Chapter 57 - Just A Void In My Heart

It was Alec who answered her questions : "When a bond is created, the mystical creature or magic beast must obey the bearer of the bond who becomes its master. It must also protect him or her, because if the master of the bond dies, it will die too. On the other hand, if the mystical creature or magic beast dies, the master of the bond will suffer for a few weeks or even a few months, but eventually it will return to normal.

And to answer your first question, to be able to bond with mystical creatures, the mage must at least be a potential level ten. With a potential of level ten, a mage can bond with two mystical creatures or magical beasts. With a potential of level eleven, he can bond with five of them, and in your case the number is unlimited."

Anaya asked very seriously : "Am I a mystical creature ? I mean after all I am the golden dragon, if I am a mystical creature, can I have this bond with Cel ? If she dies i don't wanna live anymore."

Celia suddenly turned her head : "Don't even think about it ! If anything happens to me you will have to take care of our children. Sorry my love, but it's not negotiable, and I never want to hear about it again."

Anaya tried to hide her disappointment, but she also understood Celia's feeling. Her wife had already died protecting her children, she wanted to tell her that she understood and that if anything happened to her she would take care of their children, but Alec began to speak : "Celia the bond that unites a dragon to his or her partner of life is the same as what I just explained to you, if you die Anaya will not survive, on the other hand if Anaya dies you will just feel a void in your heart but you will live."

Celia was horrified she felt like she had just been hit with a sledgehammer : "Just a void in my heart ..."

A laugh escaped unconsciously from her throat, a laugh of pain, she felt like her heart had just been torn from her, she repeated it to make it real : "Just a void in my heart ... it sounds even more cruel said like that. How i m supposed to live with that, just to think about it i m feeling distress."

Celia was trying to come to terms with this truth but it was tough. She asked Alec even though she knew Anaya was going to take it badly : "Is there a way to undo that bond ?"

Anaya exclaimed in shock : "Cel ?"

Liam was also looking at Alec, also wanting to know how deep that bond was it was scary indeed.

Alec replied in a grave tone : "This bond is even more sacred than the one between soulmates, it cannot be undone, and you have to know that even without a life partner's bond, a dragon can only fall in love with one person, only once, when this person disappears, there is only revenge that can keep a dragon alive, once his revenge is accomplished he will end up killing himself to join this person."

Celia wondered if it was the dragon part that was deep down in Anaya who had spoken earlier, she understood better now the strength of that bond.

She simply said to avoid her baby wife to misunderstand why she had asked that to Alec : "I understand better now, and sweetie even if there had been a way to undo our bond I would have never undone it, okay ?"

Celia took Anaya's hand, interlaced her fingers with her, and kissed her hand, looking her straight in the eyes. She tried with that look, to express through her eyes all the love she felt for her.

Liam commented : "Girls, we've just left you two days alone. Cel, can you stop staring at Naya like you're going to devour her. We haven't finished our discussion yet."

Celia stopped looking at Anaya and said : "Alright, alright ! Promise, I'll behave, you can go on."

So Liam continued : "Third, there is a legend that says that the palace of the master of this dimension would be hidden under an extremely powerful force field, and that it would be protected by a level twelve thunderbird.

Thanks to Tal's detailed map, we know where this palace is, besides, I wonder if this thunderbird isn't Tal, what do you think Alec ?"

Alec smiled at him : "I think there is no doubt, the thunderbirds are almost all gone and he was more powerful than us, he also told Anaya they would see each other again soon."

Liam said while his eyes were beaming with excitement : "This palace is the most coveted thing in this dimension, but no one had managed to locate it yet, Tal may have given us its location but in my opinion it will be protected by a force field or a strong illusion spell.

Anaya was excited again : "My love, my love, with your super sensory ability, do you think you will be able to detect this palace, even if it is protected ? I can't wait to see if Arthur is born and if he is fine ?"

Celia smiled at her : "I'll do my best sweetie, after all I see things that other people can't see, so I should be able to detect it !"

Liam said thoughtfully : "I think even if we fail to locate his final position, Tal will come and get us, so don't worry about that.

Okay, girls, we have another problem that isn't really one. There are only two ways to go to the Isle of Death, once in Night city we will need to move on water or fly. Anaya, you now have enough control over your chakra to move on the water, Celia is the problem.

There are two options for you, either we carry you in turn, because moving on the water even at high speed, it will take us at least eighteen hours to get to that island. Either, due to your extraordinary mastery over your spiritual energy, you should be able to make wings to fly, for this you will also have to master the wind element and therefore become a level four mage."

Celia was skeptical : "I have several questions. Why don't we use a boat or a flying bird to get to this island. And, I thought we would arrive directly on the Isle of death, but finally we are going to land in Night city …"

It was Alec who answered Celia : "Indeed we are going to land in Night city, I have a shop there, we can go and sell your magic pills and collect the magic herbs that my men managed to find.

With Liam we calculated that we would arrive four days before the opening of the Isle of Death, that will give us time to check the other participants.

And to answer your first question, all the boats that tried to get to the Isle of Death sank without exception. Since then, all navigation in this area has been prohibited, and anything who can fly, regardless of the breed of the bird, refuses to fly in that direction. We can only use our own abilities to get there. It has always been like this since we discovered this island."

Celia looked at Anaya and suddenly froze, she was checking the level of her baby wife, then she came back to her senses and ended up saying : "I can upgrade to level four whenever I want, and Anaya can also upgrade to level four if she wants too. Sweetie, your color has almost already turned orange, if you want I can send you a burst of energy to help you to level up ... wanna try ?"

Anaya was really curious about how Celia wanted to help her to level up, so she said : "My love, I'm up for it, what do you want me to do ?"

Celia replied with a smile : "Just stay still my baby wife."

Anaya stood in the same position and looked at her wife, the boys were staring at Celia too, what was she going to do again this time ?