"What's that thing over the sky?! Is it some sort of carriage?" Wondered Erika in surprise.
"That's an airship. So they're finally coming today…" I sighed in relief.
"Whose?" Asked Erika.
"The most prestigious Academy for both Knights and Adventurers, mostly reserved for noble families. Thanks to everything we've done, of course, we have lucked out memberships for them. They also are the path towards several new opportunities, and also an easy way to gain access to premium materials, items, and ways to get into Dungeons and Demon Towers." I said.
"Eh? Ah! Wait, they're coming today?!" Erika was surprised.
"Erika, I told you they were coming today…" I sighed.
"Hahah… I forgor…" Erika said while giggling.
"Let's go pack the last things before going out. We also need to gather with everyone else and say our goodbyes to our families."
The airship that was slowly approaching seemed like an exaggeration, but I have heard it was developed using the technology of Dwarves, a race of small human-like people with innate Skills and Magic that exceed on crafting and forging, they're master smiths that can make a lot of magic items and craft these advanced magic machinery.
The whole airship was fueled with Mana and Spiritual Essence extracted from Spirit Orbs, most likely the ones taken from wild monsters. I have heard they're used for a variety of things aside from alchemy, one of them is as fuel for magic technology.
After a few minutes, we quickly gathered with everybody else.
I had packed everything I needed inside of my Inventory function within the Grimoire, which now had expanded from the original small hole where I could only fit small items and seemed to open to an enormous black hole like portal, I can store inanimate objects there of up to tens of meters now… quite handy for all the grind I am planning to do.
Now that I can summon D Rank Familiar Cards, I need Spirit Orbs of the same Rank to Summon them, meaning, I'll have to carry dozens of them if I ever want to summon these higher ranked Summons at all.
E Rank Summons also require Spirit Orbs, and if I want to make the strongest ones through Familiar Synthesis, I usually need to mix several cards together, which consume even more Spirit Orbs, meaning for a single D Rank Familiar Card, I'll be wasting like over 20 Spirit Orbs each, all of them between E Rank and D Rank.
I can tell why I was given an Inventory in the Grimoire; it is obviously to store this massive amount of Spirit Orbs I need to go around carrying. Though it was limited to the size of the grimoire itself, now it has expanded by a hundredfold, most likely thanks to the Holy Spirits lifting up several limitations within the Grimoire which Lucifer had placed to mock me.
"So this is it, huh?"
My father looked at me with a wide smile.
"We're going to miss you dear."
My mother hugged me, giving me a kiss in the cheek.
"Take care, Blake. Don't be too reckless! Ah, as if that was going to stop you…"
My grandmother smiled back as I hugged her.
"Big bro, take care!"
"Make sure to come back soon…"
Allan and Anna, my two little twin siblings hugged me, as I held them in my arms and placed them back into the floor.
"Sure, I'll come back soon, after this semester's over." I said with nod. "I'll bring souvenirs for everybody."
"Alright champ, take care then. We already said everything we wanted to say yesterday." My father said. "I trust you can do more than any of us in our entire family has ever accomplished."
"Thanks, father. I will."
"Buaaaah! I'm going to miss you all!"
Erika, in the other side, was a complete contrast to me, she was crying all over as she hugged my little siblings and my mother and grandmother. Since her father died that she had been pretty much adopted by my family, so they had grown even more closer these past years.
"You're a strong and good girl, Erika. Make sure to have a good time and don't go overboard." My grandmother said.
"Take care of my son, please." My mother sighed. "Also you have my permission to marry him too."
My mother's really pushy over the situation…
"Before that I want to grow stronger first! I want to become someone worthy of staying at Blake's side!" Erika said with a smile in between tears. "Thank you for everything you've done for me… I'll come back with Blake once the semester's over!"
"Alright then, let's go, Erika." I said.
"Yeah, let's go!" Erika smiled back, as we made our way back to our group of friends.
Eric, Chris, Erdrich, and Elizabeth were there. They were all wearing their fanciest clothes and carried enormous luggage's with everything they could bring with them. I have gifted them multiple times bags enchanted with space magic, but even then, they had them all full.
"Alright then! It's about time we begin our journey." Chris said with a wide smile, looking into the horizon. He looked so different from back then, that stubborn little kid that picked a fight with me… he has really grown up.
"Can't wait! I hope they teach a lot of alchemy and history at the school!" Eric seemed excited, still resembling a bit of his previous self, but definitely having maturated more.
"Who wants that boring studying stuff?" Sighed Erika. "I want to go smack some monsters inside a dungeon! I heard that's one of the first tests we'll have!"
"Yeah, the Academy is one of the most prestigious of this whole continent, which is maintained not only by our country but several countries all around the world thanks to the Continental Alliance against Demons." Said Erdrich. "Can't wait to see it, there's a whole city built around it! Stronghold City!"
"I wonder what we'll find there… It feels like everything is just starting now…" Elizabeth sighed, as we all looked behind at our village.
So many memories were built here… As we entered the airship and looked from inside through the windows, the village slowly became smaller and smaller.
My family… I never thought it would hurt so much to leave them behind.