🍁Nine Ancient Obelisks

While the otherworldly opponent was so startled that he almost soiled himself, exclaiming, "Mommy, I don't want to die!", Camistella undoubtedly recognized the unexpected person by his voice and wasn't scared at all.

"A thousand scrymes, Phainant!" the Lunarian exclaimed happily. "Even you were pulled out of Enlil by the recent events. By the way, about 'cum'... I don't know if it's true or not, but my adoptive father claimed that the name is in honor of some spirits from the islands. Erika, this is Mr. Phainant, a famous artist from Enlil," Camistella introduced the old acquaintance. "Phainant, this is Erika, a talented and modest sorceress from the Guild of Wonders."

Erika had probably heard of Phainant before. Camistella often spoke of this interesting person in a positive light.

- What recent events are you talking about? Ah... something about Tung and the undead. I'm not interested in masks or necrophilia, so I don't follow news relevant to these hobbies. - The artist was as interested in Erika as he was in dust particles floating by, so he didn't give her anything more than a cursory glance. - Islands are good... I'm in the capital on other business; I recently returned from Farellia, where there was an art exhibition on the theme of divinity, and I needed to create something for it, so I reminisced about various goddesses and asked my close friend, the one below my waist, who he liked the most, and he said Arselia. Do you remember her? You have a statue of her at home, or at least you used to; who knows, maybe you've already thrown it away or smashed it with a sledgehammer in a fit of strong emotion. Anyway, I painted her, and then, after the exhibition ended, some guy approached me, calling himself a servant of the Arselian Church, and offered to buy the painting from me. I told him, "Okay, I'll sell it for one hundred thousand," expecting to hear some mockery or angry comment in response, but instead... a couple of hours later, I was standing there, not understanding what was happening, with one hand shaking this man's hand and the other holding a bag of coins.