"So, my dear prince of death... what must this humble 'friend' of yours do to make sure we complete these trials."
At that moment, I was afraid of the sheer greed and excitement displayed in Maxwell's eyes, He wasn't even making an effort to hide it anymore.
He didn't wait for my answer, instead he jolted his head as if he just remembered something.
He ran to the table and picked up the compass that would lead us to the heart of Kizmal, and said excitedly.
"We need to go where this leads us to, right?! Worry not, I'll have us there as quick as the Arctic Titan can go!"
He went over to the driver's compartment, jumping and kicking his legs like a little kid with a greedy shine in his eyes, and soon enough, we could hear and feel the roar of the vehicle as it came to life and began to make its way through Lanekia.
"I think you told him too much, Kazikato..."
Alice said, as she finished her coffee and asked me if I wanted some, I nodded. Olivia, on the other hand, as curious as she was, asked me about the box on the table...
"So, I know we aren't supposed to touch it or go near it, but what is it though?"
I didn't want to answer her question at all, hoping to avoid it, I stayed silent, thinking that maybe she would get the hint.
She did, but someone else did not.
"It smells terrible..."
Alexander mumbled to the side, and Kazikato shared his sentiments...whilst adding the worst comment he could ever add.
"True, it reeks of chaos mana too..."
As soon as he said that, Olivia jumped back, and looked at the box with fearful eyes. Sabrina continued to stare at it with curious eyes. I couldn't help but notice those eyes glancing at me too.
Festul, Alexander's wolf, answered in my stead, looking at the box with peculiar eyes. "It's a drop of ichor, Supreme beings and other divine entities give it to their successors, it bestows them with special powers related to the being it originates from."
Alexander's ears perked up from this.
I quickly got up and made the box float over to me, and made my way towards the driver compartment, I intended to sit with Maxwell as he drove the arctic titan than stay here and be asked more questions about the damn thing. I didn't want anyone asking why it contains chaos mana out of everything...
Not only that, but I could feel Sabrina's gaze piercing into my back as I closed the door and sat next to Maxwell, I could still hear Alexander and Festul bickering.
"My dear prince of death, plea-"
"Stop that, just act normal, man. And stop with the prince of death thing, it's cringe."
I stopped Maxwell's attempt to butter up to me and slowly watched as the Arctic Titan march forward in the bridge, I took out the list I made before departing, and also the books Lanesha had given me.
With the list, I could make do with the aura related issue with the help of the books bestowed upon me by Lanesha, creating my own sorcery, whatever that meant was still ambiguous, and as for strengthening my team...
I only needed to pay attention to Emma and Edward...
I just realized something.
"Where the hell are Edward and Emma?"
I turned and asked Maxwell, I completely forgot about those two... I didn't even see them at
"Edward is on the roof of the Arctic Titan, apparently he wanted to train himself against the cold, Emma should be sleeping."
"By the way, what are those?"
Maxwell pointed towards the books and asked with interest in his eyes, I answered his question.
"Manuals, for aura breathing techniques, I plan on studying them and developing my own aura breathing technique."
He stayed silent for a while, his eyes shifting from and the books. I grew annoyed...because I knew exactly what he was going to ask.
'You, study? BWAHAHA.'
I could even picture the multiple facial expressions this bastard was capable of making, and what he would say! I found it very hard to resist punching him, even though he hadn't the actual words.
I ignored his dubious gaze and stopped him before he could say anything and picked up one of the books. Thanks to my ability as a dragon to understand all languages, I figured I would be done with all of them in about a week.
Time passed, and it was quite enjoyable. I was surrounding only by the sounds of flipping pages, the hum of the arctic titan as it moved, and sometimes Maxwell humming. He was surprisingly good at it, The chaos at the main compartment of the Arctic Titan as well.
Sabrina came in during that time, bringing in two cups of coffee, she stayed for a while, asking me about the book I was reading. I was thankful that at least she didn't show me the look Maxwell gave.
She showed great interest in the books, and asked me to translate a few for her when I was done, I found that to be a bit of a useless request. These were useless to her, after all, but I guess I could do it for her.
Hours passed, Maxwell and I took turns in driving the Arctic Titan whenever he grew tired or sleepy, the surrounding scenery didn't change much.
Before I knew, those hours turned into days, with each day I made more progress in learning about the various manuals, and found myself to be enjoying them, there was an incident where Edward fell off the Arctic titan, as a statue of ice and troubled his sister greatly.
Both Maxwell and I had a good laugh at how we forgot he was still up there, enduring the brutal cold like a maniac.
And finally, after a week had passed, we finally made it to the end of this absurdly long construct that was the bridge like construct that led to Lanesha's castle...
And as soon as left it, the change we could was palpable...to say the least.