Chapter 576 Our land…
[Eon's POV: ]
"Alright then. Let's go check the area 69MF."
Queen Fio had minimized her size and was now just big enough to stand eye to eye with the rest of us.
The introductory stuff had finished so it was time to go to the place we were here for.
{ "I will guide you there. It is a special place for us too." }
It sure would be a special place after all, it was a kind of oasis in this dry piece of land.
And, Queen Fio was talking with the Mana speech so that Miss Moon could understand us too, which was definitely convenient since speaking their language continuously was also not that easy.
But, it was fine now, and as we followed behind her in this crowd of flamingos all around us, it was a kind of unique experience.
"They are cute."
Especially since Rein was holding my hand as we walked among the hundreds of big colorful flamingos with red intimidating eyes that, just looked back at us with not anger, but actually cute faces of admiration and closeness.
They weren't as scary looking as they had been a while ago.
But passing through these hundreds of flamingoes all big and small, some even cute children, while some unique ones among them with unique features, was quite an amazing experience.
However, it ended soon when we reached the other side of the flamingoes and stopped before a clearly normal area.
{ "Since the old times, we have called this place the inner court. And though it has been forgotten, there definitely was a certain name associated with the area beyond this curtain." }
The area before us looked just the same as all the other areas around here, but there certainly was a very powerful illusionary curtain spell cast here that hid the special area beyond it.
"It's… unique? Certainly, something I'm seeing for the first time. But, it looks pretty, though not as much as you Fio~."
My eyes couldn't see it, this magic was that much powerful, I would even say it was made into a 'truth' by the people with very powerful Origin skills.
But Rein's eyes could see it, and through our vision-sharing spell, I could see it too.
{ "Hahaha. I am honored to receive such praises, lady Reinelle, however, it is more amazing you could see something even us queens had never been able to.
You are special in your own way, and of course, more beautiful than most beings I have seen." }
Rein was happy right now. We were finally going to see the place we would build 'our' home under so she surely couldn't contain her happiness.
But she was in for a few surprises.
"If I'm not wrong, there are records of a place called [Crypt of Afterglow] in these parts of the island.
Probably, this is the same place?"
I wasn't sure since I had never heard it directly from grandma but from whatever records I had read about the academy and this floating island in our tower library, that was the only name that came to mind when thinking about this place.
{ "Right… that name actually sparks something deep inside me, however, it is faint, so I'm not sure.
But I do not think the name matters much-" }
"No, it does matter. In those times, names held deep meaning and were chosen very carefully. The name would definitely help, but, seeing as the name causes even that little reaction in your soul, I believe we are right."
The status of the flamingo queen was passed down to the most qualified one of the young ones in the queen's last years. And, when she is confirmed, prepared, and trained properly enough, in her last moment, the queen passes down a fragment of her soul and a part of her memories.
The fragment that has been passed down among them retains at least some of the memories of the past queens so, though it was faint, just the fact that it reacted with the name, meant the name at least meant something.
'Which was at least enough in this scenario.'
{ "...if you say so, master Axion. I apologize for my-" }
"There is nothing to be sorry about so refrain from apologizing carelessly like this.
You are with us but you are still the queen of countless special beings. Do not forget your dignity."
{ "...yes. I will forever keep that in mind." }
She had a respectful smile when she looked at me like that, but I only shook my head and asked her to lead the way.
She nodded with that same smile and walked forward and… just vanished into thin air.
"Let's go."
Looking at my Rein, Zoe, and Miss Moon, I nodded with a calm smile. And they nodded back, one excited, one happy, and the last still uncertain of what was happening.
But she also nodded back and the four of us walked forward and also vanished into a thin layer of air beyond which… rested a paradise.
"Holy mother nature…"
"Wow~. Just wow~."
"This…!"
It was evening, almost time for sunset, so the sun was going down on the horizon.
It had painted the entire vast flatland before us in striking gold, there was a vast but shallow lake before us and, just like the colorful flamingos that we had seen outside, there were hundreds of them more here, bathing in the golden shower of twilight, their feathers shining brightly with the natural light, and… they were dancing.
They were all dancing in unison as if a single element vibrating at the melodious strings, dancing, jumping, following their partners, and helping them if needed.
They incorporated their colorful feathers, the long necks, and their sturdy long legs in this dance and created a scene that… only a few fortunate ones could ever witness in their lifetimes.
"It sure is gorgeous."
It was a scene we would love to see every evening when having a cup of tea with the two of us as well as the people close to us.
{ "They are doing their prayers of the last moments. It is a dance we perform when the sun starts setting and the light vanishes.
It lasts till the sun is completely out and then, the next batch performs the prayers of stars.
They perform the prayer of beginning when the sun starts raising from the horizon and personally, I like it the most." }
I was familiar with the three periodic dances of these golden flamingoes and wherever in the world they are found, there is a similar kind of shallow water body around it where they perform these dances.
But, they are one of the rarest creatures and from what I knew, there were hardly any places that housed as many rainbow flamingoes as this place.
And, this place and scene were just too gorgeous to be the same anywhere else in this world.
'We were on a sky island after all, and this scenery before us…'
I was speechless. Mesmerized even.
This looked too attractive and their dance was just too attractive to look away from… but we had to look away, at least for now.
"This entire land is technically ours I believe. But we will still only take a small part of this area to build a small house above the ground that will have one floor, and then extend the house properly underground for five more floors.
The area around that side looks perfect so we will start the basic digging from tomorrow. That is alright, right Queen Fio?"
I already had the plan for how I was going to create the base and all the other elements of this house and we can customize it after the base construction was complete so it was all mostly fine.
{ "I think that area is a little…" }
But the Queen was hesitant.
Thankfully not because of my plan but the place I selected.
"Is something wrong with that place?"
There shouldn't be anything wrong since I used a question to ask Lucy what the best place in this area was. and she suggested that place, so if
I can, I wanted that specific place.
{ "Nothing too great if I say so, but, that is where some of the children play during the morning and evening.
There is a special kid among the children of this generation and I'm watching over her, I believe you have seen her already?" }
If she was talking about a young kid of this generation…
"The one with green eyes, correct?"
I did see her, and she definitely was special from the other children, but, if even the Queen was keeping an eye on her, it meant she had the qualities of a good queen.
However, the current Queen was in perfect condition and was definitely healthy enough to guide them for a few hundred years more.
She didn't have to select a candidate just yet-
'Right! There's that too.'
I looked at Queen Fio with a sudden shock and she knew that I knew her thoughts just from that much.
"You plan to make her into a secretary…?"
It was rare but the queens did sometimes choose someone very extraordinary among the younger generations and directly train them to be their proxy.
It is a special position that required someone with more talent, power, experience, and skills than probably even the new Queen that learns everything from the start.
However… any Queen only selected a secretary when they had something very important elsewhere that needed their frequent attention.
But, there could only be two things that could make even a Queen leave her duties to someone else, one of which was a Great War which was not happening yet, and the second was…
"Who is this lucky person?"
I gave her a smirk, and Rein understood what I meant by that so she looked between us, and smirked at her too.
Zoe only giggled as if she found this even more fun, and though she guessed what I was talking about, Miss Moon just kept looking at the old Queen with shock, and absurdity filling her eyes…
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