The World's Ego (Book 2)

Things that Last

Third Person POV

On the third night of the Founding Festival was once again another big feast with those gathered in the parlor houses. The atmosphere was less tense than before with many mingling amongst themselves.

"It's finally less tense!" Kiana sighed to herself, "I think we can enjoy the meal this time!"

"Of course that's all you care about." Senti deadpanned at her, "Well, it's a good thing and a bad thing. She can barely care about her surroundings and just focuses on the food."

"I can't help it!" Kiana exclaimed, "It's all so delicious!"

Mei chuckled awkwardly, "Just eat in moderation for now, we are in an event after all."

"I know." Kiana assured her, "So when are you guys going to continue the labyrinth exploration?"

"Probably two days later?" Fu Hua hummed in thought, "I think we need a bit more time to prepare ourselves for what's coming. We can't be too careful. Senti and I have to go check on our gifts too, so we'll be going tomorrow to do that."

"Then we can find something else to do tomorrow." Siegfried said before grinning widely, "I'll hang out with both my daughters then! Shall we head to a cafe or something?"

"I want to explore the country more!" Kiana said with a similar grin on her face, "There's so many things to see and I want to see what it's like after the festival."

Durandal nodded in agreement, "It'll be an interesting experience to see what the city is up to post-festival."

Rita hummed in thought, "I would like to see if I can gain any experience from the restaurants here. I was interested in their culinary arts and wanted to know what their ingredients are like. I managed to get approval from Shuna-san, the one who is in charge of all the good industry here."

"I think there's also a farm nearby." Mei recalled, "You could ask her to let you see them too. It should be pretty vast."

"A farm..." Rita nodded approvingly, "I think I will make a request as well to visit the farm."

"Yeah, I'm sure they won't mind." Mei said before turning to Bronya, "Are you and Welt-san going to continue collating the data you guys were gathering from the labyrinth?"

Bronya shakes her head as she turns to the two Seeles, "I think we can start spending some time together tomorrow. We've been between researching and fighting, it's nice to get a break once in awhile."

Seele perked up, "Really?"

"Yeah." Bronya nodded, "You two should find places that you might want to look at."

'Seele' huffed, hiding the colour rising on her cheeks, "S-Sure, we'll do that."

"And what about Welt-san?"

Welt shrugged, "I had a talk with the research leader's assistant, Mobius-san. She offered to show me a few past research materials in exchange for prodding into the Reason core."

Raven flinched, "You accepted that snake's offer...?"

"The leader of the research team will be there too, so I don't see the problem." Welt said, "Besides, I think they are pretty like-minded and passionate about research. And plus, she's our pioneer, so it's the least I can offer as a sign of respect."

"Just... be careful."

Welt nodded in understanding before turning to look at Theresa, "You will be going with Siegfried and the others?"

"I guess so." Theresa shrugged with a small smile, "It'll be a family outing."

"I want to go see Eden-san again!" Kira voiced out excitedly, "I heard that she will still be in the Opera House tomorrow, so I'll be able to ask for some suggestions for singing from her!"