Chapter 913 Something Is A Bit Odd
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We made our way to the small airport at Agartha, which could at most hold two airships. The huge flying vessel never stopped to amaze me, I always wondered in my past life if there could ever be the possibility for people to be able to create carriages that could fly in the air. I guess all it took for that was having a lot of Magical Power condensed within a huge Magic Crystal of the Wind Element…
Entering the airship, we were escorted to our rooms, where there were large windows that we could use to see through the beautiful landscape from above and enjoy the long trip to the Azurite Port. Agartha slowly became smaller with each passing second, until we only thing I could see was a tiny dot in the between an endless landscape of grasslands and forests, and many mountains at the distance.
"Atlanta is sure a beautiful continent…" Aquarina smiled. "I think it's prettier than the human continent!"
"Really?" I wondered. "Even when that was your home?"
"Yeah, I don't have that many good memories of that place… And most of the good ones are because of you…" Aquarina blushed a bit, as she held my hand.
"Aww." I giggled, giving her a kiss in her cheek. "But still, wouldn't you like to go back there to check on things?"
"Well… Maybe." She shrugged. "One day, perhaps? Well, if you really want to go yourself I'll stick around. I don't plan on going anywhere on my own!"
"Eh? So you're never going on your own adventure?" I wondered, feeling rather confused.
"We can go on an adventure together, right?" Aquarina asked. "I don't really mind it, as long as I'm with you…"
"I guess that's what you say now. Once you grow up more, maybe you'll want to explore the world and have your personal time too~" I smiled teasingly.
"Meh." She said, sitting down. "Honestly, I wouldn't mind if we just lived like this forever… In Agartha, everyone together and happy… I wish wars and other things didn't exist…"
"Well, we can work so they no longer happen, or well, we can try." I smiled, sitting next to her, and resting my head on her shoulder. "The future ahead of us is uncertain, but I'm sure we won't have it easy… There will be battles, many. But if we stick around, I think we can find a conclusion. I hope…"
"…" Aquarina remained in silence as she looked through the window. "Hmm…"
"Oh geez, why are you being like this? Are you sleepy?" I wondered.
She was really like… not herself this morning. She has been rather down, and always talking about wanting to be with me forever. Did she had a nightmare or something?
"Maybe a bit." She smiled back at me, pretending to be alright. "I'll take a nap, can we cuddle together?"
"Sure…" I nodded, as she rested over my shoulder.
I was rather worried about her, but I didn't wanted to force her to talk either. Maybe she had some personal talk with her parents? But they seemed fine too. And if it would had been something big, she would had already told me. She never hides me important things.
Unless she's afraid of telling me? Maybe because it'll hurt me? But… What could there be that would hurt me so much she doesn't want to tell me?
Aquarina…
"I've noticed you're a bit nervous, is everything alright?" Wondered Alice, speaking to me through telepathy.
"A-Ah, yeah, I'm fine." I answered through telepathy too. "It's just that… Nah, I'm just overthinking things."
"Hmm, why not just rest? You woke up early and slept later yesterday." Said Alice. "While you do, we can assess things in your Soul Scape! Aquarina's fine, don't worry."
"Okay then, I guess I better just rest." I agreed, closing my eyes, and deciding to sleep while cuddling with Aquarina.
Once I slowly fell between a state of sleep and awareness, something similar to meditation, my consciousness and mind emerged within my Soul Scape.
It no longer looked like an endless black space, each of the Familiars I had, especially the Spirits, painted the Landscape differently with their elements.
There was a huge grassland beneath a starry sky of many colors, covered by forest and trees. To the other side had a volcanic hellscape covered with mountains.
And another area resembled a gray-colored wasteland, with sharp black rock spires and pools of miasmic liquids.?There were intermediate areas between these three major landscapes, such as clear grasslands, some snowy areas, and so on.
I descended from the skies and landed on the grasslands near a forest of trees. Despite how real everything was, the Soul Scape wasn't a physical realm, and I couldn't bring any of the things in here outside, they would simply disappear.
Similarly, if I bring physical things here, they slowly are consumed by the Soul Scape and disappear in a similar manner, though that's limited to the most basic of things, highly magical artifacts and the like cannot even get inside.
"Master, you're here to play? Foo?" Naturia appeared at my side.
"Sure, let's apply around for a bit~" I smiled.
"Oh, she's here?" Furoh emerged at my side, shaped into the form of a small black wyvern. "Master! I'm so happy for you, with this you can finally start selling your products!"
"Oh? Right, you're right." I nodded. "Aaaah… But that doesn't matter anymore. I'm worried about Aquarina. She's… definitely hiding something."
"Hmm, what's going on?" Ignatius wandered into the conversation, scratching his scaled chin. "Aquarina you said? Huh, well, I'm not good with these things… But I think you should let her cool down for now. Once she thinks things through, maybe you can talk to her again! Right?"
"T-That's… surprisingly thoughtful from you, wow." Alice gasped.
"Did he really said that?" I asked.
"Wow." Furoh said.
"W-What?! What's wrong with being a bit empathic?!" Ignatius cried. "Seriously, I'm more than just a dragon! …Sometimes."
"But you're right, yeah." I smiled. "Let's just wait for now. No pressure. While I'm at it, I should check what you guys need to evolve…"
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