[Luna POV]
After returning to the surface again, we went through the daily routine of handing over our maps and going to our room. I laid down on the bed and sighed.
“*Sigh* I think we should take a break tomorrow.” ( Luna)
“Any reason nya?” (Mio)
“Not really, I think it’s just time for us to, we’ve been doing this for nearly two weeks without stopping and I want to take a break. Of course, we don’t have to, it’s just my opinion.” (Luna)
“I’m not complaining nya. I was just curious.” (Mio)
“If that’s what you want to do, then I’ll agree to it master. I can take some time to send Skadi some letters.” (Ophidia)
“I’m all for it as well.” (Velvet)
“I’m going to sleep in tomorrow.” (Soleil)
“Then tomorrow is officially a break day.” (Luna)
After talking for a little while, the others started falling asleep while I laid on the bed and stared at the ceiling.
‘You know, while I normally don’t mind not being able to fall asleep, it’s sometimes annoying. Even I want to at least take a nap sometimes.’
{Ufufuf. You’ll get used to it soon enough. Once you do, then you’ll be able to sleep or stay awake whenever you want.}
‘I would think I’m already used to it.’
{You might be, maybe you’re just not in the mental state to sleep.}
‘Maybe so. But at least you’re here to keep me company or else I think I’d go crazy.’
{Ufufufu. Even if you did, I would still think you were cute.}
I blushed a little at her words then changed the subject.
‘So, what did you think of the meat?’
{It was good. I still prefer your wyvern meat dishes, but what you got and sent today just barely loses to it.}
‘Yeah, it’s hard to beat wyvern meat, though I still want to at least try dragon one day before I ascend.’
{While that’ll be difficult, I hope you succeed.}
‘Am I still on par with dragons, or can I easily beat them yet?’
{If I had to say, you surpass them in mana, obviously, but you still need to improve a bit in other areas if you want to easily beat them. I’d say they’d give you a fight close to the ones you have with Skadi.}
‘You realize that makes me want to find and fight them all the more, right?’
{I do, but I also know that there are no dragons anywhere near you. Even with your spatial movement, it would take a long time to find one, so you should put this off until some other point in time.}
‘Oh well, some other day then. By the way, how long is it until the next full moon?’
{A few days.}
‘Yay! I can finally see the remodeled place.’
{Ufufufu. I hope you enjoy it.}
‘Of course I will, I’ll be with you after all. I’d be happy even in a sewer if I was with you, though I hope we never end up in a place like that.’
{I feel the same way in both regards.}
‘*Yawn* Oh, I’m finally a little sleepy. I’ll talk to you again tomorrow. I love you Tamamo.’
{I love you too, Luna.}
With Tamamo’s final words ringing in my head, my consciousness dimmed as I went to sleep. I ended up dreaming about Tamamo that night and just as the dream was getting to the good part, I started waking up.
‘Tch.’
{What’s wrong?}
‘Even my dreams about us always end just before things get fun, though that doesn’t really matter now that I can make a domain.’
{You were dreaming something good then?}
‘Fufufu. Of course.’
{Luna, stop that before we both go wild.}
‘Fine, we can have some fun like that when we are together in a few days.’
{I like the sound of that.}
I got up out of the bed and stretched. I then changed and started to leave the room.
‘I’ll let them all sleep in since it’s a break day.’
I walked out to the lobby and found a few people up. When I entered the room, they looked at me for a second before returning to what they were doing. I looked around at all of them until I saw the usual receptionist that talked with us. I went up to her and explained that we were taking a break today then made my way outside. After climbing the stairs and exiting the small building I found myself in a completely white landscape.
“I’ve never seen this much snow even in my previous life.”
{Does this beat that one dungeon floor?}
“By a long shot.”
I took in a deep breath and let it out. My breath came out in a large white cloud that made me feel like a dragon.
“Hahahaha. Doing that brings back so many memories of when I was a child in my previous life.”
I then remembered something that I haven’t done in a while. I created several illusory stands and set up some of the hero(lol) and saint(lol) portraits.
“Yep, they still piss me off. It’s like they’re mocking me.”
I put some distance between me and the paintings and as I was about to pull out a bow, I got another idea.
“I don’t even need a bow when I can just make one.”
I created an illusory bow and an arrow. I pulled the string back to see if I got everything right. I then dispelled it and remade it again. I did this over and over until I finally mad a satisfactory one and then prepared the arrow. When I released the arrow and it struck the portrait of the hero(lol), I thought I heard a weak yelp of pain.
“Heh.”
{I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a smug smile on your face before.}
“Heh.”
{Keep doing what you’re doing, I want to see this for as long as I can.}
*Thunk*
“Heh.”
*Thunk*
“Heh heh.”
