After a full day of rest, Luminarie took Artoria and introduced her to the castle's personnel as her Queen and regent during the times when she would not be available . In the office, she showed her the problems of the land and the family budget . At the end of the day, she granted her access to the vault because she needed to plan for years to come in case she would be gone longer than anticipated.
" If there is something really important , I believe I can trust your judgment for our interests, Artoria , " she said at the end of the day with a smile. " Now let's get you a room in the castle."
" I don't need one," said Artoria with a smile.
" But you need a place to sleep," said Luminarie with an incredulous face.
" I don't intend to sleep anywhere else but in your room, Lumi. I need to protect you," Artoria said with a straight face, causing Luminarie 's cheeks to turn red with embarrassment .
" You can't just say that to my face," she said, hiding her face in her hands. Artoria smiled again and took her in her arms. They stayed like that for a minute in a warm hug, and
Artoria let Luminarie go while patting her head.
" I can and I will say it as many times as you need to hear it. You are not alone in this world, Lumi, and never will be," she said, warmth in her eyes. Luminarie looked into Artoria's eyes for a long time, deep in thought .
" We will talk about it when I come back , okay? For the time being, just take the assigned room. You don't need to sleep there, just have it in case someone comes and we need to show it to them, " said Luminarie as she went toward her bedroom.
" I understand, my King," said Artoria with a half-smile.
Two days later, in the evening,
" I will take care of everything, so you don't need to be concerned about it. I just hope that you will meet good people and find someone you can trust there , " said her Queen.
" Oh, I will find someone; it is just a matter of time and place. But will they agree to come with me here? That is the question , " said Luminarie, looking at the sky. After some time, she went toward the library and took hundreds of books on magic, alchemy , medicine , and smithing. As for materials and other things, she took a few sets for the creation of the Phoenix Tears and a set of fourteen vials of those Tears. " Just in case," she said.
" Be careful out there, Lumi," said Artoria and hugged her. " You have people waiting here for you."
" Thank you, Artoria," said Luminarie, hugging her back. " Okay, let's see where I will land," she said with a smile as she looked at the System notification.
[Do you want to go through the Dimensional Gate?]
[Yes/No]
" Yes," she said, and in that moment, she disappeared from the castle and didn't appear for another 347 years, which would later be said to translate to 20 years in that world being equivalent to 1 year here. So when Artoria later heard it , she was shocked that Luminarie had spent 6940 years in the other world. But she would talk with her about it after she came back.
[Host, there are a few things you need to address before getting into the body that will be yours in that world. First , you have a choice. Become:
Human
Normal human
b. Numenorean human
Elf
Noldor
b. Vanyar
c. Falmari
d. Avari
e. Sindor
f. Silvan
Dwarf
When you pick, there will be a timeframe in which you can be born ; of course, you will take control only when you want, so take it to heart as you will be in this world until the Ring is destroyed . ]
" Wow, so I will be in Middle-earth now. Well , let's take a look at all the options. Dwarf we can rule out, thank you. Human too isn't too good, as they are just normal people without any power that could be used. I could go with Numenorean, but should I? I still will have the physique of a human, so it will not be so good, and I could be influenced by the Ring. So Elf is the only option, but which one? Hmm, Silvans are good with bows, but I could learn it , and if you practice enough, it would just be the same for everyone . Sindar, no ; they are just common . Avari, nope; they are just for themselves. Hmm, yeah, I think I should go with Noldor Elf. They were the best in smithing, and I will have more time if I choose a good timeline. Wait, I can even be in Gondolin? Oh, shit, now I have good timing for this. Yeah, let's go with Noldor Elf, System," said Luminarie after some thought.
[Picking Elf Noldor. You can take any time from 102 years of the First Era toward the Third in 2500 years. ]
„Wow, that is a timeframe of 6,500 years. Let's go with 108 years of the First Era , " said Luminarie.
[In this year, there was only one big city. Nargothrond will be your birthplace. Your father is one of the best swordmasters, and your mother is one of the best bladesmiths, who was acknowledged by Celebrimbor for her works. Now, will you use this time for something, or do you want to just jump to some other time?]
