
Sorey: “But I kind of want Lailah and others come and enjoy it too. Can we also bring our other friends here?”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡskB5DE8po0
Zui Fuu: “...Alright, if they are strong enough.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvuah0u6NpK
Sorey: “Thanks! Let's tell them the news of this bathhouse and introduce Alisha.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5qd7coCYV
Mikleo: “Right.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfwzKjOJxqR
Alisha: “Thanks, but I have to meet my friend somewhere.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbfWVXKNoo
Edna: “Still, you need a place to rest, isn't it.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmiuB1Q3Oob
Alisha: “ Yes.....”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcmpXhbgYe
Sorey: “ let's back to the inn!”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAlXr22vH21
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Lailah goes back to the living room after putting all the new clothes in the wardrobe. She sees Sorey's clothes are repaired, and Velvet just slept on the sofa in the sitting position while holding the tool of sewing. She sees Velvet got tired by sewing. Eleanor then goes out with the blanket from the bedroom. She told Lailah to keep Silence by putting her index finger on her lips. Lailah smiled and nodded. She removes the sewing tools carefully from Velvet. Eleanor covers the blanket on Velvet to let her rest.
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Eleanor and Lailah then move to the kitchen to talk, so they won't wake Velvet.
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“She is really tired.” Lailah smiled.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡheMFM7EaVI
“Guess the dressing shopping contribute a large part of it.” Eleanor said when she remembers the past experience.
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“I can't help, she looks good in all kinds of clothing. Why don't we do the cooking for her? She has got really tired to do that.” Lailah suggested.
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“Good idea. Let's start.”
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At that time, Eleanor never thought about the result of the cooking like that. She tried Lailah's dessert, and so are Sorey, they both think it is delicious. One thing they forgot, they only tried Lailah's dessert and Lailah never really cook a normal dish.
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When Eleanor finished her dish and see Lailah's cooking, she is astonished. Lailah said, she cooked a curry for Velvet. She can see the curry is red, and somehow glowing and changing color that it looks like Lava, she hopes that she is too tired to see such illusion.
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Yes! This must be an illusion. Let's smell, but her reality-denying is not working, just by smell, she can already tell it is extremely spicy.
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“What's wrong, Eleanor? You can try out my dishes and give some comments.” Lailah smiled, ever since so sincerely.
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“Oh, it looks delicious, I am thinking also to share it with Bienfu.” Eleanor apologized to Bienfu deep in heart, she admitted she is too afraid to give a try and finish the dish by herself.
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“Hey, there, Bienfu. I would like to share the dishes with you.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdnGNAalAIf
“Oh, really, thank you! Ms. Eleanor!” Bienfu bravely tried out the burning Lava curry without a second thought or a gaze at it. He is too happy to notice the abnormal appearance of the curry.
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“Bien-----!” That cry is very loud that the whole floor can hear and Eleanor can't even shut it immediately. So spicy that Bienfu jumps and flying like an uncontrolled rocket in the kitchen.
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“What is it taste?” Lailah is excited about the comment and she didn't notice the problem.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWcfyNTfKs
“It....It is great....” Bienfu lied with his tear still there after seeing such joyful expression for the famous idol Lailah among the normin. He doesn't want to hurt her.
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“Is that so, this is great, let have a try! Eleanor.” Lailah gladly recommends her friend the hell dish.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTaAeaUQNJq
“O...ok, let's try!” Eleanor can feel the nervous, her sweats are falling on her forehead, but she feels that Bienfu had given her the bravery to give a try. She now have a try with the dying-will determination.
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Oh.....At the moment, she can see all the memory fly out, that must be the flashback before death, such horrible experience, she almost see her human mother in heaven, never expect to get this by just a bite.
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“A....Amazing!” Though the horrible experience, she doesn't want to hurt her friend's feelings.
