[Luna POV]
After a few hours of chatting with Nia I remembered that I haven’t sent Grey the list of things I wanted from those two.
“Hey Nia, do you have any paper and something to write with?”
“I can ask Bas to get some real quick.”
She rang a small bell that was on a small table next to where we were sitting and Bas was here in seconds.
“How may I serve you?”
“Luna needs some paper and something to write with.”
“I will bring it right away.”
He disappeared after that then reappeared after a second with a piece of paper and a fountain pen.
“Thank you, Mister Bas.”
“Mt pleasure, Lady Luna.”
He disappeared again after saying that.
“So, he can use space magic?”
“Yes, he is one of the few people in the country that can. It’s one of the things that makes him a great butler, though it also leads to him spooking people sometimes, especially people who meet him for the first time.”
I nodded my head in understanding and started to write the letter to Grey. I specified that I wanted all seven of their self portraits and the three large pieces of orichalcum. When I was done, I pulled out my letter box and sent it over to Grey.
“I understand why you want the orichalcum, but why the self portraits?”
“I can use them as target practice. I’ve been neglecting my archery skill, so I thought I could use them as practice targets to finish leveling it.”
“What level is it at right now?”
“Level eight, I want to max it out before I meet the Elf general.”
“Still want to challenge her in archery?”
“Of course.”
It was then that my letter box glowed a bit signifying a letter arriving. I opened it up and took the letter out.
[You can pick up the items you wanted tomorrow after accepting the nominated quest. I think I know what you want those painting for, so I pulled some strings and got a special enchantment put on them, look forward to what it does.]
“I literally just sent that letter to him; how did he do that?”
{He’s a god Luna, he can get things like that done really quickly if he so wished to.}
‘Guess I’ll need to learn how to do that one day.’
{I’ll teach you some day.}
‘I’m looking forward to Tamamo, teacher form.’
{Ufufufufufufu.}
“That reminds me Luna. When the generals get here, there will be an official noble party held. Would you like to join me there?”
“I don’t mind, but I’ve never been to a noble party before.”
“Then I’ll teach you about the etiquette for one later, just please don’t cripple anyone who tries to court you.”
“Hopefully the people there will be observant enough to see that I’m already taken.” I said as I showed off the ring in my finger.
“Most will leave you alone then. By the way, when did you and the Goddess exchange rings?”
“The full moon before the Vanquishing Festival.”
“I see. It suits you.”
“Thanks.”
While we were discussing more things about this party, Uncle Rex showed up.
“I’m back Nia.” (Rex)
“Evening Rex, how was your day?” (Nia)
“Hello Uncle Rex, it’s been a while.” (Luna)
“It was fine and hello Luna, it’s nice to see you again after so long.” (Rex)
He came and sat down next to Nia and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
‘I feel extremely jealous right now.’
{I feel the same.}
“Rex, not right now, Luna is giving you a death glare.” (Nia)
“Sorry Luna, it’s a force of habit.” (Rex)
“It’s fine, you’re just showing your wife some affection, I totally understand, and am not at all jealous that you can do that everyday.” I said in a monotonous tone.
After saying that, the atmosphere in the room became a bit awkward. After a bit, Uncle Rex broke the silence.
“So, what were the two of you discussing earlier?” (Rex)
“We were discussing Luna’s attendance to the noble party that the generals are going to be at this year.” (Nia)
“Oh, you’re going to attend?” (Rex)
“I was planning on it, I’ve never been to a noble party and I thought it might be interesting to go to one at least once.” (Luna)
“Yeah, Deacon never really liked going to those, so I’m not surprised you’ve never been to one before. By the way the crown prince and the first princess will also be there.” (Rex)
“That’s the first I’m hearing of this. Why are they going to be there?” (Nia)
“Your brother wants them to try and get some connections to people from other countries. Luna, do you have anything to prove you are engaged?” (Rex)
“I do.” I said as I showed him my ring. “Why?”
