Novel Lived
Chapter 389 Am I right or am I right?
"This changes everything," Claudy summed up the situation once we brought him up to speed. "But at the same time, it changes nothing, doesn't it?"
Raising his eyes, Claudy looked first at Fay before moving his eyes over to my face.
"Or does it?"
I pressed my lips together, not exactly sure how to proceed.
I thought over the issue ever since we finally reached our satisfaction, throughout the time we took to clean up the main area of the buggy and then finally dress ourselves up, only to then approach Claudy's pod and tap on it, to indicate it was now safe for him to leave its confines.
In other words, this wasn't a problem I was mentally slacking on. Instead, it was a problem with exactly the same weight of points for pushing through a little bit longer and deeper into the plains and for executing the second phase of this trip that was originally scheduled for in two days.
On one side, there was the potential risk of having Fay, whilst pregnant, within the starlight plains. While it was one thing for her to be not only able to hold her own against the local pressure of the starlight, but a whole different topic when it came to how the very same starlight affected the nascent soul of our kid.
'It serves to perfect one's personality, making them more true to the paradigms that lay at its foundation. But what would happen to a being that has yet to attain any sort of personality?'
I wasn't going to waste my time over the issue that kept the earth's society in its grip for over a hundred years.
And while for some it was a real issue to determine when a fetus would become a kid, for others it was just a convenient tool to throw sand into the populous eyes, giving them something to focus on while the real powers focused on screwing everyone over while their eyes were turned away.
In other words, as this was a topic I near-religiously avoided, I had absolutely no idea when a child-to-be would grow a brain big enough for it to start developing its personality and character traits, a process that wouldn't stop until our kid would become a proper and mature adult.
And so, since any attempt at tackling the issue was bound to end up with me speaking about things I was severely underqualified to make any statements on, I decided to just move on to the next issue.
If there was one thing we didn't lack at the moment, it was the various issues and angles that we had to consider our next move from.
"Speaking for pushing through, we have the benefit of well, reaching closer and closer to our objective. Then there's the reinforcement of the starlight that positively affects all three of us. There's also the benefit of just following the schedule we agreed on, thus avoiding any sort of misunderstandings or problems down the line."
Hearing my words, Fay squinted her eyes a little while gently caressing her now-clothed stomach.
"But while all of those points still stand, there are just as many reasons for us to take a break and return back to the new camp."
A move that was scheduled for two days, so that we could return with as little margin before the closing of the stable gate as it was safe and possible. Our return through the use of my personal portal to earth, from where we would simply ride the car back to Makary's compound, where we would use the very stable gate that I was to reinforce again to cross back to Fay's world.
Then, once we dealt with all of the issues at hand, we could simply go right back to where we left off, pushing through for a few more days before repeating the process over and over again, as many times as it would take us to cross the barrier of the starlight plain.
'Thinking about that plain, it's a wonder why I'm still not qualified to fulfill even a single subpart of the main quest,' I thought, jogging my memory for a bit before the system, which was unusually silent for the last few days, came in a clutch, revealing the familiar pop-up window of the main quest right before my eyes.
[Main mission: Starlight plain
- Easy route - Escape the Starlight plainsn/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
- Advanced route - Survive on the Starlight plains
- Master route - Uncover the secret behind the Starlight plains
//Completing any route doesn't lock the ability to complete the others!//
//Rewards increase with the difficulty of the route//]
Two days' worth of travel by a Buggy were somehow not enough to complete either the first or second part of the quest. And worrying as it was with the prospect of what we would still have to go through in this hostile land…
The wording of this mission also offered quite a lot of insight.
'So we have yet to escape the starlight plains. Adopting the light of the starlight isn't equivalent to surviving on the plain, somehow. And ultimately, learning what this pressure is all about wasn't enough to claim I've figured this plain out.'
I took a deep breath, taking a few more moments to consider the main quest… Only to then push it to the back of my head, focusing on the topic I was talking about instead.
"If we return, though, I don't think I will be able to bring myself to risk our kid's health by allowing you to travel with us again," I mentioned, looking back at Fay and the troubled expression that emerged on her face right afterward.
"There's also the issue of going against the schedule and all the questioning and nagging that will follow because of it. But…!"
I took a deep breath, taking a moment to calm myself down and gather the courage necessary to push the words that were to follow.
"But, given how I've already observed those bright spots move at times, we can't afford to leave you behind to wait for us to return," I announced, turning my eyes over to Claudy. "In other words, you will get to take the trip back to the camp with us. And with it, you will get to see the might of the place my people actually come from."
Claudy's eyelids moved up.
This was the first time I ever mentioned such a development. But it was also only a day's worth of travel by buggy deep into the plain when I observed those spots illuminated directly by the starlight… moving. Find your next adventure on empire
And while the risk of any of the nearby spots moving to cover Claudy while I was away was minimal… I dared not to risk the death of the supreme serving as Etaria's eyes and liaison.
"Wait, are you for real?" Fay's eyes widened as he muttered the words of shocked surprise.
Looking over, I could see the anxiety brewing in her eyes.
The time back on earth was supposed to be dedicated for us to rest back at our apartment and now, with the news of Fay's pregnancy out, on having her go through a full, medicinal check-up, just in case.
"Don't worry," noticing the source of Fay's anxiety, I simply grinned before throwing Claudy a small smirk. "We will just stuff him into a closet while we go about our business," I announced, leaning behind and prompting myself up on my hands. "It worked here, so it should work back home, am I right or am I right?"