262 Forsaken Labyrinth Conquest 54/69; Night Parade of One Hundred Demons Yokai (1/2)
[Day 173]
Today in the morning, I was greeted by the licks of Amiphossia's Wolf, Seishin, while Amiphossia was glancing at me with a gentle smile from the side.
”Mommy, wake up! Prepare me some breakfast, I'm hungry”
”Fweh… Ami? Did I fell asleep on the floor? Ugh, anyway, where are your siblings?”
”They're taking a bath… Hm? What do you have in your right hand?”
”Right hand…? Eh?”
I glanced at my right hand, which Amiphossia pointed out had something strange… And indeed, it had, there was a purple-colored tattoo there, depicting a coiling snake, devouring the roots of a tree.
”Wait, is this Jormungandr doing?!”
Amiphossia gave me a confused look.
”Jormungandr… Isn't that the snake Geraldine talked about yesterday? What is it?”
By saying her name, Geraldine suddenly showed up from Amiphossia's soul.
”Lady Amiphossia, did you call for me~?”
”Oh, Geraldine… You see…”
”W-Wait! Stop for a second! Let me inspect things…”
”Uh? O-Okay mother…”
I quickly put my full intent inside of my mind, asking my split minds about what just happened.
(”Split Minds, did something happen while I was sleeping?”)
(”Indeed, Master, Jormungandr applied this tattoo in you, according to him, it would help you make his descendant believe your words… It's a tattoo that develops on his descendants, it also comes with a permanent boost to your growth and stats”)
(”You stupid idiot! Why did you fell asleep while all of this happened?!”)
(”Well, that's incredibly convenient! He really is trying to back me up, it seems, although he should have just given me a simple blessing, he's a demi-god after all”)
(”He said that a full-on Blessing would cost too much Divine Energy and that without his sister helping him out in that regard, he wouldn't have much of it, so he didn't waste it on you”)
What a selfish snake…
”Mother?”
Amiphossia was contemplating me as I sat cross-legged in the ground, without any womanly charm, I was concentrating while talking with my split minds. As I finished talking, I glanced at Amiphossia.
”Hm, now I understand how it is… Its nothing to worry about, my daughter. Its adult stuff”
”Adult stuff?! I am an adult too!”
”No, you aren't even a year old”
”You neither!”
”Oh… Well, I will explain things with the rest of the family, so be patient for now”
”Sigh, alright… How about you make me pancakes to make it up for me, then?”
”Oh~ What a cunning daughter I've raised… Alright!”
In the middle of our breakfast, the rest of my wives started to wake up, alongside the Fire Onis, who has been accompanying us since I saved them, ordering them to cook something was impossible as they barely know how to roast meat. Or pound seeds to make a paste.
There was still a big piece of the Boss from yesterday, but now after taking with Jormungandr himself, it felt a little bit weird to eat the descendant that a Demi-God treasured so much… Nonetheless, the rest of my family roasted and ate it happily. Afterward, the Boss spawned once again, it took around fifteen to seventeen hours to appear once again.
While everyone was having breakfast, I used this opportunity to speak about last night's dream and Jormungandr, some of my wives were shocked by how a Demi-God would directly speak to me like that, and some feared the demise of my life if I were insolent.
”Honey, you should have never talked with a Demi-God like that! Even if it couldn't hurt you directly, it could have still messed up with your mind somehow, making you go insane!” (Zehe)
”You were too reckless; how can it be…? Gods…” (Nanako)
”Master Kireina, is that true? To think that you talked and even negotiated with a Demi-God…” (Altani)
”To be expected from my wonderful Master~! Fufufufu~!” (Alice)
”Eeeh? I think that the Master was pretty cool, she did what I would have done! A Demi-God or not, no one should dare speak like that to Master, fufufu~” (Nesiphae)
”Indeed… Master did well, in the end, due to her retaliation, the Demi-God became less aggressive, and they managed to come out with a negotiation…” (Nixephine)
”Guu! Masta, did you make friends with a Demi-God?!” (Rimuru)
”Big sis… Was very cool…” (Brontes)
”Gods, my wife, what would have happened if that Demi-God was not able to see through your lies or truth, it would have thought that you were lying immediately, even if what you said was the truth!” (Adelle)
”Heh, I think she was cool though, don't be so stiff, Adelle chan” (Gaby)
”Fufufu… That was very dangerous~ Master is a brave woman~” (Mady)
”I think that it was pretty scary… Master should have been a little bit more considerate… Now, what will we do with the Snake in the next room, is it okay to kill it again if it's going to appear once again anyways?” (Ismene)
”Hm, indeed it was a reckless move, but it ended up benefiting master anyways, that's what matters. And about the snake, we should kill it again, if it revives again anyways, what so bad about it? We can harvest some good materials out of it as well” (Acelina)