NOVEL NEXT Chapter 26
"One week to go, nya," Nekra said excitedly as she played Rollercoaster Tycoon 2.
"What happened again?" Milim asked, sipping a can of soda.
"It's a thing from her oracle skill," Yuki explained.
"Ah, messing with the future is dangerous, you know?" Milim remarked, causing Nekra to stare awkwardly at her.
"You already did, didn't you.... oh well," Milim said knowingly, aware that Nekra had already altered the timeline.
In a separate window, an army of orcs continued to grow larger.
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Meanwhile, inside a cave, a certain dragon's POV.
"Oh! I think I found the slime! I found her, yes!" Veldora thought happily.
"Can you hear me, small one?" Veldora asked, his voice booming through the cave, but the slime didn't seem to move.
"I guess not then," Veldora said, slumping a little before realizing he hadn't tried telepathy.
"'Can you hear me, small one?'" Veldora asked.
"'Oi, I know you can hear me!'" Veldora exclaimed, not seeming desperate whatsoever. (Sarcasm)
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"Oh? A powerful person just entered the dungeon," Yuki remarked.
"Really!?" Milim asked excitedly, sitting up.
"Milim onee-sama, don't you have a territory to watch?" Nekra reminded her.
"Ah!" Milim exclaimed, quickly running out.
"It was that easy to get rid of her?" Yuki asked, somewhat amazed.
"Freedom!" Safi exclaimed, no longer being hugged by Milim, only to be picked up by Nekra.
"So, the new visitor?" Yuki asked.
"Ah, right," Nekra said, keeping Safi in her lap as she opened up the window on the computer.
"A dryad?" Nekra asked.
"Yeah..." Yuki said, confused.
"She's really far from her birth tree, isn't she, nya?" Nekra noted.
"Let's go see then," Nekra said as they appeared in the dungeon corridor.
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"So if we could lead the orcs here like last time," Treyni said.
"Treynya, Welcome," a voice greeted her.
Treyni turned around to see a cat girl.
"Do I know you?" Treyni asked.
"No, but what's a dryad doing so far from her tree, nya?" Nekra asked, tilting her head.
"You know a lot about our kind...." Treyni said, somewhat worried.
"So why are you in my labyrinth?" Nekra inquired.
"We were going to try and lead the massive orc army here again," Treyni admitted, looking away a little ashamed.
"That's fine, but why don't you go look for the person releasing that aura, nya?" Nekra suggested.
"Why?" Treyni asked.
"Because don't you think they would make a great ruler of the forest?" Nekra asked, tilting her head.
"I will observe them," Treyni agreed, wondering why a being as powerful as the cat girl in front of her would want to hand control of the forest over to a random monster that is probably weaker than her.
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'When should I introduce myself to Auntie Rimaru?' Nekra wondered to herself as she watched the slime completely destroy monsters under Uncle Veldora's cave on the screen.
"Yuki?" Nekra asked, her eyes suddenly covered by someone.
"Nekra, you have been watching this screen for weeks. What happened to my little cat who likes to take naps?" Yuki asked.
yawn
"It's been a week, nya?" Nekra said.
"Yes, it has..." Yuki confirmed as she shifted Nekra over to her lap and started petting her.
"purr that's why I felt so purr thirsty, nya," Nekra said as she tiredly leaned against Yuki's body.
"Well, I aim to please, my master," Yuki said, looking at the girl she was holding.
Nekra nodded as she struggled to keep her eyes open.
"Fufufufu, she may be a vampire, but the cat's laziness always wins out," Yuki thought, petting the sleeping Nekra.