novelraw Chapter 632: Like the Sun
Chapter 632: Like the Sun
"Mr. Fisher, Adina can teleport you to a certain place in the suburbs of St. Naris, because the distance is too far there is no way to precisely locate the position of teleportation. But if there are any problems you can all find local Petric Family members to seek help. This is my credential, as long as you present this credential, the Petric family will provide you help as much as possible."
After boarding the cabin, Keken who had already sold empty the goods on the ship here looked in quite a good mood. While carrying out the matters for Fisher's teleportation later, he handed a brooch bearing the Petric family crest to Fisher.
Fisher received the brooch he handed over, feeling its ice-cold weight, then asked,
"Are you not going back together with us?"
"Ah, you should know, Slimes teleporting people or objects all require a price. She has no way to send our entire ship back to Naris. If I leave, my several wives and the crew members left here will be in trouble, after all there is still a war here, right? Therefore..."
"I understand, thank you."
Holding the brooch in his hand, Fisher smilingly nodded his head at Keken. And Keken also no longer gave further explanation, turning his head letting the maid instruct his Slime wife to come down.
"Right, Mr. Fisher, regarding the Wutong Tree's matter, for a long time I had been making one-way contact to Patriarch Barion, therefore I am still not very understanding towards the situation over there. But I have already told Wutong Tree the matter of you heading to Naris. Phoenix seems very worried about your situation. Afterwards whatever situation there is you then link up with them, just don't know if Slimes can still enter St. Naris or not."
Hearing this Fisher's body stiffened slightly, even the Eimhart on his shoulder also revealed an expression of taking pleasure in others' misfortune.
Originally Valentiina previously wrote a letter to Empress Elizabeth right? Elizabeth originally had a massive possibility to make a huge fuss utilizing Helson's matter. Right now telling Valentiina Fisher's specific location, was simply playing open cards preparing for a huge battle in Naris.Heh, this time really going to make Fisher have no sweet fruit to eat.
Fisher sighed, however he could only accept it with his conscience at peace.
As the saying goes, many debts don't weigh down the body, moreover he indeed needed to let Valentiina know his own situation. It couldn't be said that in order to lower risks then let her remain buried within a complete fog, this was also unfair to her.
"... Okay, many thanks."
Keken smilingly nodded his head, subsequently the maid and his wife behind also timidly walked behind him. Both the two maids' hands hugged a leather suitcase, while in his wife's hands gripped the Boundary Flute Fisher had seen more than once.
"Then it's like this, Mr. Fisher, this suitcase is the money given to you for activities in Naris. If you want to be a bit more low-profile, having some cash is also better for smoothing things over right. As for this suitcase, it is the cost of teleportation. Once you are ready I will let Adina begin."
Keken handed one of the suitcases to Fisher, inside was completely filled with Naris' paper banknotes. While the other suitcase was opened right there by the maid putting it down, revealing a wisp of golden light within, exactly strips of solid gold.
"Many thanks, I will use them properly... also don't know exactly how huge the changes in Naris are during these years I left, at least hearing from the Southern Continent, it should be entirely different from the Naris I previously lived in right?"
"That goes without saying, there is a saying amongst Naris' townspeople that goes like this..." Keken smiled slightly, explaining to Fisher, "Yesterday's Naris is the father's generation's Naris, the day before yesterday's Naris is the grandfather's generation's Naris. Meanig currently Naris' changes are tremendous, making people unable to recognize it."
"Is that so, then I have to personally go take a look."
"Have a safe trip, additionally, although I have already left the Petric family for a period of time, but when taking action I still request Mr. Fisher to take care a bit more, don't let Her Majesty Elizabeth vent her anger on us."
Keken's meaning was actually very simple, because everyone knew what the relationship between Elizabeth and Fisher was like. If they spent time together sweetly and honey-like, then the Petric family who helped Fisher would definitely have merit; But Keken could tell, with the situation of this old senior's several female confidants in the Southern Continent, and one female confidant in the Northern Territory, who knows what other female confidants there were in other places?
And coincidentally Empress Elizabeth couldn't tolerate sand in her eyes. Sooner or later they would produce conflicts, when that time came Elizabeth's view of the Petric family would extremely likely be no merit but faults.
