Chapter 111 Leaving the empire 1 (2/2)
Lee tilted his head in confusion but Lily nodded while frowning
”sometimes... it's kind of scary”
”what about you Mars?”
”me..? well I generally ignore that kind of stuff, but sometimes it gets my attention sure”
Karen tilted her head and asked
”what are you guys talking about..?”
Chloe gave a wry smile and explained
”it's something all non humans know... that gaze”
Lily, Lee and Mars nodded, this only made Karen more confused
”what gaze..?”
Mars gave a sigh and bluntly said
”the kind of disdainful gaze that human supremacists have... I noticed it more when I got my new eyes”
”oh... sorry”
”you don't have to apologize Karen”
Chloe quickly backed up Mars
”yeah Karen even if they are the same race as you, you don't have to feel bad about it”
Adam cleared his throat and quickly corrected Chloe
”what my daughter means is you don't have to feel responsible for it”
Karen nodded and after a few moments of silence Mars spoke up
”well you learn to ignore it”
”that's right...”
the group fell silent and after another few moments Mars broke the silence and tried to change the subject
”what do you guys think the rewards will be?”
Chloe was the first one to speak up
”hmm... maybe some land in a distant part of the empire?”
”oh, that sounds reasonable”
”I know right, they will properly just point to some distant poison swamp and say 'this is yours now' or something like that”
”...that sounds sad”
”I know right?”
Adam was the next one to speak
”maybe they will give us citizenship in the empire or something?”
”that sounds oddly realistic, as expected of a village leader”
the journey continued slowly and just like that another 2 days passed before the sky carriage landed inside a city with a big fort in the center as for the name of the city Mars could not care less as his energy was spent on the 6 day flight getting there, Mars mentally named the city 'JASH' for 'just another shit hole' clearly he wasn't in the best mood and he also started complaining as soon as he stepped out of the sky carriage
”my back is killing me...”
Chloe walked over and rubbed him on the back as she consoled
”well it was a rather long flight...”
”everyone”
Mars looked over and saw a butler type person standing in front of the fort along with a group of maids that was neatly lined up in 2 rows
”welcome to Kluzbrug, I'm sure your all tired after your long journey so please follow after me I will show you to your rooms”
'oh so that's the city's name...'
Mars and the rest of the group followed after the butler into the fort
'what is this smell...?'
upon entering Mars ignored the others and closed his eyes and took a deep breath, a nostalgic smell filled the air around him
”Mars what's wrong?”
”don't you smell that too Chloe?”
”smell? what scent are you talking about I don't smell anything?”
”huh... must be my imagination then”
Mars pushed the matter of the scent into the back of his head and followed after the butler obediently and soon the group reached the second floor were the butler gestured towards some rooms
”please rest here until tomorrow”
the group gave nods all around and each picked a room to stay in, Lee and Lily picked the same room of cause, upon entering his room Mars dismissed the maid that was on standby inside the room and laid down in the over-sized luxurious bed and looked into the ceiling
'I should unlock my presence...'
Mars had decided to unlock his [Living god: presence] ever since he personally experienced his elder sister Tatiana's presence so he quickly chanted
”open the upgrade shop
Energy upgrade shop
[Energy] class skill level up price: 2700
Class skills currently available: [Living god: presence]
”unlock [Living god: presence]”
Mars waited and unbeknownst to himself his aura began to change turning a lot more dominating and powerful meanwhile information entered his head at high speed until he knew how to activated his new skill