Chapter 345 - A Date In Cana

As Mercury's group was moving towards the city of Cana along with the Word Sharman's another place in the desert the man of the hour Rasul Shad was kneeling down in front of a mirror, only the mirror didn't reflect his plane, sweating self

[Is it done?]

Rasul trembled as the voice appeared in his head, the voice sounded as if a thousand different children voices had been layered on top of each other, Rasul lowered his head even deeper before he spoke

"There was a complication… The dragon seal was lifted"

[Lift~ Lifted~ Lifting~, Oh you mean it was unsealed? The Draconix?]

"Yes… Thus it escaped capture"

[Tch~ You really are useless compared to your grandfather, you know that Rasul?]

Rasul feared no man, but this… monstrosity reflected in the mirror was no man

[Oh well… There'll be another opportunity later, oh right if you're heading to the monthly meeting then you better pack some excellent bodygaurds~]

"...Thank you for the reminder, your excellency, I will get you a vessel, one way or another"

[I am looking forwards to it~ Though remember those words… Oh and remember to cry out in a shill voice once the Draconix is about to kill you~]

"...I don't believe that it will come to that"

[Whatever you believe is irrelevant~ You remember why right?]

"Of course, for the sake of the merchant clan Shad I will follow your words without fail"

[Good, now go~ Oh and do cry out in a shrill voice or I won't save you~]

"...Yes lord"

Rasul rose to his feet and walked out of the room, once the door closed the voice from the mirror sighed before it spoke

[Why did those pesky archangels have to reincarnate the next living god into the vessel I had chosen~ Oh well, this makes it even more fun~ And fun is all that I have left~ Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!~]

As its laughter echoed in the enclosed room it sounded more insane by the second… Laughter was heard from the mirror for a long time before it suddenly stopped as the smoky figure that had been laughing in the mirror suddenly disappeared…

"Mercury, look"

"...What's this?"

"Stone collection"

Mercury was currently accompanying Asma in the city of Cana, he had expected that they would be walking around the city the entire day, but instead, she had shown him to her room where she would show Merucyr random trinkets in her modest but clodded room, currently on show was Aszma's stone collection which consisted of about 10 precious gems

"Wait these are jewels right?"

"Muu… Stones"

"Okay, sorry these are obviously stones"

"Mmn"

Mercury had expected some resistance from Julia and Marie when he told them that Asma had invited him to spend the day with her, but surprisingly they had no problem with it, Marie even insisted that he should treat Asma with care, to which he responded with a slightly stunned nod

"This one, ruby stone… this one emerald stone… sapphire… Mana quartz… Pearl… Urilite stone… Firestone… Garnet... Aquamarine… And Opal…"

Asma had pointed to each of the 'stones' in order as she said their name, then she picked up the 'stone' called Urilite and handed it to Mercury while blushing slightly

"Here… For you, Mercury"

Mercury nodded and received the Urilite 'stone' it was a half-transparent gemstone with a blue shine it was cut in the shape of a square, Mercury rolled it around in his hand and admired it for a bit before he showed a smile and thanked Asma

"Thank you Asma, I'll take good care of it"

Asma's face lit up as her eyes sparkled before she nodded

"Mmn!"

Mercury smiled seeing her happy expression and thought for a moment before he spoke

"In that case, I'll give you a gift too… [Essence consuming]"

Mercury used about 1.00 points in making a small cube of metal, its exact composition was that of Adamantite, Gold, and a small amount of platinum, the result was a small dice that had a red, pinkish shine with dice marking on each of the six sides, he handed it to Asma that carefully took it and admired it in her hands for a bit before she showed a sweet smile and spoke

"Thanks, Mercury… Treasure it forever"

'She sure is cute…'

Mercury's hand moved to the top of Asma's head as he patted her carefully, Asma closed her eyes as her ears flopped down seemingly in pure bliss, it was at that exact moment that there was a knock on the door that ruined the good mood the two of them had built up, then without waiting for a response from inside the door was opened by a young man in his late 20's that spoke with glee

"Asma I heard that you returned from…"

The young man paused as he saw Mercury and Asma, more precisely the situation they were in with Mercury patting her on the head, he quickly gathered himself and spoke in a slightly arrogant tone

"Who the heck are you? Who allowed you to touch Asma like that!?"

Before Mercury was able to answer Asma opened her eyes that glinted coldly before she spoke

"[Force]"

The door that had opened into the room suddenly swung back right into the face of the young man, it didn't stop there and closed completely with a loud bang, Mercury showed a small smile before he felt his hand getting pulled and looked over at Asma that was pulling his hand back to the top of her own head as she spoke

"Want more… Head pats"

Mercury sighed before he showed a wry smile and resumed patting her, this continued for a solid 30 seconds before there was a knock on the door again, this time the door didn't open before Asma spoke

"Open"

The door was opened, this time by a servant that cautiously asked

"Lady Asma, Young master Shad has passed out… What should I do with him?"

Asma didn't even open her eyes as Mercury continued petting her on the head, she simply spoke

"Don't care"

"...I understand, I'll take him to a guest room and have him cared for by the house doctor then"

Then the servant gave a respectful bow before she closed the door again, Mercury sighed and muttered

"Hell has no fury like that of a woman…"

Then he sighed again as he looked at the self-satisfied look on Asma's face

A few hours passed with a combination of head pats and Asma showing Merucyr her various trinkets, then the two of them left the Word Sharman clan estate to find a palace to eat some dinner, it seemed that Asma had a palace in mind as she led Merucyry though the small pathways avoiding the major streets, even one time passing through a home where the people inside simply exchanged waves with Asma as the tow of them passed trough, soon the tow of them arrived at a small restaurant where they ate with a harmonious atmosphere, that is until the young man from earlier arrived and spotted Asma and Mercury, his handsome face was slightly less handsome after he had kissed the door to Asma's room and his nose was bandaged, still he showed a refreshing smile once he saw Asma and walked over with quick strides before he spoke apologetically

"I am sorry if I interrupted something earlier Asma… Could you introduce me to your new friend?"

"Mercury"

"I see… It's nice to make your acquittance Mercury… Would you mind if we had a private chat?"

"Yeah I would mind that"

"In that case, if you would follow… Wait, what did you say?"

"I said I had a problem with it"

"You---"

"Before you continue to embarrass yourself let me say this, yes I can afford to offend you, yes I am well aware of your families influence and yes I don't care about it, now I have promised to spend the entire day with Asma here and you are interfering with it so I am going to say this the civil way once, please leave"

Young master Shad's face first went red then green and then finally red again before he was about to draw the sword on his hip, he didn't manage to do so however as Mercury let out a low growl as a small wisp of blue electricity leaped from one finger to the next without him noticing, the young master Shad stumbled back a few steps from the oppressive feeling before his face turned pale with fear and he spoke

"I-I'll remember this!"

Then he turned and left, Mercury sighed as the oppressive feeling around him disappeared completely again, then he apologized to Asma

"So about that… Shall we continue 0our date?"

Asma nodded with a sweet smile on her face, that was when Mercury realized it, this had been a date with Asma and he had a wonderful time with her

'Seems like I just can't help myself… Maybe it's the dragon part in me?'