Helping Fisher was Keken's own intention, this was tactfully reminding Fisher, his matters with Elizabeth shouldn't implicate his family.
Of course Fisher understood, then smilingly replied,
"Rest assured, I will carefully pay attention."
"That's good..." Obtaining Fisher's promise, Keken then turned his head looking towards his own wife, saying to her, "Adina, you can begin."
"Mmn..."
That Slime named Adina timidly nodded her head, yet didn't look at Fisher, merely hid behind Keken raising the long flute in her hands. In the next second, a melodious, an soul-trembling music suddenly sounded.
"Adina Adina Adina Adina Adina Adina!!"
Amidst resonant singing voices one after another, streaks of melodious golden light also began spurting out from Adina's body. That peculiar power rapidly melted the gold placed within the suitcase, turning into pure value, turning into teleportation energy, thoroughly wrapping up Fisher and Eimhart's entire bodies.
The music outside became increasingly high-pitched, but that Keken waving his hand bidding farewell yet became increasingly distorted. Very quickly, it was no longer just the people standing before his eyes, but the entire scene.
The next second, Fisher and Eimhart thoroughly disappeared on the spot, heading to the unknown other end.
"Buzz buzz buzz!"
"Ahhhh! Fisher quickly catch me ah!! I'm going to fly out!!"
"Hold on tight!"
Within the illusory and distorted spatial tunnel, Fisher maintained his center of gravity. Amidst the howling sounds of Eimhart flying all around beside him abruptly unfurled his Fluid Sword pulling him back to his own side. And the next second, he also abruptly fell upon the ground. The illusions all around also gradually turned into reality, turning into a cramped room without any items displayed.
He panted for a moment, reaching out withdrawing the Fluid Sword back into the sword hilt. And that Eimhart being wrapped up also fell dizzy and confused to the ground, muttering,
"Aiyou, made me dizzy to death."
And when Fisher deeply breathed a mouthful of air within the room, the instant that familiar depressing aura of coal burning and sea breeze blowing surged into his nasal cavity again, he also unconsciously looked towards the direction of the window covered by curtains within the room, softly saying,
"... We arrived."
Right now was exactly noontime, even with the cover of the curtains it still revealed the faint sunlight outside. He pondered for a moment, picking up Eimhart on the ground stuffing him into the crevice of his own coat, only revealing his dizzy and confused eyes to observe outside.
He massaged his own face, the power of the Life Completion Manual then instantly activated, slowly kneading his face shape into an even more standard Naris person style. His previous symbolic black hair and black pupils of Kadu lineage then instantly disappeared without a trace. Subsequently he then lifted that suitcase of banknotes sponsored by Keken walking outwards.
"Where are we at?"
"You will know once going out."
Fisher walked out of this room that looked like it had already been abandoned for a long time. Just pushing open the door, there was an old Naris man with graying hair at his temples leaning on a cane walking down from the stairs on the other side of the corridor in front of the door,
"Who exactly is it? Is it that group of underage little mongrels protected by the new bill! You bunch of poisonous bugs treated my unrented out room as your secret base is it?!"
That old man cursed, the instant coming down yet didn't see a sneaky and suspicious youth, but an unfamiliar foreign Naris man dressed completely in black. The instant he looked over, the old man then instinctively flinched a bit, just as if that man standing in the corridor was some flood or savage beast.
"You... Who are you? Are you a tenant introduced by the agency?"
Fisher blinked his eyes, immediately understanding the location teleported behind was an empty room waiting to be rented out. After he hesitated for a moment, suddenly revealed a smile, using Naris language saying,
"I just arrived in Naris from another place, currently looking for a house to live in, but not too understanding towards here."
"Oh oh... I even thought it was that group of little mongrels..."
"Little mongrels?"
"It's precisely that group of underage little bastards... the underage protection new bill from four years ago, is simply a shield for this group of little lunatics to commit outrages. Smoking, drug abuse, vandalism, simply giving people headaches to death. If you ask me, this is exactly the only place Her Majesty did wrong... But she might be pinning too high hopes on the youngsters of Naris, merely having some black sheep..."
