9 Kalin is Sleepy (1/2)
”It's almost definitely an egg.” Lili said, with an expression that told the world that she knew everything.
The small stone that Kalin had been drawn toward was placed on a table in Mei's room. After dinner the three of them, though mostly Liliana, started talking. It didn't take long for the subject of the stone to come back up.
She continued, ”As an elven succubus, I am able to feel the presence of life. Though almost nonexistent, there is a tiny trace of life force within the egg.” She sighed before adding, with a complicated expression on her face. ”Even I wouldn't have noticed it if I was just looking in passing.”
Mei had a face of contemplation before chiming in, ”Kalin might have a skill that has to do with taming or fate. He had mentioned that he felt that he 'needed' to buy the egg when I asked him why he payed so much for almost worthless stones.”
Lili nodded as she swung her legs, while sitting on Mei's bed. Though she tried to act mature all the time, she came off as a child that was acting like an adult. Her subconscious actions caused her to look more adorable than usual. Kal just tilted his head as he asked, ”Is that bad?”
Lili puffed out her nonexistent chest as she continued with a know-it-all tone of voice, ”If you had a nature skill, you would become a popular adventurer pretty quickly. Like myself, people with nature-related skills aren't attacked by small fry animals that just slow down advanced parties of adventurers, allowing them to finish quests more quickly. This is generally why elves are so popular even if they are less powerful than the rest of their party.” She didn't let go of the opportunity to brag as she added, ”Of course, that wasn't the case for the party that Mei and I were a part of, Flower Garden. We were considered the strongest party of only women in the entirety of Den!”
As she looked at the worship in Kal's eyes, Mei didn't have the heart to tell him that a lot of their reputation was due to the number of men that became eunuchs after they sexually harassed one of the members of their party. Unrelated, more than 4/5 of these incidents were caused by a certain pink-haired elf…
Changing the subject, Mei asked toward Kal, ”Are you excited about getting your status plate tomorrow?”
Kal nodded excitedly, before he said, ”I can't wait until I can get my status and become an adventurer!”
Mei smiled at Kal's dimpled face as she had successfully changed the topic of the conversation, ”What kind of skills do you think you'll have?”
Lili felt a little annoyed as she was ignored by her little brother and best friend. Pouting a little bit, she cut off Kalin and said, ”He'll most likely have all race-specific skills of succubi as well as something related to sewing or crafting. He might have something related to potion making or alchemy, though he might be a little young for that.”
”That's already quite a few.” Mei commented, ”Though it is common for people to have anywhere up to 10 skills when they get their status read for the first time, it's usually closer to around 4-6.”
The two girls continued to talk as Kal tried to soak in as much information as possible. As Kalin had experienced many new things throughout the day, he hadn't been speaking much. His excitement had died down somewhat, causing sleep to creep upon him as he struggled to keep his eyes opened.
Noticing the state of her brother, Lili asked, ”Could we borrow your bath now, since we were traveling throughout the day, Kal and I should wash off our sweat before going to bed.”
Mei nodded as she stood up, ”I'll show you to the bathroom.” As she beaconed them to follow her, Lili pulled a drowsy Kal as she walked out the room.