Chapter 593: Get forked
Sofia and Alith were having a relaxing picnic under the bone trees of Zangdar on the eve of their expedition. Sofia bit down into a strange purple fruit she had bought from a merchant at the sect, when she started to feel a bit nauseous.
“You look unwell,” Alith immediately noticed, “It is poisonous?”
Sofia shook her head, “No, it’s quite good, this is unrelated. The skill is just about ready, I think, my mana circuits are starting to move around…”
“Oh! About time. Can’t wait to see whether my advice was good or not.”
“Well… Hopefully your grandfather wasn’t making up the stories he taught you,” Sofia said, “the censoring didn’t make the choice any easier either, but oh well…”
“My first trial took place in one of the countries he had taught me about, and he also taught me about the pyramids, and not only did we find one in this world too, but Zarrow was pretty adamant that they were a thing. I wouldn’t put it past my grandpa to have embellished things a bit, but he wouldn’t straight up lie,” Alith defended.
“Right, right, well renowned travelling minstrel… Yet you ended up living alone in a mountain hut collecting herbs. And you don’t know any instruments.”
“He still had all the instruments and trinkets from all around the world, so I can at least say for sure that this was true. It’s just that he had to retire due to his shaking hands sickness,” Alith explained with a shrug. “Either way, this specific mythology was very entertaining to learn about, I wish I remembered more, but more than the gods, what I liked were the creatures. Ever since I learned about chimeras being real here, I’ve been wondering if the others are too. Even though the chimeras are a bit different than how my grandpa described them.”
“Wait, chimeras were a thing from that mythology of your world?” Sofia asked.