novelraw Chapter 492: The Seventh Night
Chapter 492: The Seventh Night
"How did you guys end up like this after going out for a few days? What happened to him, why does he look so haggard?"
When Fisher carried Gou Wen back, he happened to bump into Mikhail in his room. Mikhail looked at the unconscious Gou Wen with a somewhat surprised expression, opening his mouth to ask thusly.
At this time, his table was filled with several huge leaves. He was holding a natural pen formed from some kind of black carbon, and the huge leaves were densely written with text and images that Fisher couldn't read at all.
However, although Fisher didn't recognize the specific meaning of those images, he felt those things were very similar to things he had seen in his memory.
He remembered when the former Cardinal David I gave him the Microchip, he had read the contents inside. The blueprints recording how Cardinals were constructed were similar to what Mikhail was drawing right now.
Fisher looked at the blueprints in Mikhail's hand. After pausing for a moment, he shook his head and replied,
"Gou Wen's things were lost. We went out to look for them these past few days, but still haven't found them, ending up like this..."
"It's really rare for Gou Wen to be like this. This guy usually isn't this agitated unless he mentions his wife... or when he goes to catch you in improper male-female relationships."
"..."
Mikhail stroked his chin, and subsequently placed his gaze on Fisher. After sizing him up for a long time, he spoke again,"Why do I feel... the feeling you give me is also different."
Humans with lower ranks are actually very dull towards the transition of life levels. Because once the gap in life levels is too large, this order-of-magnitude sensory perception will become increasingly indistinct. Previously, Mikhail was already completely familiar with Fisher at the Fourteenth-Tier life level, and right now, even though he entered the Mythic Rank, Mikhail could still feel it.
Helaire beside him smilingly patted Fisher's shoulder at this time, opening her mouth to say to Mikhail,
"Oh, you're quite sharp, you even know his kidney has become stronger?"
"Kidney?"
Mikhail opened his mouth, somewhat doubtful. Meanwhile, Fisher expressionlessly swatted her hand away, not explaining much. He just carried Gou Wen back to his room while saying to him,
"...I'll leave Gou Wen to you for now, I need to rest for a while."
"No problem."
Mikhail lowered his head again to look at the blueprints in his hand. Behind Fisher, Asuka Karasawa carrying a basket of red bird eggs still wanted to express something, but just as she was about to continue saying something, Fisher had already come out and quickly returned to his own room.
Looking at Fisher's tightly closed door, Asuka Karasawa pursed her lips, looking somewhat worriedly at Helaire beside her, and asked,
"Um... is Teacher Fisher okay? He looks somewhat unwell."
"Should be fine, I've already carefully checked his deve... body earlier. Rest assured, little Karasawa. Compared to this, do you want to see the camel I brought back? It can sing~"
"Sure, sure!"
"Fisher gave it to me."
"...I-I still have a bit of business. Um... exactly tomorrow is Easter, I must hurry up and prepare these Easter Eggs."
"Is that so, truly a pity... but it really can sing, are you sure you won't go listen?"
"Eh eh?"
The sounds of conversation outside the room gradually drifted far away, while Fisher inside the room heard it perfectly clearly.
This perhaps was indeed the benefit of entering the Mythic Rank. His body at this moment was unprecedentedly strong. It was just a pity he hadn't fully figured out what functions his power had. It couldn't possibly truly be as Helaire said, merely strengthening his kidney and Reproduction Ability, right?
Standing in the room, Fisher paused for a moment. Subsequently, he abruptly thought of the information given by the Demi-Human Completion Handbook earlier.
After hesitating for a moment, he still slowly took out the unread Soul Completion Handbook from his embrace.
"Buzz..."
He didn't read it, but just by seeing the words on the cover of the handbook, an ear-piercing tinnitus as if originating from his own Soul transmitted by his ears. He immediately closed his eyes and stuffed the Soul Completion Handbook back into his embrace.
Continuing to read these Completion Manuals would definitely have severe consequences.
Fisher let out a long breath and lay on the bed. When closing his eyes preparing to rest, such a thought in his heart became increasingly determined.
