Chapter 229 - Chapter 229 Going Separate Ways

As Thomas, Rita, and Rose sat around a fire Rose glanced at Thomas and asked "So what are we going to do next?" Thomas stared at her and said "I'd rather not be in charge of a decision like that." Rita glanced at Thomas and said "We should all have a vote to decide what we all do next." Thomas glanced at her and said "If we do do that just skip my vote." Rose stared at him and said "Don't make it sound so boring, you have to vote too so it's even more exciting!" Thomas stared at Rose and asked "What do you wanna do?" Rose smiled and said "Glad you asked, I plan to go visit some giant villages after getting some information." Thomas glanced at Rita and asked "What about you?" Rita sat there and said "If I had to choose, I'd like to go back to the ocean and visit my parents to tell them what happened." Thomas laid down in the grass and stared up into the night sky as he said "So far it seems like these things are gonna vary greatly." As Mary stood above Thomas she asked "What varies greatly?" Thomas stared at her and said "We were discussing what we were gonna do next so far they don't seem similar whatsoever." Mary smiled and excitedly said "I wanna go to the City of Adventures!" Thomas stared at her and asked "Did Lily mention that?" Mary nodded and said "Yeah, she said it's the place where all the strongest adventures meet and help each other out, she even said some adventures start in hopes of being recognized by the guilds there." Thomas stared at Mary and said "That reminds me, did you come here by yourself?" Mary shook her head and said "No Ceil and Scarlett came with me." Thomas sat up and glanced at them as he asked "What do you two wanna do?" Scarlett stood there and said "I would like to increase my reputation as an adventurer so people will stop thinking I'm going to attack them." Ceil stared at him and said "Well me and my sisters goal is to become strong so we'll probably be doing a lot quests together." As the other began to arrive Thomas stared at them and asked "What do you guys wanna do?" Lily smiled and said "Glad you asked, I wanna go to the City of Adventures." Thomas glanced at Ocis and said "Do I even need to ask?" Ocis smiled and said "Actually I would like to visit my parents." Thomas stared at her and said "Seriously?" Peri stared at him and said "I'm sure my sister already said that we were gonna get stronger by doing quests." Thomas glanced at her and said "So you, Ceil, and Scarlett all have similar goals." Thomas glanced at Mira and asked "What about you?" Mira walked up to him and said "Well I'll go wherever you go, since I do need your blood to stay alive." Mira bit his neck and said "I actually haven't had any in quite a while." Thomas sighed and said "This is gonna be tough decision." Poppy stood there and said "I have an idea." Thomas glanced at her and asked "What is it?" Poppy smiled and said "It's quite simple, why don't you all go your own separate ways for a while and meet back up later." Thomas glanced at the others and said "That'll only work if they agree." As Mira let go of Thomas's neck her and the others all glanced at each other and nodded in agreement. Lily pointed to Thomas and said "I'm fine with that but you still have to come with me, otherwise I won't be allowed to go." Mary stared at Thomas and said "Yeah you have to go to, it'll be way more fun!" Thomas stared at Lily and Mary and said "So I have to babysit?" Thomas glanced at Poppy and said "Well I don't know if this will make much of a difference or not but, I didn't really ask what you wanted to do." Poppy stared at him and said "If it's alright with you could you leave me in the subconscious for a while." Thomas creates the mana door and said "Um, sure." As Poppy walked through Lily smiled and said "Then we all agree to go our separate ways for now?" Scarlett nodded and said "Yes but I would like to ask something before it's official." Scarlett glanced at Ceil and Peri as she asked "Is it alright if I travel with you?" Ceil nodded as Peri excitedly said "The more the merrier." Thomas yawned and said "Well if that's everything, I guess we'll all just leave separately tomorrow." As morning came Thomas sat up and mumbled "Another painfully bright morning." Thomas glanced around and noticed that only Lily, Mary, and Mira were sitting around patiently waiting. Thomas stared at them and asked "Did the others already leave?" Mira nodded and pointed to an empty wheelchair as she said "I pushed Rita to the sea earlier." Mary nodded and said "And Rose left a while ago." Lily walked over to Thomas and said "And I'm sure you already guessed it but the others left awhile ago to." Thomas stood up and said "I kept the cart and horse in the subconscious, we can use that to travel." Lily stared at him and said "I thought you left the cart back in GoldenRidge." Thomas walked through the mana door and then rode out with the cart and the horse as he said "Nope, I made sure to get it before we left and I've been taking care of the horse as well." Mira stared at Thomas and said "I didn't know you knew how to drive the cart." Thomas glanced at Mira and said "I can sort of drive it, I only know what Scarlett taught me." Mary climbed into the cart beside Thomas and said "I've never rode in a cart before." Mira and Lily both climbed into the back of the cart as Mira said "If you need help I'd be happy to." After sitting there for around ten seconds Mira asked "Why haven't we moved yet?" Thomas sighed and said "Unfortunately I have no idea where we are going, so if you can point me in the direction of it I'd appreciate it." Lily poked climbed through the curtain and sat on the other side of Thomas as she said "Just start going forward I'll tell you where to go on the way." Mira stuck her head through the curtain and said "I'll just stay right here so I don't get lonely in the back." Thomas glanced at her and said "Sorry, if you'd like we can swap spots." Mira stared at him and asked "Would that be alright?" Thomas nodded and said "If you'd like to drive I can sit on top of the cart and talk to you guys." Mira began time climb through the curtain as she said "Alright then I'll drive." Thomas jumped up to the top of the cart and said "Alright then let's go." As the cart began to move Mary looked around and said "This is so cool!" Thomas glanced up into the sky and said "Now that I think about it, it might be a few years before we see the others again." Mira nodded and said "It may be however I'm sure they will all removed each other." Lily glanced at Thomas and said "Or at the very least they won't forget about you." Thomas glanced over the top of the cart and asked "And why's that?" Lily stared at him and said "After all the trouble you've caused just about everywhere I don't even think they'd have to personally know you to remember you." Thomas shrugged and said "Well I can't really help that trouble happens to follow me everywhere I go." Mary looked up at him and said "Fortune must also follow you as well as all of us." Thomas glanced up at the sky and asked "What makes you say that?" Mira grinned and said "Well that's simple if we didn't have fortune how else would we have met you, that and you still seem to be alive despite all that trouble." Thomas made a book appear in his hand as he said "Well I suppose your right." Lily and Mary stood up on the seat and peeled over at Thomas who had a few piles of books beside him as they asked "What's all of that for?" Thomas glanced at them and said "Well I'm not exactly the smartest person so I figured it might be best if I learnt as much as I possibly could." Lily and Mary both sat down as they said "Well enjoy your reading." Thomas began to flip through some of the pages as he said "Theres a bunch of books about plants, animals, and even species, it should be pretty helpful in the future."