1078 Bytra’s Legacy Part 2 (2/2)
”The same can be said for all of us.” Lith opened a Warp to the mana geyser and Solus assumed her tower form.
While Lith and Nalrond prepared the meal, the women merrily talked among them while comparing their notes. Phloria had yet to make her mind about Lith and spending so much time together didn't help.
'I'm grateful to him for saving my life and giving me the opportunity to learn true magic, but this doesn't mean I can forgive years of lies so easily. Solus seems a wonderful woman, but this only makes things worse.
'Their bond is so deep that it's scary and I really don't understand how can Lith share his whole being with a woman and yet date another. I would've gone mad with jealousy if I knew about Solus while we were still together.' Phloria thought.
'My life is a mess and on top of that, we have to spend 100 years together? How the heck are we going to make it work?'
”Girls, I was wondering about one thing. Sooner or later, Faluel is going to send us on a mission to put us to the test. What will you do if she splits us into groups?” Solus asked.
”I don't think she will assign us something above our level so I don't see the point of your question.” Friya shrugged.
She and Quylla didn't share their sister's issues with Solus. They loved to spend time with her and admire the wonders that the mage tower had to offer.
”I'm not worried about the mission, but about the food. I noticed that none of us cooks and in my experience, missions can take a while.” Solus said.
”I've never got the time nor the will to learn. Being born in a noble family makes you focus more on your achievements than play home.” Friya said.
”Same here.” Phloria said.
”When I was an orphan, no one trusted me near food because they starved us.” Quylla shivered at the memory. ”Once I started to work as a healer, I devoted my full focus to magic to earn my meals and then I enrolled in the academy.
”I spent years developing my eating skills, so I can only cook very simple foods.”
”I guess you'll need a few dimensional amulets filled with meals.” Lith said with a sneer.
”That's the idea.” Friya nodded. ”By the way, Dad wanted us to give you this.”
She took a bag out of her dimensional amulet and emptied it over the table. It was filled with unrefined violet crystals, each one bigger than a coconut.
”He wanted to thank you for saving our lives, but both of you have busy schedules and Dad didn't know when he would get the opportunity to meet you. He asked us if there was something you needed and after seeing your personal mine, I told him you could use some crystals.
”It took me a while to convince him that you had developed a 'personal cutting technique' that makes unrefined crystals a better gift than those already treated by a Crystalsmith.”