Chapter 528 - Schedule Of The Day
Yuuki came out of the room in a hurry and rushed to the devil girl present in view. "The devil girl over there! How dare you scribble on my face with this marker?"
"Hum-mm~ What do you mean? I don"t understand. I"m busy helping Ely. So, don"t bother me. Oh, you can help us too and stop being lazy." Sylvia kept her hands busy on the kitchen table. Though, she held back her laughter from bursting out at the sight of Yuuki"s smudged face.
"What do you mean by lazy? I"m not a lazy girl. Huff, is this permanent marker yours?" Yuuki took a deep breath and let it out slowly.
"What are you saying, Yuuki?" Sylvia turned to the side as if she wanted to hear something more clearly.
"Is this permanent marker yours? I can"t erase your scribbles from my face because of this." Yuuki threw an accusation because of her conjecture.
"Oh, why is it suddenly dark in here? I can"t hear you, Yuuki." Sylvia closed her eyes and pretended not to hear anything.
"You-" Yuuki became annoyed. She clenched her fist and accidentally broke the marker. Her palm instantly became completely black because of the ink. "Oh no..."
"Fufufu..." Sylvia just m.u.f.fled her laughter while covering her mouth with her hand.
"Maa, maa... Don"t be grumpy in the morning. Come here, let me help you remove the marker stains from your skin." Elysia beckoned for Yuuki to come closer.
"Mhm..." Yuuki pursed her lips at Sylvia and went to Elysia like a bullied little girl. She then complained like a child. "It"s always that devil girl who started it. I"m just repaying her treatment."
"All right, all right, you can use the att.i.tude of an elegant mature woman in that matter. It"s not a matter of how other people treat you, but how you react to it. Sylvi will get her share later. Now, let me clean up this marker stain." Elysia smiled mysteriously. She then sprayed a cloth with a bit of alcohol.
"???" Yuuki tilted her head with many question marks in mind. She sometimes needed to think deeply to understand the meaning of each of Elysia"s words.
Even so, she just let Elysia wipe her face with the damp cloth. Then her palm also received the same treatment. As already said, those permanent marker ink stains magically disappeared with just a swipe of a damp cloth.
"Wow..." Yuuki consciously expressed her admiration.
"Wait a little bit. Mhm, now it"s finished and clean. You"re as beautiful as the one you remember." Elysia wiped Yuuki"s face and palms once again with a wet tissue. She then took the hand mirror and showed Yuuki"s face reflection there.
"Oh~" Yuuki checked her face left and right from the reflection in the mirror.
"Hm, now that"s done. Want to make some snacks? We can make what you like." Elysia swept her hands and went back to work in the kitchen.
"Sure, sure, thank you." Yuuki obviously wouldn"t refuse for many reasons.
Although the half-dragon girl and the fox girl were often bickering like little girls, they surprisingly got along very well when it came to their favorite things. And again, Elysia was among them to mediate everything.
"Here, try this. Does it suit your taste buds?" Elysia gave a small bowl of food for Sylvia to taste.
"Yum, I don"t have any particular preference when it comes to your cooking. Everything is delicious." Sylvia devoured the food in one mouthful and nodded in satisfaction. "Yes, and it"s true."
"Well then, I don"t know about your favourite." Elysia smiled helplessly. This devil girl is a bit like the glutton Nell who didn"t have any particular preferences. As long as it was delicious, then it was worth eating.
"How about you, Yuuki? What"s your favourite?" Elysia turned to the side. The fox girl was busy decorating a dessert in a big bowl.
"Me? I prefer sweet things like dessert. Please have a look. The one I"m decorating is a snow ice cream as sweet as me with flavors of seven different fruits~" Yuuki replied with a V-hand sign and a sweet smile. She felt proud to show off her homemade dessert.
"Hm? That"s a pretty long name for a shaved ice with cream, seven kinds of syrup, and several pieces of fruit. Eh? Shaved ice with cream? This is not real ice cream." Sylvia scooped up Yuuki"s homemade ice cream to taste it.
"Hey, I haven"t finished decorating it yet and you ruined it. Shoo, shoo." Yuuki immediately patched the sunken ice cream and pushed the devil girl away from the ice cream.
"Hm? In the end, these food will be eaten, right?" Sylvia shrugged her shoulders.
