Chapter 1387: Master Felicia And The Robotians
Chapter 1387: Master Felicia And The Robotians
Master Felicia suddenly popped out of nowhere, scaring the hell out of us.
"Felicia why did you had to just appear out of nowhere like that?!" my father screamed. "I almost dropped the eggs!"
"Hahaha! Sorry! I just used Divine Geomancy and Shape Forge to move through the space like a mantle, it was a sneaky entrance~!" she winked at my father. "Anyways, I just felt a bit hungry, so I came to eat with everyone. Looks like you rested well?"
"S-Sort of, we slept a lot," Celica said. "What about you? did you even sleep?"
"Sleeping is not necessary," Felicia shrugged. "Anyways, came here to eat and also tell everyone you can rest for the next month. No intense training or whatever, though I'll leave you some little homework. I've left some recipes in your rooms; I want you to make ten of each item in the rcipes within the month. Easy right? They're materials you can secure everywhere."
"That's it? Unless it some frustratingly impossible thing, I guess it's easy, yeah," said Celeste. "...Wait, did I jynx it?!"
"Nahhh! They're really easy! I swear!" master laughed. "Anyways, they're just three items per person, unique to all three of you! Ten and that's it. You can do it now, or you can do it later, take your time. Rest and whatnot."
As she told us, she sat down to drink coffee with us and then started eating toasts she poured butter and strawberry jam on top.
"Hmm, these are good! It's nice to have such tasty breakfast already made every morning." She said. "It's like I have my personal butler or something."
"Yeah, yeah, enjoy it for now Felicia, it won't last too long," my father finally sat down, putting a huge plate of scrambled eggs and fried bacon, part of his breakfast. "Anyways, what's "Easy" to you Felicia? I hope you don't put them through some impossible tasks, seeing what they went through... And please don't just threaten them with dropping them from your school if they fail, okay?"
"Hah, well, if there's no threat how I can expect these three little rascals are going to do what I ask them?" she wondered. "I suppose... I could trust them they'll do it or do their best, hm?"
"Yeah, just have faith on us," nodded Celeste.
"Please?" Celica asked.
"I don't mind either way," I shrugged. "Anyways, what did you learn from the Robotians, master?"
"Quite a few things, they're fascinating lifeforms," she said. "I visited their floating island, saw how their cores worked, and also greeted their living tree, that crystal tree is truly an unique being, born from their discarded cores, capable of retaining and storing memories and personalities of these golems. It truly is like an afterlife to them."
"Yeah, it's pretty crazy," I nodded.
"Also I learned the tree gives "fruits" sometimes, did you know?" Master said.
"I didn't!" I said.
"Well, they give them out rarely, but this is how the Robotians can get new cores, as the cores themselves aren't something they can easily create," said Felicia. "These fruits are literally cores that drop from the tree's branches, made of its same material, the combined cores of other, deceased Robotians that grew over time by absorbing Mana."
"Huh, so that's how they recycle their own materials?" wondered Celeste.
"Sounds super cool!" said Celica. "I want to learn more from the Robotians too! I wish I could have one as my familiar... Sylphy do you think it's possible?"
"I-I don't know... You would need someone willing to do that, you can't tame them as they're people," I said. "Anyway, did you see one of those fruits appear, master?"
"Yeah, I was there when one was harvested! The crystals constantly expand as the tree grows larger. And as it is feed by the cores of the deceased, it generates new ones for the new generations. These new cores are stronger too and can store more data and energy inside, and also have no data of previous Robotians, so they're perfect for the newborn. It reminds me a bit of Yggdrasil and the Fairies and Spirit Races that are born from it."
"Fairies... like grandma?" I wondered. "So she was born from Yggdrasil, huh?"
"Yes, Fairies are similar to demons," said master. "They're born from Yggdrasil by a pact with the gods though, but it could be said they're original lifeforms from this world. Similar races are the elves too, lesser fairies as some call them, then the Anima! Half-beast and half- human! Did you know?"
"Oh, so only humans and dwarves are actually completely made by the gods?" I wondered. "Kind of!" she nodded. "Well, who knows? Not like I know everything about all of history. I am not a goddess after all... But I have discovered those little things through my life."
Huh, things were more complex than I imagined, the gods didn't just make us and dropped us into the world, some of the races were made through pacts with already existing beings in this world, such as the Yggdrasil tree or spirits.
"Wait, you said Spirit Race? Who are those?" Celica wondered. "I'm curious now!"
"Spirit Races are powerful Ancient Spirits that can take upon physical forms independently, don't age, and are usually primarily composed of an element," said Felicia. "They're very rare and can only be found in very few places! Usually, they're guardians of sacred, spiritual places... Though I believe they might exist in larger populations within the Spiritual Realm or Plane, whatever the name is. Where the Spirit King and the Spirit Queen lives."
"Oooh..." Celica nodded.
"And are Fairies like them?" I just wanted to ask more questions; this was fascinating to learn.
"Yes, Fairies are a subspecies of Spiritual Races made by the gods in conjunction with Yggdrasil, specialized caretakers of the great tree, and also immortal scholars and wielders of great divine power," she said. "They are very few and very rare usually. Your grandma, Sylphy, is probably the only fairy most people in the world have ever heard of. She likes the popularity; the rest of her kind are very shy and don't like to interact with others."
"Hah, makes sense..." I nodded. "I guess that's why grandma is the way she is, huh?" Wait, is she considered a weirdo even by her own people?
Damn.