12/29/25: Happy bday to me~ lalala~
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Within the following few weeks of peace (with the satellites continuing with their war rotations), a lot of major experiments and studies had finally borne fruit.
One, Sinnan finally completed his treatment!
He was already set to return to Dune Town to help out his father again. It so happened that there was a caravan that would be heading back within the next few days, so heâd be traveling with them.
"I canât believe weâd be apart again..." His mother said as she embraced her son. They were celebrating his healing in one of the private rooms in the Premier restaurant along with Medussa and the other doctors.
They naturally reported the news to her husband, the Lord of Dune Town, and then received a long letter to all of them. It started with a happy then and then ended with the massive message of getting Sinnan back home as soon as possible.
"I will visit often. Father would as well," he said. Rather, in his letter, his father demanded that he head back so it could be his turn for a âsick leaveâ.
âSick leaveâ was a term they learned in Alterra and had somehow passed through caravans and letters. Even their father was using it now.
Anyway, he had indeed stayed here for long enough. As comfortable as he was, it wasnât home in the end.
Rather, he learned so much here and...he wanted his home and his people to experience the same comforts. Sending goods, seeds, and items there was helpful, but it naturally couldnât be compared to when the infrastructure itself, the Townâs foundation, was improved.
As the next Lord, he naturally wanted to help them. During his term as Lord, he wanted to elevate his home much further than it had been, especially now that they had new resources and connections to achieve it.
That said, he couldnât help but look at Medussa beside him. He had a gentle smile on his face as he leaned down, making the womanâs eyebrows rise, and she looked at him weirdly.
"Youâre interested in the Undead, right? My place has a lot of them," he said, and the entire table paused when they realized where this conversation was going.
"Would you like to come with me?"
Medussa blinked. She happened to have received her own small portable laboratory from Lady Althea a while back. It was naturally not as compact or as complex as the Ladyâs (since they lacked a lot of the necessary metals), but it was still small enough to fit in the space, making them very convenient.
She named it Labi.
Anyway, now that she had Labi, in theory, she could study more things even outside the laboratories. This included studying the Undead in their âhome groundâ.
Thinking of this, her dull eyes sparkled, and she nodded. "Yes."
The process was long and arduous, but it happenedâand that in and of itself was a miracle. It was all thanks to Alterransâ help and guidance, as well as how they encouraged his growth.
He only realized then that Lady Althea mustâve formulated an array that had a different effect! It was amazing, and he had no idea how she could do this when there were no array masters here.
He then got the notification that he created a new tool and received a new item!
After all these years, he had no idea he could gain another tool, so this could be said to be an accomplishment in the latter half of his life!
He was also able to modify it so that it would only block specific signals.
That said, he had to change something in existing letters as well. The Alterrans would call it a âsignatureâ and he, someone who handled aether letters and aether blockers, could arrange it as he needed. In theory.
When it gets perfected, then the Aether Blocker (in theory) would be able to block every correspondence within a hundred-meter radius except for those with âsignaturesâ that it recognized!
He still had a lot of work regarding this, since he had yet to actually master the art of signature making. For a long lecture day, his âteachersâ taught him about it. First of all, what âsignatureâ meant in this context, and the possible ways they could make them (though which one would work and not interfere with the arrays was up for experimentation).
They had to be very careful, after all, otherwise theyâd block their own signals.
Not to mention, as of now, itâd take him several days to make a single one, so it probably wouldnât be used any time soon.
But... progress!

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