Re:START/If {Book 1.0}
Chapter 42: Mutual-Evien 2 of 10 “Amaranth Globe” (Part 02)
The day was not as cloudy as before. The sun has been at its highest peak, its rays really exposed the plains and brought a sense of warmth that some people longed for. Amidst the crowd in the city hall, Odo and Vil walked in with a slightly awkward atmosphere.
Just next to each other, without exchanging words because there was still something in their minds that could not accept each other. Slightly glancing at the blue-haired woman next to him, Odo only put on a flat expression and tightly closed his mouth without inviting the woman to talk.
Passing through the city center, they went towards the craftsmen district. Although now the trade route has been opened, as usual the place became the quietest when compared to other districts. But there was some improvement, a level of hustle that Odo had never seen in the district.
It was seen that there were some people in the clothes of other lands such as the Urzia empire and the Ungea kingdom, they were busy in front of the shop and were wondering to buy something. Passing through the main street of the artisan district, Odo glanced at a glance and knew that people from other countries were mostly approaching shops selling pottery and furniture crafts.
Stop glancing and looking at the carts parked on some street corner, Odo in his mind felt, “Why did they even come to such a place? Are you looking for information? There is no way they are just shopping, political conditions are hot and those traders should know that.”
Vil consciously changes Odo's expression, taking a look towards the people dressed typical of the Ungea kingdom which consists of long robes and turban. Looking at the blacks of one of the existing merchants, the Great Spirit said, “They are from Ungea ...”
“Hmm, it looks like it is.”
“Do they want to shop? It is not that political conditions should be hot .... Are they spies or something?”
“Ah, even pronounced.”
“Eh?”
Odo's footsteps stopped, and so did Vil. Some people around looked at them when they heard these words, full of displeasure as if what the blue hair woman said was true. Immediately patting Vil's shoulder, Odo passed the information on to him and told him to walk quickly.
Nodding slightly, the two of them immediately walked over and left the place full of sharp gazes. Getting such a reaction, Odo concluded several things with his Perception Speculation.
While quite far away from those people, Odo squinted and muttered, “They. If the condition is like this, it means behind the scenes the situation is already ...”
“Odo?”
“Tak what .... Come on, keep going.”
It didn't take five minutes for Odo and Vil to reach their destination. It was a shop belonging to a magician at the end of the artisan district, it could be said that a mini Atelier (workshop) belonged to an Alchemist as well as a magician who had studied at the Miquator.
In the past, the beginning of Odo came to the place he did not realize that the place was not just a store of magic tools and ordinary potions. But after hearing the news from some people in the inn, the young man knew a little that the owner of the Altelier was more famous than he thought.
“What is this place, Odo?”
Vil stared at the slightly flat one-story building. From the front, there is a store board that reads ‘Hulla’ Magic Store, which in another sense the word Hulla refers to a corpse. The azure hair Great Spirit's face instantly shriveled, feeling uneasy about the place.
“Why? Is there anything strange?” ask Odo.
“Nothing, anyway. Just the name ..., why should Hulla?”
“Entahlah, just ask the owner.”
Odo walked to the door, rang the bell twice and waited for someone to open the door. No need to wait a minute, someone from inside responded, “Sebenatar, I'm coming soon!”
The sound of a small bell was heard as the woman opened the door for the young man. The one who came was not the store owner, but a witch who Odo had seen participating in the bandit's extermination plan. The woman's gray-white hair made her vividly recall the woman, the single braid to her back slightly made the young man remember a purple-haired woman he knew.
As surprised as Odo was, the woman with the purple eyes stared confusedly. With a slightly gaping mouth, he said, “Ayahan—?”
Odo immediately covered the woman's mouth with his right palm. Staring flat, the young man gave information through the physical box. The two women's eyes were slightly opened wide, understood the information she received and immediately took one step back.
Lowering her hand, Odo said, “Hmm, if not mistaken ... You're Canna Miteres, right? Who had participated in the extermination with another, a witch from Miquator ...”
Hearing that, Canna was a little groggy and her eyes looked at the left right quickly. Immediately looking at the young man before him, he replied, “I-Iya ..., I Canna!”
