novelraw Chapter 639: Guest from the Northern Border
Chapter 639: Guest from the Northern Border
"Wh-what?! Eat? What do you mean?"
Fisher and Eimhart simultaneously became stunned. Eimhart was even the first unable to control overflowing with astonishment, hurriedly questioning like so.
While Alicia actually was still calm, exactly like within that five or six year old body hid a composure even Eimhart was unable to match. She merely blinked her eyes, then dragged out a box from the bed beside. Could be seen the items contained within that box possessed a certain degree of weight. She even needed to use the strength of her entire body to drag it. And accompanying the box's movement, from within also emitted a "ding dang" crisp sound, then with a "ka da" sound opening the box's lock, a whole set of knives inside then revealed themselves.
"Big Brother ought to understand exactly. If wanting to exert the value of the Treasure then must necessarily absorb the Treasure in order to work. If eating me then Big Brother can absorb me to the greatest extent, then obtaining what you want, this is also what Grandpa and I hope to see... Or say, Big Brother do you have a more convenient absorption method besides eating me from the mouth?"
"You..." Eimhart opened his mouth. Angered to the point of temporarily unable to speak. Passing quite a while only then catching his breath, questioning loudly, "What kind of person do you think our Fisher is? Is he a monster like Erwind? This is eating people! Eating people! Do you know how disgusting eating you is? Even that group of shameless monsters elves wouldn't do this, they at any rate would plant a tree eating fruits..."
Having spoken for quite a while, Eimhart actually discovered Fisher didn't say a single word. He was frightened quite heavily, pursing his lips appearing somewhat lacking confidence,
"Fisher you... you wouldn't eat her, right?"
Fisher merely looked at the small Alicia before his eyes. Remaining silent for a moment, he only then stretched out his hand rubbing her head, making her comfortably close her eyes, just exactly like a kitten like that,
"Do you know, in the past we indeed met before."
"Really? When... I merely feel Big Brother you are very familiar to the eyes, but I cannot remember.""Really... The current you possesses the thing you dreamed of and yearned for previously: freedom, you should cherish it, Alicia. Therefore, even if you weren't Teacher Helson's granddaughter, I also wouldn't do like this. Moreover these words you spoke are somewhat too terrifying, in your values, is eating people some ordinary matter? Or say, you feel I am a terrifying monster who eats people?"
Alicia blinked her eyes, seemingly contemplating something. After contemplating, she once again blurted out,
"Mmn, very terrifying oh, Big Brother."
"..." Fisher was slightly startled, pointing at himself, "Me?"
"Mmn."
Alicia innocently and naively nodded her head. And Eimhart beside also couldn't help but laugh mockingly bumping his head,
"Ha, you reflect on yourself ba, even this little girl sensed your scumbag aura!"
But Alicia actually entirely didn't understand exactly what meaning the so-called "scumbag" had. She merely lowered her eyes, appearing somewhat hesitant. Fisher read exactly what her small brain was thinking of, he then softly opened his mouth saying,
"I know what I want to use the Treasure for. What I need to understand is the Treasure, which is exactly your properties. This also implies, here perhaps has another path deconstructing you aside from swallowing you. As for that what's-it 'Usurped Carrier' you are worried about, I still need to research the concrete situation a bit more. You extremely likely have been locked onto by some existence originating from outside the Spirit World..."
Inside Lord Tao's chaos manual recorded this name. "Usurped Carrier" should exactly refer to the chaos source of the Life Completion Manual. Combining with the Treasure itself's advancing role within the Life Completion Manual, Fisher wasn't surprised Alicia was locked onto by chaos.
But what made Fisher surprised was, the source of Life Chaos actually didn't hope Alicia met with himself. This implied, He didn't hope Fisher completely read the Completion Manual causing chaos to bloom within his body.
Why is this again?
Could it be He knew himself right now possessed Azanroth's blessing, when accommodating chaos was able to isolate the influence of His main body?
This news is truly well-informed enough... However recalling it returning according to this train of thought, then whether himself could also use Azanroth's blessing becoming invisible before the eyes of Life Chaos, making Him realize not himself is currently contacting Alicia, deconstructing the properties of the Treasure upon her body?
He once again rubbed Alicia's head. After remaining silent for a moment, he asked,
"Alicia, after finish attending Teacher Helson's funeral, are you willing to leave together with me?"
Alicia glanced around the small wooden house, without too much hesitation then nodded her head expressing agreement. Over here her Grandpa had already departed, Big Sister also didn't want to see her. And before Fisher came, she then had already prepared the resolution wanting to break away from the control of that terrifying existence within her brain, wanting to let herself be eaten up by Fisher.
Right now leaving together with him, if still causing harm towards him, he could also eat herself up at any time right?
