Chapter 280: Some Interesting History

Chapter 280: Some Interesting History

[Luna POV]

When I left the room I was staying in and walked into the main room of the inn, I found the others sitting at a table and chatting. Soleil noticed me first as I was making my way over to them.

Big sis, whats wrong? (Soleil)

Cant hide anything from you, can I Soleil. Im just a bit stressed out. Tamamo helped me vent so Im doing better for the time being. (Luna)

What can you possibly be stressed about? (Velvet)

Several things, actually. But, and this is Tamamos conjecture, is due to me not being able to see or just be under or in the sky. Not counting the very little time yesterday, its been nearly two weeks since weve gotten here and we havent really seen the sky since we arrived in the first dwarven city. (Luna)

Ah. So thats whats up. Ive been wondering why you seemed a bit jittery lately, but now I get it. Its something to do with one of your Authorities, right? (Skadi)Geett the latest novels at novelhall.com

Yeah. Got any advice? (Luna)

Well, in your case, the best I can say is to just tough it out since you said it has to do with the sky. (Skadi)

Im assuming you went through something similar? (Luna)

Yeah. Though in my case, the process to get used to what youre feeling was as simple as carrying around some sea water in a bottle. And, unless you have some ingenious idea to bottle a small bit of sky, I dont think we can do much. (Skadi)

Hmmm. Bottle the skynope, cant think of anything. Unless, of course, dwarves have some special magic that lets them use the nature of things to forge stuff. (Luna)

What does that even mean nya? (Mio)

Something like using the sound of the wind or something. (Luna)

Still dont get it nya. (Mio)

Anyway, do you still plan on continuing the journey in this country, master? (Ophidia)

Yeah. I want to at least see the capital of every country on this continent before ascending, so until we do that, I think I can tough out this feeling. And if it turns out I cant tough it out, I can just teleport somewhere with a view of the sky for a bit before coming back. (Luna)

We chatted a bit more before we all left the inn to go about the few things we wanted to do in the crystal city. Since there were a lot of jewelers in this city, I visited a few before finally finding one that was able to fix my necklace in a reasonable pace. After that we walked around the city looking for something like a library. Before we found one though, we stumbled upon a plaza that looked like a memorial. It has a large monolith of black marble with names carved into it. Around the monolith were painted stone carvings of what looked like a fierce battle with some kind of octopus monster. We walked closer to the painted carvings and I found some worn down writing carved under the pictures.

Chaos Realm:

Atmos: You know, little Astraea is really well behaved. She hasn't really cried almost at all and she isn't very messy.

Atmos, do you not know what the children between gods are like? After the amount of time you've lived? That's surprising.

Atmos: Hey, children haven't really been on my mind like, at all. It's not like I have any close friends that have had kids either, so all my experience comes from what Grey has told me and what I've observed of mortal children.

Fair enough. Children of gods are not like mortal children, they don't get upset easily, they mature somewhat quickly by mortal standards, and generally are well behaved, though that last one depends on the Authority.

Atmos: What do you mean mature quickly?

I mean, Astraea is going to grow relatively fast up to a point. In the next few weeks, she'll grow to the equivalent of a mortal four year old, where she will remain for a few millennia before hitting another growth spurt.

Atmos: Huh. The more you know, I guess.

It does help. Speaking of which, Astraea, do you want to go see the Sea of Chaos with me?

Astraea: Gah!

I'll take that as a yes.

Atmos: *Sigh* Why do I have to be the only other person here today? While Astraea is cute, her father is getting on my nerves with the doting.

Fenrir: NnnnnnnAH! Eh?

Atmos: Oh, I forgot you were here still.

Fenrir: Um, what happened? The last thing I remember was that Sleep Goddess using my tail as a pillow and then nothing.

Atmos: Oh, you've missed quite a lot.

Fenrir: Care to fill me in? And please start with why the owner of the place has a baby in his arms and a smile that says; "Look upon this adorable being and fall to your knees with joy upon being given this opportunity."

Atmos: How very specific.