Chapter 587 Ancient Automata
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I guess Alice was kind of right, it felt like Nephilim was that kind of being.
"Gods? Is that their name?" She asked.
But they\'re just a bunch of overpowered wizards at the end." I shrugged. "I can tell you\'re not human, nor really anything I\'ve ever seen before. But as long as we get you some clothes, I think you can pass for a human pretty easily. Can you hide those wings?"
"My wings… Yes." Nephilim nodded, as her wings suddenly disappeared into sparkles of light and darkness.
"Alright… Err, I think I\'ve got spare clothes in my Dimensional Bag, wait a bit…"
I opened my bag and threw out a white and green dress, and some leather boots made out of wild boar leather.
"Here, wear this for now, Nephi." I said.
"Nephi…?" She wondered.
"Ah… You\'re a Nephilim, right? So Nephi might be fitting?" I wondered.
"Hm, it is… my name?" She asked.
"Ah… Nephi sounds a bit dull for a name." I sighed. "Sorry, maybe something better?"
"No…" Nephi touched my hands gently. "I like the name… you\'ve given to me."
"I-I see… So you\'re very close…" I sighed.
"Is it wrong to be close?" She asked.
"A bit, step aside, keep a distance of around one meter from each person if you don\'t know them for a long time, so you don\'t creep them out." I said with a giggle. "Of course, you didn\'t crept me out. You can approach me if you want."
"I see…" Nephi nodded while seemingly memorizing everything I taught to her. "Clothes… how do I put them on?"
She didn\'t even knew that…
At the end, I helped her get her clothes.
And in the meantime, I checked her body a bit, out of curiosity.
The stomach had a yellow sphere, and her chest a dark one.
She had no reproductive organs, but seemed to have some…
Ahem, orifices to go to the bathroom, so I can assume she can digest food, that\'s good.
The joins in her shoulders and hips was a bit creepy, the more I looked at them, the more I felt like she was actually very frail.
What if something gets stuck there? Wouldn\'t she have some hard time?
Maybe we have to keep those areas well clean and protected.
"Look at you! You look so lovely in this dress!" I said happily.
"Lovely…" Nephi smiled a bit while blushing. "Is Nephi a cute girl?"
"You are! Now let\'s get you out of this ugly ruin! To the wide and big world outside, baby!" I said, but the door was still locked. "Right, this still locked…"
"Let me break it for you." Nephi smiled as she was about to unleash her overpowered attack again.
"W-Wait you\'re going to blow me away with that!" I stopped her.
Crack… crack…
And just as I did, the door gained countless cracks.
CRAAAAASHHH!!!
And an enormous quantity of water emerged from within!
SPLAAAASH!!!
"Guaaaagggh!"
"Is this… water?"
As we were blown away by the water, Aquarina showed up from atop the broken door.
"Sylphy! Where are you?! SYLPHYYY!" Aquarina called for me as I was right below her.
"Aquarina, I am here…" I sighed, as she quickly realized I was there.
"Ah! SYLPHYYY!" She ran towards me, hugging me and quickly dragging me out of the water. "What happened here? Are you okay? Huh? Who is she? Where did she even came from?!"
"This is a long story, but I hope you can listen to it while we walk back home…" I sighed. "Ah, I also got Life Spirit Stones, so we are all set."
And like that, I explained to them what happened. The egg where Nephi hatched from, the golems we fought, and the gods related to it all… Everyone was left speechless for a bit.
"H-Huh?!" Even Celeste couldn\'t really muster the words.
"I… see?" Zack wondered.
"So this pretty girl here appeared out of that room over there, and hatched from an egg?" Aquarina wondered.
"Yep, I have my spirits to testify for me as well, right guys?" I asked Beelzebub and Curse, who nodded slowly.
"Yesssss…"
"I am tired…"
"So Nephi, these are my friends." I told Nephi.
Nephi looked at everyone, her cute appearance quickly conquered everyone\'s hearts even though she was a complete stranger.
"Hello, I am happy to meet Sylphy\'s friends." She said politely, almost slightly mechanically. "I hope we can be friends one day as well…"
"S-Sure…" Zack said.
"Yeah. Let\'s become friends right away!" Mist happily said.
"You\'re sure a looker." Celeste smiled.
"Hmmm… Well, I am happy you could protect Sylphy, but don\'t get too close to her…" Aquarina hugged me while trying to keep a distance from Nephi.
However, Nephi just got closer while we were sitting over Furoh\'s fluffy back.
"Sylphy said that it was okay to get very close to her, she said I was her friend." Nephi said, slightly… domineeringly.
"Huh? Sylphy did you told her that?" Aquarina asked, her eyes clashing against Nephi\'s.
"I-I just told her she could relax around me…" I stuttered.
CRASH!
I could even hear the lightning strikes of both of these girl\'s eyes. Seriously, can\'t they calm down, they\'re just meeting! Also why is Nephi getting territorial out of the sudden?
"Hmph… Anyways, you\'re like… a creation of the gods? You\'re really mysterious, even after hearing that explanation and all…" Aquarina said while narrowing her eyes. "It almost feels like Sylphy made it all up."
"I can assure you that she didn\'t." Said Nephi. "My creation was by the gods… I can still remember it. I was sealed because I was… a failure, they couldn\'t control my powers. I cooled down after a while since I went to sleep."
"She answered very calmly, I think she might be saying the truth." Said Celeste.
"We should probably keep this a secret from the rest of the people. Maybe just tell our parents." Said Zack.
"I-I guess." I sighed.
"I am okay with it." Nephi smiled back.
Her eyes continued looking at her surroundings, as we finally reached the end of the forest. The beautiful and endless grasslands surrounding Agartha greeted her sight.
"Such a beautiful scenery… So this is the world…"
Nephi seemed enchanted by the beautiful world surrounding us.
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