The Noble Lady of Lust

Chapter 380: Lumora

”Hiii! I-I-I...!”

”Ah, Ophelia, I forgot you were here. You need to make your presence more pronounced.”

”Y-yes.”

”Just pretend you didn’t hear anything we said.”

”Y-yes.”

[[Hey, kid, give me an explanation.]]

”What explanation should I give you? Why do you care about my private life? I have a harem anyway, and later I’m going to tell her and the rest what happened here.”

[[Ugh! You cheeky little shit... why did my descendant get involved with someone like you? You’re not even handsome...]]

”Shut up, you’re no big deal either, and you’re going bald.”

[[Ugh! I was handsome when I was young! Damn you... fine, whatever. I really can’t ask for more than what you told me. Just knowing that my lineage continues because my family survived is more than enough. Fine, I’ll give you the illusion magic, but even if you covet it, make sure you pass it on to her too.]]

”I hope it’s useful. You know, I already have my hands full with other, better magics, but yes, at least it will be very useful for her.”

[[You really piss me off, but... I’m glad it’s like that... huaah~. Well, kid, I’m trusting you here, since I have no way of knowing if what you said is really true.]]

”Old man, do you see any falsehood or bad intentions in me?”

[[That’s the weirdest thing. I know the type of people who are like you: vermin who use any method or person around them without any scruples to get ahead. They only look at their goals and don’t care about their surroundings or who they affect.]]

”...”

’Is this old man looking for a fight? Who is he calling vermin? I’m a decent person, nothing like what he said.’

[[But at least you seem to care about those closest to you, and I guess my descendant is included, which is good. Someone like you is not someone to be against... Hmm, well, I’ve made up my mind. I’ll give you the... You know what, I’d better not give you anything.]]”

”Hey, old man, do you want to fight after all? Don’t you think I can handle your spectral body?”

’Yeah, after all, I’d better loot this old man who’s playing with me.’

[[Come on, kid, I’m not afraid of you. You’ve been... ahem!... I mean, do you think I would stoop to fighting? ... ahem... and I wasn’t referring to fog magic, ugh. I already told you I’d give it to you, ugh! Unfortunately, I’m a man of my word.]]

”Then what are you talking about?”

[[I mean that I won’t give you a legacy that has been passed down from generation to generation in my family, in addition to the fog magic. No, it may even be much more valuable.]]

”Oh, is there such a thing? What is it?”

[[Don’t even look for it, it’s not on the list. I thought about just giving it to you, but really, as the saying goes, seeing is believing.]]

”Man, you’re one of the most talkative legacy keepers I’ve ever met. You yourself said there wasn’t much time left. Get to the point, what do you want?”

[[Look, my legacy will stay here. I mean, as you can see, I have dozens of things, and each person who comes in can only choose one thing—two or three if they’re lucky and meet certain conditions, like you and that girl. And since my tests are so difficult, if I have to say so myself, I think it will be a long time before I leave.]]

”Really?”

I mean, I don’t know anything about this legacy. I thought it was a one-time opportunity like William’s and then it would close, but if his legacy works as he say, some things don’t add up.

[[Yes, but this is something I designed and established under the supervision of the goddess. This is not a place where you can cheat, so there are no more rewards than the three you will get. And my proposal is that if you bring my descendant, I will give you—or rather, give her—that reward.]]

’This old man keeps talking about the goddess as if he had seen her. Hmm, I wonder... Nah, she wouldn’t get involved in something like this. It must have been a subordinate who made a deal, which is why you have to follow the rules so strictly... Hmm, on the other hand, bringing Aurora...’

”Well, I don’t think it’s a problem to bring her in. But tell me what you’re talking about? I mean, you’re not talking grandiosely about something that really isn’t, are you?”.

Anyway, I was planning to come back here to hunt chimera wolves, so stopping by here would be no problem.

[[Hahaha, so you weren’t lying after all. Well, I’m sure this won’t disappoint you, because what I’m going to give my descendant is... the location of my ancestor’s legacy.]]”

”Oh, another legacy? That ancestor of yours sure had some good stuff, didn’t he?”

[[Of course he did, boy! He was an agent and highly favored by our goddess. It is said that he was one of her best chosen. You know, even the place he left is not simple. The place is in the central continent. It is so difficult and dangerous to get there that no one in our family ever had the strength or opportunity to go there]].

Oh, if it’s a legacy to the standard of the central continent then it must be something decent, although I still have to make sure. This old man may be puffing up his ancestor more than he was.

”Do you know what rank your ancestor attained and what’s in there?”

[[No, the rank is not known, but some records allude that he ascended to a higher world. And about the legacy, it is only known that there was everything there that he could not leave us because of the great karma it entailed...]]

”Oh, he ascended. At least he was in the Deep Connection rank. It seems it’ll be decent.”

[[Hmm. Boy, you’re really weird. Someone would be seriously excited about this opportunity, but you... you just seem curious. Rather, even with what I said, your only impression was ’it’ll be decent’.]]

”Man, I don’t know what you expect from me.”

[[Ahh... I don’t either. You’re really strange. You seem to have your aim in a faraway place. Where are you aiming for? I feel like my ancestor’s legacy, to you, feels like an extra windfall and windfall towards your goal, rather than a life goal.]]

