Chapter 308

Chapter 311: The Feeling of Becoming a Good Wife~ (Please Subscribe!)

The full moon sets, dawn’s light painting half the sky, signaling the arrival of a new day.

Time passes quickly during the night, and until the sunlight streams through the windows into the room, Izay remains in bed, indulging in laziness.

Each time after delving deep into the Dungeon for days without proper rest, he finds himself in this state.

He always wants to sleep in on the second day.

This is quite understandable for humans.

Moreover, there was no sound of morning practice coming from the garden this early morning. Ais and Refia must be thinking the same as him.

Or perhaps they have unknowingly picked up this habit from him.

As Izay would say, it’s called balancing work and rest!

Izay, who last night wanted to sneak off to another world for a peek, did take action, but due to unfavorable weather conditions, his attempt ended prematurely.

His first exploration of another world was directly thwarted, and he ended up with a mouthful of sand. Afterward, he had no choice but to take a shower before returning to bed.

Thinking about it now, he doesn’t know where exactly he was teleported to in that other world. Not only was it a ruin, but there were also monsters echoing around.

A desolate ruin in the desert, never-before-seen monsters, sandstorms… and a small black dot floating in the sky shrouded by smoke…

In summary, this is what Izay saw last night.

It carries a certain sense of confusion, closely related to the short duration of his stay. There is too little information available for judgment.

However, under those circumstances, it is understandable. He couldn’t possibly withstand the sandstorm to gather more information, so it’s not bad to have made these judgments.

Already awake but still unwilling to get up, Izay gazes at the ceiling, rationalizing his judgments from last night, then flips over.

“One has already become a dried fish” — by Izay.

“Knock knock~”

The next moment, a knocking sound suddenly comes from outside the room.

“So early… who’s looking for me?”

First glancing toward the door, Izay then slowly gets up, saying “coming,” and walks to the doorway to open it.

At his doorstep stands a tall, blonde girl dressed as usual in her white battle outfit, looking somewhat uneasy as she appears before Izay.

“It’s Ais, are you ready to go for morning practice? … Doesn’t seem like it.”

Surprisingly looking at the girl, Izay subconsciously voices his thoughts. But soon, upon noticing she didn’t even bring her sword, he immediately changes his words.

“N-no… It’s not that…” Ais’s cheeks flush slightly, rubbing nervously between the exposed area of her battle dress skirt and her thigh-high boots. “I came to ask if Izay would like to come along to update your Ability Values.”

When they returned to Twilight Manor last night, it was already very late, and Loki was drinking late into the night. So after cleaning up, Ais and the others went to rest first, postponing the level-up matters until today.

And when she was preparing to find Loki, passing by the staircase of the mansion, she inexplicably ran over to invite Izay.

To be honest, at the moment she knocked on the door, Ais actually felt quite “regretful.” Thinking one thing and doing another.

This contradictory state makes the young girl feel quite shy.

‘It feels like I’m making a date invitation… Is it my illusion…?’

Izay couldn’t help but slightly mock her in his heart.

This scene was too familiar.

However, outwardly, he pats Ais on the head and readily accepts her invitation. He just asks her to wait a moment while he changes clothes.

You can’t go out in pajamas, right?

After updating the Ability Values, it will be about mealtime, so they can go straight afterward.

……

In the early morning, the large dining hall of Loki Familial Group is never short of busy members.

Whether it’s the cook responsible for breakfast or the members who voluntarily help set the table, everyone is always lively and energetic.

The kitchen nearby is filled with a fragrant aroma.

In the spacious kitchen adjacent to the large dining hall, Rine and Haruhi, wearing aprons and maid outfits, are preparing breakfast dishes, occasionally stirring pots with wooden spoons in their hands.

There are also some members washing vegetables, cutting them, skillfully making sandwiches and bread.

“Haruhi, how’s your soup coming along? It’s about time, isn’t it?”

“Hmm… mine is already done! The fire can be turned off~ Would Miss Rine like to taste it?”

With the intention of confirming, Rine softly asks, and Haruhi scoops some soup with the spoon in her hand into a small dish for tasting, handing it to Rine.

The black-haired glasses girl leans in and sips a small amount.

“Mm~ the taste is perfect! As expected of Haruhi, it’s delicious!”

A moment later, understanding the flavor of the soup, Rine relaxes her expression contentedly.

Haruhi’s cooking skills are steadily improving.

Although initially, when she joined the faction, Haruhi seemed a bit unreliable, after more than half a year, through her active efforts to adapt and learn, she is now incomparable.

“Feels like Haruhi could become a good wife if things continue like this~”

Perhaps because someone was helping her share the workload, or maybe simply out of spontaneous thought, Rine unconsciously speaks softly.

Immediately… the fox girl who was happily being praised by her senior member becomes excited.

“You, you’re talking nonsense, Miss Rine! How could a humble girl like me ever think of becoming Lord Izay’s wife? It’s really… really…”

“Haruhi, calm down! The knife! Be careful with the knife!!”

“Danger! Danger—”

The fox girl instantly turns bright red, covering her face with one hand and smiling foolishly, while the other hand flails around in the air as if trying to hide something.

Rine, who was previously musing, suddenly stops her musings, stepping back several steps, panicking together with the beast girl beside her, trying to stop the runaway knife.

However, their efforts seem ineffective, and ultimately, the incident is ended by the cheers of the goddess.

“——Our Ais reached Level 6!!!”

The cheer spreads throughout the entire mansion, from top to bottom, near to far, and the shadow of the goddess, jumping like a child, flashes past the door of the large dining hall.

Haruhi’s uncontrollable waving of the knife stops, Tione, who was enthusiastically preparing to make a love-filled breakfast for the captain in the kitchen, halts her steps, and even Gress, who hadn’t rested well these few days and was yawning, pauses for a moment…

Their reactions are just a microcosm of all the members within the mansion. This scene occurs everywhere in Twilight Manor.

Initially, everyone feels a bit surprised, then without exception, smiles break out across their faces.

“Miss Ais has reached Level 6!”

“Good job! Now we have four Level 6s in our family!”

“Finally, it’s not that guy Izay leveling up! He finally gave others a chance!”

???

Does leveling up require Izay’s permission?

Can that genius say such things?

Everyone around looks towards the source of the voice.

Oh, it’s Raul?

Ah, then there’s nothing to worry about.

He’s just sour!

The mutual teasing relationship between Raul and Izay is well-known to everyone in the faction.