295 Awake 2 (2/2)

Dyon shifted slightly, wrapping his arms around Ri's waist as he smiled to himself. ”The King had to put on a good show for his queen.”

Ri rolled her eyes. Dyon never seemed to sleep to deeply and that was something that worried Ri, honestly. Even during his coma, he was constantly muttering calculations and deductions. In fact, being in a coma might have been the only time Dyon got any real semblance of rest.

”Hmph. I let you win. Why else would I allow your cheating?”

Dyon's eyes remained closed as he chuckled, ”Ha, I didn't cheat. I simply used the tools available to me.”

”You mean like memories from a person who lived thousands of years? You must have gotten that position from her memories too.” Ri's eyes glimmered when she remembered the feeling of being pinned down beneath Dyon. There was a submissive feeling to it her beast side couldn't help but gravitate toward.

”Eh – ” Dyon didn't know how to respond. Could he say that that was a position quite commonly used in the human world? How would he explain how he knew about it? 'Well… This is awkward.'

By the time Dyon finished explaining, Ri was in a fit of laughter, very much content to make fun of her fiancé.

”Alright, Alright. Every young boy is curious! It's not my fault!”

Ri giggled, ”Dyon Sacharro. Boy genius. Focused. Driven. And a pervert from birth.”

Dyon sighed. ”Fine, fine. You win. I'm a pervert.” Suddenly, Dyon grinned. ”But, now this means there are only two left in this world who can deal with that and for now, the job is solely yours.”

Ri smiled lightly, resting her hand on Dyon's chest, ”I don't think I mind that too much. Even though today seemed excessive, if I didn't lose consciousness, I feel like I would have still wanted more.”

A serious expression colored Dyon's features. ”I saw you awaken your faith seed completely. Or, I guess, what seemed like a complete version… I'm not entirely sure on how faith seeds work exactly, I'm sorry I can't be of much help.”

Ri shook her head, ”I don't need to know everything now, we can slowly figure it out together. But, didn't the Celestial Deer Sect use to be extremely powerful? Wouldn't they have faith seeds then? So, why doesn't your master have memories on it?”

Dyon pondered a bit, ”I know for a fact that the Celestial Deer Sect has at least one faith seed tied to their lineage. The First White Mother transcended, so it's likely she left behind her faith seed. However, I don't have access to the rest of the Celestial Deer Sect's history because my master locked it away. It's likely her memories on faith seeds were locked away too, then.”

”Why are you so sure about the First White Mother?”

Dyon nodded as he answered. He told Ri about his experience in the Epistemic Tower and what it meant for them in future. He also told her about how the old man was technically his grand teacher many times removed, and how one of his disciples had been the first white mother. With that information alone, it was perfectly reasonable to assume that she had a faith seed. In fact, it was the only conclusion.

After thinking for a while, a sudden thought flashed in Ri's mind. ”Wait. Since the Epistemic Tower is one of a hundred of them, it does the same job as every other Epistemic Tower, no?

Since it connects every gate in this quadrant, doesn't that mean we can use your ring to directly bring the elves back to our universe by using the gates as a spatial jump point?”