Chapter 329: Suspicions and Relations (1/2)

While Argentum's second trial testing his intelligence had just finished in the Desecrated Inheritance, another thing was happening in the southern part of the continent near an inheritance that gave off the same feeling as the Desecrated Inheritance. Of course, when compared to the Desecrated Inheritance, this inheritance took on the shape of a majestic castle made out of earth, giving off an incredibly pure feeling of the Earth element anywhere went, unlike the Desecrated Inheritance mixture of death and earth.

At the moment the moon was past its peak, a flaming entity arrived in front of this castle, illuminating the surroundings quite a bit. Unfortunately, this form did not last long as this flaming entity gradually lost its light, transforming into the figure of an incredibly beautiful woman with crimson hair. Naturally, this was none other than Eleanor, who had come to the Supreme Terra Firma Inheritance to confirm her suspicions of Argentum not being in this place.

Although that may seem to be the case, Eleanor finally realized why Argentum decided to choose the Desecrated Inheritance as the Earth-based inheritance he would go to instead of the Supreme Terra Firma Inheritance. Letting out a light sigh, she then muttered to herself, ”Even though I moved at like 70% of my full speed to conserve a bit of my energy, it still took slightly over a day for me to arrive at this place. I know she placed her inheritance here since it was dense in the Earth element, but she could've settled for a place that had around 80% of this place's density and be content with it.”

”Ah, well. She's definitely a stubborn girl, unlike me.” Eleanor giggled as she said these words to herself. Soon after, she sent a large ball of her energy into the majestic castle, giving off the message that she was there. Fortunately, it did not take long for a strand of energy familiar to her to connect, prompting her to say in glee, ”Rosalia, it's been so long!”

”Eleanor? Is that actually you?” Rosalia, who was the one Eleanor was trying to contact, responding in a slightly sleep deprived tone, though the brewing excitement hidden in her tone could still be perceived. ”You finally took the time to come and see your older sister. Come, come, come! Come inside, we have a lot to talk about!”

Just as Rosalia was finished talking, a large mass of brown energy enveloped Eleanor, leaving no trace of her being in front of the castle at the moment it disappeared. It only took a small amount of time for her to appear somewhere else, appearing in front of a woman who was sitting on a comfy brown sofa while wearing loose dark green pajamas.

Even though this woman seemed to have just woken up from her sleep, her natural beauty could still be seen. From her brown hair to her brown irises, and even the small dark brown mole under the right side of her lips, she exuded a feeling that she was one with the earth. This woman was none other than Rosalia Terrelle, the woman Eleanor was talking to, as well as the owner of the Supreme Terra Firma Inheritance.

Seeing Eleanor in front of her, her lackadaisical posture from before had turned into that of expectation as she stood up from her seat and leaped towards her to embrace her. Eleanor, who was expecting something like that to happen to her as long as it involved Rosalia, decided to hug her back as she said, ”Long time no see, Rosalia. I know we haven't seen each other for a long time, but I got something to ask you that's very urgent.”

”Oh?” Rosalia uttered in response, the excitement on her face being replaced with slight disappointment as it has been a while since she had seen Eleanor. Nevertheless, she knew that with great strength came great responsibility, so it wasn't unnatural for Eleanor to come see her for things just like these. Then again, she wasn't satisfied with just seeing her for a few minutes before leaving, so she said to her, ”I'll only answer your question on the condition that you accompany me for 3 days.”

”Really?” Eleanor could not help but inwardly let out a sigh, wondering how such a stubborn Animate she had met accidentally would become her older sister in name. Nonetheless, she acceded to her request as she replied in a defeated tone, ”Fine, fine, fine. I'll accompany you for 3 days, a week even as long as you answer my question. Though I might have to go out for some time after you answer my question. If you want, you can tag along with me while I head there.”

Hearing Eleanor's response, Rosalia released Eleanor from her embrace as she jumped for joy, saying, ”Yay! I can finally be with my younger sister for a week! Yippee!”

Seeing how Rosalia reacted to her response, Eleanor let out a light chuckle, pondering to herself that this was probably why she decided to become sisters with this girl. Fortunately, Rosalia didn't celebrate for that long, though the smile on her face could be seen as she asked, ”So, what question do you want to ask?”

”I was just wondering if you have or had a Wind-based Pseudo-Animate enter your inheritance these past couple of days,” Eleanor asked, to which Rosalia's expression instantly turned serious as she questioned, ”Are you planning to steal my future disciple away from me?”

'He actually went here? He actually listened to what I said?' was the first thought that entered Eleanor's mind as she looked at Rosalia's reaction. Of course, she still had her suspicions as to whether this was true or not. Soon after, she replied, ”Don't worry, I'm not. Anyways, did a being like that enter your inheritance?”

”Yeah.” Rosalia nodded. Not long after, an expression of awe and surprise could be seen on her face as she continued, ”To be honest, this being might be the best disciple I could ever have. Although he's mainly focused on the Wind element, he shows great affinity with the Earth element as well. On top of that, he can learn and ponder over skills at insanely fast rates and even fight against those at a higher level without breaking a sweat!”

'Sounds like the Argentum I know, though why do I feel like there's a catch?' Eleanor thought to herself. Deciding that the best way to find out if Argentum was actually inside the inheritance would be to see him firsthand, she then told her, ”Is it alright if I meet with this future disciple you're planning to take? I only want to confirm some suspicions I have.”

Lightly yawning, Rosalia lightly nodded as she replied, ”Sure. Follow me.”

…

Back at the Desecrated Inheritance, Claudius was looking at Argentum with an expression of awe and reverence, though in reality, he was just looking at the aura shrouding Argentum. In response, Argentum could only utter a single sound.

”…huh?”

”Don't tell me you didn't calculate all of those moves, just like what you told me back there?” Claudius could not help but say as he stood up. Thinking that Argentum's huh was a response to his previous statement, he then became slightly disappointed as he asked, ”Please tell me you calculated all of those moves…right?”

”Er…” Argentum could not help but scratch his head, even though he knew Claudius couldn't see him. It was just that the question was too sudden. In fact, he wasn't expecting his opponent to even ask him these questions. Thankfully, it only took him a bit of time to regain composure as he said, ”I did calculate all of those moves, but…”

”What a madman! Tell me your thought process, oh Monarch of Zechys Victories!” Claudius interrupted Argentum from saying what he wanted to say, clenching his fists in excitement. Scratching his head even further, Argentum could not help but focus on the disembodied voice and ask, ”Can I leave this place?”

”The exit has always been open in the first place,” the disembodied voice resounded throughout the room, answering Argentum's question. ”Just turn around and you'll return to the initial room.”