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“That's great, let share it with everyone in the dinner!” Lailah gladly suggested.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdh82vtukvA
“Oh....that.....maybe.....”Guilty grows inside her, this will be hell, she will pray for the health of those eaters. Lailah doesn't notice the horrified expression of those two behind her.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecm2x1Xdg5
“.........What's going on?” Velvet came into the kitchen with a yawn. Apparently, she is awoken by Bienfu's cry, Bienfu's scream is always loud and noisy enough to be a living alarm clock.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2b40dKtrKI
“Oh! Velvet, would you like to try?” Lailah smiled and invite Velvet.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVgIIylUHMp
Ata the moment, she can see Eleanor is trying to say “Velvet, Good Luck!”, and she is trying hard to hold her tears there.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67CeUFvoNH
Velvet smells the red curry and receives a chocking scent from the spice on it. Obviously, the dish is super spicy. It would be a tragedy if it appeared on the dinner table.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV06jwjHgHV
She tried one bite. As expected, she can't taste it but the ash-like flavor, but she guesses she should thanks for her loss in taste now since the taste would not be any better than now.
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“It is too spicy, better not to put on the dinner table. Let's not waste it, I will eat them all.” Then Velvet just takes the whole bowl without hesitation, completely indifferent to the concentrated spicy in the dish.
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“Velvet----” Eleanor tried to stop her and she is shocked when she see that.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCI1P70DLEu
“Bien.....You....eat them all........?!” Bienfu exclaimed with an amazed look. His jaw is falling down to the ground.
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“I can tell that you add an extra amount of spice than it should be and I am not sure if it is edible when I see. Have you tasted it?”
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“No...I haven't taste it but I think it may be delicious.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUwgDZMiTf
“Taste your food when cooking so you may adjust the flavor properly. It is not good to violate the recipe for your first-time cook....If you need help, I can help.”
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“ok. I won't do it next time...And....why did you two lie to me?” Lailah complained to Bienfu and Eleanor.
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“Well...we don't want to upset you.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsDoBEJJ5eP
“It is always the best to have an honest opinion for the chef, beginner or not.” Velvet stated.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUYbRSAsbE
“Sorry, I will be honest to my taste next time, but how did you survive through the Lava Curry?” Eleanor sighed and apologized. The dish is such a hell that she has to use 'survive' to describe the eating experience and just named it Lava Curry.
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“I didn't get my taste back to normal.” Velvet stated.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIlRCdnvPs1
“But you----”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJbZspaHbC
“I am human, but still only taste blood. Well, when I was still a therion, the other therion doesn’t seem to have the taste problem, so it is not the problem of the daemon power.” Velvet guessed and explained with a flat tone, seems nothing at all.
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“I am sorry for that...”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIaJNIezXcn
“Don't be, isn't that convenient? I may just clean up the hell dishes without minding the taste so that no food would be wasted.”
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No one say a word, they don't know how to respond. Taste is an important experience for humans, they can't imagine how painful for losing the taste. Velvet sees the atmosphere, she left and say to have a bath to relax the atmosphere. The others remain in the place.
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“Is there no way to recover her taste?” Eleanor concerned. She is impressed that Velvet still able to teach how to cook even without her taste, but she wants to do something so that Velvet may have her taste back after all those years.
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“I know none of the methods, but we may find.” Lailah cheered Eleanor up.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxurRPKhGLh
“Well, at least we got a hell dish for some punishing game,” Bienfu claimed.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTT56or0Pe
“Why, how rude!” Lailah complained with a pure smile.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzewYEMMgZ
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Then, Velvet is enjoying the hot spring in the abandoned inn. Carefree of the taste issue, as she got used to it a long time ago. Then, an unexpected guest comes in. Rather than 'Unexpected', it is just the first time to bath with others after she woke up. There is always an isolated bathroom in the hostel or inn. This is also her first time to meet Edna in a bath.
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“Oh, Velvet, what a coincidence.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnn24AkXRmr
“....How did you get so dirty?” Velvet sees Edna get an ashy hair.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaKHVm2tzuz
“It is pretty hot inside the volcano, I go all around to find those two idiots and we did approach dragons and have to fight them.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQIGfYUET8Q
“I see......just let me wash your head.” Velvet approached Edna and started to wash her hair without any hesitation.
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“Oh?” Edna is surprised by Velvet's sudden action.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhAoEDboIm
At least, she expected she should be a bit shy, after seeing how she reacted when she dressed a dress back then. She already knew Velvet is a shy person in some aspects from Bienfu and her brother.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcT7WNGrocf
Velvet washes Edna’s hair smoothly, step by step like she always does it. She raised Edna's hair thoroughly with warm water so that her hair is soaked in warm water and some large dirt particles are washed away.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgT2Vfq2FI
Gently massaging shampoo into the root of the hair, tendering rub the scalp with her fingers, but then she stops suddenly.
