(POV James)
2 hours later. . .
"Does my baby boy have all his things?" My wife asked with her classic smile.
"I don't talk to betrayers, talk to the hand since the face doesn't wanna see ya." My son said as he turned away from her only showing his right hand, as his left held his pure orange suitcase.
"Talk to the hand, Mom! Cuz The face don't wanna talk to ya." My son said as he kept his back facing away from his mom.
My son went to the black car early. But me and Emma were still outside trying to finish up some things last minute. They bought a Honda Accord but removed the radio, computers, and more from this car to make it basic.
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"Damn, Mom really worked hard on this car, huh..." He said as He looked around with my detection spell and saw how complex the magic network actually was in this device.
'The Car's internal systems are even more complex than the abyssal black golems I fought before. Only one was even needed to wipe the floor with me. Yet Dad needs ten to barely restrain him.
Like Dad was barely trying and those things could barely hold him. With how advanced this car is, it might as well be a mobile fortress by now, with the amount of magic systems, and runes built into it.' He thought while wondering when He could make something similar in the future.
'The torturer & the betrayer are still outside... But why would I even care about how a couple of betrayers spend their time!?' His mind thought for a little before focusing on the book he got.
'Supernatural is a pretty decent book honestly... I wonder when that author is going to release another series.
His main books are (Lord of Mysteries), (Supernatural), (Jujutsu Kaisen), (Attack On Titan), (Re: Zero), and a few others. He said he was working on a couple of series. He even name-dropped a few of them. (Ranma 1/2), (YuYu Hakusho), (Fairy Tail), (Ben Ten), (King Of The Hill), (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated.)' His Mind grew restless as he kept thinking of all the possible books his favorite might publish in the future.
'I think the author's real name was ((Adam)) something, but his Online title was ((The Angel Of Imagination)).' He thought as he kept reading Supernatural and got to the part where four-year-old Dean came to James & Emma's house for the first time with both his parents.
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"Honey, you're the one with the connections. Of our choices who do we pick to get a ticket from? I don't feel like we should even consider taking a normal plane after what happened. They don't have any defenses nor do they have any sort of supernatural protection in place.
Ironically our car is safer than those paper planes could ever be. Then there's the fact that regular airplanes also take too long compared to the things you told me about. A flight from San Francisco to Tokyo Japan is 10 to 11 hours.
No matter who we choose it will be faster than most normal methods."' I said as my mind opened up to the other methods my wife showed me.
"Honey Bear, we are a team, and as a team, you can't just tell your lovely wife to do all the heavy lifting in choosing... Having your opinion is valuable alright! So no need to put yourself down due to ignorance of these subjects." My wife replied as she kissed me lips for a few seconds.
'She probably had had to tippy toe, and float a bit since I was 6 '6, and she was 5' 7.... Usually, I was the one that needed to go down and kiss her, but she changed her game.' I thought as I smiled at my wife's thoughtfulness.
"Honey, I'll try my best, but these subjects aren't my kind of skill set." I told her, I coughed a bit into my right hand a bit, and my situation felt embarrassing to me.
'I understand Emma being better than me in magic, magical knowledge in general, but why am I so hopelessly unprepared in this situation? These resources are commonly used by everyone with abilities, or knowledge on things beyond the mundane.
Everyone apparently knew about these groups. it was so widespread it was just common knowledge, everyone but him apparently.' I thought while taking a few deep breaths to calm my nerves.
"Here is the list, James, with some of my notes about the services they offer." She said as she gave a new list this time, the last one was just company names without details.
'These companies are pretty popular... James doesn't live under a rock right... I mean, most hunters use these companies to get around. Well, James is clueless about kg, so I'll use pounds instead.
Our son needs to stop using feet to measure things... Using meters to measure is the correct method. They'll both learn eventually no need to rush the process.' She thought while using a magic spell to instantly write down most the details in her head about these topics.
1. (Hell Gate Enterprise):
A trap created by a demonic entity. All who use this service can travel anywhere in the world not warded, or protected by anything.
The cost is clearly stated in the contract. You either pay with your soul for a lifetime ticket or pay in a pound of human blood. The pound of blood is just the starting fee for one year. Hell's Gate can be activated once every hour it has a cooldown.
To renew the contract, you pay double the previous year. It doubles in price every year after you start the original contract. So if you renewed the contract 20 years later when you quit at the rate of 4 pounds. It would now cost 4,194,304 pounds of human blood for 1 year.
The moment you can't pay the fee, you automatically lose your soul as collateral, and you are given 100 days to pay. If you don't complete the payment your contract ticket is now bumped up to a lifetime deal. Your soul will be claimed after death.
2. (Beyonder Airlines):
They only accept payments in beyond characteristics. The airline can send a sequence six to one, depending on the grade of service you paid for. All planes taken are private, so till the moment you run out of time on your plane's use, it can be repeatedly used. Travel time tends to be shorter than human transportation, but the main focus is safety.
The other option with this service is traveling through the Spirit world, or Astral world if you need to go beyond Earth. Those who are on the Door Pathway seem to be a major player in this service.
A top player in this company is someone called (Mr. Door), he seems to be a sort of manager or above in the company.
3. (Green Whales Incorporated):
You fly in the mouth of a giant green whale-cursed spirit. While traveling it passively absorbs all cursed energy within your entire body till the day you die.
You make a binding vow with the whale to use its services. It gets a lifetime supply of cursed energy for simply taking you places. The green whale has hundreds of millions of clones.
It has a binding vow where it can't attack for incredible defensive abilities. It's the same speed as the average airplane. The green whale clone becomes your personal spirit pet if you accept its contact.
4. (Greedy Traveler):
You pay in useful, unique knowledge. The more valuable the knowledge the longer your teleportation ability lasts. If the knowledge is rare enough you keep the ability for life.
If the knowledge is so valuable it's impossible to value, the ability is turned into permanent bloodline ability. Its long-distance teleportation abilities can only be used once a day.
The teleportation ability can only send you to a library of your choice from around the cosmos if it's long-distance travel. Short-distance teleportation can work almost anywhere in a 5-meter radius, it can be activated once per minute.
5. (Spirit Nodes Association):
These spirit nodes can teleport to other nodes around the cosmos if those on the other side agree, or even listen to you. Bribes can be given to increase the chance of the other side accepting. The cost is random, it can be from free to impossible fees.
6. (Eldian Airlines):
Flights go almost anywhere, the travel time is 1.5 times faster than normal airplanes. It costs 10 times more than other services, free if you are part of that race. Mortal money isn't accepted.
"Honey Bear, these six are the most stable out of the tens of thousands that I know of. Too many of them make you sign contracts with vague terms & conditions or are just a more insane version of Hell Gate Enterprise." My wife expressed as she showed a massive list holding hundreds of businesses she called off limits.
'God damn... Why Is (Imagination Foundation) on that list the fees don't seem to be that bad... I'll just take her word at it and drop it for now.' I thought as I kept listening to her.
"Others may be better, but their reputation is either nonexistent, terribly rated by competition, or they work like a hidden society where you need to get an invite first before you access it." She said as she continued.
"In my opinion, too many of these supernatural companies are just straight-up death traps made by demons or worse. Hell Gate Enterprise is honest about how they will kill you.
Other companies look nice, but they ultimately betray your trust." She voiced her thoughts on this matter calmly to me as I heard her out on this matter.