565 Beautiful Greenery
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“I used to eat yogurt with my family…” Sighed Emeraldine. “When I was a little girl, my uncle and my mom always gave me yogurt with fruits for breakfast… It is a nostalgic flavor.”
Emeraldine ate the spoonful of yogurt with berries on top, licking her lips happily. She was certainly having a good time and enjoying herself.
“Alright, here’s more! Now I’ve finally figured out one of your favorite meals, ufufufu!” I giggled. As her wife, I had to know these kinds of things to make her mornings happier. “I think I could make flavored yogurt next… Strawberry or peach flavored yogurt might be possible…”
“Flavored yogurt?! Is that a thing?” Wondered Emeraldine. “Yes please, I want that too…”
“Sure!”
“Hey, my favorite food is blood by the way~!” Partner said.
“I know…” I sighed. “It is a great deal of trouble to secure you blood as it is!”
“Ehehehe…” Partner giggled with some hints of embarrassment.
“Anyways, let’s go back to more serious conversations.” Lucifer said. “Now that we are done leveling up here, we should quickly go to see the fields and how they’re doing. After that, maybe we should take a day off before departing into the dungeon inside of the country. The faster we conquer that dangerous nest of Miasma, the safer the country will be from suddenly getting attacked by monsters.”
“Yeah, the dwarves must be our top priority in helping, I agree.” Brunhild said. “I have made a pact with their ancient King to protect their country, so it is the least I could do for them before departing and staying with you guys for longer time.”
“If their country suddenly is destroyed, we’ll lose so many opportunities as well!” Sighed Partner.
“And Helga and our Guild, they’re also our friends.” Said Emeraldine.
“Of course, I was already planning that anyways! Why else would I have wanted to come level up here quickly?” I asked with a prideful smile.
“Oh, another dungeon then?!” Wondered Takeshi.
“I wonder if are up for the task though…” Laura wondered.
“You two and Onyx should suffice, you’ve leveled up enough, just remember to stay behind us and support us with your Skills from afar for the most part.” I said with a nod.
“CRAAAAH!”
Onyx had became large now, he was the size of a cow and his black feathers were shiny and beautiful. He resembled a majestic bird by now, a mix between a crow and a phoenix. He’s only there to support the twins more than anything, I don’t think they need more help than Onyx, which can also cover wide distances using his magic and amazingly sharp gaze, and of course his flight.
After we were done having breakfast, we decided to move out right away. This time, Lancelot came with us while we left the Abyss Ant Zombies mining for more ores which regenerate at a rather fast pace. Now that the dungeon core is emptied of its MP, it won’t be summoning any weird monsters any time soon, so we can relax.
We quickly traveled upstairs, reaching the second floor. The forest was as calm as I remember, but the Undead Skeletons have already begun preparing the soil, plowing the empty land that I had left from cutting so many trees.
“Oh they’re already halfway through! Did they spend the entire night doing this?” Asked Emeraldine.
“Yeah, once they learned how to do it they can easily replicate it themselves without problem.” I nodded.
Nyx was still with her army of bodyguard Undead, but I was mustering the resolve to tell her to leave them behind or store her in her shadows. She liked to show them off, so she’s going to get slightly mad.
“Nyx, baby, we are getting close to the outside, how about you store the undead inside your shadows? Like mama does?” I asked her.
“Nuh!” Nyx said while denying my request.
“She’s really attached to them…” I sighed.
“Hm, Nyx, don’t be like this. It is so people are not scared of monsters crawling around…” Lucifer added.
“Nuh!” Nyx continued being rebellious.
“Well then, if you don’t do it like mama and papa told you, then there’s not going to be any meat for lunch… nor dinner.” I said while crossing my arms.
“EEEEH?!” Nyx quickly took the bait, getting all angered.
“So?” I asked her. “You don’t have to get rid of them or something. Whenever we get back home you can hang around with them anywhere.”
“Yeah, we were going to have such a delicious meat for this lunch and dinner, what a pity if my daughter wouldn’t get to eat it with us.” Lucifer added.
“Mwuhh…” Nyx seemed slightly sad, but her shadows quickly stretched out of her body as if they were a spider net, in seconds, all the Undead disappeared and she flapped her wings, reaching my arms.
“What a good girl.”
“Well done.”
We praised her for doing as we told her, it was essential to always praise children for anything they do right, so they can learn it is the right thing to do too. Children are very often desperate for attention after all, Nyx probably wanted the attention of all her Undead Friends.
“Hehehe…”
She went from sad to happy as she received our love and attention. We quickly made our way to the first floor, and there it was, the beautiful field of veggies, fruits, and tuber plants we have planted just yesterday.
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The clear sky, the bright sunlight, the sound of the rivers in the background… I wouldn’t mind spending the rest of my eternity in such a relaxed and lay back manner.
“It seems everything has grown a lot already!” Takeshi said happily, wandering around the fields.
“Yeah, this is amazing!” Laura happily said, wandering around as well.
“Uwaaah! Gwreeeen!” Nyx said, as she admired the greenery.
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