Half the Fallen Angels
Episode 41: Knowledge of Arcana

Now that all the fairies around them are back to their daily lives, they do not want to make Devan continuously respond to their remarks so that Devan becomes disturbed by it.

They all went walking as usual, leaving a joyful smile at Devan who replied to their response.

"Alright, Devan. I've brought you all the way here. Is there anything I need to help you with?"

"Eee.... shia, I'm actually here to find a vehicle to Rayyana?"

"Rayyana.., Hummm actually with my wind I could have brought you, but unfortunately today I'm at work."

"Is there any transportation or anything like that that can take me there?"

"No.", Alishia shook her head.

"When we want to travel, we just fly."

"Totally so."

"Shia, when did you finish work?"

"I can work till night."

Devan's eyes glanced down upon hearing that, he was silent as if he was thinking, but Alishia was so sensitive, she realized there was disappointment in Devan's taste.

"Worst of all?.... To Rayyana?", suddenly Alishia took the attention of Devan who was glancing down. Alishia slightly lowered herself and her head, and spoke in front of Devan's eyes.

"Yes, I'm in a hurry. I can't be late, do you.knew someone who would take me there?", Devan responded flatly.

"Let me just. I told you, with my wind I can take you there" said Alishia smiling.

"You work till night, I don't think I can wait anymore."

"I didn't say I worked until night. I said I could work till night."

Devan was silent, he just understood Alishia's intentions just now.

"That means, I can also finish working now", continued Alishia who was still smiling at Devan.

"Really?.. Then come on!"

"Mm mm", Alishia shook her head.

"With you here, aren't you supposed to fix that first?", Alishia glanced at the blackened bracelet on Devan's left hand.

"No need. It doesn't interfere with my appearance."

"Appearance?.. humm.. From what you say you don't seem to know."

Devan then scrunched his forehead,

"Don't know what?", asked Devan in surprise.

"How about you come with me first?, not too long. Later you will know", said kindly Alishia.

"Well, not long ago."

"Hm", muttered Alisha nodding a smile. "Come.!"

Devan and Alishia walk together. On the way, Alishia spoke a lot, while Devan remained faithful to her while giving a brief response.

Sometimes they both say hello or just wave their hands, if there is a fairy who passes by saying hello.

Back then, Alishia was like a tour guide. He is often moved to explain what appears in his eyes, unique things, in the city of Arcana.

Until one day, Devan saw something familiar, a building like a giant windmill standing on the side of the road that he passed. Devan raised his head, and it appeared in his eyes a spinning mill, blowing the colors of fairy magic in a certain direction.

"Haa, this windmill is the idea of the mother of Artemis" said Alishia who saw Devan looking at the windmill.

Devan lowered his gaze again and turned to look at Alishia.

"Mother?", asked Devan in surprise.

"Oh sorry, you don't know. Mother Artemis was our previous fairy queen. 'Mother', it's our dear call to him."

"So so...."

"Md. In the past, Mother Artemis had traveled to a human country. The country is rich in wind, so the residents use the wind to be used as energy to help their work.

Because of that, Mother Artemis was thought to build a windmill in this country, only its function is different, the windmill here is more so that the remnants of our magic that floated into the air, the windmill is more, can fly out on a regular path", continued Alishia.

After hearing that explanation, Devan turned his head back, looking back at the mill.

("Rather than windmills, it is actually more appropriate to call a giant fan.", bathin Devan.)

Suddenly, there appeared rippling wind around Devan's body, which slowly grew louder. Devan was a little surprised for a moment.

"Quietly, it is my wind, you will understand better after looking at it from above" Alishia said with a fluffy smile.

Devan turned to look at Alishia, and saw a bunch of wind ripples also blowing around him.

And they both flew up, getting higher and higher than the height of the giant windmill, even higher than the edge of the Arcana.

"Look!"

Devan gaped, he was amazed to see how the colorful magic fairies adorned the whole country of Arcana. One windmill that Devan met just now, it turned out to be just one of the many windmills that stood around the entire country.

