COI C195
“My son, you’re finally awake”
Archivist’s father, sitting next to his bed. Archivist’s face still hidden with his hood and marks by the demon’s mana have finally disappeared. The cartoony head blank face is trying to heed his real expression underneath. After what Tabitha had shared their bind together, he can’t say a thing. The infirmary is empty and there was no doctor replaced Dewn after that. Only his father watching over him. Archivist finally responds
“Yeah, is Tabitha alright? I remember that she and mom had a conversation”
“It seems the bind you have is differ from ours. How many binds can you hold?”
“I can handle more”
Impressive, the father thought of his limits of his son’s body will be burdened from the ritual. But his wife wasn’t wrong that the flows of mana in him is definitely be ki, qi, or chi. Archivist has his mother’s eyes, and he won’t be able to hide it with his certain condition in his body. It is quite sad that he won’t be acknowledge the arts that his father and his mother have. His body is vulnerable to magic while at the same time impactful from his efforts, and it is a greatest mystery that his son can’t kill with it but to weaken them. Archivist’s father surely knows there are ways to use frail or fragile techniques.
In this era and the world as it is, his father dreamt for his son’s happiness and also his mother’s closure of her works. Doubted on his father’s own grief that give his son to an otherworlder. Rumors were getting futile to his ears. Yui spouting nonsense had already put his wife in complicated situation between Tabitha and Archivist. Isekai City has its own sins like the other city states. While Enders Bridge is mostly masters and subordinates. Individual divides are all also their problems.
While Isekai City is driven more freedom with horrible traits that filled nothing but indulgence. The modern city of convenience and flourishing prosperity with little efforts. Their laziness is the whispers from those girls who got back from Isekai City. Now his son is awake, he needs to confirm it from hm.
“Son . . .”
“Hmm?”
“Sanquin seems to temper your skills. I know it was your partner’s reflection, but you are acting more to your mother’s tales”
“. . .”
“You can’t hide it from me, little one. You use your eyes as you struggle to fight. I know that you can’t deal daemos like powers, but there is still fighting against mortals. You don’t have to be the descendants of earth”
“Should it be better that we can bring mother to the conversation?”
“Making her daring to stop you and your someone to protect? Yet, the man has their past forged for your future. The dangers to wish to face without blood or death. As your father, you better tell me”
He raises his hands high and mana flows through to his palm of his hand. Powerful technique is being formed and his son has shown no fear of him. A father with his proud face to see he is committed by his guidance. But today, his father is eager to take hm on.
The escape pod flies out from the see and starts to fall down near Enders Bridge. The Enders receives the message of its importance and were able to caught it as it lands, below the bridge as the guilds who come take a look are the five guilds who Tabitha recognized. The Enders went out first and announced to them
“We have the full data from the Isekai citizen”
They look at the Raker Mawn guild and start planning on a special meeting later on. Tabitha didn’t know what that meeting is until she saw Lord Lori’es coming to the escape pod.
Viste never would have thought that they quickly reported to the Lord this fast. Tabitha and the others shouldn’t be in this conversation as they just go get what archscience is. They gathered and could only wait as Lord Lori’es takes the reports. The Lord was always in focus while reading the report, yet he reads the report himself rather having the others to read it out loud for him. His impatience steadfast his reading. He lays down the report and said to Tabitha
“You are here because what you did to gather the data, right?”
“Yes!” Tabitha quickly answers after seeing him serious.
Lord Lori’es sees that the other guild masters and mistresses are arrived through the use of their magic. Where he can see glimpses where they are at, from Isekai City. This mishap won’t be good to get Raker Mawn guild to be involved. Later guild master Daygen appeared as well. Subordinates and masters together. It is an improper way to speak of. For that, he must tell the guild masters and mistresses.
