Chapter 52 - 52 : Ma Clan (1/2)

It's been three days since the little girl was cured, and seeing so many new things for the first time, she couldn't hold her excitement, she became more cheerful and energetic as she listened to Lucy while she was teaching her what this and that were.

Arthur couldn't help but feel joyful as he watched her jump and stare at certain objects, she would praise him and especially Lucy on her appearance, saying that she was very pretty, her big round eyes were cute and funny as she behaved more like a child than ever before.

At first, he was planning on consuming that Medium Dungeon Core, however, he changed his mind, Saly was still LVL1 and with extremely low stats, even though she could move, she could get injured very quickly so he decided to give it to her.

To consume the orb, you just need to inject some mana in it, but as Saly didn't know how to do that, Lucy helped her and with that, the little girl managed to gain stats.

As she saw her status window for the first time, she stared at disbelief and tried touching it with cute motions, but of course, she wasn't able to.

Saly told all her stats to Lucy and Arthur, and fortunately, the orb increased her overall stats by 250, it was not that good but not that bad either, considering a soldier or a guard would have between 200 and 300 stats.

If she fought against a soldier, she would obviously miserably lose, as she was inexperienced and still a child, she had never fought in her life, however, Arthur was certain that she would become very strong if he and Lucy helped her, he didn't lack skill books and good items, and he will not hold back and give her only the best.

In these three days, surprisingly, Saly didn't want to go outside, she wanted to stay with Lucy and Arthur and continue to have fun with them.

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Arthur and Lucy were laying on the bed and the little Saly was between them, she was softly giggling as she felt extremely happy for all what happened to her since she met them both.

Lucy, seeing the girl giggle to herself, smiled at her and gently hugged her small body while saying

”What's wrong? Why are you giggling secretly.”

Lucy really doted on this girl, she couldn't bring herself to dislike her, she was just too adorable, although she seemed very excited when she recovered her sight and healed from her injuries, she wasn't noisy and never pestered them, she would obediently behave like she previously did except she smiled a lot and would sometimes ask about something related to the room.

Saly knew most of the basic objects by names, but she never saw them so how would she know what would they look like, furthermore, the colors and many tiny objects grabbed her attention as she would gaze at them for several minutes wondering what they were.

”He~he~he, I'm just happy to be with Lucy and Arthur.”

As she said that, the little girl stretched her two small arms and hugged back the smiling Lucy, she really loved them both and couldn't think of life without them.

Seeing this, Arthur chuckled as he stared at the cute little girl, then he pondered for a couple of seconds before he said in a somewhat serious yet gentle tone

”Hey Saly, now that you're healed, what are your plans for the future? Do you want to come with us or go alone?..”

Saly, who was brimming with happiness a second ago, trembled and looked at Arthur with teary eyes, although she knew he and Lucy doted on her, she also thought that she may be a bother to them and hinder them so these strange thoughts soon cover her mind.

”A-Am I a bother..?”

The little girl almost cried as she didn't want to part ways from them.

Lucy, who heard that, softly laughed and said to the confused Saly.

”Little Saly, don't worry, we won't leave you, in fact, we want to bring you with us but we don't want to force you so that's why he asked you that.”

Then she resumed patting the kid on her little head, it would be a lie to say she didn't enjoy that as even Arthur did, her fluffy ears were soft and adorable, coupled with her brown and smooth hair, it was truly a good feeling.

Saly kept silent for an unknown amount of time until tears flowed from her big round eyes, she was crying but smiling so one would guess they were tears of happiness.

”Un!... I want to stay with Lucy and Arthur...”

She then stopped for a second before continuing

”.... Forever...”

She then buried her head in Lucy's chest, silently sobbing, it was clear she was happy and just by looking at Arthur and Lucy's expressions, she knew they agreed, there was no need for unnecessary words.

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In the blink of an eye, 2 weeks passed, Lucy and Arthur took Saly outside and roamed the city and the nearby forest to let the little girl discover new things.

She seemed very attached to Astrith as she loved riding on his back, sometimes, she would go out alone with him as they would fly around the forest to explore new things.

Honestly, Arthur wasn't that worried about her, with Astrith's strength, even an adult dragon would not match him, much less those pathetic people from Medusa or the elven city so he let her do as she pleased.

It was unfortunate that there were no nearby dangerous places or dungeons to gain experience, he really wanted to possess some corpses and help Saly get stronger.

In these 2 weeks, he gave her a bunch of skill books that suited her, she obviously learned them and used a few times even though it was clumsy, with some practice she would be able to handle them perfectly.

Lucy also taught her a few things, for example how to control mana, it was just basic knowledge but for a little girl, it was a bit hard so it took some patience to do it, it went relatively well as Saly was a diligent and hardworking kid, she followed every instructions and didn't complain.

Arthur and Lucy liked that side of her, she was not like other kids who would only play, she was a quiet and obedient girl, maybe it was partially because of her past but she was a good girl, although they taught her a few things, they didn't spend too much effort, only 2 hours a day as they didn't want to tire her out, they would also take her out to play or buy anything she wants, be it clothes, food or anything similar.

The girl opposed in the beginning and only watched from afar, but after some encouraging from Arthur, she no longer held back, however, that does not mean she bought everything that caught her attention, quite the opposite, in fact, she merely bought 2 stuffed toys, nothing more, nothing less.

After Saly managed to somehow control mana to a certain extent, Lucy taught her how to open a storage ring and take out an item, it was relatively easy, way easier than controlling mana, so Saly learned it in no time.

Controlling mana is divided into several levels, her control is the most basic, she can't create a simple mana barrier or strengthen herself with it, she only felt the flow of it in the air and barely managed to control it in certain directions which were enough for someone at her age.

Lucy then gave the little girl a storage ring with a bit of money to buy whatever she likes, there were times she would go outside with Astrith and there is a chance she might like something, so why not buy it?

Though I said a little bit of money, that little girl had a few million gold coins in her storage ring, Saly knew that the money in the storage is a lot, but she couldn't understand how much exactly, she knew basic numbers but big numbers are unknown to her.

Something unexpected also happened, Astrith who firstly was against accompanying Saly, changed dramatically as he began to like Saly and change his point of view towards her, at first, he only respected Lucy and Arthur, and when Arthur told him to go with Saly, he obeyed but only with reluctance, but he soon came to know how kind and gently this little girl, although Arthur told her she could order the beast around, she never did that and instead she would ask him to take her here and there with pleading eyes.

She even bought him a lot of different kinds of meats which he enjoyed devouring, although he didn't need to eat, enjoying those delicacies is the only thing he could do apart from sleeping, so when she bought him a lot of food, he began to like her even more, one would obviously think she bought him with food but he changed his behaviour towards her way before she bought him any food.