Chapter 144: Chapter 144. The Mysterious Pond...
"you made us wait a long time, don't you," Fenrir said calmly.
"Haha, sorry, I really didn't expect that the Inn in the capital city would be so busy at night time," Myne said with an apologetic smile while rubbing the kids' heads to calm them down who were hitting their heads on his legs to vent their anger.
"Okay, let's don't waste any more time, I am now so hungry that I might collapse at any moment," Myne said and quickly took out a big sheet from the Inventory and place it the under the tree, then one by one he took out all the dishes he bought from the most famous Inn in the capital city, which tell the truth cost him quite a lot, let's not talk anything the meat they sell alone is enough to make him curse their seven generations.
Sigh, 10 platinum coins just for food, if Aisha found out about it then no one can save me from a nice beating. Those bastards really know how to do business, even a simple thing like honey cake has sky-high prices, Myne thought with a forced smile, Maybe I should talk to Sylphy about opening a shop in the capital city? I believe we can earn more money from it than we could from doing clan missions.
"Hum? Those dishes are small nice, and their appearance is also quite beautiful," Fenrir said with surprise, and then she use her magic to levitate a big piece of cooked meat and put it in her mouth.
As meat touches the Fenrir's tongue, she opens her eyes widely from shock, "Ohh my, how can a low-level monster meat be so tasty?"
Myne seeing surprise Fenrir's surprised expression, an evil smirk appear on his face, and he spoke while handing her vegetable soup made from some rare herbs about which he have no idea, "It seems like you are very surprised Fenrir, I didn't expect that as a Divine Beast you would such a big reaction after eating food of our race, why don't you try this, the waitress said that this soup is special item of their Inn, and even many of noble come to their place just to drink this."
"Cough, I am indeed a little surprised as I really didn't expect that you Hume can make simple cooking so delicious, maybe I spend too much time in this forest that without me knowing you guys already develop so much, especially in the cooking field," Fenrir said while shaking her head, but she didn't refuse Myne offer and quickly drink soup he handed her.
"Well, although it is also very good, but I still prepare meat more than it," Fenrir said calmly making Myne frown.
Damn it this soup cost me 20 gold coins, thank god I only brought one, I know it I should not blindly believe what that big-ass waitress said. But f*ck, these fruits are so delicious, as expected of the food liked by Divine Beast," Myne thought happily while eating food bought by Fenrir.
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"What do you mean you lost sight of Myne's whereabouts!?"
Hearing the report from his subordinate, The knight leader asked while feeling dizzy instantly.
Although Myne is a commoner, but the end of the day he is still the fiance of the First Princess Her Highness Sylphid. There mustn't be even the slightest chance of anything happening to him, otherwise, his chance of losing his neck is very high.
"How did you lose sight of him at the board daylight!? Don't tell me that guy went to pee and lost Myne."
As The knight leader raised his voice, one of his subordinates apologetically replied, "Actually, Lord Myne crossed over the designated area, and proceeded deeper into the forest, the knight in charge tried to chase after him, but was obstructed by a monster, and he lost sight of him while battling..."
I see, so he exited the area, which means there is the possibility of meeting extremely strong monsters. If he were to battle with some powerful monsters, it definitely won't be good. Stepping into such an area by himself, there will be a danger to his life.
This game's results have already been determined, a fixed game, so to speak. Her Highness Sylphid's fiance cannot lose his life for such a farce, at least not until I am in charge of this game.
Sigh, Nothing can be done this late into the game, and His Highness Aniue and Her Highness Sylphid have approved that he will be alright, so let him be. I will believe in those words for now, and can only pray that he will be safe, The knight leader thought while weeping cold sweat from his forehead.
"Quickly contact the royal capital and ask them to send for two platoons from the first and second knight units. As soon as they arrive, we will search for Myne," The knight leader order to his subordinate.
"Yessir! Understood!"
"I hope everything will be alright..."
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"Aisha! Close the window, this damn sun is ruining my sweet dream."
The next morning Myne under the giant tree in Fenrir's cavern sleeping on his bed which he brought from his house yells while covering his head with the quilt, having teleportation skill is also quite a wonderful thing, especially for lazy people like Myne.
"Who is Aisha? And what do you mean by closing the window? I don't think there is any window in my house which can be closed."
Just as Myne had covered his face with a quilt he heard Fenrir's confused voice which woke him up from his sleepiness.
Huh? Myne rubs his eyes till they adjust to the bright sunlight, and then he looks at Fenrir who seems just come into the cavern from outside.
"Good morning Fenrir, sorry, I forget that I wasn't at my house. And Aisha is my first wife," Myne said with a smile, while gently standing up from the bed trying his best to not wake up three little troublemakers who didn't let him sleep till the middle of the night while continuously insisting to tell them stories.
"Ahm, good morning you too. Looks like you haven't had enough sleep," Fenrir said while trying to hold back her laughter.
"I am telling them stories till 1 o'clock last night how can I have enough sleep after that? You are really spoiling them too much, as a Mother, you should be a little strict. When I was a kid, If I didn't sleep before 9 o'clock at night my mother used to beat me a lot," Myne said while taking some water from the pond in a mug to wash his face.
"I am not spoiling them as much as you think, it is just last night was a special occasion and they seem very happy with you while listening to your stories so I let them do what they want, otherwise, they always sleep early everyday," Fenrir said calmly while looking at her children dotingly.
"Like I'll believe your nonsense, by the way, why is this water so different from normal one?" Myne asked while looking at the water in his mug which is very tasty and every time he drank it he felt like his fatigue, and drowsiness immediately wash away.
"Because this water is mixed with very pure magic energy from a long time, which made it a natural potion. The reason why this entire cavern is so prosperous and has so high-density magic energy compared to outside is all thanks to this pond," Fenrir said seriously while looking at the pond.
"What! So this entire time I am drinking potion filled with magic energy? No wonder I feel so refreshed and full of strength everything I drink it,' Myne spoke and then he thought something, and ask, "By the way, how deep this pond actually is?"
"Very deep, I once tried to check its depth out of curiosity, but after going a little deep the pathway become so narrow that I can only retreat helplessly, but still I did some experiments for many years and found that this pond is unimaginably deep," Fenrir said and then she looks at Myne with deep thought.
Myne who suddenly has a wrong feeling from Fenrir's gaze, Immediately interrupt her evil plan, "Don't even think that I will go down there just to fulfil your curiosity, I am still very young and have two wives to take care of, I am not going take unnecessary risks."
"That is really a pity, I thought you, Hume, liked adventure and the thrill of the unknown very much," Fenrir said disappointingly.
"Then you might as well change your thinking, there are always some brainless people wherever you go who do the illogical thing just for the sake of fun, but this doesn't mean that everyone is like them. By the way, you don't mind if I took some of the water from this pond with me, right?
This thing is very useful for me and my family," Myne asked with a bright smile as put away his dissatisfaction as soon as he thought about the benefit.
You really know to change your mood very quickly, don't you? But sure you can take as much water as you like, from all those years of my research, one thing I found about this pond is that water in it never runs out no matter how much you take out," Fenrir said with a smile.
"Yessss, thanks," Myne said and hurriedly put his hand in the pond, then he commanded his Inventory skill to slowly start putting the pond water inside it. As for why not instantly?
That is because Myne didn't want to get beaten by Fenrir by taking advantage of her goodwill and making the entire pond empty, and who knows how big it's, what if under the depth of the pond, live rare unknown marine creatures, along with other rare things like herbs, and never before seen treasure etc, so it better to take water slowly, anyway it is not like he is in any hurry.