“Please, if the meeting has already planned. It is rude to talk here. We should be better talk somewhere private”
The guild masters and mistresses are refuting, “But my Lord!!! The data is already here, we should be taken wary of it being kept from the Raker Mawn Guild”
but the Lord shuts them with his hand raises up “I know about your concerns. We don’t need another guild to join your colonizing expedition, especially a citizen who had her reason to become a Raker Mawn member. I know Mrs. Viste has her own studies. Their goals are different while you will be getting yours soon”
Guild master watches his Lord’s behavior then takes a bow. “I am thankful for your thoughtfulness”
“With pleasure, but you will need to get theirs in the future under my permission”
“Understood, Everyone, let’s go home”
Tabitha and the others take their leave and follow Daygen. Tabitha held close to her device while the guilds are watching her closely. Except for one guild mistress. Faye just waves ‘hi’ to her with a smile greeting. Tabitha waves back but couldn’t give a cheery face where there are few of them is looking at her furious. This is not her concern to get their hands on her device. She looks at her device where the files are too difficult to keep and a lot of its programs were not compatible with hers.
Daygen walks along to her and sad “You’ve already experience this multiple times in the sphere. Now you are getting closer to the guilds who have no interest with your people. Go any deeper than that, you will be facing darker side of the Enders. So, please. Don’t do it if you are the one who taken action. Your guild members might get you involved, but they know who you can put your trust with. Do you still remember who are with you before?”
“I remember them, they are only three. But I know Faye from one of the guild masters too”
“Then those people be your acquaintances. You will still need your partner. All that happens today, you don’t have to be worry”
A blush to Tabitha’s cheeks, Daygen moves on, and Kiege backs her up. Kiege wraps around her robotic arm while its last energy is drained. Tabitha is pulled over to her and dumbfounded as she still thinks about the incident.
“I am getting suspicious. Is something going on between you and Archivist during your bind?”
“I . . . I don’t think so”
“. . . Say something you’re not lying this time. Archivist’s mother was holding your head as you were fell unconscious. She feels your bind is reaching out to him and only hear screaming. Was it because you were screaming that he is alright? Hey! Are you ok?”
Tabitha could not respond and feels like she becomes white and froze herself as her soul was lying out from her body. It didn’t stop her for going to their guild tower. She walks accordingly, but silent. It is the that she doesn’t want to talk about. Only thing she cares now is to be sure his partner is ok. She is going directly up to the archives and decided to get help from Myrrkei. The researcher might know about the data before Lord Lori’es gives the permission. Viste stops following her right after as she stops by the first-floor stairs.
“I’ll be right here. I need to speak to guild master Daygen about the data”
As they left, Daygen expected much what Viste going to say and rather said it to her directly. “Fine, get your piece of the evidence. It is already over that the previous Archscientist have been executed”
“That’s not what I am concern right now. It is about the cure. Haw was the only survivor and with the data we have now, we might recover parts of his brain to re-nurture his body system”
“Again, with the subject restoration, I know you wanted it because he was from Mountaiwall”
“Yes, and Mountaiwall where there is no existence of any civilized humanesque”
Dewn returns back in the infirmary. Sees that Archivist is already taken some exercise, and there is no one else is in his seat. Mrs. Viste didn’t give a nerve to give replacement for his absence. He directly goes to his desk and fell asleep soon after. The tired healer did his job and bring them healed without any bruise or curses when coming home. Kiege and Tabitha made a stop before going to the archives and saw Archivist moving his body. Tabitha mentally screaming to see him both embarrassed thoughts and reassuring relief. Kiege pushes her closer to him. Archivist sees Tabitha and react to catch her before she trips.
Like usual duo come together both troubled and at the same time confident between them. That incident they brought up stay silent. Kiege did a little sneak within their bind, but Tabitha was able to block her entirely. Kiege expected much for a partial bind ritual won’t work to seek through their connections, later she was able to breach through and hears the two of them argue about something.
“. . . This time, we should’ve learned archscience together . . .”
Kiege hears the cheekiest line, and she thinks of it was childish after what they did to go through to get the data. It is though, a dangerous experience for Tabitha, and she was struggling in her arms.
