Chapter 396: Vairvec's Thoughts And Doubts

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Vairvec glanced at the children walk out alongside Veronica and Ervas, as he sighed in relief.

"Hahh… It is over… I am… free now…" he sighed, falling over his own desk as he glared at the walls.

The Night Elf could not help but wonder what the heck was these kids all about.

Especially Kuro, the four dhampirs, and Fei.

They seemed completely different from anything he had ever seen.

And Kuro and Fei's origins were the most mysterious of them all.

He had never heard of such a demon race named "Wolpertinger", and it only confused him greatly. 

It was as if Ervas and Veronica had suddenly fabricated a new race out of nowhere.

Although he still thought that there could be a possibility of it being the truth and that there were many races that only lived in the demon continent… even then, it made him doubt.

Vairvec was a free thinker and a strong researcher at heart, simply imagining that there was a new race he had never seen before filled him with the blazing determination to investigate it and register it on history…

But alas, the split souls would not let him do that.

And then… there were the mysterious dhampirs, the children of Lilith and her sisters.

All of them had features of Dhampirs, yes, but also had strange features.

Tina had purple scales and a thin and slender tail that resembled that of a snake, but she was not a lamia because she had actual legs…

Vairvec could also swear that he saw her sticking her slim snake-like tongue out of her mouth from time to time as if she were trying to use her tongue to detect the warmth of the environment as snakes did… Her eyes, as well, were very snake-like.

Vina, too, was strange.

She had pig-like ears and tail, and also was tall and quite strong despite her feminine figure.

A Dhampir? Perhaps.

Dhampirs sometimes took into the characteristics of their non-vampire parents, if they were beast-kin, they might have the tails, the ears, or both…

But Vina had pig-like ears and tails.

The thing was… there was no Pig-kin Beastmen race.

Only orcs were the thing most remotely known as Pig-kin beast-men, and they were considered monsters in all the senses of the word.

So… how was it possible for her to have such features if there was no registered evidence of pig-kin beast-men?!

Vairvec wanted to investigate them a lot…

Oh, and how not to forget Kuro…

She was a strange being.

Her upper half was incredibly similar to Veronica in everything. She even exuded an air of phantasmal aura.

Her entire presence was cold, yet she was also strangely warm when he managed to touch her pale-white skin.

She looked like a young and oddly pale dhampir girl…

But she had the lower half of a spider… an Arachne.

Things did not stop there, as her lower half looked as if it were coated in a layer of black metal, something he had never seen on his long life in any of the Arachne he had interacted with or killed.

And somehow, she was Veronica's daughter.

It made sense as they looked alike.

But it also made no sense because Arachne was a Female-only race.

So how could Veronica even give birth to it?!

Well, there was the reason that… it could simply be an adopted daughter…

Yet…

Vairvec could not help but wonder…

Just how many secrets did Veronica and Ervas hide?

Even now, when he saw how they were able to tame Undead and possessed an army of powerful monsters… he was still in the blue.

"There is no point in this… I better not bother my own mind with these thoughts… There are things that not even I can step on… at least, not until I gain their trust a bit more… But I do wonder when will that even happen? I can only work for now… More and more paperwork… At least this is my area of comfort…" sighed Vairvec, resuming his work while sipping some tea.

"Ah… It's cold…"

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As Kuro and the rest of the children finally registered in the Adventurer Guild, they decided to immediately form a party and take on a quest.

"Hmm~ What should I pick?" wondered Kuro as she glanced at the quest board, which was filled with many papers stuck on them.

Some had drawings of certain monsters the requesters were asking to be slain, while others simply were written and asked for certain things.

Adventurers could do several things to earn a living, although the easiest of them was to just go hunt monsters and bring their corpses, there were also quests they could take.

Quests were left by normal people around town, requesting something they wanted, and in exchange, they would give the one they brought a reward or prize.

There were not only Quests by the normal folk, but also (and most of the time), such quests were made by the owners of shops who were low in materials such as Alchemist that made potions for a living, or weapon and armor crafters that used monster parts to craft equipment.

