Jayr POV - Jayr's Soulbouory - 2013

  A feassed since I went with Orscar to retrieve his hidden possessiht now, I'm i of my newly built home in my Soubouory, making the dio celebrate Meiru, Orcus, and Miledi's revival, and inaugurating my new home.

  This home was built by Oscar using his Transmutation and Creation Magic, while I give him some inputs from time to time, the e is a mid-sized grean vil, big enough to host me, Saori, Seika, Eri, and our eventual family plus some more.

  I choose to go for a more cssical outside appearand structure, mostly because it is the one I've grown most familiar with, after all, I challenge everyone in living most of their lives in the Sanctuary and not make its cssical looks grow on you, in fact, I even put a stylized engraving of the Crateris steltion orae.

  But while the outside look is cssical, the inside is totally modern, with all kinds of magical and teological appliances and odities, from hot water for the bath to the lighting, to the electric stoves and oven, and every other y for a fortable day-to-day life.

  I also built a bigger version of the magic power version eo power the electricity that runs all over the vil at the appliances so that I power everything with it, a truly safe and form of energy, hell, I even installed a o version of it as backup, and I have to say that Oscar was quite impressed by both and gave him a lot of new ideas for some new artifacts, especially when he saw the almost fotten Magic-powered Bike.

  Back to the dinner I'm preparing, I chose to make for everyone a full course of my home cooking, giving them a taste of Italian cuisine, as an appetizer I choose the cssid delicious Bruschetta (pronunciation for those who'd like to know: brus-KE-tta), a sad of fresh chopped tomatoes and basil ying on a slice of chy toasted bread with a topping of olive oil, salt, and garlic, it is quite easy to do, and it doesn't take too much time, ooasted the slices of bread on the frying pan, I only have to put the tomato sad on top of them and it is ready.

  Meanwhile, as the first pte, or main course, I chose the most cssid famous type of pasta, the Lasagna, but not the brick-like shit that you find iores, but the homemade oaught by my grandmother, the only downside of this dish is that while it is quite delicious, it is quite a heavy one, because this doesn't follow the cssic recipe, but the ohat my grandmother's mother used to make during the easter holiday.

  It has the normal "sfoglie", sheets of fresh ft pasta, with rich yers of three hours long cooked ragù, béchamel sauce, and Parmigiano cheese ooziween them, but there are also a few redients added to it, one of them are the small meatballs cooked into the ragù, then there are hard-boiled eggs, and thick triangur slices of sami, and while the taste is heavenly after a normal person has eaten this dish, he/she probably 't eat anything else but some light meals until a week pass or he/she reinates.

  But since everyone here is already past the normal human being, this dish shouldn't be a problem, so I once agaihe oven ahat Grandma's Lasagna is almost ready, so I focus bay sed dish or seain course, the Cotolette al Minese, one of the most famous cutlets, the only downside of this dish, is that there aren't veals in this world, but luckily I found an animal whose meat taste very simir, it is a strange deer-like animal called Trudgis found in the Heiligh Kingdom with four eyes, and bde-like antlers and a long sharp-tipped tail, and even if the appearance says otherwise it is also quite a peaceful creature.

  Anyway, I hunted one of these creatures and butchered it to prepare the right slieat with the boached, then I bread it first with the bread crumbs, then with the beaten eggs, and after that again with the bread crumbs, then I heat the frying pan and start to fry it iter.

  While the cutlet is frying, I check the dessert that I made this m a in the refrigerator, it ys in a rge tray and has a regur shape covered in a dark brown powder that is a mix of coffee and chocote, it is the Tiramisù, a dessert cocted of yers of Savoiardi dyfinger biscuits dipped one by one in a whipped mixture of mascarpone cream cheese.

  This dessert has a quite peculiar in, the word Tiramisù literally means "pick me up", it es from the Treviso dialect, "Tireme su", Italianised into Tiramisù ier half of the 20th tury.

