Chapter 95: Oracle

Chapter 95: Oracle

Although the techniques that she had managed to acquire from the 'Tower of Solitude' were far better than she expected, Evelyn had actually been quite worried about making the 'wrong choice' when it came to actually allotting them.

It was a welcome relief when she discovered that Vivian really was quite 'compatible' with Eternal Ember, as she had just gone on a hunch based on her main talent being 'pyromaniac'.

Amara, on the other hand, hadn't shown any outstanding abilities in terms of spirit power. This made it much more difficult for Evelyn to judge which technique would be best suited for her.

Now that she had a positive response from the girl, however, Evelyn couldn't help but smile. "So, are you happy with it?"

Amara nodded. "Very much so. To tell you the truth, at first I was truly a little regretful, thinking that maybe I should have gone for a more offensive technique, but after talking about it with Oracle, I realized that this was actually far more suited for my needs."

Halfway through their talk, Vivian also woke up from her well deserved nap after watching over her sister almost all night. The little girl tugged at Amara's sleeve curiously. "Who's Oracle?"

Amara patted her little sister's head fondly. "The creator of the 'Arcane Archive', Oracle."

Vivian immediately grinned. "Oh, like the fire auntie? Cool. Reminds me, I forgot to ask her name."

Evelyn couldn't help but be startled. "You can talk to her, Amara? Ah, did she leave some way to communicate with her for you?"

The smaller redhead pouted, feeling ignored. "I can also talk to fire auntie! Is that special?"

Evelyn hadn't meant to ignore the little girl, she was just too focused on what Amara had said. She couldn't help but sigh. "No, Vivi How do I explain this? The 'people' inside the cultivation arrays are like puppets. They only behave in a set way, and can't really think for themselves."

Vivian scratched her head, confused. "But auntie praised me! She said I was the most explosively fun kid she ever had!"

The pink haired girl nodded. "Mhm. That means you passed her 'test' with flying colors, probably exceeding all the 'standards' she had set. That's pretty amazing, actually."

Vivian couldn't help but pout, wondering why no one believed her. "Uuuh Auntie is not fake I don't believe it!"

Evelyn didn't know how else to explain it to Vivian, since the girl was apparently convinced that she had a dialogue with creator as well, even though all her 'responses' could have been 'pre-configured'. At least, none of what Vivian had told proved otherwise.

This was why, since she already had some reliable friends, wasn't it for the best to have them diversify their skills, so they could cover each other's shortcomings?

She would obviously not force them to go in a way that went contrary to their growth though. That's why she gave Vivian the 'Eternal Ember' despite it being almost purely for offense, same as the Thundering Fury and her own 'Searing Soul'.

To put it simply, a high level assassin was probably still a better 'tank' than a low level knight.

The older redhead grinned. "I'm quite curious, though, how did you know that the 'Arcane Archive' would be so perfect for me?"

Evelyn couldn't help but blink. "Hm? Didn't you get convinced by what Cecilia said? About that senior professor in the Maker's Mansion?"

Amara coughed, looking a little embarrassed. "No, well, maybe partially. Mostly I just went with it because it was your choice."

The pink haired girl had that hunch, but still felt a little happy when Amara admitted it. After all, it felt good to be so 'valued' that her friend would put so much weight on her thoughts, even when making such life changing decisions. "Oh To be honest, I don't think you're the type who would be suited to offensive techniques."

The redhead blinked curiously, wondering if Evelyn thought of her as 'motherly' or something just because she was her 'nanny' while growing up. "You think so?"

Evelyn nodded. "Mhm. Thundering Fury is definitely amazing, even being grade eight, and maybe even the grade nine Eternal Ember would be alright for you, but I don't think you'll make much progress with them."

Amara tilted her head, wondering if that was how she really felt, or if her friend was just too embarrassed to admit the real reason. "Why not?"

Evelyn hadn't actually wanted to 'expose' her thoughts on the matter at first, especially since it could be considered as looking down on Amara in a way, but since Amara asked, she decided to just put it out there. "Because being with you for so long, I understand you a little by now, alright? Remember that time when Tristan hit you with a rock on the head? You just focused on defending me, and didn't even think about retaliating."

Amara couldn't help but be slightly embarrassed. Although she could try explaining that she would definitely do things differently had it been an actual enemy, she understood what Evelyn was trying to say.

Even if the pink haired girl could also be said to have the same motivations, the way she handled things was completely different from Amara. Evelyn was the type to always prioritize destroying her enemies instead of just dealing with the immediate threats, unless she was powerless to do so.

Evelyn didn't want her friend to dwell on it too much, so she waved her hand. "That's not the only reason, of course. Another is that since you're going to be with Vivian most of the time, and she's going to be almost completely focused on being a dedicated attacker, doesn't it make sense to learn something else?"

Regardless of her friend's 'true thoughts', Amara was of course grateful for being given such an opportunity. After all, where else would she find a decent cultivation technique for herself? She had never even dared to dream such a day would come, much less so soon.