Chapter 17

Once we are at a height where the ground is visible, I steered the Nimbus Cloud towards the airspace of the lake .

Upon nearing the lake’s surface, I took the Ruyi Staff out using storage magic and extended it towards the bottom of the lake .

Several tens of seconds later .

Once I felt that the tip of the Ruyi staff made contact with the bottom of the lake, I stopped its extension .

Right after that…Artemis contacted me telepathically .

[I have strengthened the life force of all living organisms in the lake . With this, they should be fine even if you momentarily freeze the lake . ] (Artemis)

[Thank you . …There you have it Caucasus, the preparations are complete . Please cast the freezing magic at once . ] (Varius)

[Understood . ] (Caucasus)

Upon my instructions, Caucasus directs his horns towards the lake .

…and released a light filled with magic from his horns in the water .

A few seconds later…

Accompanied by cracking sounds, the entire lake became a lump of ice in just a moment .

As a test, I grabbed the Ruyi Staff and tried giving it a shake .

…All right, I have no complaints . We should be able to aim for the moon without any issues .

[Now then, to the moon!] (Varius)

I clung onto the Ruyi Staff with Artemis equipped, and began to extend the Ruyi Staff .

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[Ooh, we’re finally back at the height we were at before . ] (Caucasus)

[Damn straight . ] (Beelzebub)

It has been around 6 minutes since the Ruyi Staff began making its way to the moon .

Caucasus and Beelzebub began their conversation as such .

By the way, our party is currently set up in the following manner:

Caucasus is holding on at the lowest position, his horns holding onto the Nimbus Cloud .

Sitting atop the Nimbus Cloud is me — with Artemis equipped — and Beelzebub .

My role is to cast recovery magic on Caucasus’ legs when he needs it so that he does not fall due to the fatigue .

Beelzebub’s role on the other hand, is to provide magical energy to the Nimbus Cloud in order to maintain the deployment of the weather shield .

Although the Nimbus Cloud loses its functionality when going beyond the stratosphere, it does help with maintaining atmospheric pressure and reducing cosmic radiation .

Having distributed our roles as such, we are able to comfortably head towards the moon .

At this pace…it wouldn’t take an hour before we reach an altitude where the atmosphere is pretty thin .

Once it gets like that, moving at supersonic speed would not generate as much of a shockwave as it normally would .

I guess I’ll raise our rising speed once we get there .

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It’s been around 6 hours since then .

Ever since around the time we escaped the stratosphere, I have begun raising the speed of the Ruyi Staff’s extension…however, I then discovered a truly shocking truth .

Would you believe it, the Ruyi Staff’s speed limit, isn’t just [Slightly faster than the speed of sound . ] .

Until just a moment ago, the Ruyi Staff was still accelerating .

I think it isn’t strange to say that the current speed is around 4 times the speed of sound .

It seems we’ll reach the moon sooner than we thought .

Well, even so, having to spend a few days inside the closed space of the Nimbus Cloud’s weather shield is…may seem boring, but that isn’t the case .

Seeing our planet from this height…is so beautifully breathtaking .

[What a great view…] (Varius)

[[Yeah…]] (Caucasus, Beelzebub)

Not just me, Caucasus and Beelzebub felt healed by that spectacle as well .

Oh, it’s already time .

I thought I’d take the opportunity to observe the various celestial bodies across the galaxy seeing as we’re already in space .

It’s not everyday one gets to clearly observe the celestial bodies without interference from the atmosphere .

Using telescopic magic, let us capture this precious moment .

For starters, I think I will begin by observing one of the planets orbiting around .

A few minutes later, I made a discovery regarding that planet .

In order to take a closer look, I drastically increased the magnification of the telescopic magic but…I almost fell off the Nimbus Cloud when I captured the image of the planet .

…W…Why does that planet have 4 natural satellites?!

As far as I know, that planet only has 2 natural satellites .

That fact should have been confirmed by scientists countless times .

I never heard anything about it having 4 natural satellites, exactly what is going on…?

After taking a few deep breaths and regaining my calm, I have come to a conclusion .

I, have reincarnated to a different planet .

Definitely, everything makes sense if I think about it that way .

The part where no Tamers know about awakening .

Or the part where the treatment of Tamers are unreasonably poor .

Even the fact that not a single person knows about True Chant magic .

Everything, is because [This planet has not achieved that level of civilisation yet . ]

Well, not like I can say anything even if I know all this .

My feelings after having all my doubts since reincarnating resolved is…honestly, complicated .

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It should have been a few days since then .

Our party has…finally come close enough to the moon to clearly see it as a small rock .

……It has really been a long journey .

Even if we were travelling at a speed multiple times faster than the speed of sound…380000km is really far after all .

Incidentally, I thought of trying to steer the Nimbus Cloud so I tried willing it to move . When I did that…the Nimbus Cloud only moved a little .

It was an experiment based on the hypothesis that [The flying abilities of the Nimbus Cloud would be displayed once it approaches the surface of a celestial body]… . . and it seems that it was right .

[Thanks, Caucasus . It seems that I can finally move the Nimbus Cloud, so please get on . Let’s reach the surface of the moon together . ] (Varius)

I told Caucasus, while slowing down the extension speed of the Ruyi Staff .

Soon after…using the Nimbus Cloud, we flew towards the surface of the moon .

I placed Artemis against a nearby boulder made of Lunar Metal .

Right after that…Artemis once again assumed the form of a girl .

[Thank you . I never would have thought that I would return to this place again……Ah~ I’m being filled with power . ] (Artemis)

Artemis said while stretching .

Throwing herself into a depression in the Lunar Metal boulder, Artemis continued .

[Could you stay here for about 24 hours? With that amount of time…well, I should be able to recover about 60% of my full strength . Once I do, as thanks, I would like to share some of my power with you, Varius . ] (Artemis)