Eros felt himself breath as he stepped in to the carriage. He ran his hand through his hair, " I wish I could get rid of that infernal building ". Pashidowl appeared, circling the carriage " For once, I agree with you ".
Eros had successfully bypassed the first obstacle to his plan and now the others would hopefully be just as smooth. " I remember being here as a child. This wasn't so suffocating ". Pashidowl shrugged, " Probably because of the eclipse. Waking all the gods up ".
Eros frowned, " Hold up, you never mentioned anything about other gods ". Pashidowl laughed nervously, " The good news is that, they're not nearly as strong as they used to be ". Eros intertwined his hands, " The bad news "?
Pashidowl appeared in his face, " If we somehow trigger one god's full awakening, it'll cause a domino effect ". Eros' brow twitched slightly as he pursed his lips, " Alright, do you at least know the avatars so we can completely avoid them ".
Pashidowl sighed, gliding to the window " The thing about that, it's so dormant it's gonna take a while to be able to detect them. And besides, they'd have to feel really strong emotions to fully wake them up ".
Eros sighed, resting his head on the wall " You know what this means "? Pashidowl appeared in his face, " It means that everyone has to relax and have fun ".
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Fauna and Tera had nearly fallen out of the carriage multiple times as they watched Nectar. Just like yesterday, she was riding and now she seemed to be playing knight while Liam and the kids slept.
Since none of them could sleep, Nectar had decided to start crafting the mana stones they'd taken with them. She'd taken out a small chest which turned into a medium sized chest filled with century old gems of various colors.
Tera would polish them clean before handing them to Nectar through the window, there were none smaller than a clenched fist. At first, it seemed like she was simply checking the gems but when she put a rose back in through the window, they'd gotten curious.
She'd made a small orb of water but big enough to completely encase the stone. They handed her a green one and watched the water slice into it and begin carving. Nectar herself had a blank stare on her face as she looked ahead.
Ten minutes later and she'd brought out a flame like sculpted mana stone. At a point, they'd taken turns to pull each other back from falling out. Fauna turned the black dragon stone Nectar carved in her hand, surprised with the detail.
" It looks so real. Even the scales are perfect ". Tera who was in charge of polishing smiled at the arrow on the bow grey stone in her hand, " I'm beginning to think there's nothing our empress can't do ".
Fauna wiggled her brows as she put a brown crab shaped one to her cheek, " And the best part is, she's our master. Thank goodness its no longer Royal Concubine Suki San ".
Nectar was happy with the distraction, what Christopher had told her earlier was still weighing on her mind and she mumbled to herself [ Now I'm protecting two more, dealing with a temperamental best friend, Terrible in-laws and parents, Keeping an obnoxious prince alive, Planning a rebellion, trying not to get myself double crossed by a Shorlif, Keeping a peace celebration afloat all while not making a fool of myself ]
" Too bad I'm too stubborn to just curl up into a ball and die " and looked at the white snowflake she'd made. She was a bit startled when she heard a voice, " How'd you make that Nectar "?
Calming down, she glared at Luscious who was now riding next to her " What the fuck was that "? Luscious gasped and covered his ears, " That's no language for a royal, an empress no less ".
Nectar rolled her eyes as she handed the snowflake to Tera, " If there are no children around, fuck it ". Luscious laughed, " That's an odd way to put it ". Nectar sighed as she took the blue stone from Fauna, " Talking to you wasn't on my agenda this morning, what do you want "?
Luscious pouted slightly, " That hurt, but honestly I'm just a little curious about what you've been doing ". Nectar looked down at the stone which was already being carved in the blob of water.
" I'm bored and I need something odd and amazing when those prickly bitches....I mean royals try and embarrass me ". Luscious smiled to himself, " You have half the dirty mouth of a sailor ". Nectar frowned, looking at him " What do you mean half? When Nectar Socta does something, she delivers ".
Luscious only nodded, " Half a sailor since you can control that bad mouth of yours. A real sailor can't ". Nectar sighed looking at the snake she'd made. It seemed like an N with a slash on it. The only way to know it was a snake were the scales and stuck out tongue.
" You distracted me, see the nonsense I made ", Luscious tried to look sorry and sympathetic but he couldn't and burst out laughing, " I'm sorry, but it does look terrible ".
Nectar pouted, truly displeased with what she'd made. She was surprised when Luscious held out his hand to her, " Let me take it off your hands then ". She blinked a few times, unable to process it " What "?