221 Flowing Spiri (1/2)
Charles wanted to know more about his job here but after he was led by the little girl in the living room, no one came to meet him.
The little girl disappeared for a couple of minutes before returning with a snack.
”You've just arrived, you need to rest first Sir Mage Doctor.”
”Oh, thank you, little lady. I heard that Wallace wasn't present but someone would still relay the job on me.”
”That's correct. That someone wanted to meet you inside the virtual world. After you rested, I'll lead you there.”
”Is that so?”
Charles looked at the high-quality tea that was served and he took a sip on it.
It was good but not on par with his tea at home but he did not comment.
”Alright... I'm good.”
The little girl or Hani then led him to the room where a VR pod was already prepared. From the moment he arrives here, he had not seen any automatons at all.
It seems that Avalon decided to hide them for some reason.
”Ho~ I heard about this... It is currently popular with young kids. Am I right?”
”Yes... It is called a Virtual Reality Pod. Inside was a Virtual World that... Well, you'll see it for yourself. Uhmm... This VR pod was specially made. You can just enter the pod and lay comfortably and say the words Start Link.”
Hani said like she was reading something.
”Alright...”
'We'll meet in the virtual world? Is it to ensure that no information will be leaked?'
Charles thought as he tried guessing the person's intention. He still followed the little girl as he lay down comfortably at the VR Pod.
Anyway, the pod doesn't possess any dangerous components as he could see. He quickly complied and entered the Virtual World after muttering the words.
He was brought to a white room where a figure was waiting for him. There were an empty chair and a table between them.
”Nice to meet you, Sir Charles. I'm Avalon.”
”I see... You are Wallace's representative?” Charles wanted to confirm the person's identity first.
”Yes... Would you like to hear the details of your job now?”
”Uhmm... Before that, are you a human?”
The old man couldn't help but ask since the one speaking with him was only a black figure of a man. It doesn't have any face and was just a silhouette of an adult male
”I'm an Artificial Intelligence.”
”...”
”I was tasked by Sir Wallace to relay the information about your job. Do you have an idea of what that is?”
”No...”
”Very well. It was about the Secret Art called Flowing Spirit.”
”That's an interesting Art... Unfortunately, no one has obtained the complete technique... It must have been destroyed through the passage of time... If I'm not mistaken, only half of it was found and it's now gathering dust in a collector's shelf...”
Charles said not hiding what he knows about the Art.
”It is good that you have heard of it. We have obtained more than half of the Secret Arts and we needed your help to figure it out. Look at these two parts...”
Avalon manifested a book containing a part of the Secret Art. Avalon gave some time for Charles to read its content.
”Hmmm... It is somehow the same as what I've seen before. Honestly, I've seen about 30% of this incomplete Art... But this is too difficult...”
”What did you find difficult?”
”Well, the aim of the Flowing Spirit is to create another vessel for one's self. The one who can perform this was indeed a Mage Doctor that possesses knowledge in both Soul Arts and Spirit Arts. Because I studied the Mysticism Path of Mage Doctors, I have some knowledge about the Soul Arts but...”
Charles paused for a bit before continuing with a grave tone.