“Because you’re the crown prince’s type and he will definitely try to court you.” (Rex)
“I have many problems with that. For one thing, I don’t like men in that way and even if I did, isn’t my social status too low? Plus, and this is even more important than that, I’m already taken and no one will break us up.” (Luna)
“Well, on the topic of social status, you’re from the third most important family of the Beast Kingdom just under the ducal and royal families, so that is no issue. But that’s not important, I’ll let the king know tomorrow that you’ll be attending this party with Nia so he can warn the crown prince to leave you alone.” (Rex)
“Please do, I would like to keep my promise of not crippling people.” (Luna)
It was at this point in time that the crown prince felt a chill go down his spine.
“Even if you did, you’d heal the injury, right?” (Rex)
“Depends, last time something like that happened, the persons arm was unrecoverable, even with high-level healing magic, not that I tried to heal them.” (Luna)
“Then I’ll send a letter in a bit and also tell the king in person tomorrow.” (Rex)
The three of us spent some more time chatting about how our lives have been going until Bas came and told us that dinner was ready. We went to the dining room and ate. I was getting worried that Velvet hadn’t come back yet, but Tamamo reassured me that she was fine.
“Luna, do you have anything planned for tomorrow?” (Rex)
“I have some things to take care of at the guild, then I’ll probably teleport back home for a bit to get Blake’s help with something. After that, I’m not sure, but all of those things will probably take a while to finish. Why, did you need me for something?” (Luna)
“I was going to send a quest to the guild for a mage to help with some things and was wondering if you would take it.” (Rex)
“What do you need help with that you need to ask the guild?” (Nia)
“A new mage joined us and he has an affinity for space magic. The thing is, he is quite young and isn’t used to teleporting nor does he have enough mana to do it repeatedly. I was going to request someone from the guild with space magic to help him out a bit since none of the other space magic users are available at the moment.” (Rex)
“It’s weird that there are never any space mages available when you need them, right? I had the same problem, though I got through it with help from Tamamo and my past memories giving me some ideas on space magic.” (Luna)
“Well, what can I say, space is a rare affinity, those that have it are very sought after.” (Rex)
“I’m surprised that you don’t have people breathing down your neck trying to solicit you, Luna.” (Nia)
“I don’t show my space magic off to people I’m not close to. The only random people that know about it are the people who work back home and the guild master of Savanna’s guild. But it makes me wonder, why is space magic so rare? I mean, it’s the rarest of all known magic attributes, even gravity magic is more prevalent.” (Luna)
{That’s because no god has the Authority of Space yet, though it won’t stay that way much longer.}
‘So, occurrence of magic affinities are tied to if a god has that Authority or not?’
{Yep. The reason for this is because the spirits that manage the concept as placeholders aren’t strong enough to manage any problems that occur when a specific user of that magic cause problems. For example, if someone lost control of gravity magic, since I hold the Authority over it, I’ll send spirits to take care of the problem before it starts affecting the world. Since there is no god to watch over the concept of Space yet, the spirits that manage it can’t waste power stopping problems that occur with space magic users, so people rarely get the affinity for it.}
‘From the way you said it earlier, I’m guessing I’ll get the Authority over Space?’
{At this point it’s practically a guarantee. That along with Fluff are the two Authorities that I know you’ll have. You still have one more that I don’t know, but I know you’ll have three.}
‘That’s good, that means I can still have the one I really want, or more like make it. I wonder how I go about doing that?’
{You already did it once, so I know you can do it again.}
‘I did?’
{Yeah, there was no Authority of Fluff until you made it.}
‘That’s surprising, does that mean there are Fluff spirits now?’
{Yeah, there have been a lot floating around you ever since you created the Authority. There are almost enough to form a great spirit, it’s only a matter of time now.}
Hearing Tamamo’s words, I activated my Spirit Vision skill and my eyes widened at what I saw. There were thousands of small fluffy looking balls floating around me. There were so many I couldn’t see anything else.
“Well, this is interesting.” (Luna)
“What’s up, Luna?” (Rex)
“Uncle Rex, use your spirit vision skill and you’ll understand.” (Luna)
He did as I said and saw what I was seeing.
