Chương 121: Chapter 105. How To Visit A Friend

" I think it's time to head back, everyone." I spoke loudly, so everyone could hear me. We've been hunting for around 9 hours. It took around 3 hours to make it to our base camp. In the time we spent hunting, we've gained 24 crabs, 86 fish, and 13 squirrels. I thought we'd be able to get more of everything, but the crab shells are all harder than steel, and the squirrels use a strange fighting style that uses their 4 limbs as well as their strong tails and sharp teeth. It's been good training though.

Now, however, the light from the sun was beginning to die down. I decided it was time to head back. Everyone was currently resting for the moment, Flare and Skitz were going over some points about hunting and Edmon was calculating how much food we had now." But how can we make it back in the dark, Lord Drake?" Flare, not knowing about Paula, asked what we were going to do. I decided to answer her a bit louder, so both Skitz and Edmon could hear as well."

I'm a Summoner, Flare, I have a Connection with a Spirit that can teleport us."" Wow! I thought you were just a Paladin!"" Well, I try not to let too many people know about my abilities. There's power in knowledge after all."" I see! I promise, Sir! I won't tell a soul!"" I promise as well!"" As do I, Sir!" I'm glad I had their word. With that squared away, I Summoned Paula." She's so cute!!!" Flare met Paula and couldn't help but yell out as they shook hands as Paula introduced herself to everyone."

Long time no see, Sarah, Anna." Paula spoke to Sarah and Anna for a bit, I wasn't able to Summon her for the last 3 months as we were busy traveling. After around 10 minutes of talking, Paula made a Portal large enough for us to get back to Paradise, it was around the size of 2 double doors side by side. We could all fit through it comfortably. We arrived at the Northern Gate to the town in an instant." It was instantaneous!"" I didn't even feel any discomfort." Flare and Skitz were impressed at Paula's abilities.

Meanwhile, Edmon was already trying to ask Paula questions about her abilities." Ms. Paula! How is this possible? Most Dark Pixies can only open a hole the size of themselves, right?" Paula smiled and answered Edmon." It's all because of my Summoner! He helped me have more confidence in my abilities and because of the quality and quantity of his mana, I can do something like that!"" What did you do, Lord Drake?" Edmon looked at me after Paula's answer."

All I did was treat Paula like a Friend and asked her to train with me so we both could get better. The training we did was just repeatedly opening Portals and testing different things, like could I thrust my sword and could she open a Portal at the end point of the thrust and open an exit in a different place. We learned what worked and didn't work through trial and error. So, we did more and more experiments, but I'd rather not talk about them.""

And through that, you're able to open a portal the size of a cave entrance!?"" Was it too cramped? We can make a bigger portal, it just tires me out still. I need more training." I thought about all of those days of passing out from Paula and Lily's abilities. I'd be out cold for pretty long periods of time from Mana Exhaustion. Speaking of which, I have to say, I feel pretty good still. I mean, I used a lot of Magic while hunting and I even opened this giant Portal. I still felt great.

Maybe the High Paladin Job boosted my mana? I suppose so, since I don't think the Mana Tempering I've been doing would've increase my ability by this much. Regardless of my thoughts, Edmon was still amazed by the Portal. Since it cost mana to keep it open and let people through it, I closed the Portal and asked Paula a question before sending her back. If you come across this story on Amazon, it's taken without permission from the author. Report it." Paula, do you want to go back?

Or would you rather stay and have a chat with Sarah and Anna?" Paula thought for a moment before answering me." Is it really okay?"" Of course, I still feel great. I think I can even Summon Lily for the rest of the night without much of an issue." Paula smiled brightly at me." Okay! I'll stay for a bit!"" Okay." After finishing speaking to Paula, she went and began to speak to Sarah and Anna. I turned to our 3 guides and started to speak to them." Flare, Skitz, Edmon, Thank you for guiding us today.

The 3 of you are dismissed. For a reward... Well, I don't really know what to give you. Maybe you should talk it over with your Clan Leaders? Then I'll see what I can and can't do. Sound good? Also, if either of your Families have or know where an Appraisal Orb is, do you think you can have someone bring it to me in the morning? With everything happening, I forgot to check what I've gained from my Job Evolving."" I believe Grandpa.... I mean, Sir Rodrick knows where it is.

