37 call of the golden child

For some time I was next to Merlin's crib, on which the girl was sleeping peacefully. To begin with, I checked her body for any defects, you never know what could happen during the transfer. According to the data that I received, the girl is healthy and full of life.

I also didn't forget to check her status:

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{Status.}

[First and Last Name - Merlin ]

[Class - No.]

[Level - 1]

[Age - 7 months ]

[Gender Is Female. ]

[Human Race]

[Racial abilities - Infinity, High Magic power, ice element, water element, fire element, earth element, wind element, lightning element, space element.]

[Abilities - No.]

[Skills - No.]

{Features}

[Strength - 0.5 ]

[Dexterity - 1 ]

[Endurance - 8/8 ]

[Protection - 0.5 ]

[Mana - ∞]

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Yeah.... the girl clearly has a talent for magic out of this world. There are so many possibilities in the development of elements, and the power of infinity makes her practically a monster among all the magicians of the world. Although it's too early to judge, I haven't met strong magicians personally yet. Therefore, it is too early to call Merlin invincible in magic.

When I left Merlin's room, I met Yuri Alpha and checked the last moments so that there would be no problems. He explained what she should do in certain situations. It certainly took a long time, but after a couple of hours, when Yuri Alpha was able to answer all my questions correctly and show me how she would act. I went to my laboratory with a calm soul.

When I got there, I noticed Merascilla, who continued to read something. Since I don't need her right now, I just decided to ignore her presence. But she herself wanted my attention, this is shown by her eternally sliding and sad eyes right at me.

Continuing to ignore her, I tried to conduct examinations of my body with the help of alchemical scanners that were made by me personally, well, not everything, I had to buy a couple, but I'm fine with money.

So, when I examined and scanned my entire body, I came to a disappointing conclusion. I'm all right! Although not with everything, I still have a couple of strange things, according to the tests, but it's the fault of my race. The bad thing is that if something happened to me and the scanner didn't detect it, then the problem is on the same level as my curse.

This is a real mockery! Why are problems raining down on me, one after another! Okay, stop! Take it easy! I need to think about everything, maybe I'm just winding everything up for myself? Maybe all of a sudden it's all a series of coincidences and accidents? The same is possible. After all, it could even be the usual reaction of my race to.... sex? Perhaps! I already agree to everything, the main thing is to forget about this problem.

- Snake! I called out to Merascilla. She was immediately in front of me.

- Yes? Do you need something, Master? Merascilla asked, with a note of excitement in her voice.

- yes. Go to Purgatory, you have to scout the territory and find me interesting and rare lower demons. The main thing is that it should not be red, blue, gray, any lower, except these. If you find something interesting or unusual, remember the place or mark it somehow, then let me know. - I gave instructions to Merascilla.

- As you wish! Merascilla said, and then began to open the "Hell Gate".

I decided to leave the "PV-ball" to cool my head. And there's a lot to think about.

Too much headache on my head. I still need to gather information about the nobles who have not pure intentions for my family and me. I also need to complete a quest with the labyrinth of Orcus, on the border of the Kingdom of People. I also need to create a couple more homunculi for certain tasks in my plans.

[You're taking too much on yourself, Master. You try to predict the future and rack your brains to understand how your possible opponents will act. I advise you to relax and find some time to relax.] - Said Niva in a soothing tone.

I rubbed the bridge of my nose, and I just sigh wearily. Niva is right, it's too much for me alone. Even though I created Yuri Alpha to make my life easier with Merlin's upbringing, it's still too much for me. I really need a day off.... After Purgatory, I'll take the day off.

[*Sigh* You are not fixable, Master. They would feel sorry for themselves and their health.] - Niva said wearily.

- (I will regret my health when I become strong enough to fight in a war with sufficiently strong personalities.)-

Now I was in the fresh air, namely in the main courtyard of the castle. It's empty as usual, only Yui and Shizune are visible, and it looks like they were doing magic. This was evident from the way Yui strictly explains about Shizune's magic, the girl herself seemed to be writing down Yui's words on a piece of paper.

Recently, Shizuna turned 11 years old. Right now, she was wearing a robe, for the magicians of the disciples, personally made by Yui. The mantle was black, with some places of a purple hue, or more precisely, the sleeves and a little below the waist.

