ALL NOVEL Chapter 1310: Time To Get Going
Chapter 1310: Time To Get Going
After we discussed things out a bit, we decided to move out, although Felicia decided to remain here and guarantee the safety of the small city of Eden for the time being.
"I thought you would have insisted on coming, master. You kept talking about how fascinated you were by everything," I said. "I would have assumed you would have loved that Miasmic Nest."
"Oh, for sure! I would!" she nodded. "But worry not, my disciple, I do have a plan."
She said so rather confidently, and with that air she has, which makes her seem like she's of high society. Is she though? I guess she is. Sometimes it doesn't feel like that.
"Wait, how so?" Celeste asked, rising an eyebrow.
"Heh, admire!" said Felicia. "Familiar Summon."
She's going to let us bring one of her Familiars. I guess she can share her senses with them maybe.
FLASH!
However, the Familiar that appeared by her side was... Not what we expected, it was a person, a woman, actually. She looked almost identical to her, except she had short blue hair and green eyes instead, her clothes were also slightly different.
"Hello! It's me, Felicia. I actually have two bodies, isn't that amazing?"
"HUH?!"
The familiar she summoned, an actual person, ended talking with the same voice she had, and Felicia nodded at that.
"Wait, Felicia! What's going on? Did you enslave this girl and brainwashed her into thinking she's you?" my father wondered.
"What?! Why would I ever do that, Allan?" the girl asked, in disbelief. "It's really me, idiot." "Yeah, I share the same soul with this body and my original body," Felicia said. "This body is not of someone else, I created it! Can you guess what it is?"
"A zombie?" Celeste asked.
"Maybe it's like a golem!" said Celica. "Is that it?"
"Close but not quite!" laughed Felicia. "One of the goals of Alchemy that many have attempted to reach but that few have ever tapped into. Yet I have not only created one myself, but I've made it my Familiar... Yes, can you guess it now?"
"Um... No?" I wondered.
"No clue what you're talking about," Celeste said.
"A golem! It is a golem right?" Celica asked again.
Felicia facepalmed with both of her bodies.
"No, you ignorant girls!" she sighed. "It is a Homunculus! One of the pinnacles of Alchemy! To create a human-like lifeform out of pure ingredients. The recipe of humankind or whatever. This little girl that looks like me is my homunculus, it was soulless before, so I used a ritual I copied from Gray and which I perfected using Alchemy to imbue my soul in both bodies! Even if one dies, the other remains alive and I can just move my whole soul there. Amazing, isn't it?"
"H-Homunculus?! Isn't that forbidden by the law?!" asked Allan. "Also it is frowned upon because you require the body parts of people to make them... Felicia! What in the world did you do?!"
"H-Hey, calm down a bit!" Felicia felt my father's righteous ire. "I made it out of my own body parts and also monster parts, so don't look at me like that..."
"Wait, your own body parts?" I asked in horror. "M-Master, what the hell is wrong with you?"
"Look who's talking, you actively grind your scales, fangs, claws, and use your blood in your crafting," Alice suddenly said.
"Eh?! T-That's different, right?" I said. "I bet master used her actual flesh..."
"Hahah, well, there's healing magic for a reason, right?" Felicia giggled. "And also when you drink high quality elixirs, regrowing body parts its not hard. I just used it to take... a few pieces of myself, using spells to inhibit bleeding and pain made it very easy!"
"This woman's insane..." said Celeste.
"Hahaha! Master's quite something!" Celica giggled.
"I... honestly, this feels right at home with Felicia's antics," my father sighed. "Okay so your Homunculi, how strong is it?"
"Right now she's at Tier 7, I made her only a couple of years ago after all," Felicia said. "But I used the flesh, bones, organs, and blood of other creatures, mostly dragon-type monsters to reinforce her power. Also some other beasts to inherit their abilities, like super regeneration from Blood Thralls, Tough Skin from Ogres, and so on."
"You sure put a lot of effort into it..." My father sighed. "So you're coming with us with that second body of yours?"
"Exactly!" she smiled. "Do you like it, Sylphy, Celica, Celeste? Once you reach the pinnacle of alchemy, you will be able to create a secondary body, or perhaps even a tertiary! Though I don't know if my soul is big enough for a third body..."
"I guess having a second body could be convenient, but it feels a bit creepy at the same time,"
I sighed.
"Maybe if it were a golem or a ghost it would be fun to use!" Celica said.
"Or a spirit!" I said.
"Yeah!" Celica agreed, nodding.
"I don't know if I like it that much..." said Celeste. "But is this a way to cheat death?"
"Hahah, perhaps..." laughed Felicia, pretending it was not exactly for that. "I suppose not many would like it at the end... Ahem! Anyways! I shall go with you with my secondary body, please treat her well, she's a very cute and delicate girl."
"She's literally just you, we won't treat her differently..." Celeste said.
"Geez, so serious! Anyways, I will remain here with my real body and watch over the city, I'll tell you if anything shows up using my telepathy," she said. "Now go! I bet you don't want to waste more time in here."
"You're right, we should get going," nodded my dad. "Sylphy?"
"Sure, let's do this," I nodded.
After dad left behind his Familiars, we set off into the plains. I also left behind some of my
Spirits and Familiars here. Namely Furoh, Yggdra, Brownie, Violet, and Glutton, together
with Selene and Felicia, this place will be very well protected.
"Is there a way to get there quickly?" wondered Celica.
"Yes, let me bring you there," I nodded.
We created a circle, holding hands with each other, and then.
FLASH!
We teleported right in front of the Miasmic Nest.