Reincarnated With A Glitched System: Why Is My MP Not Running Out?

Chapter 1414 Ruby Meets Master Felicia

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A giant Phoenix materialized, surprising Ruby and well, most of the people in the airport. Some outright panicked and started running away. Her presence and appearance alone were intimidating enough to sent shivers down the spine of anybody that was too weak.

”W-Woaaah!” she gasped. ”I-Is that a real Phoenix?!”

”I sure am, little girl,” giggled Phoenix. ”I am the Familiar of Sylphyʼs father. The man you disrespected the other day.”

”A-Ah…” Ruby gave a step back. ”Iʼm sorry-”

”No need to be sorry, that man needs to be disrespected every now and then,” nodded Pheonix. ”Always using me as his transporter and luggage carrier, me, a Phoenix! Hah… Oh well, you may now travel over my back. Fear not, my flames cannot burn… if I donʼt want them to burn.”

”Huh…” Ruby nodded, slightly nervously, but stepped forward, quickly sitting over Phoenix. ”Woah, your backʼs so wide, and fluffy and soft…”

”S-Stop caressing me!” Phoenix complained. ”Anyways, letʼs go!”

After we climbed over her, she quickly carried us amidst the snowy lands, snow was falling in large quantities outside, but her fiery aura easily protected us from cold, until we reached the house sitting in a nearby mountain.

”Is that the house where Felicia lives?!” Ruby wondered. ”No wonder nobody can go met her, she lives in a completely inaccessible area!”

”Not completely… I mean, you can get there through flight, no?” I asked.

”Not everyone can fly so easily…” Ruby sighed. ”But this is amazing, to be so high! I-Iʼm a bit scared…”

”Donʼt worry, not like youʼll fall or something,” Celeste laughed.

”D-Donʼt say it like that or it might become true!” Ruby cried even more.

Once we landed on the houseʼs rooftop, we opened a door leading to the top floor and entered through that entrance. Once inside, Ruby glanced at the old-looking, yet very clean interior with fascination.

”Wow, such an old looking house,” she said. ”It makes me wonder how it is even standing in the middle of a snowy mountain.”

”Me too, honestly,” said Celeste.

”Yeah, itʼs because it is Masterʼs Familiar! The whole house is like a huge golem,” said Celica.

”E-Eh? Really?” Ruby wondered.

”Yes, she said she made it like this out of convenience, so the house can re-generate naturally,” I said. ”I donʼt know how she even did that, to turn something into a golem is not exactly the easiest thing out there…”

”I can do it easily!” said Celica.

”Well thatʼs because youʼre very talented in that very specific thing, little Celica,” I said, petting her head. ”Anyways, I guess itʼs going to be lunch time soon. Letʼs go greet my dad at least. I want to introduce you to him. Also I would like you to… well, apologize to him too, if possible?”

I didnʼt really mind if she wouldnʼt had apologized to me, but when it comes to my friends or my family, I would prefer if she did.

”Of course, Iʼll go with you,” Ruby nodded. ”Where can I leave all the luggage though?”

”Glutton is carrying it for now so donʼt worry,” I said. ”Weʼll pick one of the empty rooms for you, one close to ours preferably.”

We walked downstairs after telling Ruby that, meeting my dad that was already cooking lunch for us.

”Well, youʼre back! How was it- Huh?” his eyes widened as he noticed the new member of the party. ”Wait, is that the girl from before, the smithy right?”

”Yeah! We brought her over!” I nodded. ”Surprise, surprise! Her nameʼs Ruby, and yeah sheʼs also a blessed and all of that. We managed to get along and… Well, she was in a very difficult position, like, living on her smithy and sleeping on the floor, so we offered her to live here…”

”Nice to met you,” said Ruby. ”And… Iʼm very sorry for what I said or did back then… I-I know thereʼs no excuse for how I treated you before but… Iʼve been gone through a lot of stuff in my life and… it is hard to even articulate words sometimes.”

”Hmm, I see,” my father nodded. ”Well! Iʼm a bit angry at Sylphy because she told you that you could stay here and all when she had yet to even ask the owner of the house, Felicia!”

”Aw, come on dad, not like sheʼll say no to having another talented disciple! Right?” I said.

”Still, itʼs disrespectful, you donʼt own the house, my daughter,” my father reprimanded me.

”O-Okay… sorry…”

Heʼs acting like mom, something a bit surprising. I guess he needs to take her role now, huh?

Well, yeah, what I did was a bit disrespectful, but we didnʼt have any other option, I wanted Ruby to be in a safe place.

Iʼll negotiate with Felicia until I can convince her no matter what.

”Iʼm sorry, I-I didnʼt knew that Sylphy had not talked about that yet with her master…” Ruby felt flustered, glancing at me with a bit of confusion.

”Itʼs not your fault,” my father sighed. ”Well, whatʼs done is done. Iʼll try to help her convince Felicia as well if possible. Sorry about that, Ruby, didnʼt meant to scare you. Anyways, do you like meat stew with lots of potatoes and carrot?”

”Oh, yes!” nodded Ruby. ”It has been a long while since Iʼve had some of that…”

”Nice, weʼre having that for lunch. Also thereʼll be some pizza Iʼm preparing…” my father said. ”Some roasted Giant Salamander meat, and also some fried fish, do you want some too?”

”S-So many food?! Iʼll get fat like that… Iʼve been making sure I donʼt grow fat, itʼs hard to control my metabolism, dwarves and Onis both develop huge bodies and accumulate a lot of fat so-”

”Okay, I get it, haha,” laughed my father. ”Sorry, sorry, Iʼm too used to feed monsters here, me included.”

”Monsters?” Ruby was even more confused.

”You see, the stronger we grow through Physique Cultivation, the more our bodies require a lot of energy to work. Once you get pretty strong, getting fat will never really be a problem again, Ruby,” I said with a wink. ”Whatʼs your Physique Tier so far? Youʼre stronger than most average people at least, right?”

”Yeah… I mean, Iʼm just Tier 2, Rank… 5? I think,” she said. ”My Magic Circle is more developed at Tier 3 Rank 1… It grows on its own whenever I craft stuff.”

”Interesting…”

Suddenly, we heard someone elseʼs voice.

A blue haired witch walked downstairs.

”What do we have here, hm? A truly unexpected visit! Isnʼt this the young grumpy blacksmith lady?”

It was master Felicia, who smiled after she saw Ruby.

”Grumpy…” Ruby groaned, feeling guilty. ”Yes, it is me Lady Felicia. I-I apologize for what I did before, it wasnʼt my intention-”

”Iʼm glad youʼre here, girl. I was thinking of making you my disciple back then… a pity you were so aggressive! Did Sylphy finally convinced you to come? Welcome. If you want to stay, stay as much as you want,” Felicia said, patting her shoulders.

Her usual awkward personality of sometimes being very silent and expressionless, looking gloomy and even lazy and then being suddenly assertive and loud was sure shocking to Ruby.

Yep, thatʼs our master, she got a few screws loose, Iʼve learned that much.

With great power comes… being a bit insane.

But maybe thatʼs part of her charm.

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