Chapter 71
People, yesterday we reached a record number of powerstones, 25 in all, which makes me very happy, so on Monday, you will have 3 chapters instead of 1.
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The next morning!
Luria opens her eyes and looks at the arm vaguely touching her breast over her clothes.
She remembered last night, then how easily Juri had pinned her down and immobilized her, it made her very unhappy and frustrated.
So she took Juri's arm and threw it without the slightest delicacy, then sat up, grabbed her things and left the tent, where outside she stretched.
Juri was naturally startled awake, but said nothing, just yawned and stretched.
Luria put on her armor, in the process she saw Juri coming out. - "Do you need help?" - Juri asks smiling.
"No!"- Answers Luria coolly.
Juri shrugged and soon went to deal with the food, they still ate yesterday's feijoada, Juri kept it in his inventory.
Luria looked at it and just picked it up and ate it without delicacy.
"So... are you close to your family?" - Juri asked suddenly.
Luria gave him a cold look.
"What? I want to break the ice between us, like I said, I want that beautiful heart of yours, the set that comes with it is a wonderful toast only!" - Juri smiles at Luria's look.
"But then, are you close to your family? I am asking out of curiosity, from the stories of my world, Royal and Noble Families have very competitive offspring to know who will lead the family, often killing their relatives for fame, wealth and power!" - Juri said calmly.
Luria looked at him, she was not in the mood for conversation.
"Ok, if you don't want to talk about how your family is doing, how about telling me the accomplishments of your ancestors? Surely your 1st Ancestor must have been a great man or woman, at least that much you can tell?" - Juri asked rolling his eyes slightly.
Luria looked at him and asked. - "If I tell, will you stop annoying me?"
"If you tell, I'll stop asking you questions for today!" - Juri said.
Luria sighed and told him about his 1st Ancestor.
Gratyn Whinter, the first of the Whinter Lineage, he had been an ordinary soldier, but achieved great military and bravery feats, he even prevented the death of a Prince, who later became the Elf King!
Gratyn then became a general and received benefits from the Elf King, which helped to greatly increase the strength of Gratyn and his family, along with the wars to come, it was an opportunity and his position only increased.
So Gratyn raised the status of his family in his later years, up to the level of a Duchy!
Luria was proud to talk about his ancestor, talking about his achievements, great strategies and so on.
Juri listened and liked Luria's expression as she spoke, she was quite cheerful.
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Hours later they had been walking for quite a while, Juri as promised did not ask more about Luria's family, but he still talked a lot and Luria ignored him.
So Juri decided to tell some fairy tales from her past life.
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As evening came, Juri and Luria again were together in the tent, Luria stood in the corner and Juri came over to her giving her a warm hug, she even said. - "Your smell is so good, I'm even jealous!"
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The next day the trip progressed, in the process they passed a destroyed village, Juri believes it to be Philia's village.
"Do you want to try to hunt down the creatures that did this?" - Juri asked while analyzing the scene.
"This occurred over 2 weeks ago, there's no reason why we should waste time!" - Luria said.
"Gee, a group of monsters are terrorizing the surroundings and don't you as a Winter Kingdom Guard wish to annihilate them?" - Said Juri jokingly.
"Wish I do, but I know my limitations!" - Said Luria coldly.
"You know yours, but you know some of my capabilities, so how about using me? Since I'm annoying you so much, make this bitch who annoys you work for you and end the dangers of your Kingdom!" - Juri said smiling.
Luria looked at him and said. - "Whatever, do whatever you want!"
"Ok, let's go hunting!" - Said Juri laughing and started following the tracks.
Juri has the Level 26 [Tracking] Skill, so she can see vague signs, even if old and almost everything was covered by snow.
But it was hard to cover downed trees!
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They chased, but obviously got nothing, since it happened quite a while ago.
So they made camp as night came, where Juri decided to change the approach a bit.
"How about we change how we sleep a little?" - Juri smiles and Luria frowns.
