Chapter 271 - Requirement of the Origin (2/2)
After catching their breaths, Argentum looked at the ice castle for a bit before looking at Blob, saying, ”Let me tell Felix that we're already here.”
With Blob nodding not long after in his peripheral vision, he then went ahead and utilized the connection he had with Felix, manipulating a great portion of the energy circulating inside his body as a voice soon resounded throughout Argentum's mind.
”Well, well, well. If it isn't Argentum,” Felix's voice resounded throughout Argentum's mind, which was accompanied by a light chortle. ”What made you come and contact me?”
”Hey, Felix,” Argentum greeted Felix in response. He then asked him, ”Do you mind if we come into your Grand Blue Inheritance for a bit? We're planning to improve our combat powers for a bit before heading back to where I came from.”
”Oh, sure. No worries,” Felix unhesitatingly agreed to Argentum's favor before asking, ”Do you want me to teleport you two inside? Are you two still outside that town?”
”Nope,” Argentum succinctly replied as he added, ”We're already at the front of the inheritance.”
”Oh,” Felix said briefly, only to let out a startled shout soon after, which he hastily suppressed. Imitating the sound of one clearing the throat, he then told Argentum, ”Well then. Give me a second.”
Whoosh! Whoosh!
And just like that, Argentum and Blob disappeared from the front of the inheritance, appearing in the depths of the inheritance a few seconds later as they were greeted by the sight of two humanoids made out of blue energy and red energy respectively.
Whoosh!
Taking a bit of time to look at his surroundings, Argentum eventually realized that he and Argentum were inside the room the Grand Blue Master usually stayed in, remembering the sight he saw from the corridor in his trial. Just as he was about to greet Felix, a familiar voice soon resounded throughout the room.
”It's Argentum!” the voice shouted, followed by the sound of the wind blowing as Argentum soon realized that someone was hugging him. Noticing the red energy that constituted the one that was hugging him, with a surprised tone, he then shouted, ”Eleanor?! What are you doing here?”
”What's wrong with me being here?” Eleanor soon replied, doing a pouting expression after as she added, ”Am I not welcome in my good friend's inheritance?”
”Well…it's not really that but…” Argentum said not long after before adding, ”I'm just surprised that you were here.”
Just as the conversation was about to continue, Felix could not help but butt in as he looked at Eleanor, asking, ”Argentum knows your real name?”
”Well, why wouldn't he?” Eleanor nodded as she shrugged her shoulders. ”It's a way to establish a deeper connection between teacher and student anyway.”
Hearing Eleanor's words, Argentum could not help but inwardly let out a sigh of relief, realizing that he had slipped up a while ago. In his mind, he decided that he was going to make it up to her after his bout of improving his combat power.
Oblivious to what was going on in Argentum's mind, Eleanor went ahead and initiated a conversation with him as she said in a slightly playful tone, ”Anyways, you came here at just the right time. I have something to ask you, Argentum.”
”Hm?” Argentum radiated an aura of curiosity as he replied, ”What is it?”
”Felix told me that you gave him a recipe to a potion that increases one's perception to the Water element,” Eleanor unhesitatingly replied. She then continued in a slightly embarrassed tone, asking him, ”I was wondering if…you might have a recipe to a potion that increases one's perception to the Fire element instead.”
”I do,” Argentum replied without hesitation, to which Eleanor radiated an aura of elation as she asked, ”Really?!”
”Yep,” Argentum said in response before utilizing the connection he had with her in order for Felix and Blob to not hear their conversation. Through that connection, he said, ”I'll give it to you if you give me a greater share of control over the Flame Spirit Inheritance.”
”I've heard.” Although Eleanor was slightly surprised to hear Argentum's words resound in her mind, she hastily adapted as she replied. ”Felix told me that you gave it to him after increasing the amount of control you have by 5%. How much control over his inheritance do you have right now anyway?”
”Around 20%?” Argentum soon replied, to which Eleanor inwardly let out a sigh as she said, ”Is 10% enough for you to give me the recipe?”
”Sure,” Argentum responded to her words, sending her information regarding the Heaven's Flame Potion soon after, which made Eleanor inwardly ecstatic. He then cut the connection between the two of them as he said, ”I'll give it to Teacher after I'm finished with what I need to do.”
”As expected from my student,” Eleanor replied, knowing what Argentum was trying to pull off. ”I guess I shall stay here for a bit if that's the case.”
”Do you mind if I do, Felix?” she then asked Felix soon after, to which Felix replied with a shake of his head, ”No problem at all. I just need to form another room in the inheritance, that's all.”
”Anyways, Argentum,” Felix said not long after, attracting Argentum's attention. ”You told me a while ago that you were going to improve your combat power. The same goes for your friend. But what exactly are you going to do in my inheritance?”
Listening to the conversation that was happening between the two, Eleanor could not help but focus her sense of hearing on the two, not wanting to miss a single word.
In response to Felix's question, Argentum nonchalantly replied, ”Oh, you know. I'm just gonna do something that I should have done right about now.”
”And what would that be?” Felix followed up with a question of his own.
Argentum chuckled before saying, ”[Earth Affinity].”
”It's time for me to achieve Lesser Origin.”