Chapter 407 - Meeting Up Again (2/2)
Sometime later, Argentum had arrived at the entrance of the Flame Spirit Inheritance, the same charred and dilapidated building he had entered back then to become the inheritance's partial owner. Contacting Eleanor, he was then brought inside the inheritance, prompting him to ask Eleanor, ”So, where is she?”
Swoosh!
With the slightest movement of her fingers made out of energy, Eleanor allowed a corridor to open, revealing a red-haired girl in a red kimono at the end of the corridor. Seeing how the corridor to her room was opened, the red-haired girl could not help but look at the other hand, noticing the entity made out of gray energy heading to where she was.
Although it had been quite a while since they last met, she could still feel the same energy emanating from him. So, when he arrived in front of her, Herellia could not help but stand up in joy and exclaim, ”Argentum, you're finally back!”
”Sorry for not entertaining you all this while,” Argentum replied as he radiated an aura of slight guilt. In response to his words, Herellia let out a light chuckle, saying, ”What are you talking about? With Miss Eleanor teaching me a lot of things, there has never been a day where I was super bored!”
”Then again, there were days where I wished to head outside,” she said, letting out an awkward chuckle after that. Hearing her words, Argentum went ahead and activated [False Visage of the Animate], leaving Herellia slightly speechless. After a few seconds, she asked him, ”Have you ascended to the Animate level? Isn't that impossible for a Pseudo-Animate?”
”Unfortunately, no. This is just a skill I've learned from one of my friends in order to allow me to mingle with other people,” Argentum said in response before letting out a playful giggle. ”In any case, don't you think it'd shock Horell if he were to find out that I also turned into an Animate?”
At first, Herellia couldn't help but widen her eyes in response to his words. Though, not long after, she could not help but find it amusing as well, letting out a chuckle as she said, ”Why wouldn't he be shocked? If I were him, I'd definitely be depressed!”
After talking about a few more things, Herellia and Argentum then left the room as Eleanor helped them leave the inheritance. Accompanying them before they departed, Eleanor asked the two of them, ”Is there anything else you're missing?”
”Hmm…” After pondering over it for a bit, Argentum told her, ”Could you tell Felix to follow us to where we're going? Also, could you give Herellia some movement speed buffs? It's going to take a while for us to arrive where we want to go.”
”I could do the last one,” Eleanor replied as she snapped her fingers, covering Herellia in a fiery red light that made her feel like her body was lighter. After that, she turned around and told Argentum, ”As for the first one, you have a Spirit Contract with him. Just contact him.”
Whoosh!
With that, Eleanor headed back into the inheritance, leaving Herellia and Argentum looking at each other for a bit before the latter asked, ”Shall we move?”
”Where to?” Herellia asked in response, trying to get used to the feeling of being able to move faster.
As he activated all of his movement speed boosting skills and spells, Argentum lightly smiled as Herellia's eyes could not help but light up at his response.
”The Verdant Blossom Branch Alliance.”
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Swoosh! Swoosh!
While making their way to Tempest Cliff, which was where the Verdant Blossom Branch Alliance was located, Argentum could not help but ask Herellia, ”So, what kind of things did you learn while Eleanor was teaching you?”
”She taught me most of the basic stuff I needed to know as an Animate,” Herellia replied. ”How to eat, how to drink, how to manipulate energy, how to improve my skills, as well as reading and writing. For some reason, the Animates really like to concentrate on reading and writing.”
”Those two are going to be indispensable for you once we head to the Animate settlements, so she's not wrong,” Argentum said as he nodded at her statement. ”Anything else?”
”I guess…things I didn't know about myself?” As she said this, she could not help but slightly blush, prompting Argentum to let out a cough to alleviate the awkward atmosphere gradually forming around them.. Slowly changing the topic of their conversation to mundane things, they eventually arrived at the entrance of the Verdant Blossom Branch Alliance.