He temporarily put these matters aside first, preparing to completely empty his brain.
But for some unknown reason, that patch of black sea he seemed to have seen many times, yet didn't know the specific meaning of, smashed into his brain once again.
In an Extremely Exhausted condition, the sound of waves from that pitch-black ocean beating against the reefs acted like a lullaby, slowly wrapping his consciousness until he completely fell asleep.
"Whoosh~ Whoosh~ Whoosh~"
"Teacher Fisher..."
"Whoosh whoosh..."
"Teacher Fisher quickly wake up... truly..."
"Whoosh whoosh..."
In his sleep, the sound of seawater beating the shore was so graceful. Fisher felt that ocean was getting closer and closer to him, but after all, there was a patch of darkness before his eyes, and he completely couldn't see the specific features of that ocean clearly.
Standing in a patch of dark, deathly silence, Fisher didn't feel fear; on the contrary, he felt intimate.
So, he looked as far as he could into the darkness before his eyes, wanting to see through it, to catch a glimpse of the true face of the ocean hidden within...
But the next second, what appeared before his eyes was not that patch of sea, but Asuka Karasawa, face flushed, right before his eyes continuously shaking his body with both hands.
"...Karasawa?"
"Thump!"
Feeling the shaking of her hands placed on his body, he slightly trembled his body wanting her to let go. Yet unexpectedly, this light force unexpectedly directly caused Asuka Karasawa to uncontrollably fly backward. She covered her white robe in panic, sitting on the ground sliding far away until a "thump" sound hit the wall at the end of the room.
"So painful..."
Fisher was also shaken awake by this. He hurriedly sat up, looking at Karasawa covering her head continuously whimpering.
"Karasawa, are you alright?"
"Not... hiss... I'm fine... hiss..."
"Hahaha, I feel like a big lump is going to grow on her head."
Right at this moment, because Fisher had already broken through the wall nearby, exposing Helaire sitting next door. Facing her heartless mockery, Asuka Karasawa became even more embarrassed.
Fisher glanced at Helaire sitting next door, and subsequently looked at the dim sunlight outside, unable to hold back from opening his mouth to ask,
"It's afternoon again, I slept for this long?"
"Not 'afternoon again'! It's almost evening! No matter how I called you Teacher Fisher, you wouldn't get up. If it wasn't for H-..that, anyway I thought you were going to miss tonight's festival. I made some delicious food, if you didn't get up Teacher Fisher wouldn't be able to taste any of it."
"Delicious food?"
"Yes, French cuisine I cooked myself, taught by Margaret. Mr. Mikhail and the others have all gone to prepare for dinner, yet Teacher Fisher is still sleeping in here, quickly let's go."
Asuka Karasawa patted the dust off her body, smilingly saying thusly. Exactly at this time, Fisher's peripheral vision passed through the door frame behind her, discovering Tsubaki with a head of black hair looking at him outside, seemingly sizing him up.
Fisher nodded towards him, subsequently stood up and walked outwards. Helaire in the room next door also yawned, floated up and followed. But probably in Tsubaki's eyes, she was just walking normally like a human.
It had to be said, this ability was really useful. If she could disguise as other people, wouldn't she be able to do many things flawlessly without being discovered?
Watching Fisher and Helaire walk out of the room, Tsubaki who had been sizing Fisher up all along finally withdrew his gaze.
"Your life level has undergone a transition, you have entered our ranks?"
Unexpectedly, the first sentence Tsubaki opened his mouth to say to the Fisher who just came out was actually this.
Fisher's footsteps paused slightly. Although somewhat more vigilant inside, outwardly he still nodded as usual.
"Indeed so."
Although Asuka Karasawa was essentially an utter otherworldly novice at first, after adventuring with Fisher these past few months, plus the popularization of science by senior Margaret these few days, she could roughly understand what their conversation was about.
But Tsubaki was exceptionally keen. He seemed to have sensed Fisher's thoughts.
"No need to be tense, I'm different from my compatriots, I won't do anything to you. Let's go, we're going to Margaret's place, she prepared dinner."
"Could it be that on the Tree Continent something would be done to me?"
