"Hmm? What is that? Why did you throw it into the fire?" Junior asked, rather curious after he witnessed that action of Chris.
"Just a dead scorpion that was purified by Holy light, I remembered I kept it as I thought it might have some use but come to think of it again, it's just an ordinary scorpion that got purified, and since it had been purified, it has somehow lost that precious medical value of a scorpion, that's what Ben told me when I show it to him." said Chris as he continues to study the map.
"I see. That's some really interesting information." said Junior as he continues with his own works.
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Null Dimension.
Sky and Maria are fooling around the campus of Stevenson College since they have searched the whole place in detail and found all the clues that might be useful.
"This is the drain where we once found some super cute giant toads. But since that parasitic infection, the whole drain had been cleared and I don't think we could find any of that toad anymore, lots of that giant toads had been caught by some lab people to develop cures for that parasite. Which is an unfortunate." said Sky who is partially talking nonsense with a serious tone.
"Ah... I see. Poor toad indeed." said Maria who somehow agree with Sky about the toad.
Just as they continued to fooling around, they heard some extra footsteps that are getting nearer to them.
"Hmm... Maria, you heard those footsteps, right?" Sky asked, not really alerted by the footsteps.
"Mhmm... Sounds like a girl." said Maria, who is not very surprised as well.
"I wondered who is it at the time right now. Could it be Ai? But I have told her to stay at the house." said Sky.
"Well, doesn't really sound like Ai-chan though." said Maria.
After a short while, they finally saw the girl that is walking toward them, it was Yuna, one of Sky's classmates at Stevenson College.
"Yuna? What are you doing right here? Aren't you supposed to be asleep right now... Ah... I mean, it's quite late already, aren't you supposed to be at home right now?" said Sky who almost slipped out about the sleeping magic.
"It's okay, Sora-kun, you don't need to hide about that from me, I am well aware of the situation right now. All of the sudden, everyone around me just falls asleep without warning, I am unable to wake them up no matter what I did. So, I decided to go out and have a brief investigation, then I saw you and your friend in the school campus. Did you perhaps know the reason why everyone suddenly falls asleep? And the time seems to be stopped as well." said Yuna, who seems to be surprisingly calm in this slightly terrifying situation for a normal human.
"Well, someone has activated a wide-ranged sleeping magic as well as slowed down the time of the whole earth... But, Yuna, why are you not surprised at all? And it seems like the sleeping magic does not affect you as well..." said Sky, in a careful tone as a bold thought slowly formed in his mind.
"Well, I might not look like it, but my mother is the flower fairy on the snow mountain where you visited that day." said Yuna, in a slightly casual tone.
"I see... Hmm?... Heh?! Flower fairy? For real? The flower fairy that even Chris had danced for her once?" Sky exclaimed, rather surprised.
"Mmm... I remembered about that dance, it's amazing. To be honest, I was worried about Chris-san when he suddenly disappeared after that parasite infection incident, but it's a relief to see him again on that snowy mountain that day when he taught that girl to dance." said Yuna.
"Ah... So you were there at that time huh?" Sky asked.
"Yes, and I even witnessed your fight with that archangel but since I am not good at fighting, I can't do anything about it." said Yuna.
"Ah... I see... So... I was wondering... Do you perhaps know anything about that cave at the mountain and what happened inside?" Sky asked, he hasn't forgotten about that weird occurrence in that cave and Enma's quest despite all the mess they had been facing.
Yuna nodded.
"That's great. Do you mind following us back to my house to talk about it? Ai is there as well." said Sky, inviting Yuna to his house.
Once again, Yuna nodded.
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After a short while, Sky and Maria returned to Sky's house with Yuna. As soon as they entered the house, they are greeted by Ai who is wearing a pair of winter gloves for some reason.
"Yuna-chan!"
"Ai-chan!"
As soon as the two girls saw each other, they immediately hugged together like a pair of sisters that had been separated for years.
"Haha... I almost forgot these two are best friends in school. Anyway... Where is Erique? And why are you wearing these thick gloves indoors? I believe my heater works well." said Sky, rather curious.
"Mr. Erique is making some snacks for me in the kitchen right now. As for these gloves, I was playing with a really fluffy icy eye with Pinky just now." said Ai.
"Ah... I see... That pet of Chris... Hmm? Hold on... Ai-chan, don't you even surprised that Yuna is not getting affected by the sleeping magic?" Sky asked, finally noticing something is wrong with these two girls.
"Well... Uhm... I... I kind of... No... Mhmm. I am not surprised by that." said Ai, who had given up on giving any quibbles without even trying...
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might cause the writer to stop writing."
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