Chapter 269: Sudden Acceleration Magic
*Beep* *Beep
The sound of the alarm went off and seemed to echo throughout the room. Elysia opened her eyes slightly and reached out her hand to extinguish the alarm sound from the cube clock.
"Uah-hmm... Is it morning already?" Elysia muttered half-consciously. She sat up and rubbed his eyes gently.
When she looked at the cube clock, it was seven o"clock. Quite a late time for a girl who used to wake up early. What could she do about it? Last night the girls learned some knowledge from Ariel until late at night.
"Good morning, Miss Elysia." Ariel greeted the girl who had just woken up.
"Ah-uhm, good morning, Miss Ariel. You still look good even though we slept late last night. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with us." Elysia smiled in reply. She got out of bed and went to the bathroom to wash her face.
Ariel"s gaze followed Elysia until Elysia was out of her sight. She let out a soft sigh and leaned back against the headboard. Apart from Elysia and herself, the other girl had a hard time waking up from sleep last night.
The memory of last night flashed through her mind. For some reason, she felt guilty and couldn"t blame anyone other than herself.
How could it not be? She looked at the future G.o.ddess"s face for a long time when all the girls were asleep. It was as if she wanted to carve Elysia"s face into her memory.
"No, Ariel, don"t think anymore. Your faith belong to the G.o.ddess of Blessings and the Holy Church. Our G.o.ddess of Blessings has come down to the mortal world for her people. You shall only devote your everything to the G.o.ddess of Blessings." Ariel immediately shook her head to regain her focus.
Her belief was a little shaky while sleeping next to the future G.o.ddess, G.o.ddess of Light"s disciple.
After that, she revoked the barrier of light that was almost invisible with a swing of her hand. Nothing barged in, sneaked in, or the like as a sign of danger. Everything was safe under control.
Ariel took a deep breath, then let it out slowly. Then, she tried to wake the girls because of their request last night, even though they took forever to wake up. Especially Rosie, who said they needed to leave early in the morning, right after breakfast, to arrive at Cuttexus in the afternoon.
Sometime later, the girls couldn"t help but get up and get ready. After changing their pajamas into dresses suitable for a long trip, they all stepped out of the room to join Fran and Maximilian"s group.
Well, the girl group was a little late from the appointed time. Even so, they could still have breakfast together before finally checking out from the inn.
"We"re going straight away again. Is there anything left behind or something? The distance for our journey this time is quite a distance from the previous one, and we"d better not stop halfway like yesterday if we want to arrive at dusk." Ariel asked out of concern shortly after she boarded the Gravy Ark.
"Ugh... Is it about 12 hours? If we can"t stop halfway, then what if I want to pee?" Evelyn had other worries on her mind. Just thinking about it made her want to pee.
"I guess that"s fine, we"ll stop at a nearby town. You can pee in the woods or in the riverbank too if we have no other choice but to camp, hehe..." Rosie giggled while covering her mouth.
"In the forest, by the river? I don"t want that, mou..." Evelyn felt sluggish just thinking about it.
"Take it easy, Eve. Rosie was just kidding, let"s go up. Maybe we"ll get to Cuttexus City sooner than expected." Elysia tugged Evelyn"s sleeve and smiled mysteriously. Only Elena and Vanessa knew why.
Evelyn just nodded and climbed into the Gravy Ark. Apparently, only her, who worried for nothing. Such a business was an emergency because wet one"s pants was an embarra.s.sing situation after all.
Once they were flying at a steady pace in the clear sky, Elysia implemented her little magic. Acceleration magic as she couldn"t bear to suffer the long journey anymore.
*Swoosh*
An acceleration occurred suddenly, and Elysia only smiled subtly after putting up an additional barrier. They sped up at breakneck speed, and it was still gradually increasing only because of Elysia"s magic. However, no one was aware of it yet.
"By the name of the G.o.ddess! Miss Ariel, what are you doing? I believe we are traveling at over six thousand kilometers per hour! This is the Holy Grandfather"s Gravy Ark, do you remember?" Maximilian gasped in surprise, but his heart jumped at once. He could only question Ariel with worry, but Ariel was much more confused than he was? What happened?