"Okay, we"re done. Let"s take everyone to the outside dining table. Everyone is waiting for us." Elysia pushed the serving trolley and left the kitchen.
"Sure, sure. I"m also very hungry because I haven"t eaten or drank all day." Sylvia rubbed her tummy and pushed another serving trolley.
"Eh-uh? Please wait for me!" Yuuki immediately followed with a large bowl of ice cream in hand.
"Uuh, it"s obviously only seven o"clock, but why is it so bright in this area as if it"s already noon?" Evelyn put her hand to her forehead and looked up at the sky.
"That"s because we are quite far north of the equator. The area where the day is longer than the night." Oceanid took a young head nearby and drank it.
"Hey, that"s mine! If you want, you can grab some from the coconut tree on the island over there." Oceanid"s avatar pointed to an island in the distance.
"You are still the other me. All your possessions are mine too." Oceanid simply ignored his avatar"s complaint.
"Huh? Since when did such a rule exist?" Oceanid"s avatar was about to complain about something else, but the angel had arrived.
"Uoh, let me help you, Masterchef Elysia." Oceanid"s avatar instantly materialized a butler"s outfit and went to help like a loyal servant.
Seeing that, Oceanid just rolled his eyes. It was clearly his avatar, but this one became like a good boy to Elysia. Could delicious food change one"s att.i.tude?
"Hey, I know the sun will be a little annoying here. So, I also brought a big umbrella." Sylvia stuck the umbrella near the dining table to provide shade to everyone.
"Uhm, thanks. You haven"t eaten since yesterday, are you alright?" Ella expressed her grat.i.tude and asked out of concern spontaneously.
"Thanks for asking, but I"m strong and healthy. I"ll fill my stomach to the brim this morning." Sylvia patted her tummy and sat down on one of the benches. Elysia then sat next to her and Yuuki on the far side, away from her.
"Ohoho, ladies and gentlemen, allow me to serve appetizers to all of you." Oceanid"s avatar stroked his arched mustache and served the dishes to the table. However, a tortoise and a brown cat approached from behind and sniffed one of the serving trolleys.
"Oops, you little beasts also need to wait at the table with some courtesy." Oceanid"s avatar pointed to an empty spot on the table.
After all the individuals were present in their seats, Oceanid"s avatar placed all the dishes on the table and distributed certain dishes to everyone. And, of course, he had secured the largest portion for him, although the difference was not very significant.
"Hou... So, that"s why." Oceanid"s avatar covered his eyes with his hands as he realized his avatar"s hidden intention.
"Yum, this is as delicious as I can wish you, Elysia. Nom, nom... Anyway, where did your master go? Has she not woken up yet?" Nell tasted the appetizer voraciously and asked in between.
"Mm, my master hasn"t woken up yet." Elysia gave a small nod in reply.
"Hmm... If your master doesn"t wake up in two hours, we can"t solve Sea G.o.d"s problem today." Nell put her finger to her chin to think, but she just continued eating.
"If so, I can try to wake my master." Elysia offered just that. She had tried to wake Elena, but that lazy girl was just muttering incoherently with just a half-consciousness state.
"No, that"s not necessary. Please let your master rest. If she hasn"t woken up, then she does need it. There are only about a thousand of my avatars waiting for help. Yesterday"s incident gave many of them a distress signal because now it"s me who"s hunting them, not the other way around." Oceanid raised his palm in rejection.
"So, what do you want to say?" Rhea glanced at Oceanid with a neutral expression. She knew he had something to say.
"Like what you suggested yesterday, we will go to the Yhester Region on the Beastkin Continent to see the Soul Fox. Due to your anxiety, I have also come to think about it. If that Ruvoid G.o.d"s divine spirit unexpectedly manages to escape death, then this is extremely dangerous. I can"t sleep, I need an answer urgently." Oceanid set his palms down flat on the table and looked at everyone.
"Good. I have already planned that for this morning. We will leave after breakfast. That Soul Fox Empress"s divination ability will be of great use because she seems to have the bloodline of the G.o.d Emperor"s disciple." Rhea nodded in agreement and announced their schedule of the day.
"We will meet that fox lady again, huh..." Yuuki"s ears and tails went limp as if feeling a little reluctant.
"What"s with her? Isn"t she your kin too?" Sylvia felt that there was something odd and unusual about Yuuki"s response.
"Hmm...." Yuuki didn"t want to answer and just ate her food in silence.