68 Chapter 16: Xoleria (1/2)
”You think so?” Eleanor asked
”Yep, I know you will” I replied
”Thank you... Even if it's hard, i'll do my best. I can't fail...” Eleanor muttered with a smile
”Yeah, just have faith in yourself.”
That's enough questions for now, I'll find out the rest later. The main thing i'm curious about is what the rankings are, Are they numbers? Letters?
She said something about the Area she's going for... So i'm guessing it's like university? You choose if you want to study more on Fire element or whatever element you have aptitude in. So you can't just enter any class you want, you have to apply for an element...
Which element should i apply for? I don't even know which aptitudes i have when it comes to chanting, maybe i'll be able to use all of them since i can use the chantless version of them? I don't know.
Now we'll just keep watch and wait until we finally reach the kingdom...
I'm excited to see what it looks like...
***
”John, i forgot to tell you this but elves can't really feel emotions. We can sense negativity or evil but not emotions, I just said it to get you to open up”
”Ah, thanks for telling me this”
No, Seriously, It's a bit embarrassing when a person you're always with, can feel everything you're feeling.
”You're not mad?”
I'm sort of annoyed that i was fooled that easily, but my feeling of relief far surpasses it.
”John! The kingdom's coming into view!” Said Ariel as she turned to me and pointed at what was at the far end of our path
Her eyes seemed to light up as she looked over at the kingdom.
”Where?!” I said as I hastily looked over
She was right, we could see the kingdom from here...
”Woah! There's so much magic coming from there! And it's design is entirely different to all the other kingdoms we've been to so far!” I said as i stared at it
”Isn't it?” Said Ariel with a happy expression
Finally! travelling was getting boring, but it was worth the wait. I'm so excited I can't stop grinning
Serena looked over at me and just quietly stared at my face
”Serena? Is there something on my face?” I asked
”I was just surprised by the fact that you could make expressions which were appropriate for your age” She said
”What's that supposed to mean?” I asked
”It means, that look on your face suits you” she replied with a smug expression
”I wonder what civilization and culture is like there if everyone can use magic, then i'm guessing some people use it for their daily needs, I'm right, aren't i?” I asked as i looked towards eleanor with a curious and excited expression
”Eh?” Said Eleanor
”don't ignore me!” said Serena with an embarrassed expression
”You're right, I should act more childish”
”It's too late,” said Serena as she went back to focusing on the road
”...”
She's sulking, is this girl really 15?
”Um, regarding your question from earlier, I don't know, I've never actually been here before.” Eleanor said as she made a perplexed expression
”Wait, what?” I said as i made a confused expression
Ah, that's right, the things she knew were things she overheard or just common knowledge.
”Yep, this is my first time in Xoleria, My dad is the one whose lived here”
”So it's a first time experience for you too, Even better, it's more fun when you don't know what to expect, isn't it?”
After i said that, Eleanor looked at with a surprised expression and chuckled as she said ”I've never thought about it like that... But you're right, it will be more fun experiencing it with you three”
”Yeah, We should be arriving there in...”
The human eye can see up to 3 miles, if you enhance it with magic it can go over that. I'm guessing 3 miles is the distance from here to there. We're travelling at 15 miles per hour if you divide that by 4 you get over 3 miles which is 15 minutes.
”Less than 10 minutes”
”You can tell?” Eleanor asked
I'm glad I didn't hate maths
”Yeah, it comes from experience.”
We should have no problems getting in, our adventure card doesn't say where we're from and it works like an ID card or permit.
”Serena, are you still mad?” I asked
”...”
Well, i tried.
***
Without any issues, we reached the entrance to the kingdom, There was a small line of other people and carriages, the line was over relatively quickly though. The reason why we didn't encounter them on our path was probably due to how dangerous the path we took was