Elysia in Another World

Ch8 Field Trip, P2

Chapter 8: Field Trip (2)
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Kye stepped out from the world gate and felt an enormous increase in gravity on the planet where she went to meet Alpha. The planet she arrived on was a mega-earth with far greater gravity, equipped with equally greater flora and fauna. Only a small portion was inhabited by humans. The rest was left as natural as possible.

The "small portion" was a single massive city that dwarfed the size of Arslade, New Tokyo, Drachen City, or even Atlantis City coming in at around five hundred miles across. As big as it was, that was miniscule compared to the size of the planet.

If I recall, this planet orbits a star around fifty percent bigger than Terra's star.

Kye felt as though she were twenty pounds heavier, though in reality, if she stepped outside of the city, she would be over twice as heavy. The city was equipped with a massive magic circle that lessened the gravity and other effects. Kye's destination, however, was not in the city. Alpha was on the opposite side of the planet, and Kye had to travel out there to meet up. Out of curiosity, Kye opened her NeuraPhone and checked the stats on the solar system she had just entered.

"The star here is 2,056,000 kilometers across, or 1,297,000 miles. This planet is ten times more massive than Terra and the other main planets, and about twice the diameter. Surface gravity is... two and a half times. And atmospheric pressure is about two times. Use an aether coat."

""Yes, Princess.""

She flared up her aether before kicking off the ground, Liliana and Aliana following closely. She didn't even feel the increase from leaving the city since her aether was far more potent than the spell countering the gravity. A short while later, she arrived on the far side of the planet and landed in an opening in the large forest. She only had to wait a few minutes.

"For someone to arrive without my sensing them is not only impressive, but quite rare," she said as Alpha made her presence known. Kye turned to look at Alpha and was taken aback. She was a very beautiful white-haired girl appearing to be in her early twenties.

"The experience you've gained as a mortal will avail you naught with me, Eli," Alpha said. Kye was having trouble placing the overwhelming sense of familiarity she felt. "You need your true experience. Your true self. The fact that you have had to go through those untold millions of mortal lives sickens me."

"You knew me before?"

Alpha's frustration was more than apparent. "I did. I was the second person you met, though you wouldn't know that even with your memories."

"You were perhaps present when mother delivered me then?"

Alpha sighed and nodded. "Do you wish to recover your memories?"

"I am not sure." Kye maintained eye contact with the white-haired girl without fail. "Can you tell me why I don't have them?"

Alpha nodded. "You chose to seal them. Every memory is still there, present within your soul. I need only enter your soul world and remove the magic you placed long ago."

Kye's eyes narrowed. "You say that as if it were easy." Simply hearing another speak of soul worlds was rare enough, but hearing one casually speak of removing magic implemented inside a soul world was beyond reckless. "Who are you to me?"

"Someone who knew you very well."

"What if I said no to recovering my memories?"

"I could force it. I can enter the soul world of Elysia Athas anytime. Without the locked memories, you don't know how to restrict my access."