“What kind of spirits are those, I’ve never seen them before?” (Rex)
“What do you mean, Rex?” (Nia)
“Right now, Luna is surrounded by thousands of an unknown kind of spirit. Can you even see through all of them, Luna?” (Rex)
“Nope, but you don’t have to worry about it. Tamamo said that they’ll go away when a great spirit is born, we just have to wait.” (Luna)
{Tell him that he should stop asking anything else before he asks about something that he doesn’t need to know.}
“Don’t ask anything else, Uncle Rex. Tamamo’s orders.” (Luna)
“Got it.” (Rex)
I stopped my spirit vision skill and I could see my surroundings again.
“Luna, do you still want to challenge the Elf general to an archery contest?” (Rex)
“I do.” (Luna)
“Then you should tell her that if she accepts your challenge, she can contract with a new kind of spirit. Do that, and she’ll accept in a heartbeat.” (Rex)
“Oh, that’s a good idea Rex. She always said that she wanted to contract with every known spirit.” (Nia)
We started to discuss this topic in more detail when Velvet walked through the door. She looked tired and her face was a little red.
“Welcome back, Velvet.” (Luna)
“Who is that?” (Rex)
“She’s Luna’s party member, Velvet Belmont.” (Nia)
“A Belmont, eh.” (Rex)
“Are you good Velvet?” (Luna)
She looked over to me and just stared for a minute.
“Hey, Luna. *hic* Sorry I’m back so late.” (Velvet)
“Are you drunk?” (Luna)
“*hic* Nope. This happens every time I go too long without blood. *hic* I should be fine tomorrow.” (Velvet)
“That’s good to know.” (Luna)
“Hey Luna. *hic* Please help me get a girlfriend. *hic*” (Velvet)
“Ok, I think we should get you to bed. Can you help me out, Nia?” (Luna)
“Sure thing. You grab her and follow me.” (Nia)
“*hic* Hello, Princess Nia. Are you going to *hic* help me too?” (Velvet)
“Don’t worry Velvet, I have someone in mind for you, you just need to wait for a while.” (Luna)
“Tha-*hic*-nks, if it’s someone you know, Luna, then *hic* they can’t be bad.” (Velvet)
“But you know them too. Remember Soleil?” (Luna)
“I do, but *hic* I don’t know if I can get *hic* her to *hic* fall for me.” (Velvet)
“Isn’t Soleil obsessed with you, Luna? Are you sure she’ll go for it?” (Nia)
“She’s gotten better since I left. Most of her obsession was due to the charm skill which is gone now. And Velvet, you can do it, you’ll just need to go for it when the time comes.” (Luna)
“I’m glad she’s gotten better.” (Nia)
“That’s good *hic* to know. If all it’ll *hic* take is time, then I have *hic* as much as I want. Hehehehe *hic* hehehehehe.” (Velvet)
Nia led me to a guest room that was prepared earlier while I help Velvet in my arms. After she started laughing, she fell asleep. I laid her on the bed in the room and covered her with a blanket.
“At times like this, I’m glad I won’t get drunk if I drink. She’s going to be extremely embarrassed if she remembers what she said.”
“I envy you, Luna. I can still remember the times I’ve been drunk, and the memories still sometimes haunt me when I try to go to sleep.”
{You’re not safe, Luna. I cashed in one of my favors with the Goddess of Alcohol and she’s working on something that’ll let you get drunk. Though I’m going to make sure I’m the only one who sees you in that state.}
‘Sounds interesting.’
We left Velvet’s room and I asked Nia where mine was.
“You ready to go to bed?”
“Yeah, I have stuff to do tomorrow, after all. Don’t want to oversleep.”
“But don’t you have sleep resistance?”
“Yeah, but Tamamo has told me I should enjoy the need for sleep while I have it.”
“I see. I just hope the Goddess goes easy on you, then.” Nia said with a smirk.
It took me a second to realize what she meant. As my face turned red, I asked Tamamo if she meant it that way.
{You’ll find out.}
My face turned even more red when I heard her reply.
“Thank you Goddess for letting me see Luna like this. She’s too cute when she’s embarrassed.”
{Ufufufufufufufufufu.}
And that is how my second day in the Celestia Kingdom ended.
Luna's Note:
Hello people watching my life, I used my ninja potential and space magic to pull this from the author's head, don't tell him. I'll try to pop up here sometimes, so look forward to it. I gotta go now or I'll be caught.
