NOVEL NEXT Chapter 348 – A nice addition to the group
Sophia and Steph were still on a little adventure together, and the big sister showed the little one the gigantic lake she had created together with Fen to show just how powerful magic really can be while also creating a massive firestorm to further prove her point. Afterward, the two went to the elven village, where they found Fen and Aura. Naturally, the wolves were beyond surprised after finding out what had happened in the past two days, and the couple needed a few moments to let all that sink in.
“Are you two for real...?” Fen had a hard time believing it.
“First, welcome to this world, Steph. We’re happy to have you, especially after Sophia missed you so much, but...” Aura smiled at her. “Seriously, though, are you two for real...?” In the end, she had the same reaction as her partner.
“Yup.” The sisters nodded a few times.
"Canir accidentally sent you and Maya to your old world, where your sister managed to find you…?" Fen stared at the tiger. “Then, after finding out what happened, your sister decided, on the spot, I want to add, to leave her world to go with you…?”
“Here,” Aura continued. “Steph got magic gifted to her by Mira out of all people…? Almost the same amount as I have? As it came from an overseer, the effective power probably is even way higher than mine. Then, the first thing the little sister uses her new magic on, is to become a member of the dog beastfolk because she wanted to make herself fluffy…?”
“Pretty much!” The duo kept nodding.
“So easygoing!” The male wolf had nothing else to say.
“Well, you two are definitely sisters…” The wording was different, but the female one came to the same conclusion.
“Ehehe~.” They took it as a compliment.
"I have to admit that you have great taste, though." Aura took a better look at the little sister. “Welcome to the canine world. Not a wolf and also a hybrid, but it’s still a great choice! The color scheme is great, the ears are nice, and your tail even makes me envious! Do you mind if I take a bit of inspiration from it if I ever want to play with the appearance magic?”
“Not at all!” Steph smiled back at her. “Though, do you really have to? Your fur seems amazing, and your tail is quite similar already!”
“There’s always room for improvement when it comes to the quality of your fur!”
“I think I’ll get along great with her!” The dog-girl looked at Sophia while pointing at the female wolf. “Her priorities match my desire to find the ultimate fluff!”
“Yep. Sisters, alright.” Aura had to repeat herself. “I am quite proud of my fluff, but Mira aside, as she’s literally the divine fluff, you won’t find anyone more ultimate other than Chloe and her mother Feyanis. Those two are the pinnacle of fluff on the not overseer plane.”
“So, Chloe’s the fluffiest, uhh… normal hybrid? Same as me, ears and tail only?” Steph tried to interpret her words.
"I have yet to meet any non-divine hybrid that comes close to her.”
“Yay!” The pitch of the dog-girl’s voice got a bit higher. "I already thought she was perfect! How is it possible that she got even better?! She is a bit greedy, though… Hogging the pinnacle of personality, looks, and fluffiness to herself!”
“Someone likes the pink one, huh?”
“Yes!” The dog-girl reacted with a big nod. “Chloe’s amazing!”
“Hmm…” Aura then glanced at the tiger while tilting her head.
“Yeah, I know.” It wasn’t hard to guess what she was trying to imply. “More importantly, I need more information about this divine fluff!”
"A good interjection!” Steph also jumped on that. “I really want to meet Mira and thank her for gifting me the magic of this world! Knowing that she’s a fluffy only makes me even more excited!”
“That’s a little hard to answer.” The female wolf paused for a moment. “Mira has multiple forms. Waaay back, she even was supposed to have a human form, but she decided against ever using that shape again because… well… obvious reason. Her hybrid, like you all, and her full version, like Fen and I, are beyond amazing, though. The latter might even made me question my sexuality on way more than one occasion.”
"E-Eh?!" Fen had some very mixed feelings about that.
“Don’t worry, I still like you better.”
“G-Good.”
“Slightly, at least.” She just had to do it.
“W-What?!”
“Hehe~.” Aura liked his reaction. “You do have to agree that she’s extremely attractive, don’t you?”
“...” He went silent.
“Good luck getting out of this again, my boy.” Sophia showed him a wry smile.
“Is there a right answer here...?” Fen looked at his partner.
"Try your luck."
“I mean, it’s quite unfair that you’re allowed to say that she’s so attractive that you consider the possibility of being bi, while I’m not allowed to agree. Don’t you think so, too?”
“Oh, that’s a brave route!” Steph was amazed by his way of dealing with this.
“So, you do find her attractive?” Aura stared at him.
“Well, her full form is indeed very pleasant to look at, maybe slightly too fluffy and hard to deal with for obvious reasons, but... Mira having multiple forms is a big turn-off. Her hybrid form is aesthetically pleasing, I guess, but anything humanoid is a hard no for me. No offense here.” He looked at the sisters at the end.