"I don"t know, Sir Maximilian. This has never happened to the Gravy Ark I"ve ridden before. Was there a malfunction or something? Argh, how about this, what happened?" Ariel panicked and tried her best to overcome the current predicament.
However, she remembered that she was the captain of this Gravy Ark. If she sank in the ocean of panic, then everyone would drown with her.
"Ah-ah please don"t panic, I"ve stopped Gravy Ark in an emergency." Ariel"s efforts were in vain. She was already panicking, and the others were the same.
"Aah, are we going to die? This Gravy Ark has gone insane even after being shut down." Evelyn hugged Ella, and the latter did likewise. They could only cry out in panic like a shocked little girl.
The nerves running through the Gravy Ark were no longer lit, but they were still shooting off at high speed. The air ripples were clearly visible, and they were already far beyond the speed of sound.
"Has it been stopped with the emergency mode? However, why are we continuing to advance at an ever increasing speed!? Oh the G.o.ddess of Blessings, please bless us with your grace." Maximilian exclaimed with determination in his eyes, then took out his magic wand. However, before he could do anything, a girl suddenly raised her hand up high.
"Ano, please don"t panic. It"s me, it came from my magic. We"re safe, really. This Gravy Ark didn"t go crazy or anything. Please forgive me, I didn"t know it would turn out like this." Elysia moved her hands erratically due to a different source of panic. For this matter, Elena couldn"t help her other than advise her to speak the truth.
"Eh?"
"Huh?"
It was a dazed response from astonished people. They couldn"t believe it for a second but were convinced two seconds later.
No wonder Elysia didn"t respond to anything when the others panicked. It was the doing of this unruly girl. And this time, Elysia just panicked because she felt guilty.
"Oh my G.o.ddess, heaven... Miss Elysia, you almost gave me a heart attack. Next time, please provide an advance notice." Ariel breathed a sigh of relief and stroked her upper chest. It was just a false alarm.
She had thought it was all her fault and she must take responsibility for it. Despite that, she was already prepared to risk her life to save everyone, much like this old wizard.
"Well, well, what a mischievous girl we have here. You almost sent this old wizard to graveyard due to the sudden hazard from your haphazard behavior, Elysia girl. Phew... Thank G.o.ddess everything is fine." Having said that, Maximilian did nothing but check at the Gravy Ark. He had to make sure they were safe, and then he could heave a sigh of relief.
"Bad Ely, bad Ely, you should have told us beforehand, dummy. That way, we can prepare ourselves before you use your acceleration magic." Evelyn pounded her best friend over and over with weak force. She should blame her best friend, but not to hurt.
"Phew... Ely, bad." Ella stroked her upper chest. She could still feel her heart beating fast.
n.o.body noticed it. The certain indifferent white cat just rolled her eyes as if to say "meh". Well, that could be justified because Vanessa had experienced it firsthand. She and her master traveled at a much higher speed than the current Gravy Ark"s rate.
Her master referred to it as the speed of light, but she believed it was an unbelievably high speed beyond measure. Sometimes, it felt like they just blinked and arrived at an exceptionally distant place.
Unlike the others, Rosie became interested in other realizations, even though she was also surprised earlier. "Ely, you can use acceleration magic like this? You support the Gravy Ark and 11 people to fly at high speed, you know? The Gravy Ark doesn"t do anything in this state."
"Ye, yeah... Sorry, oow, Eve, please don"t keep hitting me." Elysia could only let Evelyn beat her upper arm with a weak smile. She didn"t shy away or resist either.
"Dummy Ely, the next time you do something like that without prior notice... I"ll, I"ll..." Evelyn was fl.u.s.tered when she was about to make a proper threat to keep her best friend from doing pranks like just now and the like.
"I"ll?" Elysia wore a confused expression, waiting for it to continue.
"I will bite you! Like this, rawr." Evelyn bared her gleaming white teeth like a predator to the little prey. She immediately grabbed her best friend"s shoulder and took a bite but gently.
"Ouch, you did bite me, Eve. Wuwuu-wu, this little rabbit has been attacked by a eve-redator." Elysia faked her cry by exaggerating the incident to reconcile the atmosphere.
Sure enough, her and Evelyn"s behavior managed to bring smiles to the others. It was until a while before she was interrogated about her acceleration magic, though.