[Luna POV]
After a few hours of chatting with Nia I remembered that I haven’t sent Grey the list of things I wanted from those two.
“Hey Nia, do you have any paper and something to write with?”
“I can ask Bas to get some real quick.”
She rang a small bell that was on a small table next to where we were sitting and Bas was here in seconds.
“How may I serve you?”
“Luna needs some paper and something to write with.”
“I will bring it right away.”
He disappeared after that then reappeared after a second with a piece of paper and a fountain pen.
“Thank you, Mister Bas.”
“Mt pleasure, Lady Luna.”
He disappeared again after saying that.
“So, he can use space magic?”
“Yes, he is one of the few people in the country that can. It’s one of the things that makes him a great butler, though it also leads to him spooking people sometimes, especially people who meet him for the first time.”
I nodded my head in understanding and started to write the letter to Grey. I specified that I wanted all seven of their self portraits and the three large pieces of orichalcum. When I was done, I pulled out my letter box and sent it over to Grey.
“I understand why you want the orichalcum, but why the self portraits?”
“I can use them as target practice. I’ve been neglecting my archery skill, so I thought I could use them as practice targets to finish leveling it.”
“What level is it at right now?”
“Level eight, I want to max it out before I meet the Elf general.”
“Still want to challenge her in archery?”
“Of course.”
It was then that my letter box glowed a bit signifying a letter arriving. I opened it up and took the letter out.
[You can pick up the items you wanted tomorrow after accepting the nominated quest. I think I know what you want those painting for, so I pulled some strings and got a special enchantment put on them, look forward to what it does.]
“I literally just sent that letter to him; how did he do that?”
{He’s a god Luna, he can get things like that done really quickly if he so wished to.}
‘Guess I’ll need to learn how to do that one day.’
{I’ll teach you some day.}
‘I’m looking forward to Tamamo, teacher form.’
{Ufufufufufufu.}
“That reminds me Luna. When the generals get here, there will be an official noble party held. Would you like to join me there?”
“I don’t mind, but I’ve never been to a noble party before.”
“Then I’ll teach you about the etiquette for one later, just please don’t cripple anyone who tries to court you.”
“Hopefully the people there will be observant enough to see that I’m already taken.” I said as I showed off the ring in my finger.
“Most will leave you alone then. By the way, when did you and the Goddess exchange rings?”
“The full moon before the Vanquishing Festival.”
“I see. It suits you.”
“Thanks.”
While we were discussing more things about this party, Uncle Rex showed up.
“I’m back Nia.” (Rex)
“Evening Rex, how was your day?” (Nia)
“Hello Uncle Rex, it’s been a while.” (Luna)
“It was fine and hello Luna, it’s nice to see you again after so long.” (Rex)
He came and sat down next to Nia and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
‘I feel extremely jealous right now.’
{I feel the same.}
“Rex, not right now, Luna is giving you a death glare.” (Nia)
“Sorry Luna, it’s a force of habit.” (Rex)
“It’s fine, you’re just showing your wife some affection, I totally understand, and am not at all jealous that you can do that everyday.” I said in a monotonous tone.
After saying that, the atmosphere in the room became a bit awkward. After a bit, Uncle Rex broke the silence.
“So, what were the two of you discussing earlier?” (Rex)
“We were discussing Luna’s attendance to the noble party that the generals are going to be at this year.” (Nia)
“Oh, you’re going to attend?” (Rex)
“I was planning on it, I’ve never been to a noble party and I thought it might be interesting to go to one at least once.” (Luna)
“Yeah, Deacon never really liked going to those, so I’m not surprised you’ve never been to one before. By the way the crown prince and the first princess will also be there.” (Rex)
“That’s the first I’m hearing of this. Why are they going to be there?” (Nia)
“Your brother wants them to try and get some connections to people from other countries. Luna, do you have anything to prove you are engaged?” (Rex)
“I do.” I said as I showed him my ring. “Why?”