  Historical records state that Tiramisù inated in Treviso in 1800, it is said that this dessert was ied by a clever "maitresse" of a house of pleasure, a brothel in more crude words, in the ter of Treviso, the dy who ran the premises developed this aphrodisiac dessert to offer to ers at the end of the evening in order to reinvigorate them and solve the problems they may have had with their jugal duties on their return to their wives.

  This is the in of the Tiremesù, one of the most famous Italian desserts, a natural Viagra from the 19th tury, served to ers in a brothel.

  After seeing that everything I fine, I once again close the refrigerator and move back to turlet to cook the other side, then I hear the ring of the oven, and quickly move and pull out the sagna from the oven without using the mitts to protect my hand as my body easily withstand this kind of heat without problem, then I lower the temperature in the oven and put the now ready cutlet in it on a tray to keep it warm, then move to fry another one.

  While frying the new cutlet, I realize, "Shit! I fot the side dish!" and quickly burn my o to move at the speed of light to prepare a sad to put beside the cutlets, and g my hand I say, "Well, the advantages of being supernaturally strong and fast... some problems are quite easy to fix..." then focus ba frying the cutlets, while with my telekinesis I finish seasoning the sad.

  After a while everything is ready, and I call everyoo e and have lunch, the first to walk into the dining room and sit on her chair is Eri, that was basically stalkihe whole time, "I'm famished! The aroma ing from the kit sihis m was so inviting that my stomach started to rumble in expectation at the first smell."

  Soon after Eri, Tio also makes her appearance, she sits o Eri and says, "This one finally savor master's cuisine! From the smell alohis ohinks that it will be the best meal of her life."

  She is quickly followed by Meiru, who sits o her and adds with a ugh, "Well for sure he cook better than me! Ha, ha, ha!"

  But then a beautiful girl with long blonde, almost golden, hair, sky blue eyes, and a petite figure walks in and says, "Everyone in this world cook better than you, Merumeru! Your cooking is parable to supreme-rank deadly magic! I remember that your crewmember dreaded your cooking so much that they fell ill before eveing it!" of course, the newer is the fully revived Miledi Reisen, and following behind her like a happy puppy is Oscar.

  (Image Here - Miledi Reisen)

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  [colpse]With a smile, Meiru looks uurbed at the duo as they sit and says, "e on! It wasn't so bad! No one ever died from my cooking!" but Oscar quickly ters, "That's because you used Restoration Magic to save their lives. A's not talk about how much you eheir suffering as you force feed them that deadly mixture..." but still with a smile Meiru says, "You are only bitter because I exged the food that Miledi prepared for you with mine before that expedition..."

  And while their friendly exge tihe st of my guest finally step ihe dining room, still a little awkward about this kind of atmosphere, but even so Freid, walks inside and sits on the chair o Oscar.

  Seeing that everyone is here, I quickly use my telekinesis to pull the trays with the bruschette from the kit and move them to the table while saying, "Well, thank you for ing to this dinner, I hope this is one of the many happy memories we will make from now on. Now without further ado, I present you with an appetizer from my home try in my Universe, the bruschette, I'm sure that this pte will whet your appetite for what is to e...Boun appetito!"

  Eri simply says the usual, "Itadakimasu~!" while, Miledi, Oscar, Meiru, and even Freid say, "Thanks for the food!" before starting to take their portion, and finally we start to eat, and the typical chy sound that es when someos a bruschetta resounds into the dining room, soon I hear Miledi excim, "Whoa! It is so chy and fresh! I never had something like this!!" and quickly she takes another one and starts eating it, and soon, Eri, Tio, Freid, and Oscar, do the same, everyone is clearly enjoying the food.

  After some time, we are doh the appetizer as nothing is left not even a crumble, and so I once again use my telekinesis to take away the dirty ptes and bring the oogether with the try with Grandma's Lasagna, then I start to make the portion while expining, "This is the main course... My Grandma's Lasagna, is one of the dishes she is most proud of, but be careful with it. It is as delicious as it is heavy."

