The 1.000 year Great Sage ---> COMPLETED STORY

The Baron pointed with his hand to the several shops and businesses still open, at that hour of the evening.

- Yes, even the Inn is open, selling drinks. And there are also some shops open and merchants, selling street food for the ones like us that are taking a stroll.

Seya was smiling, very pleased with himself.

- Yes, that was really a good idea, if I can say so myself!

Milady Margaret nodded.

- Yes, it really was, Milord. And for what the women of the sewing crew told me, in the other villages it's happening the same. People there also go for a stroll, after dinner.

Princess Heiji was waving at a small girl that was looking at her.

- Yes, my father told me that in the Capital of the Royal Kingdom, it's happening the same. And in there, it's even more lively. There are always people from nearby countries going to the Capital, and they also like the streets at night.

Better you all get prepared for an increase in the demands of this, my father is being contacted by other countries, they also want to have lights in their streets and in the houses.

- Oh, more work for the artisans! And more money for our safes! Baron, I think that very soon, we will need to have another meeting with all the Village Chiefs, to decide how we should use the money that we already have.

- I agree, Milord. We have an enormous amount, only from the selling of our products in the Kingdom's Capital! With more money getting in because of the lights, the purses, and bags, soon we will have more money than we need!

- Yeah, we need to make some decisions for the next improvements. And with the opening of the Magic Barrier for the merchants from the Empire and accepting Gateway requests from the Royal Kingdom, we'll get more people coming and more money!

They walked for a while, with Seya stopping from time to time to talk with some people that approached him. Most of the times they just wanted to greet him, others wanted to thank him for the lights, the school or the improvements in farming. There were also some women that told him how much they appreciate the Home Appliances, or the easiness of grinding flour by the Watermill, with one or two younger women, trying to flirt with him while a very angry Ryn Mycym was looking at them.

After a while, they went back to the house and because it was getting late, they all went to their rooms, already prepared.

Seya took the opportunity to put more Magic in the Gigantic Magic Crystals in his room, and he went to sleep. That day was very tiring!

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A few moments later, a voice was heard through the Communicator Crystal.

- 'Seya, are you sleeping?'

- Not now!

- 'Good. Gateway open!'

- 'Lights on!' and 'Gateway authorized!'... ooh… cute nightgown!

Ryn walked around, to show off.

- Do you like it? I bought this because of you. Heheheh! Move, give me some space!

- Oh, so bossy! Me likes! Heheheh!

- Shut up and kiss me, crazy brat!

- On it, boss!

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Special Note - Stopping the report for this evening!

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In the next morning, everyone was already in the dining room, except Seya and Ryn.

Hina was wondering what happened.

- Where are those two? Do you think that they…

Princess Arys shook her head.

- No, my stupid cousin is a slowpoke. Do you remember how long he took to kiss the poor Ryn?

Ryn arrived in the middle of the talk, she was all smiles.

- What about the poor me?

Hina greeted her and she then made an inquisitive face.

- Good morning! Oh, Ryn… you… look different again…

Princess Arys looked at Ryn and Seya that were holding hands and she sniffed the air.

- Yeah, happier and … sniff, sniff… yeah, they went to the ocean again! Annoying love birds! Argh! Why I'm so jealous?

Seya addressed Duncan while pointing with his head towards Princess Arys.

- Duncan, weren't you supposed to never leave Arys and make her happy? Why didn't you take her to swim in the ocean?

- But… I can't use Milord's Magic to go to the ocean when I feel like it!

- Of course, you can! You can use your own Gateway Crystal and go to the new Inn near the ocean!

Hearing Seya saying that, they started to talk at the same time.

- Oh, yeah… we can all do that!... we can…

Seya slowly shook his head.

- Bunch of stupid brats! Heheheh!

While eating, they were making plans for a trip to the new Inn to go to the ocean, use the swimming pool and do some flying mock battles in the field at the back of the Inn.

