Chapter 97: Festival (VI)
"The Black Gryphon's children? Is that even possible?" Coco asked, she was getting the soap ready.
"I honestly don't know." I dipped myself into the water, wetting my hair. Coming out, I started to pour shampoo in my hair, but before I could get started, Coco began to wash it for me.
"This is grave news. The barrier put up around the city shouldn't allow any of the Legendary monsters to get through. Even the descendants of the Black Gryphon shouldn't be able to step foot."
"The barrier. Can you explain it to me? I never really learned about it except from Phil briefly; after that, I completely forgot that it existed."
"Yes, young mistress. The barrier that is set around the city is a special barrier. From my understanding, your blood has activated an ancient civilization magic. The defensive plant wall is one of the features, and the magic castle is another. I'm not exactly sure how you were able to find this place and contracted with it, but you did. In history, there are many ancient civilizations with old magic out there in the world, but no one has been able to activate it."
Coco washed the soap away. "From my understanding, the magic in this castle only listens to you. It has the power to convert your magic and tame the necessary amount of surrounding monsters to serve you. When you left the castle, traveled into the other world, the time magic activated, keeping anyone living inside the castle unaging. Not a single one of us grew older unless we left the castle itself. The stupid pup constantly went outside and gained a couple years.
A special invisible barrier is put around the whole city, casting a perfect illusion of magic. I'm not sure how people can find us, but I heard rumors that people who mean no ill will to the city can come through. That includes the legendary creatures. I'm not sure how the Black Gryphon's children could bypass that. This city is your domain, young mistress. You have control over your home."
"That's quite a lot of magic." I was utterly dazed at the amount of magic that was continually being used unconsciously. I don't know if I'm a genius or stupid in wasting such a lot of magic. This could be why I felt like I didn't always seem to have enough magic in my body. I always felt I was only using half of my power and not my full potential.
"Yes, young mistress. You are truly amazing."
I couldn't help but blush from her flattery. I don't usually get compliments, but it was nice to hear, though I reminded myself not to be arrogant and proud. Such thoughts would get me killed if I wasn't careful. I read many books with the downfall of those characters that died off in some gruesome way or another.
"So the ancient civilization, can you tell me about them? So far, I haven't found any books on these so-called ancient civilizations."
"Well, that is to be expected. The ancient civilizations are mysterious people. For some odd reason, text written about them would disappear in a year or shorter, leaving barely any information. Most of the time, it's spread from mouth-to-mouth."
"Wouldn't that be more of a rumor then? The story changes when transferred from person-to-person."
Coco shook her head. "That is not the case. There is one being in the Divine race that keeps a record in their mind of all the stories of the ancient civilizations. She is called the Priestess of Myst, and every Priestess must learn from mouth-to-mouth the stories of the ancient civilization memorized perfectly. She is the keeper of stories and ancient knowledge."
"I see. So that was the solution in stopping the nonappearance of the ancient civilization text."
"Yes. Any new findings about the Ancient Civilization, the Priestess is there at the forefront, learning and memorizing the stories."
I got out of the tub, and Coco wrapped a white towel around me. Drying myself, I sat down on a chair to listen to her story.
��So, from my understanding, the Ancient Civilization had created the castle and the barrier."
"Yes. They have been legends that stated that they were the ones that actually created the six legendary creatures that wreak havoc every thousand years. From their powerful magic and technology, they were able to help quell the rampaging races that seem to go to war often."
"The ancient civilization sounds like they were gods."
"They are not."
"Then, do you know anything about the Lady in white?"
"Lady in white?" Coco was thinking over what I said.
"How about the Goddess of Light?"
"The Goddess of Light." Coco gave off a beautiful smile that even I felt my heart flutter slightly. Coco's lovely personality and appearance made it that much more appealing to anyone who talked with her, giving a slightly charming effect that I noticed when I was around her. Even Tart had the same charming effect that he would give off constantly without even trying.
"The Goddess of Light is the creator of the universe. She has taken part in many wonderful things, but she doesn't intervene in the world anymore, and instead leaves her creations to choose their own direction in life."
"Is there any connection to the Goddess of Light and the Ancient Civilizations?"
"No. She wouldn't create such things to harm her creations, though I wouldn't be surprised if the Corrupted One might have some connection to the Ancient Civilizations. It sounds exactly like what they would be doing to destroy the Goddess of Light's Creation."
"Corrupted One? I'm guessing that would be the enemy?"
"Yes, the Corrupted One, Dark Liar, The beautiful one, Two-Face, and even The bastard."
"Quite a colorful name." I chuckled.
"He was considered the lover of the Goddess of Light till he aimed for her position: to become the ruler of the universe."
"Why does that story sound familiar." I scratched my chin, thinking over what she had said.
The door was suddenly opened, and Tart ran in with a handful of items that seemed to cover him from head-to-toe. I wondered why he was taking so long to bring the medicine bag, but now I knew why. He seems to bring a mountain of things with him: bandages, scissors, tapes, fresh herbs, multiple medicine bags, a tray of food, and even quite several blankets.
I couldn't help but stare at the ridiculous sight before me. "Tart?"
"Yes, young mistress?" He straightened up, while a couple of medicine bags fell from his clutches.
"Why so many?"
"I-I didn't know what you needed to heal yourself." He stuttered in embarrassment.
The overbearing worry was cute enough that I couldn't even hate him. He was one of those who worried over and got flustered over it, but he did it out of concern and loyalty.
"Stupid pup. Didn't you even hear what I asked for?" Coco growled and walked over. He snatched the medicine bag from Tart's hand. Tart wobbled a little, trying to keep everything from spilling over.
"I-" Tart
"Never mind. Go put that down."
Tart listened to Coco's words and went back out to put everything away. Not too long, he brought over a tray of hot food with chicken soup. The smell tickled my nose as I could hear my stomach rumble with hunger.
"Thanks, Tart. You're a lifesaver." I beamed up at him happily. The hunger in my stomach only got louder from the delicious smell.
Coco came over and helped me apply the medicine in difficult to reach places. I could feel a stinging itch familiar to the Health Potion that one would drink, but the medicine content was in a paste form.
"You did one thing right." Coco curtly nodded towards Tart.
Tarts seem to slightly blush from Coco's compliment. This was one of those rare instances Coco gave out compliments to Tart. In a sense, I couldn't help but feel a bit proud of Tart, who always seems to mess up on almost everything except food. His food making skills were professional class. I swear it can even rival a five-star restaurant or even above.
"Are you okay, young mistress?" Tart asked worriedly.
"Yes. Thank you, Tart." I sighed in satisfaction as I finished eating all the food that Start had made. This was indeed a blissful end of the day.
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