faes though was not willing at first after taking with kai she turned aiden and luna's body into materials like scales, blood, whiskers, etc.
when she was done faes realised it was nearly evening and others would be worried by now. she turned to kai who was smiling at her and smiled.
"thank you" faes said nodding as they left the special place which was now empty.
"it was nothing" kai replied patting her head smiling.
"tell me!" faes stopped in the living area and faced kai "the story you told me was real or you just made that up?" faes asked narrowing her eyes. though she didn't knew much about kai and his past she was sure something like that was too much of a coincidence to happen to both of them.
'does whatever happened with him is going to happen with her?' faes thought and then dismissed the idea.
she saw kai smile sheepishly and rubbing his neck
"it was half truth and half made up?" kai replied making faes sigh. her assumption was real! she didn't asked which part was real and which was made up and just nodded in return. she then left the mystic fog castle and entered the shop again.
just like what she thought everyone was anxiously waiting for her. just as she came back everyone began asking questions about where she went and all. faes just told them that she went to get aiden's blood and nothing else.
faes turned to the box and took a vial of aiden's blood. tilting it and dipping her finger in it she began to draw the magic circle and then used her mana to activate it.
the box along with the magic circle began glowing and soon the light faded and faes heard a click. she glanced at the shopkeeper and at his nod she opened the box. inside was only one thing that she wanted.
faes didn't waited and told the system to scan it.
[scanning please wait..... scanning complete]
[name : nightlight
type: jewellery
previous owner: kailial white
rank: ????
powers: when equipped with a bloodstone can mask its presence and increase its power, can increase one's skills understanding and efficiency, can increase concept understanding, increase the affinity with nature magic and energy, ??????
warning: when used along with bloodstone and its powers the nightlight can cause heavy destruction.
quality: a plain chain made of material that is created with elf hide+dragon whiskers+magic dust, which was long in length and thin in size. there is a pendant attached to it which contained a single purple gem just like amethyst. the gem sparkled like it held countless stars in it attacked to the chain by a natural vein and leaf pattern made by the base of dragon fey devil beastman bone mixture mixed with magic dust. contains special material made of fallen god's blood and bones and feathers.
special powers: can calm one person and help in meditation, can increase the absorption of qi and magic particles, strengthen one's soul and provides protection against illusions and telepathic magic
warning: is cursed by the god whose blood, bones and feathers was used
curse: the person will feel lethally strong pain when equipped and if survived will be tracked and meet the fallen god and will be killed by him in a fight to take back what was his.
method to undo the curse: kill the fallen god in his challenge]
faes was expecting something like this so she wasn't surprised but she also didn't equipped it directly. not because she didn't wanted to but because it belonged to kai and will strengthen one's soul. 'i should give it to him!' faes thought even if she badly wanted to equip it she wasn't someone who would take others things not when they were good people. faes was also not sure if kai would be able to currently equip it as he was now just a soul fragment and there was also the curse.
"what do you know about it? is it powerful or cursed?" the shopkeeper asked when he saw that faes was deep in thought and didn't seem happy after getting nightlight. he was watching her carefully all this time and trying to read her but he was not able to. this girl in front of him was a tough one to read.
faes came out of her thoughts as she faced the shopkeeper who was watching her with expectations. faes felt something wrong with the too curious stare the shopkeeper was giving her and her intuition warned her that he was up to something not good though she cant tell that yet.
"its powerful but have a strong curse." faes gave a vogue answer to the shopkeeper who just stared at her wanting her to explain. he had waited this long to know the powers of this necklace and even befriended a king just to know its origins but now when he was about to know what it does the girl gave just a sentence that he too knew! that wont do!
'should i tell him the powers?' faes thought then stared at the shopkeeper feeling something wrong with him. initially, when they came in the shop the shopkeeper was high and mighty but it was a normal thing for a dragon so faes dismissed it but now he was changing his behaviour which didn't fit well with faes. she decided that she wasn't going to tell him anything important about the necklace.
"it can increase one's speed of cultivation by high margin but the curse on it will cause them to die in a few years" faes just told him this and didn't said anything else. she told him a fake power so in case he had any stupid thoughts they would be at an advantage of knowing something that they dont.
"well that is yours now! you can do whatever you can with it and also as you are the first princess you can take everything in this shop with you." the shopkeeper replied after getting the answer he wanted for years. he was satisfied knowing that the necklace was in right hands and he might get it for himself soon.
he was going to close the shop and give everything to the royal family hence giving it to the new princess was not much of a deal. he also had something else that he was more interested in now. the shopkeeper eyed the necklace in faes hand once more his eyes filled with greed.
"are you sure? at least take a price in return!" faes was not sure if she was supposed to take everything in the shop. she doesn't have any use of many of the items! and the shopkeeper was clearly up to something faes was clear just by looking at his eyes looking at nightlight.
"yes i was going to hand them to the royal family anyways! and i don't want anything king aiden already paid me enough to last me till my last breath" the shopkeeper replied and waved his hand at faes vanishing in the back again. he was leaving this place for better now and will get what he wanted all this time.
faes turned to the others who were watching both of them interact with a frown and began speaking
"take everything" faes ordered. the tri nodded happy and went around collecting everything to give to the royal treasury. and then they left the place
"excuse me ms faes, are you not going to wear that?" elijah asked as they were walking back
faes was still holding the nightlight in her hands and was not wearing it thinking about the shopkeeper and kai.
the shopkeeper was clearly someone with no good intentions but why would aiden befriend him then? aiden even gave him nightlight to keep it safe and enough money to last till his death? faes was confused. she knew aiden would not give that much amount of money to just a shopkeeper so she concluded that he was lying and had something else in his mind.
as for the nightlight she was not going to wear it yet as she wanted to talk to kai about it first as it can strengthen one's soul. but she was not sure if he can wear it in his soul fragment form. there was also the curse and she didn't wanted to take any chances.
faes just shook her head to reply to elijah holding the nightlight tightly in her hands.
"everything you took from that shop, don't keep even one thing with you and send them to get checked for trackers and other spying devices or anything that can cause harm" faes ordered alerting the three.
especially grayson and elijah. "ms faes is something wrong with the things?" elijah asked
"that old man is suspicious can you send someone to keep an eye on him.?" faes asked grayson who nodded seriously.
faes continued walking without explaining anything else and others didn't asked anything as they knew faes wont tell them. they were still going to be more alert from now on.