Chapter 72. 3 x 3 Days Trip To The Crystal Cube World
While Cedric's clone explained the concept of training methods to the two races.
Inside the Divine Space, Cedric saw the world's stability decrease considerably.
When he saw that 6 percent had decreased within an hour, he knew this unplanned spending happened because the clones were giving explanations to the dwarf and elf.
Considering his plan and the sudden extra expenditure, Cedric decided to disperse the two clones to save his world's stability.
Of course he didn't turn the clones into some R rated sight filled with blood and flesh. Instead, he controlled the clone to bid their farewell, and literally dispersed them into mists that instantly dissipated into the air.
Without the two clones to distract him, Cedric closed his eyes and refocused his full attention on the three remaining clones.
The dwarf clone he created has been placed inside an empty alley in the dwarf's newly constructed city.
It's a city located on the foot of a mountain quite a distance from the dwarf's magic mountain where their capital city stood.
As a new city, many new dwarfs often arrived in it. That's why Cedric directly created the clone inside. An unknown new dwarf won't cause anyone to feel surprised in the city, as they'll just assume he is a dwarf that has just recently arrived.
Currently, he is drinking in a bar while chatting with the surrounding dwarf.
Honestly, Cedric is curious when the dwarf finds a winemaking technology, but he is too busy to check it.
Inside the bar, all of the dwarves mainly talked about who has found a new ore, what kind of metal has been crafted recently, or about some dwarf who has found an ore vein.
Being absorbed by the jolly mood, Cedric joined the dwarves next to him who talked about creating new explosives.
He even accidentally introduced the concept of cannon and guns.
When he saw the surrounding dwarf's eyes glisten and some of the patrons even left the bar, Cedric got a bad feeling.
'This… nothing will go wrong, right? It's just a gun and cannon. Furthermore, the new ant queen is preparing for its invasion. So, having canon and guns will help the dwarves. Probably?'
While Cedric felt a bit troubled due to the word he accidentally said to the dwarves. On the elf's territory, the Elf clone he created next to an elven settlement has finally arrived in the village.
His identity for this clone is an elf that likes to travel.
To make the disguise even more perfect, Cedric has also created a bag filled with unique clothing and a few clay pots filled with interesting things.
As for food, the elves never lacked it because there were simply too many edible plants in the elven forest. This is why, if an elf traveled with food reserves, it'll make them suspicious instead.
When Cedric arrived at the village, he found several elves calmly tending to their plants or baking pottery in the settlement's kiln.
They all saw Cedric entering the village, and one of them walked toward him, "Hello, my name is Vilina. May I ask who you are? I've never seen you around here."
Cedric looked at the golden-haired elf in front of him and smiled, "Hello miss Vilina, you may call me Cedric. I like to travel around and have just arrived in this area, which is why you have never seen me around before."
Although elves have androgynous appearance that made it quite difficult for others to differentiate their gender. But Cedric has seen the elves long enough and has even thoroughly studied the race. He needs but a glance to determine the elf in front of him is a female.
After some chat, which mostly consisted of Vilina talking and Cedric nodding or shaking his head. Cedric and Vilina became much closer and he started experiencing the life of the elves.
Just like what he saw through his mental power while in the Divine Space, most elf's daily life consisted of crafting, picking fruits, chatting, sleeping, and courting elves of the opposite gender.
Even so, the feeling of simply watching from the Divine Space is incomparable to directly experiencing the situation. Unlike when he looked down on the Crystal Cube world from Divine Space, Cedric can feel the Vilina standing next to him is truly alive and has her own emotions.
Cedric's elven clone spent the next three days mostly together with Vilina before bidding her his farewell.
When he said he was leaving, Vilina asked with a sad voice, "Are you leaving already?"
"Yeah. I usually don't stay in one place for too long."
Vilina fell silent before asking with some hesitation in her voice, "Can I follow you?"
Cedric immediately shook his head, "No."
Hearing his reply, Vilia dejectedly walked into her home.
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Cedric looked at the leaving Vilia and returned to his temporary house to prepare for his leave.
While he was preparing, Vilia arrived at his house with some clay pots in her hand. Cedric looked inside the pot and found it filled with fruit jam.
"This is my secret fruit jam that you liked. Remember to finish it within a week, otherwise it'll go bad."
Cedric looked at the pot filled with jam and fell silent before muttering, "Thank you."
Once he finished preparing, Cedric left the elf village where he stayed for close to three days.
Turning his head, Cedric can see Vilia waving her hand at him. "Don't forget to visit the village whenever you are close by!"
Cedric nodded at Vilina and walked away from the village.
Once he was far enough from the elf village, Cedric sighed, "I am sure I made this clone to have an average elven face. Who knows how I somehow charmed an elf within three days."
Leaving that word, Cedric's clone disappeared with his bag, and the pot filled with fruit jam.
Meanwhile, at the same time Cedric's elf clone is created, his human clone has also arrived inside an empty alley in Silver Hope City.
He decided on the city simply because he wanted to hear people talking about his greatness after he finished showing off.
Because of the city's size, the amount of people inside is quite considerable. Furthermore, there are villages in the surrounding areas that used the city as a trading hub to trade their harvest for daily necessities.
That means it's normal for the people in the city to find people with unfamiliar faces.
