Sacrifice: Time of Mine

Chapter 139: Spaceless Travel

The next day, the Romen couple was still prostrating.

"You must take good care of her. But I want her to be better at cooking as well so you must invest a lot!" 

"Yes, Lady Conqueress." Numui nodded without hesitation, thinking of prioritizing Jamina.

"I will stay here for a while, I want to watch my little Avion grow so don't go tell anyone that I'm here."

"Yes, Lady Conqueress."

As of the moment, Darea was the one who was sitting on the master's seat. She elegantly moved her hand, caressing an unkempt hair.

She was like the Demon Queen with the Demon Beast on her lap.

But this "Demon Beast" was actually Avion.

'Shouldn't she be sitting on my lap instead?' he thought, thinking that this was incorrect. He was a little taller than Darea so it looked so awkward to look at.

However, he was just a slave, he had no more to say. He was obediently sitting on the Conqueress' lap like a dog.

Meanwhile, thinking that she got a hold of a precious invincible "tool", Darea would laugh sometimes.

If she couldn't move in the stoppage of time, she wouldn't be able to threaten Avion so easily. No, she wouldn't be able to sense Avion in the first place. This is since he had no energy. It was very strange.

But when she asked Avion about it last night, he said he has no idea. Confirming that the time didn't reset means that he didn't die which obviously means, he did not lie.

'Avion didn't even try to see if he can go against the oath, he seemed very trustworthy even with the elesp.'

In Darea's view, Avion didn't know that she could go back in time with him if he dies. This would make Avion want to try different things since his master wouldn't know anything if he fails.

However, the fact that he did not die even once means that either he did not think of doing it or he was too scared of disobeying the oath.

"Hehehe... what a good little boy..." she hugged Avion as if he was the most precious treasure.

"Woof..." Avion emotionlessly replied.

"Ehem, you can leave now." Darea waved her hand and made Numui left his own office.

Numui, on the other hand, was glad to leave as he deeply bowed together with his wife.

"So that's my plan. Since I don't know anything about the Time Element and so do you, I will let you be on your little adventure and grow stronger, okay?" Darea spoke as if she's talking to her own child.

"Yes, master." Avion nodded as he tried to get off Darea's lap.

Don't get him wrong, he wants to stay close to such a beauty. However, instead of being happy about being cuddled by the Conqueress, he knew that he should be thinking of a plan instead.

Avion has absolute principles. He will do what he wants to do!... if he can.

Strangely, Darea let him go.

"Stop the time." she added.

The world instantly went black and white. In the stoppage of time, while Avion was curious about what she will do, Darea tried to create an elesp book.

To create an elesp book, a Bookmaster would first need an elemental essence container and the Elpen - elemental pen - which can directly and precisely change the order and formation of the fundamentals of everything which are:

Law

Energy

Matter

Life

And Soul

A Bookmaster must first need to at least sense these five fundamentals of everything to create an elesp.

Law by studying the ways of nature. Energy by being an Elementalist alone. Matter by learning the materials and anatomy that creates an entity. Life by having an Element that consists of life like the Plant Element. Lastly, Soul by finding oneself.

Avion looked at how Darea continuously wrote different symbols on a book that contains a great amount of elemental essence.

Even though Avion had a weak constitution to elements to the point of being non-existent, he could clearly feel how the wave of elements is aligned to each other.

He quietly observed, trying to learn from it. Inspiration was endlessly flooding his head as he learned numerous things from Darea.

It should be known that Darea was not far from being one of the greatest Bookmasters out there.

There are five levels of Bookmaster mastery - Qualified, Apprentice, Master, Grandmaster, and Sorcerer. Each level has its own subdivisions which are - New, Ordinary, Exceptional, and Exemplary

Qualified, as the title goes, the Elementalist has fulfilled the five fundamentals and is ready to embark on learning Bookmaking.

Apprentice is when the Elementalist created a Rank Eeh Elesp. The reason for it being called by its title is because in this stage, most Bookmaster is still under other experts.

Master is when the Elementalist could create an elesp just lower than their rank. For example, the Bookmaster that Guild Master Gon contacted.

Grandmaster is when the Elementalist could create elesp on the same rank as they are.

And finally, Sorcerer, it's obvious where this is going. Only very few people could reach this stage in the whole history. Currently, there is only one who is a Sorcerer and that is the Lord Sorcerer!

That is why the Lord Sorcerer is mysterious. Could he create a Rank Eses Elesp then?

Meanwhile, Darea was on the level of an Exceptional Grandmaster in Bookmaking.

Someone like Avion who was not even Qualified would achieve breakthroughs in Bookmaking just from watching an Exceptional Grandmaster. It is like a young artist watching a professional create their masterpiece.

After an unknown amount of time, Darea finally finished with sweat filling her entire body.

"I can't believe it..." even under the sweat and fatigue, Darea has a wide smile, "My theory is right! Since time is stopped, there are no other forces that will make me detour! My efficiency increased by an astounding rate!"

"Hm? What do you mean?" Avion asked, curious at what she was talking about.

"You don't know it but Bookmaking, in essence, is modifying the elemental essence within the book and program it to do what we intended it to do. But since there is the natural elemental essence from the environment, it made Bookamaking hard, we need to concentrate on not letting these impure essences add into the book..."

Darea continued to explain for a long while which made Avion understand the gist of it. 

"Hehehe, I can't believe I made the first-ever long-distance Response Elesp." she was filled with pride with a cool tone.

"Avion, stay still. I will mark you. Once marked, I will be able to sense wherever you are. Furthermore, whenever I want to, I will be able to teleport to your location and back."

Without waiting for Avion's reply, she marked him. Meanwhile, the former sweated when he heard it.

"I can't escape in the first place, why do you need this?"

"I call this Spaceless Distance Elesp." Darea ignored his question.