Chapter 3 - Books and Trees
At the first sunrise in this New World, celestial bells sang their morning hymn awakening the tower from its enchanting dreams.
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"Uh... Good morning... What's this nice scent?" Jun asked, but no one replied. Looking around he saw Darien on the floor and Angel couldn't be found anywhere.
Getting up of bed, he followed this scent to the kitchen, a room with ancient design, antique furniture and two doors leading, one to the small warehouse, the other to a garden with spices plants and some fruit trees. "What are you doing Angel?"
"Good morning Jun, I'm cooking our breakfast. Can you go call everyone else?" In a corner of this ancient kitchen, Angel was chopping the greens.
"Okay... And this morning song? What is it?"
Angel cutting slices of bacon, "Uh... Probably an alarm set from the tower. I'll tell you later" Looking at the table added, "Go, go, before it's too cold"
"Ok! But I want the bigger piece." Seeing these golden loaves of bread.
"Sure, go go!" As he answered Jun was already gone.
Back from the storage with some eggs in hand, he saw a little shadow grumbling for its abrupt awakening. "Good morning Darien. It's almost ready."
"Uhm... G-Good morning."
"I see you are not a morning person. If you want you can eat these while I finish the rest" returned to his place he remembered something *I'm sure he will not be able to finish all... But to be safe, I'll do more*
Soon after, when the food was about to be served, Jun comes back with two red plump cheeks escorted by two angry girls.
"Jun! You need to pay attention to this! You can't go to a girl's room without permission."
Munch munch munch "G-Good munch-morning"
"I know you had your head in the clouds. But you deserve these!" Sarah angrily pointed his cheeks.
Sadly Jun looked at the table where Darien, waiting for them, was eating. Meanwhile, Angel served the rest of the plates.
"You...! Thief!!!" Jun nagged Darien.
"?" Darien, with puppy eyes, looked puzzled him with a piece of bacon in the mouth.
So in this way, their first breakfast began.
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In the kitchen, Angel, done with the plates, wanted to check out a strange inscription in the garden.
There were three fruit trees, many vegetables known and unknown and so much place to grow many others.
He didn't expect that in every door of the tower could be a little house in. It's like infinite little worlds enclosed in a little cage.
Back to the garden, the name of these trees was "Ambrosia, Gods fruit". *So this fruit is Ambrosia from myths, why these fruits look like apples or peaches...* On the base there was another inscription "The one Chosen by God eat this fruit. God forgave humanity. The pact was decided. The Mission must be achieved."
In his mind, the voice talked again [Ambrosia: "the fruit of immortality", God's food, used primarily as a source of mana, thanks to its purity and propriety. It can be pro...]
"A-Angel" Called Darien
"I'm here, in the garden! Wait for a second, I'm coming soon." Taking one he tasted it, he savored its sweetness and juiciness, "What's up Darien?"
"I-I found something. About what the angel told"
"What do you mean?"
"I-I'm often sick and... A-A little c-clumsy" Looking at his hands. "I-I had an issue with my heart." touching his chest. "A-A little while ago I fell down." He took a long breath. "But now. The scratches are already healed. they are gone. And I can run without problems."
All stared him, but Darien timidly looks elsewhere.
"So one of the abilities the archangel told us, is about a healing effect or that our body could become healthier" Reflected out loud Angel.
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On the way back to the garden, looking around for anything unusual he found out a hidden room located in the warehouse. This place was divided into three sections, one for food, like a refrigerator, one for equipment and weapons, one for commonly used objects and lastly this newfound room.
There wasn't much to look at. This was a little room but it gave the impression of containing hundreds of books and items. On this occasion, the most important thing he wanted to take was this battered book.
Back to the main hall, he found out this was a normal book about recipes. On the cover, there was the same tree in the garden and many recipes, he looked after these three in particular [Ambrosia Honey] [Royal Ambrosia Jelly] [Aetheride]
Reading this book he found out how to make these things. Ambrosia Honey also called Mana potions, it is used to accelerate mana and vitality recovery...
"Guys! Guys! Where are you?"
Everyone gathered in the same place from where the voice was coming, "Look! Look! I can use a bow now, I never touched one but I don't know why, when I saw it I wanted to use it. BUT... I missed the target and I have hit Jun's foot. And, right, We certainly have a healing ability, but Jun's wound needs much more time than Darien's scratches" Sarah said with a smiling face, with some healing herbs in her hands and an emergency kit near her.
Angel shook his head. But thought if he had some weapon mastery or special ability too.
"Guys! Those herbs are great! Try them! Jun's wound is healing so fast" Enthusiast Sarah said as she wanted to try again hey new "toys".
"..." All silenced and quickly ran away except for Sarah and Jun, who couldn't leave.
"Guys! Where are you going! Don't leave me! Kassy you too..." She followed them. In a had bow and arrows, the other full of herbs, the same one she used to help Jun, leaving him alone and reassured.
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At night
Angel went out in the near balcony of the floor, where he found the two girls, a sleepy Sarah and the thoughtfully Kassandra looking at the moons.
"Angel, can't you sleep?" Kassandra asked, supporting Sarah.
"Yes, I've something in mind." Going near her, he said "I'll help you" supporting Sarah from the other side.
"Thank you. This place isn't really Earth... Do you know someplace with ten suns and twelve moons?" Said melancholy, Kassandra.
"Nope, I personally didn't know, but Jun said in Chinese myth, the Earth had precisely ten suns and twelve moons"
"So we are on Earth"
"Sorry, but I'm not sure. I don't know the answer..."
The two stayed there looking at the unknown sky. Meanwhile the grumbling Sarah stopped their thoughts and spoken in her dreams "This cake is so delicious~~" She said biting his arm like a hungry wolf.
"Ouch... I won't make a cake for you!" Suddenly he heard a sweet laugh near him and looked after the source incredulously. A smiling girl was the most wonderful view he has ever seen, better than all things, better than this mysterious landscape, but it was also painful.
"So..Ahaha Sorry...Ahah"
"We.. We need to go back inside. It's late."