Chapter 339 - Ingrid, Once Again (2/2)
”She's fine now, though some parts of her spine have been replaced with living metal”
James' frown remained for a bit before he muttered
”Living metal…Marie, do you mind?”
Marie shook her head and turned her back to her father that carefully touched her back and felt the cold metal under her shirt, he frowned even deeper and looked over at Mercury before he asked
”That living metal… It doesn't have any negative side effects does it?”
Mercury shook his head, he had asked Party about this last time they were together since he had the same concern that James had
”No, I've got an archangel's word on that it's harmless”
James nodded before he looked back at Marie's back and removed his hand before he spoke
”It's good that you're safe Marie”
Marie turned back around to face her dad before she gave him a hug and spoke
”I was a little scared but I am fine now dad”
James patted her on the back as he nodded, then he looked past Mercury and Julia and saw the Model 'Grizly' standing outside of the workshop before he asked
”That your work Marie?”
Marie looked over at the Model 'Grizly' before she nodded and spoke
”Yeah Mercury and I made the parts for it, then Mercury supplied the golem core with a skill”
”Hoo~ Mind if I take a look?”
”No, not at all”
James walked out on the street, Mercury, Marie and Julia followed after him and looked at the golem as they began to discuss the golems design and functionality, Mercury also showed him the Model 'Hound' and Model 'Sparrow' which he was very impressed about, as they were talking about golems a couple of important guests came strolling down the street, it was Evelin, Marie's friend, and Tivan the king of the Ingrid forest
”Evelin~”
”Marie~”
While Evelin and Maire did their usual rubbing their cheeks against each other Mercury chatted with Tivan along with Julia, eventually, the entire group moved to Marie's home and met up with the rest and held a lively gathering that lasted long into the night…
The next morning Mercury awoke and stretched before he looked around and noticed that he was alone in bed, he showed a smile and got out of bed before he got dressed and walked downstairs and found a lively kitchen with Julia and Maire cooking along with Naila while Jey sat with closed eyes and a cup of tea in front of her, Mercury quickly greeted the people present before he asked Jey
”Where's Ben?”
The gem embedded on her armor flashed before she opened her eyes and sipped her tea, then she spoke
”He's out shopping, Julia's orders”
Mercury nodded before he sat down on an empty chair and looked at the 3 women in the kitchen, soon Ben returned with some more foodstuff, and then after another 10 minutes of waiting and lively breakfast began, once they were done eating Marie dragged Julia and the two crusaders out to show them around the city leaving Mercury alone, he sighed before he showed a smile and walked out of the house carrying his backpack, then he walked towards the center of the city and soon found himself in the castle and walked in and took a seat in the reception area, soon an elf arrived to show him to Tivan's office where he soon arrived and walked in
”Hey Tivan”
Tivan sat and looked at some documents when Mercury walked in he spoke without looking up from the document
”Everyone except Mercury, out”
His assistant and the elf that showed Mercury the way bowed before they walked out of the office and shut the door after them, only then did Tivan look up from the documents and showed a smile
”Well then, shall we get down to business?”
”Sure”
Mercury placed his backpack on the table and took out a folder with documents as well as the two pieces of the superweapon he had broken after he retrieved it in Ode, then he spoke
”This is what I've got, the details are in the folder, you might not have wanted to eat breakfast before though…”
Tivan showed a confident smile and asked
”How bad can it be?”