Chapter 223

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After Partner roasted Catarina alive, Emeraldine began to laugh at what Partner had said to her. The two fire ghosts seemed to also laugh a bit over the absurdity of the situation.

“Hahaha! Catarina, I can’t believe you’ve become quite the laughing stock.” Said Silvio.

“Oh my, don’t be so rude, or the bully will begin to cry…” said Francesco.

“Y-You two…! Do you dare join in her arrogant remarks?! Your blood was also drunk by her, idiots!” said Catarina.

The two fire ghosts shrugged without caring. They didn’t seem to have their bodies drained from all their blood. Partner enjoyed it greatly.

“We don’t really care.” Said Silvio.

“Yeah, it’s a thing of the past. You’re the only one so stuck in the past, Catarina! Just embrace this new life. We already reached our new home.” Said Francesco.

I began to slowly infuse Mana into the two fire ghosts while they spoke, so they gained their composure and began to glow brighter with a stronger heat. Through the use of Mana, they can fight against the coldness of the environment and probably grow a bit healthier… Well, as healthy as a dead spirit can get.

“Ugh, I don’t care! And what are those rumors I am a crybaby?” asked Catarina.

“Okay, Catarina, you seem to love building up dramas, but calm down for now, okay?” I sighed.

“*Sigh*….” Catarina waved her head as she ignored me and fell silent.

I guess she’s obedient.

Syllis and Bellerine had also joined on the sidelines, but because Catarina was making a ruckus, they never found a way to get into the conversation. Still, now they were finally able to greet us.

The two of them were very slim. Rabbit-kin lacked a lot of grease in their bodies, their muscles were also thin, and the only thing they could use to warm was their fur, but even that wasn’t all that much. They lacked a lot of fur like normal rabbits, and they mostly had around their feet, arms, chest, and a bit around their backs and neck.

So due to that, they were wearing very big clothes around their bodies to keep themselves warm, and they looked very funny as well as if they were fat… hahaha, I can tell why people get that complex where they look fat wearing big clothes for winter. They’re retards for thinking that, but still, I can understand them now.

“You two seem to have finally stopped screaming…” said Syllis.

“Yeah, my bad. Catarina is a handful sometimes. She has temperamental problems.” I said.

“I heard that!!!” roared Catarina in the back.

I felt as if chills ran through my spine as I heard her screams. She’s quite the savage woman.

“Wow! S-So these are the ruins…? They look awfully disappointing!” said Bellerine, looking at the faraway place.

Lucifer looked at the little cocky rabbit girl as he seemed mildly angered.

“It might look like that, but this place was once a big Kingdom where many Majin and Beast-kin lived together in harmony, all gathered from around the continent. The Demon king only wanted to live in peace, but the humans disliked those different from them and always called other non-human races invaders from the other continents… These bastards couldn’t bear seeing a place where demi-humans could live in harmony!” said Lucifer angrily.

“Huh? Eh? Okay?” said Bellerine, feeling a bit confused about the entire rant that Lucifer threw out of nowhere right there…

“Lucifer, you just threw a pretty big rant. Calm down. Bellerine doesn’t know anything of that.” I said.

“…*Sigh*. Sorry, my bad… I sometimes lose my temper over stupid things.” He sighed.

“I-It’s okay… I can understand your pain. Maria had told us about a bit of who you used to be. It is an honor to be with such an ancient dragon.” said Syllis.

“…Don’t mind my past. I am merely a reanimated corpse now,” sighed Lucifer.

He was surprisingly humble sometimes, to the point he offended others that saw him as someone special in the process, which is quite annoying. To be honest, I’ve always hated people like this. I would hate him if he wasn’t my Lucy, that likes to be spoiled when we are alone.

Of course, in his dragon form, he really gives off a different and more intimidating vibe, so his words came out even more seriously and made the two rabbit kin a bit intimidated as if chills ran through their spines as well… This guy should seriously calm down sometimes.

“S-Sorry for having offended you, sir dragon…” said Syllis.

Lucifer looked down at the rabbits and sighed.

“N-No… It is fine. I was just trying to act cool, don’t feel intimidated by me.” He apologized at the end.

“Can I climb you?” asked Bellerine, wandering around Lucifer’s large draconic body.

“W-Well, I guess you can…” said Lucifer.

The rabbit girl began to climb over Lucifer while the two twins also began to wonder if they could.

There was also a large and beautiful panther at my side, my beloved Kuro, who had been napping inside my shadows for a while, but I called him out.

Unlike living panthers, he doesn’t produce heat, sadly, so it would have been quite pointless to bring him out when we were sleeping.

“Mraoo!”

The adorable Kuro meowed like an actual cat, but with a deeper voice to it, as he was more of a panther- Well, he’s actually a chimera Undead made up of many monster parts I made as our third companion in the dungeon. He was pulling the carriage a while back but decided to go back to my shadows when things got too chilly.

“Oho, my little Kuro! Did you come out to see the place? Ah, Raven, come here too!” I said.

“CRAAA!”

A giant Undead crow flew down to my side. It was already around a meter big. This was my crow Undead, the one I had named Raven, he’s mostly a scouter than anything, but he’s slowly practicing his fighting skills over time.

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