The Obsidian Palace (Through the Fire Book 3) by Benjamin Medrano

Author:Benjamin Medrano [Medrano, Benjamin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-14T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

“This is a very odd sensation,” Eretha said, feeling bemused as Ruethwyn took another sip of cider. “It is nice to be able to taste food again, though. I missed that.”

“I can only imagine, if you’re not material anymore,” Ruethwyn replied, shrugging slightly as she set down the mug on a nearby table. “As for the sensation, I really don’t have any concept of how it feels for you.”

She was sitting in a chair as dozens of kitsune came and went through the town square. A couple of bonfires had been started around the square, and Ruethwyn had been a little shocked at just how many people there were around. There were a handful more humans and elves in town than she’d thought there would be, but even so, there probably were a couple thousand kitsune living in or around the town in total. She was just thankful that the locals didn’t seem intent on introducing her to all of them.

As it stood, the evening was going well. A couple of deer had been brought in by hunters and were being cooked in nearby houses, with food being brought out and piled on tables in the square. Plenty of people had brought additional food, which had led to Ruethwyn piling a little more onto her trencher than she’d expected to. She’d still managed to finish it all, somewhat to her surprise, and only a crust of the trencher was left. Music was playing, and at least a few people were dancing, and she found the sight of how many kitsune used their tails in their dances an oddly fascinating sight.

Ruethwyn had also spotted Jael among the crowd, though she hadn’t recognized them at first. In fact, the only reason she’d noticed Jael at all was because of how often they shifted their body. One minute, Jael was a tall, muscular redhead, the next, they were a shorter brunette making eyes at Tadrick, and the next, an eerily kitsune-like version of Ruethwyn that flirted with Korima and nearly got punched. It was a little entertaining to watch Jael go, but incredibly easy to lose track of the kitsune if you stopped watching for even a moment.

“Rue? Who’re you talking to?” Korima asked, resting in a nearby chair. Sella was eating her own food slowly as well, while Tadrick was chatting with an attractive brunette near a bonfire.

“Ah, Korima… always sticking her nose into things,” Eretha murmured softly, and Ruethwyn didn’t try to hide her smile, figuring Korima wouldn’t know what she was smiling about.

“Eretha, of course. She was commenting on the taste of the food, since she hadn’t experienced it in a while,” Ruethwyn replied, glancing down at her arms and the faint red patterns across them. It was strange to have an elemental ‘summoned’ when she wasn’t expending mana to do so, but it wasn’t a bad feeling. It helped that it felt like it wasn’t any different from another summoning, and Eretha wasn’t nearly as alien as many elementals were.

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