The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0595

We stood in front of the ocean in a line parallel with the water. First Veronica. Then Julian. Nicholas. Elva, and myself.

Veronica raised her book. The book light was no longer needed now and turned off. Veronica read the invitation spell by the bright light of the morning sun.

The words were foreign. Merfolk, probably. When she finished, I held my breath. Waited.

In the distance, I continued to see the Oracle and her entourage bob under the surface of the water. They made no movement closer, nor did they move away.

I leaned forward to look at Veronica. She had a look of confusion on her face.

*Maybe your pronunciation was wrong," Julian suggested.

*I asked Ambassador Zale on one of his visits," Veronica said. "The pronunciation is correct."

Nicholas glanced at me. "Do you feel fear in your heart?"

"No," I said, confident. "I trust Veronica, as I trust all of you."

Elva tilted her head. "She can't hear."

"Huh?" I asked.

hear what we say up here,

looked at Veronica. Veronica

Elva tugged at my

said, trying to hold her back, but she was insistent. Together, we walked right up to the water. Elva stuck her toes in the water. She leaned down toward the waves and shouted, "Please come

adorable, if not ridiculous. I started to

one step back when The Oracle herself broke the surface of the water. Her seashells looked radiant, sparkling and glistening under the morning sun. Her scales shimmered as she approached us, with two of her followers at her flank. They

said to my girl, coupled

was shy now. She clung onto my hand with both of

and gestured for the merfolk to come ashore.

in acknowledgement. Yet she didn't move yet. Instead, she looked at me closely. I felt a

then she smiled so warmly, that the heat filled the

have removed the fear from your heart," she said. "I am very eager to help young

toward the shore once more. This time, fortunately,

I said as we approached my friends. "Us four