179 The Next Morning
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I woke up quite early today in the morning… Yesterday, we had quite a day with Ninhursag and everything else happening, so today I have decided to take a break and just spend it with my family and Aquarina.
Oh, and talking about Aquarina, the girl was sleeping right at my side, soundly at that!
“Baabbbhh…”
She made a little and cute sound while sleeping, as I touched her little nose until she slowly opened her big eyes.
“Huh? Sylphy? Good morning…” she said cutely.
“Good morning! I wonder if Ninhursag is doing okay…” I said.
“She should be okay… I want to sleep some more…” sighed Aquarina.
“Geez, come on, let’s wake up, Aquarina…” I said.
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“Muhh…” she said while waving her head and covering herself in blankets.
She’s as lazy as I remember her.
I quickly jumped out of bed and stretched a bit. Naturia, Ignatius, and Furoh emerged around me. Furoh was able to take into a small form similar to that of a spirit, and even float around like one, but in such a form he wasn’t able to attack, and it was more to be at my side without bothering me with his enormous worm-like body.
“You’re awake early today…” said Ignatius.
“Of course, I want to spend this day leisurely, but if I sleep too much, the day ends up turning short.” I said.
“Hm, certainly…” said Ignatius.
“Foo! Foo!” Naturia said, as she flew around my head while covering me with the glow of her bright spirit energy.
“You look energetic today as well, Naturia!” I said.
“Foo! Foofoo!” said Naturia cutely.
She was the cutest.
And Furoh… he seemed a bit silent.
“What’s wrong?” I wondered.
Furoh looked back at me as he seemed to be glancing around elsewhere.
“Ah… Sylphy. I don’t know if this is a bad feeling or just my imagination but… I feel a strong demonic presence.” Said Furoh.
“Huh?! You do?” I wondered.
“It must be something else… Perhaps the Goblin King that you guys talked about yesterday… Well, don’t mind me…” said Furoh.
“Yeah, it is probably that… I wonder if I could defeat a Goblin King… Ah, too young for that, huh?” I wondered.
“Yeah, no way in hell you’re doing that, little shrimp.” Said Ignatius.
“You’re literally a floating egg! Who are you calling little shrimp?” I asked.
“Fooo! Foo!!!” roared Naturia angrily at Ignatius.
“You two could make some fried rice, actually, if Naturia counts as the rice… Yeah, Ignatius is the eggs, you’re the shrimp, and Naturia the rice! Hahahaha!” laughed Furoh.
The worm-like demon laughed at us as he noticed we were not laughing.
“…Okay, I’ll take it back, don’t look at me like that…” he cried.
“How do you know about that thing named fried rice? And what is it?” asked Ignatius.
“Ah, that’s a good I used to eat in the demon continent, after I got money from joining the military, I ended buying a lot of it… It was my favorite food. It is made using seeds named rice that come from the Demon Continent… Then you add shrimps, eggs, and other things, and then it becomes something really quite enjoyable…” said Furoh.
I never expected this demon to even know about this cuisine, I guess I really didn’t looked at all the memories when we made a master-familiar pact at the end.
“Anyways, what should we do today?” wondered Ignatius.
“You’re ignoring me after you asked me!” said Furoh.
“It is pretty interesting, if I ever get to go to the demon continent, I would like to taste it, Furoh.” I said.
“Oh, I would gladly bring you to a place that sells it for a good place, and don’t discriminate my appearance…” said Furoh.
“I guess for a good penny, even a worm like you gets welcomed in a restaurant.” Said Ignatius.
“Who are you calling worm, egg?! I am not a worm!” said Furoh.
“And I am not an egg, wiener!” said Ignatius.
“Okay you two top talking so much! You’re going to wake up Aquarina…” I sighed.
“I am already awake…” sighed Aquarina.
“Oh… I am so sorry for waking you up, dear…” I said.
“Ah, it doesn’t matter… They’re very crazy summons…” sighed Aquarina.
Suddenly, her spirit, Undine, showed up and greeted Naturia and the rest.
“Oh, its that cute Spirit.” Said Ignatius.
“Cute? Wait, you like her?” I asked.
“L-Like? Why would I even like a spirit?” he asked.
“You’re one now.” Said Furoh.
“That doesn’t mean anything!” said Ignatius.
“Sylphy your spirits are really annoying sometimes… Especially the egg, and Furoh is… Well, he’s ok.” Said Aquarina.
“E-Egg?! Even this girl calls me egg…” sighed Ignatius.
“Anyways, now that you’re awake, let’s go grab some breakfast then.” I said.
“You’re not practicing your daily sword swings?” asked Aquarina.
“Ah, I can do it after breakfast.” I said.
“Okay then…” said Aquarina.
We went to the bathroom that had a lot of fresh water, and washed our faces there, after that, we moved to the kitchen and found my mother with Nepheline cooking something together.
“Well, well, well, look who wake up early today! Little Lady Aquarina.” Said Nepheline.
The beautiful Amazon woman held her daughter with her strong arms and kissed her forehead.
“Good morning mama… I’m hungry…” said Aquarina.
“You’re always hungry, dear.” Said Nepheline, putting her daughter down.
Aquarina must be already used to being lifted so high by her mother, so she treats it rather casually… I would be freaking out if my father lifted me so high out of nowhere.
“Good morning, Sylphy. Dear, the breakfast is almost ready, go find your friend Zack too.” Said my mother, as she kissed my cheeks.
“Oh, Zack! I almost forgot…” I said.
“How can you forget about the boy? Come on, go look for him, his tent is there.” Said Nepheline.
Aquarina and I quickly went to met Zack inside of his tent, after walking around a bit, we found his small tent, which had a lot of stuff inside, mostly pelts, fangs, bones, and other small things.
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