The windmill blew the aura of fairy magic color towards the other windmills, in unison, from the lowest, to the top, then the top edge, then the top, the magic aura of the fairy was blown off into space, letting her fly freely, willing her to fly clumped down, or lost fused with the air of space.

"Before there were the ferris wheel, the remnants of our magic filled the entire city. Often it disturbs our eyesight, however, none of us complain.

But Mother Artemis was very understanding, even though we did not complain, she understood what was bothering us, she then conveyed her intentions and ideas to us, asked us for permission, and afterwards, after that, Mother Amaryllis helped him to determine the layout of the Ferris wheel to what it is today."

Devan was silent to hear.

"The Queen of the Elves Artemis is very kind" said Devan, looking a thin smile at the corner of her lips.

"Md. Though Mother Artemis is good, but still her enemies are many.

......"

Devan turned his head towards Alishia who was looking down. Devan also realized, Alishia was not looking at the city of Arcana, her view was empty, she did not see anything.

"Let's go down.", a moment later, Alishia returns the usual one.

"Mm.", Devan agreed.

.....

A while later...

"...Daaan, we arrived" said Alishia

Devan and Alishia are now in front of a rather large fairy house.

"Let's go in.", Alishia asked with a smile.

Alishia entered the house through an open half-oval door.

"Mr Pashaa, Lishia dataaang to report!", said Alishia as her right hand held up parallel to her eyebrows giving a sign of respect.

"good. I told you, if the colors you're bringing are not up to our buyer's request."

Hearing that, Alishia was pretentious to step up, with a slightly sullen face as she said,

"Hey hey Pashaaa, but I haven't said it yet but you've thought bad of me" Alishia said in a slightly sullen tone, then it stopped right in front of the male elf called Pasha who was standing behind the white window.

At the same time, Devan had just entered, then threw his gaze across the entire corner of the room.

"Hoooh...., so that means the item you brought is true?" said Pasha.

"Hehehe.", Alishia was just stunned while scratching her head.

"Tuh?, hmmm well, I've been thinking anyway."

While Alishia and Pasha were talking, Devan was busy looking at the small pendants of various shapes neatly arranged on a white window.

In addition, there are also medium-sized pendants on the walls of the full white room.

However, their colors are almost similar, mostly blue, light blue, dark blue, some are white, red, indigo, but lost a lot with bluish colors.

"This... accessories store?", asked Devan himself, but was heard by Alishia and Pasha.

"Welcome sir, in the store pend.. ehh son manaaa!", Pasha who was about to welcome him was immediately surprised, not expecting any humans to visit his shop.

"Hehe, I brought her here" Alishia told Pasha.

"Devan, come. You can ask the owner of the shop directly."

Devan then walked over, passing through several storefronts on his left-right side. Until he reached the front of a storefront, which on the opposite side stood a golden yellow short-haired elf named Pasha.

"This is a pendant shop, son of man", replied Pasha's smile.

"Devan, he is Pasha, I sometimes become a courier who transfers orders from his customers" said Alishia.

"Yes. But often he also becomes a third person, buying goods in my shop, then reselling them to other customers at a higher price" Pasha responded.

"Ehehe, yes I would also like to profit.... Oh yes Pasha, she is Devan, a human that I met outside the city."

"Greetings, Devan."

"Greetings to you too, Pasha."

"I brought him here, to fix his pendant, and to let him know about the pendant."

"Ooh, so. My knowledge isn't really that deep, but if it's just basic, maybe I can explain."

"Hm. The pendants here are mostly blue. I get why Shia got the wrong order."

"Haa?, Ahahaha.", suddenly Pasha laughed at Devan's words.

"I didn't think you knew that either."

"Hey hey, why am I the one being talked about here?, and also Pasha, it's only natural that she knew, I met her right at the customer's master's house.", Alishia said with a slightly sullen face.

"Heuuuh", muttered Pasha after laughing. "That's it, it's natural. But actually Shia is wrong to bring it not because of the many similar colors, it is the basis of her being careless. hehe.", mocked Pasha while glancing ridiculously at Alishia.

"Hey!.. Heuuu.. All right, I'm careless!."