"Okay. Although following me perhaps compared to the past will be slightly more exhausting, but I will do my best to take good care of you."
Fisher smiled a bit. But thinking of Elizabeth's aura felt today, he still couldn't help but feel a bit of headache. Right now beside had an extra person aside from Eimhart, moreover was a little girl, also don't know what to do about Elizabeth after the funeral tomorrow...
No matter what, making sufficient preparations prior to this is definitely correct anyway.
He first again opened Azanroth's blessing, wanting to confirm with little Alicia how the state after adding protection blessing was. After all right now she wasn't like Eimhart exactly being familiar with himself. If even Fisher's person couldn't be seen, of course also didn't exist the so-called taking care.
As expected, after Fisher clearly chanted the spell spreading open Azanroth's blessing, before little Alicia he was exactly like completely disappearing. Instantly making her expressionless small face become struck with panic. That appearance of looking all around appeared exceptionally cute.
No choice, he didn't have enough time to deepen the relationship with her, her unable to see himself was also normal, because Fisher prepared a backup plan.
I chose you, Sir Book Eimhart!
Don't forget, Eimhart actually could see Fisher, and once distancing from Fisher he then wouldn't receive protection. This distance standing on Fisher's shoulder is fine. Alicia then instantly noticed Eimhart who broke away from the blessing, letting him relay Fisher's words is fine then.
"What formidable magic, as expected of Grandpa's disciple..."
Alicia's eyes lit up with stars, an appearance of being extremely worshipful. However as she spoke she yet abruptly remembered something, glanced at the gradually falling setting sun outside, standing her body up saying,
"It's almost about to be night, I... I will go chop firewood and light the fire. Oh right, Big Brother, you remember to look at the thing Grandpa left for you ah, Grandpa said this is extremely important."
After finishing speaking everything of this, before Eimhart even relayed Fisher's words, she then broke into a small jog walking out of the house preparing the essential items for the night.
And Fisher who originally also prepared to follow up to assist hearing this was slightly startled. He only then looked towards this notebook without any handwriting on the cover exactly handed over to himself by Alicia previously in his hands.
Teacher Helson's notes huh...
After remaining silent for a moment, he still slowly flipped it open. Yet didn't expect the very first sentence of the opening then made Fisher dumbfounded, yet seeing Helson's handwriting writing upon it,
"On the day of my 20th birthday, I accidentally used self-created magic blasting open the large doors leading to the Spirit World."
Fisher's pupils slightly shrank, suddenly even unable to move.
"Small fry, were the nutrients inside your brain squeezed dry by me, actually doing such a stupid thing."
Right now, within an inn in Chitel City, a pink flower slightly swaying while bathing under "sunlight magic" atop a certain someone's head appeared exceptionally possessing vitality. A somewhat speechless voice also exactly sounded within that person's mind like that, within the tone obviously carrying disdain.
Exactly before that peach blossom, was precisely a mirror. What appeared within the mirror was exactly that phoenix with a head of white hair, the currently somewhat uneasy Valentiina.
Hearing Lord Tao's words within her brain, Valentiina also couldn't help but be somewhat awkward. She raised a finger, softly saying,
"Therefore only then needing your help ah. This is exactly a good opportunity, having obtained exact news of Fisher experiencing great difficulty yet I actually couldn't even confirm it, therefore only then letting the little slimes help me ba, okay?"
"Hehe, don't you forget, right now you are exactly the phoenix of the Wutong Tree, their nominal leader. You feel becoming the leader then can do whatever you want? Power continuously accompanies duty, their not letting you arbitrarily move is correct, on the contrary is you sneaking out being wrong, small fry."
Valentiina pouted her lips. Obviously, she who slumbered for five years even if on the exterior already exhausted all her strength doing things conforming to this title "Phoenix", but on the inside, she arguably was identical to Fisher time stagnating for a whole full four and a half years of an eighteen year old girl.
After hearing the exact news of Fisher transmitted over by the slimes, Valentiina then wanted to confirm this concrete news. Although the slimes agreed on the surface, but because the previous few years inside the slimes already completely became unable to sneak into Naris, therefore this agreement obviously was up for discussion.
Valentiina saw through this point, actually privately decided to personally enter Naris borders to attend Teacher Fisher's funeral.
This perhaps from the surface looking indeed was a foolish act. The enemy's number one element engaging in tit for tat with the Naris Empress in letters actually directly secretly ran to the enemy country, simply isn't anything even more foolish than this. But Valentiina doing so of course had reliance.
That reliance of course was exactly Lord Tao within her brain.
After passing these few months of recovery, Lord Tao's state and matters she could do also became more and more. Look at this peach blossom on her head isn't it growing better and better?
"Lord Tao help me out a bit ma. Previously when complaining inside the Wutong Tree how I became so tall, didn't you say you had a method able to help me change my exterior appearance?"
