CH.431 To the Nixie Clan

CH.431 To the Nixie Clan

That day had started off like any other day. That was until a message popped up in Dungeon Founder.

Alert!A new Dungeon Master has been named for Dungeon 21_013: Nixie Clan’s Hallow PrisonNew Master: IremurStatus: NormalTrapped: No

“... okay. Wonder what is going on with that?” I asked myself, before getting up and heading for the CropFields to check up on Cailie.Alll latest novels at novelhall.com

“... so do you know anyone named Iremur?” I asked Cailie.

“... Yes. He is one of the best hunters in the clan. ... and one of the males my sister enjoys the company of.” Cailie answered.

“One of?”

“My sister isn’t happy with just one man. ... I suppose she is like you, but in reverse. ... and she is a bit more forceful.”

“If she is forceful, then we are nothing alike.” I told Cailie.

“I know... Sorry to compare.”

“No. I understand. ... but why do you think they’d send someone to the Hallow Prison? It isn’t like he is trapped like you were.”

“Probably to confirm that I’m dead.” Cailie said. “Maybe even collect my corpse.”

“... that sounds grim.”

“My sister is ... she is a difficult person. But she does love me, I think.” Cailie said.

“Yeah, I think our views on love are quite a bit different. Abuse, no matter why it is done, isn’t love.”

“... I ... I don’t know. I only knew my clan until ... until we met. And it isn’t like the people in the Hero’s country were all that different. They only cared about me while I was useful. ... other than Ula, but that is because you paid her to care about me. ... and Marin. I think she really made me appreciate what love could be. ... but I’m not sure.”

Marin? I think that was the owner of the herb store Cailie worked at when she lived in the Hero’s country.

“Love is a difficult thing. Honestly, without Lua, I think I’d still be stuck in my own head, not really knowing what I wanted.”

“... I ... Yes. But now I have all of you. I have a new mother, Anemoi. I have big sisters like Gaia and Hegemone. I have a family that cares for me. ... so I don’t need my sister anymore.” Cailie said, and I could hear the determination in her voice.

“But because I have all of you, I know what my clan doesn’t have. They don’t have a good leader. My sister isn’t it. ... At least I think so. And if she sent Iremur just to confirm if I’m dead, that is already proof enough.”

“... so, what do you want to do about it?” I asked.

“We need to confront my sister!” Cailie said.

Getting ready for the trip to the merfolks’ dwelling didn’t take all that long. I just had to prepare some nice deep sea swimsuits for everyone, as well as breathing devices.

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{No need to humble yourself, Prabhu Jala.} Lady Janina answered, and she clearly called the dragon with a name I could understand, since ... Well, I understood the name. {I only came as an escort for Brian and his fiances.}

Oh? So Lady Janina is already calling Cailie one of my fiances? I mean, I have agreed to it, so it isn’t anything that strange. It is just that Alice and Lua still technically haven’t accepted her as a part of the harem, and they do have the final say.

{My Lady? Escorting someone? Who could be that powerful?} Jala questioned.

{Has no one told you about him? Brian, up front. I’m introducing you.} Lady Janina said, and I did as she asked.

Lifting myself up from her back with Telekinesis, I levitate myself up to be next to her head.

“It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance. My name is Brian Wood.” I introduced myself while using a bit of Wind Spirit Magic to make my voice louder. And since Cailie is a half-wind spirit, using Wind Spirit Magic near her is easy.

{He may seem weak, but he is actually quite powerful.} Lady Janina said. {He wields his own unique form of summoning magic that can summon creatures that are almost a match to me.}

{... I ... It is a pleasure, Sir.} The dragon quickly said after hearing Lady Janina’s statement. {My name is প্রভু জল, or Prabhu Jala as you may speak it. Please feel free to call me either.}

“As you wish, Jala.” I decided to go with what is something like his last name. Do dragons have last names? They only really have one name, but it is pronounced in two parts, right? So it is one name, two parts. “We came here in hopes of getting in contact with the Nixie merfolk clan. I hope that won’t be a problem.”

{So that is why I smelled a mermaid. Did you find a runaway?} Jala asked, before he looked over at Cailie. {... wait? I remember you. You are Amilie’s sister.}

Amilie, huh? So that’s her name. Good to know. ... wait. Does it come from Aminah, as in the person who founded the Hallow Prison. Combine that with Lie, which is also in Cailie, to make Amilie.

I wonder if that is somehow related to the fact that Amilie is the leader. Is the Ami name somehow required for them, or is there something more going on?

“Yes, she is.” I confirmed for the dragon. Cailie can’t understand him and without a System Support, I don’t have a convenient route to tell her translations. “I rescued her after she was banished and now we are back here to show her sister just how stupid it was to ever banish Cailie.”

{Banishment... I see. I do not take part in the politics of the clan, but please tell the girl that I apologize. Her voice is quite soothing to listen to, so I always enjoyed hearing her sing. Even if she never performed in front of me.}

I quickly told Cailie what the dragon said, and she blushed, likely remembering those times. I always assumed that she only became a singer in the Hero’s country, but apparently she was dipping her feet into it even before that.

Luckily I didn’t have to translate any more than that, as Jala changed languages from draconic to the merfolk language. Yes, he can speak both, he just didn’t realize two of us couldn’t understand him, because I did.

Cailie told him the story of how Amilie banished her and how she came to live with me. Jala looked a bit ... I don’t think angry is the right word. Disappointed, hearing it. I know dragons have a strong sense of comradery, so maybe because of that.

Adding to that, Jala told us that one of the intermediates is currently guarding a secondary group of merfolk that broke away from the main group under Jala’s protection. The second group wasn’t that old, so it was likely started after Cailie’s second banishment, but we don't currently know why a second group was started.

With the story exchanged, Prabhu Jala gave us free access to the island and the surrounding waters, as long as we didn’t enter the caves owned by him and the other water dragons.

He then said that they would carry us to the island, so we moved from the dragons we had been riding over to the intermediate water dragons. The sky and fire dragons then headed back for the coast, while Lady Janina instead transformed into her humanoid form and also took a seat on the back of one of the water dragons.

Apparently the adolescent dragon wasn’t quite ready to carry the Queen, as when he realized what was going on, he ended up passing out and Jala had to catch him before he plummeted into the sea below.