Chapter 97: My first Davi.

Chapter 97: My first Davi.

On the same day the saurians left with the people from the other village, the mercenaries and Count Helvas party left also. While saying goodbye to the mercenaries wasnt anything spectacular, I was quite surprised to see Count Helvass transportation method. I thought they would use their carriages to travel toward the capital of Artorias, Griffonpeak, but I was wrong. Befitting the capitals name, an actual eagle-lion hybrid griffon appeared!

Stormfeather Griffon

A feathered monster with the head and wings of a majestic eagle and the body of a mighty lion. These large griffons possess wings with the ability to adjust themselves quickly to rapidly changing turbulences, enabling them to traverse through even the most turbulent windstorms. Their feathers enable them to send out gusts of wind to topple aerial opponents before striking them down with their sharp talons. Rank B

Similar to the wyverns I met in Belzac forest, this griffon was around the size of an elephant. It had long, powerful brown wings like those of a bald eagle, while its body had the musculature of a lion with sharp talons on its front legs and lion-like hind legs and a tail. Instead of a mane of fur, brown feathers covered its chest and neck, giving off a regal aura whenever it puffed them up. It looked exactly the way fantasy novels always described them.

Curious about the griffon, I sneaked up to the Counts house with Saori and Tasianna following me. We watched how Count Helvas appeared out of the house, donning a suit of armor riddled with dents and scars only a veteran warrior could possibly have, and greeting his griffon with a wide smile. Always on time, my partner, he said before mounting it.

Countess Helvas and Jonathan, their son, left the house also. As no other griffons were there, I thought they would travel with the carriage while Count Helvas would either travel to the capital without them or join them as a guard. However, against my expectations, both the Countess and Jonathan took out brown statues and poured mana into them, making them grow into brown griffons.

Gargoyle Manatech Statues

A manatech created through a combination of technology and alchemy using monster parts to create the form of a monster. By pouring mana into them, these statues can grow in size and perform whatever simple motions their referenced monster can do, but only when they are attached to their masters. These gargoyles do not possess a will and lack advance combat features

Gargoyles: stone statues that would awaken into fierce monsters when mana was injected into them. Fantasy novels always had them as guardians of a sorcerers estate, defending their masters belongings with fierce loyalty until they were destroyed. I wasnt expecting to see them here, but neither was I prepared to see a griffon.

Countess Helvas, in an outfit suitable for flying, and her son both mounted their gargoyles and set off with Count Helvas into the sky, only escorted by two knights on their own gargoyles. Weirdly enough, before they left, I had the feeling the griffon was looking in our direction butthat couldnt be it, right? Saori, Tasianna, and I all had our stealth skills activated, so we should have been impossible to detect. Somehow, I felt a bit of hostility from the griffon, but that had to be my imagination, right?

Strangely enough, during that whole event, Ellaine wasnt joining them in their travels but was the one saying goodbye to her family with Barathan. Carriages were then prepared, which I thought was Ellaines travel method, but only Countess Helvas head maid and a few other servants entered them as they departed with a few soldiers as their escorts. Later, I learned they were also traveling to the capital, where they would serve in the counts mansion there.

Once Ellaine returned inside the mansion, with a dejected expression similar to an abandoned puppy, our party left the mansions vicinity. We returned to the same area where the fishing from yesterday happened and resumed what we did with the villagers. The number of streaming barracudas hadnt decline, to everybodys joy.L1tLagoon witnessed the first publication of this chapter on Ñøv€l--B1n.

The next day, the 30th, the villagers couldnt join us due to the higher ranked barracudas appearing today. Large ones like those [Moss Stone Barracuda]s would appear today, so only the three of us could physically fish them without endangering ourselves. Thankfully, as nobody would be watching us, I could finally unleash my pent-up excitement and fish up an amount worthy for a feast. What I consider a feast, mind you.

