Chapter 460: [Vol.4] Quest 347- Auberon & Cirrus

The next day, out in the forests near the Demeter Familia farmland.

The father and son were sitting in nature, having a nice meal.

"So, do you always come here?" Cirrus said.

"Sometimes when I finish early," Auberon said next to his father.

"I’m surprised you help out the Demeter Familia. Do you do it just to get out into nature?"

"Sometimes, but also for the pocket change!"

"Does your mom know you do this?"

"Hm! She introduced me! She said elves should occasionally go into nature. Plus, the food is really good! Lady Demeter always makes it with love!"

"I’m sure she does. Hm!" Cirrus takes a bite of the food Demeter has prepared. "So," he says, wiping the crumbs from his mouth. "Do you wanna just walk around? It would be a waste to just sit here on a nice day."

"Yeah!" He said, beaming with a smile like moonlight. "Can I get on your shoulders?"

"Sure thing." Cirrus picks his son up onto his shoulders.

‘Come on, lift him up!’

Cirrus got him on his shoulders with some effort.

"Oooh!" he said, impressed by the height. "Dad, do you think I will grow up to be as big as you?"

"Well, since your mother is taller than me, probably. Hm!" Cirrus gets up on his feet.

His strength was enough for him to carry his son on his shoulder.

‘Come on, not today!’ Cirrus said to himself.

 

They walk through the wilderness, enjoying the greenery and beauty of the woods.

"And what’s this flora?" Cirrus said, pointing at a mushroom.

"That’s a Blue-Ringed Cap, it’s very poisonous."

"Oh? And what of that yellow flower?"

"That’s a Sunny Dahlia!"

"Why is it called that?"

"They only bloom during the summer on sunny days! They were also discovered by Dahlia Summers, so... yeah."

"Do you wanna discover a flower one day?

"Hmm… Maybe. But most of the flora has already been discovered."

"What about the frontier?"

"Hm… Maybe I’ll go there one day like Mom did and just explore. Maybe I’ll find something amazing!"

"I’m sure you would."

They went by the riverside.

"Do you know this fish, Auby?"

"Hmm...no, but do you know?"

"Yes, this one is called—" He swipes his hand into the water, grabbing the fish. "A White-Scale Trout. You can see the single white scale on its forehead." He shows it to his son.

"Wow! Why does it have one white scale?"

Cirrus tosses it back into the river.

"It’s to help discern which is male and which is female. They have special eyes that let them see color more accurately."

"Really!? How do you know that?"

"Lord Poseidon told me."

"Do you think you can teach me?"

"Maybe, but how about I teach you some camping skills? Unless your mother taught you? Has she?"

"No!" he blurted out, not wanting the day to end with his father. "Can you teach me, father?"

"Of course. Now the first thing we need to do is make camp so we can sleep."

"But we have nowhere to sleep?"

"Auby." Auberon looked at his father as a magic circle appeared. "(Theïká Panoplía: Cretan.)" A thick coat covered Cirrus.

"Whoa!" His eyes were starry-eyed. "That looks so warm!"

"It is, so let’s enjoy the day."

"Hm!"

They continued to walk through nature until the stars came out.

"Uuuo!" Auberon looked at the stars, amazed by their splendor.

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"Nice out here, huh? No light pollution to stop us from watching the stars."

"Light pollution?" Auberon said, confused by the term.

"Has Artemis or Malion ever said that term?"

"Um, not really. I didn’t even know it had a term. So light pollution is what?"

"Ah well, it’s just an excessive or misdirected amount of artificial light that messes with natural darkness. So all those lights in the city mess with the lights of the stars."

"Uoo! I get it!"

"Say, while we are on the topic of stars and light, do you know that the stars we are looking up at right now could already be dead?"

"… What? H-how!? They are still shining!"

"Well, yeah, but that is because of how light works. Think of a light-like sound in a cave. When you speak, it echoes through it right all the way through until it loses energy."

"Uh-huh."

"So light works in the same way, except it will keep going until something stops it."

‘I think that’s how it works? It’s been a long time since I read up on or thought about physics or astronomy.’

"Wow!" His son’s eye flickered with awe. "So we are looking at a star in the past, right? That is what you mean?"

"… Yeah." Cirrus smiled. He made some connections with the dots to make a line. "Exactly. So if you happen to find a planet out in space, you will be seeing their past and not their present."

Cirrus taught Auberon how to start a fire and even how to hunt. The last thing he taught him was how to properly prepare a hunted prey, from skinning it to deboning fish.

 

As the food cooked over the campfire, Auberon sat with his father in his armor.

"Hey, Dad, can I ask how you and Mom got together? You two don’t seem to have very much in common?"

"Well, you're right, but we got together through a Dungeon Date. We are surprisingly similar in how we fight."

‘Especially when we get in the heat of the moment in the Volcanic Floors. Oh, how her skin glistened with sweat—‘

"Dad, can you teach me how to fight without any weapons?"

"Hm? Oh, some martial arts? Well, Ai is better at it than me, but sure, I can show you a few tricks before bed."

"Can we do it now?"

"Well, you do have energy... After we eat, we can do it."

 

Later at night.

"Good! Good! Keep your form up! A moment’s hesitation can end your life. Remember that." Cirrus said shirtless, with not a speck of sweat on him.

"Huff! Huff! Huff! This is fun! But I’m a bit tired and sweaty." Auberon said, also with his shirt off.

"Go and take a bath; I’ll go prepare the camp. Here." He tosses him a dagger. "Just for extra security."

"Got it!" He then runs off.

As Auberon runs off, Cirrus heads back to camp.

"Cough! Cough! Cough! Cough!" Cirrus slams into a tree in a coughing fit.

"Sir!" Hecton appeared, grabbing Cirrus. "You know you can’t do any more strenuous exercise! Your body is already nearing its limit."

"Huff! Huff! Huff! If I can’t play around with my kid, then fucking kill me now." Cirrus forcibly gets up, with help from Hecton. "I want my children to have one last good memory of me before the black dragon wakes up."

"Sir…" Hecton says nothing more and takes out several more potions. "You are running out soon."

"How much is left?"

"2, maybe 3 days more if you don’t push it. First, let me see how far the condition has spread."

Cirrus touches his belt buckle to reveal a magic stone. Once he presses it, a very thin sheet of magic wears off, revealing his true body. His body, which was already heavily riddled with scars, was now covered in black veins and bruises from when he played with his son. He was also drenched in sweat.

"It’s progressed a bit more. Fafnir, can you collect herbs?"

Fafnir quickly left his shadow and went through the night to collect herbs, to make more potions, and prologue his condition as much as they could.

 

Back in Orario.

"Hmm…" Artemis is looking through the closet.

"Are you looking for something?" Ai asked.

"I am looking for the invisibility cloak. I wanna surprise Cirrus when he gets back."

"I thought you said using it lessens your skills in hiding?"

"Well, I wanna surprise him. Is it that so bad?"

"No… Fine, I’ll help look. It should be in here." Ai looked around.

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