191 Vol. 3 pt. 61 Patch 11.0: A New Home (2/2)
”I'll be your cheerleader, Cass Cass. You can do it!”
Cassiel really looks like she wants to threaten to kill him for a moment, but after sighing once more, she smiles and even laughs a bit at his silly cheerleading.
”I must admit, my hero, I am quite excited. I have only ever heard of the Eastern serpent, and I would love to meet him!” Nell says.
”You're familiar with him?” Fenrir asks. ”He's a him?”
”Indeed! I have heard that he is a ferocious serpent whom loves to devour any and all wooden vessels that he sees. He does not do so out of defense nor hunger, but instead for fun! A very sadistic and cruel serpent from my understanding.”
Wait. This sounds familiar.
Fenrir is fairly certain that if their own serpent was present and listening in on the conversation she would be whistling and looking away.
Well, hopefully, she'll be able to talk her predecessor out of eating The Shoebill once they get over there.
”Should we tell Tabs and Cor next time we see them, or do want to keep it secret from them still?” Oleander asks.
”We can let them know. I don't even really know why I was keeping it secret in the first place,” Fenrir answers.
”Because you were worried about them getting mad and rejecting your plan like Bonekraka would have, onii-chan,” Saya tells him.
”Thanks for reminding me that my subconscience is a thing,” Fenrir thinks back to her.
”While we sail eastward to develop our new home there, we shall deal with the situation of your home in the real world, my hero!” Nell declares, taking Fenrir's hands into her own. ”I just need to discuss the topic with my father first. I may need him to see if there are any castles in your city, or at the very least, locate a mansion for us.”
”…we're not moving into a castle or a mansion. I don't think there even are any of those here, definitely not castles. All the mansions are up north where all the rich moved to.”
”How will we have enough space for all of our future children without a mansion?”
Aiko may have some problems, Cassiel may be working on her own problems as well, but when it comes to Nell – well, Nell's speed and fantasies are far too ingrained in her being to change. The look in her eyes tells him that she genuinely does not believe there is anything wrong, even jokingly, regarding what she just said.
”Children?” Azalabulia asks. ”H-how many do you all want?”
”Like nine at least,” Serra says.
Fenrir forgets if that's the same number she originally told him but, even if it is, it's high enough to scare him no matter how many times she might state it.
”I think I would be fine with five of my own! Three boys and two girls sounds perfect,” Nell says.
”I – I'm… j-just one is… fine, may-maybe two,” Cassiel says with a face burning bright red, unable to look at anybody.
”Fifty,” Oleander says.
Fenrir smacks Oleander on the back of his head.
”What about you, bro?” Rao asks Fenrir.
”I don't think how many I want matters when I've got two girlfriends who both want a bunch of kids,” Fenrir answers. ”I always pictured myself having three or four kids, though.” He looks at the one whom asked the question, Azalabulia, and notices her awkwardly fidgeting around and playing with her fingers. ”What about you?”
”Three – three or four sounds nice,” Azlabulia says. ”I have a class of twenty-six, so I know how to handle children.”
”Ooh, you're a teacher? What grade?”
Azalabulia turns red when she realizes that she's given away some of her identity. But, with a sigh, she answers his question as she's already let him know her job. ”Kindergarten. I… don't have the license for VR-assisted teaching, so… I work in an old school kindergarten that works directly with the children without any technology between us.”
”That's pretty awesome. Do you enjoy it?”
”I do! The children are wonderfu—” Azalabulia looks around. Everybody is looking at her and listening to her every word.
Needless to say, she goes off on a tangent about darkness, dragons, and conquering the world.