Chapter 306 - 31: Remembrance (2/2)

The first likely was the area where he could find Momonga and the latter he could take a guess that it was THE Grenbera Swamps. The very same swamp that would house the hidden Level 3000 Guild Base, The Great Tomb of Nazarick!

Nao saw a couple of moments passed while during his remembrance of his parents that eventually lead to his current thoughts on Yggdrasil. Bringing his senses back to reality, he saw the girls start to stir awake.

This was caused by Lippti, who he saw a blissful smile still on her sleeping face. He still had his hand on her hair. He then received an urge to kiss her forehead. 'I know I shouldn't rush it with Lippti, but doing this should be fine, right?', Nao consoled himself.

In fact ever since he got Aht pregnant, Nao toned down his s.e.x.u.a.l activities with his girls. Now he mainly enjoys deepening his bond with them and cuddling together.

And with that in mind, he decided to lean forward to Lippti's face, planting his lips on her forehead.

”Mmm...”, Lippti, replied, letting out another light groan.

She then started to stir awake, letting her eyelids flutter as sunlight shone into the main bedroom.

Lippti then felt a presence right next to hear and rubbed her eyes awake. She then got confused as to where she currently was, but as she experienced this, she was feeling very warm.

”Huh...where is this? Also this warmth...It's a feeling I've long thought I've lost...”, Lippti said as she uttered in a quiet voice.

”Silly, did you forget what happened yesterday?”, Nao replied to her. He then wrapped his arms around her back and brought Lippti into a hug.

”Ah...now I remember. Strange, out of all these years, why would I recall my family now? Do I miss them...huh?”, Lippti said. She then felt a wave of emotion sweep over her as she recalled her dream she had over the night.

Nao, Elsa, Aht, Nemesia, and the others soon saw tears swell up in Lippti's eyes. They started to pour down her face, and didn't stop. A few tried to get near and comfort Lippti but Elsa held them off. Elsa stayed quiet as Nao continued to rub her hair.

”Are these tears...? You feel very warm, Nao. Your warmth reminds me of my parents...”, Lippti said with a shaky voice.

Nao felt his heart clench again seeing Lippti cry but he couldn't feel any sort of sadness coming from within her. Perhaps Teo and Lippti bottled their emotions deep down during their time as Historia's guardians, and with a little push, its slowly coming to the surface.

Nao then responded to her in a quiet voice.

”It's okay to let it all out, Lippti. You and Teo aren't bound by duty or lonely anymore. You two are part of our family now.”

”Family...it truly has been a long time. Wahhhh!”, Unable to keep it down anymore, Lippti's tears rushed forth and she let out a cry.

”Lippti…was it truly that lonely for you and Teo?”, Aht said as she also started to comfort her with her hand.

'I didn't know...perhaps everything is starting to surface.”, Lippti responded while sniffling.

Seeing this, Nao signaled Elsa. Elsa immediately knew what Nao wanted and started to round the girls up, slowly departing the main bedroom one by one.

As much as Nao wanted to log into Yggdrasil, he couldn't leave Lippti like this. He decided to spend the remaining of the morning with Lippti, Aht, Eir Nemesia and Elsa. Those who remained behind in the main bedroom listened to Lippti's remembrance of het family while she enjoyed the warmth Nao gave.

A few hours passed like this and the morning concluded. Lippti stopped her tears and eventually gave Nao a kiss for letting her experience this moment. Nao was surprised of course but he still enjoyed it.

With that done and over, they left the main bedroom after getting dressed and ready. Elsa then brought Lippti and Nemesia to Tights. The two wanted to take the White Palace life slow and as its head maid, it was Tights' duty to show them around. Of course this excluded Yggdrasil, the two would not enter the game until they wanted to experience virtual reality.

Before everyone realized it, Nemesia and Lippti became adjusted tp their new lives here and the sands of time began to churn.

The two days soon felt like it was nothing, Nao and his party started their crazy level grinding once more. Nao held off on creating Rising Phoenix until after he meets Momonga, as he may want to become part of the Nine's Own Goal with him if he offers a position.

No signs of Ouroboros either as their leveling continued. The party mainly swept around Helheim City and its nearby forest, which they found out the name : Darkwood Forest.

And as expected the grinds in the second half to their path to Lv100 slowed them down quite a bit.

Not even an echo of the World Champion Tournament sounded off either, hidden away in shadows.

Days soon turned into months, and months soon turned into years...As the four became closer and closer, a total of three years have passed before they realized it!

It was now 2130! Not only that, discrimination against Heteromorphic players was reaching its peak. This started to reveal an existence of a lonely skeleton mage who was constantly being bothered by some Pkers deep inside the Darkwood Forest.

By chance, Nao, Isabella, Tabula and Bukubukuchagama found a skeleton mage dressed in a brown leather ragged robe, face down in the dirt. Nao let out a frown emote hearing cursing and slander being thrown at this skeleton mage by several players near him.

Nao also smiled inwardly as he finally found one of his two targets. The legend himself, Ainz Oowl Gown!