Novel Full Chapter 1630: Where To Go Next
Chapter 1630: Where To Go Next
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“If we take too long we should just spend the rest of the day and night there and then continue. I plan our little road trip to be like that.” I said.
“Sounds good to me,” Elena nodded. “I’m honestly a bit excited about testing my blade though. So hopefully we can meet stronger enemies…”
“S-Stronger enemies? Elena…” I sighed. “Don’t be so bloodthirsty…”
“Uh, ah, sorry,” she realized she was talking a bit weird. “I might have confused real life with BNLO…”
She does get a lot more in her DarkReaper persona when we are in BNLO, even when she knows it’s all real and that her mother is right in front of her… Oh well, that’s my daughter I suppose.
“Anyway, what comes after the crystal forest though?” Rita said. “I am not hurrying up the road trip, I kind of like it, even more that there’s some time dilation going on so I don’t have to worry about my hubby complaining to me, but what comes next? How far until the capital?”
“There should be two more places of notoriety while we move through the road to the capital,” Katherine said. “There’s the Crystal Forest and its Village, then we’ll climb the Snowy Peaks and walk past the Snow Fairy Forest, I’ve heard they got great host springs too! And as we descend the mountain, we’ll reach the Centurian Steppes, it’s a wide area with a Savanna full of big and mean Spirit Beasts, past that we’ll reach the Fairy King’s forest and the capital in the center of it.”
“Ohhh, wait how does normal people get through that dangerous place though?” I asked.
“Usually they just fly,” said Katherine. “There’s also some safe routes and well, you can always hire a bodyguard or go through special transport vehicles that are localized in the mountain.”
“Nice, sounds great, I guess we could use that instead of getting through that dangerous place, right guys?” I wondered.
“Uh, I would rather get through it and hunt,” Elena said. “But sure mom…”
“Isn’t there a village there we could explore?” Mark asked.
“Yes there are a couple, from different tribes of fae and other spirit people,” Katherine said. “I honestly never explored that place myself, but I’ve heard there’s some tribes of barbarians… The Trolls.”
“Trolls?” I asked. “Wait, really?”
“Yeah, they’re also a sort of Spirit Race,” Katherine explained. “They’re big and rough though, they aren’t… exactly bad folk I think? As long as you don’t mess with them they don’t mess with you… I believe.”
“Huh, sounds a bit dangerous still…” I said, rubbing my chin. “Aaah, but knowing other cultures sounds sweet though… well, we’ll decide once we get to that point, might be in three days from now after all.”
“So there’s a Snow Fairy Forest, huh?” Jenny wondered. “I wonder if that girl, Nieve, would like to visit such a place. I’ve heard Ice Fairies like her are fairly rare back in that forest, right?”
“Yeah, so far she’s the only Ice Fairy that has been born in ages,” I explained. “Her birth was rather special, she once told me that her Flower, where Fairies are born, was made of ice crystal. Some of the people that take care of the Fairy Flowers panicked and had tried to unfreeze it or even destroy it, deeming it as a failed bud, but the Fairy Queen stepped in there and stopped them from killing a perfectly fine baby…”
“Wait, what?! I thought the fairies over there were nice…?” Rita asked. “How did they even thought that doing that would be good?”
“I suppose despite how nice they could be, their culture still has many prejudices,” explained Lily. “It’s… It makes sense in a way, there’s no culture without its flaws, and there’s not really any perfect utopian society either…”
“Hm,” I nodded, sighing. “Well, after that the Fairy Queen was really happy when Nieve was born, and baptized her with that name, which well, it means snow. Since then, Nieve was adopted by the Queen alongside Florie, who was born from a Royal Bud, a special flower that gives birth to Fairy Queens or Princesses. It was the first that ever appeared, signaling the beginning of a new Era, and implying that soon enough, Titania would have to step out of her throne and give it to the new Queen, as the Tree of Beginnings dictated, the son of Yggdrasil.”
“Huh, oh wow, so… wait that means that the Tree of Beginnings was like the father of all the fairies… damn,” Rita said.
“Yeah, it’s… really sad that he passed away,” sighed Mark. “I’ve seen the fairies still mourn to this day, even when things had improved around the forest with Elayne there, many are still very sad for his departure…”
“Uh…” Lily looked down, a bit sad. “Oh well, so what happened later?”
“Ah right,” I nodded. “After Nieve was adopted, I think she told me she didn’t have a fine childhood, a lot of the other fairies, especially those in higher positions bullied her due to being different. How she had very pale skin, calling her a corpse, and some that mocked her clear blue hair and her wings which had a different shape than the rest.”
“Geez, they can be such assholes… well, Fairies are known for being mischievous,” said Jenny, crossing her arms.
“Hey, not all of us are like that! But… ah well, you’re talking about fairies from another realm, so I don’t really know how they behave compared to us.” Katherine said. “But indeed, based in what I’ve heard, they sound rather… not that good. Snow or Ice Fairies are pretty common around Avalon, and they’re praised as powerful warriors, especially knights. They’re really good at fighting, raised by the Ice Snow Princess, Invierna, another of King Oberon’s daughters. I’ve heard that the training there is a bit ruthless, due to the conditions where they live and so on… but they’re highly respected! I can’t believe there’s a place where other fairies would dare mock their appearance. They’re widely known for being extremely beautiful and majestic.”
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