The day after that, AutumnMoon 1st, Ellaine returned to supervise me. She greeted me with Barathan after we finished breakfast, followed beside me as we walked to the villages gate, unnerving the villagers. With them, we strolled into the forest, giving them a front-row seat of our training sessions. She barely said anything during training, but I could see the visible shock in her eyes when one of us cast a high leveled or compound spell, like lightning or ice.

Hiding our power was an option, but I needed to let off some steam. Becoming a [Young Sunfang Dragon] has certainly calmed me down more but Ive noticed myself acting a bit more arrogant when Im annoyed. There was no need to risk [Battle Frenzy] and we three needed training. Our stats and skills increased so it was rewarding, nonetheless.

Multiple proficiency requirements fulfilled. [Long-Range Spell Enhancement Lv. 2] [Air Walk Lv. 4] [Thought Acceleration Lv. 3] gained

Lady Hestia, this might be presumptuous of me, but you are aware dark elemental magic isnt favored by the church, right? It surprises me one of your retainers is a dark mage, Ellaine suddenly mentioned after my spars.

Do your spies not use it? I asked cautiously.

She shook her head, Our house doesnt, no, but thats because hiring an arcane rogue is quite difficult due to the church. You might not be an actual priestess but seeing a holy mage together with a dark mage isunusual.

This reminded me of the time I met the lizardmen and learned of their fear of holy mages. While dark magic practitioners werent outlawed in Artorias, they werent popular among the more fanatical followers of Aurena. The reason being Origin God Marsven and his subordinate gods. I guess having the goddess of monsters as a wife and a daughter responsible for the creation of the grimgarians might be reason enough for the church of Aurena to ostracize them.

Ellaine, herself, didnt have a strong opinion on the subject. Her mother came from the Morgiana duchy. House Morgiana focused on the arcane, so they and the noble houses serving under them are favorable towards all Origin Gods. Her opinion as a mage was also influenced by her time at the royal academy at the kingdoms capital, where no element was prohibited.

Huh, I guess even medieval times had an understanding of school, at least for the nobility.

The academy begins again in SpringSun, and I would love it if you would join me, at least, for a tour. Considering your display just now, I honestly believe you might be superior to my professors, which will garner you exceptional esteem from other nobles, Ellaine mentioned with wonder.

Thank you for the praise, but I dont know if Ill have the time nor opportunity, I declined with a faint smile from the compliments.

On the next day, Ellaine took me to her mansion before I trained, and was still clean from my morning bath. Due to my actions on the first day of the barracuda migration where I healed somebody, I had to be paid for granting the white grace. I initially wanted to decline the payment but the words of Count Helvas were still vivid in my memories, so I accepted it. Im a good girl, I dont want trouble.

Saori, who accompanied me, was shivering with delight at the sight of money. If we were at home now, I bet she would take the purse away and start counting it or maybe cuddle with it as she fell asleep. Somehow, I had that image in my head. She was so relieved that our coffers finally werent empty anymore.

While I was there, I also asked Ellaine how money worked. Initially, she was quite surprised I didnt know how Davi, the universal currency of this continent, worked but I quickly explained I was used to a different kind. Accepting my excuse, she nodded. With a slight move of her hand, Barathan moved forward, took out a small pouch, and spread a few coins on the table.

Then, please, allow this humble servant to educate her Grace, Barathan announced, before ordering Ellaines personal maid to bring the gold coins.

On the table, an assortment of coins colored in copper and silver laid before me, with the majority being of silver.

I did see these coins when Colwyn showed them to me but back then I had literally no idea what they meant. Learning how to use money is a necessity.

As you might be aware, Davi is a currency introduced to us by the dwarves, as they are the leading force when it comes to minerals and metalwork. All human nations have adopted it as their national currency to ease trade with the dwarves, Barathan explained. To begin, this small copper coin is worth one Davi.

The small copper coin looked simple aside from an insignia with a shield and hammer in the middle of it. The medium copper coin was worth ten Davi, with an appearance similar to a Japanese ten yen coin, while the large copper coin was a little larger and worth a hundred Davi.

