Chapter 263

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Chapter 263

The archmage quickly stepped on the brakes and said, "Stop." Earth Child stopped.

She gave Sylas a wink, and her swift gaze couldn’t hide her pride. This is what Sylas considered as a "girl charm." She smiled, opened the car door, and asked Xerath to come up.

After both of them sat in the carriage, Sylas asked in confusion, "How can it move forward without looking at the road?"

Xerath smiled cunningly and said, "My little wild beast, is your mind not working at this moment?" The archmage took out a Sunstone from her pocket, and a golden light shimmered around it. The Light Mirror Technique unfolded in front of her, allowing her to see all directions clearly.

Sylas blushed when she glanced at her. She hoped to cut through the darkness with a sharp mirror, but she never thought of using it to see the road. She couldn’t live up to Xerath’s praised "sharpness" at all.

The archmage drove the carriage around the city, and although there have been Earth Childs driven by Earth Child before, it is rare to see one as big as this. Earth is originally a lazy type of element, and among spells of the same intensity, earth elemental spells require more mana. Therefore, there are fewer users who can control earth elementals, and even fewer who can control such a large one.

Many people tried to look into the carriage to see who the respected mage was, but instead found two young girls. Sylas looked at the crowd and followed Xerath’s gaze, not wanting to share her with others. She simply pulled the curtains up and used the same object as a focus and cast an Illumination Spell.

The carriage immediately lit up.

The archmage leaned against a soft cushion and said, "I need to buy something to sleep on."

The car slowly turned, and she was too lazy to get off, so she asked the water lord to do everything. There was no room for the water lord in the narrow carriage, so Hyectra was summoned from outside.

It took care of everything and bought expensive fur and bedding, which was stored in a drawer under the seat.

"It’s so convenient, the world can’t do without craftsmen." She patted the seat, "There should also be dry food, the kind that is not easily damaged, so you can’t eat vegetables with a lot of water or fresh meat… but occasionally a change in taste is not bad." So the Earth Child, who was a big figure, slowly walked to the nearby market.

The carriage was too big to enter the market, so the archmage had to go down and ask the cook what vegetables they needed. After a conversation that made no sense, the Leunen had to hold the water lord, whose head was made of solidified magma, and go inside. The remaining part was used to guard the carriage, as for the elements, they can use any part of their body for visual purposes, not just the head.

The Leunen sizzled and complained that the lump of magma was too hot, while the magma said it had already cooled down.

After finishing the purchase, the archmage proudly led their servants back to the vicinity of the carriage. The onlookers immediately scattered from the crowd and began to peep at them from inconspicuous gaps. Xerath didn’t mind, she went into the carriage and ordered the Earth Child pulling the carriage to start.

"Just need to change a set of words to describe the intensity, it’s not difficult at all. But there are not many mages who can manipulate this level of intensity, so many people think that Earth Child is only this big." She gestured to indicate a height. "Many books don’t mention it because it’s not really needed. Your teacher must have told you that Earth Child at this level has a lot of inertia. But if the Earth Child at this level already has a lot of inertia, how can we summon the Mountain Giant?"

Sylas also thought about this issue when she was about to summon the Mountain Giant, but she didn’t expect it to be that simple.

The carriage had many cushions that Xerath made very comfortable, but it was still a bit hot inside because of the strong sun. Sylas had to open the window to let the breeze in, which made it cooler, but still not enough.

The weather was getting close to summer, and it was unexpectedly hot in Tabletop Mountain City. Sylas unbuttoned two buttons on her collar and complained about the weather, not noticing that Xerath quickly averted her eyes.

"It won’t be hot anymore if we keep going for a while, you know? A higher mountain, let’s say one thousand meters high, has different temperatures at the top and bottom. The further west you go towards Tabletop Mountain City, the higher the terrain, so it becomes colder. Even in this season, there are snow-covered mountains that never melt."

"Wow… is that true?" Snow melts at zero degrees, and if there is snow on the mountaintop in summer, it must be below zero.

Xerath nodded seriously. As they left Tabletop Mountain City and went further west, the terrain gradually rose. Sylas, now in charge of the large Earth Child, felt the increasing pressure and had to spend extra magic to make it climb.

Since taking over the job of "driving," Xerath had completely stopped doing anything and started to rest with her eyes closed. After a few hours, Sylas started to feel restless and couldn’t help but ask, "Teacher, aren’t you uncomfortable?"

