Chapter 97: Quest 90- Set Sail

A while later a messenger came and deliver the message, the message read that some of the Poseidon Familia will be coming along and even Poseidon himself to help and that their ship would leave tomorrow in the afternoon.

With this Cirrus left the home and prepared his stuff by returning to his home. Nox had went and bought potions along with Lenoa’s stock and stored it in shadow storage.

Early in the morning Cirrus got up and got himself ready, when he got up he saw Lenoa already enjoying her morning tea. He said his goodbye, went to the front and opened the door and accidentally hit someone.

“Ow!”

“Sorry! I didn’t think…Ai?”

Ai gets up rubbing her head and cleaning the dust off her.

“Sorry I came so early um I just wanted to see you off!”

“Really? Well…alright.” He didn't expect her to be here but he welcomed the company.

 

Walking through the cool morning of the city at peace it was calming.

“So I heard your Familia is helping mines out with Evilus?”

“Yeah Lord Susanoo got annoyed that they were still around she he decided to join up with your Familia! Your goddess is really pretty!”

“She is, when I first met her, her divinity really made other’s look rather unimpressive, have you seen Lady Hephaestus?”

“Eupheme’s goddess right?”

“Yeah, she has an eyepatch and a divinity like a forges fire. I ask because her divinity it likes Astraea.”

“Really? What other gods did you meet?”

“Hmm…Hermes his is like a gentle candle, and like a gentle candle it sways with the wind, but you know that candle is kinda warm. I met Loki a goddess even if her appearance says otherwise, her divinity…hmm its light shade of purple whenever she speaks you can see her divinity wane along to her if your eyes are sharp enough to pick it up. Then Artemis, I’m sure you met her right?”

“Hm the one with blue hair? She looked as pretty as your goddess.”

“Hm they have the same radiance…but Artemis is more earthy while Astraea’s is more…cosmic. Oh I even met the Goddess Freya.”

“Freya! Lord Susanoo said her beauty was greater than Lady Amaterasu!”

“Hm yes.” Cirrus looks up fondly at the time he met her by chance and then her words stuck out.

"I hope we meet again Odr.”

'Odr? What is that? Is that her nickname for me?’

As he was lost in thought Ai punched him.

Thud!

Cirrus looked to find her angry.

“S-sorry!”

“…”

“A-as I was saying um Freya is a beautiful goddess, but you should keep your guard around her.”

“Why is that?”

“Because when you meet her you would feel as if your soul were drunk, you will start to lose yourself around her.”

"Really?"

Ai remembers the time Susanoo returned from a Daedalus and he was enamored by the goddess, Kushida felt pretty sad for a while before the others in the Familia beat up him up and he returned to normal.

“…Hey Cirrus.” She said stopping.

“Yeah?” he also stopped ahead of her.

“…Do you think…a mortal can be with a god?”

After a bit of a pause to really think on it he gave his answer.

“…They can.”

“Then…” she looked down. “Would you spend your life with a god?”

Another brief silence in the morning before he spoke up.

“No.”

“!!” she looked up at Cirrus.

“Ai…let me tell you a secret.”

He waved his hand to get closer and as Ai leaned in he said.

“The gods envy us.”

“Eh!? W-why!?” she said surprised stepping a bit away from Cirrus.

“They envy us because we are mortal, with every action we take could be our last. Everything is more beautiful because it is doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are at this very moment."

“…” Ai looked at Cirrus in awe for a second and thought to herself. ‘I never thought about how smart he is?’

“So shall we get going?”

They continued their walk in silence; Cirrus would glance over and find Ai with a mix of emotions.

When they got near the southern gate they stopped.

“Well guess this is where we part.”

“Y-yeah…um do you have those charms I gave you?” she said a bit embarrassedly.

“Of course.” Cirrus then reached into his shirt and pulled out the charms.

Her face lit up.

“Be sure to come back alright!”

“Of course!”

Cirrus takes a step and his magic circle appeared.

“(Exousía, Adorn: Ceryneian)!”

A deer mask covered his face.

“I’ll see you later.”

“Hm!”

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They both waved goodbye as Cirrus heads off.

 

Running to Melen.

