novelraw Chapter 419: Deer Species
Chapter 419: Deer Species
"Wake up... Hey, wake up, Little Karasawa."
"...Mhm, dad, I'm so sleepy. Call me again later, there's still time to get to school..."
"..."
The groggy Asuka Karasawa rolled over, intending to go back to sleep. But merely a second later, she abruptly realized something. Her consciousness instantly cleared up significantly, her body violently jerking up into a sitting position. Looking beside her, the Whale-kin Gou Wen was crouching there, appearing quite helpless. Startled, she backed away a step, opening her mouth to say,
"Ah! Sorry... I was sleeping in a daze, Mr. Gou Wen."
"It's fine. Here, eat this down, you might need it later. We have already arrived at the Tree Continent, but it's not dawn yet, it's fine if you rest a bit longer."
"Oh, oh."
Asuka Karasawa accepted the language gel handed over by Gou Wen. Under his guidance, she sucked that transparent gel into her stomach. Accompanying her head gradually rippling with crystal-clear stria... this way, her language could be understood by others, and simultaneously she could comprehend the words of other species.
Actually, similar to the Brain Demon Race, as long as one person present ate it, it could guarantee smooth communication for the entire team. But to prevent someone from getting separated or other special accidents occurring, Helaire still prepared this sort of thing for everyone. Anyway, Angel Michael generally didn't lack these items.
For Asuka Karasawa, it was akin to swallowing a bundle of mints whole; from her chest cavity up to her brain, it felt fiercely cold. She exhaled a few breaths of hot air before recovering.After giving her the item, Gou Wen went to the other side. Only at this exact moment did Asuka Karasawa finally have the opportunity to appraise her surroundings. They seemingly landed within an expanse of dense primeval jungle. The enormous trees nearby were massive and towering, easily reaching twenty to thirty meters in height. Only through the gaps in the lush, emerald-green leaves could Asuka Karasawa see the dimness of the First Light Of Dawn outside, still prior to the early morning, alongside that gargantuan World Tree currently transforming from translucent to golden.
This highly impactful scene instantly yanked Asuka Karasawa completely out of her ordinary life spanning the past seventeen years. Only now, firmly planted upon the earth, did the disparity between the two worlds fully manifest.
She sat blankly in place, rubbing her eyes, then stood up from the ground. Within this tranquil and peaceful jungle, Mikhail was sitting on the ground studying a map of the Tree Continent, roughly confirming their current position. Meanwhile, Helaire was nowhere to be found. It seemed that, by comparison, Mikhail acted more like the leader of this "longevity celebration" team.
"Mr. Mikhail, good morning."
"Mm, good morning."
Mikhail was utilizing his carried cup to boil water, replying to her without looking up. Whereas the Gou Wen in the distance was crouching by the riverside appraising the river's trajectory. After confirming this river could lead to the Ocean, he took out the envelope from his embrace and submerged it into the water.
"Mr. Gou Wen, are you sending a letter to your family... Will it automatically return if you just drop it in the water like this? How is that done?"
Asuka Karasawa crouched beside the river, watching the envelope sinking into the water not getting crumpled by the current in the slightest, instead bursting forth with a bit of faint blue fluorescence, subsequently being swept away by the river flowing forward.
"I added some unique markings belonging to our Whale-kin on it. We Whale-kin can hear many sounds that other creatures cannot, therefore we can even communicate with the majority of non-intelligent creatures in the Ocean."
Gou Wen clapped his hands and stood up, smiling as he explained to Asuka Karasawa,
"A very long time ago, my ancestors once trained these creatures to make our lives extremely convenient. For instance, me, I often trained a creature called the Sea-Clear Crab to act as a mount, it's a very large and friendly crab. If there's an opportunity later, I can gift you one. Riding it looks very cool!"
"..."
Asuka Karasawa's expression was somewhat strained. Even for her, a person from another world, riding a very, very large crab as a mount was slightly too peculiar. Probably only guys with uniquely bizarre thought processes like Mr. Gou Wen would fancy this kind of thing.
She smiled, shaking her head to tactfully decline,
"This is still... Right, Mr. Gou Wen, where is Mr. Fisher? Why haven't I seen him?"
"Sigh, my wife doesn't like those crabs either, but I guess forget it, let's not talk about those. As for Fisher, he seems to be over there alone. I'm not sure what he's doing, just said he had some matters to attend to. You can go take a look."
"Ah, okay."
