10 Chapter 10 – Friends?

Despite being a very busy area, our carriage had no difficulty getting to our destination. Along the way, I was able to witness the incredible variety of races of rational beings and animals that this world seems to contain. I have no idea how many breeds there are and the names given to each of them.

Furthermore, there are some individual peculiarities in various individuals that appear to be something obtained after birth. For example, Aglaya's skin color, I don't think an elf has such dark skin, which makes identification difficult and increases the variety of individuals.

I also saw what looked like a human with gray angel wings, an elf with crystals on her forehead and arms, several humanoids with animal features like head, paws and tail... Numerous figures similar to elves and humans but I'm sure which could not be classified as either. Humans with animal ears, anthropomorphized animals, winged elves and several other types of creatures.

Fascinating... As I discover more about this world, the more I become intrigued and amazed. This place is incredible.

After admiring this scenery for a long time, the carriage stopped at our destination. A medium-sized store, with various flowers and herbs planted in vases and shelves full of glass bottles. From the looks of it, this must be some kind of alchemist or apothecary's shop, the sign should say something, but I have no idea what it says.

"Alright girls, we're here. Mahara, we won't be long, but you can find a better place to park if you need to. Aglaya, let's go."

With those words, we got off the carriage and headed towards the store. There was another sign on the glass door of the store, but again, I have no idea what it says. Mom did not stand on ceremony and did not hesitate to open the door and enter, a bell rang as soon as she opened the door.

"Nowie qwioesl bior..."

If I were to compare this place with some other place from my previous life, I would say that this place looks a lot like a perfume store. With several glass bottles of different colors, sizes and shapes containing some type of liquid. I have no idea what each one does or what it is for, but it would be good to know if we came here to buy any of these and why.

In the center of the room, a small table with some utensils takes up a large part of the room. On it I see some utensils and bottles, as well as some types of powders and grains. I suspect that this table is used to test products and make some adjustments to the products. In addition to the table, the room is surrounded by shelves full of glass bottles.

We entered, closed the door, and shortly after the bell rang, we could hear a woman's voice coming from somewhere in the room behind the room we are in. A small door leads to another room, probably a type of laboratory or workshop that the owner of this place uses to manufacture his 'potions'. But it wasn't just the woman's voice that came from the room, some noises of glass breaking, pans falling and some moans of pain were heard shortly after.

"*Hohoho* Libertas, you need to improve your spatial awareness senses. *Hahaha*, the customers will be worried if you continue to get cuts and scrapes. Also, this visit is for me, so don't worry and clean this up mess. *hahahaha*"

"hoiet tios eao ie tuiosoe paoqie, Arkex"

"If you insist, let's go."

Another woman's voice, this time much more mature and cheerful, was heard coming from the room. But to my surprise, this other voice I was able to understand what was saying. Is she also a dragon? Could she be Abigail, the person Mom came to find? Does she own this store and who makes the potions?

As questions popped into my mind, it wasn't long before two women walked through the door and came over to greet us. One of them looked like a white human woman, with voluminous, very curly white hair and very light-colored, almost white eyes. She looks quite young, but her posture shows a refinement and elegance refined by several years of practice.

If Mom looks naturally elegant and graceful like a princess, this woman looks elegant and refined like a queen. It's not that Mom has less charm than her, but the type of charm is very different between the two. But I have to admit that I find it difficult to choose the most beautiful between the two...

The other woman who came out of the door right behind the white-haired woman was a very interesting looking woman.

She is a tall woman, I think a little taller than Hendrina, with a very athletic body. She has dark skin, with black hair and orange eyes that match the color of her hair ends. But it also has a pair of horns that grow from the side of its head backwards and at the end curve upwards, with black and orange coloration.

She also has a thick tail with the dullest black and orange coloring and wings looking like some kind of orange cartilage flying reptile with some kind of stinger on the top of the wings. If her coloring were red, I would say she is some kind of demon, but the elf ears and the colors of her appearance leave me with doubts.

"Ine, it's good to see you. I sent you a message about the medicine you ordered, but I didn't think you would actually come here in person. You have this strange habit of ignoring my invitations to come over to my house."

"Arkex inessa... Noiaw tuieos poqoie anloien tiusi quaso ope anie. Manieo dioer aosoe lior apror tiora querip?"

The two women seemed quite happy to welcome Mom. The owner of the voice that I could understand was the woman with white hair, the other, logically, belonged to the beautiful woman with an interesting appearance. From her reaction and what she said, I think the white-haired woman and Mom are friends or at least acquaintances.

"I see that you continue to have some difficulties, Libertas. But you can go at your own pace, Abigail is in no hurry when it comes to teaching. And it's always good to see you, Abi, I hope we didn't cause any problems with our arrival. I always I thought about paying you a visit, but since that accident, I hadn't found the energy to go out. Fortunately, Akachi brought me a gift... My baby, Apollo..."

Hmm... Mom seems to really like this woman, Abigail. But at the same time, remembering something about an accident made her change her mood completely. This seems to be another sensitive subject for Mom...

"For this reason, because of him, I have plans to visit the village frequently from now on. I just didn't come sooner because Apollo's health was very poor. I already mentioned some details when I contacted you before. But luckily , he started to improve, with some problems along the way but he started to recover."

"Yes, yes, you mentioned it, but you also mentioned that you had a Nexum with the baby..."

"Yes... and that's exactly why I decided to do the ceremony."

"Don't you think you were too hasty, Ine? What will happen to you if something happens to little Apollo? Or even what he will think when he grows up and finds out what it means? It was crazy, Ine, crazy that I couldn't It's like you to commit."

Okay... Something seems quite serious about this conversation. Nexum, ceremony, madness... Abigail seems strangely nervous and tense after bringing up this topic. It's as if she was scolding Mom for making a mistake that can't be fixed so easily. Fortunately I can understand the conversation between the two, so I can try to understand what it is about.

"*Sigh* Let's leave this topic aside for now. I see that Aglaya really likes little Apollo. Maybe it's because of that cute Cutie-cutie face..."

Bro... I don't know if it's because of my baby body or because she's really like that, but this woman seems to change her mood easier than turning around. Seriously, a minute ago she was tensely scolding Mom for some nonsense, but now she has a goofy smile on her face and pinching my cheeks.

"Arkex Abigail, noaem paaoei qiopt anjoe askjoe Aglaya?"

"That's right, Aglaya is here, but you might not have noticed because of the mask she's wearing. Aglaya, dear, how about taking off the mask for a bit? There's no one but us here, and I'm going to close the store for a while for we to have a little more privacy."

"Oir, Arkex Abigail."

Even though she asked nicely, Aglaya seems a little tense when interacting with the woman, but she doesn't hesitate to take off her mask. And from what I gather, the other woman, Libertas, wasn't noticing we were here. I think the mask has many more secrets than it shows.

But this makes me question this woman's identity even more. Is Aglaya on edge because of Abigail's identity? If she's Mom's friend, and Mom can be an absurdly rich dragon, this woman must also be someone very important, I think. It could also be because of Aglaya herself, maybe she is very shy and tries to avoid contact with other people, the mask is a sign of that.

But Mahara is also wearing a similar mask. Could it be that she is also shy and trying to hide? But that's not enough justification to wear a mask that hides your presence. Could it be that the other girls in the mansion also wear these masks to hide? But if that's the case, why doesn't Mom wear one of these too? Does she not need or want to hide?

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