SOS CH 11: They are here (Patreon)

Now that things were clear, or at least as clear as they could be, the two started to swiftly travel through the icy tundra of the dark side of the planet.

In essence, nothing really changed, they were still traveling to the bright side of the planet as scheduled. However, it could also be said that… everything had changed now, after learning the crucial piece of information from Morgiana.

Noah, who had been pretty nonchalant all along, had a clear objective and reason to move his body.

Becoming a planet owner seemed to be pretty interesting, all things considered, after all.

"Why are you running with such a large bag with you?"

"’Cause I am hungry."

Noah was holding a large sac filled with frozen food as he ran behind Morgiana, keeping pace with her. He would sometimes take a piece of frozen food out of said large sac and munch on it like jerky.

Whenever Noah killed monsters, after cleaning them up, he would bring them to the bright side of the planet to dry them out in the sun and then bring them back to the dark side to instantly freeze them and preserve them for the future.

This was his only way of making long-lasting rations that he would use to replenish his energy and sustain his life on this desolate planet. As for the hide, he would use them to cover up everything.

"Speaking of food and all, why don't you try covering yourself with the furs of the animals you hunt for food? Wouldn't that be much more comfortable than your current condition?"

She asked with a stiff tone while giving him a weird look. In the history of most races, using the fur of animals they killed was always one of the first steps toward civilization.

It would have been one thing if Noah was still a complete savage with not much understanding of the way of the world but she could see that he was anything but a savage.

In fact, in introspection, he had been a bit too calm ever since meeting her. She honestly wouldn't have been surprised if he tried to kill her while thinking she was some kind of demon or devil or some being that would invoke fear or the uncertainty of the unknown.

This was how things usually went when one came in contact with life on another planet for the very first time.

"Well… Why wear clothes when I don't even need them?"

Noah laughed and accelerated his face, giving a carefree appearance but the simple truth of the matter was that he indeed did not have any need for clothes or anything to cover himself.

When he first landed on this planet he did try to keep himself clothed and even dabbled his hand into making them himself.

But as time passed and his body gradually changed, becoming smaller and smaller, he realized that it was nothing but a waste of time.

The act of wearing clothes existed for two reasons. Perhaps three if you went further into the psychology of wearing clothes.

One — To protect oneself against the danger of the elements; something that he had no need for.

Two — To show ourselves to others. Sadly the only entities on this planet were the monsters roaming around that were constantly trying to kill and eat him.

Three — For mating purposes or to impress people they were interested in and in this world, his only mate was the five fingers of his trusty old right hand and even that went stale and he was now fully celibate for so long that he even lost count.

It was to the point that even a monk would applaud in awe and respect when looking at him.

'Once I go back to any civilization, the second thing I should do after eating a true cooked meal is to find a girl ASAP.'

He discarded the moderately dirty thoughts brewing in his mind and focused his energy on running, ignoring even Morgiana.

'He is fast.'

By now, Morgiana was numb to every surprise that this little boy was showing her. Noah’s body had constantly shown her many beyond-humanoid characteristics on a repeated cycle.

So this came as no surprise for her that he was able to keep up with her.

She simply couldn't understand how this was possible in the current atmosphere. There was no pure concentration of Dark Matter leaking into the atmosphere and there was nothing else that could bring such growth to this little child.

'Is it the flesh of those monsters that he is consuming?'

If that were the case here, this would be another very important resource of this planet. She could already imagine the breeding farm that could be created to bring this vision to reality and for this— all she had to do was survive.

.

.

.

After nearly 30 minutes of running at full speed without any pause whatsoever, Morgiana began to notice the light far ahead in her retina.

'Finally!!'

The light, even at the distance they were in, seemed to be blinding to her as it filled the entire space of this plane. Having a solar system with three suns would usually make a planet have that sort of radiance.

The surroundings had been progressively changing throughout their run, going from a cold tundra to a relatively dead and dreary but slightly cool place that didn’t feel worse than the bearable winter of some planets.

Now the surroundings were becoming warmer and already, Morgiana could feel the circulation of her energy accelerate ever so slightly with each step she took.

Djinns were beings made out of fire and obviously, cold places were not suitable for them in the least. This wouldn't have mattered to her if she had wielded the white flames of the White Flame Qabila. Sadly—

"We are arriving at our destination."

"Good."

Morgiana did not dwell on her negative feelings, her helmet slowly moved away, revealing her tanned face now moderately healed up.

"Hah…"

She sighed with a sense of relief. Feeling the slight ray of sunlight on her tanned skin, which seemed to bring her alive as if she were a fish that was finally going back to the sea, to the home that belonged to her.

The markings all over her body pulsed feebly and the dim crimson-red light seemingly started to come alive with the onset of the first sunlight that she felt on this planet.

"Let's go!"

Her speed started to increase progressively, not only because of the return of her physical ability but also because her suit could pull more Dark Matter from her body and aliment many of the functions that had been offline due to the lack of energy.

[Combat Support: Online]

[Analysis Mechanisms: Online]

[Augmented Reality: Fully Activated]

The world around her seemed to change as information flashed in her head from the AI that was attached to her suit.

Information, name, speculation, deduction. The AI was seemingly doing a partial reactivation of all the features while making sure to keep the most important features active at all times.

She was happy and knew that things were now on the right track.

Now, all she needed to do was to fully charge up, go back to her ship, and then start running away from this planet as soon as possible.

Thinking along those lines, her actions became swifter as she ran even faster than before.

— And finally, whoosh~! As if she had managed to pierce through a veil; the darkness vanished and gave place to what could only be called a place of heaven when compared to the rest of the planet.

A ground littered with patches of flowers, herbs, and trees, and cool weather that was neither too high nor too low.

A feeling of finally leaving the ice-cold hell that seemed to bring nothing but death was permeating every cell of her body.

Morgiana nearly moaned out loud. She had to give her all to not simply discard her armor suit and run naked to embrace the power of the sun as much as possible.

This would be quite hilarious after how she berated and mocked Noah all the while, but now wasn't the time to play the role of the exhibitionist.

"Very well then. Now we—"

Boom~!!!

Morgiana's eyes opened wide as she looked up at the sky, where the sound of the explosion resounded in all directions.

This was why— she was able to observe the event.

Stars were falling down or rather, new spaceships entered the atmosphere of the planet.

This was it.

The Forty Thieves had arrived.




(AN: guys. The story officially changed name to Cosmic Fairytale : Sea of Stars.
Please come on RR and leave reviews or comments. It will be very helpful. You can also follow the story if you have an account on Royal Road. Thanks guys.
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/76472/cosmic-fairytale-sea-of-stars)