Intermission: gossip

The stage is Primis Societas. Athro residence. An elderly woman with dark grey hair is sitting on a sofa. Around her are other women her age. It is similar to a tea party. Because there are snacks and tea on the table.

This is happening on the same day Clive met Ms. Athro and Donna.

"I met Ms. Belmont today." (Athro)

"How is she doing? She is pregnant with her second child. At least that's what she said."

A lady with long ears said. She is an elf.

"I met her son as well. He was here to take her with him." (Athro)

"What is he like?"

"At first he seemed like a good natured young man. He was polite and wasn't too bad to look at. He even had humor to a certain degree." (Athro)

"You said seemed like. Did he turn out to be different?"

"No. He was humble and good natured. He was holding the umbrella in one hand and was escorting his mother. He seems to be worried about her." (Athro)

"That's good then. My useless som doesn't even worry about me."

This time another lady joined the conversation. She is a dragonewt.

"It was all good until his mother said who he was. He is a Harbinger." (Athro)

The atmosphere became tense the moment Ms. Athro said it. Everyone became tense.

"Exactly. Not only that. He has 3 different authorities. He himself said that he is ths harbinger of death, chaos and destruction." (Athro)

"3 authorities at once? That's impossible. The most is 2 and even that harbinger has trouble controlling their powers. And he has 3 different authorities."

The room was abuzz. But Ms. Athro calmed everyone down.

"He didn't seem like he was about to lose control. He was rather different from the harbingers I have seen so far." (Athro)

"Then should we spy on him?"

A lady, with a pointy hat on her head, said.

"If you can. I am actually a bit intrigued as well. Because, all harbingers have some kind of a quirk. They are different from normal beings." (Athro)

The witch like lady brings out a crystal ball. And after chanting in an inaudible tone, the ball shone.

It's projecting an image on the wall.

"I have connected with him. We can observe him now."

Everyone looks at the projection. It's showing that Clive is on Amaryllis with Eden and Tiana.

He is currently reading them a book.

"His mother said that he has a daughter but there are two girls with him. Both of them are the same age Donna." (Athro)

"But can't you see that one is a spirit."

The elf lady said. As an elf, she can sense as spirit and their strength.

"That is not a normal spirit. Because I feel a different kind of force from her. It's almost as if she is a new type of spirit."

The elf lady muttered. Everyone looked at her and gulped.

"Maybe he created her. Harbingers creating new beings isn't anything new." (Athro)

This explanation served to offset the tension. But they looked again.

Amaryllis showed up.

"Master, what will you do today?" (Amaryllis)

"After finishing this book, I will experiment with something. I had this idea for a while but I couldn't find a way to do it. Maybe this time, I can try it out." (Clive)

"Papa, what will you do?" (Eden)

"I will try a basic chemical reaction. With the element Francium. It was rather rare but now I can create it so why not do it?" (Clive)

"Father, I believe that would be disastrous." (Tiana)

"Don't worry, Tiana. It'll be fine as long as I use Aegis." (Clive)

"Yes, master. I will protect everyone from the explosion and the radiation." (Aegis)

A lot of faces showed up on the projection.

"He sure has a lot interesting companions."

The dragonewt lady said. She was staring at Amaryllis's projection.

"I can see that as well. A spirit who call him father. A bearkin girl who calls him papa. A planet spirit and a spirit weapon who call him master. He has unique companions." (Athro)

Clive and his party moved places. Now they were at an open plane. It felt like they teleported somewhere else entirely.

"Master, you could have done it on my body as well." (Amaryllis)

"But I didn't want to hurt you. Well, hurting Gaia isn't my intention either but I don't even know if she is still sentient or not. Aegis, deploy a barrier around you. Make sure that everyone stays in the barrier." (Clive)

He walked away from the group and stood at a distance. A clear water container appeared. It's full with water.

"Let's do a test run first. I won't throw Francium directly in it. Cesium would be a nice demonstration." (Clive)

An ampule appears in his hand. It has Cesium in it. He throws the ampule in the container. After it reaches the bottom, he made the glass disappear.

Instantly, all the water shook. Smoke was coming out of the water. The container was cracked. A lot of water splattered.

"That was impressive. The amount of heat generated in that instant was nothing to scoff at. And it even cracked the container. I guess a 25 gram ampule was too much." (Clive)

"Papa, that was cool." (Eden)

"Master, I always thought these had no real value. But from an entertainment standpoint, this is pretty enjoyable." (Aegis)

"Then shall we get to the main show?" (Clive)

"Yes. I am intrigued to see this new type of magic." (Tiana)

"Well then, this is Francium." (Clive)

Clive had another glass ampule in his hand. But it was clear.

"Papa, you are holding an empty glass ampule." (Eden)

"No Eden. Francium is very unstable so I had to create it from scratch. It's gaseous." (Clive)

Clive reshaped the container and made it an enclosed container. It was filled to the brim with water and no air bubbles were visible.

He teleported the ampule inside and removed the glass.

The explosion broke the entire container and splashed water everywhere. The smoke could be seen and the water was hot.

He checked the surroundings for radiation. A bit of radiation was present so he removed it.

"What just happened?" (Tiana)

"Nothing. The Francium reacted to water and generated so much heat that the water vaporized and the container broke." (Clive)

The projection ended there. Because the witch like lady was panting.

"Are you okay?" (Athro)

"Yeah. Just out of mana. It takes a lot of mana and he even moved places so the drain was heavy."

"Still, he is adventurous, isn't he?"

The elf lady said. But the dragonewt lady raised her hand.

"What is it?" (Athro)

"What was he doing? I didn't understand anything he just did."

"He was tampering with the natural laws. That's how normally humans destroy themselves in most worlds." (Athro)

"I see. Rather than using the nature as it is, humans have this habit of altering it to their own devices. They really are descendants of the maverick."

Elf lady said. This brings their gossip to an end. And Clive did notice them spying on him. He just let it slide as he knew who were behind it.