Chapter 313: Family Bonding.

Chapter 313: Family Bonding.

Congratulations, Lady Hestia. That was a wonderful show of your skills.

After a rather obtuse winners interview held after our fight, where the announcer kept slipping small insults against our 83 living and 2 dead opponents, we were officially registered into the list of contestants for tomorrow's tournament. Once that awful receptionist realized this, his face began to twitch, as if he was having an allergic reaction while trying to smile and act polite.

With our armlets updated, Fargryneill and I smiled mischievously as the receptionist tried to endure our presence and smugness. My sister had the wonderful idea to continue pestering the guy, flaunting how she would be the winner of the whole tournament and would beat out anybody he sent at her.

Thems fighting words, right? But, I really didnt care as the receptionist tried his best to keep his cool after the announcer dubbed us as some dark horses. The receptionist did fire back, in the end, graciously telling us how the new knight-commander of the Yeoss knight order, or how an ex-Hands of Heaven member would put us into our place. Well, disregarding the sexist remarks he threw at us, it was actually quite informative for us with Fargryneill annoying him.

Oh really? Oooh, sounds exciting! Thanks for the info, scale-gifter.

Scale-gifter? Question marks formed above his head as we turned around.

We left him flabbergasted with that nickname and went to get some fresh air. When I asked my sister what that meant, she gave me a weird look before shrugging.

Essentially, giving other dragonkins your scales was considered a sign of trust or loyalty, so a scale-gifter was someone who didnt care about this meaning and gave them out to everybody. Scales were a sign of power and prestige for us dragonkins, and were also our last line of defense. As such, the term scale-gifter was like being called naive, gullible, or even slut at worst. It means leaving your guard down.

In any case, as we left the queue area, Mother and the rest came over to congratulate me. Tasianna handed me a fragassa smoothie as a freshener, while Rajah ran over to the twins looking for more praise after his spectacular first performance as my tamed companion. As I smiled from the sweet rejuvenating taste of the smoothie, I noticed Mother and Fargryneill had started to talk.

Melloxtressa, well, Empress, I guess. Fargryneill tucked her tail in between her legs and gave a deep bow. It is an honor, elder scale.

Ahh, Fargryneill! Yes, I saw you with my little daughter in the fight. Your moves reminded me of Yuilengreill quite a bit, dear. Ive only seen her fight in her proper form, but your control of the dragon paths was still quite impressive, Mother praised her as part of her greeting, looking happy to meet my half-sister.

Hold on, why is she looking like that?! I noted Mother wearing a wide brim hat made from mana threads now, looking more and more like she was in full vacation mode. I did not say anything, but I was really reconsidering the true meaning of my Divine Quest.

Oh, you fought my Mother? Fargryneill tilted her head.

More like she and the other Empresses helped me settle down a bit when I was on a rampage, hohoho. Eltharion had to stop me before it got even worse, Mother giggled.

Hmm, I can imagine that. Father is the only one strong enough on Miononbolax to stop a natural disaster like you, elder scale. Sister nodded her head as if it was the obvious thing in the world, before suddenly turning her head over to me, still enjoying my drink. So, whats the deal with this one, then? Smells like you and Father, thats for sure, but no way can she be like this when youve only been with Father for only under 20 years.

In other words, she wanted to hear the long story. Her suspicion probably grew even more after I won our challenge. When I got that win, I could hear her grinding her teeth as she looked at me like a poor loser. Note to myself, Fargryneill was extremely competitive.

Lets go somewhere else to talk, I suggested. Mother concurred.

Yes, do you also have a great appetite like Yui? I know this really good honey-roasted apple stand you might like.

Are honey-roasted apples her new favorite food? Or did she mention those specifically for a different reason?

Oooh, right, the festival. I didnt have the time to check it out, but bulking up before training later sounds good. Fargryneill nodded before looking like she just remembered something. Give me a moment. I need to speak with somebody.

She then tilted her head a bit to the side as before her eyes widened as she recognized somebody behind me. She ran over to that person, roughly around her height, lingering around next to a wall, almost as if they were waiting there for my sister specifically.

The person she was talking to was covered from head to toe in brown and red armor made with hide, carapace, and tempered bones from monsters. A single claymore or maybe zweihander, at the very least a greatsword, was strapped on their back, while another sword could be seen on their hips, but for some reason, it had a strange 25-degree bent for a tip. Without Grimnir around, I couldnt tell what sorta weapon it was.

