bookpower Chapter 74- Tasty Treats and Magical Explosions
Chapter 74- Tasty Treats and Magical Explosions
Chapter 74- Tasty Treats and Magical Explosions
[Keeno POV]
Another two days passed as we continued on our way out of Vanir. Pram and I were doing quite well with the weather being sunny, while Freya was, for some reason, a bit uncomfortable with it. When we asked her about it, she said that, while knowing it was the case, it’s a lot stranger experiencing extended periods of time without the sound and feel of rain like in other countries. It was at that point that I couldn’t hold back my curiosity anymore.
“Hey Ama, do you know why it rains so much in Vanir anyway?” (Keeno)
{It’s the part of this continent that the rain and storm gods love. I don’t know why they love it; they just do. And if you think Vanir was bad, just wait until you get to Tamist. They love that country too, so much so that it’s basically a country sized mire.}
“...” (Pram)
“...” (Freya)
“Will we need to go there?” (Keeno)
{There is a Dead Zone there.}Alll latest novels at novelhall.com
“...” (Keeno)
“Keeno, when we eventually get there, will you just heat up everything so that it all goes away?” (Pram)
“That sounds like a good plan, Pram. I think I’ll do that.” (Keeno)
{The Dead Zone compounds it, so you won’t be able to do that. Don’t ask me why it does that, it happened after the core became simple Divinity.}
“Oh, is that why Fia had to go around inspecting the Dead Zones?” (Keeno)
{One reason. The other is that it kept her busy. You know she doesn’t like sitting still.}
“True.” (Keeno)
“Yeah, if Fia ever get’s a lover, they’ll have to be good with moving around a lot.” (Pram)
“I can’t comment since I’ve only ever heard of Fiametta.” (Freya)
“You’ll meet her one day.” (Keeno)
{Yep. Be it either before or after Keeno fully ascends or not, I feel like the two of you will get along quite well. Especially since you’ll both be Sun Apostles.}
“Well, if all of you say that, then I guess I should look forward to meeting her.” (Freya)
We continued for the rest of the day sharing some fun conversation. When it came time to set up camp, we found a nice spot next to a big tree close to the road. While setting up, I looked up at the tree branches and saw that there were several fruits hanging from the branches. They were small apple-like fruits, though they had a poisonous purple color.
“What are you looking at?” (Freya)
Freya looked up at what I was staring at and a small smile spread across her face.
“Oh, I didn’t think there was a lesh tree this far inland.” (Freya)
“Lesh?” (Keeno)
“It’s a fruit that normally is only grown near the border with Odeen. Despite how they look, the fruit is extremely delicious. It’s to the point where there are debates on how best to eat one. One side believes it’s best to eat it like it is, while the other says that adding salt makes it a thousand times better.” (Freya)
“And what side are you on?” (Pram)
“No salt. In my opinion, it masks the natural sweetness too much. Plus, why would anyone like salty fruit?” (Freya)
Hearing that, Pram looked at me and I nodded.
“Huginn, Muninn, mind getting some of those fruits down for us?” (Keeno)
The two hopped out of my tails and flapped up to the branches. They then pecked at some of the stems, dropping the lesh fruits down to us. I caught them and handed them over to Freya and Pram before catching a few more. Once we were satisfied with the number, Huginn and Muninn flew back down to us and looked expectantly at me.
“Yes, you two, I’m going to share with you.” (Keeno)
We all sat down and, after cleaning them a bit, we all bit into the fruit.
‘...Watermelon...it tastes like watermelon, very, very sweet watermelon.’ (Keeno)
{What’s a watermelon?}
‘A fruit from my old world. Green on the outside, red or sometimes yellow on the inside, sweet, normally, oval shaped, and a normal sized one is about the size of a human’s head.’ (Keeno)
{Interesting.}
We all enjoyed our fruit and I had Huginn and Muninn help in getting us a few more down from the branches so we could keep them for later. After that, I sat back down and started to concentrate on my training. I had a ball of my blue flames floating above my palm. I continued to add more and more mana to it while also trying to make it smaller and more compact. It was going well for a few minutes before the ball started to warp. I then sent it as far up into the air as I could before it exploded. High up in the air, the ball rapidly expanded, and everything lit up like it was day again. Then the sound hit. A sharp pain in my ears is all I felt. My vision swam a bit and I held my ears down, hoping it would help. It did not. When I looked up, I saw Pram and Freya doing the same while Huginn and Muninn were sprawled out on the ground.