” you want me to make my life goal something I just found out about?”

[[Haah~, I guess you’re right. Just because that’s mine and my ancestors’ life goal doesn’t mean it’s yours. Anyway, we’re running out of time, have you decided yet?]]]

”Yes, I want the lunarite, the ghost vines and... well, the mistic magic. man, but one more thing: are you sure the legacy hasn’t been looted yet? I mean... how long has it even been?”

[[Hmm, well, I honestly can’t assure you of anything. That’s just the way it is: if someone with good karma found it, that was the destination. But I think it’s still there. My ancestor left a strong illusion, traps and self-sustaining security like the one in this city, to protect him. That was said to be his specialty. Not to mention that although I told you it’s on the central continent, it’s only the entrance. Apparently the legacy is hidden inside a dimension called Lumora, and even the entrance was very much hidden by him, so it must not be a-]]

”What did you say, old man!!”

[[What, why are you shouting all of a sudden?]]

”Did you say Lumora, are you sure that’s it name?”

[[Yes, that’s how it appears in the information my ancestor left behind. I guess it must be a small dimension a bit big, since he also wrote that there were more opportunities in it besides his legacy. Although I didn’t really understand what he was referring to in that part, is it perhaps a shared small dimension for leaving legacies or something like that?]]

”What the hell... what small dimension? Lumora is another fucking world, old man. It’s even bigger than Aetheria we’re in!”

[[Another world?]]

”No, that’s not what’s important. Hahahahah... man, now you really made my day! I didn’t think I’d find a way to go to another world before the door opened! Hahahaha.”

[[...]]

This is great, this is the best thing I had ever heard. And not only because that world has a lot of resources; in it there was something very important: in that world there are two of the fourteen legacies, and if I don’t take more than five years to go, I can claim them before those who were destined to find them.

This could cause a great positive change in the plans of my alternate self and myself. I never thought this expedition could be so fruitful.

”Hhahahaheuhuehue!”.

[[Boy, you look crazy. Well, it’s about time to say goodbye. So, are you okay with this or not?]]

”...well, yes.”

I hesitated for a moment because I quickly thought of going to get it myself, but who knows if it was along with the rest of the stuff, and I would risk losing something so valuable. So it’s better to go the legal route.

I’ll try to get back as fast as possible with Aurora, because I honestly don’t know if this old man will last here as long as he says, because at least when my alternate self came with Willian he didn’t exist and there wasn’t even the slightest rumor.

[[Well, boy, excellent. I want to see her already; I wonder if she’ll look like my wife or kids. Eehm...good. I have to supervise from the third test on. but since you’re coming back, it’ll just be a see you soon... which I don’t know if that’s a good thing or not.]]

”Goodbye, old man. Before I go back I’ll speak positively about you to my girlfriend. I won’t tell her you’re bald and old, so fix yourself up a bit or she’ll be disappointed.”

[[Damn it, as if I could... ... definitely stay out of the barrier when you come back or I’ll turn you to ash.]]

That was the last thing the old man said as he faded away.

My alternate self completes and explores many legacies, and in comparison, this old man was pleasant and seemed eager to talk, unlike other legacies who always act solemn or mystical or do not even show up.

If I think about it, it was nice to talk to that old man a bit; if he were alive, I feel we would get along well.

Swosh!

”Ah... oh, so it was in.”

A small light appeared in front of me and three objects appeared. I also finally found that things were stored in that illusory space, but that information doesn’t matter anymore.

I quickly put them away and looked around. There were certainly a lot of people and none of them have woken up yet. I guess we have to pretend to be unconscious before they wake up.

”Well, Ophelia, it looks like you’re not very good at faking it, so I’m going to knock you out. Brace yourself.”

”I-I... why? Ah... the sir... ah...”

”What? Did something happen with the old man? Ah, didn’t you say goodbye? Did you like him too? I guess he was someone nice and easy to talk to, though I didn’t want to accept that he was old and almost bald.”

[[That I’m not old, shitty boy! No... rather, girl, I forgot your stuff. Tell me quick, time’s running out.]]

”I-I... no... no.”

”Hey! Don’t talk to her like that, it makes her anxious. Ophelia, what did you choose?”

Without a doubt, she needs to intensify her presence more; she made the old man forget his work, even I had forgotten it.

”I-I didn’t choose... I-I... I don’t know.”

[[Well, girl, don’t blame me if you get the leftovers later, you missed your chance! Now you have to wait for the others to lose or pass and only then...]]

”Wait, old man! Give her the poison sanction magic branch, also give her the most powerful whip and the highest quality alchemy cauldron you have.”

[[Girl, is it okay for him to speak for you?]]

”Y-yes.”

[[Okay, now I’m really going.]]

Saying that last one, I guess this time he did leave.

”Well, that was a big windfall. !!! Ah!.... hey, Ophelia, tell me something before I knock you out. I guess you’re good at making poisons, huh?”

”Y-yes.”

”Then tell me something...”

As soon as the old man left I began to feel the tension grow. Something began to tingle on the back of my neck, and without any basis I felt something was about to happen, an invisible countdown type thing that made my skin crawl.