The Mech Touch novel Chapter 7118

Chapter 7118: Grandmother’s Regard

The Radiant Medallion was an impressive piece of craftsmanship.

Although it was not even close to matching the living traits of Marigold Larkinson, that was not the point of its existence.

Ves reshaped the Flower Umbrella to function as more than just a tool. He wanted it to become an intelligent and vocal companion for his daughter.

He did not expect it to become so human, but that was a happy accident as far as he was concerned.

Gloriana adopted a different approach towards artificing. She was all about achieving perfection in both form and function.

Her definition of perfection did not entail the kind of chaos and unpredictability that life could bring.

She recognized that living creations were superior to lifeless ones, but she did not look forward to giving her creations too much autonomy. That granted them too many possibilities, of which a huge chunk led to wasteful and suboptimal outcomes.

The so-called Radiant Medallion exemplified her ideal. It was clearly designed and built to contain the Radiant Particle and channel its powers in a very limited fashion that was beneficial to Aurelia.

The young lady could tap directly into the Radiant Medallion to empower her various abilities, but that did not appear to be its strongest application.

Aurelia could make better use of it by channeling its power into her companion spirit!

Somehow, Mana was able to bear a small part of the willpower of a god pilot without immediately getting crushed by its inviolable might.

Yet just because she was able to channel the power of the willpower-infused Radiant Particle did not mean that the spiritual cat was able to borrow its strength without limit.

The difference in strength between the two was way too much. Mana could only maintain her supercharged state for a short time before cutting off her connection to the Radiant Particle.

If she tried to keep it up any longer, parts of herself might begin to morph into a pale shadow of the Light of Sol. This was absolutely an intolerable form of contamination!

In fact, Mana’s brief exposure to the willpower of the Terran god pilot had already produced traces of contamination. The good news was that the companion spirit happened to be strong at repelling impurities, so she was able to cope with her condition much better than other companion spirits. The white spiritual cat only needed to spend a bit of time on recuperation to get rid of most if not all of the sequelae.

Utilizing the Radiant Particle did not come without other risks. So long as it contained the Light of Sol’s willpower, then anyone who wanted to make use of it had to be in his good books.

If Mana or Aurelia possessed any trait that severely displeased the Light of Sol, then they would suffer heavy punishment if they dared to call upon the power of the Radiant Particle!

On the other hand, if they happened to align closely with the god pilot’s values, then his willpower would definitely cooperate more actively, thereby leading to stronger results!

In any case, the advantages far exceeded the disadvantages. Many people wished they could call upon the power of a mighty god pilot, yet had no chance of even approaching such a powerful figure.

The Larkinsons on the other hand had contributed so much to the Terran Alliance that its main protector effectively acknowledged this and issued the corresponding reward!

Ves ultimately saw the creation of the Radiant Medallion as a good development. This was especially when he learned that Gloriana had teamed up with his mother to create this artifact.

The Oblivion Empress may sound tough most of the time, but her love for Ves and her grandchildren was undeniable. She would never assist in the creation of the Radiant Medallion if it posed an unacceptable hazard to Aurelia.

After the excitement of unveiling the Radiant Medallion died down, Ves said a few words before closing the ceremony.

There was no need to put up a big fuss about Aurelia opening up her other birthday presents.

The other guests started to make noise again as they eagerly discussed what they had just witnessed. They did so while eating birthday cakes and other meals on the terraced exterior of the crystal pyramid.

Meanwhile, Andraste and Marvaine presented their own little gifts to their big sister. Lucky, Clixie and Goldie prepared their own tokens of affection, and so did many other Larkinsons such as Saint Commander Casella Ingvar and Swordmaster Ketis Larkinson.

Then there were the gifts prepared by all of the guests. They had been piling up in a storage facility on the northern continent. It would take hours for Aurelia to go through them all, so her parents decided that she could go unwrap them on another day.

At this moment, Aurelia giggled as she was surrounded by the cats and her siblings.

The latter eagerly admired Marigold and the Radiant Medallion, feeling envious that Aurelia had managed to obtain two high-level artifacts on a single day!

"I feel so jealous." Andraste said without any hint of resentment. "Mama and papa pulled out all of the stops to keep you safe and protected. You are probably one of the strongest and well-protected 10-year old girls in the Red Ocean right now."

Marvaine sat on Marigold’s lap and looked content as the humanized artifact stroked his hair.

"All this stuff is so awesome. I cannot wait until I become 10 years old as well. Mama and papa will definitely prepare a pair of cool artifacts for me as well."

It would be incredibly unfair if Ves and Gloriana failed to present gifts of equal value for the most important birthdays of Andraste and Marvaine.

The parents had taken great care not to show any favoritism to any child, so it was practically guaranteed that the younger siblings would be getting the good stuff as well once they became old enough.

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