Chapter 76: Sightseeing

Jasmine frowned. That was not unheard of. There were women who liked to humiliate other women in the human world too, but it was usually a wife humiliating a mistress for being a home wrecker and seducing a married man. Sometimes, she would have the urge to tell the wives that they should hit and yell at their husbands too. But hearing about what Marina was fond of doing, she smirked. "In other words, if I attend the tea party, she is going to humiliate me."

Alaina looked uneasy. "I'm not sure of that, but she may want to. Considering you live on Dairon's Island and all. Besides, you were his partner at the banquet last night. She won't be Goddess Marina if she doesn't get jealous of that."

"Is there any advantage of me going aside from that crazy catfight that I don't want to take part in?" She asked.

"Meeting with other goddesses and demigoddesses. You may want to make friends or you will be bored to death." Alaina responded.

She nodded and decided to give it a shot. It was a good idea to get close to the other deities, but it had nothing to do with making friends. She was not ready to trust anyone in this unfamiliar realm and she didn't think friendship could really exist without trust. All she wanted was to get to know who they considered friends and enemies. There had to be at least one deity who hated Scarlet's guts. Such an evil goddess couldn't lack a few enemies lying around and waiting to destroy her.

"Jasmine?" Alaina called her name when she realized that the latter had spaced out.

"I will go. Please pick me up at Dairon's mansion." She declared.

"Uh… I don't think that's a good idea." Alaina looked troubled. "You have probably heard of the feud between water and fire deities, right?"

Jasmine gave her an odd look. "I'm a fire demi deity and I'm living in that mansion without any qualms. What are you so worried about?"

"Yes you are. Except, the feud does not only end at that. Goddess Lolanthe is married to Lord Blaze, who is a god of fire. Marriage basically makes them one...since she is an earth goddess, the feud kind of rolled over to the earth deities too." Alaina sighed. "I don't know why Lord Dairon doesn't seem to hate you, but I'm certain it will not be the same for me. He might take it as an invasion and kill me right there and then."

Jasmine frowned with her forefinger between her brow. "If my mother had a fight with one of my neighbors, my neighbor would hate every woman called Sophie and that includes the ones she had never met. Yes, of course. Deities have a perfect way of handling their grudges." She groaned sarcastically.

Alaina smiled. Finally, there was someone who agreed with her. "I wish everyone thought it was unreasonable but unfortunately, they made a mountain out of it. Though I wouldn't call the matter a molehill. It really was a mountain."

"What happened?" She asked.

Alaina leaned in to whisper. "The war eight hundred years ago. No one wants to acknowledge their fault in the matter and keep throwing the blame back and forth regarding whose fault it was that the daughter of Lord Blaze and Goddess Lolanthe died. Lord Blaze blames the water deities."

"Lord Blaze's daughter?" She remembered Bardumond mentioning that his sister died in the war. It must be the same one that Alaina was talking about. Although it had been eight centuries, the scars seemed to be fresh. Blaze's daughter must have died painfully if it still hurt them so much.

Alaina nodded. "This is a forbidden topic. I will get in trouble if anyone knows I told you." She let out a breath. "If you are curious, I can tell you in secret later."

"I would love to know." Jasmine accepted the offer.

"Have you learnt to use your scepter yet? It was my favorite lesson." Alaina asked as they walked out of the building.

"I haven't. Sinos said I needed time to get comfortable around it."

"It makes sense. Yours has two elements and might drain you fast." Alaina widened her eyes in realization.

"That's the look Vivian has when she's about to say something crazy." Jasmine freaked out.

Sure enough, what left Alaina's mouth was insane. "After many years of unresolved grudges between the water and fire deities, you appear and just happen to have both of the elements whose deities are at loggerheads with those of water—fire and earth. As if that's not enough, it is revealed that your soul is intertwined with that of a water deity. Your mate is a water deity! Do you think you are the bridge that should bring peace between the battling parties?"

Jasmine's eyes widened before they fluttered in a flurry. "Yup. I was right. You are insane, Alaina."

…

Despite giggling about Alaina being crazier than Vivian and Dahlia combined, her words somewhat got to her. Was it a mere coincidence that Dairon was the one who saved her? She thought back to everything that happened in the last month.

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First, Vivian bugged her and wouldn't shut up about it until she agreed to go with her on the cruise trip, then the storm happened when they went for a dive. At the time, Dairon who rarely wanted anything to do with his mother just happened to be in the human realm and on Cannon Islands, and he just happened to know where they were and save her.

Just when she thought it couldn't get any more coincidental, she remembered that he was raised by human parents too.

Hence when she met him to go on the sightseeing trip he had suggested, she asked, "How does one know who their mate is?"

His steps slowed down for a moment before they restored their speed. "Why do you want to know? Looking for your mate?"

"Naturally." She said, then realized that he might not tell her. "I'm naturally curious." She added.

His look told her that he didn't buy it but that didn't stop him from answering her. "You just feel it."

"How?"

"Like I felt when I met you. I just knew you were the one and I didn't need anyone to tell me." He nudged her to continue walking.

"Thanks for the detailed response. It helped a lot." She rolled her eyes sarcastically.

"You're welcome."

He either didn't know sarcasm when he saw it or he had a twisted sense of humor.

He took her hand and teleported them. Looking around, she realized that they were on a ship. She ran to the balcony and couldn't immediately recognize where they were but it looked familiar.

"Clarepar sea!" She almost squealed when she realized where they were.

He nodded and held out his hand to her. "I accidentally robbed you of your adventure. I'm sorry."

"You don't need to apologize. It's not your fault that the storm happened." Even if she were to somehow survive if he didn't save her life, she didn't think she would have been brave enough to continue the adventure as previously planned. Especially not after her friend went missing.

"I will be beside you the whole time. I promise no accident will happen this time." He took her hand and pulled her closer. "Just enjoy your time, okay? Don't let thoughts of Vivian dim your day."

"How can I not think about her when I'm standing in the last place I saw her alive and joyful?" She sighed when she realized that the ship was docking at a familiar place. Cannon Islands.

He squeezed her hand. "Because you have always thought about it negatively. Why don't you think of the possibility that just like you, someone could have saved her?"

"You're right. I was being pessimistic." She cheered up at the thought that if Vivian were dead, her family would have told her about it when she was in Efinchil.

"I should pay Nana a visit the next time I go to Efinchil. I didn't know how to face her before." She audibly made a mental note.

"You should." He led her out of the ship when it docked. There were a few hundred passengers so no one took notice of them. Dairon had changed into a set of human realm clothes.

Being on Cannon Islands again felt surreal. It was almost like a dream which should have been a nightmare but turned out to be a sweet dream instead.

"I'll buy you some roast rabbit meat balls." He pulled her to a stall and bought one of the snacks she had enjoyed during her first visit here, and he placed it in her hand before she could register it.

"How did you…"

"How did I know that you loved it?" He teased. "I pay extra attention to everything about you. Of course, I have to thank your memory for being vivid too."

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