Maybe the librarian could have spared some additional special fruit? This trek is exhausting. Whatever was in that first fruit, only the Goddess knows, but Lillia has been wide eyed and completely lucid the two cycles it took to get here. “Dubhe Food, The plants say the dragonfolk is inside that cave up ahead.”
“Lillia.” “Hm.” She has her hazy unaware look about her right now. Great, she will be more agreeable then. It’s somewhat unfortunate for her, it seems pregnancy is quite hard on a dryad. It may be a guilty pleasure to occasionally ask for unreasonable things when she gets like this, if only to see
It’s unbelievable. He tends to the needs at hand, he follows behind when directed, he does everything that is asked, without fail. Rage burns within us, why does he do these things if he doesn’t feel love? How could this not be foreseen – surely there were signs of his dissatisfaction? How
Seriously, what’s the worst that could happen? It’s full dive VR. This is the opportunity of a lifetime. Really. “If you say so. I’m not sure what those terms are, but, by all means, put the interface on.” I hardly noticed, but the dryad is furrowing his brow. Relax man, this is going to
After waiting for a while, I also exit the room. Our chambers are located on the lowest level of the Gaia tree. This must be in the roots, about a thousand or so feet down from ground level. Actually, it’s more like a straight hollow pillar down. Do these trees even have roots? Looking
I stand silently for a while, thinking. I feel a bit conflicted. On the one side, I’m happy. Very happy. This is the first time since I’ve been reincarnated that someone has said such heartfelt words to me. She loves me. This is something that I’ve wished for even in my past life.
After getting a long rest with Dubhe and Lilia in one of those super comfortable leaf bed I haven’t slept in since the enclave, I start a conversation with Dubhe about the bearfolk. Clearly, I don’t know the customs, nor did I make an effort to learn them on my way here. Too much
“We can’t believe how terribly stupid you are!” Dubhe yells at me after we get into our room. “You talked directly to the queen without being addressed? And imply that she does anything for you? Foolish husband of ours!” She is furious, interspersing her words with roars. She is also waving her claws around fairly
“Is this tree hollow?” I sputter, looking up. After walking about two dozen feet into the tree, the inside opened up into a massive, circular chamber. Similar to the platforms spiraling around the Enclave’s trees, the inside of this tree is sporting a wide chasm lined with a similarly thin, useless railing and open
I sigh. This is not what I wanted at all. Here I thought there would be this large, library-like-building that we could take shelter in. Instead, we have a crazed dryad, prone to violent outbursts. “Well, to begin with, I was sent here to learn more about the world… and the bearfolk. By Gaia.”