Chapter 67: Checking on Idonea

Opening the doors to the throne room, I made my way toward father and mother, who were sitting on their thrones doing work, and stopped before them, showing them the pill.

"Here is the pill, mother and father. I had already visited Mr. Caine, and he's identified the pill as the Pseudo-Enlightenment pill; by ingesting it, you'll enter a state of a pseudo epiphany." Said Elif as Illumia floated the pill box over to Maria.

"That is incredible. I wish I had gotten a hold of it a while ago; it would've definitely helped." Commented Marcus as he and Maria examined the pill inside.

"Once I finish today's work, I'll go and store it in the treasury alongside the other Immortal treasures." Said Maria, closing the box and storing it inside her dimension ring.

"Well then, I'll be returning to my room." Said Elif as he started heading toward the entrance of the throne room.

Leaving mother and father to continue with their work in the throne room, I navigate through the hallways before finally making it to my bedroom, where I head inside and lie down while Illumia stands beside the door.

As I was feeling quite bored just lying down, I decided to check on Idonea for the second time this month and see how she was doing. Grabbing a crystal ball from my dimension ring, I transfer some Qi into it, causing it to glow slightly, and I wait until Idonea picks up, which usually doesn't take long unless she is in the middle of something important; luckily, that wasn't the case this time around.

"You called, your highness?" Said Idonea as the crystal ball projected a hologram of her and the surroundings, which were just a large room with a bed and nothing else to mention.

"Yes, I was bored and figured I should check on you and see how you were doing; however, even after I told you, why do you still have such a bland room? Not even a single decorative item." Said Elif, sounding entirely defeated when mentioning her room.

"I see no point in decorating my room; I enjoy the simplicity, your highness. Besides, if I have time to think about decorating my room, I have time to be doing something much more productive, like training or cultivating." Said Idonea, and although she sounded just as dry and bland as she did two years ago, she no longer seemed to be in pain or suffering, or at least nowhere near as much as she was previously in.

"Fine, whatever, have it your way. So, I know I contacted you a few weeks ago, but how's everything going at the Royal Military Academy?" Asked Elif, changing the subject to why he contacted her.

"Everything is progressing steadily; I'm still one of the best students in the RMA relative to my age. Seeing as I'm still alive talking to you, I'm sure you've figured out I've successfully survived my Heavenly Tribulation and stepped into the Divine realm." Explained Idonea, showing pride and slight happiness at her accomplishments.

"Well then, now that you're a Divine, how does the difference in strength feel? Is it the same as when you first become a Saint?" Asked Elif, as he was curious to know even though he, himself, was not far away from becoming a Divine.

"The strength increase feels even greater than when I first became a Saint, though I believe that can be slightly attributed to having unsealed my physique; nonetheless, it is still incredibly massive. However, what is perplexing is now that I'm a Divine, I can now access knowledge or information everywhere that has been previously hidden away from me. It is quite hard to explain, your highness, as I have only been a Divine for not even two weeks. Still, the minuscule amount of information I've managed to decipher seems to talk about anything and everything, whether it's cultivation, cutting trees, dying, or even merely existing, all of it is there for you to readily view." Explained Idonea, though she didn't sound too confident in herself.

"Hmm, yes, that does sound quite hard to explain. Here how about this. These are some books I've found and read from the Royal Library, they were meant to be read-only after becoming a Divine, but I decided to read them anyways to see if I could possibly understand them, and well, I didn't. But they should be of help to you, and though I'm sure you can get books similar to these at the RMA with your academy points, they definitely won't be as detailed as mine, nor will they be free." Said Elif, grabbing a few books from his dimension ring and passing them into his crystal ball, to which they exited out of Idonea's crystal ball and onto her lap.

"I appreciate the thought, your highness, but these books are from the Royal Library. Are you sure I'm allowed to read them?" Asked Idonea as she carefully picked up the books and set them on the bed beside her.

"Yeah, they aren't considered important at all, though I would suggest destroying them after you've read them, I don't want someone else to possibly get their hands on it even if it isn't important, and before you ask, those books are merely copies of the original." Said Elif casually; even though those books aren't precious, their knowledge could greatly help almost any normal Divine or Celestial cultivator.

"Well then, I'll gladly take them, your highness." Said Idonea with a small smile, still managing to look quite charming even with those scars across her face.

"Hopefully, you can understand those books. Anyways I'll leave you to continue whatever you were doing previously." Said Elif with a friendly smile before shutting off the crystal ball by no longer supplying it with Qi.

Storing my crystal ball back in my dimension ring, I lay on the bed for a bit longer before I sat up and began cultivating, as I've got nothing better to do currently. While cultivating, time passed very quickly, and before I knew it, the day had already ended, with the morning approaching near. What I didn't realize was while I was cultivating, Sarah arrived at the palace and was brought to my room by Illumia; only when I stopped cultivating did I notice the extra person.

"Finally, your highness, I've been waiting for nearly an hour." Complained Sarah jokingly while sitting on a chair in the corner of the room by the window.

"I was in deep cultivation, so how was I supposed to know someone had arrived inside my room? Also, why are you here? Shouldn't you be with Elaine? Isn't she the reason why you came today?" Asked Elif, getting out of bed and arriving in a seat across from Sarah.

"Ms. Illumia had told me Elaine was currently sleeping, and I didn't wish to wake her up, so I decided to visit you first and wait for her to awaken." Replied Sara as she sipped some already prepared tea.

"So you decided it would be better to visit the person who was cultivating instead of the person sleeping? Genius idea." Said Elif dryly with a bland look on his face.

"It might not have been the best idea, but you know how grumpy her highness can be if she doesn't sleep enough. So I figured it would be smarter to risk my chances with the calmer of the two siblings, and I was correct!" Stated Sarah with a smile, eliciting a slight chuckle from Illumia.

"Haa, well, you're not wrong, Elaine is quite annoying when she doesn't get enough sleep, but since she's started cultivating, she should be much more energetic than before, so I'm sure she'll be fine if she's awoken earlier than usual. Let us go." Said Elif with a chuckle as he stood up and headed towards Elaine's room, which was practically across the hall, with Sarah and Illumia in tow.

Once we arrived, I didn't bother knocking and directly opened the door, not even attempting to be quiet, and in doing so, I got to see the rare scene of Elaine awake at this time of day.

"Hmm, what's going on, brother and Sarah?" Asked Elaine, finding it slightly weird at how cautiously Sarah was acting.

"Nothing, I was just accompanying Sarah to your room. So have you made good progress since yesterday?" Asked Elif, sitting on a seat in the middle of the room.

"Yes, I have made good progress; in fact, I've already finished gathering enough Qi; now, all I need to do is cycle them through my body and expel any impurities!" Replied Elaine in excitement.

"Well, that's good to hear; anyways, Sarah has something she wishes to say to you." Said Elif, focusing all the attention on Sarah.

With all the attention fixed on Sarah, we saw how she took a deep breath before walking toward Elaine, who was sitting on the bed and extending her hand forward.

"Happy Birthday, your highness; I hope you can accept my gift." Said Sarah, slightly nervous if she had announced herself wrong.

"Thanks, Sarah! So what's inside the box?" Exclaimed Elaine happily as she took the box and quickly opened it, only for a pair of beautiful silver and gold earrings with gems attached to them to appear.

"They're not ordinary earrings; those two are specially made for the wearers always to find each other, no matter where they may be located in the OverRealm. While exploring the city, I luckily came across a small antique vendor and managed to buy them, though that was a while ago." Explained Sarah with a giant smile after seeing how much Elaine liked them.