The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1024: Opal Is A Homebody

Now that the picture was done, Tiffani collected the camera and gently picked up the magical painting.

”As much as I enjoy your company, I have much to do today. Thank you for your time.” She announced.

Once she was gone, Rae began to laugh.

”She really does hold a grudge, doesnʼt she? That vampire hates you with a burning passion.”

Karl shrugged. ”Not my fault that things turned out the way that they did. Neither of us knew that things were going to end up with a trip to the Chaos Realm and a visit from the Supreme Lady when the fight started, and I certainly had no idea about her past with Matilda.”

Rae shrugged, and all the others looked at him like he was an idiot.

”It doesnʼt matter that it wasnʼt my intention, does it?” Karl eventually realized.

”Not even a little bit. The fact is that youʼre the only other one involved, so youʼre the only other one to blame.” Tessa agreed.

Ophelia shrugged. ”She does look healthy, though, doesnʼt she? I donʼt think that the dragon is treating her too badly. If she were, I would have expected her to start looking worn down and tired after a few months.”

Without warning, Opal vanished back into her space, but left an illusionary copy of herself as a stand in so that she could give the appearance of continued direct interaction with the world.

At first, she had stayed in her space for safety and out of necessity. But now that she had seen the outside, she realized that she was actually more comfortable at home.

Plus, being awake was exhausting. Not in a sense of mana deprivation, she had that under control. No, she was used to sleeping all the time, and never really got mentally stressed. But being awake was totally different.

And totally overrated.

”Are we throwing a party?” Lotus asked hopefully.

Rae had just revealed her advancement to Totem Rank, that was definitely worthy of a party, even if they hadnʼt just officially met Opal in person.

That was when Lotus realized that the butterfly floating overhead was an illusion. She hadnʼt even noticed when the real one vanished, the transition was that smooth. That skill would be incredible in an infiltration situation, where they needed to send an actual person. But, it was most likely because she could retreat to her space without using a spell.

Rae picked Lotus up and carried her back inside. ”Weʼre going to make special snacks for today. I hope that your new food creation spells are up to it.”

”Oh, what did you have in mind?” Lotus asked.

Rae had said the magic word: ʼSnacksʼ.

”I am thinking that we need cake because itʼs a celebration, but Iʼm thinking that instead of the sweet jam that you usually put in pastries, what if we made strudel with rhubarb and green apples? Then topped it with whipped cream.”

Lotus frowned. Would that be good? Maybe it could be.

Over the next three hours, Lotus and Rae made a dozen different variations on sour and savoury versions of pastries, including some pulled pork steamed buns that turned out really well.

Hawk was really looking forward to those. They were visually the same as sweets, but with meat in them.

He hadnʼt realized yet that they werenʼt sweet in any way, just a convenient way of eating pulled pork on the move. But it was a new recipe for Rae and Lotus.

Now that she was awake, Opal found that she easily got bored, so she ended up creating illusions to do all sorts of things around the Tiny World. Some helped Rae and Lotus cook, some tidied the house, and when that wasnʼt enough distraction, she prepared an outdoor amphitheatre to put on a play.

The latest episode of ʼThe Noble Knight Thor and his companionsʼ was a huge hit with the group, who generously overlooked the parts where she heavily embellished reality to make it more interesting.

After all, they couldnʼt very well have scenes where the hero of the story was simply standing on the sidelines or clearing out trash mobs while others did the real work. There was no harm in adding in a few more impressive enemies to the story.

”Youʼve got yourself a reliable cheerleader.” Dana joked as they finished the show.

Thor nodded happily. Sister Opal had done a wonderful job with the production of the latest episode of his memoir. He was greatly looking forward to the next one.

Rae lounged back on one of the stone benches of the illusionary theatre and popped a pastry in her mouth. Sweet and sour pastries were a great idea.

It was a good thing that they made hundreds of these today because she was adding them to the usual snack rotation.

But now that they had celebrated her advancement and watched a movie, she was getting curious about what might be hiding out in the wilderness around them. She was a Totem Ranked predator now, and there shouldnʼt be many things that she couldnʼt hunt.

But maybe there was?

Just the chance that there was still something around that might manage to escape from her or put up a real fight was exhilarating. So, as everyone settled in for another night of meditation or rest, she snuck out of the Tiny World and got the Naga bodyguards to update her on the situation outside.

There wasnʼt much coming close to them there, but there were some powerful monsters in the distance that Rae might be able to play with. They couldnʼt tell what it was, but they could sense the powerful auras.

Rae activated [Night Haunter] and went to see what she could find.

Her new body was incredibly powerful, and Rae found that she could run nearly as fast as Nachtia could fly. Faster than even the buses of the Golden Dragon Nation.

It was an incredible feeling, and in mere minutes, she had found the dangerous creatures that the Naga had sensed, but they werenʼt prey.

Just Orcs.

But the Orcs werenʼt a total loss.

”Hey, Iʼm bored. Anyone want a brawl to first blood? I will wager two bags of rice that I win.” She shouted from the edge of their camp in humanoid form.