Archivist hears their story venturing into the vessel with his mother and Dewn, who is now sleeping at his desk. He already figured out that Tabitha was struggling. Kiege is sure of it.
“Archivist thought he knows all about you, Tabitha. Of course, you are better than we actually . . . Tabitha? You can’t be real about this”
Tabitha wipes a tear that the bind still able to keep her giving message to him. Archivist did really care about her. All he has been through got herself in a pleasant situation. As a leader, she really needs to get better.
She was able to hone her skills being a leader from the sphere. The difficulty hence, her experience in the vessel had beating her to the pulp that she wasn’t able to lead against an enemy she didn’t know. Her role was truly a support, and there is nothing of it for being the backline with Dewn. Kiege pesters her with such unbelievable agreement between the two.
“You two are as close as partners. I know I won’t be intruding your pairing, but as a friend. How far do you know each other?”
“!!!” Tabitha flinched, their bond is as close of being brother and sister.
But Tabitha don’t know what relationship Archivist thinks. He answers to Kiege
“Siblings . . .”
“. . .” Kiege looks dark
“. . . Kiege, that’s not how I meant” He responds out from her reaction
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Tabitha was smiling, but after seeing Archivist’s worries. She knew what Kiege was thinking. Her device has more porn she shared with her as Kiege knows how to surf her device. Tabitha looks at her and shakes her head in a disagreeable matter
“Don’t you dare . . .”
Kiege hears her angry tone. As a friend, she shouldn’t be saying it. While the confusing part for her is the reference. Then she quickly smiles and acting forgetful
“Oh, never mind”
She turns away and humming happily with slight tsk of disgust. Archivist felt it through his senses and said to Tabitha
“Why am I the only one don’t know the sayings. You too, Tabitha. You felt shaking for a bit. When I answer her question, she starts to shift herself down. I know she thinks differently, then you also start to change. What’s going on both of your minds”
Tabitha is trembling and don’t want to continue that stupid topic. She looks at her device and see the browser history. Too clean with less info for the past weeks or so. It only left when she is working for her reflection. The two looks at each other, eye to blank, then both sadly sighs as this is not a good welcoming conversation.
Kiege reaches Dewn’s desk. A tap on the desk and he quickly gets up. “Do you want something?”
“Give me some sweets, I need to clear my head. I’m starting to think like a citizen”
“You mean sweets to make you relax”
“Yeah, those sweets”
“Then here you are, don’t tell me what is it. I have no interest with personal takes”
“Thank you”
Kiege takes her sweets and curved her mind from the distraction she imagines. Now clear yet, still has in her head. Looking at the two together like she expects them to be a couple. But what ruins her line thinking as she whispers to herself
“Step-sibling is more like it”
Myrrkei has received a message from guildmember, his telepathy was missed and never ceased the message to come through their minds. News reached, the vessel that consists of carrying cybernetics manufacturing both machines and creatures were put in a halt. Interestingly, it was got the word among the Raker Mawn guild itself to have such data. He felt in a need to study it, the full scaled data about archscience tech within their guild. But, why does he feel no interest of it? He sees his studies are the innovation and invention made my Isekai City. A non-militaristic but entertainment main structure.
Guildmember continues to give word to whom who had it. Myrrkei is now have no interest at all. The researcher has no obligation to partner with politics. Viste, Archi Viste’s mother, was planning about it. Her personal takes to make cures are truly phenomenon for a woman who cares about her guild. To himself, he already sees his body mending with the shadows and spirits crawl inside of him. What is not to like against the life of their own body. It is their choice, and this is Myrrkei’s decision. He then remembered Haw. a known person called as RH-0. Rehabilitated patient zero. There is nothing else he can remember who are suffered.
The magic of the archives open and Juela comes by and brought a stack of memory chips. Myrrkei didn’t believed that Juela is helping Tabitha over this. The young woman seems to be willing, and all those chips inside the box was able to transfer the data with ease.