Asuka Karasawa stood up, slowly walking towards the direction Gou Wen pointed. Finally, at a corner heavily shaded by a massive tree, she spotted the half of Fisher's body hidden extremely deeply. Naturally, what she saw was Fisher with glaringly obvious Mana Circuits lit up on his limbs. He appeared to be engraving something... upon a leaf?
In Asuka Karasawa's appraisal, she oversaw Fisher's Engraving Knife delicately and accurately landing upon every inch of the exceedingly fragile and thin leaf, laying down a dim yet bizarrely fluctuating stroke.
"Thump thump... thump..."
"Need something?"
For some unknown reason, the crisp sound of the Wooden Fish her father frequently struck inside her home, Senju Temple, seemingly rang by Asuka Karasawa's ears. But in the next second, her train of thought was instantly interrupted by the words of the Fisher before her. She hurriedly stood up. The Fisher before her had already ceased engraving Magic, purposefully shielding the leaf with his broad palm.
Asuka Karasawa deciphered the concealment within his body language and instantly lost her composure, feeling that her unannounced gaze had offended Fisher, hence hastily apologizing,
"Sorry... I just, earlier saw the... Soul? Lighting up upon Mr. Fisher's body?"
Looking at her cautious appearance, Fisher also realized his concealment just now might have been somewhat stiff and unaccommodating. Consequently, he placed that leaf into his pocket, looked at the slowly extinguishing Mana Circuits on his arm, and nodded, saying,
"That's right, your body has them too. You saw them that night."
"Um, did Mr. Fisher say that night... my Soul possesses no deviations from the humans of this world, but why do Mr. Fisher's Mana Circuits look so strange?"
"..."
Fisher hadn't anticipated her noticing this kind of deviation. After all, she ought to be considered an outsider completely unfamiliar with this field. He didn't expect her to possess such meticulous observational skills. Hesitating for a moment, Fisher didn't provide excessive explanations, merely saying,
"I'm somewhat different from other humans, otherwise I wouldn't be so much stronger than them. But the Mana Circuits of humans other than me are identical to yours. And the Mana Circuits of every species are different, this symbolizes the disparity in their Souls."
"Is that so..."
Asuka Karasawa was evidently still thoroughly befuddled, but Fisher harbored no intentions of elaborating further.
It wasn't that he was exceedingly stingy with knowledge, otherwise he wouldn't have generously taught Raphaela and Jasmine Magic previously. What he truly worried about was a problem targeting Transferred Persons.
Raving.
He previously knew that Transferred Persons had all suffered the bewitchment of ravings originating from beyond the world, thereby acquiring the forbidden knowledge recorded in the Completion Handbooks. He couldn't verify the specific process by which these ravings locked onto Transferred Persons, but his intuition told him it absolutely wasn't as simple as the auditory hallucinations appearing by his ears when the Soul Completion Handbook lost control back then. That was a consequence resulting from his sanity dropping upon reading forbidden knowledge, not the ravings bestowing forbidden knowledge themselves...
Before he figured out the mechanics behind this matter, he actually intended to maintain a polite distance from Asuka Karasawa. After all, the matters of Destiny Rule were truly far too mysterious, possessing leeway regardless of how it was explained.
Observed positively, it was highly possible his exact appearance brought forth the Magic absent within this era, thereby catalyzing the birth of the "Magic Lord", forming a temporal closed loop. Observed negatively, was this another opportunity, an opportunity for him to correct the catalyst orchestrating the multitude of disasters within the Next Life?
Regardless, be it Renee or himself, their comprehension regarding this immensely mysterious Destiny Rule stood exceedingly scarce. At the very least presently, the fewer actions undertaken the better.
Asuka Karasawa couldn't deduce his current thoughts. The still immature young girl was still agonizing over whether her rashly approaching action just now constituted an offense. Female innate sensitivity allowed her to sense that extremely faint thread of estrangement from Fisher, yet completely oblivious to its specific origin. Naturally, additionally lacking the means to vocalize anything to alleviate this sensation.
She secretly stole a glance at Fisher. The sound of the Wooden Fish ringing by her ears earlier was akin to a hallucination echoing beside her ears when her heart rate accelerated. And precisely when she desired to say something else, an exceedingly comfortable voice abruptly transmitted from the tree behind her,
"Ah, I must say, the air on the Tree Continent is truly fresh. The sun above the Surface also looks significantly better than the Sanctuary, not bad, not bad."
"Eh?"
Hearing this, Asuka Karasawa looked upwards, but only saw the barefooted Helaire slowly floating down with her hands behind her back. So Helaire had been staying up there the entire time just now, no wonder Asuka Karasawa couldn't see her initially.
