Ethereal Ascendance: A Journey of Transformation(1-3VOL)

The Astrologer

"Huh? What are you two talking about?"

A soft voice suddenly interrupted our argument. It sounded startled.

Feliciana and Nicola jumped in surprise and turned around. It was Selene looking at us in confusion.

"Were you speaking in the angelic language just now? I couldn't understand any of it."

Because Feliciana and Nicola had been speaking in our native language, it was normal that Selene couldn't understand us.

"Oh...yes." Nicola quickly replied seriously in the language of this world. "That's the angelic language that we angels use among ourselves."

"Yes, yes!" I also quickly nodded with an awkward smile. I had to admire her skills at deceiving girls.

"But it sounded like you were arguing?" Although she couldn't understand the words, Selene could still sense the earlier atmosphere was off. "Yet you two were fine before, even sleeping together last night..."

Hearing that, I glared angrily at Nicola. She had forgotten to close the door last night! Seeing her similarly embarrassed expression, like having a sore spot exposed publicly, I knew she felt just as mortified.

"No, we weren't arguing," Nicola quickly denied. "Feliciana and I were just practicing conversing in the angelic tongue. Right, Feliciana?"

As she said that, Nicola nudged me lightly from behind.

"Ah yes, that's right!" I quickly agreed. "Nicola said it can help stimulate my memory recovery better."

I really hated how she kept poking at sore spots...

Seeing our exchange, Selene didn't seem suspicious anymore. She told us to hurry downstairs for breakfast so we could set off early.

"Don't let the others notice anything off later," I whispered to Nicola as Selene walked away. "And don't touch me again!"

"But you seemed to be enjoying it very much when I was touching you earlier," Nicola protested, looking very unfairly treated.

I was mortified that she had noticed my lack of restraint back then.

"Fine, from now on, hands off each other completely," I declared angrily. It was her fault for provoking me first anyway. I gathered my things and left the room.

"Um..." Nicola didn't seem to know how to respond and simply followed behind me downstairs.

"Sorry, I know I said we would take turns keeping watch..." I apologized sheepishly to Vivianne and the others for having slept all the way until morning. But Arian and Brennan looked much more spirited than before, so Selene and the girls must have helped keep watch too. That made me feel even more guilty that the two young girls had to guard the door while I was being taken advantage of by a certain shameless angel upstairs.

"It's fine, really. We already said not to worry about that," Selene waved it off breezily as before. "We know you angels are photophilic by nature, being creatures of the light element, so don't force yourselves."

Hearing her explanation, I realized that was why I always felt drained at night but energized during the day without tiring. So there was an elemental reason behind it.

After a simple breakfast, we packed up to continue our journey. I took a last look back at the temporary shelter that had hosted us, whose original owners were likely long gone. From now on, it would probably fall into disuse and dilapidation.

Everyone else also seemed to share the same heavy mood, remaining mostly silent as we retraced our steps to leave. Passing by the building where we had seen the two sages yesterday, we noticed their group was also boarding a carriage to depart.