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“.............Sorry, I forget that you are not a kid.” Velvet noticed too late, she found herself just overlap the image of her brother Laphi and Edna. That's a horrible mistake of her that they are not even the same gender, she knew it is wrong to treat someone a substitution of another one since Laphicet(Maotelus) has complained of once. However she just does this again somehow unconsciously, it is a typical case for a human being to link images with familiar things. She knows it is disrespect to treat someone as a substitution.
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“It is alright, you have a good skill like my brother did.” Edna praised Velvet and she didn't mind it at all, somehow she is relating Velvet to her brother too. They way Velvet washed her hair made her remembered the days when her brother would wash the hair for her.
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“Yeah, because when I was younger, I wash my brother's hair.” At such a posture, Edna is not able to see Velvet's expression, but she may guess her eyes become soft like the previous time she told her about her family.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7JTXtlDQ8
“So you two bath together?”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSVQdLRqgC
“It was, stopped when he was nine as he insisted to bath alone though. I heard that it is the same for you and Eizen.” Velvet taunted as she remembered Eizen said about such things in the bathhouse of Heavenly Steppes. He was sharing the information to the males in the bath but the partition is thin enough to let Velvet heard that. It was just random lines from Eizen, yet Velvet managed to remember it as she cared about Eizen.
“Tch, yes, how many he told...........Just don't stop washing my hair in the middle.” Edna is shy when she heard that from Velvet, she doesn't know that Velvet just happened to hear and remember that line from Eizen in the bathhouse.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJsSKOMatnr
Yet, the action to wash Edna's hair remains to stop, Edna can't see Velvet's expression as she has to close her eyes in the middle to the wash, she wonders something wrong.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZM2ahjTl0
Velvet thought of keeping the guilty untold before, now she decided to confess it after knowing Edna is actually care about her. She somehow thought herself doesn’t have the right to be cared and at the same time, she can’t allow herself to keep lying to a friend and now guilty is no longer the only thing to hold their relationship. She decided to protect her by will as she has exclaimed to Reaper Eizen.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIILHrKipZe
“......I guess I should say this earlier to you.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59hgegf58p
“What?” Edna noticed Velvet said in a sad tone.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LPbZiztEa
“Edna.......I am sorry…... for turning Eizen......a dra....” To think the fact that Eizen turned a dragon, this raised the sadness and guilty inside Velvet, she said with a choke in her voice.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSpg9cjbxum
“What do you mean?” Edna doesn't see the point, she already know how Eizen turned a dragon from Eleanor, that's nothing related to Velvet.
“It is me to bring a great amount of malevolence to Eizen, that must cause a negative effect on him............ It is my fault that he has turned into a dragon.” Velvet confessed her guilty to Edna and except the guilty, these are things Edna knew a long time ago.
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“......Silly. No one said it is your fault, idiot.” Edna held her laugh after hearing this, really, a self-absorbed idiot just as Eizen said. Just how long she held a thought like this, and to relate everything as the faults of her, maybe there are many things caused by the fault of Velvet Crowe, but not this one.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysw65Jk7se
“You have done your best to prevent this to happen, haven't you?” Edna continued, she knows that Velvet always tries to conceal her malevolence in order not to hurt the nearby seraphim a long time ago. Her brother claimed that once and she experienced once too like the time Velvet performed a reflective response for the malevolence when she touched Velvet from the back.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpYJZG1n8q
“Even so....”
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“I know my brother turned into a dragon by his own decision, and it is far after your time.” Edna continued, ensure that it is not Velvet's fault.
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“But....”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs7xAKD6yQC
“He turned into one to defeat a Lord of Calamity. Not your fault.” Edna sighed to see someone insisting to put the blame on herself.
