247 A Gift From Monsters (1/2)
(MC POV)
The princess had to change to another set of clothes for the reception so it ended up with just me entering the reception hall with my disciples in tow.
The guests were already engaging each other in conversation while standing around the hall, most of them with some kind of drink or food in hand.
”Master Lin and his disciples, I bid you welcome,” The servant at the door greeted us with a bow. ”Please enjoy the refreshments, the Royal Family will join the festivities soon.”
”Oh, Master! There's some nice things there! May I see?” Eris squealed, pointing at one of the buffet tables while pulling my sleeve.
Heh, I did get her interested in cooking after all, so she would definitely be interested in opportunities to learn other recipes.
”Hahaha, of course, enjoy yourselves. All of you deserve it,” I laughed. ”Why don't you guys go ahead? I'll just go to the washroom for a bit.”
Diao Chan gave me a sultry smile, ”Does Master need help with relieving himself? Master can use me as relief whenever you want~”
I flicked her on the forehead, ”Don't say such things in front of others. Now go, don't need to wait for me. I'll join you all afterwards.”
”Yes, Master.”
I left them and got directions to the nearest washroom from a passing servant, making my way through the winding corridors of the palace. Not sure why they put the toilet so far away from the banquet hall though.
I managed to find the place without much trouble, though it was quite curious that the entire place was deserted. Not really in a mind to care too much, I quickly finished my business without any issues.
When I left, however, a rather mature looking woman was standing outside waiting for me.
She was dressed in a tight fitting purple gown that hugged her curves with a rather wide brimmed hat that covered half her face nestled on top of her head.
The woman smiled when she saw me, showing me two rows of perfect, white teeth, ”Ah Divine One, good day. I was looking for you.”
I raised an eyebrow at her, ”Sorry, I think you got the wrong person.”
Her smile widened, ”Do not worry Divine One, I made sure no one was around before approaching you. I bear a message from the two foxes.”
Foxes? Wait a minute. She called me Divine One didn't she? There's only one group of people I know that will call me that and I don't remember her being part of it. Unless…
I focused my eyes and the face of the mature woman began fading away, leaving a skeleton behind that was somehow wearing the dress. I released my concentration and the same woman appeared again.
”Lich?”
She nodded, ”Yes, Divine One. I was the only one who possessed a skill to infiltrate humans so I was sent by them to give you this.”
She dug out an orb from within her dress, I recognised it as the sealing orb from the Dark Sect. It seems like they have repaired it?
”You're giving me the sealing orb I broke?”
”Yes and no, we made some changes to it, Divine One.”
I picked it up from her hands, inspecting it with my eyes, ”What sort of changes?”
”We linked it to all of us that have chosen to serve you, Divine One. If you ever require our aid in any way, all you need to do is to say the word and we will appear by your side through the orb. If needed, you can also use any of us as an anchor point to send one of us to them as well.”
”So basically a mobile two-way teleporter?”
She bowed her head, ”For you to discern its function so easily, as expected of the Divine One.”
Is it really that hard to guess? Seems pretty obvious to me.
”Would you like to try it?” She suggested.
”Alright, how does it work?”
”It's really simple, you just need to think about any one of us with the will to summon and we will appear before you.”
I raised an eyebrow, ”Through the orb?”
She nodded.
”I don't even need to ask them before doing it?”
She nodded again.
”Huh… Won't that inconvenience you guys though?”
She smiled, ”For the Divine One who we owe our lives too, there is nothing more important to us than the Divine One himself.”