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After tasting the wines, the food finally came and were able to finally fill up our bellies, I had a skill name phantasmal stomach that allowed me to eat and fill a stomach inside of my own phantasmal soul, which was pretty convenient, and it kind of gave me a sense of fulfillment that I didn’t had before when I ate, because the phantasmal stomach was big but not endless, so I could fill it with food and leave it slowly being digested into energies, without having to go to the bathroom like my other three pals… Lucifer didn’t had to do this before nor Partner, but now that they became pseudo alive, they have to, so good luck going to the toilet and all.
Anyways, with the phantasmal stomach I can store food and that also helps me store energy, the food I eat and the liquor I drink all slowly is digested into pure Mana and Aether, which I use to boost my energy regeneration even more than what Mana Siphon can already let me drain from others.
This way, it is as if I had endless Mana, but it is not endless, it just always regenerates a lot, but I cannot really conjure something above my own maximum mana capacity, which only increases when I level up.
“Phew, the food was pretty good, it has been a while since I felt this alive.” Said Lucifer. “Filling my stomach with good without feeling this dreadful feeling of being dead and never satiated… It does indeed feels amazing.”
Lucifer seemed happy after we finished eating, the two beers they served were pretty good, they had a smoky flavor too, meaning that the grain they used was probably toasted before, a bit, at the very last, giving it a unique touch, the food was also pretty good and filled the stomach, although all of us except Emeraldine ate enough to feed several families.
“Yeah, it was amazing, I loved those blood sausages…” Said Partner. “Master, can we buy more of those to have back home?”
Partner loved these sausages a lot, she was craving to eat more of those, but they were all the ones they had, she ended eating around twenty of them though, which costed us quite a bit of money as they’re expensive, but she still ate them all without worrying about my wallet.
“Erm, not for now, dear…” I sighed. “Those bloody sausages costed me an eye, so let’s leave it for another occasion, it is better to purchase things that are more convenient.”
“Ugh… I guess you’re right.” Said Partner. “I suppose meat and blood is ok…”
“Partner you’re getting a bit too greedy nowadays.” Said Lucifer. “You were way too picky with food and the liquor.”
“Well! I have evolved into a refined Vampire, so my palate and my likings have changed as well!” Said Partner. “I used to just like rotten flesh, but it has become quite disgusting now… I prefer fresh blood.”
“Nothing we can do over it, that’s just how Vampires are anyways…” I sighed. “For now, we should focus on what we are doing right now.”
“I guess… Hic…!” Muttered Emeraldine. I was helping her walk by holding her in my back with her arms coiled around my neck and her legs sitting over my arms. She was way too drunk to walk by herself now, she drank too much Mint Wine I suppose.
And above all, we ended using a lot of money… I am a pickpocket so I could go stealing money to recover it, I guess… I mean, I am by no means a heroine so I don’t mind stealing some money when I can, but it still makes me feel bad if I steal from the poor that already barely has anything, so I must first find some rich aristocrat to steal from if I want more money, or… well, the other thing I could do is make money by selling products or services.
But what services can I offer? I have no idea; I am only good at killing! I am only good at chopping off the heads of my enemies and ripping apart their souls, and then raising them as Undead. I guess I could work as a mercenary or an adventurer and sell monster carcasses or hunt down people that is being searched. But that’s exactly what I’m going to do after we finish our affairs in here, we are going back to the duchy of Affnaria with the new young Duchess Julia.
With her I can make money by offering her my services as a “Witch” like I told her I was, she believed it pretty easily when I told her I was a witch of the Shadow Element capable of doing many things, and that I was hunting down slavers and destroying any illegal organization that profited out of bringing suffering to the innocents such as the creation of drugs and more.
It has been bit over a month since I saw her, but I promised her I was going to get back to her soon, so I am doing that in a bit more, I have to first secure the dwarves and a few other things to leave the village on-going with projects while I am out of there, although I will still remain in there through my Snake Ghost Clones and Mini Phantom Clones, so I will never truly leave, which makes me more happy, this evolution into Gorgon was pretty useful, I can’t really imagine what else I could evolve into now.
After we picked up all the things we wanted to buy today, we quickly moved into an Inn, and we decided to pass the night there. It seems that this place is pretty relaxed and there is no evil organization as we have not found any clues for anything like this yet, and I don’t want to play the anti-hero for now, I just want to go back home tomorrow, I am already quite too busy.
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