Chapter 1157 Back Outside, Friends And Slime Disputes
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There were many Traits avable, some were useful and others not so much. I browsed through them, looking specifically for those that''s strengthened the Civilization Deity, and found a couple. They were all very expensive though, and none were as good as the one I had acquired previously. I could waste away some EXP getting a few, or I could just save it forter Dungeon and Civilization Upgrades.
So yeah, I decided to withdraw my "money" and save forter. The Civilization Shop is tempting though, but because everything is rted with the Civilization, it isn''t as if I can buy something for myself, it is all for that Civilization benefit. It is up to me how I can make it be my power as well. But the bonus stats really help, yeah.
Once we were back outside, the first thing we heard was Zack calling for us, apparently for the third time today. He looked rather annoyed.
"Hey you two! Are you going to keep making out or are youing to eat breakfast?! I''ll give Mist all your pancakes if you don''te!" He said with a mocking voice.
"We''reing!" I cried.
"Wait, don''t give her the pancakes! She''ll eat them too fast! She''s like, very voracious!" Aquarina cried as well.
We ran outside the tent, greeting Zack who was just sighing after we finally walked outside. He looked at us into the eyes.
"You two, seriously… I know you two are girlfriends now and even engaged for future marriage. But you need to calm down a bit, alright? Don''t spend too much time doing your stuff, or you''ll end up skipping breakfast, lunch, and dinner all the time." Zack was reprimanding us for being too horny.
"Hey! We weren''t doing any weird stuff; we were inside of Sylphy''s Dungeon helping her civilization." Aquarina said, smacking his head. "And it''s not like you''re innocent either."
"Ouch! Hey, did you had to be so rude?!" Zack groaned. "Come here!" He smacked her head, only for Aquarina to smack his back, they love acting childishly.
"Why are you hitting ady you monkey boy?!" Aquarina kept smacking his head.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
"Agh, you brute gori girl!" Zack groaned.
"Hahaha! Enough, stop fighting you dummies." I stopped them. "Let''s just go eat."
We regrouped with everyone else, as my friends, our parents, and Sphynxiette and her group greeted us. The wends were as beautiful as ever, and today was a sunny day, without any clouds in the sky. It looked like a much more radiant ce than before.
"Wee back you two! We were almost done with breakfast." My father greeted us.
"Good morning dear." My mother kissed my forehead. "Come eat already please, we''re departing soon after eating. We need to find the slimes and then get back to our vacation house. I want to spend thest days sleeping there at least."
"Gotcha mom, sorry for taking so long~" I asked for forgiveness.
"It''s fine, just eat for now girl." She smiled, patting my head.
"Aquarina! You should let Sylphy breathe sometimes, you know?!" Suddenly, Nepheline was reprimanding her daughter. "I know you love her a lot but at least let here eat breakfast!"
"What?! I haven''t done anything!" Aquarinained.
"I know when you''re lying Aquarina!" Nepheline sighed, crossing her arms. "I know you two are in that age, but I am fairly sure you''re the one that is pushier in the rtionship. I know my daughter."
"Gods! You''re embarrassing me, mom! Stop it!" Aquarina felt all embarrassed, covering her face as she sat by my side. "I just went to Sylphy''s Dungeon! It wasn''t anything that you thought about! Right Sylphy?"
"Y-Yeah, sorry… We were taking care of the dungeon and the monsters and stuff." I said. "Sorry."
"Hmph…" Nepheline gave me a half-heartedly look, squinting her eyes. "…Alright."
"You don''t need to be so harsh on the girl…" Shade tried to calm her down, as he gave Nepheline some shoulder massages.
"I know but she''s too pushy sometimes, right? Poor little Sylphy can''t catch a break with this brute." Sighed Nepheline, waving her head.
"Hahaha, just ignore her." I told Aquarina. "She loves you and worries about you, but it''s fine. It''s not what she thinks."
"Hmm…" Aquarina got a bit grumpier. "I guess! But she should try being nicer and if she wanted to talk about this she should do so privately! Not in front of everyone, ugh."
"It''s not like we don''t know about that stuff already." Celeste smiled with a teasing smirk.
"Ugh, shut it!" Aquarina groaned, about to throw her a piece of bread in her face, but Pyuku stopped her.
"Aquarina, don''t waste food…" He said. "Be nicer with people! Like you were nice with me."
"Pyuku… Ugh, ok. But she was clearly not being nice!" Aquarina barked, still throwing the bread on Celeste''s face and making her fall off her chair.
"Agh!"
"Big sis!"
Mist and Celica went to help her stand back up as Celeste sighed.
"Nah, don''t worry, I''m used to the gori." Celeste shrugged, grabbing the piece of bread and taking a bite. "So we''re just picking the rest of your pals, Pyuku?"
"Yeah, that''s the n!" Pyuku nodded. "Everyone''s excited! I feel them living right below that weird tree over there! So we just have to pick them up and we''re done. I don''t sense any monster or something below, and no ruins either. So it''s a safe ce."
"Finally your people are living inside a rtively safe ce for once." Zack sighed. "The first two times… Weren''t that good."
"Y-Yeah, we are not well known for making brilliant decisions, but we survive nheless!" Pyuku nodded.
The rest of the slimes were formed intorge groups eating food and talking in their cute dialect. The ones from the grasnds and the ones from the desert were rather culturally different. The ones from grasnds were much friendlier and slightly childish, while the desert ones had a slight sense of superiority for some reason, and judged others based in their colors.
If they had bright colors they treated them better, but if their tones were darker, they actively showed their dislike for them. It is nothing too extreme, at the end of the day they still protect and look for one another.
But even then, I never thought I would see racism between slimes, but here we are.
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