506. What Does It Do?

506. What Does It Do?

Omen: 2, 20

‘Enchanting it is,’ Adam thought, surprised that he had managed to roll another 20 so soon.

Upon finishing his bath and returning to the estate, Adam narrowed his eyes. Jirot was cackling joyfully while standing on Jaygak’s lap. The little Goblin was grabbing all over Jaygak’s face, including the horns which curled up at the top of the Devilkin’s head.

Adam’s eyes met Jaygak’s, and he clenched his fist. ‘Should I Level Up and beat her?’

“She must have missed me so much,” Jaygak said, nuzzling the girl’s nose, causing her to jerk her head back, before she grinned wide.

Adam remained frozen, unsure of what to do. Obviously, allowing Jaygak to play with his daughter to steal her away from him was bad, but could he take away Jirot’s joy? ‘Did she grow craftier during the month she was away? How scary...’

“You have such a toothy smile,” Jaygak said, picking the girl up, staring up at her. “You can stand on your own two feet, and even bounce along to music.” She blinked at the girl, noting how quickly she was growing.

“I don’t know why she’s growing up so quickly,” Adam admitted. “She should stay this small and cute forever.”

“She won’t grow much taller, and she will remain this cute for some time,” Jaygak stated, before blowing the girl’s stomach, as her father would.

“Jaygak?”

“Yes?”

“Are you starting a fight with me?”

Jaygak’s lips formed a wide, guilty smirk. “How am I starting a fight with you?”

Adam remained silent. For once, he realised that he had lost the round. “Nothing.”

Jaygak pulled Jirot in for a hug, rubbing her cheek against the girl’s forehead. “Your father is trying to bully me, Jirot. Won’t you save me?”

“You deserve to be bullied after how much pain you’ve caused Elder Zijin,” Adam retorted, before reaching up to tickle Jirot’s hair. “Are you still going to mess around when the Iyr is in such a dire situation?”

“Is the Iyr in a dire situation?” Jaygak tilted her head, allowing Jirot to grab her horns, feeling their hardness with her tiny hands. The girl squealed with joy, almost bouncing while she stood on Jaygak’s lap.

Adam rubbed his forehead. “Seriously, Jaygak...” ‘Why is she being so annoying? Did she miss teasing me? It’s only been a few weeks.’

Adam went to enchant, plucking a Thread of Fate, and thus Fate was forever changed. He still needed to enchant once more, and then he could passively enchant the rest of the item until a week passed.

He continued to enchant throughout the week, though took a break whenever he rolled poorly for both of his Omen rolls.

The light strumming of a lute filled the shared estate in the morning, and as the triplets greeted their father at the entrance on his return back from the bath, Adam’s eyes glanced around to find the source of the music. There he found two things he didn’t expect. The first was that Jaygak, the troublemaker, was playing a lute. The second was that his youngest son, Jarot, was busting a move, wiggling to the music.

‘Is she trying to steal them away from me?’ Adam thought, before lifting his triplets up, carrying them to their youngest siblings.

Jirot grabbed onto Jaygak’s shirt, squatting and standing as the Iyrman played her lute. She squealed noisily and continued to make all manner of noises while Jaygak played the lute. The Devilkin stopped playing the lute, and after a moment, the twins stopped their dancing. They blinked. They waited and waited. They whimpered and made to cry, and Jaygak could feel the pressure Adam was placing on her to continue playing.

“I didn’t know you could play the lute,” Adam said, furrowing his brows.

The triplets sniffed at the weapon, before Konarot placed it in her lap. It was cool to the touch, and for the Silver Dragon blood which flowed through her veins, it was nice to touch. She looked up at her father expectantly, holding the axe up to him.

“What is it?” Adam asked, taking the axe from her, feeling how cold the axe had become. He stared down at it, confused. It wasn’t this cold previously. He reached down to touch Kanarot’s hand, feeling how cold it had become. “Konarot?”

The girl’s ears twitched as she smiled up at her father, before resting her head against his arm. She purred adoringly.

“Are you okay?”

Konarot purred again, nuzzling her head against her father’s arm.

“How can you be okay, when you’re this cute?” Adam asked, lifting his eldest daughter up, feeling how cold she was. She was usually a little cold, but she was slightly colder than typical. He kissed her forehead, brushing her hair back.

The tiny girl stared up at her father, smiling shyly up towards him. She reached up to poke his cheek, before she pulled her hand back quickly, rolling up against his chest.

“Aunt,” Adam called, “Konarot’s a little cold.”

Sonarot placed a hand against her forehead. “I will care for her to see if it becomes worse.”

“Thank you.” Adam pinched Konarot’s cheek. “You can’t get sick. Just because your little sister got sick, doesn’t mean you can worry me, you silly girl.”

Konarot pouted, cuddling up against her father once more, sucking against her thumb.

Adam stroked her hair tenderly. “It could be because I used a nightval bear core. She might have reacted to it?”

“It may be the case,” Sonarot replied. “Should I call for a Shaman?”

“If she gets worse,” Adam replied, noting that Kirot and Karot didn’t seem to be too bothered. “I guess I’ll take a break tomorrow.”

Adam spent the next day, the last day of dawnval, with his children. Konarot was only as cold as she usually was, allowing him to sigh with relief. He watched as Jurot trained the children, assisting them with their physical education, as well as how to use various weapons. Jaygak was assisting him, but he noted that Kitool was nowhere to be seen.

The young Iyrman eventually returned, glancing towards Adam, bowing her head, before she assisting Jurot and the others.

“I suppose I might as well let them play Warriors and Wanderers too,” Adam said, preparing his notes for the game.

What does the weapon do?

What plagues Konarot?

Will Adam ever get revenge on Jaygak?

Who knows?

Me.

I know.

That being said, I'm having a lot of fun writing the later chapters. My favourite npc will make an appearance in July or so.