Kitsune of the Blue Sun

Chapter 159- Valkyrie Training

Chapter 159- Valkyrie Training

In the room Keeno and Amaterasu have dubbed the Hall of Valkyries three shining doorways appear behind the seats highlighted by blue torchlight. After walking through the doorways, the Valkyries sat in their surprisingly comfortable stone chairs. All of them had serious faces as they stared at one another. The first to speak was Red.

[Red POV]

“Hmm?” (Red)

Tilting my head in confusion at seeing the others, also here I was going to ask something when they both jumped up from their seats and rushed over to me. I didn’t even get the chance to move before I felt hands on my head.

“Uheeeee~” (Red)

“Sorry Red, you’re just too cute to not do this every time I see you.” (Emma)

“It’s a strange yet nice compelling feeling.” (Eblana)

{There is a reason Keeno and I call her the most headpattable Valkyrie.}

Two more hands joined in the headpatting. One was clearly Rasu, the other was Ortilinde.

“Orti.” (Red)

“Hehehe. Hello Red.” (Ortilinde)

As I was on the verge of becoming a puddle of fluff, the headpats stopped. I instinctually pouted. Just because I was becoming a puddle didn’t mean I wanted them to stop. Seeing this, Ortilinde began patting me again causing me to smile slightly. I was glad to have her as a sister, she always spoiled me.

{Ahem. Before anything else, thank you for calling this meeting, Eblana.}

“It was nothing. Your idea was a good one, and I’m happy to help out.” (Eblana)

This time it wasn’t only me who tilted her head. Emma and Ortilinde did as well.

{See, I had an idea, totally not because I’m bored and the idiots chasing Keeno haven’t caught up to her for her to deal with them yet, since all of you Valkyries became Valkyries and half Death Spirit, you have gained the ability to use Death Magic and, with the exception of Eblana, should learn how to use it more effectively. So, I asked Eblana to call a meeting with all of you so the two of us can help you both learn how to use your Death Magic more effectively. Keeno would love to be here to help as well, but we all know what she can’t be, so she sent her best regards. And Ortilinde, even though you don’t have Death Magic, I’m going to help you with your Wind Magic.}

Emma started to nod along with Rasu’s words halfway through the explanation.

“Faf and I have been experimenting a little, but we were too afraid of what we might accidentally do, so this is a welcome opportunity...actually, should I call her here for this too?” (Emma)

{Depends, how are things in Falheim currently? You two somewhat recently got back from that dragon meeting, right? Is it fine to leave it with no one powerful watching things?}

“Hmmm...It’s probably best to keep her there. Some of the old nobles are starting to get ideas.” (Emma)

{You didn’t eradicate them all?}

“We tried, but some were more slippery than others. Sigurd and the few Paladins that have joined him so far have been tracking them down, but they are still just mortal, in a sense, they can stay awake constantly and they have to rest at some point.” (Emma)

“Hmph. Those idiots don’t know just what they are messing with.” (Eblana)

“Does Red need to come help? Red can sniff the mongrels out fast and take them out faster.” (Red)

“...If we get Keeno’s permission. I don’t know how long it would take and I don’t want to get you away from Vanir for to long.” (Emma)

“That’s been happening a lot with me too, now that I think about it.” (Emma)

“That’s less Death Magic related, and more Valkyrie related. Only reason I’m confident in that is because I’ve also been getting the same thing, but it only started after I became a Valkyrie. But now that I know where you two are at, we can go from there. Red, I’ll help you with working on keeping the infusion in your knives. Emma, we’ll work on purification spells.” (Eblana)

We nodded our heads and stood up.

“Red, show me what you do when you infuse your throwing knives.” (Eblana)

I did as she said and took out one of my many knives. Concentrating on the blade, I infused my mana into it. Eblana nodded sagely as I did this. I then turned to a tree that was nearby and threw my knife. Almost the second it left my hand most of the infusion vanished. When the knife imbedded itself into the tree’s trunk, only a very small part faded before the vitality in the tree healed it in the next few seconds.

“I see. Your initial infusion is almost flawless, but the follow through is lacking. When you throw the knife, you need to keep a small thread of mana connected to it, so the infusion stays at full power. Your knives aren’t mithril, so they don’t hold enchantment or infusion too long after leaving your hand. The mana thread makes up for that at the cost of using a little more mana than the initial infusion. Watch.” (Eblana)

She retrieved my knife from the tree and walked back over to us. She infused it with Death Magic and, when she threw it, half of the tree seemed to die before restoring itself again a second later.

“...That tree’s vitality aside, did you see what I did?” (Eblana)

“Nn.” (Red)

I took out another knife and tried again. This time attaching a small mana thread to it. When I threw the knife, the thread snapped immediately, causing me to frown.

“You did well, you just need to keep practicing.” (Eblana)

She patted my head before walking away with Emma so she could help her out next. For the rest of the day, I continued to try attaching and keeping the mana thread on my knives. It worked a few times but failed more often than not. While this made me frustrated, I also kind of enjoyed it. Every time I succeeded, a warm feeling bloomed in my chest, and I couldn’t help but smile. I didn’t even realize the entire day went by until Rasu stopped all of us and said it was about time for rest. Seeing as we were all here, she made a giant bed for us and said we could stay the night. After a nice bath in one of those hot spring things, we all sat in the bed and talked about our respective countries, stuff we found interesting, and what we felt like doing once we could have free reign to move about the world. Ortilinde was the first to fall asleep and I followed shortly after, a content smile on my face at having such a fulfilling day and being surrounded by family.

Chaos Realm:

How sweet.

Luna: Yeah. Their specific magic aside, it is always fun to see people work hard and feel accomplished after making progress.

Endeed.

Luna: Speaking of, how did my blessing for those people go?

It went well. I had to make a deal with the Chaos God as well as the god of the worlds they were in, but it wasn’t that demanding. Honestly, I feel like I can get along with them, so I now consider them friends.

Luna: Hmm.

Something else on your mind?

Luna: It’s just...after being here for as long as I have, I’ve been able to get a sense of how some things are going to go...and I feel like making a request.

And that request would be?

Luna: Let Keeno and Amaterasu meet up after she takes care of those idiots chasing her.

Easy. I was planning too anyway.

Luna: Good.