Belly Expansion: Unburnable! Divine Power Power!
At the terrace of the princess's palace, I set down the three-tiered tray I had prepared on the table and let out a heavy sigh.
'This is the most important time right now, Lina. This is my chance to loosen the divine beast's vigilance.'
Since seeing my room from last time, the divine beast has been subtly avoiding me.
I haven't completed 'that' yet. I need a few more things from the divine beast.
First, if I notice, she approaches cautiously but clings to me with a bit of hesitation, but when I see her fluffy white mass avoiding me, my heart aches as if being cut with a knife.
Simple snacks aren't enough.
To capture the divine beast's heart, I must target her most primal instincts.
"Hoo... good."
I opened the cover of the tray.
Inside, various rare snacks brought from the Holy See and the temple were arranged.
Secretly taken from the Pope: milk and cheese from cows that grew with divine power, cookies infused with the divine power of Sister Lucian who uses divine power in her vampire body.
And the most radiant horn of the white elk obtained through negotiation with the Pope.
All of them are snacks at the level of supreme elixirs that would awaken divine power if eaten by ordinary people.
But if these are offerings to the divine beast! I can bring as many as I want!
"Is the divine beast here? I brought some delicious things..."
I gave a light, harmless smile as I called out to the divine beast.
Then, from behind, white ears perked up, and the divine beast, Blanc, sniffed and gently extended his head.
His eyes full of vigilance were cute, but the gaze was fixed on the snack in my hand more than on me.
"This is the most delicious snacks from the temple. I specially prepared them for the divine beast."
I placed a piece of meat wrapped in cheese slightly on the floor.
The divine beast approached stealthily and bit into the meat chunk.
Nom nom.
His small mouth moved non-stop, and suddenly, the divine beast's expression brightened, revealing a very bright and cute smile.
"Kyaa..."
"Kyaa?"
I swallowed the sound that came out unconsciously.
It started well. Seeing the divine beast approach and rub against me asking for more, a smile naturally formed at the corner of my mouth.
I gathered my courage and offered the cookie.
"Try this too. It melts smoothly in your mouth."
"Kyaa!"
The divine beast didn't refuse. No, rather, while eating the cookie, he gave a blessing by subtly licking his fingers.
Nom nom, chomp chomp.
The divine beast's mouth chewing, moving whiskers, happy eye smile...
I was captivated by that sight.
"Oh my, you're eating well. Try this too. Hehe. I'm glad you're happy."
I pulled out the snacks as if mesmerized.
I fed the milk and various cheeses, and even the remaining cookies, and then the white elk's horn I brought with me for teething.
The divine beast chewed and swallowed the elk's horn in one gulp with a crunching sound.
His appearance of eating so well was too pretty, and I couldn't stop.
"Kyaaak."
A satisfying burp came out.
I licked the milk on my lips and looked at Lina.
Lina was a bit burdensome, but the snack sense was really good. Sometimes a bit too scary, but...
Especially the last elk's horn, though not as good as the Earth Dragon's bone, was on par with it.
With each chew, a warm, electrifying energy surged in my belly. The faint vigilance towards Lina melted away like snow in the sun.
Full belly and warm back, the happiness circuit turned.
"Kyaaung?"
My body feels weird.
Normally, after eating so much, I should feel sleepy and lazy, wanting to curl up and sleep or bake bread.
But now it was the opposite.
My heart was pounding rapidly, and the tip of my tail was tingling, so I couldn't stay still.
Feeling like doping agent was flowing through my veins? No, more than that. More than when I ate durian.
My body was as light as feathers.
"Kyaaang!"
What is this feeling?
I jumped in place.
Shuung-
I jumped twice as high as I thought.
"Kyaaahang!"
If I exert a little more strength, I think I can activate the stun... power too.
As soon as I landed on the ground, I couldn't control my restless body and started running.
Tadadak!
My body quickly left the terrace and ran into the garden.
The wind brushed past my fur. I felt like I was the wind itself right now.
"Blanc? What? Why are you going so slowly!"
Kailian's voice came from behind, but my body was already running forward.
I was excited. Just insanely excited, I couldn't control it.
I crossed the lawn in the garden and ran madly. Udadada!
But every time my foot touched the ground, something strange happened.
Paat! Paaah!