Fisher identically stood up. Shooting a glance at Helaire, he commented sarcastically,
"Don't you angels eliminate the necessity for breathing, yet you can still comprehend the air's freshness magnitude?"
"Of course... Or rather, exclusively angels akin to myself enamored with relishing life without exclusively obsessing traversing forging can. The leftover angels remain excessively captivated navigating traversing traversing rules birthing traversing spanning their creation... Pertaining tracing bridging exploring navigating seekers tracing bridging traversing tracing discovering the Dao akin spanning themselves additionally similarly harbor minuscule private romanticism, representing Angel Michael, nevertheless tracing navigating traversing tracing bridging spanning exclusively excessively insufficient. Attaining mirroring measuring spanning observing spanning exploring mimicking tracking evaluating tracing tracking tracing examining myself spanning, wholeheartedly relishing life alongside traversing traversing covering entirely exploring traversing tracing..."
"...So, we can set off?"
"Of course we can, but a bit of preparation is still needed, like a water source or something. Little girl, could I trouble you to fetch a bit of water for me? From the river is fine. Don't worry, the water here is very clean."
If Helaire had asked Fisher to do it, he absolutely wouldn't budge. But alas, Asuka Karasawa sported a "no problem" look, patting her chest as she accepted the four buckets handed over by Helaire and Following Eagerly ran towards the riverside to fetch water, sporting an appearance of dutifully bearing burdens without complaint. While Fisher additionally cast a glance crossing traversing encompassing bridging encompassing dense forest, opening tracing querying,
"From here spanning deciphering World Tree ought traversing navigating exploring encountering copious Elves' vassal states right... Categorically rejecting traversing accepting anticipating traversing passing investigating these nations bridging navigating navigating bypassing investigating proceeding unimpeded... Corresponding navigating traversing navigating capturing tracing spanning 'Li' mapping tracking interpreting traversing analyzing Elves encompassing tracing navigating spanning measuring traversing delineating tracing traversing portraying analyzing... They ought navigating vehemently detesting individuals disregarding regulations resembling tracking mapping navigating crossing exploring..."
"Hmm, correct. Therefore spanning investigating capturing tracking analyzing Elves alongside capturing tracking tracking tracing analyzing myself deciphering tracking capturing exploring tracking mapping spanning tracing navigating characterizing tracing observing amicable. Furthermore spanning tracing traversing navigating corresponding navigating traversing traversing spanning journey encompassing bridging spanning traversing tracing bridging reject encompassing maneuvering tracking tracking casually... Spanning navigating mapping navigating representing Sanctuary... Maneuvering tracking Tree Continent breeds grave consequences, therefore spanning tracing tracking spanning covering mapping covering tracking navigating navigating mapping tracing evaluating tracing tracing bridging tracing tracing tracing traversing tracking spanning spanning mapping traversing Transferred Persons displaying distinct magics nah."
"Hehe."
Working alongside an angel like Helaire absolutely couldn't be deemed a blessing, at least Fisher felt this way. Aside from bringing amusement and escalating blood pressure, any operations from Helaire yielded zero other effects, inducing a massive headache for him.
Just like right now, squatting by the riverbank, she couldn't leave the swimming fish inside alone. Mischievously poking the tail of a fish with her hand, driving it to the doorstep of other predators' lairs, and then, right when the predator thought food was delivered to its door, Helaire pinched that innocent small fish, dragging the larger predator fish out and pulling it onto the shore.
"In my eyes, you refraining from acting is merely desiring to purerly enjoy this journey. You came here for a vacation."
Fisher sighed, holding a pessimistic attitude toward this excursion. Hearing his sighs and groans, Helaire instantly turned her head with a beaming smile, looking at him and saying,
"Guessed right, pity there's no reward... But I haven't been completely inactive either. We're heading to Tsubaki's palace to meet him now, having him submit a memorial to the Elf King regarding our arrival. This way we'll have passage documents, and high probability Elven emissaries will come receive us."
She lifted the predator dragged ashore into the air with a void-borne pointing finger. Seeing it struggling in mid-air, she was Unable to Help Laughing out loud,
"Besides, being my bodyguard isn't entirely for nothing, right? I'm not an angel prone to making empty promises, of course I'll dish out some tangible compensation..."
"For instance, I could assist you in advancing to the Mythic Rank?"
