Chapter 156: New Teammate

Chapter 156: New Teammate

They found Sera in the spacious living room, lazing around on a sofa in front of a warm fireplace and chatting with Xilia.

"How much did it cost?!" Gerald loudly questioned coming in.

"What? What do you mean?" Both Sera and Xilia were startled by the sudden loud shout.

Gerald advanced with quick steps coming to the sofa and pulled Sera up by her ear. "How much did the freaking flag cost?!"

"Ow! It's not a flag, it's a banner! Let go, it hurts!" Sera winced in pain while standing on her tippy toes.

Gerald released his grip and frowned, "Same thing, how much?"

"Fifteen gold" Sera answered meekly, holding her red ear.

"Fifteen!" Gerald almost wanted to explode. His face became red and his breathing accelerated as his blood pressure skyrocketed and Mana started to chaotically swirl around him. "Explain yourself!"

Everyone could feel his anger solidifying the air in the room, making it hard to breathe.

"Wait, Gerald, it was my idea too!" Xilia shouted.

His head turned at lightning speed and his eyes seemed to pierce through her.

"Eek!" Xilia felt startled by his gaze and quickly went to explain herself, "We just wanted to make this place nicer and more home-like. Since we are a part of the Black Onyx we thought we should at least have our own coat of arms"

Gerald stared at Xilia without speaking, making her start sweating nervously. He then glanced back at Sera

"It's true, we just wanted to surprise you with something nice" she said.

"Hmm," Gerald exhaled through his nose and started to cool down. "I'll let it slide this once because I do like the design But don't let it happen again! Buying stuff purely for their aesthetic value is from now on forbidden!"

With his anger mostly extinguished the girls were finally able to relax.

Sera sighed loudly and covered herself with pillows on the sofa. Xilia also threw herself on her back and stared into the ceiling. "I don't remember him explicitly saying that, but I got the feeling it would be extremely ungrateful and unwise talking about it He did help save my sister and I, and now he is taking care of us after all"

"Are you aware of his magic capabilities? When we came here I noticed he wasn't using any Crystals for his spells," Elly probed further.

"Hah!" Sera jumped up in anger, "He's just lucky he can use all Elements! If I had such talent I could also play around with magic like he does!"

Elly opened her eyes wide, "He can use all Elements? Is that how he is able to fly?"

Both Sera and Xilia turned to her with a piercing gaze after she said that. They made her feel uncomfortable. "What? What did I do?"

"Did Did you just say he can freaking fly?! Fly like literally... Fly like a bird?!"

"Well Y- Yes Did I say too much?" Elly stammered.

"Buaaaaaaaah!" Sera burst into tears and buried her face into the pillows, "I want to fly too! It's so unfair!"

The Dark Elf and the new girl looked at each other and gave a wry smile. It was already late and maybe it was time to go to sleep.

***

Gerald woke up early and devoured a piece of the Queen's heart raw right after waking up to satisfy his hunger. It was a weird kind of sensation, somewhat similar to Eternal Hunger he had once before, just this time he was craving flesh instead of blood.

Luckily a kilogram of meat was enough to satisfy that craving for a few hours.

Anyway, after dressing up, he went on a short walk through the city, visiting many metal workers and blacksmiths and ordered small silver objects to be made. Since he had to pay for the raw material and for the work, it came to cost him a few dozen gold coins in total.

Luckily though, he had gathered quite a bit of wealth on his last expedition.

Finishing his orders, he returned to the mansion to get a proper breakfast and then start with school.

Qiona was advancing nicely, her potions already reaching a quality similar to his own, and the first batch was already delivered to the merchant guild a few days prior. It was all going along nicely.