As we walked out of the Mansion I realized how stupid I was, I didn't even know my way around the area.
How was I to find the place I sought?
Alexa was bound to know sooner or later at some point, it was only a matter of time.
It was just the case in this scenario and there was no doing anything about it
"Francis, what's wrong?"
I must have stood frozen for a long time
"Nothing..."
"Do you want me to get us out of the estate?"
"Yes... Please..."
[Chuckle]
"You know you can tell me where we're going so I can take us there with the chariot"
Chariot?
"What do you mean Chariot?"
"Every conduit Royal or lower class possess Chariots. How else do we move around?"
"What about George Timbard?"
"Well, he's not here, is he?"
"... I guess not..."
"So where are we going Francis?"
"Just get the Chariot Alexa, please."
Alexa not getting what she wanted was so frustrating for her, and thanks to the influx of my Element into her veins, she was unable to read my thoughts.
Which was a good thing, it gave me time to formulate my plan.
In the two days that I have stayed in the Lantara estate thanks to Alexa's hospitality. It was a fact that I would have just kept dying on a loop with nowhere to really go from there.
Even back then Alexa could read my thoughts, but my emotions were more intricate than that, I did she could hear my feelings of anger, panic, and frustration.
I doubt she could see my thoughts to be able to relieve the point in my life when I had first been awaken in Flynters learning room or when I was humiliated.
Come to think of it I saw the tendril of darkness, why didn't I move?
Noone else seemed to be able to react that fast except....
My focus went back to Alexa
I've seen her move
With all that power and graciousness, speed and precision. So why did she not help me out?
I could mention a million reasons to myself right now, also due to a few political matters as the heir to the Lantara house.
Was she even to inherit it?
I'm sure these 'Conduits' were insanely power as they were immortal.
Alive almost since the beginning of time, I wasn't an astrologist but even I knew that was a long time.
Alexa was quiet with her eyes closed chanting something under her breath
"What's with you and Deag?"
"These matters are not important right now Francis"
Shortly after horses with wings came flying towards us carrying a chariot...
"HORSES WITH WING?"
"You really don't remember anything... it's called a Pegasus"
I shook my head in response to her question
She reached in to stroke her white Pegasus who was happy to be stroked
This world kept surprising me with its many wonders...
What's next people able to fly
"Can you fly?"
"Yes...", she answered the question like flying was a norm in which she of all people knew too well
"So why don't you?"
"Cause you can't fly; do you expect me to leave without you? These Chariots are slow, they wont be able to keep up"
"Oh... that makes sense"
"Yeah, hop in"
She stepped onto the chariot offering her hand to me as a means for ease of entry
"Where do you plan on going today, Francis"
"Ummm...", I was hesitant at first to tell her, then how would it be a surprise
"You're going to have to tell me since I'm the one steering this Chariot..."
"Fine... Fine, we're going to the heart of Lorch Province"
"I'm impressed... But how do you plan on paying for the Freerein Motion Picture room?"
"What do you mean?"
"Fern... Francis... Due to the influx of your strange Element's in me I cannot read your mind, in fact I can't do anything but rely on the healing effects your power. You are extremely predictable.... Who do you think chose the color for our attire?"
"Blobby told you, didn't he?"
"Yes he did. Nothing can happen in the estate without my approval, not even the flowers you killed the other time..."
"I didn't kill....", there's no point in denying it, I was caught red handed
How did she know about the flowers though?
All these Conduits are weird...
[Ohhh, I'm one of you guys"]
"Don't worry about it Fran... Nothing dies on this land without my permission"
[Without your permission?]
Saying that like it was a normality was what put fear of this goddess into my heart, but I still loved her though
Giving me a kiss on the cheek and holding on to my hand tighter
"You may want to hold on tighter" she told me with little indifference to her usual mood
*Foom*
The Pegasus' lifted of the ground pulling our chariots into the sky, and as we soared higher, we accelerated
I thought she said the chariot was slow...
"Slow my ass"
"What was that?"
"Ohhh, nothing..."
Just like that the supposed King of the Conduit and a princess took off into the sky
...
"Aaaahhhh, help me!", I Almost fell out of the chariot when we had reached a very high altitude, I tried so hard to maintain my balance and focus to let my Element into Alexa while I did the process over and over again
"Just hold on, it's not that complicated"
Her hair fluttered in the wind; her blue eyes more focused on the path ahead. All I could see in front of me was the blueness of it all, the reflection of the sun and the lush greenness of the province.
"Just hold on, come on Francis. How do you call yourself the King of the Conduits, yet you struggle with simplicities like this..."
[*Laughter*]
Mystery Man...
Even out here I was still being mocked by whoever that man was....
It matters not, I will persevere.
*Boom*
Was that a sonic boom?
I held on to a latch on the chariot with my right hand while my left hand held on to Alexas's affectionately.
The scene below was beautiful, but I was too busy dying to awe at the beauty of mother nature
...
At some point i had gained my balance, and it turns out that flying was actually fun. If only I could fly without the need for the chariot, maybe I can.
I'll just have to remember to ask Alexa later, definitely.
"That reminds me Fran, how did you gain such mastery of your Element so quick after just awakening it?"
It seemed like casual conversation for people who were moving on air effortlessly faster than the speed of sound.
My head felt a light buzz, this time I could tell that it was not Alexa's doing it felt like a warning. She couldn't comprehend the answer to the question that she sought
"Alexa, I don't think now's the right time to answer the question, as you can see, I'm holding on for my dear life..."
[Nice save self...]
"Later I guess"
With a sigh of relief, a tiny smile spread across my face. I was happy she did not pursue the answer, but I couldn't help but question why her slave contract did not force me to gurgitate the answer she wanted or is that not how it worked. Maybe there wasn't one to begin with.
Was I being lied to?
Alexa's hand squeezed my palm with anticipation. The impatience I could from that single contact was enough to question what kind of a person she was, rather who her mother was for raising such a 'soldier'.
"Hold on tight Francis, we're moving too slow right now at this rater we'll be up here for the rest of our immortal lives"
"What..."
*Boom*
As if we were not breaking the laws of physics right now, the chariot proceeded to move on faster than it had ever been since I got on
"Don't be such a baby. 'King of the Conduits'"
*Chuckles*
Followed by another squeeze to my palm
[Mystery man, am I immortal?]
No response
I held on to the latch and Alexa for my dear life as the thought of my entire life consisting of less than a week floated in my consciousness.
*Boom*
The chariot went on faster and faster till the point that acceleration was not a bother to me anymore.
I am sure to puke when this is all over.
...