  And as soon as I give everyoheir slice, they start to dig in, and for a moment, I almost thought that I went to the wrong universe, as all of a sudden, as soon as they had their first bite, it seems that everyone is having multiple foodgasms at the same time as they shiver and close their eyes as they are all loudly moaning in pleasure, ""Soo gooood~"" luckily no clothes exploded.

  Soon they recover and start to eat once again while enting from time to time, things like, " Is this haven!?", "This is the food of gods!", and more disturbing things like, "I found the true god." and, "This one will dedicate her soul and body to master~", meanwhile while eating my sagna I think, 'It is good enough... but it is missing something, my grandma's one is still better than this one...'

  After the sagna, it is time for the cutlets, and while they still enjoy the food their rea isn't as good nor exaggerated as before, but still they have nothing but praise for it, even Freid says, "I have eaten the food of some of the best chefs of Garnd and nothing es even close to the taste of these dishes..." then Oscar asks, "Is the food culture of your world truly this good or is just that our is really bad?", to which Eri replies, "Well from what I have tasted, the food culture of this pce isn't so bad, in fact, some tastes are quite simir to the ones from my try and are quite good... It is just that the cuisine of the try that Jayr used is reized as one of the world's greatest, some even say that is the greatest in the world together with the Frend ese cuisine".

  Hearing that Oscar takes another bite of the cutlets and after swallowing it, he says, "I see... so this type of cuisine is reized as one of the best of your world..." and I nod and add, "While that is true, there are some Universes out there that are tered around food, and where there are eveer cuisine and chefs, that are able to reach levels that not even I imagine..."

  Doh eating the cutlets and the side dishes, it is finally time for the dessert, and once everyone has their slice of tiramisù, they do not hesitate to dig in, ahat soft, creamy, delicious dish, and once again I feel very happy seeing that everyone is truly enjoying what they are eating, and enjoying this time spent together without thinking about any distateful topic, like Ehit and what he has doo this world and what he pns to do.

  At the end of the dinner, we decide to pass the remaining day rexing and start our jouroward the Haltina Sea of Trees tomorrow.

  Jayr POV - Tortus, Haltina Sea of Trees - 2013

  We are now standing in front of the entrance of the Haltina Sea of Trees which is located on the far east of Tortus' northern ti.

  It's a rge forest that is surrounded by an imperable fog barrier that only Beastmen properly navigate around, basically, it is their safe haven, and inside one will the Beastman Nation of Verbergen, in addition, it also houses many smaller Beastmalements.

  Although the Sea of Trees' fog protects Beastmen from being attacked by other races, it is home to a multitude of dangerous monsters, so it isn't pletely safe for them to navigate this forest.

  But the most important location is in the ter of the Sea of Trees, where we will find the Grand Tree Uralt that tains the Labyrinth built by Lyutillis Haltina.

  As we stand in front of the foggy forest, Oscar looks at it and says, "The Pale Forest, huh... I kind of miss this pce, it is the only pce where Ehit was uo spread his influence back then..."

  Then Meiru says, "Talk for yourself, I always had a hard time in this pce..." and Miledi adds, "That is because Meru-nee spent most of the time trying to get away or restrain Lyutillis as she chased after her begging to be insulted, tortured, and humiliated something that greatly disturbed her...".

  Hearing that Tio asks, "And what is wrong with that? Do you know the joy of submitting your everything to another being? The painful pleasure that he inflict you with his rough ca-" but Meiru interrupts her yelling, "I k! You are cut from the same cloth of Lyutillis! I saw your sparring sessions with Jayr, and noticed that you ehem a little too much!"

