Chapter 170: Chapter 169: Reunions

For the last two days that I was waiting for the meeting, I spent most of them hanging out with the others. As I had suspected, the girls were just avoiding me to keep who was going with me as a surprise, and let me prepare in the meantime… Once Bihena revealed herself as the person accompanying me to the meeting, I began to see more of them around.

As for Tubrock and Tryval… I’m not quite sure Tubrock ever left his forge in the first place, and Tryval seems to have been with his daughter the entire time. More than likely, the thought of those two joining me for the meeting never crossed either of their minds. Of course, I wasn’t going to complain about Tubrock spending more time perfecting his golems, or his other projects that he’s showed me.

If anything, I was quite curious what he planned to do with the Sky Citadel after incorporating the card magic from Deckan. Given his personality, I can’t see him not wanting to incorporate the card magic into it somehow. Though, maybe he just hasn’t at this point because he’s waiting for the third tier of cards to be released, and he needs Udona as a supplier for them.

Either way, I’d find out soon enough. With any luck, by the time we came back from the Keeper meeting, we’d have enough points to get everything we needed. Of course, until we left I had to spend plenty of time with a rather upset Aurivy to make up for the fact that I was ‘going out to play’ without her.

Thankfully, her pouting was mostly just a joke, as I found out after spending some time with her. We watched some old shows on the television, played a few games, and mostly just hung out with the others whenever they were free. Though, one thing of note was that I didn’t see Bihena again, until the day that we were getting ready to leave.

Just as I received the message from Alkahest, asking if I was ready, Bihena rushed out into the living room while Aurivy was giving me a goodbye hug. It was only then when I noticed why Bihena was taking so long to ‘get ready’, as her outfit seemed to be intricately crafted. Even as she was bent forward with her hands on her knees, panting for breath after rushing out suddenly, I could make out the details of her outfit.

On her head, she wore a golden band made of five intertwined strands of gold. On each side of her head, three strands spread outwards to form the pattern of wings, while one went down to outline her jaw, leaving the last strand to circle around and hold it all together. Her blonde hair was grown out slightly, tied up in a ponytail behind her.

She wasn’t wearing her normal armor, as it seemed that she wanted to wear something special for this event. Her body was adorned in a blue armor with golden highlights, covering her upper chest and legs. A short white dress fell down from beneath her chest armor, held together by a belt at her waist to form a skirt that traveled down to her knees.

On her hands, she wore long white gloves, the length of which traveled all the way up to her shoulders, ultimately leaving very little skin exposed aside from her head. “Hah... hah… I made it.” She panted out, looking up at me with a small grin.

However, when she saw what I was wearing, her face almost paled. “Seriously? You’re just going in casual clothes?” She asked incredulously, as I was still wearing the same t-shirt and pants as always.

“Well… yeah?” I couldn’t help but be amused as I saw her expression. “Is this what you’ve been preparing the last couple days?”

“Well… yeah?” She mimicked my response, though it seemed unknowingly. “Don’t you want to represent Earth’s culture? This is the formal armor of nobility among the humans, so of course I made a set for myself…”

I shook my head with a light laugh, before the message from Alkahest came through again, asking if I was ready once more. “Well, let’s go.” I told the grumbling goddess, who begrudgingly nodded her head.

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