Fisher inquired thusly, and Tsubaki honestly nodded, the expression on his face still considered calm.
While leading Fisher and the others into the stone tower, he opened his mouth and said,
"Mm, the level of life is the standard my compatriots are born with, distinguishing them from all other things. Moreover, 'Li' which respects hierarchy will also not tolerate acts of Overstepping. But although the ranks set by Lord God are fixed, they are not insurmountable."
"To Him, life is a miracle of encounter. Even if the miracle might be tiny, it can still happen. For ten thousand years, there have been a few individuals in the Tree Continent who crossed the dragon gate to achieve the so-called 'Mythic'. It's just different from you; their original level was already very high. A human achieving Mythic, this is my first time seeing it..."
"Perhaps, this is the specialty of the Transferred Person?"
Hearing this, Fisher abruptly smiled. Because as long as one wasn't a fool, they would know what the outcome of that group of "overstepping ones" was like.
"Those individuals who entered the Mythic Rank were all killed by the Elves, right?"
"...Not killed, but exterminated."
Tsubaki's gaze darkened slightly, as if recalling some saddening matters.
"An individual entering Mythic, even if it's a once-in-ten-thousand-years encounter, still represents this race has the possibility of 'Overstepping'. You should know, the total number of Mythical Species is fixed, but existences that postnatally enter the Mythic Rank are not within this limit."
"Due to this, my compatriots found an excuse in name to eliminate them, which is 'restricting powerful individuals from damaging the Rules'. Under this name, whenever Mythic Rank individuals exist in the Tree Continent, their ethnic groups will immediately perish."
"Since then, quite a few originally kind and wonderful races in my hometown, along with their companions and supporters, vanished from the world just like that. Even the traces they left behind were completely wiped out, as if they had never come to this world."
Fisher's expression twitched slightly. He looked at Tsubaki beside him. At this moment, the other party wasn't looking at him, just calmly looking ahead.
Fisher sighed,
"Truly a regret."
"...We're here."
Walking to the base of the stone tower, Tsubaki didn't continue the topic, instead stepping into the towering stone tower before his eyes first.
Falling behind, Fisher glanced at Helaire behind him. Seeing her spread her hands, she whispered,
"It is indeed like this. Not only elves have done such things, we have also done such things. You know we gather many materials in the Dragon Continent. I remember two or three thousand years ago, a Mythic Rank creature was born here, what species I forgot. He was dissatisfied with us coming here to plunder slaves and materials, so he claimed a mountain as king to confront us, and then was blasted into slag by the Angels of the Third Heaven."
Asuka Karasawa stroked her own chin, inquiring,
"Are there many existences like Teacher Fisher, postnatally elevating their life level to become existences like Elves?"
Helaire smiled, extended her right hand, and said to her,
"In the previous full ten thousand years, the number of existences that postnatally entered the Mythic Rank does not exceed five."
"Ah, so few... then as Teacher Fisher's chief... oh no, second disciple, I will later..."
"No, you're just a human."
"Eh?"
Actually, the number Helaire stated was about Fisher's estimation. He came from the future; from now on to the era he lived in, the truly postnatally entered Mythic Rank existences he knew of were probably only those three Phoenixes and the Ocean Emperor Xuan Shen.
There might also be other Mythic Rank existences, but because of the creature wars later, they were all fought into nothingness.
They very quickly kept up with Tsubaki's pace walking towards the upper part of the stone tower.
At this time, at the top of the tall tower, at the previously hollowed-out surrounding positions, Mikhail, Gou Wen, Nekelia, and the others had almost finished eating. The exquisite food previously placed on the table was simply swept clean. Both Mikhail and Gou Wen sat paralyzed in their chairs from eating slightly too much, making Fisher raise an eyebrow.
One must know, Gou Wen was an oceanic Demi-human Race. These days he wasn't very accustomed to eating the things Fisher and the others ate. Of course, it could also be due to Fisher's culinary skills being too terrible.