  Reag this point, I decide to intervene before the discussion takes aurn and say, "Well, should we step inside now?" but Oscar looks at me and asks, "Do you know and tay Beastmen? Because it is a fact that only the Beastmen race avigate through this thick fog... Well, I had an artifact that help with this situation, but I left it in the care of Lyutillis to put it into her Labyrinth as proof of quest...".

  And with a fident smile, I pull out my Mana pass from my purse and say, "There is no need for that, I have my own solution...", Oscar quickly focuses on the Mana pass, at the same time, his gsses shine, giving off a bright refle that obscures his eyes, making me almost have a Vietnam fshback, as it reminds me of anime characters like Aizen and the others.

  After studying the pass for a few seds he says, "I see... Quite an ingenuous bination of spells and materials, a little too mana intensive as not many stantly use it without draining themselves to death after a few seds, and quite limited without prior knowledge of what you are searg for, but even with all these defects it is a quite good and useful artifact..."

  Hearing what Oscar said, Miledi ents in surprise, "Wait that means that it is a downgraded version of the pass of Eternal Paths we made! A pass that is imbued with the power of cept magic, which be used to find any pce, person, or obje any world!!" to which Osods and adds, "Yes, but the range of Jayr's pass is quite shorter, with it he only find anything he has knowledge of, and only if it resides in the world he is currently staying..." at the same time, Meiru looks at the pass with clear greed in her eyes and says, "It is still a good artifae, I know of many treasures in this world that I'd like to find and free from their owner's hands...".

  I look at Meiru and say, "After we are doh Ehit, I easily build you another one if you want, maybe with Oscar's help we also improve it...", and as she hears my words, she looks at my with aed expression and asks, "Really!?", and Oscar adjusts his gsses and says, "Please no.., You do not know how many treasures she has "freed" in the past, her greed for riches knows no bound..."

  Hearing Oscar's accusation, Meiru pouts and says, "It wasn't so bad!" but Miledi decides to poke some more fun at her expense and says, "Did you fet that time you forced your crew member to crossdress and seduce a member of the church so that you could take the key to the treasury and free them from the hand of the Churd took also some kind of shitty relic? You ended up beilessly chased for almost a month by tless angry worshippers..."

  And while the duo tio poke fun at their fellow liberator, we step ihe foggy forest moving toward our target, the ter of the forest, of course, using the Mana pass as uide.

  While walking through the thick fog, I notice that my seill fun as usual, only my sight is impaired by the fog, but all the others work as usual, still, this doesn't help me in finding the right path that leads to the Haltina Great Labyrinth built uhe Grand Tree Uralt, so we still have to rely on the Mana pass.

  After moving through the forest for a few minutes, we start being attacked by the monsters inhabiting the Sea of Trees, but of course, they aren't a problem for roup as Oscar is easily able to dispatch them with his Disposable Throons, artifacts in the form of throons with various effects ented on them, including gravity magic for free trol in mid-air, these ones exploded as soon as they came into tact with the ambushing iype mohat live in this forest.

  Seeing how easily he took care of the monsters, I think, 'As expected of the Liberators, after all, Meiru, Oscar, and Miledi, be sidered one of the stro people in this Universe, only Hajime a are above them, in fact, o is truly strohan them, as the current Hajime still didn't reach the peak of his power...'

  At the same time, Oscar expins to a curious Freid, "These are the weakest artifact I have ohe name is Disposable Throons, and they ainly in four types. bustiohat explodes with siderable force, like the one from before".

  Then he pulls out three more from his Treasure Trove and expins, "The Heater Knives, which gets heated up to high temperature upon thrown and are easily able to melt heavy armor and flesh. The Ice Daggers, ented with ice magic, are able to freeze ao a certain distaarting from the point they struck. And the Lightning Daggers, ented with Lightning Field, are capable of electrifying and binding enemies with electricity."

