Chapter 602: Garden of Eden
Everything changed as the Deep’s light engulfed everything in sight, the hard roots regained worldly shades of brown and green, colorful flowers in a myriad hues appeared out of nowhere all over them, growing in the holes and cracks, soft green moss covered the ground and Sofia could immediately smell the pleasant scents of flowers and fresh sap. It was the exact same flowery smell the air on the moon had from the start, but turned up to eleven.
No immediate danger?
“Are you both alr-” Sofia started to ask, turning around, but she stopped when she saw the strange state of her companions.
“What the fuck… Is this some kind of illusion magic?” Alith asked.
She was wearing a different outfit, which looked like Dopple had extended into a long black robe, and her face was completely blurry, as if being looked at through a foggy window.
“If it is, I can’t feel any mana movements at all…” Sofia answered, her eyes shifting to the other unknown yet familiar presence.
Pareth had also become different. Gone was the skeleton, in his place stood a tall muscular man with wide shoulders in lordly clothes, just like Alith, his face was impossible to make out.
Seeing both of them like this, Sofia looked down at herself, she was wearing a light and soft beige summer dress, all of her things gone except for her black glove and Ormoncleth’s bell, which had gone from her staff to being a decoration on the ribbon holding her hair. Bookie’s book form had also undergone some change, now looking like a much smaller regular book.
“Bookie?!” Sofia immediately reacted, worried about him a lot more than she was about everything else. But it was a relief to see the book open by itself, its interior full of the usual golden fog, and Bookie summoned himself, appearing as a short boy in casual clothes with a blurry face.