But at Margaret's place, he unexpectedly ate Feasting Heartily unprecedentedly. After eating, he didn't forget to reminisce about the subtle wonders within,
"Truly should have my wife come over to take you as a master to learn how to cook things. She only knows how to eat every single day, cooking is like poisoning, I've wanted to scold her long ago!"
Mm, it seems Gou Wen's brain disease hasn't fully recovered; he is still in this "courageous state".
Mikhail coughed speechlessly. While greeting Fisher and the others, he complained to Gou Wen,
"Do you know what Trouble Comes from the Mouth means? Weren't you quite strong in your Desire for Survival before, why are you suddenly so brave?"
"Heh, just a stinking woman, still 'Trouble Comes from the Mouth', do you believe even if I scold her to her face she wouldn't dare utter a sound?"
"I believe."
Mikhail didn't intend to pay attention to this Gou Wen whose brain seemed to have been squeezed by a door since returning. Nekelia beside them had also finished eating. At this time, she was expressionlessly slowly wiping her lips with a napkin.
"You're here. Originally there was no need to rush so urgently, but Asuka personally cooked some food. If you don't eat it, it would be a pity."
At this time, on the other side of the dining table, Margaret wearing a capable linen apron walked out smilingly, saying thusly to Fisher. Upon hearing there was still delicious food, Gou Wen and Mikhail both sat straight with their eyes lighting up slightly, showing a posture of wanting to fight a few more rounds. But when Margaret walked back to the side kitchen and walked out holding a plate of steaming dark brown paste-like food, those two both stood up simultaneously, preparing to walk down the stone tower.
"I'm full, eat slowly, Fisher."
"I also, take my leave."
Seeing the reactions of those two, the cheeks of Asuka Karasawa whose face was flushed red were about to explode. But seeing Teacher Fisher's eyebrows quivering, she still couldn't hold back from frantically waving her hands saying,
"This is mashed potatoes. The appea... the appearance is a tiny bit poor, but... it really is edible, I've already tasted it."
"Hahaha, it is indeed so, I testify. There is also some other food I prepared here, please enjoy slowly. We will go down first to prepare festival gifts for the citizens. Mr. Gou Wen, Mr. Mikhail, please stay, Tsubaki prepared some fine wine earlier, do you want to drink?"
And Fisher glanced at the steaming food before his eyes, then glanced at Asuka Karasawa beside him whose eyes were full of expectation. After hesitating for a moment, he still put a spoonful of food into his mouth.
Totally Unexpected... it was edible.
"Very good."
"That's great!"
Fisher opened his mouth thusly. Just hearing his "praise" like this, Asuka Karasawa's two eyes finally lit up. She was simply so excited she was about to jump up, wanting to open her arms to hug Fisher. Even Fisher was startled by her.
But from her peripheral vision, Asuka Karasawa abruptly saw the smiling Helaire beside her. Once again, her movements paused slightly, remaining in place.
"Um... it's good that Teacher Fisher likes it. You guys eat first, I'll go distribute Easter Eggs to the children below now. Remember to come down and get Easter Eggs after you finish eating too, you'll become lucky."
Mikhail and Gou Wen left first. Subsequently, Tsubaki and Margaret also went down to prepare for that whatever "Easter" activity tonight. Now Asuka Karasawa had also left.
That is to say, only he and Helaire were left here.
"Don't you feel Karasawa has been a bit too excited this period of time? Just a while ago she was clearly still pitiful."
"A little bit, I guess. You know, children always like to dodge, because they are afraid to face the things they are unwilling to face. And little Karasawa is an outstanding one among them. Just like small animals, when she feels safe, she will become slightly braver again, attempting to try facing..."
"Facing, facing you?"
"I'm very generous, so probably not me... probably?"
Helaire smilingly made a Bare Fangs and Brandish Claws motion, cute just like a kitten.
Fisher was slightly startled, and subsequently placed his gaze on Helaire whose face was full of smiles before him. He abruptly realized, isn't it already the seventh day now? Why hasn't she produced any obvious changes yet, no different from before. Could it be she deceived him again?
Just as Before, facing Fisher's sizing up, Helaire had always been generous.
She spread her arms allowing Fisher's gaze to scan, while smilingly opening her mouth to ask,
"Already Unable to Wait?"