Vil was curiously suspicious at the sight of such an unnatural reaction. Glancing at Odo, the young man's expression did not show any strange gurgle at all. Sighing lightly, the Great Spirit said, “What does this store owner have? We want to meet him.”
Opening the door wide, the purple-robed woman said, “Please come in, Hulla is inside. Welcome to our small Atelier.”
Before stepping inside, someone from inside with a soft volume said, “Canna? Haah~ Sleepiness .... Who's coming? Is he a customer?”
“Iyaaa! Dia—!”
Canna's words stopped when she saw the figure of the workshop owner coming. The appearance of the 25-year-old woman was very muddy, her hair and robes were not neatly arranged as if clearly showing herself just waking up.
At first glance observing the woman's reddish-brown hair the length of a boat, Odo knew that the level of the witch was higher than Canna after seeing embroidery around the collar of her faded purple robe. Odo only found out that the owner of the magic tool shop was educated as high as that.
“Hmm, the last time I came here he didn't use that Miquator robe,” Odo thought.
Canna looks a little upset. The woman who usually looks calm and cold frowned, walked towards Luna and snapped, “Luna! At least if you receive guests, first arrange your appearance! Huh! That's why you don't have many customers despite being talented!”
Odo was a little surprised by their relationship, he did not expect a figure like Canna would be such attention to others. “Dia ... one of Korwa, ‘kan? He should have been the last Korwa .... Keep on why,” Odo's mind.
Luna looked towards the young man with black hair. Staring with his eyes, he asked, “You ... who? I've seen where ...”
“I Odo ..”
“Eh?” Sayu Luna's eyes were wide open.
“Odo Luke, time don't remember? Not that we have ever chatted together until we forget time, Mbak Luna,” said the young man with black hair.
“No! No! Odo— I mean, Mr. Odo was a kid, you know! Don't admit I'm the Marquess' son! Later caught, loh!”
“Yes, how else. I am indeed Odo.”
After that, Lune got an explanation about the form of the Odo. Of course it is only a verbal explanation and only about transformation magic, things like because the Demon King is not delivered.
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Inside the magic tool shop as well as the Workshop, they sat in a special waiting room for customers. It was at the front, near the reception desk and could be said to be more like a guest-only place if juxtaposed with a government office.
The atmosphere of Toko Hulla felt lonely, before Odo and Vil came there was only Canna and Luna. On the walls are displayed some structure carvings on wooden boards, it is an example of a magic structure sold at the magic shop. There were also herbal plants on pots hung from the ceiling, along with magic crystals used as decorations.
At the table near the four people sitting, there were several tools for experiments and papers containing research results. The test tube, placed on its shelves, contains a solution in pure black and white. Erlenmeyer flasks containing Elixir, as well as several other tools were seen filling the table.
It was not a rare thing for Odo, he also often used such tools when making potions in his own residence. What he was interested in were liquids he had never seen or made.
Staring at Canna and Luna who were sitting in front, the young man asked, “Now is Mbak Luna being free? Or busy?”
Lune stared reluctantly, still in disbelief that the young man in front of her was Odo Luke. The reddish-brown woman looked dislike, then replied, “I just finished my afternoon break, don't worry .... More importantly, why are you using transformation magic continuously? Just get back to the shape! Seeing you like it feels uncomfortable.”
Odo could only smile confusedly hearing this. Slightly turning away, the young man said, “Tadi already spelled out, I got stuck in this form for some reason. Mbak Luna also felt it, ‘kan? My magic power ...”
“Ah, so it's not because you intentionally, yes. I guess ... You accidentally pressed it.” Luna squinted, put on a lazy face and said, “If you can, please don't need to call me with such an addition. Just call me Luna .... Called Mbak by a young boy looking like you it feels weird.”
“Ah ..” Odo briefly moved both eyebrows up, then said, “Then call me Odo only. I don't mind.”
“Hmm, I'll do.”
Luna's formal attitude was immediately released. The reddish-brown woman leaned against the back of the wooden chair, slightly stretched and made her curves clearly visible because she was wearing a robe that covered her body from under the neck to the tip of the foot.
Staring flat at the young man, Luna immediately asked, “This time Odo wants to buy what? Bottles for potions? Recipe, or ..” At a glance the magician who was an expert in the field of Alchemy was glancing towards Vil, as if curious about the existence of the Great Spirit.