“How?” Myrrkei ponders the weakly on the small sized chips
“She brought it all cleanly with an entire data storage on her device and has no virus in it too”
“No virus?! This is indeed worrisome. A daemos should’ve got inside to one of those chips. The young girl got caught by the eyes of greatness”
“As a researcher as you, Myrrkei. Do you want to find out or let politics keep it nothing but old man tales?”
He tightens his grips and his face scowls to his own complications “Tabitha, what madness tempted her by Viste?”
“Knowledge, just like you Myrrkei”
“No, that’s not knowledge she seeks. She is searching a way out from this world. Hah, that’s what she is trying to do”
“Have you already found out about it?”
“Barely, an assumption as you will. Her people, is getting stronger. The technology they have is adapting while I was there. Even able to live among the Jigeram’s light . . .”
Juela watches him closely and tempted to go to the data. The oblivious researcher is reaching closer his studies and connecting everything he had gathered so far. Soon time comes as Juela will be seeing this for a sometime soon. No need for comments for Myrrkei’s research and let it flow. Juela steps back to the door as the magic teleporting her out from the archives. She turns around and see guild master Daygen as she left.
Daygen says to her “I am being summoned, even in the night. Tell your friend to hide her device and stay in her room. It’s an order as other Enders took interest”
Daygen left, acting furious. Juela sees him rushing down joining other known strong guild members. Spokesman is with him, giving the signs that he needed daemos help. This is not good, Myrrkei expect much of this stupid politics and Juela is taken care of this dilemma. She goes to her and Kiege was already talking to Daygen. He wanted Tabitha to be safe as soon as possible. That visualization flashes back her memories, with her father was trying to find her. That same energy, she fell a tear in here eyes for a moment.
Kiege takes the order seriously and abduct Tabitha with using the infirmary’s bedsheets. Wrapped around her and mummified her to the best of her abilities, then shines on her with her ocesl using the most dangerous of scrolls into her frames. The absurdity of getting Tabitha into her room was too much. Archivist hears the situation as other guild members were continuously ordered by Daygen. This means there will be a problem with the other guilds. After multiple attempts to surely bring Tabitha in her room, she made it in and seal the door.
Tabitha comes out from the bed sheet, and then she saw her friends. “Juela? Kiege?!! What in the hell did you trying to abduct me?”
“Because hell finds you interesting”
“Ugh, why can’t you understand figure of speak?”
“And why not you to learn poetry and proverbs?”
Juela tries to turn the knob. It seems Daygen had truly given the order strictly than she would’ve thought. Then the door starts to appear magic diagrams fused into it. She thought it was some powerful spell to hide them. But she reads the spell and it was a forced summoning.
It was too much. Daygen had gone too far to keep Tabitha safe. She had Juela and Kiege on her side. Then the one who appeared was Yui.
“AAH! Why am I have to babysit you guys. Kiege is enough for you, and this room, ugh!”
Tabitha’s room is well personally furnished to her own liking. From how much she bought from the convention and her room is becoming like a museum than an actual room. Gorgeous young men, in a band, or models to her liking. The hated thing Yui to see is Tabitha’s clothes.
“I really don’t like to see your clothes out in the open in Enders Bridge. The look of nobilities and other professional clothing for ‘cosplays’ is insulting”
“Come on, Yui. You’ve been argued with me since I brought it out”
“Your room is like a storage if we go back next year. I hope the Foundation is open and you have to leave. My happiness for you to go home, but don’t you dare leave my reputation who treated fine clothing as a play”
The three girls laugh at Yui. Yui looks at them having fun. It wasn’t too kind for her to complain now as the news broke out about Tabitha able to get the data. It wasn’t about it at all. The real issue, that Yui remembered perfectly. The data demon from what she can remember. That’s what they are worried about.
Lord Lori’es had gathered more than he had regretted. Enders Guilds who are witness and able bodies to go against the daemos. It is not the time to send news to Lady Hivites and Ehan’Ra about it. The modern technology will be at risk for Isekai City to be invaded through the systems of machines and electronics. Daygen arrived and Lord Lori’es sends a secret contact between the two.
