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[Day 188]
It was already the next morning, it felt like yesterday was an incredibly long day. There was a lot of stuff we did around, so of course it was incredibly long, to say the least. However, that wasn't important right now as I was sleeping with my beautiful Benladann.
Even if we were sleeping in the guest rooms in the palace, we still had a good night cuddled together, her adorable face was all I needed right nowâ¦
Miranda had decided to sleep at the side in a separate bed, but it didn't mattered because we didn't do anything lewd last night, mostly because Benladann was too exhausted, and I was busy last night doing the whole graveyard plundering side questâ¦
Ah, talking about desecrating the dead, I had managed to steal the precious Mana Cores, but I didn't ate them yet, deciding to save them for later. There was a big pile of them, at least 15 Rank 4 Mana Cores of mostly Initial Stage though, although there were also two Rank 5 Mana Cores from the ancestor and her dragonâ¦
Heheh, indeed! They were Rank 5, so their Mana Cores were naturally Rank 5 too.
What might this mean? This probably means that I could quite literally become Rank 5 if I devour them⦠This also makes me think that perhaps I should save some of the Rank 4 Mana Cores for Benladann and company, who are already Rank 4 or close to it, making cultivation potions for them⦠this is because they would be useless in front of two Rank 5 Mana Cores anyways, right? They wouldn't even amount to the power the Rank 5 Mana Cores could give to me.
Due to that, it's natural that they get what they hunted for, after all those snakes were all Rank 4, so we got a bunch of their Mana Cores too, but oh well, I will later decide how to distribute all of this. I guess I could save one of each "Type" of Mana Core so I can eat them for Skills and the like, but by just eating the two Rank 5 I would get all I need⦠Maybe I should give one to Benladann? Hmm⦠She has worked hard, so she certainly deserves it⦠But for now, what I want the most is⦠Cuddling with my adorable wife!
"Uwah, Benladann, when you sleep, you're so adorable!" I thought to myself, as I embraced her body and kissed her forehead. She was so cute and warm. I was craving for some fluffiness with her, battling yesterday really tired me out. I want a break for once.
"Huh? D-Dwake?"
Benladann slowly woken up, muttering my name cutely.
"Good morning." I said.
"Good morningâ¦" she replied, as she tenderly kissed my lips and then rubbed her face over my chest.
"Uwah, let's sleep for a few more hours like this, okay?" she sighed, as she hugged me tightly with her strong arms. I felt completely trapped in her deadly and lovely embrace.
"Sure thingâ¦" I sighed in relief, I caressed her silvery-white hair and kissed her forehead some more.
I noticed her horn had grown bigger than before. After evolving, Benladann got some blue-colored horns that the high ice giants often get. I don't know why they get horns to begin with, but it was said that Ymir had a crown made of his own horns around his head, so perhaps it comes down form that ancient titan who is the father of the ice giants.
I touched her horns a little bit. They were rather hard and shone brightly like metal. They were a good material for crafting- not like I would ever use them for that! It would be horrible to even think about taking them out. I am not that sort of monster.
Also I often use my own horns for that because I can regrow them.
"Drakeâ¦" she said.
"Huh?" I asked.
"You're touching my hornsâ¦" she said.
"A-Ah⦠Yeah, they're cute⦠Shouldn't I?" I asked.
"No⦠I-I guess its fine if its you." She said while blushing.
Uwah, I feel like we have bonded once more in this little time. I suppose touching the horns of an ice giant is a big thing. Not many would let each other horns be touched, I guess.
"Drakeâ¦" she said.
"Yes?" I asked.
"Where were you last night?" she asked while furrowing her eyebrows.
"Ah⦠I thought you were sleepingâ¦" I said.
"Even if I was, I still realized you were gone⦠So where did you go? You didn't⦠go to Mikohime's room, right?" she asked, her eyes suddenly became strongly predatory.
"Benladann, do you have so little faith in me as your husband? I would never do such a thing!" I said.
"T-Then tell me where you wereâ¦" she said.
"Sighâ¦"
I opened my Inventory and dropped a large pile of Mana Cores in front of the bed.
"Uwah! W-What are these? Huh? Rank 4 Mana Cores� Not only the snake ones but⦠W-What are these ones? So many different elements! Wait⦠t-those are rank 5?! And two?!" she asked.
"I went to plunder the graveyard last night and stole all the Mana Cores in the corpses⦠After that⦠erm, well, I plundered the inheritance of the ancestor of the sect, and found her ghost and that of her dragon, they were annoying, but I made a good pact with them⦠Now they became my ghosts." I said.
"Y-You did all of that last night?!" she asked agitatedly. She was really getting surprised.
"Calm down⦠And yeah, I planned to tell you anyways⦠Yukihime and Mikoto are here too, I mean, in my shadows⦠Come out." I said.
I quickly showed Benladann the powerful Ghost of the Ancestor of the Winter Lotus Sect and then her Lunar Dragon Ghost, Yukihime and Mikoto.
"W-Woahâ¦" Benladann was left utterly shocked.
"Is this your wife? I can detect and immense quantity of dark power within her⦠Just by being close to her I feel like she's going to devour meâ¦" said Yukihime, flying away fearfully.
"N-Nice to meet youâ¦" said Mikoto.
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