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Join the ServerI thought for a moment, then raised another question: “There are many types of Ethylene Crystals. Where should I go to collect the others?”
“It depends on fate~” Xueli interjected. “But you don’t necessarily have to collect all of them. The one that suits you is the best. Ethylene Crystals are very rare and not that easy to obtain… Of course, if you’re a big spender and planning to equip your daughters with them, then forget what I said… Oh, by the way, each skill has its own casting posture. The owner sets the posture, and the contracted beast releases the skill. When you want to release a secondary skill, the Ethylene Crystal will guide you to make the corresponding posture… In short, secondary skills are really strong! They won’t let you down!”
After speaking, Xueli tilted her head and thought: “Is there anything else this time? You brought so many tasks at once that I’m a bit confused…”
Yingning and I carefully scoured the task log and confirmed there were no other related tasks, then nodded.
“There’s no rush to explore the temple. You can first give birth to the child, hatch it, and settle down before considering entering. It’s best to go when you’re close to sixth-tier strength. Right now, your strength is only equivalent to our fourth-tier, so it’s too dangerous for you there… I suggest you first complete the reconnaissance task I gave you earlier. Find the corpse of that giant beast near the city of Minos. The reward is also quite generous.”
Xueli thoughtfully helped analyze.
It was quite surprising—first, that an NPC would help a player plan tasks, and second, that a Saint-tier being could be so approachable.
But thinking about it, we were pretty special. We had four tasks related to them on us. The bond was too deep, so they put aside their Saint-tier pride to have a heart-to-heart with us. In old game terms, we had unknowingly raised our favorability high enough.
“Then we’ll go look for it… After we find it, where do we find you? You two are Saint-tier seniors, coming and going without a trace. If it weren’t for Senior Tajima Satoshi, we wouldn’t have found you this time…” I asked.
“Oh, so you do know we’re Saint-tier seniors?” Xueli deliberately put on an angry face. “Among all the adventurers I’ve seen, you’re the most disrespectful. You don’t show any respect, you don’t even use ‘you’ in your address. Your master is much more respectful than you!”
“Well, sorry for causing you trouble!” I glared at Xueli and shot back without backing down… Just mentioning the Mother and Child River pissed me off! Why did you have to give Yingning a skill book! Pregnancy was bad enough, but pregnancy times twenty-eight—I don’t even know how terrifying that is! It’s infuriating!”
“Hey, you impudent fox! Let’s see if you can still laugh after you lay your eggs!”
Alekxia and Yingning laughed as they watched Xueli and me bicker. Finally, Alekxia gently reached out and patted Yingning’s head: “Seeing you reminds me of us in the past… If you need anything in the future, come to us. I’m already your class instructor. Take this.”
[You have obtained “Alliance Encrypted Communication Crystal”.]
“With this encrypted transmission crystal, input the corresponding target number, and you can contact all Saint-tiers of the Nine Flower Alliance. Mine is AL0331, Xueli’s is XL0922. I can’t tell you the others. If you have fate with them, they’ll tell you on their own…” Alekxia finished speaking, grabbed Xueli by the scruff of her neck, and lifted her like a chick.
“Hey, why do you always lift me like this! Do you know how embarrassing it is!” Xueli pouted and weakly kicked her legs.
“Let’s go.”
Alekxia nodded slightly to us, and we bowed in response.
“See you tomorrow. You should find the giant beast’s corpse by then. According to your adventurer rules, you should be about to… log off?” Alekxia floated up slowly, holding Xueli. “Leturas…”
Finally, before leaving, a friendly reminder: you must lay a thick, soft cotton or blanket in the Celestial Ruins (pet space) in advance. Otherwise, you’ll definitely suffer…”
“Suffer from what! Just tell me clearly!” Mentioning this made my eyes sting and my whole body tremble. I felt like the end of the world was coming.
“Hahaha, twenty-eight bottles!” Xueli started laughing without restraint again.
Alekxia left a pitying glance, then cruelly vanished into the air with Xueli.
I collapsed into Yingning’s arms in despair. Childbirth wasn’t scary, but the unknown twenty-eight was!
What terrible thing did it represent! If I knew earlier, I could have prepared mentally!
My nose stung.
“Good, don’t cry.” Yingning lovingly picked me up and walked back.
I curled up in Yingning’s arms, rubbing my belly aggrievedly—though it wouldn’t bulge, I didn’t know how many little lives were slowly forming inside.
This feeling was truly magical, something I had never dared to imagine. Bitterness mixed with warmth, sourness mixed with sweetness.
Although I knew these were emotions forced on me by the system, and these little ones were just system data, this feeling of being filled with maternity—something a man could never experience—was very real.
Moreover, this weakness of pregnancy made me unconsciously start to rely on the person beside me, the woman who held me tightly in her arms, carefully shielding me from the snow and wind, trudging through knee-deep snow.
Suddenly, I felt everything I did was worth it. Though the process was unexpected and different from my initial imagination.
Whatever, I’ll just give birth. Since Yingning likes it.
I covered my lower abdomen and fell asleep in the game, in Yingning’s arms. But I didn’t see the happy smile at the corner of my mouth in my dream. It was only later, when chatting with Yingning, that she told me about it, and I realized that perhaps I also liked and looked forward to these little ones.
I was half-asleep, half-awake, vaguely hearing Yingning and the others arranging to meet at 6 o’clock tomorrow to investigate the giant beast’s corpse. The little loli assassin tried to assassinate Jiangu again but was kicked away mercilessly and then struck by lightning and killed. Bai Li Mie Tian declared an undying feud with me… I didn’t remember clearly. Anyway, I slept until noon real-time. Maybe one can get tired in the game too, mentally exhausted. After all, I had soloed the spider nest on hard and hell difficulty, and the emotional instability from Yingning’s death triggered a killing spree.
Yosh! Let’s craft a batch of equipment first, then log off! Otherwise, Yingning will worry again!
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After logging off, Yingning didn’t feel drowsy with low blood pressure as usual. Instead, she quickly woke up and walked slowly to her brother’s bedroom door.
For some reason, the questions Xueli had asked her in the game suddenly came to mind, along with the two sentences Alekxia had made her swear at the end.
Her vermillion lips parted lightly. With dazed eyes, she devoutly murmured the two sentences again.
“The world is so big, having you is wonderful…”
“Hold your paw, grow old with you…”
“Silly… I’m not as foolish as you think…”
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