Chapter 67:

“The surroundings is gorgeous, isn’t it?”

Philip and Privia walked via the Elphenia Forest collectively.

Daylight filtered via the dense leaves, gently warming their cheeks, and a nice breeze rustled the air.

“By the way in which, what’s with the sudden curiosity in spirit stones? What do you intend to make use of them for?”

In response to Privia’s query, Philip grinned and answered, “For my sister. To get nearer to spirits, you want one thing like spirit stones. Plus, there are some things I would like to assemble from this forest.”

Privia gave Philip a skeptical look. “I can’t perceive you. What might a mere twenty-year-old novice probably know? Driving away that divine being earlier would have been unattainable in case you didn’t have an entire understanding of divine beings like that.”

“Properly, I don’t suppose that’s actually necessary.”

“No, it is crucial. You recognize lots for a human. Your manner of manipulating magic has some elements that not even I, a dragon, can absolutely grasp. It couldn’t be defined simply since you’re a prodigy.”

“… That’s true.”

Privia was a being of excessive caliber, and she or he couldn’t be unaware that one thing was off about Philip. Whereas she might have delved deeper, she selected to faux to not know.

“Let’s get transferring for now. There’s lots we have to discover. With you right here, Privia, issues may go faster than I assumed.”

Philip started strolling forward, and Privia adopted him, seemingly observing what he was as much as.

Quickly, they arrived on the outskirts of the Elphenia Forest, and reached the habitat of the griffons.

“Why have you ever come right here?”

Griffons had been creatures with eager senses. They’d already sensed Privia’s aura and had been staring down at her like mild sparrows.

Initially a robust creature with a lion’s physique, eagle’s head, and enormous wings, griffons had been lowered to little greater than beetles within the presence of dragons, the mightiest beings beneath heaven.

“Eek…”

One of many griffons locked eyes with Privia and trembled because it by chance launched a stream of urine.

“Sorry for dropping in so all of the sudden. We’re simply on the lookout for one thing after which we’ll go away, okay?”

These clever griffons didn’t assault folks. Furthermore, the creatures that inhabited the Elphenia Forest had been normally herbivorous, feeding on issues like tree fruits and beehives.

Since Philip had a pleasant relationship with the elves, scaring them with out motive had grow to be pointless.

Philip handed by a number of griffin nests and climbed a hill. His purpose was the nest of the royal griffin, “Deffle,” the chief of this griffin habitat.

“This one appears to be like sort of cute.”

Deffle, a griffin sooner and extra highly effective than the common, enthusiastically welcomed the visitors to its nest.

Regardless of its huge measurement rivaling that of a lion, it shortly rolled on the bottom and uncovered its stomach to Privia as she approached. It was a submissive gesture, very similar to another animal.

“… Did you say it appears to be like cute?”

Philip grinned and examined the nest.

“Yeah, it does. So, what are you on the lookout for right here? I’ve heard that you’ve got a behavior of asking griffins for stuff you like, however I doubt there’s something you want from this one.”

As Philip rummaged via Deffle’s chosen feathers, chick stays, and probably unknown items of shell or leftover apples, he discovered a number of crimson fruits resembling cherries.

It had been observing the objects taken by Philip with rapt consideration, and set free a sigh of aid.

“You’re solely taking this, is that okay?”

Being very smart, Deffle might perceive some human speech. He nodded to royal griffin and turned to Privia.

“Let’s transfer on to a different place now.”

“The place are you going, and what’s that for?”

“We’re heading to the Fairy Spring. That is… one thing like a tonic. Possibly our buddy right here may need taken this mistakenly and spent a number of sleepless nights.”

Privia squinted her eyes.

“A tonic? So, you’re planning to drug that service provider woman.”

“Sure? No!”

Philip shouted in frustration, however Privia remained unfazed.

“If it’s not her, then who’s it? You’re not the kind to be captivated by appearances, and it’s not an elf you simply met right now. You’re undoubtedly not the kind to pursue a married lady, and it’s not that investigator woman both…”

“What, in your opinion, is probably the most excellent treatment, Privia?”

When Philip requested, Privia responded promptly as if it was a given.

“Are you speaking in regards to the Elixir?”

“That’s what most individuals consider. So, do you occur to know find out how to make the Elixir?”

“… I don’t know.”

The Elixir was a legendary treatment from historic instances stated to even revive just lately deceased our bodies.

To Philip’s data, there was just one nation on this planet that possessed this potion, and it wasn’t used even when the king’s life was in peril.

“I heard the Kingdom of Elaha has one.”

Widespread perception held that dragons created the Elixir, however the actuality was totally different. The recipe for the Elixir had been misplaced within the distant previous, so even when one had been a dragon, they wouldn’t know find out how to make it.

Moreover, Elixir was typically deeply sealed inside historic ruins, making it a uncommon discover until a dragon occurred to find it by probability.

When Phillip gave a wierd smile, Privia stared at him suspiciously.

“May this be the elements for the Elixir? In the event you’re making an attempt to trick me, I received’t let it slide.”

“Why wouldn’t it’s? These are certainly elements for the Elixir. They’ll solely be obtained right here within the Elphenia Forest. The rationale I got here all the way in which right here is due to these. Truthfully, I managed to obtain at the very least a number of World Tree leaves.”

“Nice, let’s assume these are Elixir elements. However why do you want the Elixir? Do you could have somebody on their deathbed? It’s not one thing a younger and wholesome individual such as you would want.”

Phillip regarded straight at Privia. Sensing an odd depth in his gaze, Privia twitched her eyebrows.

“The reason being easy. Something much less potent than an Elixir received’t have any impact on a dragon.”

As Phillip completed talking, Privia’s expression modified.

Unbeknownst to her, she had by no means displayed such an expression in her 1000’s of years of life.

Astonishment, shock, and anger.

Consumed by a mixture of feelings, Privia raised her hand.

Phillip felt a magical drive enveloping his physique, however he didn’t resist. Quickly, the ring of magic created by Privia started to tighten round his neck.

“You. Communicate plainly. What precisely have you learnt?”

Seriousness was embedded in Privia’s pupils. Though Phillip realized that he might actually die if he angered her, he wasn’t overly involved.

“Ugh… nicely, it’s not a giant… deal. First, please settle down a bit. You must make it simpler for me to talk if….”

Privia glared at Phillip with a terrifying expression.

“There’s no state of affairs the place I’ll tolerate your stalling. I have to know what you understand.”

“Properly… it’s not a giant deal. It’s simply that you just, Privia, aren’t in your true type proper now, and your physique isn’t in its regular state, proper?”

Privia moved her hand, inflicting Phillip’s physique to stand up after which forcefully slammed him onto the bottom.

“Ugh!”

Phillip screamed in agony.

“How have you learnt that?”

Details about her true type was a secret not even identified to different dragons. The truth that a mere human like Phillip knew it was unacceptable.

Bleeding from the nook of his mouth, Phillip shouted with a way of injustice.

“Verbal magic! I heard verbal magic. It’s a language I shouldn’t be capable of perceive, so why did I hear it? It’s since you, Privia, aren’t in your true type and might’t absolutely make the most of verbal magic, proper? And that physique, it was initially created with draconic magic, wasn’t it? You didn’t suppose I might discover though it was proper subsequent to me?”

“What did you say?”

Stunned by his phrases, Privia lifted the magic she had positioned on Phillip. Regaining his freedom, Phillip coughed and spat out dried blood.

“Now, Kelok, has your curiosity been happy?”

Phillip didn’t truly know a lot to justify his claims.

He was merely faster on the uptake than anticipated.

As Privia realized she had made a major error, chilly sweat started to trickle down her brow.