-Break-
Heading off to the shore, thanks to Willow the 2nd, we are going to make it there in no time at all. It seems Maple used her legacy on Willow the 2nd, so he is moving at an accelerated speed. Willow the 2nd also seems to have regained some of his size. I guess all that rest and sleeping helped him heal a lot.
On the topic of Maple. Willow asks, "You know the mark under her right eye?"
I believe Willow is talking about the shape I saw appear under her right eye, "Yeah, what about it?"
"Well, it has taken shape more and more while you guys were gone, and now it looks like this: ♐︎," Willow says as he shapes the symbol in some snow I create. "Do you have any idea what it could be?"
It is possible it could be a soul marker, but it is under her eye, not on it. "Sorry, I don't. But if I had any idea, it is some form of physical trait like how my body is resistant to cold."
"I guess that is all it is."
"O-O-Orb, it looks like we are at the sea," Cyrus says to me.
Staring at Willow, I see he has a big smile on his face, then he says, "Wow, this is the sea."
Oh, I guess this is his first time seeing any large body of water. "Wait, is this the reason you really wanted to come here?"
"Mostly yes."
I would say something back, but he looks so happy now that it would just be mean to say anything to him at this point. So, after Willow takes time to admire the sea, we all jump off of Willow the 2nd.
"Hey, Atalanta, it is time for you to go now."
"I refuse."
"What do you mean?"
"I can't just leave my little angel, we have bonded."
"I am sorry, but you have to."
Willow chimed in and asks, "Can you please take her?"
"You too, Willow."
"She really just wants to be doing something, so I think bringing her along won't be that much of a bother. She even has her bow with her, so fighting is something she can also help with."
"But."
Coming closer to me, she says, " I can even speak all three songs, so I will be helpful."
Well, Cyrus and Suzuka only speak the Saviour's song, so that will be helpful. No Orb be steadfast. "I am sorry, but my answer is."
"You want me to come, don't you, Suzuka?"
"I would enjoy that sissy."
Sissy you guys haven't even known each other for a day.
Grabbing Cyrus, she says, "You want me to come along, don't you, Cyrus?"
He starts panicking due to being in close proximity to her "I-I-I-I, d-d-don't mi-i-i-ind."
"Cyrus, you traitor."
"You hear that, Orb? It is four to one, now you have to take her off our hands."
"Fine," I say, defeated.
Atalanta jumps with joy with Cyrus and Suzuka. As they do this, I walk over to Sparrow and knock him out; "Willow, I don't want this idiot causing trouble while we are in elpída, so please take him back with you."
"But won't it be harder without him around?"
"He has never been to elpída either, so it really doesn't matter if he is with us or not, and I already got the directions from him."
"Ok, gotcha. See you later, Orb."
"See you, Willow," and with the wind, Willow leaves as we get on the boat.
Setting sail, I tell everyone our mission plan. "According to Sparrow, the entrance to Elpída is right in between the Terrafide and Enotita. He told me if we keep heading straight, we will definitely reach there."
"How will we know when we get there if Sparrow isn't here?"
"He told me that it is basically unmissable as long as we get close. So, we will just keep heading straight forward from the shore, and since this ship is sentient, it will just adjust itself for us if the waves move us too far away."
"Why are we even going there, Orb?" Suzuka asks.
"To find clues about Cyrus's sister."
"His sister?"
"Oh yeah, we never really brought this up with you."
"Cyrus is looking for his older sister," Atalanta says.
"She has been missing for over a decade, and we might be able to find a hint of her location on Elpída."
Suzuka says to Cyrus, "Do you miss her?"
"Lots," he says with a dispirited expression.
Suzuka gets up and walks over to Cyrus, then sticks out her hand, waiting for a fist bump and says, "Then I will try my hardest to find her. I can read minds, so whatever information you need is yours."
"B-B-But doesn't doing that hurt your head?"
"It is just a little pain to give you a lot of happiness, it sounds worth it to me, so respond to my gesture cause my arm is cramping," Cyrus replies to her fist bump.
"Hey Cyrus, now that we are on the topic of your sister, could you be able to tell me the reasons you're here since dragons have historically never really left their continent?"
Cyrus goes silent with a sad expression on his face.
"Sorry for prying, but it is just that everything we know can help in the investigation, but if you're not ready, it is ok."
"No y-y-your right. You see dragons n-n-never, get sick or catch any disease, it is almost impossible. In the history of dragonkind, o-o-o-only four dragons have ever gotten sick, and I am the fourth."
"Isn't that impossible?" Suzuka asks.
"Not really, it just means that their immune systems are so strong they simply destroy whatever enters their bodies."
Cyrus continues and says, "D-D-Due to this, we dragons have no form of medical science, so when one catches a-a-a-a illness, of any kin-n-n-nd, they are simply left to die. But my s-s-sister, didn't want to let me die, so she took me here to f-f-find a cure."
