Wish Upon the Stars 6: A Cultivation LitRPG Adventure by Malcolm Tent

Author:Malcolm Tent [Tent, Malcolm]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Timeless Wind Publishing
Published: 2024-11-06T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-Eight

We didn’t get attacked after the fifth match, which I attributed to how many of the Cult got cleaned up in the raid last night. Since the other forces were busy recovering (or trying to exploit the Cult’s weakness) it was safe enough to bring Alec and crew back to the house with us. Zeke was already gone when we’d come out, as were most of the others, so I assumed they’d beaten us home.

With Rime along I wasn’t worried about an attack and the house seemed like the safest place to discuss my mother. I was kind of excited honestly. I knew very little about my mom, and these people were actual members of the Church. Granted they were external members, but any A-ranker should be more than well known, and they definitely had some idea about what she was like.

As for why I was so enthusiastic? I guessed deep down I didn’t blame my mom as much as my dad for leaving. Seeing what happened to Zeke made me suspect my dad had forced the issue, plus I spent a long while thinking she was dead, so there was a part of me that was still in shock that I even had the chance to meet her someday. I tried to temper that excitement with pragmatism, though—she was an A-ranker, and that meant not really a human with an understandable mindset. What that meant for her specific case wasn’t clear, but it would mean something.

We texted Zeke on the way, and he confirmed that he was back at the house waiting. It was skirting the rules to bring them where Zeke could intervene, but since I left things up in the air it shouldn’t matter. You could never be too careful—even if they seemed like potential allies, it never hurt to have some insurance. I’d recently learned that the hard way.

“I appreciate the heals,” Alec said as we sat in the backseat of the car. “Where exactly is this place?”

All of us easily fit, but the atmosphere was a little weird. None of them knew exactly what was happening. We’d invited them over, but they weren’t exactly close to us. I think the only real reason he’d accepted was that we’d already said yes to his party invite and gone in blind, plus we’d healed him.

I was pretty sure he’d warned his own faction before leaving, but coming was still a gutsy move, and I liked him a bit more for it.

“Not far,” I said. “We should be there in a few minutes. Can I get you guys something to eat or drink when we get there?”

Callie beamed. “Solomon is a fantastic cook—you should take him up on it. He can whip something up pretty fast.”

They waved us off, thanking us but saying they weren’t hungry. We chatted a bit about earlier matches in the tournament and just general facts about the planet before finally arriving and going inside. I was glad they seemed to know that we wouldn’t speak about private matters until we were somewhere more protected.

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