The human clone Cedric created has brown hair and dark colored iris which are the most common colors in the world.
He also created plenty of coins to purchase his necessities. The clothes he wore consisted of noble clothing that's currently trending in the Sacred Kingdom. This way, he can introduce himself as the descendant of a noble from the Sacred Kingdom.
Instead of his normal face, Cedric gave the clone an above-average face. The kind that can charm all the ladies and widows in a village.
This also mirrored the old noble family in the Sacred Kingdom who has taken beautiful mistress or whatever the male equivalent of mistress is, for generations.
This caused the old noble family from the Sacred Kingdom and Great Sun Kingdom to have face value above the average commoners.
Once Cedric placed his mental power inside his clone and possessed the body. He looked around the place and walked in the direction where some noises could be heard.
After taking three turns, Cedric finally saw a spacious road with stores and stalls filling both sides of the road.
In front of the stalls and stores, many pedestrians pass by the road that has recently been decorated with flowers, flags, statues, and other decorations.
Among those decorations, there are many copies of the creator's statues and flags with praises to the creator written on them.
Sometimes, people will pause and gather around a bard that sings praise to the creator god.
Cedric who had just taken all those sights opened his mouth agape, 'I know I am the one who tried to show off. But, isn't the people's reaction too great? I thought they'd at most discuss about the mountains or something.'
'By the scale of things, they're probably preparing a full-scale festival.' Cedric thought while observing some people wearing priest robes placing more decorations on the already heavily decorated road.
As he thought of the festival, Cedric recalled something and quickly ran while looking at the buildings around the street.
When he saw an inn, Cedric stopped and entered it.
The moment he entered, Cedric saw the staff inside were busy entertaining guests or doing some cleaning.
Seeing the inn's dining area is only half full, Cedric breathed a sigh of relief.
'This should mean the inn isn't full yet and I can purchase a room here. It'll be embarrassing if I need to sleep in the street on my first visit to my own world.'
A few minutes after Cedric sat down, one of the staff finally came toward him while apologizing, "We are sorry for the inconvenience. The other inn staff are busy repairing and cleaning the inn to prepare for the festival. So, we're extremely short-staffed."
"What kind of festival is it?" Cedric asked with curiosity plastered on his face.
"It's a month-long festival to praise the creator for the miracle they have just created near the city."
"A month-long festival?" Cedric asked while feeling a bit dumbfounded.
The staff smiled, "The head priestess of the Silver Hope City's temple branch, the city lord of Silver Hope City, and the other nobles have already spread the news of the creator's miracle to the capital city and the temple headquarters. Once the news has been spread, many people will visit the city to observe the creator's miracle. So, the festival is held for a month straight because many people are located far away from the city."
Cedric nodded, "I'll purchase your best room for three nights. Also, bring your best dishes and drink for me."
"Usually it'll only cost 1 gold coin per night for our best room. But as the festival draw nears, the innkeeper has doubled the price to 2 gold coins per night. Is it alright for you?" The staff said while smiling apologetically.
Cedric nodded.
"3-day stay and our best menu will cost 6 gold coins and 2 silver coins."
Cedric gave the staff several coins minted with the kingdom's current king's face.
The staff took the coins and bowed while asking, "Do you want me to bring the food to your room?"
Cedric shook his head, "I'd like to eat here."
The staff nodded before running toward the back area of the inn.
Soon, the staff returned with the dishes Cedric ordered.
While the inn staff served his meal, Cedric asked, "When will the first day of the festival begin?"
"It'll probably start when the nearest important guest from the capital city arrives. In total, around six days if the time to send the message is also included."
"What a pity" Cedric murmured.
He can only stay in the world for three days at most. That means he'll miss the chance to see the festival in person.
Cedric looked at the dishes in front of him which consisted of barbecued meat, a bowl of unknown soup, stir-fried vegetables, white bread, and an unknown juice created from mixing several fruits.
He took a bite from the beef and sighed.
'It's a bit too bland, there is only some salt, paper, and something like soy sauce in it. That soy sauce is probably the result of Yuma and other's hard work. Perhaps I need to create more spice plants next."
Then Cedric recalled some plants can be used as spices amongst the plants that the System initially created.
'It seems the people here simply haven't learned to process those plants into spices. Perhaps I'll need to kidna- transfer a chef the next time I summoned a hero for the humans.'
After tasting the barbecued meat, Cedric switched his target to the unknown soup.
Unlike the barbecue which feels a bit bland, the unknown soup contained a lot of ingredients to the point Cedric couldn't even guess what was placed inside from the taste alone.
While sipping the unknown soup, Cedric suddenly recalled how the people in the Crystal Cube world usually ate their soup.
He paused and tore a part of the white bread, dipped it inside the soup, and ate the bread while sipping the soup.
As for the stir-fried vegetable, it tasted like normal vegetables.
Finally, Cedric took a sip of the mixed fruit juice and nodded.
'This fruit tasted alright. It's a mix of sweet and sour. To be more specific, this mixed fruit juice kinda feels like a mix of strawberry, lychee, and dragon fruit.'
While eating his food, Cedric listened to the surrounding chatter. Most people talked about the festival that'll be held, while some are talking about random gossip.
Once he finished eating, Cedric entered his room under the guidance of the inn staff.
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