“What is curious about him?” ask Odo while throwing a smile.
“Surely saj— Uwaah~ Hmm, from the current form of Odo, honestly even the woman who makes me curious. She ... Great Spirit, ‘kan?”
“Yes, he's the Great Spirit. Maybe you've heard of the Great Spirit contracted by my mother, ‘kan? Vil is the Great Spirit.”
Luna and Canna fell silent, the explanation did not answer their curiosity. Sighing with a faint sigh of uneasiness, the two sorcerers looked at each other and nodded once as if they had decided on something.
“Alright, if Odo doesn't want to explain .... So, Odo this time comes for what?”
“Eh?” Odo was a little surprised to get such a reaction. Tilting his head, the young man asked, “Luna did not ask the details, yes .... Hmm, usually if the person with the identity of Vil will definitely ask some kind of Soul Contract or something.”
“We educated magicians understand that the most valuable thing is information and we respect that. I myself highly uphold this, therefore I will not ask further, Odo.”
The young man stared flatly, recalling when he first met Luna. Squinting his gaze and putting on a lazy face, he said, “Padahan .. the first time I came directly showered with questions, loh.”
“Eh?” Canna immediately glanced sharply at the fellow.
“Uhem! So what is Odo coming for?” Luna ignored that and insisted on continuing the conversation. The atmosphere turned silent for a moment.
Canna held onto her companion's shoulder, held firmly and said, “Luna, are you the crowd asking again and breaking the witch's code of conduct? Even though the level is higher than me, you instead ..”.
“ ....”
Luna was only speechless, feeling guilty because indeed a miquator magician was taught not to easily ask in detail. They are taught to pursue facts and knowledge using their own hard work and effort, only in a close group or class can the miquator witches ask each other questions.
“Sick ..., Canna.”
“Ah ..., ma-sorry ..”
The white-haired woman immediately raised her hand, turning her gaze away in guilt. Seeing the nature of his colleague who sometimes like that, Luna understood and understood him.
Looking back at Odo, the woman who owned the store asked, “Odo, just mention your needs. As Odo saw, I have a guest. Soon others will also return ...”
“Others?”
“Hmm, the Miquator witches who participated in Miss Lisathus' plan stayed at this workshop. Well, basically they were indirectly my students as well, I was once their instructor. The first to teach them magic was my late mother, and she entrusted this place and them.”
Odo was a little gaping to hear that, he did not know about it at all or predicted it. Putting that information into the information settings in the head, he did some calculations.
“Well if you are busy.”
Odo slightly rolled up his shirt arm, then pressed the surface of the Dimensional Bracelet on his right arm. The magic circle formed small, then slowly widened and took out a black cube as big as a palm.
“Odo ... actually experienced a decrease in the capacity and quality of magic, yes. Unexpectedly,” said Luna after observing the activation level of Mana belongs to the young man.
Sighing lightly, Odo said, “That I told you earlier.”
“So, what is it?”
Odo lowered the black cube onto the table, then said, “I don't know .... I want you to analyze this thing.”
Luna took out a small wooden box from the sleeve of her robe, then opened it and put on the glasses that were inside. The glasses feature magic lenses, with frames of special mixed metal catalysts to speed up the structure process,
Lifting the black cube box, Luna observed it with the analysis glasses. Not finding any signs of Mana, the sorcerer said, “Hmm, it looks like this is not a magic crystal or anything like that.” Showing it to Canna, he asked, “Do you know the material, Canna?”
Canna brought the face closer, looked closely and said, “I don't know .... Is this metal? Or mineral?”
They touch, feel, and look at every corner of the black cube.
“No cavity, really high density. But ... not too heavy. Not radiated magic power or signs of life, this is really an inanimate object .... However, it strangely feels a little warm from the inside,” Canna said after observing the cube.
Gazing towards the young man of black hair, Luna asked, “Odo got this from where?”
“Hmm, that I snatched from the Moloia people who once tried to kill me.”
“Eh?”
“Eh?”
They were shocked, completely feeling confused and dumbfounded. They knew such an event had happened, but it was still very surprising to hear that it used to belong to the Moloias.
Sighing lightly, with a lethargic look Luna said, “Look, yes .... Odo knows that Moloia tends not to use magic, ‘ right? We witches are very much at odds with such things and hate it.”
