Chapter 1196: Back To The Old House
Chapter 1196: Back To The Old House
My mother\'s words quickly woke us up from our daze, as we had to quickly separate each other\'s bodies, we weren\'t doing too much of anything, just a lot of plain ol\' loving, I guess.
But that might be considered too much by some, so we quickly stopped what we were doing before wasting more of everyone\'s time and got the tent down.
"Yeah, mom, coming! Wait a bit please...!" I cried, as Aquarina was getting her shirt back on. "Hahaha, we overdid it a bit." She giggled. "But I can\'t get enough of my Sylphy~"
"Geez, enough with that." I felt embarrassed. "We can continue with what we left off tonight though?"
"Sure~!" She said happily.
We walked out of the tent, got it done, saved it inside of Glutton, and made our way back with my party. The robots bid their temporary goodbyes to us as they went on their own thing for the moment, and I opened a portal back outside.
I still had to choose a new Dungeon Floor though! And I also wanted to check the Civilization of the Arboren down there, but I can do this tonight or tomorrow morning, no rush.
We walked outside of the dungeon, finding ourselves right in the wetlands, the sun was high in the sky, the rivers and swamps extended up to the eye could see.
Many animals and monsters of large sizes were grazing by, some hunting, it was a peaceful yet wild landscape, untamed.
"Phew, the dungeon is nice and all, but nothing beats the real air of the outside world!" Nepheline smelled the wetlands fresh air.
"I suppose you\'re not wrong there, Nepheline." Nodded Arafunn. "I\'m sorry for saying this Sylphy, but the air of your dungeon feels very... Well, "artificial", it was quite hard to breathe it and use it with my magic without feeling this weird feeling about it."
"Yeah, same." Zack nodded. "Though I wasn\'t as sensitive before, with all these cultivation techniques Master Arafunn has taught me, I noticed something similar..."
"I guess it can\'t be helped, everything is indeed quite artificial, born from the transformation of my own Mana injected into the dungeon." I explained briefly.
"Well not like it even matters anyways." Aquarina shrugged. "What do we do now?"
"I think we should go back home now that we\'re done with everything. We\'ve explored mostly everything here, found all the slimes as well, we got even some robots and Sphynxiette and her people." My mother said. "I am done, and I want to go slack off for the rest of the vacations, just slack off, not traveling or doing anything in particular..."
I could tell my mother was exhausted, we ended making this vacation more gruesome and, well, more exercise-heavy than it should have been. I nodded inwardly, she wasn\'t wrong, we needed a rest and to relax without doing any more journeys or fighting big bad monsters.
"You\'re not wrong, let\'s go back home then, Faylen." My uncle nodded.
"Yeah, you need to rest- No, we need to rest." My dad nodded, patting her shoulders. "Right champ?"
"I want to go back to our Cloudia house and play in the farm." Zephy said.
"Hehehe, alright, let\'s go to a simpler life for once, even if briefly." Said my mother, smiling. "Sylphy, let\'s go."
"A-Ah, yes." I nodded.
I guess my mother does feels nostalgic about those early years we spent in Cloudia, where I grew up with them and had a few tiny adventures with Aquarina and her parents. There\'s a lot of things we still miss from here, but it\'s not like Agartha hasn\'t become our home already either.
There are so many people there we love, and our big manor over there, surrounded by that huge flower garden, it is a really pretty sight I grew up with for the last six or so years. I guess I\'ve spent over half my life on Cloudia and the rest on Agartha, so both hold an important place inside my heart.
Though, deep down, I still wish I could have stayed here, in Cloudia, until I grew up into a young adult, but I guess the world wouldn\'t let us do that.
Over Arafunn\'s big flying familiars, we flew across the skies, slowly moving back home as I took this time to chat and listen to my friends.
"Vacations are slowly coming to an end... It was a tiring vacation, but I really had fun with everyone, I loved every second of it!" Mist smiled. "I\'ve grown plenty strong too, we had a lot of sizable challenges."
"We sure had, this whole year has been full of challenges, to be honest." Zack nodded. "But we\'ve grown stronger, and we even found some new friends along the way, perhaps way too many, but they\'re appreciated nonetheless." He patted Luck\'s shoulders.
"Hahaha, I guess... Our lives weren\'t as colorful as they are now before we met you guys, so thanks for making us and Lara feel so welcomed." Luck smiled honestly, his wolf ears twitching cutely as he felt embarrassed. "Truly, thank you so much."
"E-Eh? No, please calm down, there\'s no need to be so thankful!" I stopped him. "We\'re pals, come on. Just take it for granted for once~!"
"I-I guess I should, thanks still." Luck smiled. "Right Lara?"
"A-Ah, yes..." Lara nodded, feeling embarrassed herself. "Thank you guys! Truly! I was distracted by the spirits, hehe..."
"Nah you were just embarrassed, huh?" Luck teased her, patting her head. "She\'s really happy, but sometimes she can\'t be honest with herself, so she pretends she\'s just happy go
luck."
"What?! The hell are you talking about!" Lara gasped. "Luck, the spirits are calling you a big dummy by the by!"
"H-Hey! Really?" Luck felt pressured by the spirits gazes he couldn\'t discern.
"She\'s joking with you, dummy." I giggled. "Ah, Celeste, how has been the trip so far?"
"W-Why are you asking me out of nowhere?!" She grew red.
"Well, you\'re our friend, right? And you had quite a harsh... Beginning, so I kind of was hoping this would help you unwind a bit." I smiled.
"A-Ah, Sylphy..." She sighed, crossing her arms. "Of course! It has been pretty fun, yeah, let\'s admit it. It still hard for me to move on but, I am moving, and that\'s what matters."
"It is indeed." I patted her shoulders.
The house could be seen from the distance.
We were back once more, for our last week.