„I want to use this time, but can I jump between? Like at least for some time ? Maybe until I don't know, that year when I needed to be born in the Third Era?"
[ The system is checking... There will be limits to what you can do, but there is something we can arrange . You will get seven pauses, which will allow you to turn in some direction of your body. Like decide if you want to focus on something like smithing for a time . Will this work, or do you want to take your life into your own hands?]
„Hmmm, let's think about the treasures of this place, Gondolin . I could make my own place like Rivendell, with elves who will be under me, training and creating barriers for hiding before Angmar. Yeah, I think this will do. Would I need to use my first for this place?"
[No, Host. You can program the first steps, and we will go until the year you want.]
„Okay, so learn everything from my father and mother, and when it is good , learn about space for making items like inventory. Wait, when was Nargothrond destroyed? I think about 490 , so let's go with 480 to escape and steal mithril and other rare ores from there in secret . I know it isn't good, but I will need it for later. Then go to Gondolin and steal weapons and armor from there, except for those which are needed in the future. Is that allowed?" Luminarie asked.
[You just barely made it with this. Let's go with the second time you use it.]
„When I take those things , I will go toward the future Lake Evendim and start to make a barrier on the north side of the lake on Emyn Vial. There I would like to create a city with space barriers so it could accommodate thousands of people. After I create it , I would take elves who would be willing to go there, but are not needed in the history of the world -those who would leave and train there , " she told the system .
[That would be now three uses. ]
„Wait, how are three used?" asked Luminarie in shock.
[That barrier would have to be really strong and complex, so if you want to be able to create it, you need to use the second.]
„Okay, how many elves will be in this city when it is needed for battle?"
[Well, it would be normal, elite, and epic distinctions. ]
„Okay, give me the numbers. We would use orcs after Angmar falls to harness our troops too."
[Okay, so it will be four uses . Normal troops would be 8,000 infantry and 11,000 archers. Of those 8,000 infantry , there will be 4,000 who can be used as cavalry, and 6,000 from archers for mounted archers. So in total, you could say 9,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 cavalry in normal units.]
„Crap, those are serious numbers, and these are just normal elves, who are like hard veteran elite by human standards, not taking into account their equipment."
[That is right. If you would like to compare it, then it is like about three times in human standard without equipment and five times with it. About elites, they would be hybrids with bows and swords who can ride horses, so they will not be separated into units. There would be 2,000 of them, and each could be counted as five normal elves, but with superior equipment, they would be counted as ten . If it is about epics, then there would be 500 of them, and you could take them as five elite, with equipment counted as tenelite. So to count it, epics with equipment are counted as 5,000 elites, and those 7,000 elites are translated into 70,000 normal elves. Together with those normal elves , that would be 89,000 normal elves, which could be counted as 445,000 human soldiers, each of whom can kill three orcs normally.
So the numbers are:
4,000 normal infantry (spears, swords , shields)
5,000 normal archers (bows, two short swords)
4,000 normal cavalry (spears, swords , shields)
6,000 mounted archers (bows, two short swords)
2,000 elite cavalry (spears, swords , shields , bows)
500 epic cavalry (spears, swords , shields , bows)]
„Just wow," said Luminarie. „Can I strengthen them more?"
[Of course, but it will cost uses for directions.]
„Okay, so before I do that, tell me how much it would cost me to create a ring like those three of Celebrimbor?"
[ Two uses.]
„WHAT? Why two ?"
[Because it had to take learning from Celebrimbor and then creating it with sufficient materials.]
„Ehh, okay, let's do this and the Ring let's go with lightning, and we will make armor from mithril for the troops and horses," she said. „ So that would be all my uses."
[Understood, Host. Then in which year would you like to go back?]
„In which year is closest to the canon?"
[In 2500 of the Third Era.]
„Okay, then in that year . I don't want to see all those years in person if I don't have to. "
[Understood . Good luck, Host, and happy hunting for members of your Peerage.]
„Thanks," said Luminarie, and closed her eyes.