The Mysterious Pool

"Are you ready?" Mafuyu asked.

"I'm ready, what about you, did you recover already?" Lou asked while looking at her, he wanted to be sure that she was already fine before they went inside the territory of the Ice Scorpion.

"I have already recovered some of my strength so I think I'm fine to move," Mafuyu said.

"Then let's go, I will follow you from here to our destination," Lou said.

Mafuyu uses her ability to cover their presence so that they can't easily be discovered by the monster that is roaming around this domain.

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Strength Amplification X20

Strength 9 > 180

Agility 9 > 180

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Lou who use his ability nodded," Let's go"

"Follow me, don't get lost," Mafuyu then dash straight inside of the Ice Scorpion domain, their main target is the underground cave beneath the Ice Empress Cave.

When they both enter, Lou notices that the monster that is roaming around is visible lower than morning.

But it's still hard to move around because Ice Scorpion has a sensitivity to the surrounding, just one move and they will both become monster food.

Mafuyu who is dashing in front suddenly stops, she grabs Lou and hurries roll on the ground.

"What happened?" Lou whispered.

"Don't move, don't make a sound, there's an Ice Scorpion coming from the left side," Mafuyu replied.

Then they heard a moving sound getting near them, Lou used his long white cloet to cover Mafuyu.

Because he especially asks to make all his items white, he can easily blend to the surrounding without any difficulty.

Not like Mafuyu who's wearing easy to move equipment but to eye-catching color.

Mafuyu who feels the hot breath from Lou hit on her face, her face starts to turn red and starts to agitate.

"Don't move, or else that monster will notice us," Lou whispered.

"But….. you are poking me below," Mafuyu embarrassingly said.

"That's a normal reaction," Lou whispered while hugging him tighter.

"You really a pervert," Mafuyu whispered.

"This man in front of you is your own husband, okay~," Lou said.

"Can you at least be serious while on the mission," Mafuyu angry whispered while pinching Lou's flesh.

"Okay, I give up, wife, can you forgive me now," Lou pleaded.

Mafuyu who concentrates her senses around feels that the Ice Scorpion is already far, so she hurries to grab Lou and dash to their destination.

After hours of playing hide and seek to the monster in the Ice Scorpion Domain, both of them arrive at a gigantic mountain of Ice.

"This is the Ice Empress Cave," Mafuyu said while hiding behind a large rock looking at the entrance.

"Okey, let's enter so that we can go back early," Lou excitedly said.

Mafuyu who should be excited feels the opposite, she feels sad and lonely for some reason, maybe she is already accustomed to seeing Lou or Lou's presence.

She is now reluctant to enter, but they need to, this is their only chance and their time is limited too.

Lou notice it grab her hand," Don't think some stupid thing, just tell me if you need me and i will going fly straight to you"

Mafuyu looks at Lou and smiles, he is right, Lou is always here, he can't escape from him not because he is her husband but because she trusts him.

"Okay let's enter, you need to follow me," Mafuyu looked around then sprint inside of the cave.

"Try to stick on the wall, don't run in the middle so that we can easily hide if monsters come," Mafuyu warned.

Lou nodded and continued to follow him.

The whole cave is like a gigantic maze, some of the rooms are dead-end and some have a bunch of monsters waiting for them.

Not only that, but the cave is also full of rare herbs and some strange fruit, some of them are guarded by a monster so Lou reluctantly left them.

After sprinting around the cave, they both arrive at the largest chamber of the cave, the Ice Empress Chamber.

The chamber is simple, except for a gigantic block of ore that releases extreme cold and the crystallized rock in the ailing of the chamber as the chandelier.

Mafuyu looked around and said," The current Ice Emperor is not here, we can easily enter now"

"Our goal is the small opening right there," She point the small hole below the gigantic block of ore

"There's the Mysterious pool that i talking about,"

"Ok, let's go, I'm nervous about this Ice Emperor, maybe that monster will go back fast and catch us here," Lou said.

Mafuyu nodded and dashed with Lou inside of the hole, just a second and they both successfully entered that hole.

The thing that appears in them is a small pool that contains crystal clear water, the water is mysterious because it did not become ice from the temperature of this cave.

In the middle of the pool is a gigantic blue flower that is floating freely in the pool.

"Now can you tell me what you really want from here," Lou looked at him while smiling, he knew that Mafuyu came here for something, and he already had a hunch that Mafuyu wanted to get that lotus in the middle of the pool.

"I-I come here for the flower…. to strengthen my ice magic," Mafuyu said, she came here not just to help Lou but for his own motive too.

"So you want that blue lotus? Then wait for me, i will get it for you" Lou said while starting to undress.