“How did you know she was following us?” Kaguya asked after the headmistress disappeared.
”Well, she didn’t try to completely hide her presence, probably because she was unconsciously testing me.”
”I see. That man must have sent those assassins, I mean Leon.” Kaguya was able to tell who sent the assassins after Orpheus.
It was because she knew what type of man Leon was. He must be furious that the twins, especially Ella, seemed close to Orpheus, and as someone who had decided to court Ella, to make her his empress, she couldn’t tolerate another man getting closer to her; he would do anything not to let that happen. Hence hiring some assassins to take care of his potential rival was something the Lightning Prince would do.
Orpheus shrugged his shoulders, not saying anything.
”What is your goal? Why did you come to the academy?” She asked another question. She had heard the rumor of him beating a teacher. She also knew he killed the fox woman. He must be really powerful if he could do all of those things, which is why she wondered why he became a student even if there was a need to.
”It’s because I have a goal to achieve,” Orpheus responded, not going into the details, and Kaguya didn’t pursue the matter either.
”What are we doing next?” She asked, already planning what they would do next. She knew being together with this man; exceptional things kept happening.
”Let’s go back to that castle and explore it.”
Orpheus proposed. It was exactly what Kaguya wanted; she was interested in the floating castle. It would be great if she could get a blueprint and reproduce it. She had never dreamed about acquiring it as she was not that shameless. She did nothing in the conquest of the White Castle, so she has no right whatsoever in the management.
”Let’s go!” The duo left after that.
Kaguya was enamored with the white castle again. Immediately after they entered, she chose a room to sleep in.
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After letting Kaguya select a room left, Orpheus decided to stroll through the White castle; there were lots of rooms inside this castle, at least twenty apart from the throne room, the big hall. He stepped across space to appear outside of the White Castle; he observed it.
This wonderful, he could use this White castle as a means of transport; it seemed that this White castle was equipped with a defensive barrier, strong enough to withstand a few attacks of his attack, well at his current level, though. For some unknown reason, he had the feeling that this White castle was damaged; it was more powerful than its current appearance. He also felt a sense of familiarity coming from this floating castle, as if somehow it was related to him, he doesn’t know if it was a misconception, but it was how he felt.
“This mine from now on. Let’s see how should I name you?”
Orpheus mumbled while observing the White floating castle. It’s completely white. He didn’t know which materials had been used to make this castle, but it looked like jade.
“Let’s name you Brünhild from now on; I don’t know why but I had the feeling that I should name you like this; you’ll become the shield that would protect my loved ones.” Orpheus declared with a smile.
Immediately after naming the White castle, it shook violently before a white light burst within the White castle and entered inside his body. I initially felt a little discomfort before he started to feel a connection between him and the white castle.
Brünhild seemed to be extremely happy after being named. Suddenly, something incredible happened, he heard a voice in his head.
〖Thank you for naming me Master; I’m the Artifact’s Spirit. 〗
A girly voice explained to him that she was the spirit of this Artifact; the White castle was an artifact. This situation caught Orpheus off guard; he had never thought that after naming it, it would wake up an artifact’s Spirit.
〖It’s good to see you again.〗Brünhild mumbled under her breath.
“What?” Orpheus asked, surprised by her words. Did we know each other in the past? It was unlikely but from this artifact spirit word, it seemed it was the case. He must find the bottom of this.
〖Nothing, Master, I was talking to myself. As the new master of this Artifact, the Heavenly White Castle, you’ll have access to some of the castle features. Do note this Artifact is damaged, extremely damaged; it’s a process of restoring itself.〗Brünhild explained.
Even though he had a lot of questions, Orpheus decided to postpone them for later.
“What are the features you’re talking about?”
There was a temporary silence before Brünhild responded.
〖There are two functions available right now. First One: Within fifty kilometers of the castle, you can use instant teleportation to return to the White; you can design some persons who can also do it. This function consumes a little bit of energy in the case it’s not the master of castle teleporting.
Second: This castle has the function to turn invisible for one hour every day using the castle energy; however one can maintain this state indefinitely if you have a lot of energy, I’m talking about internal energy; in your case, you can maintain it invisible for six months before running out of energy, at your current level that is.〗
“That not long, though,” Orpheus replied, not really pleased, he had expected more.
Suddenly, there was a white that almost blinded his eyes, and after the white died down, a silhouette came out, it was a silver-haired girl dressed in a white robe, her hair was extremely long, it reached her ass, her hair was the longest he had ever seen. This girl was an extremely beautiful; she looked like a goddess handcrafted by god’s hands, beautiful, it was to the point that she could steal men’s eyes; she seemed to be in her early twenties, and her eyes were the same color as her silver hair, there was a tattoo on the left side of her face, this tattoo looked mysterious, and it added more charm to her beautiful face that doesn’t lose in front Emea and the others. She wore a silver skirt armor.
However, there was something different about this girl; she seemed transparent, like a ghost, and she looked a bit pale as well. When her beautiful silver eyes looked into Orpheus’s eyes, he shuddered; he had a sudden sense of déjà vu, as though he knew her somewhere, as though there were close in the past.
He shook his head and decided not to think about it; it was probably his imagination; however, it was still worth investigating. He would do that later.
For a moment, the silver-haired girl seemed disappointed by his action; when he looked closely again, her disappointment had vanished and was replaced by a smiling face that could calm one’s spirit.
“Greetings Master, it’s me, Brynhild. I came to greet you.” Brünhild says while doing a polite bow.
“You’re full of surprises, don’t you?” Orpheus asked with a smile.
“Not really,” Brünhild replied while playing with her long silver hair.
“So, Brünhild, you have a body? Why do you look so transparent, so pale?” Orpheus asked her the questions he had in his mind since she showed up.
Brünhild heaved a sigh before explaining,
“Master, this is not really a body; it’s more like a partial soul. Truth be told, in the beginning, I wasn’t an artifact spirit; I became one after an accident to save my life and replace the former artifact’s Spirit. Do not ask me any details because I can’t; no, I’m not authorized to talk about them until I receive the order to do so.”
Orpheus’s eyebrows furrowed when he heard what she said; someone put some restrictions on her, making it impossible to ask some questions the other party didn’t want him to know.
“I see, too bad then. However, I’ve got the feeling that you didn’t come out just to greet me, don’t you? So what do you want?” Orpheus asked with his eyes narrowed as he stared fiercely at Brünhild in the eyes.
Brünhild chuckled, “As expected of you, clever as always. Exactly, it’s as you’ve guessed, I didn’t come out only to greet you; I’ve another purpose as well. Let’s talk somewhere more comfortable.”
He didn’t give an immediate answer; he looked at her in the eyes to see if she was planning something; however, he said nothing like that in her eyes, all he saw were: Yearning, love, and self-blame.
It was unknown why what all these things meant, but he had the feeling that he could put his trust in this silver-haired girl, but it was not what made him act; it was because he was curious and had other plans in mind it; was why he accepted. He would not be fooled by following some unknown entity mean but only what he decided.
He was the master of his fate. He wouldn’t throw away opportunities, but that doesn’t mean he would follow them like an idiot. He would make them his opportunities capable of serving his interests.
“After you.” He declared.