Ethereal Ascendance: A Journey of Transformation(Vol 5)

Vol 5/ Chapter 25: The Problem of Lifespan

Since we decided to stay here tonight, the maids who served tea earlier came back to take us upstairs to choose rooms.

As for Elder Gwendolyn, after Altima teased her and made her embarrassing, she suddenly shook her head and ran away angrily when everyone else came in.

"Is she really angry?" I was a bit worried. I didn't expect the Elder to be so thin-skinned. If I had known, we wouldn't have teased... I mean, joked with her earlier.

"Don't worry, this is normal! She's just upset with me. She'll get over it soon. Please don't take it to heart!" Altima didn't seem worried at all. She waved her hand to hurry the maids still standing in the room, and stood up to leave and rest.

"It's too late for dinner, but if you get hungry at night, you can ask the servants anytime. Their cooking skills were trained by Gwendolyn herself, so the taste won't disappoint you!"

We couldn't refuse the hostess's warm welcome. We thanked her many times, then followed the servants up the stairs to the upper floors of the castle.

Along the way, we could see old walls blackened by smoke on both sides of the hallway. This was left over from the era of torch lighting. Magic lamps were invented only in the last 200 years. After the Sage Council was formed, the empire's magic technology slowly developed. Then various magical devices based on magic circles appeared and quickly spread across the continent. Although the castle's lighting system had been updated, it couldn't hide its very old history.

We reached the top floor and were each given a very fancy guest room. These rooms had balconies with nice views.

It was almost midnight. In the nearby main area of Sifur, a few lights were still on. On the other side, wolf howls suddenly came from the dark forest. As a cool breeze blew in, I yawned and was about to go to bed.

"Hahaha, so that Elder Gwendolyn is a total tsundere!"

Suddenly there was a loud "BANG" as the door was kicked open. Cyra looked very excited as she jumped onto my bed, talking non-stop. "I always thought those Elders in Edenmere all had sour faces. So boring! I didn't expect there'd be such a cute one like Elder Gwendolyn. She's so adorable! Hey, do you think she'll help us? If we have a ten-winged Elder's help, this mission would be much easier, right?"

"... Have you done your nightly prayers?"

Watching her roll around and mess up my nicely made bed, I held back the urge to kick her out and reminded her gently.

Actually, I felt similar to Cyra about Elder Gwendolyn's attitude. Although we didn't achieve our main goal in Sifur, getting an unexpected powerful ally would be a huge win.

"Not yet, I'll do it later!"

Cyra wasn't in a hurry at all. She stayed on my bed for a long time, not wanting to leave. She seemed to really like my bed and didn't want to get up. She even made the outrageous request to switch rooms.

"Strange, why does your bed feel softer and more comfortable than mine? Anyway, you and Adrian are already an old married couple. Why don't you go sleep in his room tonight? Let me have this one!"

"What do you mean 'old married couple'!"

Her words almost made my stomach hurt. The hidden meaning was clear. I quickly drank my tea and had to repeat myself.

"We just started dating. How could things move so fast normally? And even if we're dating, you know my situation before. Why are you saying this on purpose? Are you making fun of me?"

"Tch, I knew you'd answer like that! You're just hung up on your past life! But there's nothing we can do. You were like this in high school too, always hesitating. In the end you didn't do anything and Quinn got away. Now you can only slowly get used to it..."