  Then a curious Eri asks, "And what's up with that umbrel?" which makes Meiru groans and say, "Please do not make him start talking about that umbrel! His obsession with it is almost at the same level as his stupid gsses" and ed Oscar says, "Do not talk like Vandre! My Obsidiaacles are a work of art! An artifact that has various spells aures ented into it, ranging from Heat Vision, Night Vision, Mana Trag, Magnification, Fsh Bang, Farsight, immunity to dark magic, heightened perception, and Soul Sight, they also have the ability to analyze all information I saw into them." at the same time, I hear Miledi mutter as she lets out a sigh, "Here we go again...".

  And with even more vigor he tinues his introdu, "Furthermore, I ented the frames into a ste device to hold light a and fire it as a type of ser called Super Gsses Beam, the only downside is that it only be used once..." hearing that and seeing how proud of his work he is, I think, 'Isn't that a little too much!? What is ? Making the gsses manipute reality!?' but while I was thinking that, Eri asks, "Do you have another pair? And if so I have one?".

  Oscar looks closely at Eri, more specifically her gsses, and decres, "Those are purely aesthetic, you do not hem to see better...", and Eri nods and says, "Un... At first, I used them to keep my facade... but then I have grown very fond of them especially since Jayr says I look very cute in them..." Osods and says, "Yes, he is a man that uands the greatness of gsses... And I clearly feel the care you have for them, very well!", then from the Treasure Trove, he brings out a familiar case, and says, "Luckily I always bring at least 10 pairs with me, as you'll never know what will happen..."

  Then he pulls out a pair of gsses identical to the one he is wearing, but befiving it to Eri, a magic circle appears between his hand as he uses his Transmutation Magic to ge the shape of the gsses to a more regur one, he also makes them smaller so that they Eri's face, the e is a pair of gsses identical to the ohat Eri is currently wearing then he offers them to Eri and says, "Take care of them..." and without hesitatioakes them and says her thanks, then she exges her normal gsses for the super ented ones, and start to fiddle with them to get used to all the new funs under Oscar's tutege.

  After walking through this thick fog for almost an hour while dealing with the ambushes from the various monsters living in this forest, I finally pick up something different with my sense and quickly warn everyone by raising my hand and saying, "Everyoop! Something strange is going on!" then I y eyes, and focus even more on my senses.

  After a few seds, I finally have a clearer picture of what is going on and say, "The Demons are attag the various Beastmelements and even the capital of Verbergen... They are using groups of monsters ued by this thick fht now the situation is in a stall, but anything happen..."

  Hearing what I just said, Freid ches his fist and says, "It's all my fault! I used Metamorphosis Magic to create these monsters for my nation! My objective was to get the exact location of the Labyrinth from one of the Beastmen tribes so that I could gain ane of God Magic! Then I just left them in the hands of Ehit's followers! How stupid!!"

  Thearts to t his Spatial Magic so that he summon his familiars, but Miledi bonks him on his head and says, "You 't go there and fight your people! Leave that to us!" and Meiru with a smile adds, "After all, I, Oscar, and Miledi 't ehe Labyrinth to help you guys..." and Oscar expins, "We know too much about the Labyrinth, some of us even helped in building it, our presence alone will make you guys uo gain the Age of Gods Magic, we arrahe magiations that way so that we 't be forced to help others to gain access to the Age of Gods Magic... So we naturally 't be with you guys when you start your quest."

  Then with a smile, Miledi says, "Leave this problem to us, you four tioward the Labyrinth, even without yipass we are still quite familiar with the Sea of Trees..."

  Hearing that Freid nods, then he is about to say something, but it seems that Meiru already knows what he is about to say, as she decres, "Don't worry, we will only kill the monsters and incapacitate the one trolling them, we will keep damage and loss of life to the minimum!" but then with a sadistic smile she adds, "But 't say the same for their minds... after all, they need a little punishment for what they are doing."

  Then Miledi starts to use her Gravity Magid soohree Liberators start to float, then without hesitation, they fly off in the dire of the fighting, while we resume our jouroward the ter of the forest.

  Odyin