He Might Help Us!

"Nikolay, the fruit seller doesn't sell unripe fruit."

Nikolai looked at Luck in surprise.

"Luck, you don't need to pity that man and lie to me, I ate that fruit and I'm sure it wasn't overripe!"

Luck smiled as he put the avocado back on the table.

"I'm not lying to you, I've eaten this fruit before and as the fruit vendor said, this fruit is ripe to eat after waiting for a while."

Nikolai looked at Luck skeptically.

"Luck, I've tried that fruit and it tastes really awful! If it's better after a little time, as you say, how will it taste?"

"It still doesn't taste good on its own."

Seeing that Nikolay was thoughtful, questioning why a fruit that still didn't taste good after ripening was being sold, Luck began to explain.

"Avocados can be sliced, topped with lemon, salt and different spices, spread on bread or added directly to salads. It can also be used in smoothies, mixed with chocolate and cocoa, and eaten as a dessert like pudding."

Nikolay nodded as if he understood.

"So that's how you eat it..."

No matter how it looked on the outside, on the inside a storm of questions swirled in his mind.

What is Smootihe?

What about chocolate? 

Cocoa?

I should tell the girls to find out what these things are!

...

Senna and Elsa were struggling with the stacks of documents in front of them when their father suddenly entered the room and scared them to death.

"Girls, what is cocoa?"

Senna and Elsa stared blankly at their father.

When they could not get an answer from their daughters, Nikolay continued to ask excitedly.

"Give me an answer! And what is chocolate? Smootihe?"

...

Senna remained silent, putting her head in her hands in response to her father's barrage of questions, but she had an idea of what might happen.

Luck! That man must have said something new again!

Elsa smiled at her father's excitement and said, "Dad, did you hear something from Luck again?"

The two sisters quickly came to the same conclusion.

Luck was the only one who could make their father so excited.

Nikolai quickly nodded his head in agreement.

"Yes! He said those things when he was telling us how to eat the fruit I bought from the fruit vendor, but I don't know any of them!"

Bang!

Senna slammed his hand hard on the table.

Senna picked up a document in front of him and threw it towards his father. 

"Dad! Is this the only thing on your mind right now!"

"Did you completely stop taking care of the settlement's affairs after you left the documents to us, or is what Luck said more important than the settlement?"

Surprised that his lovely daughter was suddenly so angry, Nikolai picked up the document that had fallen on the floor.

"Girl, calm down, what is making you so nervous?"

Elsa, who was also surprised by Senna's sudden movement, said, "Yes, sister, what happened?"

Holding her head with her hands, Senna said, "What happened? Do you realize that the red moon is approaching? Do you think that just because we bought a few firearms, we survived the red moon?"

Nikolai approached Senna and put his hand soothingly on her shoulder.

"Calm down, we've made it out of the red moon alive before and we can do it again, and now we have firearms to make our job easier."

"We got out alive? What about those who didn't? Have you forgotten my mom? And the other people who died!"

Senna's words startled everyone in the room.

"Have you looked at the report in your hand, Father? Do you know how the walls of the compound are? The Southern Walls could easily be destroyed by a star beast with 3 star power! The eastern walls are slightly stronger, but certain parts of the wall are still very weak! And with the Red Moon just around the corner, we don't have enough time to strengthen the walls!"

Nikolai didn't even bother to look at the report "I know."

Senna was encouraged by her father's calm demeanor.

"You know, have you thought of a solution then?"

"Sort of, I'll guard the south wall myself."

Senna looked at his father blankly.

"You're going to guard a wall 3 kilometers long by yourself? Are you out of your mind?"

"No, I'm a starfighter with 5 star power, I can do it."

Elsa snatched the report from her father's hand and started to study it.

"Dad, this is very important! It's okay to deal with star monsters with low star power, but what about star monsters with 4 star power, what if a star monster with 5 star power shows up?"

A bitter smile appeared on Nikolai's face.

"I'll do what I couldn't last time and fight to the last drop of my blood."

Seeing their father's determination to die, the two daughters felt like crying.

"No way! We have already lost our mother and we can't lose you too!"

When Nikolai saw his daughters' expressions, he tried to lighten the mood 

"Hahahaha, you guys just killed me! How many times have we seen a star monster with 5 star power? Don't worry. Tell me if you've ever heard what Luck said!"

Elsa was startled as if struck by lightning.

Elsa suddenly shouted "Luck!"

Nikolay: (0_0)

Why are you yelling Luck's name?

"What happened? Do you know what Luck said?"

Elsa shook her head no.

"No, I need to find Luck, maybe he can help us!"

Senna and Nikolay couldn't understand what Elsa was saying, so Elsa started to explain.

"Luck can always reveal something we don't know! Maybe he can help us with the walls of the compound!"

Nikolai didn't want to spoil his daughter's sudden enthusiasm, but he wasn't very hopeful.

What Luck had uncovered so far had all been shocking and economically useful, but he hadn't uncovered anything to suggest that he could help with the walls of the city, the only thing he could do was to procure more firearms.

Senna got up from her seat with a start and hugged her sister.

"Yes, you're right! Maybe Luck can help us! He is mysterious and wonderful!"

"Yes, you're right, and he's also very handsome!"

Nikolay: (-_-)

Are these two stupid girls praising a man in front of me?

Or are my girls falling in love with Luck?

Nikolay (0_o).