The Nekomat sisters are not visible, perhaps they are cleaning or playing together somewhere again. Usually, Kuroka and Shirone go to the clearing next to the castle to collect flowers. Or these two are sitting in the kitchen and learning to cook. Although the cooking of Chicken is not particularly nutritious yet, but Shirone turns out very tasty dishes, but you will often find a lot of sugar in them.

Maybe spend time first with Yui and Shizune, and then with the Nekomat sisters? It's not a bad idea, I'll have to leave them for a couple of months for myself soon anyway. But for them, I'll be gone for about a couple of hours.

Approaching the duo, Teachers and students. I decided to greet them both:

- Yui, Shizune, good morning. - With a cheerful and cheerful tone.

- Good morning, Meliodas. Do you have business with us? Yui greeted and asked.

- Good morning, brother Meliodas. Did you come to spend time with me? Or marry me? - Shizuna also greeted me. And again she asks me to marry her, I lost count of how many times she asked me this question.

And yes, Shizuna started calling me "brother", just like Shirone. Sometimes these two say it in chorus, so they became friends very quickly. Sometimes I'm afraid to imagine what will come out of these two "sisters" who are obsessed with their "brother". Okay, more on that later.

- No, I just would like to spend time with you, you seem to be learning magic, do not mind if I watch, and then maybe soon I will also do magic. I answered Yui's question.

- I don't mind, we just wanted to move on to practice, Shizuna would need a partner to take her attacks. Yui said with a smile.

- I don't mind, it wouldn't hurt me either, to learn how to fight with magicians, I've only been fighting with warriors all this time. So I will not refuse. - I gave my consent to this. I don't have anything to do yet anyway. I have changed the time in the PV-ball, so I will have time to do quite a lot today, and not be late when Merlin wakes up.

Then Yui and Shizune and I left the castle and found ourselves in a purely green clearing, outside the castle, where there is usually no one. Here, in general, my entire territory is full of animals and monsters, on hills and mountains.

There's not even a village here that I need to monitor and manage. In general, my Father decided to give me an almost unnecessary piece of land, on which there is nothing valuable, just a beautiful view. Oh, I had to clarify exactly what kind of territory I needed, I'll remember for the future.

Right now I was waiting for Shizuna to use combat magic on me. I wasn't afraid for myself, since Shizuna's magic level is too small as an experience to get me. Moreover, I only need to dodge, and not take all the attacks.

- Start, Shizuna, the main thing is not to rush, over time you will be able to use combat magic almost without straining. Yui, who was standing next to Shizuna, said.

- Okay, I'll try! "Ice birds," Shizuna said and shouted a spell. And around her appeared birds made of ice, which were quite large and resembled more pigeons or crows, but their beaks were sharp and thin like a sword. And with this, the birds immediately flew away at me.

-*In the past*-

-*Whistle*-

I started dodging the birds' attempts to damage me. In general, the spell that Shizuna used is one of the most convenient for magicians. Ice birds are capable of flying at high speed, but their main advantage is in homing, it can be compared to homing missiles that will not hit the target yet, will not let go. The birds themselves are effective because they help distract the enemy while you are preparing a new spell. They can also be managed personally, but it's not very easy. But even this spell has disadvantages.

For example: if you are a weak magician, and your opponent is 2-3 times stronger than you, then I simply will not be able to inflict significant damage to him. Birds are not able to fly forever, depending on how much mana you have invested in them, so much will fly. And the biggest disadvantage, these birds are very ineffective against fire-type spells.

- "Water serpent" - Shizuna suddenly shouted the name of another spell while I was in my thoughts and dodging birds.

Straight out of the air appeared a snake consisting entirely of water, in the average human height. He was standing right next to Shizuna, and then, abruptly began to crawl at me. A very interesting set of spells has Shizuna.

- An interesting trick, but it's not enough. I said, then pulled out a dagger from its sheath, and soaked it with mana. With a quick movement of my legs, I broke away enough distance from the birds to attack the snake.

- Meliodas, just don't overdo it! Yui shouted at me.

Then I ran straight at the water snake, swinging the dagger right at it. And when we were already a couple of meters apart, I made a quick swing and...