“Is she hidden?”
“As it is planned when regards to such crisis”
“Honorably as you were, she will be hidden until we found them. The descendants have great grudges to the demon, Code Red”
Gathered around, where the five guild masters and mistresses were now seated higher than the rest. The masters and mistresses who are the importance are seated closer and lower to their seats in front of their lord. Faye senses her beloved cousin is close to their interest. Loved as siblings, she let her patience warmth and endure the overbearing news of the threat.
“Code Red, the ascending demon fell into pieces was not able to spread its virus to one of the data gatherers. It is a great sign for scavengers to gather tech’s information, but the demon’s seal disappeared and it could be anywhere”
“This is the matter of promise given to us from Lady Hivites. Her collection of the imprisoned should not escape or it will be the returning battle that we have to get involved since the great ships’ invasion”
“We don’t know when did it escape. Where’s the archscientist who is responsible for it”
The Dexter Guild had returned to Enders Bridge before the final siege had ever risen. Lord Lori’es made a meeting with her, and don’t know whether she had returned or stayed in the island.
The noise of commotions reached from the back. Lady Coheld arrived with Lady Constantine apprehended her from how they look. Benedictus and Military Corps, side by side, to strong armed warriors/soldiers in their respective guilds. The two rivals are the only guild together had the form of the Enders laws. Two watches against each other, where Not Worthy guild and the Dexter Guild can both of them be summoned each other when urgent. Lady Coheld steps to the front of the lord as every one of them wants to know what happened to the Code Red Virus.
“Lady Coheld, as much of how many years that your predecessor had done great achievement to find the surviving demon who is sided with Hero Faction. It is daring for Lady Hivites to betray such formidable from all sides”
“Indeed, my predecessors and to whom who succeeded it. It was Order Core Vic. Or Korvic respectfully”
The other Enders intervene “Enough of the details. The enemy, does it managed to escape or did your guild find a way to get it into another seal?”
“If I am going to clearly spoke out the sensitive case. Then promised us and everyone who is not wished to be involved until proven guilty not be persecuted”
The guild masters and mistresses are sensing to who were persecuting before. Honorable of their vigilante, they’re action is fair and reasonable but sentence to death is undeserving to the least. It is rare for the Enders to have such a cold gaze to each other. Or was it they were designed before the demon faction lost their chains of otherworlders, especially the people in Isekai City. It is not splendid reason to hate them as they were abducted. Only thing they could do now is to keep the Enders from getting closer to them. They don’t want to have enemies in their own home region.
Lord Lori’es raised his hands to Coheld’s request. Light comes out from his hand and shines among them, as the light vanished, there are many disappeared who disagreed and thus, end their chance to know the whereabouts to the code red virus.
“I have allowed you to speak, Lady Coheld. Beware of the people had disappeared and return to their respective guild. Make sure to remember them all as they may disturb your guild members in the future”
“Thank you, my Lord”
Daygen and the rest were not too happy about the news of the virus. A test of Isekai City’s future where the demon will be able to escape. The siege was a terrible relocation for the demons’ army because of the undergrown being reviled by the presence of the Enders and the elves. The Purissars have finally ended the old enemies since the Fall Era, and now facing the newest and young mortals at the northern beach of Kinteinnou region. Cast numbers of humanesques and gobins.
“. . . So, you brought the tech controlled by a demon into the city of otherworlders. The cityfolk or the citizens are not that keen to its existence. If the two city states leaders are able to find out . . .”
“There is no need to worry. We found out such a scandal among the elven gods. The citizens’ known hated man was deemed to be a ‘yakuza’ under the false name by his own fame, the cult leader. He is twisted both profession and leadership. Two enemies from theirs to ours, the elven gods won’t allow us to harm him”
“Then how do we have to hide the mistakes if the daemos returns from its tortured awakening?”
