<div class="floatright">(https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DhNtnTaN4HLgQLt3wpnXwD-1200-80.jpg)</div>Lord Balebrook listened to Ionli's clusterfuck of lying with surprised, confused, look as he says; "Umh, I haven't heard of those places..." but before he could say anything more, Muula points out the elephant in the room and Mephis also asking him to wait. Then Ionli revealed her past to him and he nods and replies; "Perfectly understandable reason to lie, as you were raised with lies used as a shield. Albeit you clearly weren't taught at all how to use them all to protect yourself. In the absence of such skills, stick to a minimal information approach instead of warping things.<br/><br/>"But otherwise, good that you told so I know avoid sending you off anywhere near to Durchdenwald or Friedrich's influence. I have heard some rumors about Friedrich, albeit not personally meeting him. Not a nice business partner overall. But it's true aasimars are viewed as a rarity and often exploited thanks to their unique heritage and relation to divine spark to a dead god or goddess. Albeit it's unknown what exact purpose Friedrich was trying buying you, but his reputation known nothing good I suspect. I would not kick you out of the company because of Friedrich, it's just an element I need to navigate around.<br/><br/>"But in case you did not know, besides exploitation, being aasimar can be also an unwanted blessing in other ways. As there are cults dedicated to dead gods or goddesses, if they learn your divine spark comes from their revered deity, they will pack and flock to you and start worshiping you as a divine icon of your deity. Or revere as a saint. Some could welcome it, but most aasimars what I heard got flocked by zealous worshippers who felt trapped by beliefs the worshippers have about the deity and assume exactly what their imagination matches the deity. Not treat aasimar as an individual but as something like an identical reflection and if said reflection fails to meet their standards...results aren't going to be pretty. While in others, aasimar would be forced live and act in a way that is not their true self at all. Trapped in a role of a dead entity.<br/><br/>"So, be wary of any followers of the deity which shard you own. However not all cults or religions are that bad, some do respect your nature as a person and merely revere you as a saint and besides offering free lodgings and food they may leave alone. In some places, aasimars may be revered just being, well, aasimars. I know there's one city where aasimars form a royal family where they rule by divine decree as a divine right. Using adoptions as means to keep the royal family bloodline strong and marry aasimars and aasimars."<br/><br/>Turning to Muula he moves to the side table drawer and brings out paper and old school inkpen and offers them to Muula and says; "Feel free to draw, albeit I have heard some inventions which worked in your world may not work here. I recall one isekaid hero attempting to build some machine that could fly, but it failed because of the absence of the right fuel source. Also, the air is thicker with mana in higher elevations making some parts not work as they used to. But the concept did carry through other forms and became the first design on airships used by one the Free Nations. Albeit using airship is only for super wealthy people to even use and in more cases cheaper to use established teleportation circle caster's services than an airship for fast travel. So most airships serve mostly delivering goods long distances and in massive bulk. Or as exploration vehicle for unknown regions."<br/><br/>As the talks go on, Thistle finds a bookshelf and as she checks through it, she sees a glimmering back of some book...which reveals to be a thick layered magazine of sorts before she turns to the cover which depicts a luscious bombshell elf (https://external-preview.redd.it/zlkQeCyXVQLA9XZnOR17fzwyTqCqqvIIQQ772hNWx3w.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=be9925fee680d7aafe9b194da7f7ad9a22c22e97) in the cover with the title;<em><strong>"Untamed Wilds! Ranger exposes it all!"</strong></em><br/><br/>Then if she bothers to read it includes snibits about several articles in the magazine and if turns the first page it has a directory where find the photos of the elf (all 3D illusion graphed so can enjoy views in all dimensions) along with articles written in a magazine which deal dungeon reviews, brother reviews (in Azure City and other Free Nations) and also interview article of the elf ranger who agreed for pinup pictures talking about herself and the elf culture of those who remained free during the dark era in the past. Also, there is an article where this elf along with another past pinup girl is testing and giving grades for a variety of sex toys (magical and mechanical kind). Albeit not three-dimensional illusion, the images are animated with illusion as well. Also, basic enchantments ensure this magazine is super tough, self-cleaning, and never causes paper cuts.<br/><br/>The magazine was overall titled<em>Play Bunny Publishment issue #216</em>and in the below corner, the producer was named<em>Hugh 'Buffy' Jefreyson</em>.