Chapter 79: Yumiko and the Spirit King (2) (2/2)

Yumiko's voice rang from atop the Spirit King when we arrived at the area below them.

Unfurling her wings, she jumped off from the dragon and landed in front of our carriage.

”Yumiko, if I had to ask, what's your relationship with the Spirit King?”

It seems only I don't know about their connection. Her three companions weren't saying anything about the strangeness of it so it's possible that they knew about it.

”Uhm. Jayna did not tell you?”

Eh? Was she supposed to tell me about it?

I looked back and saw Jayna covering her face while muttering an apology.

”I got too absorbed with the surroundings, sorry.”

Her curiosity got in the way, eh?

Yumiko could only smile wryly before telling me what the curious girl forgot to tell me.

Though Raiden was right when she told me that Yumiko was constantly being chased by the Spirit King, the reason wasn't malicious at all.

When Yumiko first encountered the Spirit King, it was during the last 3-way major skirmish between the Spiritas, Spirit Beast and the Dark Elves.

After the Dark Elves were sent to retreat by the two forces, 5 Representatives from the War Faction of the Council of Twenty and the Spirit King faced off for the bid in the territory that the Dark Elves vacated.

Right there were Factions inside the Council of Twenty. Those who wanted to keep fighting the Spirit Beasts called the War Faction and those who wanted to come to a peace with them called the Peace Faction. Both factions have 9 members each which leaves 2 Council Members having a neutral opinion.

In the end, despite being ganged up by five Peak Noble Spirits, the Spirit King still prevailed against them.

Such is the difference between a Ruler Spirit and Noble Spirits.

Because of the indignation of the War Faction, they were about to launch a campaign that concerned the Spiritas Federation as a whole.

Harlan as part of the Peace Faction asked Yumiko for help. It's not to stop the War Faction but to negotiate with the Spirit King.

Yumiko was initially unconcerned about the denizens'war amongst themselves since she's in this world to repel the Dark Elves.

But Harlan helped her and it's the first time he asked for her help.

What Harlan wanted to do was for Yumiko to act as an intermediary between the two sides. It's not asking for immediate peace but to have the strongest existences of both sides to stop participating in battles which only consisted of Spirit Beasts and Spiritas.

Yumiko accepted and went to meet the Spirit King. Though she's known as the Priestess from another world, the Spirit Beasts considered her as part of Spiritas Federation.

During their meeting, the Spirit King was targeted by the Dark Elves, disguised as Peak Noble Spirits, 10 Peak 4-leaf Dark Elves tried to assassinate him to pin the blame on the Spiritas. They only doubled the number of Noble Spirits who fought against him but with it being a surprise attack which the Dark Elves excel at, the Spirit King fell into a disadvantageous position.

Yumiko seeing the assassination attempt with her own eyes helped the Spirit King. She channeled a Higher Spirit which lent her the power to Dragonify.

Transforming herself into a Golden Dragon that exuded some sort of Divinity, they managed to repel the assassins and even killed 3 of them.

Because of that, the Spirit King started seeing Yumiko as a fellow dragonkin even if she explained that it was only a borrowed power.

In the end, that also made way for the Spirit King to accept her suggestions, limiting the Noble Spirits of the Spirit Beasts to only defend their territories and not join in any attacks. Yumiko was also raised in status among the Spirit Beasts, like a sister to him. She was even granted territory which she has no use of.

In light of the event, the skirmishes between the Spiritas and the Spirit Beasts became the place to nurture the younger generation and lower realms of both sides

Due to Yumiko's success, the Peace Faction took the majority of the Council when the two Neutral Council Members chose their side. That stopped the violent War Faction to drag everyone with their misplaced hatred.

Now, every time Yumiko is in this world, the Spirit King will immediately find her, like a kid who wanted to see her transform back into the Golden Dragon.

”And that's it.”

Yumiko ended her story with a wry smile.

”Then, why are you running from him?”

I asked to clarify what's the last thing that I couldn't understand.

”Because he's bugging me to visit the Spirit Beast Territory and enter some sort of ruins of an ancestral place for dragonkins.”

Yumiko explained before looking up. The Spirit King was currently descending and was in the process of transforming into his humanoid form.

”And this time?”

”I asked for his help in exchange for us visiting that place.”

Ancestral Place for Dragonkins? Sounds like a place for main characters to acquire some good fortune.

My gaze switched from Yumiko to Jayna who still couldn't face me directly. If that's where she could acquire a fortuitous encounter then it's really a must to bring her there.

Since she already agreed, we're bound to enter it, maybe I'll also acquire some good fortune inside it.

Err… won't the place be already swept clean by the Spirit King? Or there's more to it than what they've seen?

Ah. I should stop speculating, we'll see once we arrive there.