“That’s why me and the other guilds station at the island for now. Those five will be studying the adaptation of Isekai City and try to use its technology to colonize the Rune Isles for the greater chance to finally expand. While we will be cleaning up what we have never expected to their action to be here. You have to admit, that they were able to access to this place with their own technology without a proper system”
Proper system, a word that revel to any of the Enders tech guilds. A functioning program, software, and configuration will be the greatest achievement to hope to match against the ruins’ defenses. This enemy to be termed against Isekai City have still driven many Enders to act affectively if they have a chance. Many of the Enders are not playing honestly as they treated the adventurers to the worse when they able to get stronger with lack knowledge against them. The stubbornness preserved even not letting a chance for the Not Worthy guild bring the citizens home from east coast.
Lady Constantine watches Lady Coheld trying to persuade to keep going to pursue the technology of Isekai City. The ears are always focusing on the citizens and not the daemos successfully hiding inside the city. The information Lady Constantine had from her right-hand subordinate, Azin, finished his duty and the beads have connected to hers. The succubus had fully become woman and walked into the city. Along with the mysterious clues of demoness’ successes and many of the dead citizens cursed into the hands of the demon faction. The real question is, how did they get from them?
She speaks out to her guild members “The Demon Faction have only interest to whom they are willing to serve. Why bringing the weak into their fronts?”
“Lore among the daemos, the weak is nothing but an excess of their powers and used it only to scatter the worthless and the cowards. Sometimes as baits to lure their enemies to against their own enemies. It is complicated, sister”
“Even the daemos themselves have no use of those lost souls. Something is using them as chores, I know what you’re thinking. Treating the dead into a purgatory is cruel to let a daemos cleanse them, but . . .”
“There is no need. Even the urbanites have trouble to rescue the people in the east coast. It makes you wonder how many ills they have in their souls. Still able to wonder off and surrounded by dead wanting it to be a tool for them”
“Sigh* I have enough, let’s just finish this meeting and let Lord Lori’es to decide. The Enders Bridge will might get involved with the Isekai City soon enough”
“It won’t be that long, sister. And we are not the one who is taken action first”
“I regret not to report it to him. Our differences in this bridge have gone shallow”
The Enders guild masters and mistresses regathered into a different meeting room. The place where private meetings held in one of the supports of the bridge. All together who are against aiding with Isekai City.
“An ally that prohibited us to use our true powers”
A cast of a magic on her hands exploding by the flames like fireworks in different colors. Different temperatures, coldness or hotness, and many more as her mind steady her concentration. She crushes it and reappears into a crystal, keeping the flames inside.
“They are surely the summoner’s chosen people. The culture is different but content treated by the eyes as foreign. They thought it was an alternative world, but the same world in a different country. I know this as otherworlders have brought history that are close to the descendants. This world is homogeneous through the dependence of neutral mana. The scandal was enough for us to go hostile when the ambushed caravan heading to our city”
“We might harm the relation and the trust to Lady Hivites and the Ehan’Ra, but we were allied first with the Ehan’Se. He is clear to make amends with the west, and now he still not returned to this region”
“He is indeed closer to his Ehan’Ra. But we have already stagnant because of the last expansion”
“Even you are not hostile to them but you are here, accused of persecution”
“What is worse than a man had persecuted? The people who helped them do it. That will be me. I may not dirty with my rune isles filth hands, but a clean drenched blood such as yours will be enough for me to join”
There is a few from the five Enders guilds left the Lord’s meeting. Among them, they have other ways to gain the technology. With their skills to find elsewhere, it will be certain to them to get it what they want by making problems for Isekai City. Those guilds are closer to Isekai City and ready commit heinous acts while the city is crushed by the Jigeram’s light. The Enders guild masters and mistresses already know who those are and their relations with Lady Coheld. Old allegiance as they were, and dared to go to the Isekai City with their mouths spoken before in negatively. Timing is the essence as the news of criminal organizations are heading to the ruins of Isekai City, Mihayara north district.