-*In the past*-

-*Chick*-

Just a moment and I was behind this snake out of the water, and a second later and he abruptly began to dissolve right before my eyes.

But suddenly my instincts felt another attack from above, with a quick movement, I make a dash to the side. Then I saw ice spikes falling from the sky, large enough to leave a hole in my stomach. And they kept falling from the sky and chasing me.

-*In the past*-

-*In the past*-

I make sharp jerks, because time is short. I also noticed that magical pentagrams shine in the sky, and it is from them that the ice spikes come out. Did Yui teach Shizune, the magic of pentagrams? It looks like it. How hemorrhoid.

I quickly accumulate mana in my dagger to destroy the pentagrams in the sky. Just jumping would be stupid, as I will meet ice spikes on the way. It's like jumping on a machine gun to get it and destroy it. So it's best to just use a ranged attack. Unfortunately, I have very few of these without using racial abilities. But I still learned to do one trick.

When there is enough mana in the dagger, I make another jerk, and swing the dagger straight towards the pentagrams in the sky, and an arc-shaped slash of dark blue energy flew out of my dagger at great speed.

-*Bam*-

-*Explosion*-

When the attack reached the pentagrams, you can see and hear an explosion in the sky from my attack on them. After that, I repeated the attack with a quick movement, but this time at the birds who tried to attack me again, but could not catch up.

-*In the past*-

-*Crackling*-

The birds crumbled into pieces of icy dust after my sharp attack. After a couple of seconds, Yui and Shizuna came up to me. The latter was breathing heavily, and she was standing there.

- Well done, Meliodas. Although it's hard to praise you when you beat a child. Yui said with a sneer. Hey! It was your idea.

- I'm not a child. Haa... I'm the one who's getting married soon.Haa... on little brother Meliodas, and will have sex with him. Shizuna said, breathing heavily, but with a serious face. Eh, she's at it again, and how did she find out about it? Although we are almost in the medieval century, although fantasy, there are no prohibitions to know about this, even for children. And when Shizuna says it with such a face, I don't know what to feel, excitement, joy? It's hard to say.

After that, we spent a couple more hours practicing Shizuna magic in battle. Although I didn't attack her directly, but I showed the minuses of her spells, and the pros. But I've been spending too much time with them.

- Okay, let's finish, I still need to check on the Necomat sisters. I said to Yui and Shizune.

After my words, a noticeable sadness appeared on Shizune's face. She loves spending time with me, and tries to enjoy every minute with me. In order not to upset her even more, I put my hand on her head.

- Don't worry Shizuna, I won't be for long, when I'm done, I'll come along with the Nekomat sisters, and we'll all have fun together. Don't worry, I won't forget about you. I said with a smile on my face, and in a soft tone.

- All right, brother Meliodas, I'll try, but please don't linger. - Said Shizuna, taking my hand with her hands and began to rub it on her cheek. Eh, she sometimes behaves like a naughty child.

- Don't worry, I will. I said, pulling my hand out of Shizune's captivity, and I also decided to whisper something in Yui's ear.

- Tonight, I'll pay you back. I said, kissing Yui on the cheek. And I did it at the right angle so that Shizuna wouldn't see me kissing her, otherwise she's so jealous sometimes.

-*Smack*-

- I'll be waiting. Yui said with a smile, rubbing her ear a little.

To her answer, I just smiled happily and went to the castle. And it looks like my lust is making itself felt, but if you think about it, I'm still a demon, where should I fall even lower?

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The search for the sisters did not take much time, as I expected, they sat down in the kitchen again. And it looks like they're cooking something again. I hope this "something" will not emit a poisonous smell or will not be hyper-sweet. I quietly entered the kitchen and asked:

- Kuroka, Shirone, what are you doing here? I asked, standing behind them. From my harsh words, both shuddered, and almost dropped the products. I quickly caught something that almost fell, otherwise it's too much to spoil the products!

- Be careful, the products are not created so that they are lying on the floor. Products are needed to be eaten and enjoyed the taste. - I scolded Sister Nekomat, who after a couple of seconds regained their composure, but when they heard my words, it is clear from their faces that they are a little offended.

- Nya! It's your own fault, Nya! You didn't have to scare us, nyah! You weren't taught to knock on the kitchen when you come in, nyah! - Said Kuroka argument in his defense. Shirone nodded resolutely and said:

- Sister is right, you are also to blame, brother Meliodas! - Shirone supported her sister.

