Chapter 1081 A Delicious Meal Together
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The night quickly came as my mother and my dad came back from their little expedition together. It was more like a date, both came giggling. My father was really good at telling jokes, always making her break her cool and calm demeanor by making her laugh out loud.
"And then when he stared at me all shocked, that one bird I told you about from before just zapped right above us, the flames it released burning all our clothes and leaving us completely naked in the middle of the village. Even worse, the bird managed to snap back the egg we stole from it!" My father laughed.
"I can't believe you would do something so stupid as to steal the egg from a Firebird, Allan! You and your cousin were really something else…" My mother couldn't stop giggling.
"Well he was a good cousin." My father smiled, although there was a slight melancholy on his eyes. "The best one I could have ever asked for…"
"Come on now, we're back." My mom patted his shoulders. "Let's have a meal with everyone. Sylphy and Zephy are right over there."
"Papa, mama!" Zephy swiftly climbed both of them at the same time, resembling a little monkey, and hugged them. "Did you find something interesting about the ruins?"
I walked to their side in silence while checking the sap bottle one last time. I was still slightly nervous about drinking it. It did say it was highly poisonous and toxic if you didn't have an affinity. My physique is the Yggdragon Princess Physique, with Affinity for Fire, Life, Nature, and Dragon Elements mostly. So I guess I should be alright. Even if it is toxic, I won't die anyways.
"Yes I found a few things." My mother answered. "Mostly some boring texts, detailed how they created these clones. It is quite interesting, however. I might sell these studies to my kingdom's alchemists. Cloning Yggdrasil Trees seem quite useless, because the Great Tree has many children already. But perhaps we could use these methods to clone other plants, some much rarer. I know Sylphy's Dungeon can do something similar, but we can't just rely on her alone- Dear, what is that bottle?"
"Oh, this?" I wondered; mother noticed I was glaring at it too intensively. "Some of the sap of the tree, I inspected it with my eyes, it says it can help me develop my physique if I drink it. But it also says it can be extremely toxic due to the high quantities of energy…"
"Let me see that." My mother asked for the bottle. This was actually a system-made item, so I didn't know if I should let her inspect it. She might find something weird about it. But at the end, I just gave it away. She inspected it carefully with her Appraisal Magic. "You don't have to worry about it. You're capable of handling ridiculous quantities of Mana, and you already developed a Spiritual Heart! I think it'll be fine. At most you'll get stomachache, haha."
"Oh, really?" I asked her. Despite my analysis abilities, mother knew much more about toxicity, medicines, concoctions, and all sorts of brewed elixirs. "Then I'll take a sip later, thanks mom."
"No worries." She gave me the bottle back. "Now! Shall we make something tasty? I'm on high spirits right now. Let's have a nice meal before bed."
"Alright! I'm hungry!" Zephy said. "Mama can you make pizza again?"
"We've eaten pizza for too many days, let's eat something new this time, Zephy. How about… rice with some fried meat?" My mother wondered, as we walked to the camp together.
We ended making fried rice, with meat from the monsters we hunted, which we covered on batter and deep fried. As for salad, we tried out the monster plants that were edible. The cannibal flowers resulted being the tastiest, having a texture similar to lettuce, but much sweeter.
My friends were in a good mood after our victory. Yet Zack was still struggling to make a sound. It didn't help that Mist was constantly asking him what was wrong with him, or why was he so lost in thoughts today.
"What's wrong, Zack? You're oddly silent today…" She wondered.
"N-Nothing…" Zack blushed a bit. "I'm just thinking a few things… So I can become Arafunn's disciple."
"Huh…" Mist was confused but dropped the subject. "Well! Then how about these? I made them for you! Your favorite fried meat balls with my secret spice!"
Mist quickly presented Zack a meal she had invented, they were meatballs made of many monster meats combined, covered on batter, and deep fried. The meat was deliciously seasoned with over ten different spices. They were quite spicy, but Zack loved that.
"Oooh, they look good!" Zack quickly started devouring them happily while chatting with Mist.
He seemed slightly happier and more relaxed, although I could notice a certain decisiveness within his eyes. Was he thinking about the song yet? It feels like this meal has inspired him somehow. Maybe, just maybe, we'll hear a beautiful song from him.
The dinner continued, everyone was happy and once our bellies were full, we went to bed. Well, not me though, I decided to first drink the sap bottles to see their effects. I also wanted to inspect the scepter in detail. Although it won't have a status like other weapons that have been enhanced by the system, it should show me some basic information.
"Gulp, gulp…"
Hmm, the sap was very sweet, so much it made my throat sore. The effects were slower than I imagined. It felt like they weren't really filling me with as much power as I imagined. Maybe because my body has gotten used to my endless mana to an extent? I ended drinking all three bottles at once.
The effects of my constant cultivation the last past days activated, as if the sap somehow boosted them or worked around what I had worked myself. It was strange, it seemed to grow in effect the more I cultivated. So I decided to do just that the rest of the night, sitting cross-legged, concentrating, and at the same time, relaxing.
I spun the Holy Fire Ring as much as I could, while forging runes and refining my body's physical strength. Once the light of the morning sun arrived, the results were finally here…
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