Castle Underground
“Hm yes, a good suggestion. I only got them recently though, and enchanting such a delicate object when it’s not designed to be is kind of troublesome,” Ivan shrugged, “Besides, I can usually get Lexi to find them for me.”
Lexi rolled her eyes in response but held out her palms to the room. In a few seconds, a pair of glasses came flying out of one of the piles of books and she caught them before they could be sucked into her gloves.
“I’m not always going to be here to do that for you, you know?” Lexi said with a slight sigh, handing it to him.
Ivan put them on but apparently couldn't help fidgeting with them as he looked at the group properly. He seemed a bit surprised at Cyra, perhaps because she was wearing a royal artifact, though he didn't say anything. He was also a bit interested in Zerina's book, but was quickly distracted.
“An arm skeleton?!” He wasn't even questioning how and why Scar had come across such a thing nor why it was going to be in a pellet.
“Yeah, I would’ve gotten you the whole arm but one of our heroes had to go and eat it,” Lexi said. She adjusted her gloves slightly as there was a spark of telepathy between her and Ivan. He promptly got even more excited.
“Really? You’ll really give them to me?” He asked, grasping her hands again, “Oh, I’m so lucky today! Let’s do it right now!”
Lexi cleared her throat loudly, “We can’t do it now, it’ll probably take time unless you want to cut open the stomach of one of our heroes,” She said.
Ivan’s attention shifted from Lexi to Scar. He stared at the wyvern, seeming to be considering it for a moment, though he was pulled out of that thought as Lexi continued speaking.
“But in the meantime, it would probably be helpful for them to learn more about the demons, they might even be able to help with your research,” Lexi said, “It’s why I let them tag along in the first place.”
Aurous Castle
“I’m sorry, thank you,” Sephyra spoke, “I hope it won’t be bad enough for that to be needed though.” She turned to the other priest, “Please take care of the heroes in my stead.”
She nodded in response, turning to the other heroes. “I’m Evena, I may not be as talented as Sephyra but please allow me to help,” She said, bowing slightly. She walked over to Auryon, a gentle light surrounding her arm wound as it started to close. It felt calming, an effect to try and slow down the loss of blood. There was a slight numbing sensation around the area when she was done, then she moved on to the smaller scratches. “I also have iron supplements if needed.”
Meanwhile Sephyra was walking briskly, just a few steps from breaking into a full run. In one of the side rooms was a young teenager who was practically being forced to sit down, not that it was very hard to do so as when she tried to stand, it was clear that she wasn't in any shape to be walking. She had long pale hair tied up into a bun and silver eyes which seemed to shimmer with bits of pink and red. As Sephyra came into the room, she groaned and crossed her arms, slumping back into her chair. The other priests sighed in relief that she had stopped. Meanwhile, she was avoiding eye contact with Sephyra, persistently glaring at the floor.
“Lifa, I told you not to push yourself, did I not?” Sephyra said, “I allowed you to continue your work on the condition that you would not use more than a cup of your blood and you would tell me if you intended to use the elixir. You’ve broken both of those conditions.”
“But I’m the silver maiden,” Lifa said, “How can I just stand by and do nothing? Besides, it’s
my authority to use the elixir, not yours.”
“Rest is just as important as your responsibilities as silver maiden,” Sephyra said.
“Then what about you?!” She snapped, “You’re constantly running all over and even though we’re already busy with the demon attack from before, the stupid king ordered a summoning ritual! You just went along with it even though you know it’s way more work than everything else! If you can do that, then why can’t I do something as simple as this?”
Just outside the castle
“What? Er well, I guess that makes sense actually. Don't really know what you mean by offer though,” She said, scratching her head.
The girl swooped down, landing with precision on Amira’s vehicle and making herself comfortable by sitting on it as if it was completely natural. It didn’t seem she had any ill intentions, but her sense of stranger danger was definitely questionable. At this point, her wing scarf had neatly wrapped itself around her neck.
“But where are you going? Just gonna wander around? What’s this thing? A fancy broom? You’re a hero right?” She was bubbling with questions, “What kind of world did you come from? It looks like it’s quite far away from how much distortion there’s around you. Ah, do you know of anyone called Sparrow? My last name comes from him, I’m Aerie Sparrow! He was a hero but I never got to meet him,” She sighed, “And I’ve never been able to meet any other heroes up until now.”
