Beast Taming? Nah, Dragon Herding is Way Better! - Chapter 62

Chapter 62: End of the Day
After forcing the news out of the princess of the elven kingdom by tickling the hell out of her, Alfia finally receives some great story that seems to just rejuvenate her after this long, stressful event of travelling to this well-known academy after concerning herself with the safety of this lady in front of her, whom she thought she will never see in a pristine condition again.

“So if you have to look on it on the bright side, that unfortunate encounter with those nasty humans allow you to meet that Diluc, which is something good right?” looking at this princess who is also a childhood friend to her, Alfia said with her hands cupping her face, her smile that of someone who has yet to feel satisfied with the stories despite already having heard everything from the elven beauty in front of her.

“I-I’d rather not comment on that” as she heard this lady’s words, Alea replies with some hint of hesitance in her voice, averting her gaze away from this childhood friend of hers making said friend well aware that she’s hiding something.

Understanding the need of this princess for privacy though, Alfia merely let it go and decided not to pry too much into her mind, smiling at this elven beauty before telling her something with a proud smile on her face, as if proving a victory against her.

“I told you right? Not all humans are bad” Alfia said with eyes filled with knowledge and experience, the reason for that being that her family is the one responsible for the external trades and relations of the Elven Kingdom, making her aware of the nature of some of the races outside their seclusive kingdom, said races including that of humanity.

“Yeah yeah, you’re right about that” hearing the words of her childhood friend, Alea concedes with a wry smile on her beautiful face, her mind never expecting that she would one day start looking forward to meeting a human once again.

“Hee~~~ is that a smile I see in the princess’ face? Who could it possibly be? Is it that human hero?” as she saw the smile on Alea’s face, something similar to that of a maiden thinking about all sorts of things, Alfia immediately hits with her teasing tone that seems to just always catch this elven princess off guard, making her mind steeled in attacking this childhood friend of hers.

“You’ll regret this, Alfia!!” she shouted then giggles at the end as her claw reaches out for revenge against what this elven lady did to her previously, pushing her to one of the bed and tickling her sides relentlessly, making her childhood friend laugh endlessly to the point that tears starts coming out of her eyes.

“Humph!! Now you know this princess’ power!!” she proudly said as she stands up from the bed, her face a bit lifted pointing her nose upwards, all while she strikes an arrogant pose with both her hands on her hips while she shows a provoking smile on her gorgeous face.

“Yes yes, I surrender my lady~” Alfia said with a smile from the laughter still visible on her equally beautiful face, this little exchange between the two of them making both of them giggle once again before they return to sitting on one of the bed, side to side.

“Say, Alea, since you’ve decided to improve your friendship with that Diluc, why don’t we feed you something good? Look at your limbs, you look like some sort of skeleton after all that thing you’ve suffered” pointing out something, Alfia said as she gently held the elven princess’ arms, so thin now that she can even circle her hand completely around it without any problem, this thin, sickly-looking physique that this princess has now completely incomparable to her proper, healthy figure, the one that she had always maintained due to the rigorous training she has back in their kingdom.

“Can we bring the food here? I’m still quite uncomfortable with the outside” deciding to do as her childhood friend suggested as she feels quite hungry as well, Alea agrees but on one condition, a condition with a reason that the other elven beauty is well aware of.

“Don’t worry, I heard that there’s some delivery service here, I think that comes in handy during this kind of times, right?” knowing that the elven princess is still uncomfortable with mingling outside after the thing that happened to her, Alfia suggested once again, another brilliant idea that she only thought of because of some things that she read from the student handbook, mostly things that she got lead into given just how interested she is with all sorts of frequently asked questions.

Thinking that this is a good idea, the two of them then decided to buy something leaning more on the diet of their species, a meal composed mostly of vegetables and fruits, mostly leafy greens, and contrary to the common belief of their kind not eating meat, they also brought meat based soup with mostly mild flavors on them, their eyes glowing the moment they saw their meal, enjoying it with the side dish of their laughter along with talking as they eat.

As these two elven beauties, great friends of each other despite their seemingly different character continues to talk about all sorts of mundane things as well as catching up after being separated with each other, the curtain closes for the day as the crescent moon starts ascending into the night skies, with the last shed of sunlight disappearing from the western horizon completely bathing everything with the cool, gentle night glow of the moon and the stars decorating the space around it.

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Meanwhile, back on the men’s dormitory, Diluc is still not aware of the identity of his roommate that appears like he won’t be arriving here anytime soon, hence he takes his time just to laze around, opening the Dragon Herding System’s screen in order to look at his current status.

[Diluc Leonhart]

[Race: Human]

[Age: 16]

[Realm Gold: 70,000]

[Cultivations]

[Magic: Vague Orange Core (Combat power at Solid Yellow Core)]

[Body Tempering: Early Muscle Conditioning (Combat power at Intermediate Blood Vessel Widening)]

[Elemental Affinity: Wind, Wood, Meta, Fire]

[Skills: Draconic Scale, Absolute Regeneration, Life Breathing, Heavy Metal Reinforcement, Rain of Swords, Eternal Flames, Eruption, Dragon Roar, Dragon Claw, Specific Mana Manipulation (Wind)]

[Overall Combat Power: 5-stars]

[Draconic Realm]

[Missions]

[Shop]

‘My combat power increases again, by half a star, doesn’t this mean that each draconic blessing that I receive will provide me with at least half a star increase of combat power’ wondering to himself, the Ruler of the Draconic Realm was quite surprise as another floating gray screen appears right in front of his eyes, this one explaining the matters that will proceed if he receives more and more blessings in the future.

[Indeed, you will grow more and more in terms of combat power talent, however, do take note that it doesn’t necessarily mean that five-star combat power means that you can fight against someone five levels higher than you, since each person do have their own true combat power as well, this applies not only to the five-star combat power level but also to higher and even lower combat power level]

Reading this lines, Diluc thought that it is pretty much unnecessary to remind him off, yet nevertheless thanking the Dragon Herding System for telling him, the reason for him thinking so being the fact that he clearly knows that there are different leagues of strength even if it is just under the same level whether if it is term of magic or martial arts, one such example is him who can fight people several levels higher than him, and it is not like he is a unique one for that case, one such example of another being like him this particular white haired, horned beauty who fought him in the fourth trial.

“That just means I need to exert even more effort not only in training but also growing the dragons, right?” Diluc pointed out causing the screen to change its words to something agreeing to him.

[Indeed, so please complete the mission issued as soon as possible, given that it is something of a really hard mission even for the Ruler of the Draconic Realm, it will certainly grant you with great rewards]

“That’s exactly what I am trying to achieve” the young man replies as he laid flat on the bed, enjoying the softness of this place as he finally drifts into a sleeping state, his body still constantly absorbing and filtering mana from the surrounding as he rests, the rate of his absorption something that even those focusing to an extreme point just to gather mana around their body cannot compare to.

Within the entire academy, a period of rest engulfs not only the students already here before the academic year starts but also the staff in its entirety, only a few, hardworking or nocturnal ones being still awake during this time of the day, this part of the academy being incredibly few.