Chapter 331: All Roads Lead to Suspicion (1/2)

While Argentum was just about to begin absorbing the Condensed Terra World Shard he had obtained in order to achieve the True Element level of affinity for the Earth element, in the Supreme Terra Firma Inheritance, both Rosalia and Eleanor had arrived in front of a room that one would not normally find inside an inheritance. In fact, it would be more appropriate to say that this room was something one would normally find inside a home.

A comfy bed, a desk that looked like it was made for studying, minimalistic yet nice-looking lights, and other amenities that seemed to fit the overall vibe of the room. This could all be found inside this room, which was actually the room where Rosalia usually slept. At the moment though, a tall Pseudo-Animate that was made out of pure green energy could be seen sitting on the bed Rosalia slept on, fiddling with its fingers in a nervous manner.

Looking at the Pseudo-Animate, it only took Eleanor less than an instant to realize that the Pseudo-Animate Rosalia had in her inheritance was not Argentum at all. At most, it was just pure coincidence that a Pseudo-Animate that exhibited the same abilities like Argentum would appear. Nevertheless, she couldn't tell Rosalia that she had finally cleared all of her suspicions without even knowing the Pseudo-Animate a bit more. So, with an expression of slight surprise, she looked at Rosalia beside her and asked, ”Could you introduce me to this future disciple of yours?”

”Well, I did say future disciple a while ago, but in actuality, he's my disciple already,” Rosalia slightly sticked her tongue out as she said this. She then went to where the Pseudo-Animate was and placed her hands on his shoulder as she introduced the being to Eleanor. ”As I've said before, this Pseudo-Animate has shown amazing talent in learning skills, as well as impeccable combat ability where he could even fight against those that are of a higher level than him.”

”As for his name, it's better if he says it instead,” Rosalia continued, to which the Pseudo-Animate lightly nodded as he stood up from the bed before bowing in front of Eleanor. ”Nice to meet you, Lady Eleanor. My name is Argento, a disciple under Lady Rosalia.”

'Even his name is similar to his, how much of a coincidence can this be?' Eleanor could not help but think to herself as her mouth twitched from hearing his name. Letting out a light yet seemingly awkward chuckle, she returned the greeting to Argento as she said, ”It's nice to meet you as well. Is it fine for you tell me the reason why you decided to learn under Rosalia here?”

”Ah, I'm aiming to fuse both Earth and Wind together to achieve Tempestuous Terra Firma,” Argento replied to her question without any hesitation, giving off the feeling that he was proud to be learning under Rosalia as he talked. In response, Eleanor lightly nodded before sending a strand of energy to Rosalia in order to talk with her in secret. After the connection between them had become stable, she then said to her through the strand, ”I've confirmed my suspicions. That disciple of yours is not the being I'm not looking for.”

”Oh?” Rosalia raised her eyebrows in response to Eleanor's words. Not expecting that Eleanor's reason for being in her inheritance was because of a being, she went ahead and asked, ”Who are you looking for, then?”

”Coincidentally, his name is not far off from your disciple's name. His name is Argentum, and he's also a Wind-based Pseudo-Animate just like Argento,” Eleanor responded. ”But he's far more terrifying than that Argento of yours.”

Hearing that her disciple was inferior to this being Eleanor was talking, Rosalia could not help but lightly frown as her pride was somewhat being shattered in the process. Fortunately, Rosalia knew that Eleanor was straightforward when it came to conversations like these, so she brushed any idea of taking it out on the being Eleanor mentioned off. In fact, her curiosity was piqued because of what Eleanor said, prompting her to ask Eleanor, ”How's he more terrifying than Argento?”

”First off, he's aiming for Lesser Origin,” Eleanor said, to which Rosalia became speechless as she was not expecting such a goal from such a being. With her curiosity being piqued even more, she then asked, ”Did he succeed?”

”He's already obtained [Fire Affinity] from me and [Water Affinity] from Felix. The only thing left for him to achieve it is to obtain [Earth Affinity],” Eleanor replied, only to let out a sigh as she continued, ”And that's why I came to your inheritance, wondering if he decided to heed my words and head here.”

”Who knew he'd be so adamant in going to that damned Desecrated Inheritance?” she could not help but feel a bit of anger not because of Argentum, but because of the owner of the inheritance itself. Noticing a hint of rage in Eleanor's words, Rosalia could not help but ask, ”What's wrong? Melzarin's inheritance is comparable to mine though.”

”Sure, you could say that,” Eleanor said in response to her words, adding, ”But Melzarin's the worst guy I've ever met.”

”Melzarin's a nice gu—” Rosalia could not help but say in response to Eleanor's statement, only for her to stop as she noticed that Eleanor was glaring at her with daggers in her eyes. Scratching her head, she took in a deep breath and asked, ”So, are you planning to head to his inheritance now that you've confirmed your suspicions?”

”Pretty much,” Eleanor replied in a solemn tone as she suppressed the anger she was feeling. ”I'll be heading at the fastest speed I can muster. If you want to come with me, you can, though I'll still hold up my part of the deal once I'm done with what I have to do in that place if you don't.”

”Well, it's been a while since I've left the inheritance, so why not?” Rosalia let out a light giggle as she cut the connection between the two of them before covering her upper and lower torso in a large mass of Earth energy particles. Soon after, these particles disappeared, revealing Rosalia in a long-sleeved dark green t-shirt and black jeans, complemented by minimalistic running shoes.

Not minding where her pajamas had gone, Eleanor then turned around and summoned a great portion of her energy as she said, ”I'll be using some of my movement speed buffs to hasten the journey. I'd appreciate it if you use yours as well.”

”Why wouldn't I?” Rosalia let out a chuckle as she continued, ”The distance between his inheritance and mine is too far away, so it's a given that I'd use to speed up the journey.”

After that, she looked at Argento, who was looking at the two of them, and said, ”Make sure to take good care of the inheritance while I'm gone, okay?”

”As you wish, Lady Rosa—” Argento was about to reply, only to stop as the two of them disappeared in front of his field of vision. Scratching his head in slight confusion, he let out a light sigh as he muttered, ”She should really place her pajamas in a better place. Did she think hiding it under the bed sheets was a good place? You're making me to do more work here.”

…

While Rosalia and Eleanor were heading to the Desecrated Inheritance at the fastest speed they could muster, a tall silhouette could be seen let out a slightly malicious chuckle from time to time as a screen could be seen in front of his field of vision. On it were two large dots and a small yellow dot that gradually blinked from time to time. This small yellow dot was making its way to the large dot up north, giving the silhouette the idea that the thing that the dot was representing was gradually coming to one of the places it decided to mark on the screen.

”She's finally coming…” the silhouette muttered to itself in a slightly excited tone as the faint clacking of bones could be heard throughout the room. ”Eleanor's finally coming to the inheritance…”

It turns out that the two large dots on the screen represented the Desecrated Inheritance, which was the large dot up north, and the Flame Spirit Inheritance, which was the large dot down south. As for the small yellow dot, that represented none other than Eleanor, the owner of the Flame Spirit Inheritance.