"... These matters you actually remember clearly, small fry."
Valentiina saw through it. Actually Lord Tao completely didn't really care about her secretly running out from the Wutong Tree. After all seemingly within her eyes, no matter whether it's the Wutong Tree, the various nations of the Northern Border or Naris were all but some small fries playing house gathered together exactly, she was completely absolutely not worried regarding this.
And the sole thing she cared about was also but that enemy named "Chaos" exactly. And previously she only then experienced great difficulty generating a bit of interest towards Naris.
The reason was also very simple, because Lord Tao said, that general named Barbatos appointed by Naris in the Southern Continent she recognized.
"Therefore ah, Lord Tao, you merely need to change me to be exactly identical to the past, turning into a human, then who else can discover me. As long as finding Fisher, we'll then bring him away, you can also concurrently know everything you want to know from Fisher's body."
"Heh, small fry, how do you know she is willing to follow you away. Weren't you previously still speaking in a sarcastic or ambiguous tone towards that what's-it small fry Empress a bit? If you ask me him coming here is exactly for the sake of meeting that human woman. As for you, he definitely has long forgotten."
"I..." Upon hearing this, Valentiina then angrily puffed feeling indignant, "I married him exactly, he still promised to give me rings, how could he possibly forget me?!"
"Men's mouths..."
"Alright alright, Lord Tao, I'm begging you, you quickly help me."
"... Counting you as having an attitude of begging people, small fry."
Lord Tao yawned. She who had already seen through everything was also too lazy to expose Fisher's true colors. Or perhaps the emotions of these small fries towards her still didn't possess any meaning anyway. She then exactly followed the thoughts of this little phoenix going,
"What exterior appearance did you have previously, how to change?"
"Mmn, in the past I was a human, not a phoenix. Moreover also wasn't so tall and expansive la, also don't know if Fisher seeing my current appearance would dislike me."
"Heh, if he cannot even accept this, the feelings between you and him are exactly just like that ba... however, according to my understanding of him, even if you become a bit stranger he would also like it."
"It's absolutely not like this okay..."
Valentiina pouted her lips retorting up,
"Although this kind indeed can test the feelings between me and him, but what meaning does this kind of test have? I want to use my past appearance to meet him merely wanting to let him see the more familiar me, I also hope to see the more familiar him. What's more, previously I couldn't even walk, he... should be very happy being able to see me using my past appearance standing up."
"... Is that so, the emotions of small fries are truly difficult to understand."
Lord Tao remained silent for a while. Seemingly contemplating the logic within this. But the critical points within this perhaps towards her were still too difficult. Thus the next second, she then was too lazy to think, yet continued explaining,
"The power I use is still the power of Chaos. The process of modifying your physical form won't have any feeling. But when I withdraw the power you will then change back to your original form. This process only has the time of two days. Although the power I accumulated is already a lot, but impossible entirely used on this aspect. Still needing to leave some leeway to guard against risks. When the time arrives you will immediately change back to your original appearance. At that time I suggest no matter whether you brought away your dead ghost husband or not you all must use the power of the slimes leaving here, understand?"
"Understood la, thank you, Lord Tao."
Valentiina gratefully nodded her head. Exactly also in the next second, her huge phoenix body also shrank bit by bit up. The feathers upon her body also slowly disappeared, turning into her originally fair and delicate skin.
Beneath the depiction of the impression within the brain, Valentiina then pleasantly correctly watched her own body miraculously changing from phoenix back to human. This process made her somewhat dumbfounded, not daring to imagine if initially before ascending the Wutong Tree then met Lord Tao wouldn't she not need to be so troublesome.
Merely, in that case then wouldn't have so much happen with Fisher ba?
"Alright, you take a look ba."
"Truly exactly identical with the past, this power is truly formidable ah..."
"Heh, that's of course. The so-called learning the advanced techniques of the barbarians to control the barbarians. After Mother left, if not utilizing these extreme methods, my siblings afraid would have already vanished into thin air before my two demigod elders... only regrettably, until the end I still failed to do anything."
"Lord Tao, actually hearing you say so much, I feel..."
"Forget it ba, small fry. I don't need your comforting. Fulfill the matters before your eyes well. Me helping you isn't purely to help you hook your dead ghost husband exactly. As a return, don't you forget needing to know the matters of the Dragon Continent from him. Also that Naris... I always feel this ghost place already produced countless inextricable links with Chaos, giving me a kind of ominous premonition."
"Mmn mmn, exactly waiting for tomorrow la..."
Valentiina smiled slightly, looking towards outside the brightly lit window. The populace beneath hadn't slept for the entire night, still spontaneously mourning for the departure of that legendary magician.
And tomorrow, is exactly the funeral of Magician Helson which even the Naris Empress would personally grace with her presence.