"...A bit."
Fisher didn't shy away at all. Holding Asuka Karasawa's food exactly preparing to sit down on a seat, yet when he turned his eyes, he saw Nekelia Sit Upright and Still sitting on a chair, face expressionless yet with mouth slightly open looking at Fisher and Helaire before her eyes.
"..."
"..."
After the two exchanged a glance, the existence-lacking Nekelia seemed to have gone blind, slowly standing up. She turned her head away, too lazy to even walk down the stairs, directly spreading her wings and flying down from the stone tower, vanishing into the night curtain.
Bad, both forgot there was still an innocent Miss Phoenix.
"Hahaha, are men dominated by desires all idiots?"
Even worse, there was a scummy Angel who liked to tease people beside him.
She knew early on there was still a Nekelia who hadn't left, but seeing Fisher completely didn't notice that Phoenix, she also pretended she didn't see her.
"You're really annoying."
"Don't you like my annoyingness?"
She smilingly sat down in front of Fisher, looking at him very sincerely, asking thusly.
In the center of the stone tower top at night, the calm pool water splashed ripples, hitting a patch of sparkling wave light upwards.
Fisher scooped a spoonful of edible mashed potatoes with a spoon. Only after chewing a mouthful did he respond to her,
"A little."
"Oh my, straight ball plus one point."
"Then what about you? From the very beginning you paid excessive attention to me. As a human, is there anything about me worthy of your attention? Or to say, is this also a part of your amusement?"
"Of course it's because you're very cute, the kind of cute that makes me Unable to Wait to collect you into my pocket~"
"Lie deduct one point."
Helaire propped her chin with her hand, the smile on her face becoming denser and denser,
"Then now I owe you two points."
"Can also only owe one point."
"Mm, right now you're super cute, I'll add one point for you."
Eating mashed potatoes, Fisher paused slightly, looking at Helaire before his eyes. It was still better to speak words more straightforwardly.
"So, the reason you pay attention to me?"
"I've already told you the answer, my dear."
Already told me?
Is it the cute from the previous sentence?
Fisher's memory was astonishingly good, but at this instant it seemed to have lost its effect.
He recalled his conversation with Helaire, yet didn't find the corresponding answer. So the conclusion was probably obvious, she was joking with him again.
Helaire deduct one point, now she owes four points.
She reached out one finger and dabbed a bit of the mashed potatoes in front of Fisher. Subsequently, she put it into her small mouth and sucked a bit. Wait until she slightly tasted the flavor within, only then did she merely blink her left eye at Fisher, questioning him,
"Has anyone ever called you this before?"
"You mean..."
"My~ dear~"
Unilaterally declaring, Helaire owes him three points.
"No..."
Just as Fisher was about to open his mouth, he abruptly discovered that under the illumination of the dim moonlight, the aura of the beautiful Angel before his eyes abruptly softened immensely.
Fisher's pupils shrank, subconsciously comparing the discrepancies before and after in his mind.
It seemed to take only the effort of a glance. Her golden eyelashes grew quite a bit in an instant; her previously ceramic-like skin also became soft. The illusory blue-gold wings behind her opened bit by bit, formlessly leaking a bit of faint fragrance like a flower.
At this moment, even the loose white robe could not conceal the rise and fall of her chest. Her delectable collarbone was also revealed following the tremble of that white robe.
Her short golden hair remained the same; the glowing halo on her head was askew, seemingly a thousand, ten thousand times more beautiful.
Helaire maintained the action of sucking her finger. A hint of being Totally Unexpected flashed across her face, but like a deception, that streak of Totally Unexpected was very quickly covered by a smile full of teasing implication.
"Pop."
When she let go of her finger, she let out a crisp sound akin to a water balloon popping, waking Fisher who was admiring her beauty.
"Then, I'll just call you like this from now on..."
Helaire had completely transformed into a female Angel.
At this very moment, Fisher was this certain.
Immediately after, she leaned her back against the chair behind her, breathing towards Fisher like a soft whisper,
"Now, it's exactly the night of the seventh day, my dear."