Echoes of the Concealed Realm

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Mira grimaced, not being able to help but feel pity for the giant.

"It's okay, you don't have to answer my questions Orion." She gave out a small smile before fixating her gaze on her own call, "But I think as Nim's current owner, I have the right to know some things about her don't I?"

He stared at her for a small pause before slightly nodding, "I suppose so. What do you want to know Mirabelle Nagami?"

"Why did Nim disagree with her master? How could she do that as a call I just don't understand... And why is your master trying to hide things from me?"

He sighed, "Calls are as strong as the potential strength of their owners. So Rory had that strength to match that of her master's Mira. Ro-Nim sorry, however knew what it would lead to and she still chose to go through with it."

"What did it lead to?" She asked frowning, of course she was a disabled now but what could it be that she was willing to take that on for?

"Nim... was a dolphin. She has been cursed to be demoted to well this form of hers. She can't ever get out of this Mira Nagami. She knew that she would turn like this when she did what she did and she most definitely knew she'd get caught. There hasn't been any other record of any call disobeying their master to the degree Nim has done it in." Orion said.

Mira frowned.

"I understand that you might have some doubts regarding whether you should trust your-"

"I trust her."

Orion raised an eyebrow with a small smile, "You do? Why? The punishment she gained is quiet drastic Mirabelle Nagami, do you not understand that the degree of her betrayal must also be that extreme?"

"Maybe. But I just wonder what her master must have done to bring her to a position where she'd have to make that decision to sacrifice herself. What makes you think I blame Nim and not her previous master, Orion?" She inquired back as his smile faltered.

"Mira, do you wonder why you're here?" He asked.

She looked at him and then slightly nodded, "Of course I do. Was that not one of my questions? I wonder why I'm here, and I also wonder who you are. Why can I speak with you?"

"I already told you, I'm Orion." He smiled.

"Okay that answers everything. Thanks." She scoffed sarcastically. He let out a laugh at her annoyance before speaking up again.

"I was joking Mira Nagami, I'm King Orion. The ruler of the call realm." He said as Mira nodded calmly. "Are you not surprised?"

"Not really, you are sitting on a pedestal, you can talk to me and you're huge. Not that surprised. I guess a call king existing is quite peculiar."

"We also had a queen." He shrugged as Mira nodded.

"Another monkey?"

"I'm not a monkey Mirabelle Nagami. But no, not a monkey queen. The queen in fact is not related to me. Calls don't marry, or feel affection like humans. These are simply titles based on the strengths of the calls."

Mira nodded hearing his words. She was taking this much more calmly than he had expected her to.

"We can feel emotions you know Mira?" He asked, "Despite not being able to read minds other than that of our owner's, we can surely read emotions of every human. That is a gift we have."

"Congrats?" She knit her eyebrows, not understanding what he was on to.

"What I mean is that I can..." He smiled comfortingly at her and her frown deepened, "I can feel your emotions Mira."