NOVEL NEXT Volume 8 Chapter 31: Creamy And Delicious!
Volume 8 Chapter 31: Creamy And Delicious!
The group continued to get closer to the birdie. As they did, Angelica questioned, "What are you going to do with it?" Her junior had a plan cooking up.
"I'm going to corner it," Keith grinned, "Maybe I could make it freeze from fear."
"..." Those were some scary words coming from his mouth? The beauty stared at her friend; does fear make meat more delicious?
"Aria," Keith moved his hand, and the white owl appeared before him.
"Ho," The first thing the bird did was nudge his face. Keith grinned, "I know you're excited. Don't worry, you'll have your fun today." It had been some time since she had seen some action.
What are you planning to do with a blizzard owl?
"You see that bird over there. I want you to scare it into submission,"
"Hoo!" Aria didn't hesitate as she dashed forth.
"..." Goodbye, bird. Angelica and Sakura could only pity that bird. It was about to be scared by an apex monster.
"Coo," The firebird was nibbling on some grass, minding its own business. It had a cocky look; it has been walking on this floor for quite some time now. No monster dared to come near it.
Not until now...
The bird quickly turned around to see a white shadow dashing at it! Fire instantly came out of its mouth without any hesitation; it was out of danger and fear. It could tell the white blur was ferocious!
Yet the blur dodged the fire easily as it fired ice pikes! Those pikes didn't hit the bird; all of them were directed to the floor. That was enough as the bird quickly dashed away. Yet, more ice pikes fired ahead of it, blocking them.
This scenario continued for a while before the firebird understood; there was no escape. It lay on the ground, preparing for its death. However, the owl only stood before it as it made a sound. The firebird looked confused in the beginning. But that cleared up when three shadows appeared.
"I want you to become my familiar."
"Coo," "Hoo!" It tried to be menacing but was shut down by Aria. Nope. The firebird couldn't defeat Aria's pressure. It looked at Keith meekly; this man was not to be trifled with.
"Can you produce eggs?" Keith questioned.
"Cooo!" Of course I can! It was proud.
"That's good. In return for your eggs, I will feed you," Keith grinned as he took an apple out, "You get to eat this. How about it?" The apple was placed before it. The bird looked at it before taking a bite; that one bite was infectious, and more bites soon came after.
"Like it?"
"Cooo!"
"Then do you agree with living on my island?"
"Coo!"
"Awesome!" Keith grinned, "Let's form a contract," Simple and forward: Keith raised his hand while the bird responded. A red emblem soon formed on his wrist.
"I have a lot." So many emblems were on his body: the Samuis, Aria, Fira, Bei, and now the firebird. As he thought about his familiars,
Plop! An egg appeared under the bird.
"What the? So big!" Keith then looked at the giant egg in his hand! It was larger than an egg he had seen before. Turning to the bird, "You want to show off, huh?"
"Coo!"
"Alright then, I will do some taste testing!" Keith grinned. Since it wanted to show off, let's try those eggs.
"..." Angelica and Sakura were speechless. What did we witness right now? However, the man cracked the egg on the skillet. That was when they saw the yolk. It was 10 yolks!
The whites were a brilliant translucent orange! As the eggs were scrambled,
"Let's eat." Keith and the others gulped. Each one took a bite. One word came to everyone's mind,
"So creamy!" It was smooth and silky like cream was added to the eggs. Overlaying that creaminess was the rich and decadent flavor. Was it from the yolks?
"What kind of egg is this?!" Angelica licked her lips. Eggs were pretty normal and bland, but this took it to another level.
"Wait a moment, I feel a burning sensation in my stomach," Sakura felt something. It was a slightly warm feeling, invigorating her body.
Hmpf! Sakura waved her sword, and that caused a tree to be cut in half!
"Isn't that normal?" Keith blinked. Sakura cutting down a tree was a regular thing.
"...My strength increased by a half."
"Huh?"
"Wait, let me try." Keith got up and waved his hand. There was a loud clack sound that came after!
"You're right!" The egg produces such an effect?!
"My magic hasn't increased." Angelica used a simple spell, but it had the same output.
"So it's a physical enhancement," Interesting. Then he added, "I should give you a name." He can't forget about that.
"From now on, your name shall be Eldi,"
"Coo!" The bird liked its name as she nudged her face onto his. Keith grinned, "And now, I got eggs for my farm!"
"Farm?"
"Oh, yeah. I never did mention it. I'm going to have a farm on the second island."
"..."
"By the way, how are we bringing it back home?"
"Ah,"
...
"Umm, Keith?" Madison blinked as she stared at him.
"Yes?"
"Why is there a giant rooster in our guild hall?" Before her were Keith, Angelica, and Sakura. It was normal since they came earlier but a giant rooster was behind the group.
"Uh, tamed it?" Keith tilted his head.
"…How?" The last time she checked, the trio entered an A-rank dungeon. Monsters there should be at least a B-rank.
"Child, you brought in a crazy thing." Kaiser chuckled as he walked over, "If you could tame a blizzard owl, it's not surprising that you could tame that."
"Cooo!" "Calm down!" "Are you kidding me!"
"Ahh, it's rampaging!"
"…" Keith looked at the destruction it caused, "…I will pay for it."
"Send the bill."
"Woah, what a fat fellow." Keith turned around to see Morgan and the rest of White Lily.
"Aww, did you replace us with them? I'm sad." Shakti was about to cry when she saw the beauties next to him.
"No one could replace you, Shakti,"
"Really?! Really?!"
"Mmhmm," It was impossible to find a lively person like her.
"By the way, Keith, we found a strange vegetable in the dungeon. Do you want it?" Morgan knew about Keith's hobby of finding new ingredients, so it would be fine to bring it to him.
"Sure! I would love it." Keith grinned, "What do you have for me?"
"Shakti had found this." Morgan then raised a giant fruit. Well, it was bumpy and had orange skin. Keith blinked a few items as his eyes went wide.
"What is that?" Madison tilted her head. Angelica and Sakura were the same. They had never seen something like that before. Shakti scratched her head, "I thought it was pretty interesting. But I guess it's nothing."
"No! It's perfect! Thank you so much!" Keith didn't hesitate as he hugged Shakti!
"Eh? Well, I- I – "Shakti became a suddenly broken record while the rest were flabbergasted as to how he was acting. It was quite a strange sight.
Volume 2 is out now. ^^