- And you were forbidden to enter the kitchen before the servants! You waste food when you learn to cook! And your cooking is also very "special" for ordinary creatures. Or have you forgotten what you did when you accidentally sprinkled the wrong spices into the food? I retorted the arguments, and reminded the sisters about their past experiment with food.

Although it was funny, but they accidentally spiked something wrong, as a result, many earned a food allowance. It's funny that it was from the Chicken food that this happened most of all, but from cooking Shirone, many teeth hurt. Then most of the servants of the castle were sent to healers and to special alchemists for poisons. In general, then these two were given mild punishment, since no one was seriously injured, and they were also put a restriction on the kitchen.

They were limited by the fact that they could cook only a couple of dishes, and only when it was evening and most of the products for that day would be used for their intended purpose. And then from that time, the cook with bloody tears begged me not to let these sisters near his kitchen. I really felt sorry for the cook.

And now back to the present.

After my reminder about the cases, both had sour faces on their faces. Apparently they were also ashamed of the fact that their "cooking" brought so many problems.

- But we have improved, nya! And now our cooking has become much better, nya!" said Kuroka, pointing to the pan. It's just too early to judge, because nothing is ready yet. And it looks like they're only in the middle of the process. I hope they won't force me to try it, I may be able to stand the Chicken's chatter, but from Shirone's chatter, my teeth may get sick.

- Yes, brother Meliodas. We have become a much better cook than that time! - Shirone supported her sister again. And both look at me with such eyes full of pleading and forgiveness.

- Don't look at me with those eyes! - But they continued to look at me with pleading eyes, and I see moisture starting to appear from their eyes.

- * Whimper*-

- Stop it! This is despicable! To use such an insidious technique! Where is your pride!? I shouted at them to stop looking at me like that.

-*Whimper* - sounds of tears.

-*Plak*-

From the picture where Shirone has tears, and such a poor face.

- That's it! That's enough! OK, I'll give you a chance! Just stop it! - I waved my hands, as a sign of surrender.

- Hooray, nya! We won, nya! - shouted Kuroka joyfully hugging Shirone.

- Yes, sister! Shirone shouted happily, hugging Kuroka in response.

- It's better to cook, rather than waste time. You haven't forgotten that the servants are coming to prepare dinner soon. - I reminded the sisters about the time.

- And who will judge, Nya? Kuroka asked, stopping hugging Shirone, and both quickly took their seats.

- Maybe brother Meliodas? - I offered Shirona my candidacy.

- No, no! Let me find someone better than me, I'm a terrible judge, I have no taste. - I said negatively waving my head and hands, and slowly began to walk to the door with my back.

- There is no time, Meliodas, nya! Sit down at the table and wait for our cooking, nya! Where are you going, Nya? - Kuroka said while continuing to cook, but when she looked at me, she saw that I had almost left the kitchen, and decided to ask me such a question.

- Em... For salt. - I said the first thing that came to mind.

- Why, Nya? - Kuroka did not understand me, Shirone also expressed no understanding.

- To dilute the taste. - Salt will at least dilute the taste, and make it somehow more edible, but first you need a sacrifice for the Chicken.

- But then you won't be able to fully enjoy the taste of our cooking, brother Meliodas. Shirone said.

- That's right, nya. So stop being naughty and sit down at the table, nya! We'll be done soon, nya," Kuroka said, and she quickly grabbed my hand and dragged me to the table. And I just decided to accept the inevitable.

And after a couple of hours, the food was completely ready. I've prepared myself for whatever it's going to be.

- Who's the first? I asked in a normal tone, trying to hide my excitement.

- First mine, nya! - shouted Kuroka, putting a plate with her cooking right on the table.

- Kuroka, did you accidentally mix up anything? And what is it anyway? - I asked a very reasonable question, looking at this "dish".

- I didn't mix anything up, Nya! It's a meat stew, nya! Everything is exactly according to the recipe, nya. - Kuroka answered, with a proud look.

- Then why is there dark smoke coming from it, and it seems to be creating hallucinations, because I see faces, screams, pain, and pleas. - I described the "Meat stew", Chicken. Which looked like a black substance.