“ ” (Pram)
“ ” (Freya)
‘I can’t hear anything.’ (Keeno)
‘Keeno! What was that!?’ (Pram)
‘Magic practice. It was a failure.’ (Keeno)
“All that aside, Keeno, as your best friend and healer of our party, I say you sleep. No complaining, no excuses, sleep.” (Pram)
“I hear you, but I can’t really move. If I do, I feel like I’ll pass out.” (Keeno)
“Freya, mind helping me to move this idiot?” (Pram)
“Sure.” (Freya)
I was then picked up by the two and moved into my tent. Shortly after that, I fell asleep.
[Pram POV]
Once we were sure Keeno was asleep, Freya and I sat down next to a freshly started fire.
“Goddess, that felt...strange. Like, she was a bit too good at doing that when she’s been struggling with it for so long.” (Pram)
{Hmmm. Hang on a second.}
A few seconds later, the goddess’s voice came back.
{Don’t know how I missed this before, but apparently Keeno has some dragon blood in her. Not enough to do anything more than give her slight instincts and apparently change her eyes to what they look like now, but it’s there all the same.}
“What? I feel like if there was a family in any country that had a dragon in their ancestry, it would be widely known. I mean, I don’t really know much about dragons, but from what I do know, they are stupid powerful.” (Freya)
{You aren’t wrong there; they are very strong. As for the first thing, it isn’t well known for a few reasons, one being Keeno is from Falheim, another being that she was never told by those disgusting mongrels that birthed her because they treated her like a disposable piece of trash. I doubt even those outside of the Fafnir family even know that they had a dragon ancestor.}
“But if that’s the case, why did her eyes change like that now instead of when she was born?” (Pram)
{I don’t know. I can learn a person’s ancestry through my Life Authority, but I can’t find out stuff like that. At least, not without having Keeno right next to me so I can get a more precise look.}
“Are you sure you aren’t just saying that because you want to touch her?” (Pram)
{Pram, it’s not like we go at it like beasts in heat every time we see each other. It may end up like that most times, but we CAN hold back.}
“ANYWAY, should we be worried about any more of these instincts she has?” (Freya)
{Nope. At most she’ll probably notice them more, and there is a small chance she’ll become a bit more hot-blooded when she thinks someone is trying to take things or people she considers precious from her, but being a kitsune, she was already like that, so it won’t really change anything. What I’m more nervous about is when she tries to do a breath attack like she did earlier with Death magic.}
“I pray for any soul that is on the receiving end of that.” (Freya)
“Why? Either way they would end up feeling Keeno’s wrath.” (Pram)
“...Right. Why do I feel bad for anyone who makes themselves her enemy?” (Freya)
{You shouldn’t. If they are stupid enough to become Keeno’s enemy, then they deserve whatever fate they face. Especially since they will have lost my favor as well.}
“If Life herself says that, then are they even considered a living thing at that point?” (Pram)
{They wouldn’t be for long.}
“Hehehe.” (Pram)
{Hehe.}
“And you’re supposed to be the one with a Pure soul? How?” (Freya)
“I don’t know.” (Pram)
{That’s a secret.}
The night continued on and before long, the suns started to rise. When Keeno woke up, she was still a bit tired, so we all decided to use this spot to camp for a bit until she was back to her peak.
Chaos Realm:
Wonder how Keeno’s going to react to that news.
Order: Not sure, I mean, we knew for a while now, so it’s hard to picture her being surprised.
True.
Order: By the way, what happened to that breath attack?
Sadly, it dissipated before hitting anything.
Order: Why is that sad?
It would have been funny seeing the chaos it caused.
Order: Falling into your role a bit too much, are we?
Gotta do that sometimes. If I don’t, I feel like I’m not really me.
Order: Well, as long as you don’t mess up with the order of things too much, I guess I can allow that.
Don’t worry, I’d never do something that makes your job harder.
Order: And that’s why you are the best.