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“..........I am sorry.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3eLMOPeauM
“Stop apologizing, when my brother decided to stick with something, he would stick with it no matter it is harmful or not. Thus, if he want to travel with you, he will follow you even to go against your will. If he want to keep distance from you, he will keep the distance like you can’t meet him forever. Now, just continue to wash my hair already,” Edna ordered annoyingly, the sentence sounds persuasive when coming from Edna.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBjIohLArFg
“..Right...Guess that's my pleasure to do it.” Velvet finally gave a small smile to that.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGaKwlzfELd
“...Hephsin Yulind.” Edna remembered the thought when she is trapped by Tartarus, that she doesn't hope there is word remain untold before she can't tell it. It may be a bit early to give her true name to Velvet, but she is sure she is a person can be trusted.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHM7yHKP3V
“...eh?”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoiV5c1Dz2Z
“I won't say twice.” It would be frustrating to tell it again.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ542LoO0HfM
“...Hephsin...Yulind......” Great, it seems the true name has sent to Velvet, although she doesn't seem to get what those words truly are. She spells it like a treasure, at least she realized the words are important to Edna. It is different when the words are given out when not forming a pact that it will not engrave in the memory, but Edna knows Velvet will remember it.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡackaiXc5wD
Velvet continues to wash Edna's hair until all the dirt cleaned and the other got into the hot spring when they didn't notice.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgvMLYP6TS
“You two seem in a good relationship, just like sisters.” Lailah always pairing up others and make the assumption in her mind and she did it again.
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“I just know her too well,” Edna stated indifferently.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVIXiJiToA
“Just know her.” Velvet said.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNggaiI7vvP
“Through Eizen.” They said at the same time. Can't agree it more that they feel like all their little secret or habit had been exposed by Eizen to them each other. Hard to define, are they friend? Stranger? Family? A complex question, there is forever a strange bond between them, but it is not a weak bond for sure.
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They don't care anyway, they watched each other and smiled.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHuSWkjMCFG
The day ended with a delicious dinner. This time, Lailah cooked the normal curry with the help of Velvet. Velvet also cooked her family recipe for Edna who has requested a delicious dinner. Eleanor said that she missed the quiche, the Velvet added: “ I also added spinach in it.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡniPO56ynXP
Eleanor shows a terrified expression, she didn't taste it. Velvet made something special in it.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PsO5gN8rB
“After 1500 years, still being picky about food, huh?” Velvet taunted.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGyTMZKFga
“.....um, it is not.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQRYA9PcR7
“Whatever, you are not going to left over.” Velvet smiled.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpW3OPIsJb8
“And, Sorey, I observe that you always give your green pepper to Mikleo.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQlD6pAcpw
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“....I told you.” Mikleo sighed.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8j1FRlbQOY
“Picky is not good for your growth, eat it yourself.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7GKkEmqjVT
The dinner ended up with Velvet's strict mum health education lesson.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLuEM1jKtW
Sorey also shared their discovery of the super spa and introduce Alisha that they met in the shrine. He suggested everyone go there together.
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Maybe I am late again, Merry Christmas! let have more happy moments after all the sadness, to rest after the torture. It is Christmas time after all.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2Bi9fakgN
Although it took 18 pages of the draft in my notebook, I am not sure if it is long, as the chat has a large part and a very large portion is referred from the story of Heavenly Steppes in TOB. Well, most of the conversation I am being very lazy, to cut the description of the action of characters.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQnzZBwE7hT
Talking about the Alisha in this chapter, she is not exactly the same Alisha but to have the same name just to respect the human self she was. I can't let all human companion have the case like Eleanor......so I didn't tag Alisha or Rose in the story. By the way, it is not a really great battle, but the battle to dragon referred from fighting a Nargacugain in MH, and most of the time I just keep releasing the artes in the fight.
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*Maotelus Blessing(to live): a very old setting from Chapter One to meet up illogical body status for the main character but not wanting to over-powered the main characters. Its effects mainly show in the way that the character may get extra lasting time in their body strength even in status like malnutrition, hunger, large blood loss, dying etc., so that the main characters may survive a longer time in danger.
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Extra Lasting Time length is mainly proportional to the Will of Living and also the Will of Maotelus when he blesses the person. It is a skill similar to the skill of “ Battle continuation” in Fate, so it is not equal to invincible status. When the lasting time ended then the person will faint and may die too if they are not helped. It may not be functional every time like when the characters are facing a power much higher than the strength of themselves( in order not to make it too OP!). Its inspiration is actually from “Second Chance” but we have a different effect for me not to want it too OP.
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