Cuckoo~ cuckoo~
The next morning, as the morning sunlight filtered through the gaps in the vines and shone into the interior of the World Tree, a plump, lazy-looking bird standing on a treetop drowsily opened its eyes. As if to announce that a new day had arrived, it slowly emerged from its tree hollow and leisurely waddled out onto one of the World Tree’s branches.
Because of its large size, it gave off the distinct impression of a five-times-larger owl.
As it stepped onto the vine, the vine bent slightly under its weight.
But the big bird paid no mind to this. Instead, it slowly opened its wide beak and let out one after another, somewhat hoarse and magical cuckoo calls.
This was a creature unique to the Segus World. Because its call was “cuckoo cuckoo,” the Elven Clan called it the Cuckoo Horse.
In the Segus World, before the evil Demon King had invaded, Cuckoo Birds were actually quite plentiful.
Although the Fifth Plane’s natural world had its own set of primitive instincts where animals hunted one another, since Cuckoo Birds rarely exercised and their meat was mediocre at best, and since they served as a daily alarm clock of sorts, wild beasts wouldn’t eat a Cuckoo Bird unless they were desperate with hunger.
After all, they really didn’t taste good.
After the Demon King invaded the world, due to the expansion of the Demon King’s territory and the slaughter that followed, the Cuckoo Bird population plummeted drastically. The survivors had almost all gathered within the World Tree.
Because the Elven Clan naturally loved peace and treated both plants and animals with kindness, their gentle temperament meant they wouldn’t harass the birds the way humans would.
This made the Cuckoo Birds, which slept sixteen hours a day except for their morning calls and feeding time, absolutely adore this pure land.
But today, one Cuckoo Bird sensed something odd during its morning call.
Because beside it, two cute, round little babies had appeared.
With every call it made, the two little ones would adorably mimic it from left and right.
“Cuckoo hee~”
“Cuckoo ning~”
While it was calling, seeming to sense that the Cuckoo Bird posed no threat, the two little ones exchanged a glance, then boldly climbed up onto the “emotionally stable (too lazy to move)” Cuckoo Bird’s back, giggling as they scrambled up from both sides.
These two little ones were none other than Su Xixi and Little Red Pupil.
As for why the two little ones now appeared “round” in the Cuckoo Bird’s eyes — well, the reason was actually quite simple.
Last night, after playing wildly for a while, Xixi and Little Red Pupil had fallen asleep cuddled together, sleeping soundly, super soundly.
This morning, the two little ones had been lured awake by a rich, fragrant aroma.
When the two little ones went to the master bedroom together, they happily enjoyed a hearty breakfast while the MM’s were still deep in slumber.
So now, Little Red Pupil and Su Xixi had both become two round little watermelons.
What was worth mentioning was that Little Red Pupil, this Golden Dragon hatchling, even though she had already eaten herself into a little watermelon today, she seemed to have gained some experience from having a watermelon belly a few times before.
Even though she had already become a little ball, Little Red Pupil’s capacity had clearly improved. She showed no signs of discomfort either, and instead happily started looking for little playmates together with her little sister Xixi.
Witnessing this scene, the Elven Clan maiden An Xiaoling silently watched the two little ones.
She felt that the comic on the vine last night had been surprisingly accurate!
Some aspects of Little Red Pupil really might have improved.
As for her body size, there was no change.
But regarding that, An Xiaoling thought perhaps it was related to Little Red Pupil not transforming into her Dragon Form. Maybe when she transformed into the Golden Dragon, she would become really big.
Of course, to be fair, although the Golden Dragon might be quite majestic, An Xiaoling still preferred Little Red Pupil’s petite little loli form!
After all, who wouldn’t love an adorable twin-tailed loli with white hair?
Mm-hmm~
Because she had done a lot of “exercising” last night, and the scene had been too intimate, An Xiaoling had slept quite late.
Fortunately, as a small-fry loli, she was also the first to fall asleep from exhaustion.
But even so, when she noticed the two little ones’ arrival this morning, looking at the girls sleeping together under the big blanket, still murmuring in their sleep even while being eaten, and especially Su Qi sleeping in the middle — whose body still unconsciously trembled even in sleep, with slight redness at the corners of her eyes — it was clear she would need at least half a day more to wake up.