Alongside this, there were requests from restaurant owners that wanted fresh meat.

Low-class restaurants would often request meat such as those of Giant Rats or Horned Rabbits, however, as the restaurant increased in quality they requested better and more delicious monster meat, such as those of Orcs.

Veronica and Ervas glanced at the children as they glanced at the quest board, pointing what they wanted or what they did not want.

"Should we accompany them?" wondered Ervas.

"No! We are a party so we are going by ourselves now!" said Kuro.

"E-Eh? Are you sure my dear? Mommy can just stand at your side! I swear that I won't interrupt your fun!" said Veronica with puppy eyes.

"No! We are going alone, it is our adventure! No adults allowed!" said Kuro.

"Ouch… Okay then, make sure to pick a quest and get going, whenever you guys are done you can come back to the restaurant or the manor," said Veronica.

"Alright, see ya mommy!" said Kuro, as she waved her hands as Veronica, Ervas, Percy, and Pekonisia walked away.

"My lords, is it really fine to let them go by themselves? I am worried that something could happen to them… To Fei…" said Pekonisia.

"I am also quite concerned…" said Percy.

"Don't worry, Pekonisia, I believe they are strong enough to be able to do things by themselves now," said Ervas.

"Yeah, and although they are still immature, they will grow up through these experiences," said Veronica.

"Yeah, peko!" said Pekorina.

"But… what if they are attacked by shady people?!" asked Pekonisia.

"I would feel sorry for them… I am sure that Kuro will bring them back as zombies or ghosts," said Veronica with a chuckle.

"And even if something they cannot fight emerges, we can teleport there almost instantly through Veronica's clones, she can set up a graveyard in a second, and then we can get there by getting inside her soul, as easy as that," said Ervas.

"Yeah, although I am also worried… but I am always seeing them through my clones with them, in their equipment and all," said Veronica.

"O-Oh… I guess my lords had really prepared quite well then…" said Percy.

"Of course we do! Do you think we are mere carefree happy-go-lucky people? I might often talk like an idiot, but I am not one!" said Veronica.

"I-I would never say that of you, my lady…" said Percy with a bitter smile.

"Well, if Veronica-sama and Ervas-sama are so confident… I will try to trust Fei-chan… But she is rather crazy by herself… Well, next time I will also register and join her anyways!" said Pekonisia.

"But nee-sama, Fei is going to get angry if you treat her like that, she wants to look like a big girl to her friends," said Pekorina.

"I-Is that so? But my Fei… she grew way too fast…" sighed Pekonisia.

"Calm down, it's not like she's going anywhere, Pekonisia… You can also spend tomorrow with her, and tonight too! I know how you feel though, if it were for me I would be sticking to my Kuro-chan all day long! …But I have to let her be too, she wants some time by herself with her friends, so let us trust them in that they will do good and will not mess around… too much," said Veronica.

"…You are right, Veronica-sama. As mothers, we need to trust our daughters… Let's look forward to their little Adventure!" said Pekonisia, as she smiled at Veronica's words, her heart calmed itself and she decided to trust her daughter and her friends… and even if things were to go for the worst possible scenario, Veronica and everyone else would jump right into battle to defend them.

"They will be fine, peko! I wonder how it feels to have a child, peko…" said Pekorina, changing her mood out of the sudden as she talked about something she had on mind for a while.

"Ah, well, it feels so fulfilling… Like it is something so beautiful, your little child is like… I don't know, part of you as well, yet different, by itself… a being of its own too! It is… hard to explain, but there is this immense instinct deep within your heart that calls you to protect them at all costs no matter what…" sad Pekonisia.

"I see, peko…" said Pekorina, as she blushed a bit as she glanced at Ervas from time to time…

"Pekorina, do you want to have a child? But we are still quite young for that…" said Ervas, immediately going to the point!

"E-Eeh?! N-No! I was just wondering, peko! Nothing… else, peko…" said Pekorina, averting her gaze as she began to sweat rapidly.

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