“Because you’re the crown prince’s type and he will definitely try to court you.” (Rex)
“I have many problems with that. For one thing, I don’t like men in that way and even if I did, isn’t my social status too low? Plus, and this is even more important than that, I’m already taken and no one will break us up.” (Luna)
“Well, on the topic of social status, you’re from the third most important family of the Beast Kingdom just under the ducal and royal families, so that is no issue. But that’s not important, I’ll let the king know tomorrow that you’ll be attending this party with Nia so he can warn the crown prince to leave you alone.” (Rex)
“Please do, I would like to keep my promise of not crippling people.” (Luna)
It was at this point in time that the crown prince felt a chill go down his spine.
“Even if you did, you’d heal the injury, right?” (Rex)
“Depends, last time something like that happened, the persons arm was unrecoverable, even with high-level healing magic, not that I tried to heal them.” (Luna)
“Then I’ll send a letter in a bit and also tell the king in person tomorrow.” (Rex)
The three of us spent some more time chatting about how our lives have been going until Bas came and told us that dinner was ready. We went to the dining room and ate. I was getting worried that Velvet hadn’t come back yet, but Tamamo reassured me that she was fine.
“Luna, do you have anything planned for tomorrow?” (Rex)
“I have some things to take care of at the guild, then I’ll probably teleport back home for a bit to get Blake’s help with something. After that, I’m not sure, but all of those things will probably take a while to finish. Why, did you need me for something?” (Luna)
“I was going to send a quest to the guild for a mage to help with some things and was wondering if you would take it.” (Rex)
“What do you need help with that you need to ask the guild?” (Nia)
“A new mage joined us and he has an affinity for space magic. The thing is, he is quite young and isn’t used to teleporting nor does he have enough mana to do it repeatedly. I was going to request someone from the guild with space magic to help him out a bit since none of the other space magic users are available at the moment.” (Rex)
“It’s weird that there are never any space mages available when you need them, right? I had the same problem, though I got through it with help from Tamamo and my past memories giving me some ideas on space magic.” (Luna)
“Well, what can I say, space is a rare affinity, those that have it are very sought after.” (Rex)
“I’m surprised that you don’t have people breathing down your neck trying to solicit you, Luna.” (Nia)
“I don’t show my space magic off to people I’m not close to. The only random people that know about it are the people who work back home and the guild master of Savanna’s guild. But it makes me wonder, why is space magic so rare? I mean, it’s the rarest of all known magic attributes, even gravity magic is more prevalent.” (Luna)
{That’s because no god has the Authority of Space yet, though it won’t stay that way much longer.}
‘So, occurrence of magic affinities are tied to if a god has that Authority or not?’
{Yep. The reason for this is because the spirits that manage the concept as placeholders aren’t strong enough to manage any problems that occur when a specific user of that magic cause problems. For example, if someone lost control of gravity magic, since I hold the Authority over it, I’ll send spirits to take care of the problem before it starts affecting the world. Since there is no god to watch over the concept of Space yet, the spirits that manage it can’t waste power stopping problems that occur with space magic users, so people rarely get the affinity for it.}
‘From the way you said it earlier, I’m guessing I’ll get the Authority over Space?’
{At this point it’s practically a guarantee. That along with Fluff are the two Authorities that I know you’ll have. You still have one more that I don’t know, but I know you’ll have three.}
‘That’s good, that means I can still have the one I really want, or more like make it. I wonder how I go about doing that?’
{You already did it once, so I know you can do it again.}
‘I did?’
{Yeah, there was no Authority of Fluff until you made it.}
‘That’s surprising, does that mean there are Fluff spirits now?’
{Yeah, there have been a lot floating around you ever since you created the Authority. There are almost enough to form a great spirit, it’s only a matter of time now.}
Hearing Tamamo’s words, I activated my Spirit Vision skill and my eyes widened at what I saw. There were thousands of small fluffy looking balls floating around me. There were so many I couldn’t see anything else.
“Well, this is interesting.” (Luna)
“What’s up, Luna?” (Rex)
“Uncle Rex, use your spirit vision skill and you’ll understand.” (Luna)
He did as I said and saw what I was seeing.