Ah, thank you, Barathan thanked the maid, accepting two gold coins from her. Now where were we? These are silvite and goldite coins, a creation of the dwarves made by mixing silver and gold with impurities. My warning might be redundant, but please be careful not to melt them. Due to the impurities, the worth of the minerals inside of it is vastly inferior compared to using the coin outright.

I might not know what went through the minds of the creators of these coins, but mixing impurities inside of them to prevent them from being melted was ingenious. Although, considering dwarves in fantasy novels were usually extremely prideful of their work, maybe their intention was simply to prevent people from ruining their work?

Regardless, back to the coins. A small silvite coin was a thousand Davi while a large one was ten thousand. A small goldite one was a hundred thousand and a large one was worth a million.

The price for the white grace depends on the spell cast during the healing. They work on the different tiers of the heal spell and if [Cure] was needed, Ellaine explained. [Minor Heal] would cost 200 Davi, [Moderate Heal] is 1500 Davi, and [Major Heal] is 5000 Davi. Youve used [Major Heal], yes? And also a custom spell Ive never seen before, which means I owe you

200 Davi is enough for me, I answered before Ellaine could speak. Casting a single [Major Heal] barely puts a dent in my mana capacity, and my [Sanctified Blaze] acts similarly to a [Cure]. Besides, that man wasnt in critical condition and I use [Major Heal] liberally due to my mentioned reason.

Its more cause I cant use [Minor Heal] and [Moderate Heal] anymore due to Shiternos idiocy, but I cant say that here. Who would believe me having [Sacred Magic] but not [Holy Magic] anymore?

That is unacceptable, Lady Hestia. I will agree to your offer but as you have cured him of [Poisoned], I must insist you take the price of a single [Cure] cast, which is 500 Davi.

And with that, our group was 700 Davi, or seven large copper coins, richer now, yay. Apparently, bread was worth around five Davi per loaf according to Barathan so we had quite a nice amount. However, when I said that at home, Saori began scolding me for not thinking it through, that I forgot about the other costs of living. Urgh, getting scolded sucksespecially when I didnt care that much about the subject. I could always earn more money with my magic.

And thats exactly what I did the next day. When I walked around the villages perimeter, I noticed how flimsy the wooden walls were and thought, wouldnt stone walls work better? And so I asked Ellaine.

She wasnt convinced about it initially, but when I started mentioning I could create a [Terra Wall] strong enough to block most fire spells and argued it could prevent attacks on the village, she accepted. I also offered to do it for her mansions walls, but it seems they were already fortified by a terra mage. Damn.

Still, I earned five small silvite for the whole procedure which means my party had 5700 Davi in total funds. Usually, this sorta task would require multiple mages to do but I can do it by myself in a single day. Now, Carine village was supported by a [Terra Wall] made by me, hie hie.

Also, I finally took the chance to ask Ellaine if I could build my concert stage inside the village. Ive only been preparing the songs and dance choreographies these past days, I completely forgot about the venue; without a stage, I wouldnt be able to call it a proper idol concert. Ellaine suggested building it in the area where I always gave my sermons, as it was the largest unoccupied space in the village. The village used to have a church here, but it was burned down during the bandit attack and hasnt been rebuilt due to a lack of masons and earth mages.

The stage itself was kept simple. I only needed a platform, really. Of course, I havent forgotten about the lights and other necessary equipment to show Peolynca what a true idol concert would look like, but I can solve this problem later with my spells and scale-dust. I was a one-woman team right now, at least until I can figure out how Saori or Tasianna can help me. It was honestly a skeleton crew, but all this concert needed right now were my parallel minds and me, the idol.

Weve been promoting it around the village, and considering were doing it here, there will be a high chance that all villagers will join aside from the small children, I informed Ellaine. It might become crowded, but I would be delighted if you could join, I told her with a wink.

New years eve, correct? Ive heard you play the geigler, but I would love to hear your singing voice, Lady Hestia, Ellaine replied as a connoisseur of music.

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