After the two finished speaking, they fist-bumped each other and parted ways. When Fargryneill returned, I asked her who that was and she mentioned it was her travel companion shed met two years ago.

Renee comes from Yeos. Wanted to look around the city, and we planned to do it together. She shrugged. Family comes first, though.

Oh, is that person the travel companion Yeostar mentioned?

I tried to apologize to her for interrupting her time with her friend, but she waved it off, saying she was more curious about her little adorable sister. She mentioned only having experienced being the little sister to our eldest sister, so now she wanted to see how it felt to be the big sister. She patted my back and pointed to the exit, saying it was time to have fun after a well-earned victory!

And she wasnt kidding when she mentioned having fun, cause it came to me as a big surprise at how much of a party animal she was. And not as a drinking maniac like some frat boy she hated alcohol just like me but she was such a glutton, I thought she was inhaling her food at how fast she ate.

It was a bit too bad for Tasianna and Rajah, but we dragonkins ended up holding a series of eating contests to see how much we could eat, to the point I was actually getting a bit worried about our purse; thankfully the street food was super cheap. Which meant my own weight was starting to be a point of worry for me!

Just like during my initial rounds with my group around the festival parts of the city, the fact I had an important Divine Quest was slowly slipping from my focus. I was having too much fun to worry about the seriousness of the situation. I only started to feel guilty once we finished our festival trip and got onto the ship departing for Karhalanteel island.

Verdammt! I did it agaaaaaaaain! I fell on my knees while drinking an orange juice we bought from the port, dismayed at how I was treating everything like a vacation again.

Mother and Sister were both terrible influences.

Come now, to me! Beasts of the jungle! Defend me!

You are underestimating my ice if you believe your water summons can stop me, Saint Kushlekzar! Me, the frost nurtured by the winter herself!

On an ice platform further off from the beach of the warrior priest island, a fairy in the form of a wind elf and a raptorsilian were sparring. However, while they were both mages, the clash between them wasnt done only through projectile and blast spells, but also large elemental constructs.

Wind and water followed their commands, creating something like a maelstrom where the ice platform was the eye of this storm. Although I was watching it from afar, I could feel the intensity as a giant ice serpent clashed against a water-born flying snake in the sky. On the platform itself, ice golems wrestled against what seemed like a platoon of dinosaurs.

Regardless, while this was already astounding enough, there was a reason for this maelstrom I mentioned. [Storm Magic], [Torrent Magic], and [Ice Magic] spells and other custom spells wreaked havoc in the area like a natural disaster. Tasianna and Master werent taking this match lightly, having put their pride as mages on the line to see who was more powerful.

A saint of Xohulotel versus my maid. Quite a show.

From the look of it, Master was slightly winning purely thanks to his more varied custom spell arsenal, even having a scalding water spell to counter ice mages. Tasianna was using her training from the twins and Mother to its fullest, but Master was weavingspells even while constructing and repositioning his army of water dinosaurs.

What a fitting unique skill for the dinosaur priest.

Glory of Aelozonia

The primeval prowess of the jungles of the continent of Aelozonia in one skill. Called upon by Xohulotel, the owner of this skill can invoke the native creatures of Aelozonia with the power of water to fight by their side either as water golems, or as a spell buff when cast in a ritualistic manner. The amount of summoned creatures corresponds with the level of this skill x2

This was Master Kushs unique skill gained from becoming a blessed, which also allowed him to take the new Job [Primal Summoner], which further increased the amount of summons he could field while also increasing the golems stats depending on how many he had summoned.

T-Rexs,stegosauruses, and many other dinosaurs were being made to fight for him, while at other times, he would infuse their ferocity in himself or his allies to grant them any of his beasts' strength. If he buffed somebody with an ankylosaurus, for example, a hard carapace made from water would form on his body as his Vitality and Wisdom skyrocketed.

In a way, it was similar to my [Idol] as both skills had both offensive and supportive usages. Tehmrayn called mine a more Saint-like unique skill, which didnt fit a Champion. After I asked him about it, he elaborated that a Champions unique skill was so focused on its combative performance that some would forgo using it in random matches to prevent collateral damage.