When they finished, Seya opened a Gateway to the Magic Barrier and grabbing Ryn's hand, they went through it while waving to the others.

Seya noticed that Ryn was suddenly silent. Seya took his Mage robe and another one that he lent to Ryn, from his Compressed Dimension. He put his robe and waited for Ryn to do the same. Seya started to gather his Magic and he started to fly until the top of the Magic Barrier.

- Come on already!

Ryn did the same. She was still nervous, but since she agreed yesterday about going along with Seya, she couldn't back down. When she reached Seya, he held her hand.

- I'm going to fly a little higher, that way, no one on the ground will be able to find us so easily. Then, we are going to fly very fast along the barrier until the ocean, turn around, and we will go until the Dwarf Mountains. Along that flight, I will throw from time to time, two Dark walls of Compressed Dimension to take the horses and the weapons from any soldiers near the Barrier.

After that, we'll go a little deeper into the Empire lands, looking for any palaces or castles nearby by, and use the same two Dark walls to clean them up also. Easy, right?

- If you say it like that, it seems really easy.

- Ok, use your Wind Magic to help you, while holding my hand. Don't worry, I will not let the Magic in your Wind Crystal to end. Let's go! Up, up, and away!

- Strange saying. Do you use that for concentration?

- No, it's just an old joke. Heheheh!

When they were high enough, anyone that was in the ground and looked up could only see two small dark dots.

They went along the Magic Barrier, and every time they spotted a group of soldiers near it, Seya would dispose them of their horses and weapons.

When they reached the Dwarf Mountains, they flew deep inside the Empire lands. They saw a castle in the ground, and Seya did the same. He took all the horses, weapons, pots and pans. Even doorknobs and handles!

They flew parallel to the Magic Barrier, in the direction of the ocean. Ryn was looking down and every time that she pointed a new target, Seya cleaned it.

They soon reached the ocean again. During their travel, they targeted fifteen palaces, castles or big houses that looked like a ruler's house.

Finally, they flew along the ocean, until they crossed the Magic Barrier and they went in the direction of the new Inn, where their friends were.

Seya saw all of them leaving the beach and walking up the staircase that he made. They landed in front of the door to the swimming pool, and they waited.

Princess Heiji was the first to reach the top, unkempt, full of sand, breathless and smiling.

- Uff… I win, you weaklings! Heheheh! Oh, hello again! Back so soon?

Seya was smiling, just by seeing the mess she looked.

- Soon? We took a while, you know? What did you do so far?

- We did mock battles at the beach while flying! I had so much fun! Then we went swimming in the ocean. At least, those that can swim. The others, they just went until the water reached their waist. Those cowards! Heheheheh!

Seya waved at the others that were approaching them, also full of sand and breathless.

- Here they are. Hello everyone. Seems the little Princess was faster than all of you.

Princess Arys pointed at Heiji, still breathing heavily.

- Yeah, that lousy cheater! She dared us to climb all those stairs without any Magic and then she used Body Strengthening Magic!

Princess Heiji put her tongue out.

- Heheheh! You are just mad because you weren't the first to think about that! Or you really expected that I was going to lose? I hate losing!

Seya did a slow-motion smack on the head of Princess Heiji.

- Ahahah! You cheater! Let's go inside, I want to swim a little. Did you talk with the Innkeeper?

John was bent with his hands on his knees to recover his breath, but he managed to raise one arm.

- I did. When … ufff… everyone arrived here … ufff… and went directly to the beach … ufff… I stayed behind and talked with him.

- Great. Shall we go? I need to change clothes and use the showers before diving in.

Seya opened the door to the pool and he entered, followed by everyone else.

John raised his head, still tired, points at the chairs around the pool.

- Well, I'm going to lay down on those comfy strange chairs.

Princess Heiji pointed with her thumb to Myra Calcym.

- Or you could use this opportunity to learn how to swim! You and Myra!

