Iris's Mana Awakening
Liria found Iris truly adorable.
Liria felt sorry for Iris, who lacked mana.
Although Iris had no horns, having mana would still benefit her more.
Liria wondered if giving Iris a mana herb would increase her mana.
“Silvia unnie, if I give a mana herb to Iris, will her mana increase?”
“Hmm? I don’t think any tamer would feed mana herbs to animals. Besides, taming a weak animal without mana doesn’t make sense.”
“Liria has plenty of mana herbs, so it’s fine.”
Mana herb...
The guild master was speechless when Liria spoke of feeding mana herbs to monsters.
Mana herbs were sold at auction, and the guild master had once participated in one.
There were auctions where only those with blue tickets could participate, unlike red tickets.
The guild master had won at a low price through that auction and given a mana herb to his son who had no mana.
He then educated his son to become his successor.
The guild master thought again that Liria’s horned fox was a rare species and had value to invest mana herbs in.
Just seeing Liria’s innocent expression was enough to prove its value.
When Iris woke from sleep, she was confused by the changed surroundings and cried endlessly.
Iris, who had lost her mother, looked filled with sorrow.
Liria gently stroked Iris on her lap, and Iris looked up at Liria who was stroking her.
Feeling a comforting warmth, Iris rubbed her head against Liria’s hand.
“Iris.”
“Kang.”
Liria took a mana herb from her subspace and offered it to Iris.
Iris instinctively felt she had to eat it, so she quickly devoured the mana herb Liria gave her.
Liria and Silvia checked Iris’s condition and confirmed that her mana had indeed increased.
“Even feeding mana herbs to monsters increases mana.”
“Is Iris okay?”
“Kang.”
The guild master learned how extremely difficult it was to find mana herbs in nature after watching Iris eat the mana herb so eagerly.
Iris realized that faint mana was now flowing through her body.
Iris had been born without mana, and after losing her mother, she had been destined to die.
Liria had saved her and even fed her rare mana herbs.
On this day, Iris pledged her loyalty to Liria.
“Will Silvia unnie stroke me too?”
“Will I?”
When Silvia’s hand approached, Iris instinctively felt fear and tried to pull away, but couldn’t escape.
Iris was overwhelmed with panic, not knowing what to do, and cried endlessly while trembling.
“Iris. Silvia unnie is an incredibly good unnie.”
“Kkhing.”
Iris, hearing Liria’s words, resolved to overcome her fear.
But the instinctive fear from the top of the food chain—the dragon—could not be erased from Iris.
The guild master, seeing this, decided to offer advice.
“I will give you some advice. First send your mana to Liria, then send your mana to Silvia, and repeat. I believe Iris will gradually become familiar with Silvia’s mana. Tamer of monsters form intimacy by sending mana to the monsters they command.”
“I see.”
“Understood.”
Liria slowly sent mana to Iris, and Iris felt safe while sensing Liria’s mana.
Silvia also slowly sent mana, but Iris still looked afraid.
By repeating with Liria’s mana to regain stability, Iris gradually got used to Silvia’s mana.
As Iris gradually showed effort, Liria hugged her tightly.
“Iris. Good job. Hehe.”
Liria thought Iris’s attempt to overcome fear toward Silvia was too lovable.
Silvia, seeing a small fox cub like this trying so hard, wore a pleased expression.
This was the first time Liria had seen such an expression since Iris.
“Will Silvia unnie hug Iris?”
“Will I?”
Silvia, who received Iris, hugged her tightly, and Iris, though trapped in fear, barely managed to overcome it.
Knowing Silvia would never harm her, Iris gradually relaxed.
Liria received Iris back and placed her on her lap.
“Was today’s adventure okay?”
“I caught an ogre.”
“I said Liria is strong, right? I knocked out the ogre with electric magic in one shot.”
“As expected, amazing.”
The guild master sincerely admired Liria.
In Silvia’s case, as a dragon, it was natural she was strong from the beginning, but even as a high elf, Liria thought she wasn’t stronger than a dragon.
Moreover, a small-bodied Liria like a young child knocking out a giant ogre in one shot was astonishing.
“Will you sell the monsters and mana stones?”
“I will sell them except for the mana stones.”
“Understood.”
Monsters could be used as equipment materials, meat, and leave mana stones, making them quite profitable.
Liria had no interest in the ogre’s body and decided to take only the mana stone.
Liria followed the guild master to the monster storage and took out the ogres from there.
The guild master was surprised to see the elite ogre.
A single elite ogre was close to 7 stars, and if in a group, 7 stars or higher.
Liria had knocked out many ogres alone.
Of course, the ones with necks cut were done by Silvia, but making monsters unable to act in battle with monsters was very difficult.
If she could knock them out with electric magic in one shot, it meant her magic was quite strong.
In fact, the smell of burnt from the ogres was coming out.
“Liria seems like she can take the promotion test soon.”
“I will take it later.”
“Yes. Understood.”
Strong adventurers like Liria receiving constant requests was a significant gain for the adventurer guild.
If I kept going on adventures with Silvia, my rank would rise quickly.
When Liria and Silvia returned home, they found their family playing games in front of the TV.
Since it supported four players, the family was enjoying games together.
Renos loved the racing game that allowed moving cars.
Elia liked Tetris, a game that required using one’s head.
Leos and Reus also preferred racing games, so they decided by majority vote to play racing games.
When Liria returned without greeting anyone, she was a bit sulky.
She wished they had at least greeted her.
“Liria, I went on an adventure.”
When Liria’s voice was heard, Elia quickly put down the pad and approached Liria.
Liria had come, but games were not important.
“Sorry. I didn’t notice because I was focused on the game.”
“It’s okay. Hehe. Mom.”
Liria placed Iris down and hugged Elia tightly, and Elia hugged her back.
Elia, who belatedly noticed Liria had brought something, realized it was a horned fox.
“Is that a horned fox?”
“Yes. Auntie. It’s a rare species.”
“Yes. That’s right. Hehe.”
“Is the horned fox’s rarity a critically endangered species?”
“Because I lost my mother, Liria said she would raise me.”
“I see. Our daughter is incredibly kind.”
“Hehe.”
Liria hugged Elia, and Elia stroked Liria’s head.
“Seeing a cub like this is rare. But you don’t have horns.”
“Unfortunately, I was born without mana. So Liria fed me mana herbs.”
“I believe Liria will raise you well. Our daughter can do it, right?”
“Yes. Liria will raise me well. Hehe.”
Liria hugged Iris again, and Elia went back to finish her game.
Liria also followed Elia to the place where the game machines were.
“Honey, where did you go suddenly?”
“You don’t know that our daughter came back?”
“Ah.”
Only then did Renos realize he had made a mistake.
His daughter had finished her first adventure and returned, but he continued playing games without caring.
He quickly pressed the pause button and apologized.
“Liria, Dad is sorry.”
“It’s okay. Hehe.”
“Oppa is sorry.”
“Sorry, Liria.”
Later, Leos and Reus also realized Liria had returned.
Liria had brought the game machine for them, but they didn’t know Liria had come and continued playing.
Liria had no choice if she confiscated the game machine.
“Liria, I understand that when you start a game, you can’t move until the round ends.”
“Thanks to Liria understanding.”
“Online games can’t be paused, so it’s even harder to stop.”
“Online games?”