Chapter 1569 Family Time
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"You're not going anywhere until the baby is born, you heard me?"
"Yes ma'am!"
We were currently having lunch in the backyard; Miranda was sitting on my legs as I took into my Dragonoid form. She was honestly too adorable to get angry at her grumpy attitude. If anything, that only made her cuter. She's such a cute wife.
The beautiful backyard garden, full of colorful lesser divine treasure flowers and plants of all kinds made for a wonderful and relaxing scenery. We were eating right below the shadow casted by the castle itself.
Benladra and Kate were with us, naturally. They were really happy to see me and wouldn't stop clinging on me for a while. But now they were fully concentrated on eating some big sandwiches I prepared for them packed full of grilled meat from monsters caught in the Titan Records, and also demon meat.
Apparently, in these five days I was gone, Benladann was the one that cooked for everyone, and my daughters were getting bored of her "tasteless" food, despite still learning her Cooking Magic, that was a bit harsh.
Perhaps my own food is so tasteful it creates some sort of addiction… Well, I'll simply have to teach more Cooking Magic to Benladann.
"Hmph, I can't believe that old hag would just drag you somewhere for FIVE DAYS!" Miranda continued complaining while eating giant skewers with grilled meat, chicken, and veggies, her favorite dish. "What was she thinking?! Nom, nom… To take away my Drake for so long! Ugh, I want to grab that hair of hers and PULL it!"
"I am just as angry, but Drake did get stronger after going there though." Benladann said, trying to calm down Miranda's anger. "Didn't you, honey?"
"That's right. I awakened my Ice Titan Bloodline, and I gained a lot of power from it. Even a Psyche. Which is like a Physique, but for the soul." I explained. "I got a pretty strong Divine Ability, and something called Soul Gear too. It wasn't half bad, so please stop getting so grumpy, Miranda…"
"Hmph…" Miranda only pouted adorably as she continued eating her food. "I'll consider it if you stay with me some more."
"Hahaha, fine." I giggled a bit, as I gently caressed her belly. "Ah, it's so big now."
"Yeah, it's so annoying…" She said. "I'm also getting super hungry! I eat like ten times more than before. This child is draining away all my energy."
"Something like that happened to me too with Benladra. Do you remember?" Asked Benladann. "Those last weeks I was forcing myself to eat a large quantity of food because the baby would constantly drain me from all my nutrients while forming. I think this is because she's was a Dragon and I was still just an Ice Giant back then."
"Bearing a dragon child is not something other races were made for, apparently…" The System spoke. "I was lucky I could conceive Kate in a different way." Her ghostly apparition emerged out of thin air, greeting everyone.
"Mama! Come eat. It's tasty. Papa's food is the best." Kate said, calling her mama to eat with her.
"I can't really eat but that does indeed look really tasty." Her mother giggled, sitting by her side. "Glad to see you back too! Kate was missing you a lot." Said Miranda. "Right?"
"I missed mama." Kate nodded while stuffing herself with my food. "Hahah, she's so concentrated on eating she can barely look at us." Benladann laughed.
"Well, if she's eating a lot it means she's a healthy girl." The System seemed pleased to see our little Kate develop. "Yeah." I nodded.
As we continued eating and then decided to relax while resting over the grasslands while being bathed by the gentle sunlight and the cold winds, I talked more about my experiences in the trial, and also showed them the Soul Gear I had. Apparently, its appearance could materialize around my body, but if I tried to manipulate it physically, it would slip past my hands.
"Wow, so this is Soul Gear, it looks so wild!" Benladann said. "And you said it was made using Soul Treasures?" "Yeah, they're special Items harvested on Soul or Etheric Realms, apparently." I said. "The creation of Soul Gear is a secret and tradition of the Titans, mostly. So just having one like this is a big enough thing by itself."
"And it makes your soul stronger? We could surely benefit from that!" Miranda said. "Right?"
"Yes, even now, our souls aren't strong enough for all the Chaos Power we've inherited." Benladann nodded. "Drake, you said that we can get Soul Treasures inside the Draconic Realms?"
"Perhaps, after all the materials I got were from the Titan Record Realms, and the Draconic Realms should be similar. However, the whole processing and crafting is the tricky part, I believe…" I wondered. "And I believe you simply won't be able to use this power without properly awakening a Titan Bloodline, seeing how tied Soul Gear is to Titans… But that's why I was considering asking the Ice Queen if she could do a similar ritual with you girls! At least Benladann and Benladra, you two have Ice Titan Bloodlines."
"E-Eh? We can do that?" Benladann wondered. "Am I even worthy of such a thing?"
"Of course you are! Don't be so dummy, I'll vouch for you with Skadi if needed." I said. "She said you were all welcome as long as you could complete the Trial."
"I-I see…" Benladann felt slightly excited about doing it. "Sure, then I want to do it!"
"But later! After the baby's born!" Miranda said grumpily.
"A-Ahahah, of course, sure." Benladann nodded.
"Am I going too?" Benladra wondered.
"You should be able to, yeah!" I nodded. "I am a bit worried though… I hope you'll be fine there. It will be a harsh trial, my daughter."
"Meh, I can do it!" Benladra said with a cocky smile. "I've done plenty of cool stuff already! Leave it to me papa!"
"So brimming with confidence! I can't help but cheer for my daughter now." I laughed.
Suddenly, Kate walked to my side.
"I can't go?" Kate asked with puppy eyes.
"Err, it's not that I don't want you to go, but Kate, you're a Dragon and a Spirit, so you don't have their bloodline, sadly." I sighed. "But… Maybe we could try giving it to you?" I wondered.
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