The meeting in that very feminine room had ended, and almost everyone left the place. I also went out to walk around the area and see some striking places.
Zaphyris said she would introduce me, but the conversation was nothing more than formal and essential for a guest: they asked me basic things like where I came from and my interests as a warrior, my family, and my lineage. But as you might expect, I didn't answer willingly to satisfy their interests.
I'm sorry, but there are things that are more important than this...
The conversation moved from me to their everyday lives. Now I ended up taking valuable mental space with information about the princesses' personal lives... now I feel strange... like I'm some kind of perverted stalker snooping around in the girls' lives. But it's inevitable, none of it was planned by me and those girls didn't have the slightest bit of morals when it came to talking about intimate things in front of a guy like me.
They probably didn't even see me as a boy... that's why they ignored me and didn't hold anything back during those three hours.
Zaphyris remained talking to some of them. While I, under her consent, I am walking outside.
It's amazing how huge this place is once you're inside. The Northern Quaramis Palace is located in the Great City of Qars, the northernmost tip of the Kingdom of Atlas. It is the second largest after the Black Pearl Capital District, the current center of the Aquatic Continent and home to the Castle of the Seven Seas.
King Estaroph Quaramis currently lives there.
The rest of the Quaramis Family lives in the Upper Districts of the Black Pearl Capital, although their original domains are the Northern Lands of the Aquatic Continent.
Why do the Quaramis currently live in the Black Pearl Capital and Zaphyris in the Northern lands where they originally belong?
Only she knows the answer...
I am aware of my position as a guest, but if I had the chance, I would like to properly meet the rest of the women of the Quaramis family... since the ones in this place are intoxicating.
Mermaids are dangerous... I would recommend never meeting them.
I remember reading about their species and what I found was not very good: Mermaid women release a natural toxin in their bodies that causes a hormonal state of excitement to attract men. The effect is stronger in other species and especially in humans.
When men expose themselves to them, they are naturally forced to be manipulated by the female Sirens.
In conclusion, they use it as an additional weapon in their arsenal...
When I read this, I was a little worried. I thought I was being manipulated while I believed I was acting under my reasoning, since the toxin in their bodies makes you reach conclusions of which you believe you are the owner of that judgment, but the reality is completely different.
But I soon ruled out that possibility.
I won't deny that I am genuinely learning in order to survive in this world led by spiritual powers and the ability of each individual. It is undeniable that they are helping me, so I will put those thoughts aside for the moment.
But I still won't stop being careful from now on.
I would hate to stumble and fail in what Goddess-sama has entrusted to me...
"Is this place a circus?" I muttered at the sight in front of me.
Since I left that confused and concluded meeting, I had been walking and observing each building; and after a few minutes of aimless wandering, I had come to a place covered by a large red and blue striped awning. Of which several symbols were engraved on its structure giving it a very intriguing feel.
Its overall appearance is like that of a circus... furthermore, it is very similar to those of my time and is not so different from how I remember them.
What could you find inside...?
The entrance is open and there are no signs prohibiting entry...
This is clearly a mistake: entering places without prior permission. But I will pretend to be insane in case things go wrong.
After taking the thick curtain that covered the entrance, I gently slid it aside and entered that dark place.
A long, empty hallway with nothing in particular stretched out in front of me, and at my feet was a carpet with strange figures embroidered on its hard surface.
Compared to the outside, in this place it seemed like all the sound in the world had disappeared... with so much silence, I could even hear my breathing.
When I crossed the hall and passed again under a large thick cloth covering the entrance, everything had changed.
This was no ordinary circus.
"Whoa!" I cried out in amazement. The sight before me was almost unreal.
It was a magical world with strange animals flying around inside. The sky was covered in water as if we were under the ocean right now. The water just stayed there, defying the laws of gravity!
There were animals of enormous size swimming inside, and also what seemed to be whales with four fins coming out of the water while continuing to swim among the clouds.
The ground was covered with large fields of flowers and a forest stretched out in front of me and a large, very colorful castle was flying not far from where I was.
Is this a circus or a dream?
The size inside has nothing to do with the outside and the fantasy is much more noticeable.
"I guess I'll head towards that castle…" I muttered as I began walking down the wide dirt path.
I would like to go back, as my intention was just to look around the inside of the circus, but it turned out that I found myself in the middle of the fields and there was no way out. It was as if the corridor and the outside world had disappeared. Now I am locked in here.
***
After walking for several minutes, I arrived at the entrance of the castle.
Or so I would like to say...
The castle is flying in the sky and there is no way to get up.
What should I do? Scream for help?
It's not to my taste and it's unethical, but I see no other option... Is there really nothing?
Apart from being surrounded by flowers of different colors, there was nothing in particular besides rocks... Huh?
Is there a person among the fields of flowers?
There was a person looking at the flowers, but since he was crouched in the middle of the field, I didn't know he was there until I walked a little towards the center.
"Excuse me, can you help me?" I raised my voice as I walked towards the silent observer.
"Huh?" After getting up, I noticed that it was a girl and she was dressed like a princess.
She must be the owner of that castle above us.
But still, what is a princess doing here without her Spirit Guardian?
"Did you get lost?" she asked, bewildered.
"Yeah, I don't know how to get out of here."
"That's strange… my dad doesn't know that someone like you is in his Domain Field either… but it's only a matter of time until he finds out, I guess."
Did she just say Domain Field?
I don't know much about it, but it is a complicated management of spiritual power where the owner of said Domain Field has control over what happens inside it. But it is a very complex subject that varies depending on what is done with it and how it is applied.
I was not able to understand this matter very well, as the information is still being investigated in depth, but I will explain a summary of what I understood.
There are two types of Domain Fields:
Rank A : It is the Domain Field with the ability to control an area that mostly provides advantage to the owner and disadvantage to the enemy inside; only if used as a weapon to attack.
S Rank : It is the Domain field with the ability to control and materialize things in an area that provides an advantage to the owner and a disadvantage to the enemy inside; only if used as a weapon to attack.
Its logic is based on a peculiar altered state of the spiritual core within the living being, which allows it to reflect its spiritual circuits differently towards the outside, causing a transformation and manipulation towards the Great Spiritual Network. In this case, controlling the spiritual circuits from the outside instead of those of its own body.