Cyrus freezes up for a bit when trying to talk about what happened next, as if the words are hard to get out, so I say, "Let me guess, you guys were tricked upon entering Terrafide, and that's how you ended up in your current predicament."
Cyrus nods his head in agreement. Atalanta says, "But you seem fine now."
"Mother, I mean Morgan was able to find a cure for me, after she b-b-bought me. She was the nicest human I had m-m-met up, until that point."
"Don't think about her any more, you have us now," Atalanta says. "But to how foolish dragons are, that they would have no form of medical science even in emergencies, you'd think they would have stolen it from humans."
"Well, if no one ever got sick, why would they bother? Sounds like a waste of time, and with them being a first-cycle civilisation, they would be a lot more traditional than we would be."
"First cycle?" They all say in unison.
"Wait, do you three really not know about the Cycles?"
"Not a clue."
"N-N-No"
"Not even a vague idea."
"Well then, let me explain. History can be ruffly broken up into three cycles: The first, the second, and the third, our current one. The third one has just been going on for over two thousand years now. Details about the first and second cycles are mostly lost."
"Lost?" Suzuka says.
"Yes, most of the things from that time have been destroyed, or are hidden due to a countless number of reasons. Though we do have much more information from the second than from the first. Since around the end of the second cycle, bookkeeping was done a lot better, and lots of countries founded around that time have stood the test of time. Seirei is an example of that."
"I had no idea that where I was from was that old," Suzaku says.
"Don't worry, there are a lot more than you'd think. Most of the current major operating countries were founded at the end of the second cycle, with a few exceptions, and that would be the dragon nation of Nirvana. It is the oldest civilisation to my knowledge and dates back to the first cycle."
"Isn't that amazing, Cyrus?" Atalanta says
"I d-d-didn't know that."
"Well, of course you wouldn't, dragons rarely interact with humans, and the cycles are broken up due to major happenings on all the other continents, they would have no meaning to dragons since you guys rarely interact with humans. I am even sure it must be some kind of rule"
"T-T-There are very strict rules about h-h-humans or anything they ha-a-a-ave made being brought to our land. I will probably be put under intense scrutiny if I return."
"Well, you're getting ahead of yourself, Cyrus. First, let's get you back to your sister, then we can start thinking about that."
"Orb," he says, surprised.
"And if they don't let you guys back peacefull,y you can just come to live with me, that sounds like the more appealing option to me."
"Thank you, Orb," Cyrus says.
Atalanta then walks over to Cyrus, gives him a big hug and says, "Don't worry, Cyrus, I will be your big sister until we find your real one, so don't be bothered."
Cyrus starts freaking out and I say, "Atalanta stop bothering him."
"Don't be jealous, Orb, I will also be your big sister as well."
"If that happened, I would genuinely stab myself."
"You know, you being mean really hurts."
"Sissy is right Orb, you have no right to be that mean."
"You too, Suzuka, traitor."
Giving her a hug, she says, "That is just the bond we sisters have."
"Sister," Suzuka says with a creepy expression while laughing a little bit. It seems that all this affection has finally destroyed her brain.
I really can't handle that woman; when she is around, everything gets chaotic.
Letting go of Suzuka, she says, "Since we are talking about each other, would you guys tell me what Suzuka is doing here. Also, she is a legacy I swear, do you have some kind of gravitational pull that attracts legacies?"
"If I had such a power, I would be freaked out." Looking over at Suzuka, I ask her, "Are you ok with me telling her?"
She nods, then hides behind Cyrus, embarrassed. "That's all the permission we need, so let me start."
-Break-
As Atalanta continues to cry, I say, "Please, can you quiet down?"
"But how can I? Suzuka's story is so sad. Don't worry, from now on I will give you all the love you need," She says, hugging Suzuka. "I love you so much, Suzuka." An extremely creepy smile appears on Suzuka's face in response to this.
Though as they both hug each other, Atalanta jumps with joy while I begin to look away, suddenly I hear them both scream, so I turn around, and I see they have started floating in the air.
I jump and grab onto them both of them, then create lots of ice to freeze us to the floor as I pull them both down. "What the hell was that?"
"I don't know, we just started floating."
Then I hear Cyrus say, "L-L-Look over there."
Starring in the distance, we see an island, but around the island, countless objects are floating in the air. Sparrow said we wouldn't miss it when we got there, so I guess that must be our destination. "LET'S GO FULL SPEED AHEAD."
Responding to my words, the ship moves at full speed.
Name Mayoibune (C-Rank)
Type: Plus
Description: A ship spirit. It shape can change to be able to combat whatever seas it may have to encounter, though that burns quite a bit of spirit energy, so it must be constantly infused with it to survive
Fact: Originally a fishing ship that was used for decades, but was eventually thrown away, where it was repaired by two kind adults. Due to all the feelings that have constantly been poured into it, the ship eventually developed a spirit