226 Debilitating luck (2/2)
Yunan had his head even more messed up thanks to the explanation by the ring, all he cared about at the moment was the 20% loss in ability, as for the phoenix blood, well, let the mysterious stuff deal with itself.
Yunan returned to the hanging palace and made a stop by the guild branch to buy any possible information about phoenixes that he did not have in his own library or read about somewhere else. After buying some books and selling the day's quota of antidote, Yunan took a moment to go to the hanging palace and meet up with Leol, who was now free from his organization and was taking leisure time and enjoying the service provided by the guild in the hanging palace as per their agreement with Yunan.
The two went out for some tea and sweets and rambled about this and that for a few hours, it has been long since the two roommates were alone and had their own time together as old friends and colleagues.
”So what happened to Muscles I thought you two were a thing?”, ”As of the moment we still are, but ultimately, it is your fault our talent grew so much, we both were aiming to stay on the 30th floor and enjoy the scenery there, do some fishing now and then and just relax for life”. ”What did I do? It's not like I trained her or something, besides I told you before that making such small goals was the wrong thing to do”. ”Dreams are dreams! you don't need them to be right or wrong, well, thanks to you, Muscles met Debauchery, got inspired, played around with your harem and learned a lot from them in combat, worst of all you keep feeding us that accursed meat and we just grew stronger whether we wanted to or not”.
”That is my fault, I admit, but why
is she not by your side?”. ”Because she grew stronger steadily and have broken past the levels that were supposedly her maximum capacity, she has been called by her king to explain her daily life and how did she break through what they thought unbreakable chains”. ”Let me see, genie can you contact Muscles tell her if she does not answer the call she wouldn't hear Leol's last words this minute”. ”What are you doing? She is with her king, it has been days with him and his advisors and investigators, so far she only said she met some strong people who were able to help her grow stronger by watching them, they ask her such invasive questions about the rest of us it drives me crazy”.
”Well then, more of a reason to give her a hand and get her back, oh hi Muscles, I wanted to talk to your king, here say something before the minute is over I do not want to be a liar”. ”I miss yo…”. ”That was the minute and you heard his last words, now let me see that king of yours”. ”Still as eccentric as ever, sir Yunan, why do you want to talk to my king?”.
”Oh please, my mate here misses his lovely wife, how am I supposed to stay silent about it? Anyway tell that stupid king not to dig too deep or I am going to buy his kingdom” Yunan was still talking when he heard a violent ”INSOLENCE” come through the call, so he just shifted his attention and addressed Muscles in his still cheerful tone ”do you need time to pack your items? No? Okay, I am bringing you back we are going shopping”.
”What are you doing threatening a king?” Was the first thing Muscles said after being teleported then she flushed a bit saying tenderly under her breath ” my king is sitting here”. ”Woman please, this idiot has the guts to threaten and prostitute a goddess, would he even flinch at kings?”. ”Well said my dear roommate as expected from my first friend, now let's go make the happy couple a king and queen, also go ask your grandpa if he wants to be king, if not we need to find another to care for your new kingdom”.
”Can you even buy kingdoms? How rich are you? Talking about buying kingdoms like it is buying bread at the local bakery”. Muscles was still in denial of the idea of going shopping for a kingdom and did not even notice Yunan use spatial shift to send Leol home. When she noticed that her man was not around it was too late ” you are serious about this thing aren't you?”.
Yunan's answer was something a bit too good to hear for her at the moment ”you called him king, I expect my friend's wife to be a queen so, yeah, therefore buying even an empire is not a big deal”.