Chapter 57 - Ferric

Riku and Emma took the right path as Riku was the one who decided it. In order to avoid the possible monsters would approach them, yet, he wasn't still that there was no monster's existence in this path.

To begin their journey. Riku's eyes were widened while looking at the place that new for his eyes. Or to be exact, this was the first time he could see a place like this as he thought this place just existed in the movie.

"This is amazing..." He said in astonishment, then slowly stepping forward to see the place clearly.

The entire place was full of transparent gleaming crystals that released a strong white light, and it seemed this was the main source of light in this cave. In the air, glittering white lights were flying, to describe it, he thought those things were fireflies but it wasn't.

Moreover, this kind of occurrence seemed not new for Emma's eyes as it looked he often to see a place like this. Aside from that, she also looked what was the purpose of those crystals.

"You're quite a surprise in this place, Riku. But I don't suggest staying in this place for a while longer." She said in a serious tone and her eyes didn't last in a certain just to make sure that no monsters would appear in the possible route.

Her words piqued Riku's attention. He spun around and asked her. "Why do you say that, Emma? Do you have an idea what are these crystals?" It appeared that he didn't see this stuff in the several books he had been read.

She slowly nodded her head while her eyes were still didn't stop from moving. "Yes, these are magic crystals, and some of the mages or adventurers used the crystals as a weapon since they can transfer the mana inside your body. Yet, by just looking at it, I already knew that it's a third rate, and most of the monsters are attracted to it." She explained in a serious tone, also, wanted to leave this place as soon as possible.

At this point, Riku immediately understood why Emma was looked at in hurried as she just wanted to avoid the monsters that would surely go in their spot. "If that's the case, Emma, we should keep moving since we don't want to exhaust ourselves from the useless fight." He agreed with Emma's suggestion as they would pass in the new path but before that, he used his sword to take a piece of a crystal as he thought this thing could help him in the other time.

Swish!

Sound of broken glass perceived by their ears, and the magic crystals that were taller than him spilling a white smoke. In the place, where he took some piece.

"We are going straight, Emma." He said, then hid the magical crystal inside his pocket. In his opinion, this crystal could help his invention as it would be the way to automatically pump the water through the village.

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Riku and Emma started to walk again without having a certain destination. In their minds, once they find the Ferric their job in this cave was ended. The smell of wet surface and the sound of their footsteps hitting on it was the only sound they could hear.

Flop! Flop! Flop!

But they knew the wetter the surface, the more chances they could find the materials they were looking for. On the other hand, Riku was wondering where was the origin of this liquid. He was looking around and failed to see the source of water flowing in their feet.

"The temperature in this cave is not too hot and not too cold. Also, impossible to make liters of water in just a simple moist." He said while slowly rubbing his chin. At this point, he can say that there was a source of water that existed in this cave.

Alas, both of them were suddenly stopped, not because they were able to find the ferric, it because the path they were taking was getting tinnier. They were late to realize it as they were busy watching each spot of this cave, hoping they could find interesting materials.

"I'll go first, Riku, just stay in my behind." Emma said in a serious tone, looking at the tunnel where the only way to pass it was to crawl.

He wanted to disagree because of the chances the monsters would attack them in that position. But if Emma was positioned in the front line, he could easily say she can protect him as she was wielding a strong magical power that could burst the monster would appear in front of them.

"Fine, Emma, I'll stay in your behind, but once you see the situation is getting worse. I would never hesitate to take over your position to protect you." He said in a deep tone, then positioned himself to the entrance.

"Don't worry, Riku, I can help myself, just stay in my behind and I promise you I'm here to lessen your job." She smiled at him, then lowered herself so she can crawl inside this bright tunnel.

Yes! Inside this route, there were rounded magic crystals mounted on the wall, and the main reason why they could still be the objects or obstacle in front of them.

Emma entered the cave without having a hard time. And when the moment, Riku was going to crawl his face was getting red, and could not help to take a glance at the other side.

'Brff! What the hell is this? How I'm in this situation if Arisu knows about this. I think she's going to kill me.'

In his point of view, he was seeing Emma's green panty, at the same time, her reddish thick thigh that no one could ever refuse to look at. On top of that, Emma was just wearing a blue-gray skirt so it was impossible to would not reveal her private thing.

"This is Merry Christmas?" He said without being noticed it.

Emma heard him, so she narrowly whirled her head and looked at him with her clueless eyes. "What did you say, Riku?" She asked.

At this time, a lot of scenarios were coming inside his head. Even though Emma said her words calmly, but for Riku that was a seductive tone, aside from that, he thought that the smile given Emma was for this.

He uncontrollably shook his head, knowing that he must stop fantasizing about other women since he already has a fiancee on the earth. 'No, even though Emma was trying to attract me, I should know how far is my limit. This is just a small challenge that I need to overcome.' He uttered to his mind before replying these words to Emma. "It's nothing, Emma, I'm just humming to relax myself. Just focus on this path since we didn't know when the monster would attack us again."

She narrowly nodded her head at him, "I guess you're right. But I would like to warn you that you must not make any sound in this tunnel that could attract the monsters. Remember this place is enveloped, so it means a simple noise could spread throughout the place." She said in a deep tone, then started to crawl in the one hundred-meter tunnel before they reached the endpoint.

"I-I apologize, Emma. L-Let's keep going..." He stuttered as he saw the two sides were hitting each other.

No matter how much you tried to avoid this view, still, it was way looked impossible for Riku to would not do it after seeing how beautiful they were. He was just a man who has needs in life, also, refusing this one was like you were refusing the blessing coming to your life.

And all of a sudden, a soothing smell went to his nose, and the lust he was feeling right now was extremely increased. He gulped a couple of times until he saw the image of Yui smiling inside his head.

He gulped several times, then took a deep breath just to calm himself before he can make appropriate things in this expedition. He slowly opened his eyes and inhaled softly. "Thank you, Hippie, once I back home we are going to have a marriage and have children." He said nonchalantly while having a malicious smile on his face.

And once again, Riku survived the temptation given by the situation in his life. Moreover, his attention darted to the other thing as Emma and Riku now were hearing high pitches sound. Or to be exact, the flash of water that coming from the above and the sound was getting louder and louder as they were attaining a closer distance.

"Falls? It's not impossible to have a fall in a place like this. Also, it must be the main reason why the entire place is so wet." He said in a weak tone before exiting the tunnel and seeing the entire place.

"How about this, Riku? Do you think this ferric is enough with your working invention?" Emma asked him.