Fisher raised his eyebrows, committing everything this old man said entirely into his mind. But at the same time, he also couldn't bear to open his mouth interrupting saying,
"Then, old sir, how far is Naris' Cathedral from here?"
"How far? Taking a car will be very fast, especially after that what's-it... Cardinal line opened, around twenty minutes right... Mother Goddess bless, didn't expect a decent gentleman like you is also a devout believer..."
Perhaps Fisher being formally dressed in a suit and proper politeness dispelled this old man's misgivings, he considered it for a bit, saying to Fisher,
"How about this, Sir, if you want to rent my house, I will give you some discount. Not counting the agency fee, just that suite behind you, 600 Nario a month, how about it?"
"No need, let me consider it further."
Roughly figuring out he is currently within the urban area Fisher smiled a bit, refusing this old sir's invitation. At the end he still didn't forget to say,
"But this price is already a very not bad price, even cheaper than my price here five years ago."
"Isn't that right, these are all housing subsidies signed by Her Majesty, said to encourage more rural Naris people to enter the city. Sir, you should also be one of the members right? But you have to consider clearly, passing my village there won't be this shop anymore. My price in this block is still..."
"Thank you very much, but I am leaving right now."
But his words hadn't finished speaking, Fisher had already moved his footsteps heading to the lower level of the floor, causing the promotion to his own room to come to an abrupt end.
Downstairs was the public area of the entire building, also the living area of this landlord old man.
The breath of life inside was very strong, exactly like the majority of Naris people, there would always be lit stove fires, boiling sea fish soup, and a turned-on radio.
Just comparing to the past, here there was an extra bronze Mother Goddess statue, and also an Empress's portrait hung on the wall of the room.
Fisher's footsteps slightly paused, looking towards that Empress portrait on the wall, seemingly copied by folkoric workshops. Atop it, Elizabeth dressed in a suit of gorgeous clothes wearing a crown had a calm face with eyes closed. Holding a scepter in one hand, while the other hand held a golden cup.
"Memorial Portrait of Elizabeth I's Thirtieth Birthday"
"... Seems she's still the same as before, what do you think?"
The Eimhart in his embrace also saw this portrait, then softly opened his mouth like so. And gazing at the Empress amidst the painting who was still as yesterday, his expression couldn't help but become complicated too,
"Yeah."
"Sir, are you sure you won't consider it again?"
Above, the old man's voice continued transmitting over. His body seemingly wasn't well, unable to rapidly chase after the descending Fisher, then leaned against the handrail of the staircase opening his mouth like so.
And Fisher merely shook his head, turning his head walking towards the direction of the doorway, responding,
"No need, many thanks!"
"Clack!"
The next second, when he pushed open this door before his eyes, entering his eyes were rows of massive tall buildings, compared to the low and small bungalows of only two to three floors in his impression it indeed made him somewhat hard to recognize. He looked up, very quickly seeing even more buildings currently under construction therefore shielded by curtains. Outside those curtains, many workers were currently operating Cardinals blinking with blue light transporting building materials up and down.
Above the street, from time to time flew passed several Cardinals emitting dense resonant sounds like bees, seemingly doing patrol work. Horse carriages on the driveway decreased, replaced by even flat stone brick roads. In the center of the street tracks were excavated out, just compared to the slow trains from the past, the speed of the trains driven by Cardinals obviously had to be considerably faster.
The sounds of clamor, sounds of walking, sounds of conversation on the street consecutively transmitted over. All around from time to time some demi-human breeds walked passed. But looking from their facial features and the language used, demi-humans of the Northern Territory were the majority, demi-human breeds of the Southern Continent basically couldn't be seen.
"Today is Monday, according to the classics of the "Scripture of Creation", it is the day of worship. Devout believers be sure to face the sun, praying to Mother Goddess under the guidance of the sunlight, to obtain Mother Goddess's blessing."
From time to time the voice of the reporters transmitted out from within the patrolling Cardinals in the sky, seemingly safety announcements attached to the police station of the Golden Palace.
