Chapter 252: Sometimes, answers came from unassuming conversation
"This is going to be alright, right? Nothing will go wrong, right?"
I asked Natha while holding the seed in my embrace. There was a smile on his face as he took out a huge tube where we would put the seed in. "I only put it in my bag when I took it from the ruin. I’m pretty sure this tube is luxurious enough."
"But is it safe?" I insisted, frowning until he patted my head with a soft laugh.
"There’s an anti-shock barrier, a preservation spell, temperature formation, and it’s made of anti-magic tempered glass," he slammed the tube into the floor as if to prove that it was, indeed, resilient. "And it will be safely stored inside a specially made dimensional cage," he pointed into a necklace circling my neck. "Sounds safe enough for you?"
My new necklace--well, new pendant, was kind of a storage ring. But it was made to transport living beings--usually mount beasts or precious rare animals--so there was air inside, and time moved as usual. The medium had to be a high-quality mana gem, and this one, especially, was cradled inside a throne made of Mythril, which was also the material for the chain.
Due to these properties, it was crazy expensive, but what was money for the Matsa Ra Natha, right?
Hmm...alright, I guessed it was safe enough. I finally nodded and Natha picked up the tube again, setting it on the table so we could put the seed in.
"See you later, okay?" I stroked the patterned surface and sent a thick layer of pure mana to coat the surface before giving it to Natha, who did the same with a chuckle.
Well, if not for protection, then It could snack on the mana during the journey, at the very least.
Carefully--perhaps because I was looking with rapt attention--Natha put the seed inside the protective tube. I watched it closed and sealed, waiting until every spell and formation carved on it activated, before touching it to send the tube inside my necklace.
Once it was safely stored inside the cage, I closed my eyes to see if I could still feel the pulsing core. Only after I could feel it that I let go a sigh of relief. The moment I opened my eyes, Natha grabbed my cheek and squeezed it.