Chapter 1248: I’ll go invite the others, and you...

"And where are we going to plant it?" Arabel asked after a short pause, carefully holding a white pot with a Tree of Wellness in her hands.

"He told us to plant him where we consider our home," Arabel repeated the words of the Host of the Supreme Health System.

Idan, after a moment’s thought, suggested:

"Maybe near our home in the Kingdom?"

But before Arabel could give an answer, System intervened.:

[This System advises against rushing and planting a Tree of Wellness in the Kingdom.]

[The tree is still too young, and the place of planting can have a significant impact on its further development.]

[This System suggests waiting until a more suitable location is available, and until then, keep the Tree inside the family home.]

Idan and Arabel exchanged glances.

If, according to their own System, the Kingdom was an unsuitable place for a Tree, then what did it consider suitable?

After some consideration, they decided not to put the Tree in a spatial ring, but, as the System suggested, to leave it inside the Family Home, or rather in the living room.

Arabel carefully placed the pot by the window, closer to the light.

Then she looked at the empty space outside the window.

Day and night alternated in a strange way synchronously with the Kingdom, but neither she nor Idan knew exactly where their Family Home was.

"I’ll go invite the others, and you..."

"I’ll cook something," Arabel interrupted him and hurried into the kitchen.

Idan watched with a smile as she assumed the role of hostess and left the family home.

One by one, those who were about to return to Junonia began to appear in the living room.

"What? How?" everyone who came into the living room and saw Arabel in the kitchen wondered. It had only been one day since she gave birth, but she already looked like she hadn’t given birth at all. Arabel was radiant and full of energy.

Even Valkyries need days to recover after giving birth, and Arabel also faced the effects of the collision of her child’s elements and suffered during childbirth.

When Idan entered the living room last with Sierra, everyone turned to him, and then to Arabel, waiting for an explanation.

They just smiled in response.

Sierra stared at Arabel without saying a word.

Then she smiled knowingly and, without asking any questions, went into the living room.

After walking a few steps, Sierra suddenly stopped. Her gaze fell on the white pot by the window.

"This is..."

As a Dark Valkyrie of the eighth rank who tried to comprehend the element of Death, Sierra had already learned to distinguish some of its manifestations. She has not yet managed to fully master the new element, but now she can easily feel the force opposite to Death.

Not the Light. Sierra could recognize the light unmistakably. It was a completely different energy—faint, almost imperceptible, but surprisingly pure.

She understood the nature of this power, but she couldn’t determine what exactly was in the pot.

"The Element of Life," — Idan explained.

Sierra turned to him in surprise.

"If you don’t mind, I’ll ask you to stay a little further away from it," Idan continued. "It’s still very young, and I’m afraid that your aura might negatively affect it."

Sierra wasn’t offended. Nodding understandingly, she moved away from the window.

Her behavior did not go unnoticed. Only now did the others notice the white pot. Even Eulalia, whose main element was plants, hadn’t felt the faint vibrations coming from him before.

"And here are the snacks," Arabel said, putting what she had prepared on the table in front of everyone.

"Help yourself," she said with a smile and, going over to Idan, sat down next to him.

After a short silence, Idan broke the silence.:

"Before we discuss the plan of action, let’s first find out what can await us on the other side."

He looked around at everyone present and stopped at Nemo and Lina. Not everyone was aware of what happened back then.

"Can you share with us what happened there before we arrived?"

Nemo and Lina exchanged glances and nodded at the same time.

Lina took the floor:

"I came to Magelia in search of Nemo, guided by the pendant my avatar gave him earlier."

Nemo showed the pendant to everyone present.

"Back then, I was accompanied by the members of the Sword Sect that my father chose."

After saying that, Lina looked at Alois, who also belonged to this sect.

Alois frowned.

"It took me a while to find Nemo, but I finally found him in one of the cities," Lina said, turning to Nemo and remembering their first meeting.

She remembered how she wanted to take off his mask and see his face to make sure that this was the man she was looking for. And Nemo was acting like a complete stranger who didn’t recognize her.

It took them both a while to figure out who was who.

"All this time, my father’s people were by my side," Lina continued, and her gaze became sterner. "But one day they suddenly disappeared."

"Disappeared?" repeated Alois.

Lina nodded.

"And that day the Valkyries came for me."

Some of those present were familiar with Lina’s story, but there were also those who did not understand why the Valkyries were so persistently pursuing her.

"Although the Valkyries only came for me, Nemo stood up for me, and we managed to leave the city, albeit not without difficulty," Lina said, her voice quieter. "By that time, I was badly injured and almost unconscious, but as far as I remember, Nemo turned to Idan and Arabel for help, who answered his call and came to his aid."

"You know, we were caught off guard ourselves, but without hesitation, we immediately decided to help. Nemo was our elder and savior, who had saved us before, and we were indebted to him," Arabel said, looking at Idan.

Idan nodded, agreeing with her.

Then Idan took the floor and talked about what happened.

He described how he fought alone against five Valkyries of the fifth rank, while Arabel carried Nemo and Lina away. He said he didn’t want the Valkyries to discover the Valkyrie bloodline in Arabel.

He wasn’t proud of the fact that he was able to stand up to five Valkyries of the fifth rank at once, while he was only a creature of the fourth rank, and the fact that he tore off the wings of one of them.

For Valkyries like Sierra and Lucinda, it was a painful topic.

Idan ended the story with how the Lightning Valkyrie of the sixth rank intervened in the battle, deprived him of his right arm and completely suppressed him. He managed to escape only thanks to a swap with Bera, who left Valkyrie a parting gift in the form of a magic bomb.

Sierra and Milica exchanged glances at the end of the story, and Sierra said:

"The Lightning Valkyrie violated Junonia’s rules by interfering in your battle..."

After a short pause, she added:

"And perhaps at that time, she wasn’t the only Higher Realm being present there, but the only one who dared to break the rules."

"I think so too," Milica agreed. "And they’re probably still waiting for you to come back."