- Yeah, that reminds me, I didn't put these in the swimming pool… where it is… I need to find a time to put some order on my Compressed Dimension… ah, found it!

From his Compressed Dimension, Seya took five cork planks and five strange vests. He then started to blow in one small tube of each vest and those vests inflated. He closed the tube with a string and he put all that in the ground, near the pool.

- I made this some time ago. If someone doesn't know how to swim, put on one of these vests, it will help you float. And when in the water, you can also grab one of these cork planks to help you learn how to swim.

Myra was with one vest in her hands.

- That's so cool! How did you make this?

- By using the skin of a gigantic snake that Princess Heiji killed some years ago. She hunted it, we ate some of the meat and sold the rest.

- You forgot to tell that I had to kill it with only one dagger on each hand! You meanie! You even seated on a rock, enjoying the show!

- Of course, I wanted to keep the skin intact! You wanted to completely burn the snake, making it unusable! Now, less talk, more swimming! Grab a Water Crystal and a Wind Crystal and jump in!

They went to change their clothes and after a quick run under the showers, they all dive into the swimming pool. Except for John and Myra, those two went to the shallow zone, testing the vests and the planks. When they saw that they could easily float, they joined the others, in the deepest zone.

Very soon, they were using Wind and Water Magic from their Crystals, to fight in the pool.

There were a lot of whirlwinds, underwater hurricanes, strong currents, and even some whirlpools!

Seya was the first to get out of the swimming pool and stretch over a chair, completely exhausted. He had to fight against everyone in turns, sometimes, two opponents at a time.

One after the other, everyone joined him, choosing a chair near him. Hina was laying on her back, exhausted, and she rolled over to talk to Seya.

- By the way, you didn't tell us how did your trip go. Did Ryn faint a lot?

Ryn shook her head, smiling. She looked very proud of herself.

- No, not even once! It was so cool! We were flying so high, that the soldiers in the ground looked like small marbles. They didn't saw us and they never knew what hit them, when Seya threw his two Dark walls! And then we went flying until the Dwarfs Mountains, doing the same every time we saw soldiers. We even went further into the lands of the Empire, and Seya was throwing his Magic's one after the other against every castle or palace that we saw. I was looking for the targets and Seya shot all of them! I lost count of how many weapons, armors, and horses we caught!

Hina made a sad face.

- Oh, I should have gone to! It sounds like you had so much fun!

- I hope that now she calms for a while. I told her that I don't like to take unnecessary risks, but she only believed after seeing for herself! This distrustful woman that I have!

Now, I want to talk to the Innkeeper, I'm going to change my clothes.

Ryn got up and she stretched. Seya gulped when he noticed Ryns curves, fully noticeable by the tight clothes that she was wearing.

- Can I go with you? I want to see how the Inn looks now.

Seya blinked his eyes to wake up. He disguised his pervert looks with a smile. Seeing her like that, he was having strange ideas for the next time that she went to his room.

- Sure. If anyone wants to come, go change and dry yourselves with Wind or Fire Magic. I don't know if there's already towels inside the Inn.

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When Seya entered the Inn, he saw the Innkeeper's son at the counter, making some notes.

- Hello Innkeeper. How is everything in here?

- Milord, nice to see you again! My wife went to the market to buy some groceries. My father and my mother are both buying more towels and blankets. I stayed here, making a list of things to do and tiding up some things that they bought yesterday. I'm sorry to bother Milord, but I think that I'm going to need more money, to buy the rest of the things needed.

- Say no more… here, a bag with 50 gold coins. Make a list of all the expenses and the money spent. I need to show that in the next meeting with the Villages Chiefs. When everything is ready, tell me, so that I can make proper arrangements for the new visitors.

- Thank you, Milord, I will do just that, of course. I saw Milord's friends down the beach, flying and fighting. That's the usual way of practicing, in the Royal Kingdom?