"Handering loo, Lishia" said Pasha, then he immediately changed the topic and saw Devan.

"These cultivators are made of our magic solidified, as for the blue color it comes from our element, the wind."

Then, Pasha started pointing at the pendants located in the storefront located between the three of them.

"Look, this blue one, it contains the wind element, the darker the color, it means the wind is getting stronger. Also, the indigo color like this, this one, the soft element of the wind, will cool the heart affected by the wind, well this indigo is the same as the wind of Alishia.

Other colors, such as this red one, will protect the wearer from mental stress, or this white one, is able to strengthen the hearing of fairies who have sensitivity to sound waves, this one is suitable for the power of sound sensitivity like me."

"Wait, are there any other elements?"

"none. The fairies only mastered wind element magic."

"Why?"

"Hmm, your question is like asking why fish are good at swimming. How do you explain it?", Pasha then put up a thoughtful look.

"The fairies are creatures created from the wind, Devan. That's why, where maybe we can have other elemental magic" said Alishia trying to answer.

"Well so.", Pasha chimed.

"So, I seem to understand a bit."

("But when that opinion is used on humans, I don't understand it, even though humans are created from the ground, but it doesn't allow them to control the land.... Ah, that's it.")

"Thank God, even if you only understand a little, oh yeah, aren't you two here to fix the pendant?"

"Oh yeah, it's Devan's pendant bracelet. Devan, try to show Pasha."

Devan then raised his left hand.

"This?... Pendant?", Devan was confused.

"May I see?", pinta Pasha.

Devan extended his left hand to Pasha.

"It's blackened like this.... It's like being exposed to the black magic attacks of various demons simultaneously."

Devan's eyes opened wide for a moment, he just remembered himself once surrounded by dozens of demons when on the first sky trip.

("From that moment?. I was in Eris's grip, so I don't remember much.")

"May I touch it?"

"Hm", Devan said.

"Very Elastic. It's a pendant, but it's not made here. Maybe. It was made in Rayyana."

"Rayyana???"

"Devan, you look surprised" said Pasha.

"It just so happens that he was actually going there" Alishia told Pasha.

"It's only natural that you don't think."

Devan was silent, looking at the bracelet he was wearing.

("Because my memory hasn't returned, I don't know the origin of this bracelet", bathin Devan.)

"I'm honestly still curious. Can I take a minute?"

Devan nodded, saying,

"Hm. It doesn't matter."

Pasha removed the bracelet from Devan's hand,

"This donor is elastic."

Pasha focused on the bracelet that was now moving in her fingers, as well as Alishia who was curious to face her body and her gaze was entirely on the bracelet that Pasha was holding.

Pasha twirled the black bracelet, then she went back and forth to look at the inside.

"This is indeed different from usual", responded Alishia who also focused on seeing the bracelet.

"Hm?", suddenly Pasha muttered a little, his gaze to the bracelet that was under his eyes, but he felt that there was a huge dark aura before him.

Pasha then raised her gaze forward. As soon as his countenance changed, he looked very surprised, his eyes wide open.

"Pasha....?", Alishia was astonished. He turned to look at Pasha, Devan.

"Haaah!", Alishia's breath was drawn, her mouth gaping, her eyes widened, at which point Alishia retreated to keep her distance from Devan.

Devan was more clueless, suddenly he saw the overreaction of Pasha and Alishia when he saw her.

"You.", Pasha tried to speak, he was still standing in his place.

"You're not human, you're... Fallen Angel??" said Alishia in high pitched. Though hesitant, Alishia remained alert, she looked at Devan with a cynical look of displeasure.

("Ha???"

"She...how can I know?")

Devan was still unaware, his heart wondering as he looked at Pasha and Alishia taking turns.

But Pasha and Alishia, see it very clearly. A pitch-black aura shot out from all over his body, up above his head, formed a crown of that black aura, as well as from behind his back, a pair of sharp wide wings, blooming formed by the black aura.

The aura of Devan's power came out, Pasha and Alishia saw it clearly, but Devan was unaware of it.

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