“Hmm, I know.”
“Terus why even hand something like this to us? Odo knows that this place is Altelier magic, ‘ right? Special for Alchemy magic ..”.
“I know,” Odo replied. Slightly smiling thinly, he said, “I'll ask you for that. All I expected was an analysis of the ingredients content and usability. No need for the useful way or the structure of the builder, just two of it.”
Luna's eyebrows shriveled, feeling that such a thing is not too impossible and fast, “Eng, if the building materials we can do indeed .... Alchemy tends to be close to substances such as minerals or such. But if usability ... we can't.”
“Ah, wait ..”
Odo took the cube from them, and put it on the table. When pressing on the surface of the cube, the shape changes like dozens of puzzle cubes that collapse and re-form into a small round medallion with strange patterns on both sides.
Luna, Canna, and Vil were shocked to see such a mechanism. They mistakenly thought it was not a single object, but rather a hundred mini cubes put together using a mechanism structure they did not know about.
“Try this function analysis, it should also not be much different from the magic structure.”
“Hmm, the mechanism is a little similar to the jagged clock. Using gravitational force or pressure as a propulsion,” Canna said. Immediately turning towards his partner, the white hair magician nodded once as if hoping to tinker with the object.
Sighing slightly with a lazy face, Luna nodded lightly because of her colleague and said, “Alright, I accept.”
“Hmm, thank you ...”
“Ah, then I save this thing, yes.”
“Ya.”
After Luna inserted the black medal into the sleeve of the robe, Odo immediately asked, “Can I ask for something more?”
“There's more?” Luna put on a slightly reluctant face.
“Ya .., sure.”
“Huh, what else is it now?”
Odo slightly smiled faintly, pointed his index finger at the front of his mouth and said, “So you said the Miquator witches who joined Miss Lisia's plan live here, ‘kan?”
“Iya, they are indeed temporarily staying here.”
Odo gave a small grin got confirmation, lowered his finger and said, “Then, can you introduce me to a magician who can use detection magic? Especially detectors in wide range. Tracer magic is no problem either.”
Luna's eyebrows slightly raised, with curiosity she asked, “What's it for? Lookingfor things? The guy? Or animal?”
“I want to find someone.”
“Does Odo have hair or blood?”
“No.”
“If clothes or personal objects?”
“It also doesn't exist ...”
The atmosphere turned silent for a moment, Luna and Canna stared flatly at getting such answers. “Huh .... How to find it if it doesn't exist? Odo knows the terms of finding objects with magic, ‘kan?” ask Luna.
“Of course I know .... Hmm, you seem to be mistaken, I don't want to find people with magic. I told you earlier, just introduce me to a person who can use detection magic.”
“Ooooh .... “ Both of Lune's eyes opened wide at a glance, understood by Odo's intentions and said, “Sort of magic broadening the senses or perception?”
“Iya. What is?”
“I can use it,” said Canna entered in the conversation.
Odo immediately looked at him, then said, “Then ..., what do you want? Do that analysis and come with me?”
“Cute? Where to go?” canna asked confusedly.
“I want to find Kolt Luis in the mountainous area.”
“Eh?” Canna was surprised, the name that the young man mentioned was one of the bandits who during the pacification plan made it to the main list to be arrested or killed.
“What's up, Canna?” luna asked a little astonished at the surprised expression of her colleague.
“Ka-If not wrong ... the person is a bandit, ‘kan? What are you looking for?” canna asked nervously to Odo.
Leaning on the back of the chair, the young man replied, “Yeah, there are some affairs. Let's just say it still has something to do with Miss Lisia's needs. You know, that bandit hasn't been confirmed dead or alive until now.”
“So, yes ...” Canna slightly lowered her face, thought of some things and looked back at Odo. “Hmm, okay. I agree, if indeed Miss Lisia suggested,” replied the white hair woman.
“Well, if Canna agrees yes I also do not matter,” said Luna. Staring at Odo seriously, he again said, “By the way, is Odo in time?”
“Hmm, passable. What's wrong?” Odo was a little surprised to get such a look.
“Can come with me for a moment?”
“Hmm?”
“I want to show you something in the basement.”
“Basement?”