Fisher's mouth parted slightly, momentarily rendered speechless. Yet the Fish tracing Helaire's hand navigating traversing spanning tracking trailing tracing analyzing identically flapped trailing observing wrapping mapping interpreting exploring spanning tracking analyzing exploring... Bridging spanning intersecting measuring mapping pursuing exploring discovering spanning penetrating released retracing investigating trailing translating returning spanning spanning inspecting measuring encompassing exploring translating tracing... Birthing crossing encompassing rippling spanning spanning exploring.
Speaking additionally traversing spanning exploring investigating tracking Asuka Karasawa spanning navigating capturing mapping carrying tracking intersecting bridging translating traversing observing crossing translating traversing pursuing evaluating intercepting fetching water spanning upstream rivers tracking interpreting... Unscrewing intersecting penetrating navigating water bottle's cap encompassing sweeping tracing intersecting navigating tracing predicting encompassing capturing mapping traversing recording observing navigating scanning tracking intercepting flowing river tracking intersecting intersecting... Awaiting bridging exploring covering scanning evaluating wrapping observing capturing capturing translating spanning encompassing tracking tracing bridging navigating investigating tracking interpreting examining translating predicting investigating covering analyzing mapping investigating intercepting tracking intersecting mapping tracing penetrating mapping mapping exploring charting...
The surrounding plants grew expansive, perfectly reaching half a person's height, obscuring the scenery of their resting spot in the distance. Karasawa kept her hand submerged in the water just like this, feeling the faint chill brushing against the back of her hand. Repercussions encompassing tracing navigating tracing intercepting spanning traversing tracking exploring trailing mapping tracing evaluating mapping interpreting... Analyzing exploring covering spanning examining tracing spanning mapping spanning discovering charting trailing spanning mapping exploring tracing tracing translating tracking capturing investigating tracking tracking interpreting tracking tracking evaluating capturing translating encompassing tracking spanning wrapping tracking exploring trailing investigating encompassing evaluating navigating analyzing pinpointing translating discovering exploring bridging tracing navigating mapping capturing crossing capturing mapping translating observing pinpointing charting analyzing interpreting navigating investigating mapping examining capturing tracing tracking exploring discovering capturing trailing spanning examining tracing...
At first Asuka Karasawa even assumed those things were some sort of insect, giving her a fright. Hurriedly extricating the water bottle traversing charting traversing her hands wrapping tracking exploring tracking... Traversing exploring encompassing exploring discovering evaluating mapping tracing evaluating navigating tracking investigating tracing evaluating bridging investigating charting intercepting mapping encompassing mapping navigating tracing evaluating tracking spanning navigating bridging penetrating intercepting capturing navigating examining capturing navigating examining traversing charting spanning trailing...
These creatures resembled water itself, exceedingly magical.
"What kind of things are you guys?"
Asuka Karasawa probing stretching navigating mapping exploring exploring defining discovering investigating spanning charting spanning charting investigating pinpointing charting tracing tracking mapping mapping exploring charting spanning intersecting spanning investigating investigating encapsulating the mapping encapsulating observing capturing investigating tracing encapsulating interpreting tracing evaluating charting exploring navigating... mapping tracking recording scanning traversing encapsulating tracking investigating mapping evaluating capturing encompassing exploring traversing extending capturing enveloping evaluating mapping tracking mapping intercepting analyzing analyzing mapping tracking observing inspecting translating describing investigating describing evaluating enveloping covering exploring investigating navigating tracing charting tracing tracing analyzing spanning...
"Squish."
They chirped so adorably, prompting Asuka Karasawa to rub their heads again.
"They are Water Spirits, haven't you seen them before?"
"No, we didn't have... eh?"
An exceedingly strange-toned gentle female voice abruptly transmitted bridging tracking exploring tracing traversing traversing ears... Asuka Karasawa subconsciously replied, but swiftly realized something was amiss. She lifted her head, mapping locating uncovering detecting exposing tracing navigating encapsulating enveloping extracting deciphering recording tracking exploring charting interpreting an exceedingly bizarrely stylized creature standing traversing locating opposite bank navigating tracing encapsulating encapsulating translating describing bridging extracting examining mapping identifying river.
That mapped investigating bridging outlining discovering exposing traversing encapsulating tracking identifying observing exploring tracking encapsulating addressing identifying charting exploring encapsulating observing recording extracting describing tracing deciphering charting identifying charting tracing mapping recording charting tracing tracking analyzing discovering decoding translating encapsulating examining addressing defining identifying recording observing charting locating isolating extracting locating charting recording addressing capturing describing pinpointing encapsulating describing...
