Chapter 82 - Aftermath (3)

"If you really entered the Water God's domain, why are you all still alive? The Water God is very territorial and he wouldn't let you all alive once you stepped in his territory; if you even killed enough of his servants and made him angry, you will be targeted until you die. And you said that you came back safe? That's the most ridiculous statement I have ever heard."

"S-sir…," Lance stumbled. "But it is the truth, we came back in one piece. The water god you are talking about was not there when we arrived. Instead, there was a woman that remained still at the center of the dried lake. That's all there is. Besides, I wouldn't think at all that the woman killed that water god. Maybe that god went somewhere. That is the only plausible explanation I could accept."

Sloane, a wise old man, sighed in exasperation as he pinched the bridge of his nose, shaking his head.

"Where is that woman?"

"She would be with Flora, sir."

"Then get her. We will proceed once she is here."

Lance's mouth went agape then said, "But, sir, her job is just scouting and she went on her own without even asking us for permission!"

"Lancelot!" Sloane shouted, making the people present flinch on their seat, then he continued, "Would you think that way when I say that she was the one who saved you all from grave danger?!"

"Sir…!"

"Didn't it occur to you that she went on her own sensing the rage of the Water God on you? That she left for your own good!"

"That… that's impossible..."

"Stop deciding on your own! You even said that to Her Majesty earlier, and now, you are contradicting your words."

"Can't I make assumptions?!"

"That is no longer an assumption, you fool! Get that woman here immediately!"

Lance looked pleadingly at Camellia who was sitting at the head, but all he got was a nod. He sighed then stood up, "I will get her."

"Peacefully, Lancelot."

Lance nodded then immediately went out of the room to search for Emersyn. However, he didn't know where to start looking. He didn't have any information regarding Emersyn since she wasn't really sighted that much in the past few weeks. It was as if she didn't exist here in the first place. It was the same for Flora. She just appeared out of nowhere. Despite having a tail and great figure, she wasn't known by anyone besides Emersyn.

He grumbled in exasperation.

"Just how will I even find that woman…?"

Suddenly, he heard someone exclaim, "Delicious! More!" He looked down at the castle's training ground and saw Flora and Elodiaren eating with the knights and soldiers alongside Emersyn who was quietly eating near the pot filled with beef curry.

"Ah."

Then he immediately ran down and approached the crowd, pushing his way through the encirclement.

"Excuse me! Miss Flora!"

Flora stopped serving someone and looked at Lance with a questioning gaze. She turned to look at Emersyn and the latter looked at her while munching, then she nodded. With that, Flora approached Lance then asked, "What is it?"

"Your master is being called."

Flora's eyebrow twitched. "By who?"

"Sir Sloane."

"I don't know who he is, but he seemed very important. I will tell my master."

"Please do."

Flora smiled then went over to where Emersyn was eating. She seemed to be talking to her as Emersyn was looking at her, confused. Emersyn stopped eating and stood up, handing her bowl to Flora. She arrived before Lance and said, "Lead the way."

Lance was doubtful at first, but he shook his head. This was the woman that endangered their lives and caused the others to lose their life. He turned around and led her towards the meeting room. When they arrived, Lance opened the door and they entered. Sloane, who was quietly sitting, suddenly stood up, his hand fixing his glasses. Camellia's eyes brightened upon sighting that familiar white hair and red eyes. She became elated and offered a seat next to her, but Emersyn politely declined.

"Please state why you called me in this important meeting," she declared from the end of the table.

"Miss Emersyn, I believe that Sir Sloane have something to

ask you," Camellia said as she gestured at Sloane.

Emersyn looked at him and their eyes met for a fraction of a second before she bowed. However, Sloane stayed rooted on his seat.

"I would be honored," Emersyn broke the silence between them.

"Emersyn, I believe."

"Yes."

"Answer me honestly, did you kill the Water God?"

Emersyn stood straight and tilted her head.

"Water God?"