“Huff! Huff!”

‘I’m ready, can you summon me?’

“(Nox).”

From the magic circle a white owl sprung forth.

‘Sorry I took so long I was getting a few things.’ Nox said flying above Cirrus.

“Its fine seeing as I can just summon you on the ship.”

‘I probably shouldn’t tell him I was watching him and Ai from a few building away, fufu I wonder how this will develop in the future!’

 

When they arrive at Melen’s port he found Poseidon waiting for them.

“Ah Zephyr! And-” He leaned in and whispered over to Nox and Cirrus. “Spirit of old.” He then leaned back. “I knew you had potential, but I didn’t think you even contracted with a…hmm are you are girl?”

Nox nodded her head.

“A girl with unbelievable power! Hell I’ll try and have you join my Familia! But…I rather not get hunted by Artemis…or get caught by Astraea.” he made a very concerning face as if he was remembering his past with them.

“Well shall we get going? I rather not have to go and fight another dangerous monster.”

“Alrighty then, come.”

They followed the god down the port where they arrived at the ship, he was a bit impressed, it was like a smaller warship with a mermaid at the bow of the ship.

“Uhh…why did you get a ship this massive?” Cirrus said.

“Well it’s just in case we have to fight a massive sea creature in fact I think this was one of the ships used during the Leviathan Hunt.”

“It was.” said Lance with some crates on hand. “We will be ready in a bit, hey Polly!”

Cirrus looked up at the ship to see a man with swept back brown hair and beard.

“Yeah Lan-!!”

As he turned his head he accidently hit his eye from one of the men carrying a crate.

“You okay!?” said Lance.

“Y-yeah! Come on up Zephyr sir!” he said rubbing one of his eyes.

Cirrus walked up on board the ship and Polly lead them to their rooms.

“Here you go sir! We should be sailing in a bit!”

He walked away and somehow hit his eye again.

‘Geez it’s like the world doesn’t want him with an eye.’ Nox said.

“Yeah.”

‘Polly? Why does that name seem familiar? hmm well it must have been from my past life but where?’

Cirrus entered the room to find it rather big, of course not as big as the room he had during his time captaining some former desert pirates.

Cirrus puts his bag on the desk and laid on the bed, Nox transformed back to her human form.

“Ahh~ reminds me of the first night we slept in the same room!”

“Ah yes…I can remember, you were so small as an owl.”

“Well I like my human form! Easy to stretch!”

“Well you can have the bed for now, I have to work on some stuff.” Cirrus gets up and sits at the desk pulling out various stuff from his shadow.

“Well I’ll be reading, honestly I don’t know why more people aren’t reading books! This was a luxury everyone wished they had during my time and now they have them in bulk!”

“Guess society grew enough that books are no more a luxury item as their production speed has significantly increased with the printing press.”

“Good for me!”

As Cirrus works on some magic items and Nox was reading some books they felt the ship moving.

Cirrus looks out the window to see the scenery moving.

“…ah fuck I never asked how long the trip would be.”

 

Out at sea on an unknown island a young woman looks out to see.

Woosh!

Woosh!

Woosh!

The sea breeze brush pass her and blow her long pinkish-blue hair.

“This slight feeling off in the distance…a god? And a spirit?" she closed her eyes and she could feel it starting getting stronger. "Yes a strong one.”

She held out her hand and her hair glowed a luminescent pink.

“(A myriad vapors obscure the light, The stars of the night interrupt their destined path.

Astonished rivers retreat to their origin, and even death's god trembles in the dark.

Though the earth is shaken to its core, love is not to be commanded in this way and the wintery fields come back to life.) [Atéleio̱tos Voyage].”

A fluctuation around the island occurred and it was covered in a strange field of transparency making it invisible.

The sea breeze was cut off and the young woman’s hair stopped flowing in the breeze, as if the world were suddenly cut off.

“If they managed to find their way here I’m sure the vicious whirlpools will kill or deter them...hopefully."

She then went back to stirring her pot.

She looked over to the oceans horizon with her blue-pink eyes and a sad look comes over her face.

“…I’ll miss the sea breeze; it was the only thing not predictable.”

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