The moment my front paw jelly touched the ground, the grass that had died yellow from the cold instantly sprouted fresh green.
It wasn't just that. From the dirt kicked up by my hind paws, golden energy swirled, and like popcorn bursting, flower buds shot up.
Red tulips, yellow freesia, white lilies—regardless of season or type, all kinds of flowers began to bloom explosively along the path I passed.
"Kyahahaang!!"
When I circled, a flower circle was created, and when I zigzagged, a flower path zigzagged.
"Kyauu!"
This is fun!
In an instant, the barren winter garden of the princess's palace transformed into a flower field.
"Kyahung..."
I ran around for a while and sat down, out of breath.
At my feet, a large lily had just bloomed and was raising its head.
Is this really a flower?
Amazing no matter how I look. It must be a real flower, right?
I leaned my nose close to the lily out of curiosity.
Sniff sniff.
The dense fragrance of the lily and the sweet honey scent.
"Kyafuung.."
Probably because I smelled it too close, flower pollen got into my nose and it itched.
The energy that was tightly packed inside my body, overflowing uncontrollably, began to churn as a signal from the itch.
The belly's energy rapidly reversed through the esophagus.
"Kyahung."
I wiggled my nose and lifted my head.
"Kro... kuing! Achoo!"
I opened my mouth towards the sky.
Kwaaaaaaaa-!!!
At that moment, what came out of my mouth wasn't spit, but a beam of divine power that would blind one's eyes.
A massive beam as thick as my head shot out from my mouth.
Kugugugung!
With the boom, the beam shot into the sky, and due to the recoil, my body flew back and landed on my butt.
"Kyaaaan!"
I rubbed my butt with my tail and looked up at the sky.
Wow... a beam came out from my mouth..
The beam that came out of my mouth instantly split the thick ashen clouds covering the sky above the imperial palace.
The clouds split like the sea, and between the gaping holes, a blindingly blue sky and warm sunlight poured down.
The huge hole in the sky that my beam from my mouth had pierced.
I was just the result of a sneeze because of flower pollen.
"......kyuu."
I stared blankly at the sky. Did the white tiger really shoot a beam from its mouth?
"Kyaaang."
My tongue is fine.
I stuck out my tongue to check if anything was injured, but it was nothing. Except for a slight pain in my jaw, it was rather refreshing, like my insides were pierced.
But my butlers weren't like that.
"Blanc!"
Kailian ran over with a panicked face and screamed.
"Blanc! Are you okay? Mouth! Mouth! Open it! Is your jaw not dislocated?"
Kailian grabbed my snout and examined it carefully.
"Insane, really insane... What the hell was that just now? A sneeze? What sneeze is like a dragon breath."
She fumbled over my body to check for injuries. Her eyes were bloodshot, a bit scary, butler.
"Why is my body so hot..? Hey, saintess! What did you feed me?!"
Kailian shouted at Lina with narrowed eyes full of killing intent. The mana overflowing from her body was so intense that she was about to cut off the saintess's neck right away if wrong.
Lina ignored Kailian's words and grabbed my front paw.
"Divine power... is overflowing. The snacks infused with the divine power I gave seem to have acted as a catalyst to stimulate the divine beast's vessel and awakened its potential."
"What? Then you didn't expect that either?"
"Yes, I also just thought the divine power would increase a bit more and your body would become stronger, but I didn't expect you to absorb the divine power as is."
Kailian clicked her tongue at Lina's words and removed her hand from the sword at her waist.
Lina either way grabbed my front paw and shook it with a boom boom.
"Are you okay, divine beast? How do you feel?"
"Kyaa..."
Dizzy. Don't shake.
I still looked at Kailian with a dazed expression.
Kailian let out a deep sigh and pressed her forehead.
"Haa... I'm glad there's no problem for now... Saintess, if you give the divine beast even a piece of meat without my permission, you'll die. Got it?"
"Huh? But the divine beast liked it too..."
"Shut up. If you make me shoot a beam one more time, then you'll take the beam instead."
Kailian lifted me up in a flash.
"Let's go, Blanc. Let's drink water. Your mouth is stuffy."
She held me gently in her arms and returned to the terrace.
From Kailian's shoulder, I looked at the flower field I created and the pierced sky.
It looks kind of cool.