Chapter 285: Everyone's Separate Findings

Chapter 285: Everyone's Separate Findings

[Luna POV]

As I made my way to the tower in the center of the city I peeked into a few of the buildings along the way. Most of them were pretty much empty with some small items left behind here and there. Some of the larger buildings which I assumed were nobles mansions had some wonderfully made pieces of art or some kind of pottery or metalwork, but nothing that I saw any value in. I did take any painting I found for Soleil, though. Once I was almost at the tower, I found a building that looked like a large music hall or some kind of theatre.

Come to think of it, I remember looking into some of the music I heard when we first got to the crystal city and was surprised that the dwarves are the race that invented jazz in this world.

I entered the building and after a quick look around the empty lobby, entered the main room. It was a large amphitheater-like structure with a large stage at the center of the room. I made my way to the stage and walked behind the faded curtains and actually found a lot of instruments laying around. A lot of them were broken, but there were a few that could be repaired if brought to a specialist. I collected all of them regardless of their state before going back to looking around.

{Luna, what are you going to do with all of those?}

Have someone fix them and then teach myself to play if I ever get bored. Just imagine it, an entire orchestra made of illusory mes.

{Well, if you ever want to be taught instead of self-taught, I can ask the God of Music if she can teach you.}

If I ever get stuck, then we can do that.

{Alright.}

After that conversation, I continued to look around the place before leaving after collecting a few more instruments. Several more minutes of walking later, I arrived at the gate of the tower.

Fufufu. Time to explore some more.

[Soleil POV]

Me and Velvet were currently looking around the part of the abandoned city that we assumed was either the shopping or entertainment district. We had just left another building that was full of old paper, dust, and rats.

Hey Velvet, this is actually really fun, dont you think? (Soleil)

Yeah. Kind of a shame we cant read any of the papers weve been picking up, but its still fun looking inside old buildings to see if we can find any treasure. (Velvet)

Yeah, though its also kind of eerie. (Soleil)

Hehehe. Are you a little scared, Soleil? (Velvet)

Nope. Just because I said it was eerie doesnt mean Im scared. (Soleil)Geett the latest novels at novelhall.com

Aww. (Velvet)

You know Id dive into your arms if you asked, right? I wouldnt need to be scared to do that. (Soleil)

Yeah, but there is also a different kind of feeling when I ask you and when you do that without my prompting. (Velvet)

Fair enough. (Soleil)

Ooo. Lets look in that building next. (Velvet)

I turned to look at the building Velvet was pointing at to see a three story building with some impressively carved columns in the front of it and a metal sign with more old dwarfish words carved into it. When we went inside, we could hear the scurrying of rats that were running from us when we opened the door. A large cloud of dust was made when the door swung open and smaller poofs of dust were made after our every step.

*Cough cough* So much dust. (Soleil)

Ugh. I feel like Im about to sneezeAnd its gone. (Velvet)

I hate that. (Soleil)

Same. (Velvet)

We walked up to a long desk and climbed over it. We checked every drawer behind the counter but came up with nothing but old inkwells and some quills that disintegrated when they were touched. We then went into one of the rooms in the back and found large bookcases filled with books.

Nice. Into the bag you go, books. (Soleil)

Ill take this side, you take the other. (Velvet)

Yep yep. (Soleil)

As we were throwing books into our storage bags I noticed a strange feeling in the room. I jumped straight back and as soon as I did, spectral hands sprouted from the floor, bookcase, and roof.

Velvet. (Soleil)

Ghosts or maybe wights. (Velvet)

No big deal. (Soleil)

I made several balls of purifying fox fire and attacked the hands with them. The hands seemed to shrivel up in pain before disappearing completely.

Be on guard in case more appear. (Velvet)

Dont have to tell me twice. But its good to know that there are more things here than just rats and dead orcs and trolls. (Soleil)

True. (Velvet)

I cracked my knuckles and started walking back to the worm. When it noticed me approaching, it screeched again and started rapidly approaching me. Just before the worm came into contact with me I sidestepped and threw a punch. My fist sunk into the side of the worm but didnt pierce it. It went flying and only stopped after crashing through several more trees. I jumped over the river that was separating us and I grabbed it with both arms. I tried my best to use the worm as a whip, but since it was to big to do so easily, I instead went for something simpler. I started to spin around using a heel as a pivot before throwing the worm into the air.

While it was air-born, I jumped and kicked it up. It flew higher before getting impaled on the light crystal on the roof. I landed on the ground underneath it and it slowly started sliding off the crystal. Once it did, it let out a weak shriek and just before its head hit the ground, I punched it again. I then used my space magic and punched the air beside me. My fist made contact with the worms head again and it flew back towards me. I continued to punch it back and forth until its head was nothing more than a mound of tenderized meat.

Im still not satisfied. You ruined the whole atmosphere. Give me back my precious time with Skadi. (Ophidia)

Hey, dont act like it killed me or something. (Skadi)

I never implied that. But it ruined the moment AND the scenery. (Ophidia)

Sure, blame the damaged scenery on the worm and not the serpent that kept knocking it around. (Skadi)

Hmph. (Ophidia)

Hehehehehehe. (Skadi)

I crossed my arms and was about to talk more when I saw a tree that escaped the worms rampage. It had some, things, growing on it that Id never seen before.

Hey Skadi, what is that? (Ophidia)

Hmm? (Skadi)

She looked over to where I was pointing.

I dont know. (Skadi)

We both walked over to the tree and I picked up one of the things that was growing on it.

Is it some kind of fruit you think? (Ophidia)

Maybe? Want to bring some back to our partys culinary expert? (Skadi)

Yeah. I have faith that master will be able to figure out what this is. (Ophidia)

Then lets collect as much of this as we can. You know how Luna is after all. (Skadi)

Yep. (Ophidia)

We collected every funny tree fruit(?) we could find before leaving the domed building and heading back towards the inn we made our base. While on the way there, we could hear some sounds and see some flashes of light coming from both the tower and another part of the city in the direction that Soleil and Velvet went.

Seems like they are having fun. (Ophidia)

Yeah. (Skadi)

Should we go help them? (Ophidia)

Theyll be fine. If they needed help, they would have let us know someway or another. (Skadi)

True. (Ophidia)

We continued to walk back to the inn, chatting all the way, my feelings from earlier completely forgotten.

Chaos Realm:

Astraea: Gah!

Order, I think I'm gonna go crazy. Our daughter is so cute that I can't handle it.

Order: I'm of the same opinion.

Astraea: Gu! E...Eve.

...

Order:...

I am both happy and depressed now.

Order: Same. Of all the things she could say for her first word, it has to be the start of the name of her Fated One.

Well, at least she's growing. Soon enough she'll be talking our ears off.

Order: Look at you taking this in stride.

I've come to terms with it, so I'm just going to be happy for Astraea. Won't stop me from getting depressed about it, but happy for her all the same.

Order: That's all we can do as her parents, but don't worry, we still have a while before she's ready to leave us.

Let's make the most of it.