"Yes, a divine existence that can wipe out the existence of humanity."

"If you are talking about that dragon at the bottom of the lake, then no. Rather, it killed itself from its own power."

Lance smirked and the rest were silent.

"Did the Water God's spell collapse?"

"No. He summoned a meteor from outer space and then was hit."

"Meteor? Outer space?"

"A mountain like rock. The space where the stars live."

"As expected of an other worlder… you have extensive knowledge we don't know."

"Yes. You felt that huge tremor, right?"

"Indeed. We felt that. It was as if the world would collapse."

"This is the part of the meteor," Emersyn said as she laid out her hand before the other and a rock suddenly appeared out of nowhere. The people gasped, their eyes wide. However, Emersyn just focused on showing a huge piece of the space rock. "Do you want to take a closer look?"

"Yes… this is a very mysterious rock…," Sloane muttered as he reached out to hold the rock.

"Please, let me hold it..."

"... you sure?"

"Yes, it looks light."

"... uh, no. It's heavy. You'll crush your hand."

Sloane tilted his head. "But it looks light… you are even holding it in one hand."

"... okay, try lifting this from the table," Emersyn said as she gently settled the space rock on the wooden table. However, the moment she let go, its full weight destroyed the other end of the table, toppling it over.

"..." the room was eerily silent. Even Emersyn was silent as she gazed at the rock.

"Ah… ah…," Sloane g.r.o.a.n.e.d. He had no choice but to believe what he already saw.

"I… I'm sorry, I'll fix it right away," Emersyn fumbled. "I didn't know it was that heavy…."

"It's… it's fine, Miss Emersyn. We can replace this table anyway..."

"... this is out of courtesy, sir. This table looks expensive too. With you almost emptying the castle's treasury, you don't want to spend on something like this, right?"

"..."

"I will also demonstrate something that Sir Sloane and the Queen will definitely like."

With that, Emersyn took out a large mana crystal then pressed her hand on it. It broke into calculated sizes, floating in the air. She grabbed a small one and used that crystal's mana to grow a sapling from the dead wood. It grew into shape and, after a few moments of silence and bewilderment, the new side of the table was built. Though they still need to smoothen and burnish it.

"This is the application of mana from the crystal."

Sloane stumbled on his feet as he c.a.r.e.s.sed the new side of the table.

"... this… this is amazing!"

"I was planning to make Cone suggest it to you since the expedition team brought a lot of them from the demi-dragons they killed. He could use the crystal too, but I don't know his proficiency," Emersyn said as she settled her finger on her chin.

"Please… let me see the crystal."

"Sure," Emersyn spread out the right amount of crystal to each of the people in the room. They carefully held the lightweight crystal as they examined it with newfound curiosity. The rest of the crystal dropped on the table, almost filling the surface up.

"Wait, no!" Sloane suddenly exclaimed. "I didn't call you here for this!"

Emersyn smiled lopsided. "Yeah. About the Water God, right? I can bring out its head."

Then the people started complaining.

"Only its head?"

"Why? Did you covet it all to yourself? You must have gotten a very huge crystal than this one."

"That's right! The Water God is an existence in Eucarro! Thus our property!"

Emersyn cupped her chin with her hand and knowingly nodded.

"Alright. I'll bring them all out. We need a bigger room though."

"How dare you order us! Let it all out at once!"

Emersyn shook her head then retrieved the Leviathan's enormous head. It almost covered the whole room and made the room darker. Some trembled in fear from its terrifying expression before it died.

"Put it back!!!"

"..." Emersyn obeyed then rested her hand on her hip. "I told you, we need a bigger room. Besides, you don't have to dismantle its body since I already did it."

"You should have showed us its hand or feet!"

"You are right. Definitely, but why did I take out the head? Cause it's more fun that way~," Emersyn smiled brightly. "I was going to give the monster for free since I was treated so nicely by Sir Sloane, but now, I want you all to pay me."

"... you bastard…!"