BXBX NOVEL Chapter 172 Date In Elwood
This confused Shaman and Elysia as they didn't know how wood could create a nice comfortable bed. The inn master explained that it was mainly special effects and that there are magic space storages in the hotel. The wood was not turning into real furniture.
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Kiruya gave Shaman a map so that they knew their way around and wouldn't get lost in the city. Leaving them to do their own things Kiruya locked herself in her room to report back to Freja about their trip.
Clara had instantly fallen asleep in her room as being in a nice comfortable bed worked on her like magic, putting her to sleep.
Silver was in his room getting comfortable and was planning to go on a trip all by himself in Elwood.
Shaman and Elysia already left the inn, heading towards a food court district to have a little date while they had time.
Walking hand in hand, they passed through the busy city, which was mainly composed of elves. Some of the older elves looked at the 2 fox girls with an annoyed expression, but they had expected that as they assumed many still had misgivings about allowing outsiders in the capital.
"Other than the old ones, everyone seems nice." Elysia whispered to Shaman as she noticed some of the glares.
"Well, if suddenly your territory opened up to everyone while your whole life is based around this place, then I can see why you would dislike visitors." Shaman figured that the older elves did not appreciate the opening of the capital city, but it wasn't their concern.
Continuing to make their way through the streets, they found themselves in a square plaza filled with stands and restaurants. People from many races converged on the food district and filled many of the stalls and places around.
"Do we want to try something new?" Shaman was curious about the kinds of food that Elfhiem would have and seeing such an expansive selection, thought it was a good opportunity.
"Oh yes, I need to ask all the restaurants for their recipe books so I can absorb the information through the system fufu~." Elysia had asked the food place they went too on their trip to have a look and thanks to the system was able to take in all the information.
"Looks like we have a plan." Shaman knew that if Elysia was able to cook any meal it would make it so they could choose whatever they felt like even without having to go into a city.
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Walking into many restaurants and ordering small bits of foods to eat, Elysia managed to look through some of the cook books they had. Although some were more protective, some were eager as they wanted to spread their food to other places.
Elysia was in a good mood and although she had a slight headache from absorbing so much information, she did not let it spoil their day.
"Oh Elysia, there seems to be a way to get on top of the forest." Shaman spotted a set of stairs that went around some of the trees, heading into the leaves.
"We are going right now." Elysia, seeing the chance to get her ideal daring spot, didn't waste any time heading towards the set of stairs. Grabbing Shaman's hand Elysia rushed to the spot Shaman pointed out.
Arriving at the set of stairs, there was a small line as guards were doing checks on people before they went up.
"Huh it must be a popular spot." Shaman didn't see people walk up the steps so she wasn't hopeful that it was a place they could go to.
"Then it must be a great spot, let's hope we can just walk right up without any issues." Elysia was filled with excitement as it's been so long since they have gone out to just have fun.
Shaman nodded her head and tried to listen carefully to see if she could find out what was up the stairs. Still, she doubted it was something they couldn't do as there were varying races in line. There were also couples in the line, so this helped reassure them that this was a tourist attraction spot.
Moving up in line, Shaman wasn't able to hear anything other than the flirting couples and guards asking for people's hands to check their ID.
"I wonder if it's linked to the adventurers guild ID, or if the rock the guards are using has some special property." Shaman didn't have to carry anything on her to confirm her identity as it seemed like there was a magical database.
"Hmm I think it just sends a mana wave through your body to determine who you are, but that's just my guess." Elysia tried thinking about how it worked, but before they could continue their talk, it was now their turn.
"Hand please." The guard spoke in a monotone voice as it was clear he didn't want to be here.
Putting their hands on the rock, it scanned them and soon a magic projection appeared in front of them.
"Enjoy your stay and please do not touch the tree or pull any or the leaves, otherwise there will be consequences." The guard gestured for them to go through. Meanwhile, Elysia's excitement was already building up.
"Yes! It's what we thought it would be." Elysia pulled on Shaman's arm and they began to go up the stairs to the top of the tree.
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Making it to the top, they found that there was a wooden platform just above the tree, giving them a view across the entire forest as well as much of the continent.
"Woah." Elysia went to a wooden railing that was on the edge and was able to see the borders they entered from as well as a mountain range that separated Elfheim from Elysium.
"Good thing it's a nice day." A cool breeze came across the top of the trees and their tails flowed with the wind.
Shaman came to the side of Elysia and hugged her while taking in the view.
"I promise I will try to get better." Elysia's expression saddened as she had been agonising over what Shaman said about not being so overprotective.
"I know, and you have improved so much already. I can already see you are getting better with Clara." Shaman hugged Elysia even tighter, trying to reassure her that she was improving.
"Aha thank you, it's so hard to keep myself under control at times, but I can tell that I'm not jumping to conclusions as often." Elysia didn't feel the same anxiety whenever Shaman was with Clara or even Kiruya, managing to keep her calm.
"As long as there is progress then we can say we are getting closer to a solution, although some of the ideas I have are not that very good." Shaman thought of ideas to help Elysia, but a lot of them were not ideal and wouldn't solve the overall issue.
"Hmm?" Elysia was curious what they could be, but seeing Shaman's rather nervous face, she wasn't sure if she wanted to know.
"Don't get the wrong idea, but the thought crossed my mind that maybe we could extend this obsession to Clara." Shaman tried to not set off Elysia, but thankfully she didn't react strongly.
Elysia took a deep breath, stopping herself from yelling or setting anything on fire.
"Although the idea seems plausible, I don't know how long it would take and if I could in the first place." Elysia wasn't sure, but for it to work, she would need to battle the constant urge of going crazy and not wanting to ruin a friendship, it was difficult to even start.
"Again it's not a good idea as it doesn't fix the problem, but it also occurred to me that this crazed state you go into may be useful when in battle." Shaman also thought how it could be beneficial for them, but didn't know all the pros and cons in keeping it.
"We will just have to see along the way and decide what's best for us." Elysia didn't want to turn down the idea completely as it would make things simpler, but there were also other factors to consider like everyday life.
'If I could have better control, or even dial it down to only the extreme cases, then maybe I could really one day see it as a boon.' Elysia hoped to achieve something like this as it would make the whole situation a lot less stressful.
"Indeed, now let's enjoy the time we have now, don't want to get all doom and gloom on such a nice day." Shaman pinched Elysia's ear so she would snap out of her thoughts.
"Sorry about that." Elysia didn't mean to make it a serious talk, but it was something she needed.
"Don't worry about it." Shaman, using one of her hands, grabbed Elysia's chin and pulled her in for a kiss.