"No, I'm not looking to force her into anything but a warm, cozy cuddle, but to give her the option of choosing between a cuddle or playing with me until 11 o'clock!" - Juri smiles.
"Play?" - Luria looked confused.
"Yes, I have many board and card games, they are simple games, I will teach you the rules and we will have fun!"
"That is, you will have the choice of not playing and so we will sleep cuddled, or you play with me and so we won't sleep cuddled! Of course, if you want to play and then sleep cuddling, I'll be more than happy!" - Juri smiles and Luria says.
"What game shall we play?"
Juri pouts, then pulls up the game that breaks up friendships and ends families... UNO!
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"Uno!" - Shouted Juri with only one Card in hand, smiling happily, a smug smile on his face.
Luria is holding 13 Cards in her hands, looking at the small pile of cards, the frustration on her face is noticeable, so she started buying cards, only for Juri to see her eyebrows raise.
"Wait... no!" - Said Juri noticing a slight smile on Luria's lips.
Then she threw a [+4] on the pile, Juri lowered her shoulders, pouting and said. - "You are cruel!"
Luria said nothing and Juri bought the cards.
"Since I'm buying, my turn is naturally skipped and you can choose the color!" - Said Juri sighing as he bought the cards.
Luria nodded, looked at her 13 Cards and said. - "Blue!"
So she played a Blue [Block], skipping Juri's turn, then a Blue [Reverse], again skipping Juri.
Soon she finished by playing two 5 Blue.
In moments, it was down from 13 Cards to 9!
"Humph, let you suffer now!" - Said Juri playing a [+2] Blue!
Luria narrowed her eyes, looked hesitant, but played a [+2] Green.
"WHAT?" - Juri yelled and had to buy 4 more cards.
From 1 to 7, Juri is a little regretful, wondering why her 666 Luck... now she understood why she's not that lucky.
(Author: Really, I didn't expect that, I just calculated her luck and it's [597 + 69] which is 666!)
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The match lasted a little longer, until Juri won, for being more experienced, but it is obvious that Luria had fun and this awakened a competitiveness in her, so as they had time, they played a few more matches.
In all they played 7 games, where Luria won 2 times.
Then they went to sleep. - "Can I sleep holding you?"
Hearing this, Luria's expression turned sour, becoming even colder.
"I'm asking, you decide, I'll listen to your decision!" - Juri said.
"No!" - Luria said.
Juri pouted, then lay down on the other side.
Luria looked at this, not really knowing what to think of Juri, because Juri acts like a child!
Letting out a soft sigh, Luria lay down and slept!
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The next morning!
The pair had a simple meal, before continuing to track down the creatures that attacked the village.
But then.
"The tracks are gone?" - Juri frowned, earlier she saw signs of damage in the trees, leading here.
But suddenly all these signs disappeared.
Luria who was also analyzing the surroundings, noticed this and found it strange.
"Luria, this is a serious question, so listen and answer me to the best of your ability!" - Said Juri suddenly and Luria looked at her.
"What do you know about Summoning Magic? Do you know someone or have you heard of someone who can summon many creatures?" - Juri asked seriously.
"Do you think this attack, was it orchestrated by someone?" - Luria asked seriously.
"The tracks of at least 30 creatures suddenly disappeared, I already found it strange for such a large group to go unnoticed by you Elves, now this... the chances of having someone or a group of individuals behind it is high!" - Juri said seriously.
"... I don't know much about Summoning Magic, I know it's something very rare, even among the Elves, what I do know is the ability to Summon Elementals for combat support!" - Luria said seriously.
"I understand, since it happened a long time ago, likely the culprit has already left, but it is good to investigate and find any traces, I will use a technique that will allow me to analyze the surrounding terrain, can it wait a moment?" - Juri asked and Luria nodded.
Juri then opened the [Map], then began to analyze the 10 km around, locating several caves.
She analyzed for a while, looked at Luria and said. - "I know the location of 7 Caves in a 10 Km radius, 3 of them are going in this direction."
Luria listened and nodded, soon they decided to move on!