Eidolon Master: Tamer of Animal Women 2 by Eric Vall

Author:Eric Vall [Vall, Eric]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Eric Vall
Published: 2024-02-23T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

“What?” I asked. “How…?”

Eidolons can get lost the same way as anything else, Tala said sadly.

I peered up at the slope. “I can’t see her.”

You wouldn’t, Tala answered. The nymphs can’t wield eidolons, so she won’t be released until someone claims her.

I sighed and thought back to what my wolf-lover had told me when we’d rescued Neoma. She’d said if we left the owl eidolon in the jungle, she might have been claimed by another adventurer, but she could also have ended up being taken to the graveyard by the nymphs. And that might have meant she would never be released again.

The moment I’d seen Neoma’s ring waiting in the jungle by the body of her dead master, I’d known I had to save her. There were so many asshole adventurers out there who treated eidolons like shit, and I’d known I couldn’t leave her for just anyone to claim.

And now that I’d seen the graveyard she might have ended up in, I was even happier that I’d saved her. The thought that beautiful, bubbly Neoma could have been trapped here within her ring filled me with a powerful ache.

I’m glad you decided to rescue Neoma from this fate, Tala said softly. I can’t bear the thought that she might have ended up here. It’s so cold and devoid of life.

“I know,” I sighed and looked over at Neoma.

The owl eidolon was perching on a gravestone next to where I stood. She stared at me with her huge hazel-and-gold eyes, and affection radiated from her. Although she couldn’t speak, I could instantly tell she was thanking me for having saved her.

I turned my head in the direction of the nymphs again.

I couldn’t leave an eidolon here.

Colton… Tala said as she sensed my feelings.

“I can’t abandon her,” I replied. “No eidolon should suffer like this. The least I can do is go and find out more from the nymphs.”

Tala was silent for a moment.

You’re right, she said eventually. At first, I was unsure about your choice to claim Neoma because I didn’t know if you could handle two eidolons, but I was wrong. I trust you with all my heart, and I’ll support whatever decision you make.

Warmth coursed through my body at her words, and I started walking slowly up the hill. Neoma took off from her gravestone perch so she could fly next to me.

“Do the nymphs find these eidolons the same way they find the weapons?” I asked Tala.

Not exactly, my lover answered. Nymphs are immortal, sacred creatures in this world, and no person or animal will attack them, so they travel in complete safety wherever they want. When they roam the jungles and temples of Fablewild, they stumble upon bodies and items, and they bring those here. But an eidolon’s mana can only be contained for so long, and if they’re left unclaimed for an extended period of time, it overflows. This draws the nymphs, and they bring the eidolons to the graveyard for safekeeping.

“But surely that doesn’t happen often,” I said as I processed this information.

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