Chapter 110: An Unexpected Question

Chapter 110: An Unexpected Question

Early Evening - Late Spring : Home

"Well how about we head up the mountain. I don't want to miss the sunset afterall." Mother gave me a warm smile and started flying up the mountain.

Getting ready to follow after her, I leaned down and had Ilios jump up on my back.

-Alrighty.- “Hold on Ilios.”

*Fwoosh*

With a strong flap of my wings, I caught up to Mother and landed on the peak with her.

The sun was just about to hit the horizon and the sky had already changed to a light orange so I didnt want to waste any more time.

Once Mother landed, she walked up to the edge and sat down, tapping the ground next to her for me to sit.

As I sat down and started getting situated with Ilios, she looked over and asked, "So how did you like Kaelallan?"

"It was alright. The library was the best part." Truthfully it was those glorious cushions in the shelter but I couldn't say that.

"Oh really? What made you like it so much?"

"Well.." Finally getting situated, I looked out over the ocean that was steadily turning more and more golden. "I just found some information that will help me going forward."

"What was the book about?"

"It was some in depth history about things that happened just before and after the great war related to a goddess called the 'The Goddess of Harvest'."

As soon as I mentioned the great war, Mothers demeanor changed.

"What is it?"

"Once Krystallo wakes up, I need to talk to you two about something that has to do with the great war. When you mentioned the great war, it just reminded me of that, is all."

"Ah.." Noticing it'd be untimely to dig any more, I turned back to look over the ocean and changed the subject. "It's beautiful isn't it.."

"Yeah.. it sure is.."

It was a beautiful sight, -its even more beautiful than normal..- I looked over at mother sitting next to me. -Maybe its because I'm with Mother..- My cheeks slowly warmed up as I turned back to the sunset with a grateful smile.

-Wait what was that?- I quickly turned back to mother, noticing something out of the corner of my eye.

-A.. ship?-

On the horizon was a giant galleon waving an unfamiliar flag.

"Mother?"

"What is it sweetie?"

"Ships aren't normal around here right?"

"No, where we live is extremely isolated so there aren't any trade routes that pass by. Why do you ask?" She looked over and saw me looking over towards the horizon and looked where I did. "A ship?"

"Yeah.."

"Can you see the flag by chance?"

"Kind of.." I strained my eyes a bit to try and see the design but it was useless. -Its too far..- "It's blue with white and green details by the looks of it."

Mother took a second to think. "Maybe Toria? But they were forbidden from coming here.. Can you tell what direction the ship is going?"

"It's coming straight for the mountain."

"How troublesome.."

Seeing the troubled look on Mothers face, I decided to present a possible solution. "Can I try to sink it from here?"

Mothers eyes widened.

"I don't want it to cause us trouble in the future so if we just sink it over deep water.."

Mothers mouth slowly turned to a smile. "How about this, if you can hit it from here in 3 shots, when we go to Bahamut I'll get you something extremely~ tasty."

My eyes immediately lit up as I turned and looked at her with a childish smile. "Really?"

"Do you think I won't stick to my word?" She gave off an air of confidence.

"Hehe, that's a promise!"

-...what?-

Bonus POV:

- Unknown Captain ~

"So what are your plans for the city here, Mister city lord?" I perched my feet up on my desk as I eyed up the well dressed, chubby noble man.

He grimaced as he looked up at me. "I plan to keep my word.. once we get the town going, I will build you a trafficking hub."

"You know, I've been thinking.. I'm taking you on this journey too. I've given you and your knights comfortable beds and supplied them with food for this trip so how about a tip?" I looked at the noble with a greedy smile.

"What kind of tip.."

"Hmm, I wonder.. How about a night with that young maid girl you brought with you.."

"Tch.. disgusting bastard.."

"If that's a no, I'll just turn the ship around. Thanks to a shiny new artifact, we are far quicker than traditional ships so I have no qualms about turning around."

"You know you can't do that, the royal family would execute you on the spot."

"But they'd get you first." Giving a devious smile, I slammed my glass of alcohol on the desk. "So?"

"Fine.. she's yours for the night.."

"Good, good. I hope you dont mind me giving her to my crew after I finish right?"

The noble looked at me with an indescribable disgust.

-Yeah yeah, act like you haven't already laid your fat hands on her..-

*BANG*

My thoughts came to an abrupt stop as the entire ship shook like we slammed into a rock.

The fatty was to first to run out. "What is going o-"

"My lord!" A knight in full armor tackled him before he got out of the door though.

*Bang*

The top half of the mast fell right over where they were, if the fatty wasn't moved he would have been crushed.

The noble man laid there in shock but I didn't waste any time and started to move. "The hell happened?!"

"We aren't sure, captain!"

"Well f*cking figure it out!" I ran up to the front of the ship and looked in the water. -Theres.. nothing..-

Looking up at where the main mast was broken, the wood wasn't just blown away, but it was burnt.

-Just what..- I quickly shook my head. "Well, we aren't far away. We will repair it once we land." I looked back towards the fatty who was still laying on the ground. "Get your 'oh so powerful' knight to come up here and guard from whatever that was."

"R..right! Jeff, protect the ship with your life! If we sink, we will all die!"

"..sure.." Coming up from the lower deck was a muscular, sleepy looking man in loose armor.

-Haah.. I shouldn't depend on that idiot..- "Everyone else, help move the mast so it won't slip into the water and check for other damages."

The crew and knights quickly started moving to my orders as I walked up to the helm. -I cant believe those royal bastards decided to send me out after those sh*tty mercenaries came back empty handed... If they didn't offer me a hell of a lot of money and give me that water artifact to make this trip faster I would’ve just left to a different country..-

Finally at the helm, I looked up over the sea something caught my eye.

A red dot appeared between us and the mountain peak that was just above the horizon.

-What.. is tha..-

Before my eyes, I watched as millions of red balls and shards of light silently ripped my ship and crew to shreds.

I watched the scene as if time had slowed, I even watched as my own body was blown to shreds along with my ship in total silence and without pain.

The scene made my mind go blank with the exception of one thought.

-This must be.. Gods.. wrath..-

*B-b-b-b-b-b-bang*