Chapter 170: Chapter 170: Pervert, stop playing with me!
Chapter 170: Chapter 170: Pervert, stop playing with me!
Eren had seen the Border City of the Spirit Realm, which looked like an ordinary city. There was nothing special about that city except for the barrier.
The Royal City, on the other hand, was completely different.
The city in front of his eyes looked like it had been pulled straight out of a fantasy. He could see many islands floating through the clouds.
All these floating islands looked as if they were forming a staircase that led to the highest island, which was also the smallest in size.
Eren took a step forward, but the moment he did, he heard a feminine voice come from below.
"Hey buddy, watch out where you walk!"
Stunned, he retracted his foot. He looked down, but there was no one there except the soft grass.
"What are you looking at? Do you want to fight?!" The voice came again while the grass rustled.
"This grass... It can talk?" Eren went down on his knees, fascinated by the realization that the grass was talking to him. Just what kind of world was this?
"Was it really you who was talking?" He touched the grass softly.
"Kyaaa! You perverts, stop touching me!"
Eren's lips twitched as he momentarily lost control of his expressions. This was the first time he was called a pervert by wild grass of all things!
"I see. No wonder you didn't like me. So you were swinging in this direction," said Estelina mockingly as she came out of the portal as well.
"Saintess! Save me from this pervert!" The grass rustled again.
Eren had the urge to almost stomp this grass. Why the heck would he be interested in grass? Just what kind of kink did she think he had?
"What is this thing?" he asked as he started flicking the grass.
"Kyaa, Saintess! He is violating me."
"Since you already gave me the title of a pervert, I might as well fulfill your wish," said Eren as he pinched the grass. He was quite curious about this thing and if it could die when pulled out of the group.
"Eeek! You pervert! Stop playing with me!" The Spirit Grass cried out for help in a sweet yet wronged voice.
"And what if I don't stop?" Eren asked as he continued toying with this rude Spirit Grass.
At times, he even appeared like a demon who was enjoying torturing the Spirit Grass.
While Eren was punishing the Spirit Grass for defamation, he didn't notice that there was another woman standing right behind him.
The woman was wearing a royal white gown that came down to her ankles. She looked much like Estelina, but her ears were a little different. Her ears were long like that of an elf.
She didn't look a year older than Estelina. If anything, she appeared to have a mature charm of her own which made even Estelina pale in comparison.
"Tell me. Are you going to call me a Pervert again?" Eren kept flicking the grass. It was him who was wronged here.
"Kyaa! You are a pervert! You shameless, evil pervert! Don't you have any shame?"
"Didn't you already call me shameless? Why did you think I would have shame?" Eren asked while rolling his eyes.
Estelina didn't say anything even if the Spirit Grass asked for help repeatedly. Usually, Eren would have wondered why she was so silent, but currently he was more immersed in punishing this shameless spirit grass.
Estelina was looking at the other woman who was standing next to her. She had extreme respect in her eyes as she looked at that woman.
Her cherry lips parted to say something, but the woman stopped her from saying anything.
"Why aren't you telling me? What is this thing?" Eren asked Estelina without looking back.
"That's Spirit Grass. I hope you are having fun."
"A Spirit Grass... Fascinating. Even grass has spirits in this world. What a fascinating place. What else has a spirit here? Rocks?
Also, wha-"
Eren suddenly went silent in the middle of his response, realizing something.
"Ah, Estelina? Why does your voice sound so different?"
"Because it wasn't my daughter speaking," the woman said.
Following her words, there was a scary silence in the place. Eren's expressions turned dark as he realized the meaning behind those words.
This person was calling Estelina her mother. And according to Estelina's stats, her mother was the Spirit Queen herself. That meant the person behind him was...
He removed his hands from the spirit grass and facepalmed.
"Sob, sob! Queen Mother, save me from this pervert!" The Spirit Grass requested like a child asking for the person who stole his candy to be punished.
The Spirit Queen walked past Eren and went down on her knees, patting the Spirit Grass gently.
With her being so close, Eren just had to look sideways and he could see her. But he felt as if he was going to die if he turned around at that moment.
He wondered if he could actually defeat this person with the help of his Pendant of Poison.
Ordinary attacks didn't work on spirits. That was already a disadvantage for humans and one of the things that made Spirits so formidable. However, his Poison was different.
"My daughter told me that you are very interesting. You are able to see the Spirits despite being in contract with them," the Spirit Queen calmly said. Under her caressing, Spirit Grass slowly went down and fell to sleep.
"There are only two types of people who can see a Spirit in the human realm. One who has a contract with the Spirits, and the others are those who had come to the Spirit Realm before. But you are neither."
"She also said that you have a very interesting pendant." The Spirit Queen turned around and brought her face closer to Eren's Pendant of Poison.
While she observed the pendant of poison, he felt her warm breath brush against his skin. For the first time, he was able to see her face.