themonasnovels Chapter 1035 1034: Sultanate Full Of Fiends
Chapter 1035 1034: Sultanate Full Of Fiends
Chapter 1035 1034: Sultanate Full Of Fiends
She said we were going to learn something from this, and yet all we got to learn was that the people who had come to rely so heavily on structure for their entire lives and every single minute detail within it, having that structure taken away brought them into a sense of despair that no amount of leadership could readily fix.
Apparently the Vizier was just that loved and that good at her job that the thought of losing her made everyone at the table sink into their depression even more, especially since they had already been drained of all of their energy thanks to someone sitting at the table right now.
Sla'Salaxi paid no mind to the mortals around her, instead focusing on trying to charm the Sultana so that she could accomplish... something; perhaps just a way to guarantee her continued existence, perhaps she wanted to bind herself to someone to someone strong to have a cozier life going forwards, perhaps she was just interested in making love to this extremely powerful woman.
Either way, her presence at the table confused and scared the people even more, so there was little that the Sultana could do to get them back into order without brow beating them and throwing her weight around, which was exactly what she did as she shuffled people's positions and responsibilities to make the city of Khisba return to a state of normalcy, at least somewhat.
It wasn't the show of diplomacy and display of charismatic skill that the Sultana had wanted to put on for us, but the meaning was still clear even as she dismissed the room; we were going to need to get accustomed to dealing with all sorts of people going forwards, and some of those people were going to be despairing the loss of someone or something important.
When they were dismissed, they trudged out without a word and made their way back to their rooms to mull everything over and deal with their grief in whatever way they wanted, leaving us alone at the table once more, though as soon as the Sultana began to say something, Leone's stomach grumbled, her cheeks reddening in embarrassment, though when Anput's stomach rumbled next the Vampire was relieved somewhat that everyone's attention was split.
"I would say let's eat, but..."
The Sultana looked around the empty room before pointedly staring at the empty table, which made me sigh as I stood up and asked "Where is the kitchen? I can cook while we chat; I feel like we aren't going to remain here any longer, right? So we should eat, refill our water pouches and set off for home."
"If that is what you would want, we can head on back to Muqai Al-Maedin; we would arrive by nightfall at the earliest, a few hours before midnight at the latest. Or you can remain here, in Khisba, before heading over to the next city that had a Fiend sighting."Discover new chapters at novelhall.com
"A few more Ka, a few Nua, and one that may or may not be a Tza. This one was an unexpected encounter, which only makes me wonder if there are more lingering around out there among the sands. I always advise caution, but even more so now; the Sultanate is already a treacherous place on the best of days, and currently... we are not so blessed as to be among them."
"Nua Fiends... what do you think we can do with Nua Fiends..?"
I glanced over at Anput and just said "I don't know, but shut up about them for now; I like having a semblance of an appetite.", which made the Jackalkin nod as she pivoted instead to something else, turning to Leone as she asked "You mentioned something about removing impurities in the body; would that actually do anything important?"
A slight groan escaped my lips at that, though I just focused on the cooking instead of thinking about how many pieces of media I had consumed mentioned removing impurities and how nasty and gross it seemed, especially since it was paired with a need to do it multiple times instead of just once...
"That, or empowering certain parts of the body gradually over time to improve yourself from what you are at the moment - strong, yes, but ultimately still rather fragile - into something more resilient and even more powerful. Either one is a good idea for us going forwards, and I have recipes and the ingredients necessary to concoct what we need, we just haven't had the time really... and you do also need to plateau physically before actually trying. Like... our bodies needed to stop growing before we could take those pills or use the powders."
"What about the tattoo idea though? Would that get in the way of using these alchemical products? I mean, if you enhance the flesh then how well will mana take to it compared to before? What about the tattoos that you already have?"
I glanced back at the Vampire, who shrugged again as she replied "I'm not to sure, but it should be fine; obviously I'll want to do some more research before hand, and ask Mother a few questions about it. She's told me she did those things before, so... yeah. And depending on what we get, I might even be able to improve the recipes some more with Fiend parts. That'd be nicer on Aunt Igna since for a long time there, the strongest 'creature' we could get ingredients from would be her..."
We all just stared at the Vampire for a few moments before shaking our heads and moving on to the next topic of conversation, all while the wonderful scent of spices began to fill the kitchen as I got our meal underway; quite a lot of food too since I didn't really want to be in Khisba any longer than we needed to be.
The city hadn't really enticed me, though that was through no fault of its own; I just want to move forwards now, I suppose, and I also wanted to keep exploring Anput's home to get to know my mate better.