I mean, it didnt seem too impressive when he first mentioned it. I wouldnt use my spell songs in every fight. For example, I didnt use them today. However, Themrayn still insisted once the time came, he would show me what the true power of a Champion was.

Well, if you can overpower something like my [Solar Beam], then sure, I guess? I thought it seemed a bit exaggerated. I had seen my share of land destroying abilities before.

Hey, dont move your arm like that! Youre gonna rip a tendon after your 100 strike with that form! You are slashing flesh, blood, and fat! You cut properly, or you will dull your blade!

Yes, move your arms like that! Momentum is important. Cleave into the ribs, pull it out, and then decapitate! All in one swift move!

While those two mages were having their little training session, I turned my head around to watch Krim-Slak and Grazlahta training the warrior priest in the place of Jethro, who hadnt come back from the royal castle yet. Seeing as the warrior priests were part of the islands defenses, the saurians found it important to train their companions.

It also helped that the warrior priests were actually getting along with the saurians, respecting them as fellow warriors. Due to the saurians' relationship to Master as his guards, the warrior priests bonded over the fact they were all religious fighters. They might belong to two different churches and races, but nobody could argue the saurians were unworthy. Like Master, they were all over level 100.

Just two more levels and I can reach that point, too!

Hmmm. Wow I honestly didnt expect to hear something like that. Damn!

Haaa, if on Woooah! For some random reason, Fargryneill suddenly embraced me, squeezing to the point I felt I was being squished!

Oof?!

I was that close! So close! I spent some time in Artorias, and if I had known, I could have looked for you! Your egg, Hestia! Her embrace became even tighter as if she was hugging a teddy bear. I didn I am sorry! I didnt know you were lost! I only knew your mother was pregnant. No wonder shes following you around like this

Her warmth, her sincerness, and her love came off as she expressed her regret. Despite my worries, Mother told me I could trust Fargryneill, as she knew Neill's mother well enough to confirm what we learned about my sister in our outing today. Fargryneill was brash, flamboyant, and competitive to a fault, but like most dragonkins, they valued their blood relatives extremely.

As such, I told her everything. About me being born in the Belzac forest, having never visited Miononbolax or met my dragon father, and only knowing Mother a few months ago. She was devastated when she heard everything, never knowing that my egg was laid nor that it went missing.

My sister was 26, and left for her adulthood pilgrimage at 20, about six years after Cernust left for his. She was in the middle of her [Battle Frenzy] training, but chose to halt it after something happened during the training, something which she wasnt willing to divulge. She became silent afterward, only to suddenly give me a fat bear hug.

Oi! M-My spine! I cant breathe! I struggled to free myself, but her grip was too strong! I had to escape her embrace by humanizing quickly into my minor form and then back to moderate, using the size changes to slip through. Haaahahahaha jeez! Are you trying to kill me here?!

Ahaha S-Sorry, she apologized with a wry grin before scratching her arm in embarrassment, before readjusting her yukata and jacket to cover up her chest.. It was a It still is a bit hard to digest, honestly. Youre a young. A whelpling. And, youre already this strong! Regardless of being the daughter of the two strongest dragons in the world, being blessed by three gods, and being an otherworlder, I cant help but feel a bit envious.

I could her Mother and Sis speak behind me, but I had to ignore them to handle this discussion first. Duty before fun, I guessed.

After it was done, Fargryneill told me she had to return, wanting to train a bit. I told her to visit when she could and she simply shrugged. She departed back to mainland with the ship, as the rest of us could simply fly back if we needed to.

While we were still on the island, I asked Master and Mother for some training. As much as I felt a bit overwhelmed in all of this, with my scheduled pack full, I had to also focus on training. I had to become stronger and I needed to further my magic studies. Not to mention, kill merfiends to level up already.

But, as you would expect, a single night wasnt enough to do too much. Only enough for me to feel confident as the next day began. The day of the royal battle was about to begin.

Goooooood mooooorning, bloooood enjoyeeeeeeeeers! Citizens of Yeos! Let it be known on this beautiful day that Yeostar watches upon us! This tournament where his new CHAMPION. WILL. BE. KNIGHTED!

The crowd, the announcer, the crackling contestants. Everything was loud.

LET THE FIRST DAY OF THE TOURNAMENT OF THE STARS BEGIN!

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