[AN: Bonus Kana 4/7]
After a long hot bath, some food, and washing her clothes, Kana fell right onto her bed and passed out. Kana did not expect to sleep so soundly, but she ended up sleeping all the way until the next morning, only waking when a knock came at her door. "Dear, You need to get up. Captain Tian is here to pick you up and bring you to the barracks."
Kana yawned as she stretched her arms. She got up, letting the light coming in from the window fall on her tanned body. "I will be right out, Cia. Getting dressed now."
"Okay, Dear, Captain Tian is downstairs waiting for you. I will go make something you can take on the road." Cia said before walking away.
Kana felt a little sad thinking of how she was going to miss Cia's friendly mother like nature and her wonderful cooking. "Once I am able to return to the capital, I will have to stop by her and say goodbye to Cia once and for all." Kana put her clothes on, stored everything she had kept in the room, and headed downstairs.
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"Master, what are you doing?" A young lady asked as she entered the room.
The old man who was staring intently at the image shown in the pool of water in front of him and did not seem to have noticed the young lady. The young lady walked over and saw the image in the pool of water was frozen. Now, normally this would not be strange, but the fact that what was frozen in the pool of water was an image of a young woman no more than eighteen to nineteen years of age naked made the young lady frown. "Master! "
"Hmm? What!? Who is it!?" The old man yelled out as he fell over. He looked around until his eyes fell on his disciple, who was looking back at him in disgust. "It's not what you think!"
"What is not what I think!? I just caught you staring at that girl you have been watching for a while now while she was naked! Master, I do understand that you are a man but look how old you are! You are over a few megaannum old, and you are staring at a young lady only born less than twenty years!" The young lady never thought her master was an old pervert!
"Milie, it is not what you think!" The old man yelled. He really was not looking at the girl in a lewd way. He was trying to understand her physiology! He was not interested in anything other than that!
"Master, you are someone who is looked up upon by many realms. Your power exceeds almost everyone in the Soulist Realm. As someone who stands at the peak and is almost able to move on to the highest realm, you can not be so perverted to watch a young girl who is trying to change!" Milie
"MIlie, it is really not what it looks like! I was just trying to figure out where her parts met…. You know my..." The old man desperately tried to explain but was still interrupted by MIlie.
"You wanted to know where her parts connected!? If I am not wrong, Master, do you not have a few thousand offspring!? Don't tell me while I am in my room you are also..." Milie covered her chest, her face going a little pale. She quickly took a few steps back, not wanting to even be in an arm's reach of her master.
"No! I would never! Milie, I was just trying… We do not have any beastkin here; I just wanted… to know how her tail connected to her back… But as I was trying to stop the scene, for some reason, the image froze there…" The old man was still trying to prove his innocence.
"Oh? So it just so happened to stop at that exact moment giving you a full front view of her body while she was stretching!? Master, should I find you some help? What about Lin Dawn? I heard she is good with helping those with certain issues..." Milie replied, backing up even more.
The old man wanted to cry. He knew what Lin Dawn did. She was someone who was able to help those with mental issues! He was not crazy! Plus, Lin Dawn had no ethics. She talked to everyone about her patients' problems like it was no big deal. He was just interested in how the girl's tail connected to her body… But when he was trying to rotate around the girl to get a view of her tail, the whole thing got frozen for some strange reason causing this horrible misunderstanding. If this got out that he was looking at a girl who was millions of years younger than him, he would be a laughing stock! "Milie, please listen!"
"I am sorry, Master, I need to go… I will stop by Lin Dawns and ask her to come and speak to you about your issue..." Saying this, Milie hastily ran out of her master's quarters and made her way to the shopping area. "I really need to buy some concealment arrays for my room… There is no telling if Master is actually..." Milie shivered at her own thoughts. She covered her chest as she quickly picked up her pace.
Left in her dust was an old man whose arm was stretched out in front of him, grasping at air. It was only after a few minutes that he lowered his arm and let out a long sigh… "Why wouldn't my disciple listen to my explanation..."
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"Are you ready?" Captain Tian asked as she saw Kana walking down the stairs.
"Mmm… Let me say goodbye to Cia. She has been very good to me." Kana said before walking towards the kitchen. But before she got there, Cia had burst through the door, beads of sweat forming on her forehead.
"Dear, here take this with you. There is no telling when you will be able to have another good meal. So make sure you savor this." Cia said with a smile before walking up to Kana and pushing the box she had in her hands into Kana's. She then pulled Kana into a hug and said: "Take care of yourself. I feel like I am sending off my own daughter. So when you get a chance, please come back and say hi to this old lady."
"I will… Thanks for everything, Cia." Kana said with a smile. She hugged Cia tightly. When the two broke their embrace, Kana rubbed her nose, trying to keep herself from crying. Kana did not like goodbyes like this. She gripped the box of food in her hand and bowed her head before turning to Captain Tian. "Ready when you are."
"Good, let's get going. We need to be at the barracks in the next few hours."