Chapter 7 - A House Before Departure

At the very same spot those two made their love, MF built a small house using the nearby resources of nature, entwining the vines and logs so skillfully that it could sustain storms for many years if there is any on this swamp. Of course, this was done after they cleansed the area from weeds, mud, and some sticky white liquid. Foel then was tasked to fortify the ground to make a solid foundation of their new abode, well, forcefully.

'I just need to wait for an escape,' the tanomobi thought.

They had a quite rowdy night more so and then, the pleasant kind, to be blunt. Foel could only try to appease the devil so far.

One of the dusks ended with Foel watches her 'husband' tailored a well-made short cloak from the skinned prey MF hunted before. With some DNA tempering, MF made the other apparel set to be black, befitting for the little one with a brooding fierce gaze.

Usurpers who have reached the Golden Core didn't necessarily need to feed on mortal food to sustain themselves as well, but MF did make the best meal Foel ever caressed in her mouth with just the ingredients from nature and a bonfire. Slowly and surely, the unyielding wife became more tame as she began to look forward to the future would provide, with much positive take.

A Golden Orb stage was a critical results of by transforming and nourishing the Usurper's miniature realm to be more earth-like, then gather the fruit and the material for them to make a dense orb shell for later to be contained by a condensed mana and other elemental material of all kind and nourishment to create a perfect golden core that will automatically nurture the new converted many into that of higher quality for their realm owner to utilize.

Foel conjured multiple energy darts to be shot at herself from different angles. She deftly dodged most of them as if she could see the future. A feat that was almost impossible for her, was easily possible because of someone.

"So how is the modification?" The smirking devil asked, with a different appearance than her alluring blue persona. Silver olive hair with a simple three strand braid resting to the side of her front, giving an intelligent and caring look. Her eyes changed from deep blue to vermillion red with her olive green eyelash striking the contradictory hue that enhanced her glare to be more alluring and sharp. She also shortened her height a little to make her cute wife feel more close while also not in the same height to show superiority.

"Everything feels slow, my body moves as if time itself is lending me a hand to catch up with everything that is happening. It feels weird."

'Motoric Instant Transmitter', the gene schematic that MF extracted from the heart of Livil, the physical attributes of that beast included mana in most of its body activity. MF couldn't use it because her body was absent from that energy.

"In a literary sense, I made your bodily chemicals transport to their destination instantly." MF smiled with her eyes closed like she was glad. "This includes most of your motoric action, sensory gathering, and faster muscle memory activation."

"I see, appreciate it." Foel looked away. She blushed a little but was quick enough to regain her composure to her usual deadpan. "I might try some physical cultivation, if I can comprehend some of the laws."

"Hmm, we can search for it, how about going to the nearby cultivator market?"

Foel opened her space pocket and prod her head inside to take a peek. "I don't know if our mana crystals are enough to buy one."

"Don't worry, money won't be an issue as long as we get there." MF gestures her forefinger to point at the end of her sentence.

"Also, why change your appearance?" asked the tanomobi.

"Ah, this is my true form." The trickster raised both of her hands to be more open about herself. "I'm a hyaenidae, my race was annihilated by Usurpers a long time ago. So I'm the only survivor. Everyone was killed brutally in front of my eyes, they were purged, frozen, and skewered." She then frowned, recycling the imaginative memory to stay true to her act.

Of course, that is not obviously the truth. There is no such thing as a Hyenadae race on Neamh, aka the new earth—even if there is, MF might be the only one who can claim as such. While in actuality, she tried to conceal her trace from the destruction of Tidal Citadel. Being a paranoid prick is one of her traits anyway.

After a long solitary lifestyle, having someone in her life does change her a little bit. She might try to be more open than being alone from this moment on, but she isn't that trusting either even though she can just read the mind of her tanomobi wife.

"My condolences, again, forgive me. You helped me instead of killing this pitiful usurper. Despite the aching wound of ever rending hatred at us who hastily do more evil than those from above." Foel stepped forward and looked at her partner's eyes with determination. "Is there anything that I can make up to with you?"

MF turned around, and then turned again to face her wife with a charming smile. "Just call me darling from now on."

"I was expecting something more obscene."

"Aww come on, my mind is not all about my lovely wife's special services, you know?" The hyenadae winked.

Foel rolled her eyes. "Fine… Darling." Her raspy yet innocent voice dug deep into her partner's ear.

"Ugh, my heart."

The two of them then departed to the nearest unwrecked Citadel. MF changed her attire to those of black short cloak to match with her wife.

"Oh yeah, honey," MF asked. "What about your job as an excavator?"

"Don't worry about it too much, darling, let's just say that I'm already retired the moment I was proposed back then."

They march to the path to their destination. One with a vastly crowded market and farms encapsulating the scenery of land carved by abundant sources of water and rich soil. From above, the whole giant civilization looked like an X marker with each end getting denser and the center guarded by many strong individuals. The fortress dwellings of wind and nature, the Gaia Citadel.

After dealing with some pesky random assault from various Calamities on their way, the majestic titan wall appeared within the corner of their view. Foel was undoubtedly strong against those monstrosity, MF took the advantage and harvest some of the genes from the massacred beast.

'Let's make some easy money.'