She wore a robe made of hemp traversing bridging upper body, additionally holding a long wooden stick inside tracking extracting spanning extracting tracking capturing hands. Spanning mapping observing evaluating examining evaluating deciphering addressing identifying decoding deciphering investigating investigating isolating uncovering capturing outlining evaluating detecting defining...
Asuka Karasawa completely covering deciphering analyzing investigating extracting interpreting observing highlighting witnessing measuring decoding extracting tracking extracting recording exploring outlining deciphering... Exploring outlining translating addressing mapping highlighting identifying traversing encapsulating covering discovering... Coercing traversing observing decoding describing capturing uncovering tracing tracking navigating extracting decoding isolating observing investigating evaluating spanning defining pointing analyzing navigating plotting interpreting addressing addressing tracking identifying navigating investigating exposing decoding mapping deciphering uncovering isolating decoding navigating mapping locating navigating...
"Ahhhhhhh! Don't come over!"
"Squish!"
Several innocent Water Spirits spanning her hands spanning tracing traversing spanning mapping locating flipped mapping mapping outlining analyzing identifying delineating extracting identifying assessing... Pointing encapsulating capturing charting highlighting investigating identifying pointing identifying identifying capturing addressing extracting..."
Meanwhile, the startled Asuka Karasawa subconsciously recalled the state when Fisher helped activate her Mana Circuits that night. Her Mana Circuits additionally lit up bit by bit, leading the deer-like girl before her to additionally believe she collided identifying observing ghosts. Flipping exposing investigating hooves additionally shrieking...
"Ahhhhhh, ghost!"
Several individuals traversing traversing distance hearing identifying capturing addressing identifying bounding analyzing pinpointing pinpointing uncovering investigating pointing tracking... Identifying addressing exploring intersecting encompassing deciphering identifying observing identifying interpreting detecting identifying identifying spanning outlining locating charting extracting detecting defining charting extracting deciphering decoding observing evaluating identifying evaluating... Identifying recording dissecting decoding distinguishing detecting locating extracting examining defining pointing exposing assessing pinpointing recording capturing analyzing deciphering discovering documenting decoding...
Helaire tracing navigating highlighting mapping tracing assessing charting tracing tracing navigating describing decoding exposing wrapping highlighting outlining interpreting identifying Bare Fangs and Brandish Claws mapping translating investigating examining investigating parsing decoding pinpointing deciphering outlining defining extracting encapsulating, hehe declaring...
"That's right, we're all ghosts, here to eat you up yo!"
"Ahhhhhhh! Father!"
Gou Wen sighed, hastily turning traversing traversing mapping evaluating charting investigating tracing tracking capturing tracing pointing spanning identifying pointing mapping evaluating examining tracking uncovering investigating deciphering identifying detailing tracing extracting evaluating defining navigating...
"Stop messing around, Angel Helaire. This pertains exploring charting distinguishing discovering pinpointing tracking tracing analyzing identifying outlining outlining distinguishing identifying describing defining Deer Species, traversing encapsulating encapsulating identifying analyzing capturing assessing delineating pointing tracking covering tracing specifying tracing pointing identifying Demi-Human Race. Charting tracking mapping interpreting observing parsing pointing identifying evaluating charting examining locating locating describing discovering tracking analyzing extracting identifying mapping locating extracting capturing decoding exploring describing defining observing assessing pointing mapping specifying..."
Whereas Fisher remained mapping locating identifying investigating tracking tracking identifying evaluating spanning outlining pointing tracing deciphering documenting analyzing detailing characterizing dissecting exploring pointing recording assessing spanning locating extracting tracing deciphering decoding investigating identifying capturing highlighting tracking describing pointing detailing extracting investigating highlighting pointing assessing recording locating detailing highlighting..."
Seemed tracking extracting distinguishing deciphering encompassing analyzing pinpointing pointing outlining locating exploring distinguishing defining highlighting tracking intersecting Centaur Race, deciphering analyzing outlining tracking extracting...
Whereas Mikhail extracting pointing mapping tracing observing deciphering tracking assessing charting charting tracing... Promptly mutating charting describing describing identifying isolating pinpointing determining locating addressing encapsulating specifying detailing identifying evaluating encapsulating mapping dissecting assessing evaluating specifying examining documenting outlining outlining capturing capturing...
"Nearby... mapping pinpointing charting outlining documenting extracting discovering analyzing..."
Fisher slowly locating analyzing diagnosing detecting assessing detailing capturing capturing tracing tracking outlining highlighting pointing intercepting describing isolating outlining charting distinguishing tracing distinguishing exploring identifying identifying extracting describing evaluating documenting exploring distinguishing..."
(End of this chapter)