Chapter 33 Revelation
Chapter 33 Revelation
Revelation
"Well boy." The bear of a man spoke in a gruff tone.
"Do you seriously believe that you can cause such a ruckus and get away scott free?" At his question, Christopher shrugged.
"I mean no disrespect but the only reason I'm still here is because I want to apologise." He said and the eyes of the three family heads narrowed.
"Are you saying we can't stop you from running?" The Silver haired woman asked and Christopher nodded without hesitation.
"I'd prefer to compensate you and leave on a good note instead of running." His words made their eyes go from hostile to slightly intrigued.
The Elven Queen made no attempt to speak or interfere. Instead she watched on with curiosity, no doubt observing this individual her daughter believed to have the fate of the world in his hands.
"Alright, what could you compensate us with?" At this Christopher tilted his head slightly before holding out his hand and a moment later, three branches appeared.
However with the appearance of these branches, everyone, including the Elven Queen's eyes widened in surprise.
"These branches come from a Vita Tree and all carry immense life force. You can use them to heal, create potions, or turn them into weapons. The choice is yours really." He said casually and made a branch float towards each Family head.
Just with their appearance alone, the restored greenery grew with even more vigor as the powerful life force of the branches bathed everything in a close proximity.
They grabbed them with surprised expressions and Paul asked with a little doubt.
"You should know just how valuable these are. You're just giving them away?" Christopher shrugged.
"I don't need them." His response made them go silent. He didn't need them? Didn't that mean he had things that were far more valuable? And the answer was, yes.
After all these branches came from one of the many trees within his dimension, if the branches carried this much life force, then what about the trees themselves? He truly had no need for them.
"Is that enough compensation?" His question snapped them out of their reverie. The big man coughed awkwardly and nodded.
"Yes… I suppose this will suffice." He said and the other two nodded.
The Silver haired woman smiled warmly and spoke.
"Seems like we were too hasty in our judgement. You're quite reasonable. Granted your desire for destruction was a bit much, but no one was hurt and you fixed the damage even compensated us." Hearing this, Christopher scratched the back of his head.
"I was just a little angry so I wanted to let loose a little bit. I apologise for the trouble." He said sincerely.
"Hm. Well, in that case just don't do it again. The Elven Queen seems keen on speaking to you so I will take my leave." Paul said and glanced at the beautiful elf again before evaporating like water once more.
The other two also didn't take much time and vanished, leaving Christopher and the Elven Queen alone.
Christopher looked at her as she slowly floated down to be on the ground with him. Now that she was closer, he was able to get a really good look at her, and indeed she was a beauty.
She didn't lose to Belladonna in any way, but where Belladonna seemed to be the embodiment of seduction, she seemed to be the embodiment of purity.
Her long white hair complimented her oval face and bright green eyes. Her pointy ears gave her an exotic look that couldn't be found anywhere else, and her maturity added to that. She wore a long and exquisite green dress with flower patterns which accentuated her curves elegantly but was modest in its show of skin.
He observed her as much as she observed him and found lots of curiosity along with doubt and wonder.
"Well, you certainly reached my expectations." She mumbled and Christopher tilted his head at the statement.
"You speak as if you know me." Hearing this, she blinked before nodding.
"I know you, but we have never met." Her statement made Christopher even more confused and she seemed to notice this even with his mask on.
"I understand you have many questions, and I will answer them. But for now, let us go somewhere more… private. I'm sure you have noticed the uninvited quests." As she spoke, she turned her head in a certain direction, her eyes cold.
Christopher nodded. Indeed, he'd noticed the squad of individuals watching him for a while now, but he made no move to attack them first.
"Follow me." She said and immediately began to fly in a certain direction. Christopher followed suit and soon, they were nowhere to be seen.
A moment later, numerous masked figures appeared where the two had been and looked in the direction they had gone.
"Interesting, to think he garnered the interest of the reclusive lady. Seems like he is even more complex than we had thought originally." One of them said.
"Should we report back to his Eminence or should we wait?" Another asked.
"We'll leave and come back. He'll be on guard against us from now on, persisting would only make things more difficult." Another said and they all nodded in agreement, and then they vanished as if they were never there.
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Christopher's eyes lit up with interest when he saw the squadron of Gryphons and their riders, each emitting a powerful Aura. But even more interesting was the floating palace that was covered in runes.
With his Runic Insight, Christopher noticed that there were even more runes than what one could see on the behemoth of a structure. Some for flying, some for its weapons, some were in place to create shields when necessary. It truly was a flying fortress.
The duo reached the entrance that had already opened and The Queen was greeted by Elven guards who saluted and gave Christopher curious looks.
As they made their way through the structure, the Queen started to speak.
"Truth be told, I had no idea you existed until a little more than a week ago." She admitted and Christopher narrowed his eyes behind his mask. That was around the time he had transmigrated.
Truth be told, it was quite stupid of him to just waltz into enemy territory by himself next to arguably the most powerful elf in the world and one of the most powerful beings in it as well.
However he had faith in his ability to escape, mainly due to his dimension and how no one could find it. Moreover he doubted the queen would want him dead, especially since she came herself, so it must have been something else.
Eventually, they arrived in front of a room and entered. The room was quite luxurious, but it wasn't overly decorated and was quite cozy. However, that wasn't where his attention went.
Instead, he looked towards the girl who seemed to be anxiously waiting for something. And the moment he saw her face, he instantly judged her to be the daughter of the Elven Queen as she was almost a perfect copy of her, just younger looking.
Also Aisha happened to see Christopher the same time he saw her and her eyes widened with excitement and curiosity. As well as… relief?
"Ah, mother was able to get you to come without incident." She spoke and stood up with a small smile.
"You seem to know me." Christopher said and was a little surprised when he saw small runes floating around her body passively. He was a bit curious because he didn't quite recognise these runes. Their colour was a very light shade of green and they weren't a lot, but they seemed attracted to the girl.
"Ah yes! My apologies. I haven't introduced myself." She bowed slightly much to Christopher's surprise and he glanced at her mother who showed no reaction.
When she straightened, she spoke.
"My Name is Aisha Etherwood, Princess of the Elven Kingdom." She introduced and then said with a smile.
"And your name is Christopher correct?" Christopher's eyes widened slightly. How did she know his name? Even with his mask on?
She seemed to sense his confusion and spoke quickly.
"I understand that you'd be apprehensive! But… please just hear me out." She pleaded and Christopher went silent before sighing.
"Alright. What is this all about?" Seeing that he was willing to listen, Aisha sighed with relief before her face became serious.
"I guess I'll start from the beginning." She glanced at her mother who nodded slightly.
"I have a… unique ability." She started.
"I'm able to, to some extent, observe and manipulate fate." Hearing this, Christopher's eyes widened slightly.
"It's not to an obscene amount, but yes, I can wield fate like it is magic. However, in a lot of cases, I'm unable to control certain things, like what I see." She took a breath.
"In other words, I can have visions about certain things that can happen in the future, a form of foresight if you may." The more Christopher heard, the more surprised he became. He'd never considered or even thought about anything related to fate, talk less of it being an ability one could use.
He looked at her again and had an idea as to what the runes around her body represented and was very intrigued. However, despite that, he also had a vague idea now on why they wanted to see him so much.
"I assume you had a vision and I was inside?" He asked and Aisha nodded grimly.
"Yes… this may come as a shock to you, but depending on your actions, the world can either be saved, or destroyed."
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