Chapter 43: Coliseum (2)
"She deserves it" Perseus argued
"Have you seen her face?!" Dabria responded "You made it explode several times, even if it heals, it's definitely going to leave a scar"
"Well she did worse to those guys from the buries, and the healers here will give them even less attention, leaving even bigger scars" Perseus replied "I wasn't going to let her insult them without facing proper consequences"
"So you lower your standards to the same level as them?!"
"Well yeah, rage isn't something I can keep bottled up all the time, even Williams said that I should release my frustrations sometimes"
"What are buries?" Cordelia asked "Why do people up here hate them so much? And why does Perseus care about them so much?"
"Right, I forgot that you don't know these things" Perseus sighs
"Should we tell her the whole thing?" Nova asked "Or the bare minimum? She's our guildmate and will find out eventually "
"Well it's Perseus' decision" John answered "Don't worry, our house is soundproof and has no recording devices, so it should be safe"
"What if Cordelia here doesn't take it well?" Nova asked
"It can't be that bad, right?" Cordelia asked sarcastically
"Well Perseus, it's up to you" Nova shrugged
"You can tell her the whole thing, if she plans to expose us here and be a snitch, we can always tie her to concrete and drop her to the bottom of the sea" Perseus suggested
"You have a very twisted sense of humor" Axel facepalmed
"That's won't work, since I can breathe underwater" Cordelia pointed out which surprise the rest of them
"I said that too, but I drowned and had to have father save me" Emma teased
"I meant it quite literally" Cordelia said "I'm a water spirit, I can breathe both on the surface and underwater"
"She's telling the truth" Ace commented and Siege nodded "So can you teach me? I always wanted to fight sharks underwater"
"You have the weirdest dreams" Siege sighs
"Sorry, you have to be blessed by the priest there, but even so, you don't really need it since our kingdom is in this bubble so that other species can live there too" Cordelia apologized "But we'll talk about that later, I need to know about this buries business"
"Well here goes" Nova shrugged as he told her everything, what buries are and how Perseus isn't really their blood sibling
"I see, the humans up here are crueler than I thought" Cordelia commented "We don't have such things as buries down there, our kingdom went to settle underwater in order to escape the attacks from the spiritual world. Most of our stories match, but we don't even have such things as buries throughout our history, sure the descendants was treated horribly at first, but eventually we treated them as equals"
"Sounds like a great kingdom. Can we make a trip there someday?" Dabria asked
"You can, but we might have to do it after our trip to the spiritual world, since we can't postpone that" Cordelia answered "And I can give you my promise to keep this all a secret, you'll have my word"
"Don't think you can escape from this mister" Dabria then held Perseus by his collar "We still need to talk about your cruel actions"
"Well I do agree that she deserves it to some degree, but you can't just go around and do something like that, she isn't the same as those thugs you have to kill" Dabria scolded him "Understand?"
"Yes mom" Perseus answered sarcastically as the other laughed "But come on, I can't just let her get away with it, first that and she gets away with it, next she's going to murder them while receiving no punishment, justice needs to be served, Nova help me here"
"I would love to, but you know Dabria, once she has a goal in mine, she'll be just as stubborn as you" he shrugged "And I'm kinda on her side for this one. SO deal with mom yourself"
< Damn this older brother of mine > Perseus cursed inwardly
"You are incredibly naïve when it come to these things, I will have to properly discipline you tonight " Dabria scolded him
"That sounds incredibly dirty, Dabria" Perseus commented "You need to learn how to phrase your things better, you can corrupt a mind of a child you know"
"I'm more concerned on how you even know these things despite your age" Dabria said as she was flustered "And how did your brain even arrive at that conclusion?!"
I am also curious on how he knows, but the author have refused to tell me.
| He picked up a few things or 2 while living on his own in the buries |
You're avoiding the question.
| I got your pringles |
I'm very sorry.
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"What? We found another one?" Aenon asked Albert incredulously "So quick?"
Albert was in his office holding a box that contains another jade fragment.
"Yes, guild master, we found another" Albert reported "It was in a dungeon in the spiritual world, and we sneaked it here undetected"
"What did it say this time?"
" 'The key is the one who will unite' is all it says" Albert answered