Fisher just dazedly stood with Eimhart at a corner of this flourishing street like this, unbelievably sizing up everything before his eyes that made him hard to believe. Until the voice of that old man transmitted over from the stairs behind again,
"You didn't close the door? Sir? Sir?"
"..."
Fisher silently turned his head back closing the large door behind him. Subsequently walked along the street that still had several points of resemblance to the past, sizing up these infrastructures with enormous changes, seemingly he left not merely five years, but a hundred years like that.
"Seems still quite not bad, quite energetic, what do you think?"
Eimhart's voice speaking out transmitted from the chest, his minute speaking voice was drowned out by nearby human voices. Of course no one recognized it was that book in the blonde gentleman's embrace opening its mouth speaking either.
"More than just quite not bad, I almost couldn't recognize this is Naris."
"Hah, how to say this, the techniques of the Holy Progeny using them themselves wasn't much, but letting humans use it made it considerably more convenient. Do you say a hundred years later will here turn into a second Sanctuary?"
Fisher merely sized up all around, seeing quite a few crowds from out of towns of Naris along the way. Their dialectal Naris language and somewhat different appearances all proved, the policies of the Golden Palace expedited the flow of population, leading to many talents originally staying in the countryside entering the city under the call.
Right now was exactly noontime, on the firmament, that burning Crevice hadn't expanded to this side of the sea. Therefore Naris' sky was still exceptionally clear. Under the azure sky, that streak of radiant sunlight sprinkled down from the sky, making this area of flourishing coastal city become sparkling and radiating brightly.
Incomplete seven or eight-story tall buildings were surrounded by shielding curtains all around, Cardinals and workers were currently operating within; While atop many tall buildings already completed, hung up massive canvases, covering the surface of one entire side of the building with Empress Elizabeth's portrait.
The passing Naris people hurried along, but even so, when passing by this place, the vast majority would turn their heads looking at the Empress portrait on the building. The reverence and fanaticism within needed no words, to the extent when some people prayed they would bring along a sentence,
"Mother Goddess bless, Empress bless."
The sun on the firmament slanted west bit by bit, until penetrating through the shield of the buildings in the distance, sprinkling down pure golden sunlight, solitarily overlapping with Elizabeth's portrait.
At least in Naris, in this place, she was an existence just like the sun.
Fisher very quickly realized, in these years she became Empress Naris had already risen an unspeakable flavor of personality cult. The Naris people of St. Naris began holding trust and anticipation towards that Empress facing the increasingly changing lives and flourishing social conditions.
He gazed at the portrait bathed amidst the sun unable to see her closed-eye face clearly, waiting for quite a while only then like those urgent Naris people previously, walking into the waiting station of the Cardinal train, observing the stations within.
Going forward two stations from this direction, then it would be possible to arrive near the central hinterland of St. Naris. Over there not only had the Golden Palace, but also St. Naris' Cathedral.
Teresa's ashes were then deposited there.
And not only Teresa's ashes, on the map the Demi-Human Girl Con entrusted Cidi to give him also indicated the things left to him was in that area. Therefore Fisher's first plan upon returning was checking in on Mother Teresa first, secondary then being taking out the things the Demi-Human Girl Con left to him.
After that all matters would inevitably produce connection with Elizabeth. He hadn't considered properly yet whether directly entering the Golden Palace meeting with Elizabeth or stealthily attending Teacher Helson's funeral first. Because he wasn't certain what Elizabeth's situation was really like right now. Especially after she communicated with Valentiina...
Anyhow impossible to be friendly and easy to talk to just as he imagined. Could it be you expected Elizabeth to say to Fisher: "Dear, you returning is truly too wonderful. Actually you having one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight females outside doesn't matter, as long as you return is fine"?
Fisher shuddered, even to the extent merely thinking like this felt exceptionally dissonant.
But he also didn't want to discover it didn't work out after entering, relying on his tier wildly battling his way out everywhere from within the Golden Palace after producing conflict. Especially after he saw the changes in Naris nowadays, he also couldn't help but produce curiosity towards the Elizabeth he hadn't seen for a long time.
But anyhow being cautious is not wrong. He still needed to understand more of the current St. Naris, the current Elizabeth to work.