"Hm? What’s uncomfortable?"

"…Sitting is really tiring." She rubbed her sore legs, thinking that if she didn’t stand up soon, it would become unbearable. But the ceiling was too low, so she had to bend over if she wanted to stand up.

Xerath looked at her, nodded, and suddenly opened the door and walked out.

This is a moving carriage! She couldn’t help but stand up and pull Xerath, but the miracle archmage disappeared in an instant, Sylas was sure she didn’t fall, not in that direction.

The car door closed with a bang, and the car window was covered in water marks. It seemed like it had rained over their heads, just as they had agreed. This car was excellent at keeping out water.

After a while, the archmage poked his head in through the suddenly opened door and smiled, saying, "Come out!"

Sylas grabbed the roof of the car and looked outside. Xerath was holding onto a small ladder nailed to the carriage, sticking out about half of her body. Once Sylas came out, she climbed directly onto the car roof.

The young apprentice couldn’t help but wonder if her teacher had time to take any protective measures before they fell. After all, since the last incident, the great, invincible archmage’s image in her heart had collapsed. It had been replaced by a specially fragile crystal that made her wish she could hold it in her arms all the time, using her own body to cushion any collisions.

But Xerath had already reached out a hand, indicating for her to grab onto it and climb up. Sylas was pulled up by her with a tug, and the two of them ended up slightly disheveled, rolling together on the car roof before separating in an awkward but unspoken gesture.

Colliding bodies are a great distraction for someone with ulterior motives, and in order to mask the embarrassment, the archmage said, "I’ve always wanted to do that, but I never had the chance to use a carriage before."

Carriages are actually a very popular type of transportation. There are cheap public carriages in various places, and wealthy people often have carriages and coachmen on standby at home.

"Did you not have any when you were little?"

"There might be, but parents won’t allow children to lie on the roof." She smiled and said, "It’s not ladylike, it’s not proper etiquette."

Since Xerath arrived in Aimekotes, she insisted on proper behavior, but…

Xerath lay back and rested her head on her arm, saying, "But does it matter to others how I behave? Does it make it cooler?"

Of course, the carriage was not moving slowly, and with the shade and breeze in the forest, it became even cooler. Without the obstruction of a roof, Sylas could enjoy the black clouds blocking the scorching sun above her head.

"Miss Priest encouraged me to do outdoor activities, saying it’s beneficial for recovery. So, I described the outdoors in Aimekotes to her, which frightened her."

"Anyone would be scared," Sylas recalled their first encounter with a storm. "But it does seem to have its advantages." She couldn’t help but take a deep breath; the smell of the forest was refreshing.

In fact, Miss Priest also privately told her to take her teacher out more often. "Mages are not fond of moving, which is actually quite harmful to the body. I see you have a lively spirit, so at least take her out for a walk every day. Don’t spend all day lying in bed. Bedsores can develop if you stay in bed for a long time. The skin where your body touches the bed will break down, and it’s difficult to heal once you’ve got them."

Sylas couldn’t stand the strange things growing on her beautiful body, so she forced Xerath to go for walks every day, even though the archmage was reluctant. However, now it seems that regular outdoor activities are particularly beneficial for uplifting the spirit. Xerath now appears cheerful, and the fatigue and worries of recent days have vanished.

"Later, Virgil and I went on an adventure. We had an old carriage that we could lie down in. Unfortunately, that carriage, along with Virgil’s favorite ground splitter, fell into a deep valley. He was so heartbroken that he never bought another carriage, and I don’t have a carriage to lie down in anymore."

She actually liked doing these kinds of things when she was young. Even though Xerath looks young, the word "still going strong" came to Sylas’s mind.

"Then he must have been really sad." Sylas felt that Virgil liked small animals more than humans. "Teacher…"

She wanted to say something but hesitated. Xerath turned her head and looked at her, asking softly, "What are you thinking?"

Thinking about you… Her heart fluttered, and she had the urge to lean down and kiss her. However, she restrained herself in the end.

"Are you thinking about your mother? Does it make you feel sad?"

Sylas shook her head. "I’ve already been sad after she died. It feels strange to be sad again… I just can’t understand what happened that day…"

She paused, feeling a sudden burning sensation on her face. She mentioned "what happened that day," and just those few words made her unable to face Xerath anymore. She quickly switched to a completely unrelated topic, "You were speaking strangely at that time, what exactly happened? I kept forgetting to ask…"