Although An Xiaoling was also very sleepy right now, for the safety of the two energetic little ones, she forced herself to stay alert.
Standing beneath the tree, after letting out a soft hum, An Xiaoling stretched her hands forward like a nimble cat, arching her slender waist into a graceful curve as she gave a big stretch.
After doing this, An Xiaoling felt her mind clear up a bit. At the same time, a sense of dissonance surfaced in her heart.
She looked down slightly…
Emmmmm, was it just her imagination?
Why did she keep feeling like her underwear seemed a little small again?
No wait — was it that she’d grown bigger from Su Qi bullying her?
Mm… well, growing bigger was a good thing. Clothes would look better too.
She did prefer the bigger ones more.
But why did she keep getting this subtle feeling she couldn’t quite describe?
“Did you… sleep well last night? Where are… the Saintess and the others?”
Just as An Xiaoling was spacing out while looking at her own little bunnies, a clear, melodious girl’s voice came from behind.
Turning her head toward the direction of the voice, An Xiaoling saw that the visitor was none other than Lilia, who had shown them their accommodation last night.
Looking at Lilia’s natural attire woven from vines and leaves, and the glimpses of fair skin revealed between them, An Xiaoling’s nimble eyes shifted slightly, and a bold idea formed in her mind.
Should she weave a dress like that for herself too? It seemed pretty nice-looking.
Oh right, she should make one for her Su Su sister too.
It felt unexpectedly alluring — it would suit her perfectly!
After a brief moment of thought, An Xiaoling suddenly discovered something surprising.
Yesterday when she heard the Elven Language, she had found it magical and familiar, and could roughly guess the meaning of some words.
How was it that after just one night in the World Tree, she could suddenly understand the Elven Language? This was truly amazing.
It felt like something had been oddly stuffed into her head!
Although translating wasn’t as fluent as Xixi the interpreter’s Translation Group, at least she could understand it now.
Could this be the unique ability of the Elf Ability?
After this little moment of wonder, An Xiaoling looked at the tranquil little treehouse, then shook her head, pressed both hands against her cheeks, and made a sleeping gesture.
Lilia was a bit taken aback by this gesture.
In the Segus World, there was also a human race.
But their biological clocks were a bit longer than the Elven Clan’s. The Elven Clan needed three hours of sleep a day, and six hours was enough for humans.
But it had already been eight hours since they left last night — how were they still sleeping?
Saintess, what exactly were you doing last night?
If An Xiaoling could hear Lilia’s inner thoughts right now, as a black-hearted loli, she would definitely answer in her heart: Last night, she was being…
Ning ning~ Xixi~
Just as An Xiaoling and Lilia were communicating, the two little ones, who had been playing on the emotionally stable Cuckoo Bird for a while, spotted Lilia — who had played with them patiently and given them fruit last night — and excitedly abandoned the bird that wasn’t paying them much attention, quickly climbing down from the tree.
The two little ones rushed toward Lilia excitedly from left and right.
Lilia had come to visit early this morning.
She had originally planned to discuss with the Saintess Su Qi about borrowing Little Red Pupil’s power to continue guarding the World Tree’s safety. Since the Dragon Flame was a ranged attack, it could also strike the Beasts in the Demon King’s Castle territory.
Because she had witnessed Little Red Pupil’s energy-storing ‘eat eat eat’ last night, Lilia had already prepared to contribute some Nutritional Products from the World Tree, planning to help Little Red Pupil accumulate energy.
But at this moment, duang~
Feeling two watermelon little cuties landing in her arms from both sides, looking at Little Red Pupil’s little watermelon that was a size bigger than yesterday, sensing the incredibly dense Spiritual Energy fluctuations contained within it — at that moment, Lilia’s pair of elven ears stood straight up in surprise.
The next second, she gazed reverently in the direction of Su Qi’s treehouse and let out an astonished exclamation.
“The Saintess truly lives up to her title — she actually managed to let Little Red Pupil accumulate this much power in just one night. But how did she do it!?”