*Thunk thunk thunk*
{Heh.}
I continued shooting arrows into the portraits for at least an hour when I heard someone coming up to me.
“What are you doing big sis?” (Soleil)
“Heh. Just some archery practice.” (Luna)
“Can I try it out?” (Soleil)
“Sure, if you can pull the string back.” I said as I handed over the bow.
Soleil tried her hardest, but the string wouldn’t even budge.
“How were you doing that, big sis?” (Soleil)
“Well, I have more strength than you, and also that bow is just an illusion, so it’s as hard to pull back as I want it to be. Try it now.” (Luna)
She did as I said and had an easier time.
“You were messing with me the whole time, weren’t you?” (Soleil)
“No, I wanted to see if you could pull the string back with it set to something I like.” (Luna)
“I think only someone like Skadi could do that.” (Soleil)
“…Anyway, aim for one of those portraits.” (Luna)
Again, she did as I asked and aimed, pulled back the string, and released an arrow.
“I missed.” (Soleil)
“Bows take time to get used to, try again.” (Luna)
I stepped back a bit and watched Soleil’s posture. I then told her to hold the bow and draw back but not shoot. I walked up to her and fixed the areas that weren’t right, then told her to shoot. This time she hit the target.
“Why did I hear a small scream when the arrow hit?” (Soleil)
“Heh.” (Luna)
“Big sis?” (Soleil)
“Don’t worry about it.” (Luna)
I then made myself another bow and stood next to Soleil.
“Watch me and try to apply what I do to yourself and you will improve.” (Luna)
{I don’t think that’s how that works Luna. Not everyone can learn something just by watching.}
‘Soleil is talented so she’ll be fine. Not to mention that I fixed her posture once already, so she will remember it.’
I then pulled the string back and let an arrow loose. It struck the portrait of the saint(lol) right between the eyes.
“I see.” (Soleil)
‘Told ya.’
{Indeed you did.}
Me and Soleil stayed there and practiced archery for another hour before we decided to go back in and find something to eat.
Chaos Realm:
Tamamo: Smug Luna is a cute Luna.
Indeed.
Atmos: Why does it feel like her smug aura mocks me?
Tamamo: Because she out-smugs you.
Atmos: Shocking revelation!
Did Grey somehow show that anime to you?
Atmos: What's anime?
H-he never told you!? I'm gonna need to have words with him now.
[Luna POV]
After returning to the surface again, we went through the daily routine of handing over our maps and going to our room. I laid down on the bed and sighed.
“*Sigh* I think we should take a break tomorrow.” ( Luna)
“Any reason nya?” (Mio)
“Not really, I think it’s just time for us to, we’ve been doing this for nearly two weeks without stopping and I want to take a break. Of course, we don’t have to, it’s just my opinion.” (Luna)
“I’m not complaining nya. I was just curious.” (Mio)
“If that’s what you want to do, then I’ll agree to it master. I can take some time to send Skadi some letters.” (Ophidia)
“I’m all for it as well.” (Velvet)
“I’m going to sleep in tomorrow.” (Soleil)
“Then tomorrow is officially a break day.” (Luna)
After talking for a little while, the others started falling asleep while I laid on the bed and stared at the ceiling.
‘You know, while I normally don’t mind not being able to fall asleep, it’s sometimes annoying. Even I want to at least take a nap sometimes.’
{Ufufuf. You’ll get used to it soon enough. Once you do, then you’ll be able to sleep or stay awake whenever you want.}
‘I would think I’m already used to it.’
{You might be, maybe you’re just not in the mental state to sleep.}
‘Maybe so. But at least you’re here to keep me company or else I think I’d go crazy.’
{Ufufufu. Even if you did, I would still think you were cute.}
I blushed a little at her words then changed the subject.
‘So, what did you think of the meat?’
{It was good. I still prefer your wyvern meat dishes, but what you got and sent today just barely loses to it.}
‘Yeah, it’s hard to beat wyvern meat, though I still want to at least try dragon one day before I ascend.’
{While that’ll be difficult, I hope you succeed.}
‘Am I still on par with dragons, or can I easily beat them yet?’
{If I had to say, you surpass them in mana, obviously, but you still need to improve a bit in other areas if you want to easily beat them. I’d say they’d give you a fight close to the ones you have with Skadi.}
‘You realize that makes me want to find and fight them all the more, right?’
{I do, but I also know that there are no dragons anywhere near you. Even with your spatial movement, it would take a long time to find one, so you should put this off until some other point in time.}
‘Oh well, some other day then. By the way, how long is it until the next full moon?’
{A few days.}
‘Yay! I can finally see the remodeled place.’
