Going Home

I look at the plant and creature body parts in front of me. All of this is collected from the forest in the wilderness. It looks like my pocket dimension did not only copy all the creatures from the dimension we visited but also all the plants and unique landmarks.

After 24 hours of exploring, I know the location of an important place where I can harvest herbs and a place where I can hunt a creature I can harvest for their body.

For example, there is a nest of Basilisk to the west of the mountain where I encounter the Lightning Dragon.

If we go to the west from my mansion, we will encounter a small forest filled with low-level creatures like Slime, Goblin, and Grindylow that stay inside the lake in this forest. After continuing walking to the west for another three meters, you will encounter a grassland.

This grassland is the place where mid to big-sized creatures like Unicorn, Cufant, and Copperajah lived.

Two kilometers to the west from this grassland is where the thick forest and the mountain location. This forest and mountain is the place the Lightning Dragon and Basilisk lived. The lightning dragon lived on the mountain's peak, and the basilisk lived inside the mountain that we can access through the cave entrance a few hundreds of meters to the north from where I found the Fireling.

There is another mountain to the west, but we never explore that area just yet. That day we are busy exploring the Basilisk nest and mining the ore inside the cave.

The cave where the Basilisk lived is a cave filled with iron ore. Seeing the abundant iron ore inside the cave, Lucina's dwarven blood begins to boil and forces her to mine it. For the rest of the day, Valerie and I helped Lucina mining most of the iron ore.

We get a few hundred kilograms worth of iron ore ready to be processed.

Anyway, I put all the potion ingredients in front of me and got out of the potion room. After getting out of the room, I see Lucina teaching Valerie how to brew potions. Currently, she teaches Valerie a theory and safety measure before she permits Valerie to brew the potions herself.

"How is it, Lucina?"

Lucina looked at me and smiled at me before saying.

"Valerie is learning at a fast pace, dear. I think she should be ready to brew her first potions."

"Really?"

"Yes"

I walk toward Valerie and pat her head.

"Great work, Valerie."

"Thank you!"

~Three hours later~

After eating our lunch, I decide it is time to give Valerie and Ophis a choice. It is time for us to go back to our world, and I don't want to force both Ophis and Valerie to come with us.

"Valerie, Ophis, the reason why I call you here today is to give you a choice. As you guys know, Lucina and I come from another world, and our stay in this world is over. We need to go back to our universe. Anyway, I call you two here to ask you if you want to come with us or stay here. If you decide to stay, Yasaka already promised me that she would take care of the two of you. If you want to come with both of us, you can come. However, I need to tell you something before you come with us. I'm a lord, a Duke, to be more specific. If you come with me, you will be facing a bad rumor and maybe an assassination attempt. What do you choose?"

I look at Ophis and Valerie right in their eyes. For a few minutes, both of them stay quiet, but Valerie is the first to talk after thinking about it for a few minutes.

"Will I meet you again if I stay here?"

"Yes. Of course. We will visit you, and maybe you will not feel it."

Valerie will not learn how long time has passed in my world because I can visit back a few hours after I go away.

"Then… Then I will stay here for a while. I still want to visit Gasper."

"Very well. I will ask Yasaka to take you under her wings. I will also leave you some books and scrolls you can read and learn from."

"Thank you for everything, I know I cannot pay you back right now, but in the future, I will pay you back for all you have done for me. I will pay this debt to you."

"You don't have any debt and never will, Valerie."

Seeing the tear coming out from her eyes, Lucina and I give her a hug. Then, after a few seconds, we release her, wipe the tears and give her a warm smile.

"Just remember that we are your family."

"En"

"Good"

I then look at Ophis and say.

"And you, Ophis?"

"Stay."

"I see. Can I ask the reason why?"

"Baka Red."

"You still want to try to take back what is yours?"

"En."

"I see. Good luck then. Before we go to see Yasaka, can I ask you a favor?"

"Mu?"

"Can you look after Valerie? I know she can take care of herself, but I still want you to become her big sister that protects her younger sister. Can you do that for me?"

"En!"

"Thank you, Ophis."

After saying that, we decide to have some lunch first before we go to Yasaka's palace.

~5 hours later~

We wave our hand at Ophis and Valerie, who stay beside Yasaka and Kunou. After we arrive at Yasaka's Palace, Yasaka decides to throw us a farewell feast. Admittedly, it was not as big of a feast as the last one, but it was still a big feast.

Anyway, after saying goodbye for the last time, we teleported to the alley where my pocket dimension is located.

We walk inside the portal and go to the Dimension Hopping room. I pressed the button to go back to our world and open up the door. We walk through the Kaleidoscope portal, and a few seconds later, I can feel the world changed.

We are home.