Becoming Their Guiding Spirit

Lucas looked at Zumama and the High Priest at the dining table, somewhat surprised. The High Priest came over often, but due to her excessive and varied schoolwork, Zumama hadn’t left the school in several months; she had been studying constantly.

”We’re on summer vacation.”

”Oh...”

Only then did Lucas remember. It dawned on him.

”By the way, Mr. Reeve.”

”We were just discussing, since the school is on summer vacation, why don’t we all take advantage of this holiday and go on a trip together? It seems like we’ve never all gone on a big trip together.”

”Hm?”

Lucas had a bad feeling.

Rhodes Island is going on a trip, and Jessica’s side is going on a trip.

Don’t tell me I have to become a ’time management master’ again.

”Where are you planning to go?”

”Siesta.”

Jessica said: ”There’s an Obsidian Music Festival in Siesta, and it’s by the sea.”

As expected...

Siesta, too?

By the sea?

At the dining table, Laurentina and Skadi’s eyes flashed with surprise. The mouths that had been eating stopped chewing.

The seaside... is a place for fun?

The two of them remembered the endless Seaborn in the sea and the miserable scenes of themselves fighting them.

Are land-dwellers’ forms of entertainment this hardcore?

That’s a bit too brave.

Lucas explained that Rhodes Island was also planning a trip to Siesta.

Jessica said happily.

”That’s great! This way, Mr. Reeve’s physical body can go over too, and you won’t need to trouble little Lisa. By the way, Mr. Reeve, how’s the situation with the Reunion Movement? If there’s not much going on over there, you should also ask Miss Alina, Miss Talulah, Mr. Patriot, and Miss FrostNova if they want to come. If they do, you can have [Stardust] go pick them up. It’s not far anyway, just a few hours.”

”Okay.”

Actually.

Even if Jessica hadn’t said it, Lucas was planning to ask the Reunion Movement anyway. The Reunion Movement was temporarily calm right now. FrostNova, Alina, and the others hadn’t seemed to have ever gone on vacation, or even been to other big cities. Taking them out to have some fun would be good.

Lucas made a trip to the Reunion Movement.

Since taking in Hoederer’s team, those people had been relatively well-behaved. At least, under the 24-hour surveillance of the Shieldguards, no problems had been found. This didn’t mean there were no problems; perhaps they were also just looking for an opportune moment.

When Lucas asked Talulah and Patriot if they wanted to go to Siesta on vacation, Talulah and Patriot refused without even thinking.

The two of them were the core, spiritual leaders of the Reunion Movement and couldn’t leave. In the end, Patriot asked Lucas to take FrostNova out. According to Patriot, FrostNova had grown up in a remote Ursus village, hadn’t been to many places, and had never truly had fun. He wanted Lucas to take FrostNova out to relax. Talulah also asked Lucas to take Alina out, for much the same reason.

After all, Talulah and Patriot were people who had seen the world.

Only FrostNova and Alina had never left the remote, barren borders of Ursus. It would be good for them to go out and have fun.

About going on vacation...

FrostNova initially refused outright. However, when Lucas invited her a second time, she agreed without a second thought. Besides FrostNova and Alina, Amiya also brought a few children over. One child named Ino, and another named Sasha.

These two children were special; Talulah had rescued them before Lucas came to the Reunion Movement.

Ino used to be withdrawn and quiet. Moreover, because he had been abused as a child, his personality was already showing signs of twisting when they first met him. However, under Alina’s guidance, Ino had gradually emerged from his isolation over the years and become a normal child. The biggest turning point was after Lucas obtained the ’Originium’ Rule and weakened the lesions on Ino’s vocal cords, allowing Ino, who originally couldn’t sing anymore, to sing again, truly stepping out of the shadows.

Sasha, on the other hand, didn’t have much of a presence. He was silent and taciturn, like Ino’s shadow.

Since Ino liked to sing, he should be very happy to go to a music festival.

After the group was finalized, Lucas sent [Stardust] to pick up the four of them a week later and head to Columbia, then travel to Siesta with Jessica’s large group.

Although the Obsidian Festival wouldn’t start for another two weeks, they were definitely going early.

On the plane.