{Ufufufu. I hope you enjoy it.}
‘Of course I will, I’ll be with you after all. I’d be happy even in a sewer if I was with you, though I hope we never end up in a place like that.’
{I feel the same way in both regards.}
‘*Yawn* Oh, I’m finally a little sleepy. I’ll talk to you again tomorrow. I love you Tamamo.’
{I love you too, Luna.}
With Tamamo’s final words ringing in my head, my consciousness dimmed as I went to sleep. I ended up dreaming about Tamamo that night and just as the dream was getting to the good part, I started waking up.
‘Tch.’
{What’s wrong?}
‘Even my dreams about us always end just before things get fun, though that doesn’t really matter now that I can make a domain.’
{You were dreaming something good then?}
‘Fufufu. Of course.’
{Luna, stop that before we both go wild.}
‘Fine, we can have some fun like that when we are together in a few days.’
{I like the sound of that.}
I got up out of the bed and stretched. I then changed and started to leave the room.
‘I’ll let them all sleep in since it’s a break day.’
I walked out to the lobby and found a few people up. When I entered the room, they looked at me for a second before returning to what they were doing. I looked around at all of them until I saw the usual receptionist that talked with us. I went up to her and explained that we were taking a break today then made my way outside. After climbing the stairs and exiting the small building I found myself in a completely white landscape.
“I’ve never seen this much snow even in my previous life.”
{Does this beat that one dungeon floor?}
“By a long shot.”
I took in a deep breath and let it out. My breath came out in a large white cloud that made me feel like a dragon.
“Hahahaha. Doing that brings back so many memories of when I was a child in my previous life.”
I then remembered something that I haven’t done in a while. I created several illusory stands and set up some of the hero(lol) and saint(lol) portraits.
“Yep, they still piss me off. It’s like they’re mocking me.”
I put some distance between me and the paintings and as I was about to pull out a bow, I got another idea.
“I don’t even need a bow when I can just make one.”
I created an illusory bow and an arrow. I pulled the string back to see if I got everything right. I then dispelled it and remade it again. I did this over and over until I finally mad a satisfactory one and then prepared the arrow. When I released the arrow and it struck the portrait of the hero(lol), I thought I heard a weak yelp of pain.
“Heh.”
{I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a smug smile on your face before.}
“Heh.”
{Keep doing what you’re doing, I want to see this for as long as I can.}
*Thunk*
“Heh.”
*Thunk*
“Heh heh.”
*Thunk thunk thunk*
{Heh.}
I continued shooting arrows into the portraits for at least an hour when I heard someone coming up to me.
“What are you doing big sis?” (Soleil)
“Heh. Just some archery practice.” (Luna)
“Can I try it out?” (Soleil)
“Sure, if you can pull the string back.” I said as I handed over the bow.
Soleil tried her hardest, but the string wouldn’t even budge.
“How were you doing that, big sis?” (Soleil)
“Well, I have more strength than you, and also that bow is just an illusion, so it’s as hard to pull back as I want it to be. Try it now.” (Luna)
She did as I said and had an easier time.
“You were messing with me the whole time, weren’t you?” (Soleil)
“No, I wanted to see if you could pull the string back with it set to something I like.” (Luna)
“I think only someone like Skadi could do that.” (Soleil)
“…Anyway, aim for one of those portraits.” (Luna)
Again, she did as I asked and aimed, pulled back the string, and released an arrow.
“I missed.” (Soleil)
“Bows take time to get used to, try again.” (Luna)
I stepped back a bit and watched Soleil’s posture. I then told her to hold the bow and draw back but not shoot. I walked up to her and fixed the areas that weren’t right, then told her to shoot. This time she hit the target.
“Why did I hear a small scream when the arrow hit?” (Soleil)
“Heh.” (Luna)
“Big sis?” (Soleil)
“Don’t worry about it.” (Luna)
I then made myself another bow and stood next to Soleil.
“Watch me and try to apply what I do to yourself and you will improve.” (Luna)
{I don’t think that’s how that works Luna. Not everyone can learn something just by watching.}
‘Soleil is talented so she’ll be fine. Not to mention that I fixed her posture once already, so she will remember it.’
I then pulled the string back and let an arrow loose. It struck the portrait of the saint(lol) right between the eyes.
“I see.” (Soleil)
‘Told ya.’
{Indeed you did.}
Me and Soleil stayed there and practiced archery for another hour before we decided to go back in and find something to eat.
Chaos Realm:
Tamamo: Smug Luna is a cute Luna.
Indeed.
Atmos: Why does it feel like her smug aura mocks me?
Tamamo: Because she out-smugs you.
Atmos: Shocking revelation!
Did Grey somehow show that anime to you?
Atmos: What's anime?
H-he never told you!? I'm gonna need to have words with him now.
