Chapter 245
"So, did you have a nice nap?" Karl asks when I open my eyes and I notice the orange ring to the light that indicates the sun is going down.
"I guess I’m not going to get that spa treatment in today, unless we do it after dinner and leave late." I say, looking out the window until he laughs at me.
"What?"
"It’s been nearly two days. You were in the middle of a revelation since yesterday morning." Karl explains.
I guess time really did get away from me. But that information was important to know. I’ll have to make it up to him later, he must have been terribly bored, waiting for me to finish what I was doing for two whole days. I’ve been known to run behind schedule in the past, but I’m usually at least on the right day.
"I learned a great number of things about the afterlife in these past few days that seemed like a few hours. I wonder if that’s related to the nature of the afterlife? But I can say for certain that I’m much further along my journey than I was when I began." I smile, leaning back against his chest to feel the pleasantly warm tingling feeling that means mate.
"I’m glad you’re progressing quickly, but we’ve got visitors. The Avatars have all come to visit us, interested in anything you might know about the Dragon relic that was turned over to the Divine Council. It seems their gods have told them you might know a thing or two about it, but didn’t give them any sort of solid details, so they’ve been waiting here to pick your brain." Karl says in a long suffering tone.
I suppose I might have learned a thing or two from the relic before I turned it over, but I’m not sure if any of it will actually be relevant to anyone. How much I can learn from the copy of the relic in my Soul Shrine is debatable, I don’t have enough information to even make a reliable guess. But how do I tell them that without upsetting the most politically powerful set of clergy in this group of mortal worlds. Politicians are tricky to deal with on a good day, and now they think that I’ll be able to give them Divine Secrets that might help them break through the barrier that’s holding them out of divinity.
If I’m going to meet with the Avatars that have assembled here, that means it’s formal wear day. The Royal Robes would just be pretentious in front of them, so it’s High Priestess wear. After a quick shower I will the Robes appear and find they’ve changed significantly. Before they were black with simple silver embroidery and two bands on the sleeves and hem to indicate my rank, where Karl’s have three. Now the embroidery is Gold, not silver, and three bands encircle my cuffs, but only one is Gold, the outer two are silver.
The same applies to my hemline, and the slippers that I rarely use have been upgraded with the floating effect of the Royal Robes. I’ve never seen this particular configuration before. In fact, the only ones I’ve seen with Gold embroidery are the Avatars.