Elysia in Another World

Ch6 The Royal Council, P2

Chapter 6: The Royal Council (2)
~6.2~
*****

"I would like to hear the details of that Aether Drive spell they used," said Ginchiyo Tachibana.

"I second that," Hatsumi Akari said. "The performance shown with that was impressive to say the least."

"Personally, I find it difficult to believe those two were able to fight at all in that battle, much less one fight a hoard of beasts up to A-rank, and the other not only fight, but defeat an S-rank," said Charles Barrett. His eyes left nothing to be desire of his mixed seriousness and curiosity. "So a detailed explanation would be helpful."

Allison nodded and stood up. "I have prepared a statement regarding Aether Drive." Allison described the change in the aura and eyes as well as the massive power boost. "Kye stated, 'Aether Drive is dangerous and should not be used under most circumstances. It increases compression significantly. My usage of it was a boost of five hundred times. ' She prefaced that as a simplified explanation, and I can attest to the boost. She successfully casted multiple high-tier spells, including Detonation, several binding spells that restrained an S-rank beast, and a previously unknown spell called 'Heaven's Fall'. Alethea casted another previously unknown spell called 'Swords of Light'. I assure you these feats were performed with no no outside help."

Several nodded, accepting her explanation. Others were skeptical, but most stayed quiet. Alexandra Romanov wanted more information. "They have white mana, significant mana capacities, invented spells, and invented aethersteel. Moreover, both of them have extraordinary combat skills, enough to earn praise from even Allison and Astarte."

"Correct on all accounts," Allison said.

"Yes," Astarte added. "I've had the pleasure of training Alethea and I admit she has been the easiest trainee I've ever had, since..." she trailed off. "She progresses phenomenally fast in everything as if she already knows what to do."

"There's clearly a deeper secret here," Alexandra said. "These two are not just abnormal, they are outright anomalies."

"Hold on, Alexandra, we need to approach this-" Edward said.

"Do not misunderstand me. I am not suggesting they are threats or that this is bad in any way. I want to understand them properly and use that understanding for world advancement."

"Well said," Adalric Knight added, others echoing the sentiment.

"Layla, Atalante, would it be possible to summon them here?" Ginchiyo asked. "I feel it may be best to have them speak for themselves, given their track record."

"I agree," Atalante said. "Alethea will be more than happy to speak for herself."

"Kye as well," Layla said. "They are both at the academy right now. It would be no issue to bring them here. Does anyone disagree with this course?" None spoke up in the following thirty seconds. "Very well. I will-"

"I will go retrieve them," Astarte said before vanishing.

*****

After lunch, Kye and company moved to Louise's lab. Kye examined Louise's latest enchanting failures, still unsure what to make of the metal dust, while the others discussed the primary topic.

Louise's questions revolved around what type of mana was used for it and what it felt like to channel it. What they discovered was that it wasn't fueled specifically by dark mana like what was originally thought when it was named "Shadow Magic," partly because Alethea was able to use void magic with dark, light, neutral, and white mana. Aliana and Alethea described it as feeling like channeling mana when teleporting.