“What kind of spirits are those, I’ve never seen them before?” (Rex)
“What do you mean, Rex?” (Nia)
“Right now, Luna is surrounded by thousands of an unknown kind of spirit. Can you even see through all of them, Luna?” (Rex)
“Nope, but you don’t have to worry about it. Tamamo said that they’ll go away when a great spirit is born, we just have to wait.” (Luna)
{Tell him that he should stop asking anything else before he asks about something that he doesn’t need to know.}
“Don’t ask anything else, Uncle Rex. Tamamo’s orders.” (Luna)
“Got it.” (Rex)
I stopped my spirit vision skill and I could see my surroundings again.
“Luna, do you still want to challenge the Elf general to an archery contest?” (Rex)
“I do.” (Luna)
“Then you should tell her that if she accepts your challenge, she can contract with a new kind of spirit. Do that, and she’ll accept in a heartbeat.” (Rex)
“Oh, that’s a good idea Rex. She always said that she wanted to contract with every known spirit.” (Nia)
We started to discuss this topic in more detail when Velvet walked through the door. She looked tired and her face was a little red.
“Welcome back, Velvet.” (Luna)
“Who is that?” (Rex)
“She’s Luna’s party member, Velvet Belmont.” (Nia)
“A Belmont, eh.” (Rex)
“Are you good Velvet?” (Luna)
She looked over to me and just stared for a minute.
“Hey, Luna. *hic* Sorry I’m back so late.” (Velvet)
“Are you drunk?” (Luna)
“*hic* Nope. This happens every time I go too long without blood. *hic* I should be fine tomorrow.” (Velvet)
“That’s good to know.” (Luna)
“Hey Luna. *hic* Please help me get a girlfriend. *hic*” (Velvet)
“Ok, I think we should get you to bed. Can you help me out, Nia?” (Luna)
“Sure thing. You grab her and follow me.” (Nia)
“*hic* Hello, Princess Nia. Are you going to *hic* help me too?” (Velvet)
“Don’t worry Velvet, I have someone in mind for you, you just need to wait for a while.” (Luna)
“Tha-*hic*-nks, if it’s someone you know, Luna, then *hic* they can’t be bad.” (Velvet)
“But you know them too. Remember Soleil?” (Luna)
“I do, but *hic* I don’t know if I can get *hic* her to *hic* fall for me.” (Velvet)
“Isn’t Soleil obsessed with you, Luna? Are you sure she’ll go for it?” (Nia)
“She’s gotten better since I left. Most of her obsession was due to the charm skill which is gone now. And Velvet, you can do it, you’ll just need to go for it when the time comes.” (Luna)
“I’m glad she’s gotten better.” (Nia)
“That’s good *hic* to know. If all it’ll *hic* take is time, then I have *hic* as much as I want. Hehehehe *hic* hehehehehe.” (Velvet)
Nia led me to a guest room that was prepared earlier while I help Velvet in my arms. After she started laughing, she fell asleep. I laid her on the bed in the room and covered her with a blanket.
“At times like this, I’m glad I won’t get drunk if I drink. She’s going to be extremely embarrassed if she remembers what she said.”
“I envy you, Luna. I can still remember the times I’ve been drunk, and the memories still sometimes haunt me when I try to go to sleep.”
{You’re not safe, Luna. I cashed in one of my favors with the Goddess of Alcohol and she’s working on something that’ll let you get drunk. Though I’m going to make sure I’m the only one who sees you in that state.}
‘Sounds interesting.’
We left Velvet’s room and I asked Nia where mine was.
“You ready to go to bed?”
“Yeah, I have stuff to do tomorrow, after all. Don’t want to oversleep.”
“But don’t you have sleep resistance?”
“Yeah, but Tamamo has told me I should enjoy the need for sleep while I have it.”
“I see. I just hope the Goddess goes easy on you, then.” Nia said with a smirk.
It took me a second to realize what she meant. As my face turned red, I asked Tamamo if she meant it that way.
{You’ll find out.}
My face turned even more red when I heard her reply.
“Thank you Goddess for letting me see Luna like this. She’s too cute when she’s embarrassed.”
{Ufufufufufufufufufu.}
And that is how my second day in the Celestia Kingdom ended.
Luna's Note:
Hello people watching my life, I used my ninja potential and space magic to pull this from the author's head, don't tell him. I'll try to pop up here sometimes, so look forward to it. I gotta go now or I'll be caught.