“None taken.” The duo smiled at him. “Same, too. Just the other way around.”
“Anyway, borrowing the words of Sophia, full Mira is quite the eye candy, but that’s about it.”
“Hmm... What do we think about this?” The female wolf faced the tiger.
“I’d say that’s fair. His priorities are definitely right.”
“If anything,” Steph also spoke up. “I think Fen has the moral high ground here. You seem to like Mira a lot more than he does.”
"A-Ah.” Aura hadn’t expected this turn of events.
“I think I like the little sister.” Fen was quite happy about the outcome. “She’s a nice addition to the group.”
“Ehehe~.” The dog-girl was happy about that. “I’m thrilled to be here, too~! It’s still a bit weird to have a conversation with someone who looks just like an animal... Great, though!”
“You’ll get used to it in no time.” Sophia smiled at her.
“If anything, I’m a little concerned that I pretty much am used to it already…”
“Right, the place you two came from only has humans, doesn’t it?” Aura remembered that bit from Sophia’s stories. “That sounds so hard to imagine.”
“I don’t even want to imagine it!” Fen’s fur started to puff up just hearing that.
“Do you want to see it? I still have a portal leading to our old world." Sophia smiled at her. "A world with 8 billion humans~."
“Brr...” The female wolf also shuddered a little. "I think I'm good for now... I am interested in taking a peek at a different world, but that's a big caveat.”
“Totally not worth it.” Her partner was a little more direct about it.
“Steph, do you have your phone on you?”
“No, the battery died shortly after Chloe and I finished playing around with it yesterday, so I left it at home. Why?”
“I was thinking about showing them some pictures of that world. I’m sure you have a ton of all kinds of things, right?”
“Ohh! Yeah, I do have a lot, but I’d first need somehow charge it again.”
“I guess it’s time to get those solar generator thingies running!”
“Do you have any idea how to do that?”
“No!” The tiger sounded weirdly confident for some reason. “For how expensive all that was, I better hope they come with a good manual!”
“Doesn’t stuff like that usually come with an online manual nowadays?”
"A-Ah…” Sophia didn’t like the sound of that. “I-I’m sure it’ll be fine…”
“Phone? Pictures? Solar generator…?”
“What are you two talking about?” Naturally, the wolves were rather confused.
“It’s all stuff from our old world.” The blonde answered them. “Maya and I went on a massive shopping spree and bought all sorts of things. If it works the way I want it to, we can experience the best of that world without actually going there. No need to meet any human in person, either.”
“That sounds like a much better plan!”
“Fascinating, as well!” The wolves seemed to like that a lot more.
“I also need a bit of a favor from the two of you while we’re at it.” Sophia looked at the two.
“Hmm? The wolves tilted their heads to the side.
“Steph seems incredibly talented with magic." She sounded pretty proud. "It took her a whole five minutes before she could chantlessly create a ball of water, and an hour later, she had turned herself into a dog-girl. A full one, not just her looks.”
“I did have a good day~.” The little sister let out a small chuckle.
“Anyway, I do want to add my own twist in teaching her, but she should learn the basics from someone who’s been around for a while, as well. We learned all kinds of new stuff about magic lately that changes a lot, but the basics are still the basics. I would appreciate it if you two could help me teach her the basics.”
“Only if you invite me to a drink for every headache this will cause.” Fen had some difficult feelings on the matter. He knew the older sister, after all.
“Isn’t that a little counterproductive?” Sophia doubted that a drink would cure his headache.
“The bad will cure the worse!” The wolf didn’t care about it. “Also, a hangover can be cured with healing magic! You sisters being ridiculous can't be."
“Ahh… I get it.”
“I would love to help!” Aura sounded a lot more cheerful. “The result of Fen raising Sophia, pure and unbridled chaos, is amazing! I want to try giving the little sister some of my own flavors. I don’t want Fen to hog all the glory in future history books! I want a mention, too, when they write about the at least equally gifted little sister! They'll change the future, and I want a piece of that cake!”
“Oi!” The tiger raised her voice. “Calm down a bit! I have no intentions to go down in history!”
“I think it’s a little too late for that…”
“Shut up, Fennyfenny!” She didn’t want to hear it.
“I don’t really get it, but getting a mention in a history book sounds fun!” Steph was way more open to the idea. “Let’s go!”
“That’s the spirit!” Aura and the dog-girl were bonding fast.
Afterward, for the next 30 minutes, Sophia desperately tried her best to get them away from the plan of being written down in future history books. It didn't seem to be working out, though, as the duo was having a great time with the idea.
