Chapter 508 507: Fruits Of Our Labor (1)



After a nice, relaxing walk out into the gardens, we returned to the room to see the Marquess lounging on the couch, a book in hand as she softly stroked the hair of Mother, who was napping with her head on the Marquess' lap.

The Countess was scribbling something down onto a page in a book, the Elf sitting near the window and enjoying the natural light streaming through, entirely absorbed into whatever it was that she was doing.

Glancing our way, the Marquess smirked as she closed the book silently, whispering "Unlike you youngsters, I know how to indulge in moderation~!"

Jahi rolled her eyes at that, whispering back "I sincerely doubt that... If I had to make a bet, Miss Julie got tired and Mother decided to call it for the moment."

Hearing her daughter, the Countess glanced up from her book and said "I have no idea what she said, but I know it was likely against you, Chordeva, so it's definitely true."

As she turned back towards her book, the Elf tilted her head to the side and avoided the harmless sphere of mana that sailed past her, splashing against the glass and erupting into a beautiful sea of flames that lapped at the glass, before dissipating entirely.

Lakshmi stared at those flames with awe, before turning to stare at her Mom and babble something out, making the Marquess go from narrowed eyes and a sneer to a warm, soft expression as she reached out and beckoned for Jahi to hand Lakshmi over.

While Jahi did that, I made my way over to the Countess and placed Alessandra on the desk, watching as the little Elf crawled over towards the book and tried to read it, despite not even knowing what a language was.

Seeing that, the Countess just glanced at the little Elf before continuing on anyways, which made Alessandra plop down beside the book and observe the quill that scratched over the pages, runes appearing on the thick paper as the Countess did some studying.

I stood beside her for a few moments, keeping some attention on Alessandra to make sure she was alright whilst also curiously reviewing the Countess' work, before nodding to myself and backing away when I was assured that the little Elf wouldn't do anything dangerous or irritating.

With the little Elf absorbed by her Mom's book and the little Demoness being danced around by her Mom, we were free from the two cute, adorable babies and allowed to do our own things, which the Marquess further ordered as she said "Go on, scram. Spend that energy on something besides sex. I want to take you all somewhere within the month, so prepare yourselves."

That made us all intrigued, but the dark blue skinned woman refused to elaborate as she instead just turned back towards the baby in her arms, smiling softly at her as she bounced her around, much to Lakshmi's amusement.

Glancing at one another, we shrugged and left the room, stepping back into the hall and discussing what we wanted to do.

Anput was the first to speak up, the Jackalkin taking a few steps back as she grinned at us, saying "I'll be at the forge; I got a few things I need to finish up for each of you, so..!"

Before she could run off, Jahi said "Anput, meet us at the Training Grounds by dusk, alright? We'll resume our own trainings with Nirinia to end our day."

The Jackalkin nodded before rushing off, making Leone cough into her fist as she too walked away, telling us "I'll be at the Sanctum till dusk then. I need to practice with Mother..."

Jahi and I nodded as she walked down the hall, leaving us standing outside the door leading to our room in silence.

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I pursed my lips before scrolling through my Daily Quests, making my decision there.

"Well, if its just us then we can do some magic practice and hone that? Some non sexual Dual Cultivation with an occasional break for a quick spar? Since we'll be with Nirinia later. Though, we should really find her first and get her to agree to that instead of just... assuming she won't be making her way to a brothel or something."

Jahi just smiled wryly at that, before gesturing for me to walk beside her as we made our way to the kitchen first, wanting to see if we could find the Djinn there.

As we walked, I browed my Shop and favorited a few items that I wanted to get the others, keeping them on the same level as my Anklet of the Zephyr so that everyone could get something.

With the previous admission to... well, being 'blessed by a Goddess', that gave me the perfect opportunity to just call these gifts from her.

I mean...it was slightly farfetched, but with the Empress calling out that I was actually shrouded in Divine Energy, well, I hope that meant the others would believe me, especially since this wasn't lying; technically, Reincantra was gifting me these items that were enchanted.

So, I marked out what would be good for each of them and prepared to buy them later, so that I could give them something they could use to strengthen themselves further.

Anput was getting a bracelet that boosted her Dexterity primarily and Strength second, giving her more control over her weapons and boosting the damage by a little bit.

Jahi was getting an amulet that boosted her Constitution primarily and Strength second, making her more of our parties tank whilst also giving her a significant boost to power; I mean, 5% is still large for her strength, which was likely around 120ish now, or even higher.

Finally, Leone was getting an earring that boosted her Wisdom primarily and Intelligence second, making her spells far stronger and boosting her control a good bit as well; honestly, those names weren't the greatest for the stats since it didn't actually boost your wisdom or intelligence...

Seems like a flaw, but whatever~!

Either way, we entered the kitchen and found the Djinn lounging at a table, smirking as she talked to Princi, who was smirking back at her as the two flirted.

Interrupting them, Jahi gave a nod to the Catkin before looking towards the Djinn, who glanced at her curiously.

"Hey Nirinia, meet up at the Training Grounds at dusk. I want to resume the trainings we had before the war broke out."

The Djinn frowned slightly, before shrugging her shoulders as she said "Fine, fine~! Anything for little Bluey..."

Rolling her eyes, Jahi swatted the Djinn's back before turning away, leading me back out into the Palace and towards the Training Grounds, where we would remain for the rest of the day.