Every Lord of a Village, Town or City should have one for its Citizens somewhere. Since you've recently arrived, I'm sure it's still in storage somewhere in your mansion. I'll see if Sir Rodrick can swing by tomorrow, most likely in the afternoon, as he seems to have some work allocating resources to the new families moving in." Edmon answered my question first. I then thanked them. I asked if they wanted anything for a job well done for their work today.

They agreed to my suggestion about talking it over and disappeared into the town. I turned to Sarah, Anna and Paula, seems they were ready to head home." Shall we head back and show Paula around?"" I think that's a great idea, Darling." Anna spoke in agreement and Sarah simply nodded." Where are we going?"" Do you see that giant mansion in the middle of the town?" Paula nodded to my question." That's where. That's our family's house now.

I think it goes without saying, but, Paula, you're always welcome to visit as long as we're calling this place home." Paula started to tear up at my words. Why would anyone mistreat Dark Pixies when they're this adorable?" What about me?" Lily spoke to me in my mind." Of course, you are, Lily. Feel free to stop by as long as I have the mana. Would you like me to Summon you so we can look around the town as we walk back home?"" Why not? I just finished all of my Queenly Business as a matter of fact!"" As you wish."

I began to Summon Lily. A bright green light filled the dark surroundings and before long, a Forest Queen was with us." Sarah, Anna, Paula, good to see you all again and so soon as well." Soon? I get Sarah and Anna, but when did you see Paula recently?" Lily and Paula looked at me with confusion." Didn't we tell you already? Well, I thought we did. Paula and I can speak to each other because we're both connected to you. We can also speak with Scarlet and Julia as well.

Recently, Paula and I's relationship as fellow Spirits Contracted to the same Summoner has become common knowledge in our homes. Because of that, I've been able to allow her to visit me in my forest. Usually, she relaxes in her home village though."" Her Servants stare at me when I visit. All that pressure tires me out." Paula had a tired expression on her face as Lily apologized for her subject's behavior." I wonder if we'll be able to visit you there with Paula sometime, Lily?" Sarah spoke with a cheerful voice."

I'm not sure. The Spirit World is disconnected to Gaia usually. I have heard stories of highly skilled Summoners traveling to the Sprit World though."" So, there is a way. I wonder how they got there?" Sarah and Anna seemed dissatisfied by Lily's answer. But I felt like I had a simple answer to the question." Can't we just use Paula's ability?"" Maybe that could work?" Anna looked at Paula and waited for an answer. She didn't need to wait long." I don't think I can." Paula spoke after thinking for a moment."

Why do you say that, Paula?" I asked her why she thought she couldn't." Well, I've never tried opening a Portal between Gaia and the Spirit Word, but I don't think it would work."" Is it because I don't have enough mana?" Paula nodded her head to my assumption. Sarah, Anna and Lily didn't seem to understand." The way Paula's power works is that I give her my mana to augment her abilities. The amount of mana I need to give is based on 2 things, the size of the portal and the distance.

For transportation, either of us just need to have visited the place before. Also it takes mana for every person to walk through the Portal."" What about that move where you thrust your sword through a Portal then?"" Because it's such a precise action, Paula needs to see the place where the opponent is, since just sensing mana won't tell her if she'll open the Portal where the opponent's physical body is."" Ah if they cast Magic, it could distort where she thinks the body is, right?""

Yeah, it took a while to figure that out."" So, technically, it's possible, but you'd need to get stronger first." Sarah spoke with a sad expression on her face after Sarah asked about the trick to the teleporting my sword trick." Well, I guess I can add that to my list of goals."" Do you even know how much mana that would take?"" Doesn't matter, my Wives want to visit their Friend's home. I'll make it happen one day." Sarah and Anna smiled at me as I spoke." Your feelings as a Husband are certainly something.""

What can I say? I Love my Wives after all." Lily and I traded some words before we all started walking back to our new home. While we walked, I noticed that the ghost town that was Paradise when we arrived, has become a bit livelier. From the huge amount of the new Demons who moved in, a lot more houses had lights on in them. The road to my home was properly illuminated and I smelled different dinners being cooked and noise from children as we walked past houses.

When we finally made it back home, Anna decided to make dinner for us all. Over dinner I spoke with Lily about what field to start our farming operation. We decided to start in the North seeing as we started hunting the Monsters in the forest there. I went to bed expecting a nice day of training and then, in the night, the real work would begin.