Chapter 579 Vatican City
Sitting next to Yin, Shiro decided to wait a while for her to wake up before leaving.
While she was doing this, she decided to search up on anything that had happened in Vatican City recently so that she could get a general outlook on what's been happening.
Immediately after she searched up Vatican City, a giant headline of [Angel found in the holy city!] could be seen on her screen.
". . ." Pausing for a moment, Shiro furrowed her brows and tapped the weblink.
Reading through the article, she now understood why Lyrica said it was a little complicated. She could remember that the head priest didn't want to cause them trouble but the same couldn't be said for the other priests. Apparently, a few of the higher ups in Vatican City were notified of Lisandra's existence as well as the situation surrounding her.
Naturally, the presence of an angel was quite shocking for religious folk so they escorted Lisandra along with the rest of the party to Vatican City.
However, the information after this point was limited. All that was shown was Lisandra helping out around the city which surprised Shiro a little but she wouldn't come to any conclusions until she saw the situation for herself.
"Mn…"
Hearing a groan next to her, Shiro put her phone down and glanced towards Yin.
"You awake darling?" Shiro asked with a soft smile.
"Mum? *Yawn~ What happened? How long was I sleeping for?" Yin asked while rubbing her eyes.
"More than 8 hours. Seems like you were really tired huh?" Shiro replied.
"More than 8 hours????" Yin widened her eyes as Shiro nodded.
"Damn! I missed out on 2 hours that could be spent on literally anything!" Yin jumped out of bed as Shiro laughed at how energetic she was.
{See? Everything is fine.} Nimue smiled.
'Mn, maybe I was just a bit too worried.' Shiro nodded with a smile.
"Anyways, do you want to get some food first? After that, we'll be making our way to Vatican City to meet up with the rest of the party." Shiro said with a smile.
"Hmm sure." Yin grinned as food was always welcome.
After bringing Yin to the restaurant with Helion, they started to make their way to the adventurer's guild so that they can find out if anyone could help them teleport to Vatican City.
Putting in a request for an escort with a reward of 5 large silvers, they met a few familiar faces.
"Ah it's been a while Shiro." A voice called out as Shiro turned around.
"Ohhh Raoul, Jonas, it has been a while." She smiled as she could see the pair of teacher and student walking in the guild hall.
"Oh my, you've been quite busy huh? Your levels increased quite a bit." Shiro smiled as she could see that Raoul had reached level 120.
"Yeah, we just came back from a raid in another city and we're just coming here to update my ID." Raoul smiled as he scratched his hair with an embarrassed smile.
"How have you been?" He asked.
"Oh I've been fine. Nothing too crazy." Shiro chuckled as Yin, Helion and Estrella snapped their gazes towards her.
{Bullsh*t.} Nimue retorted as Shiro ignored all their gazes.
Talking to the duo for a little while, they decided to sit down at one of the tables and talk for a little while until their request is accepted by someone.
"So where are you going now?" Jonas asked curiously.
"We're going to Vatican City. My daughter seemed to be in a rather… complicated situation so I'm just going there to have a look at what's happening." Shiro replied with a chuckle.
"Wait, you have a daughter?" Jonas widened his eyes since he didn't know about this.
"Yes. I had two daughters and a son." Shiro smiled while bringing up her phone. Showing him an image of Lisandra, Yin and Attie, she waited for his response.
". . .Aren't you underaged?" Jonas asked as he glanced at Shiro with a complicated gaze.
"Not quite. It was just a side effect of amnesia and restarting my class up." Shiro replied.
"Oh? You got your memories back? Congrats."
"Thank you."
"So if you don't mind me asking, who's the dad?" Jonas inquired.
"No one. Yin's a bird, Lisa's adopted and Attie's a spirit." Shiro replied while drinking some juice.
"Ah so you adopted them." Jonas nodded in understanding while Raoul sighed in relief.
Just as they were about to keep talking, Shiro felt her phone vibrate as someone had accepted her escort quest which surprised her since this was New York. A starting point of sorts and finding someone to take them to Vatican City was definitely no easy task.
"Seems like you need to go." Jonas smiled.
"Mn, someone's accepted my request to escort us to Vatican City." Shiro nodded.
"In that case then we won't take up more of your time." Jonas said while finishing his drink.
Bidding each other farewell, they went their separate paths.
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*Sigh…
"You ok?" Jonas asked as he glanced towards his student.
"Yeah. I was just surprised at the fact that she had three children, adopted or not." Raoul replied.
"I can see your worries. I'll say one thing though, if you don't make a move, nothing will happen. Maybe you have already missed that chance, maybe you still have that chance, you never know until you make a move." Jonas smiled.
"I see… However, I think I've already missed that chance." Raoul shook his head since to develop a relationship, one needed to interact with the target for an extended period of time. He can't just hope that she can reply to his feelings since she doesn't know him as well.
Patting his shoulder, Jonas let Raoul figure things out himself. Should he need help, he'll naturally give him his assistance.
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Messaging the person who had accepted her request, they chose to meet up outside of the café that had been turned to a restaurant near the teleport shrine.
Upon arrival, they met another familiar face which Yin wasn't too happy about. It was Dominik, the dragon master that they had seen in Epona.
"Rather curious meeting no?" Dominik smiled as Shiro raised her eyebrow.
"A little. However, we're here for business only. I'll give you 5 large silver and you take us to Vatican City. Nothing more, nothing less." Shiro narrowed her eyes at the party in front of.
"Of course. We'll make a temporary party for now and split up in the city." Dominik nodded as they made a party through the system.
Seeing her level, he immediately knew that it was a disguise since her aura was not the same.
Last time, he felt like she was level 200 or above. However, right now, he could not even fathom the upper limit of her power.
While they were making the party, Yin was glaring at Dominik since he was the one that owned a giant lizard known as a dragon. As for Samuel, the one that had an argument with Yin before, he stayed silent and said nothing since he knew that he had made quite a bit of trouble last time.
Making their way to the teleport shrine, they teleported to Vatican City without any problems and split up.
Looking at the back of Dominik, Shiro furrowed her brows. For some reason, there was something unsettling in her heart when she wondered why he was even in the city.
'Hmm… I should probably do something to deal with this. My instincts are usually correct.' She thought to herself.
Flexing her fingers, she created a small nanotech chip and flicked it onto his coat.
Controlling the chip to stay in his hair, Shiro focused on the task at hand.
Pulling out her phone, she sent a message to the party.
[Shiro: I'm here. Where are you lot?]
[Lyrica: You're here? We were going to go to another raid but we can make a detour. Are you at the teleport shrine?]
[Shiro: Yeah I am.]
[Lyrica: Got it, we're coming now.]
"Let's wait, they're coming to pick us up." Shiro said with a smile.
"Mn, so who were those guys? Yin looked like she wasn't too pleased with their presence." Helion asked while glancing at Yin who was still a little annoyed.
"Oh one of them is a Dragon Master and since Yin is a Phoenix, she's not too happy with his presence. Also, she had an argument with one of the younger party members but don't worry about it.
"Mn." Nodding his head, they started to wait for the party.
After around 5 minutes, Shiro could see the party walking in the distance. Seeing their levels, she was rather surprised at their improvement.