- There's nothing to be picky about, Nya! Maybe I just overcooked it, Nya. Eat and taste my best stuff, nya. - said Kuroka giving me a spoon. I hope I will survive, there is still hope for my race.

"O god of demons! Give me immunity to poisons! - I prayed quietly enough, but it looks like Shirone heard me, because her ears twitched in response to my words, well, at least not a Chicken.

I quickly used a spoon to take a little "Meat stew", and quickly put it in my mouth.

And began to expect the worst. And the first thing I felt was the taste... sour, the taste of peach is felt, and that's it. Uhm... I was expecting something else, for example, that I would pass out when "food" appeared on my tongue, or I would vomit, but everything turned out much better than I expected. Maybe because it became poison? Perhaps.

While I was trying and evaluating the taste, I noticed that Kuroka was looking at me with expectation. Waiting for my assessment? It's hard to give your assessment when the food looks like it's from the abyss, but it's very edible for your taste.

- Mmm... very good for my taste, but there are a couple of mistakes. - I did not give an accurate assessment.

- Really, Nya? -

- Yes, but in order to give an honest assessment, I need to try the Shirone dish. - I decided not to say that instead of meat and vegetables, I felt a little different.

Shirone nodded, and brought a plate with her dish, but it was more or less like food.

"Is that a fish?" I clarified, it was like fried mackerel anointed with sauces.

- Yes, how do you like it, brother Meliodas? Shirone asked. In order not to inflame passions, I decided to quickly try cooking Shirone.

When I swallowed it, I thought I would immediately feel the fish, but I felt a sweet taste, and a very weak taste of fish oil. Probably tomorrow, my teeth will hurt.

- Very original, but you put sugar back in, Shirone. You've been told more than once that it's not necessary to add sugar to everything! - I gave my assessment about the dish to Shirone.

- Sorry, brother Meliodas. I just love sweets and sugar, and I want others to love them too. - Shirone said sadly, lowering her ears. Well, how can you get mad at her when she makes such a sad face? Nothing!

- I understand, Shirone, but this way you won't be able to make people love sweets even more. It is better not to impose your taste on others, but try to understand yourself better. And also, if you cook for someone, then first understand the tastes of this person, and you will be able to please him. I said it with a kind and understanding smile. At the same time, he put his hand on Shirone's head and began stroking.

- *Mrr* All right, little brother Meliodas. *Mrr* I will try. Shirone said with a smile on her face while purring.

- Nya! It's not fair, Meliodas, nya. I also want to stroke Shirone, nya! And you haven't given your assessment of our dishes yet, nya! Kuroka was indignant when she saw me stroking her sister. I also recalled the evaluation of their dishes.

Without removing my hand from Shirone's head, I say:

- For my taste, your food has become more or less better. But Kuroka, you need to work on spices again, as well as find something simpler, my tastes are very specific, so others may not like it. Shirone, it turned out to do everything according to the recipe and the food came out, much better in appearance, but the taste is very diluted with sugar, well, a couple of extra seasonings were added. In general, Shirone won! - I gave an assessment, dishes to the sisters. After that, I raised my hand to Shirona as a sign of victory.

- Hurrah! I won! Shirone shouted happily.

- Congratulations, Shirone, nya! - said Kuroko, running up to Shirone and hugging her. What a caring sister, more than once I am surprised by her love for her sister, even defeat did not make her sad, but joyful for her sister.

- Thank you, sis! Shirone happily said, hugging her sister in response.

- Ahaha... how energetic you all are. Let's clean up the kitchen and go for a walk, Yui and Shizun are still waiting for us. - He laughed happily looking at this picture of two sisters. But after my words about cleaning, the sisters saw that the kitchen was very dirty, after their long cooking.

- Can we go straight to Yui and Shizune, nya? Kuroko asked, looking at the very dirty kitchen. Shirone nodded at her sister's suggestion.

- Nah, in half an hour the servants will come and cook, and here is such a mess, you have to respect your colleagues at work, Kuroko and Shirone.~ - I said with a snide tone.

Kuroko gave up, and went to clean the kitchen.

- We can do it, Sister! Shirone said resolutely, and together with Kuroko went to clean the kitchen.

- You really try. -