"Hey, guys. "
After that small incident in the guildhall, I came out of the guild house to the park to meet up with the other.
"Finally here Mr.Andy"
"Oh come on cut me some slack the guild master took a lot of my time and then there was an incident. "
"Ok ok, I'll let you off the hook this one time ."
As soon as I reached there Ragani started nagging me.
"Ok so did you guys all bring that book I asked for. "
"Sure did."
"of course."
"Here it is."
The three of them all brought out the book.
from their bags.
"Thank you everyone so let's start. Can you give me the book here or shall we go somewhere safe first?"
"Let's go to someplace safe better safe than sorry. I know an underground library near us. It's safe and overall hasn't been used by anyone other than my family. "
"Ok let's move guys."
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"Finally here..... God such a deep tunnel."
"Well, that's the main reason for this to be unused."
"Ok let's go in."
Only after a short walk Rose got tired due to all the injuries she got before and started complaining and Ria the person who came up with the idea was trying to give her some pros of the long walk.
"Ok finally here. Let's get started you guys. "
" Haha I know you are excited but can we rest for a while first ."
With a sarcastic laugh, Ragani said that to me signing that she was too concerned for Rose as she looks like she is really tired and needs rest.
"Ok sorry, I don't notice. Ten minutes and we start whatever it is with the books."
"Ok that come here Andy I need a shoulder to rest on."
As the books were a matter of royal security Fina and Rina stayed behind at the entrance of the tunnel. With some competition outside Ria wanted to take full advantage of the privilege of resting on my shoulders.
"Ok then everyone let's take out the books."
After ten minutes Rose stands up and reminds us that the ten minutes are up.
"fufufu!"
Ria let out a playful laugh hearing the jealousy in the way Rose was speaking and a bit guilty of making us wait.
"Ok people you heard her let's start."
All three of them took out the book for their bags.
"Here we are. Are you ready Andy?"
"Of course I am. "
Ready to open the book Ria asks me laughing.
"OK IN 3...2...1 AND OPEN."
all three opened the book at the same time confusing me where to look. But the confusion didn't last long as the books started floating in the air and start to merge.
"Hey, guys what did you do?"
With a confused look, we kept looking at the book merging until it completely changed into something else.
It looks like a projector. A device protecting a small fragment of the conscience of the owner of the device when activated. It was created by my ancestors.
"Ok. Now I'm totally freaked out."
After seeing the books transform into something unknown the girl's jaw dropped.
"Hey what the hell is that thing?"
With a confused and dumbfounded look, Rose asked me about the device floating in the air.
"Well, Rose this is a projector. A device made by one of my ancestors to communicate with the long-dead or someone in a different timeline. "
"What???"
With more confusion, the girls look at my face as if I was speaking a whole different language. The wait was I really not speaking their native language. I thought to myself as I did then swing by language to language when I saw something unusual.
"Well, it's better to show you right."
I took out my wings and float in the air.
"This never gets old."
Ria commented on my wings and how marvelous they looked when I use them for flying.
I reached the projector and grabbed hold of it. It was supposed a small crystal-like device that would easily fit in one's hand and easily discloses in a pocket, it was more like a mobile phone. But this it's a bit too big to hold in one hand so I extended both hands to grab it.
Right as I touched it its size decreased to the size of a smaller size and even changed its shape to a bracelet, type of ornament and attached to my hand.
'The hell.'
I thought to myself and slowly descended to the ground.
"So how does it work? This projector thing you just talked about. "
Ragani came to me with all the enthusiasm and curiosity. Ragani was a real nerd who liked to explore and to see and understand new things. The few days I spent with her made me realize that she was really interested in technology and was the one who modified the royal carriage a few years back. And this projector, well it was out of this world so of course, it would pick her interest.
"Ok listen, this is a gen.5 projector developed by the soleless family. It has 5 components but the fifth is not compulsory. The basic 4 components are the projection screen, the memory, transformer and the key...."
"But I don't see any key is it small or something advanced?"
Ragani cuts me off between my explanation.
"Well, I was reaching there. Ok, listen to the 3 books you guys had transformed or was converted into the following things Ragani you've transformed into the memory hence the family crest. Ria's into the transformer, and Rose's into the screen. So yeah we are missing the key."
"Ok may I ask what this key is all about?"
"This key is more likely what you call a print or a code to activate the projector. If we don't have it then it doesn't activate."
"So we can't activate it?"
"Yeah, something like that. But we know where to search. "
"Really? where?"
"Ok, don't you see the pattern here? Three families trusted by the royal family for generations passing down the book."
"Now you mention it we have heard stories of a fourth family that has been lost for generations."
"Exactly how we know where to search, only sometime before we have all the pieces and then we will know what was really inside here."
"So what will we do in the meantime?"
"Well, simple we all are going on that training camp thing that the guild master recommended or ordered us to go."
"you mean all of us as in me and Rose as well."
"Yeah, like you don't know the definition of 'all'."
After a load of requesting and making Rose and Ragani understand we decided to leave for the camp during the evening today.
we all went out on our separate paths till the evening. We all agreed to meet at the guildhall during sunset.
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After the sunset, we all met in front of the guide hall. As we wait I see the girls excited as we were going to a tropical island sort of place for the training. MY TRAINING. Not there so they could enjoy all they want. I sigh silently so showing my frustration of going somewhere new.
I don't know why but I just can't shake the feeling that the guild master has tricked me again.
Well, whatever I'll just give him the stare If anything goes sideways and I would need to confront him.
I was grinning thinking about the deadly state I would give to the guild master if anything goes wrong when Ria suddenly called me out.
"Hey, Andy you look oddly suspicious with that grin on your face."
She said as other girls too saw it and speculated that I was thinking something evil.
We didn't notice the guild master had arrived and was standing right behind us with all the laughs and talks.
"Something sounds interesting....."
As the guide master said those words, we all turned towards him with a disgusted faces, implying that he had ruined our moment.
"O..Ok! now that we are here please go with Maria towards the teleportation ring to the basement of the guild house. From there your training vacation will officially begin."
We followed Maria to the teleportation ring below the guild house where we were instructed.
"So this teleportation ring is connected to the island situated on the far end of the continent. We don't know how it works as it has been here for hundreds of years but we can say that it is totally safe. Unless you are pregnant in that case you and the baby inside will be landing separately....."
Hearing that bade all the girls with me widen their eyebrows as a sign of discomfort
"Before the departure please be cautious of not using any magic till the arrival time. And at the time of arrival, you may or may not get a bit of motion sickness. You will arrive at your destination in approximately 1 minute so be careful be safe."
Saying that Maria bows to bide us farewell for now. we also see the guild master at the back waving us goodbye. But I couldn't help but feel discomfort after seeing his eyes as if he was hiding something but I didn't really care about it.
"Ok now please step inside one by one and don't stop after the arrival as you may bump into each other as well as trip and fall. Have a safe vacation."
Saying that Maria sent us one by one but in a hassle as if to quickly get rid of us.
As I was thinking about that it was my turn to get inside. Before going inside I gave Maria and the guild master a stare implying that I was on to them and I knew something was going on.
After walking for few seconds I felt the entrance closing as we step into the other end of the ring.
"What the fuck is this?"