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Chapter 87
Rabbit Angel Doll!
Tocheon for short!
Having safely completed her Limit Breakthrough and Evolution, pure white wings had sprouted on our Tosuni.
In addition, a snow-white Angel Ring floated right above her head.
Truly, anyone could tell she was the perfect Rabbit Angel Doll.
"Vooong!"
Tosuni spun around 360 degrees on the spot, showing off her new look.
She was absolutely adorable.
"Our baby Tosuni! You've gotten even cuter!"
"...!"
"Kuohhh! Wings sprouted on Tosuni!"
"Mama can fly now too!!!"
"Whoa! I'm so jealous!!!"
Surrounded by everyone, Tosuni received their cheers.
She gently closed her eyes and tilted her head up slightly, putting on an arrogant expression.
She shrugged with her arms crossed, then soon opened one eye and looked at me.
Was she curious about my reaction?
Clap, clap, clap!
When I clapped, Tosuni's shoulders rose even higher.
At this rate, they'd reach the ceiling.
"Vooong, vooong!"
Uncrossing her arms, Tosuni came right up to me.
She turned her head slightly and thrust her face toward me.
Why? Do you want me to hit you with a Bear-Bear Punch?
Tap, tap. I lightly tapped Tosuni's face with my fist.
"Vooong? Vooooong!"
Hey, why are you getting mad?
Didn't you want me to feed you a Bear-Bear Punch?
"Vooooong!"
I had no idea what she wanted me to do.
I couldn't grasp the meaning behind her Action of sticking her face out.
I thought Tosuni would be able to use systematic language like Jjokkomi after successfully completing this Limit Breakthrough and Evolution, but communication was still difficult because she just kept going vooong, vooooong like a vibrating machine. Until now, I could roughly guess the meaning behind Tosuni's actions and usually get it right, but today, I truly didn't know what her behavior meant.
"Vooong!"
Tosuni, don't just talk, use some body language.
You know better than anyone that I can't understand what you're saying, so why are you acting like this today?
"Vooong......."
Tosuni looked frustrated, but I was extremely frustrated too.
Just when would I be able to talk, and when would I be able to understand Tosuni's words.
It seemed the day we could communicate smoothly was still far, far away.
"Bear Baby, baby Tosuni is asking you to kiss her on the cheek."
Ailee relayed Tosuni's words for me.
Miss Interpreter, you were a little late this time.
Please interpret faster from now on.
Warning number one!
...Actually, there was no such thing as a warning.
I just said it.
More importantly, she wanted a kiss?
When I looked at Tosuni again, she was touching her ears and offering her face to me.
She hadn't done that earlier, but now she had a slightly embarrassed expression on her face.
Why was she suddenly asking for a kiss?
Was she asking for a reward because she successfully completed her Limit Breakthrough?
Hmm. She had never asked for anything like this before...
Somehow, I felt like Tosuni's affection for me was growing bigger and bigger.
Well, it wasn't like I hated it.
"Vooong...!"
Don't rush me.
I'll do it right now.
"Yoooong! Papa and Mama are showing affection!"
"Kuoh?"
"Whoa! Don't do such embarrassing things!"
"...!"
"Our babies are really cute, hehe."
Tosuni slowly offered her cheek to me again.
I powerfully and quickly slammed my face into her cheek.
Smack! A beastly kiss headbutt bear!
"Vooooong?!"
Thud-!
I hit her so hard that Tosuni ended up falling over.
Tosuni looked puzzled, then looked up at me while lying flat on her face.
"Vooong."
Tosuni shaped the blood spurting from her body into a heart and held it out to me.
She must have liked my kiss headbutt.
Our Tosuni really likes it slightly rough, huh.
***
Tosuni and I held hands and left the Dungeon, just the two of us.
It was to visit the Rabbit Dungeon, Tosuni's hometown.
Naturally, the purpose of the visit was to show off her Evolution.
"Vooong~ Vooooong~"
Tosuni hummed a tune as she led the way.
She seemed excited at the thought of seeing her family.
It had been quite a while since they last met, after all.
Following behind Tosuni, I placed my hand above her head and waved it around.
Hmm.
I couldn't feel the Angel Ring floating fixed above her head.
It seemed that ring-shaped Halo had no physical substance.
And the small wings that sprouted on her back also seemed to be purely decorative.
Flap, flap.
She could flutter her wings at will, but she couldn't actually use them to fly.
Anyway.
We continued moving.
Before long, we arrived at the location of the towering White Tree.
Tosuni stood in front of the White Tree and touched the center of its trunk.
A Portal then appeared, and she immediately hopped into the Rabbit Dungeon.
I followed suit and entered the Dungeon.
After that, we each used our movement skills and quickly arrived at the Rabbit Village.
"Vooom?"
"Turtle?"
"The Princess has returned!"
Everyone's attention was focused on us.
Behold! The Princess of the Rabbit Village and the wicked Prince Teddy Bear who kidnapped her have arrived!
Ah, of course.
I didn't actually kidnap her; Tosuni came to me on her own, but I just said it because I figured that's how it might look to the other residents.
Fortunately, it seemed none of the residents were looking at us that way.
Because not only Tosuni, but I too entered to a warm and enthusiastic welcome.
Whoosh-
As we entered the village, Moonlight poured down from the moon floating in the sky.
Riding that Moonlight, the Luna Rabbits hurriedly descended as if they had been waiting.
"Vooooong! Tosuni is here!"
"The Teddy Bear came too, vooong!"
"You guys! Why has it been so long since your last visit, vooong!!"
In an instant, the rabbits of the Dungeon, including the Luna Rabbits, surrounded us.
They let out gasps of admiration as they took in our new appearances after our Evolution.
However, they seemed even more amazed by my golden skin.
I felt a bit awkward because more attention was focused on me than on Tosuni.
What if Tosuni got sulky?
"Voohoohoong."
Contrary to my worries, Tosuni had a triumphant look on her face.
Hehe, isn't my husband amazing?
It was as if she was thinking exactly that.
Soon, Tosuni and I were passed around and hugged by the rabbits.
It was because there were surprisingly many of them who really wanted to hug us.
***
We didn't stay in the Rabbit Dungeon for very long.
Since we had only visited to show off our new forms.
We enjoyed the Blood Rice Cake and various other foods prepared by the Luna Rabbits, said goodbye to the disappointed rabbits, and then returned to our Dungeon with a Turtle.
The reason the Turtle followed us was to restock the jars in our Dungeon.
Namely, the jars filled with special blood water hand-made by Tosun's Mom.
For reference, this Turtle was planning to stay over in our Dungeon today.
Because we had decided to hold a festival in our Dungeon tomorrow.
Since it would have to come again tomorrow anyway, it just decided to stay the night.
"Whoa, are you a rabbit too?"
"Turtllle, turtle."
"You're a rabbit that looks different from To-jjang. You look somewhat like a turtle, how fascinating."
But how should I prepare for the festival?
I don't really have anything I'd call a plan.
Should I just prepare a ton of food using the monster corpses piled up in the storage.
...Well, that should be enough.
My cooking is the best in the world, after all. Probably.
Anyway.
I'll start working hard on the food preparations tomorrow at dawn, but for now, I should use the Evolution skill I've been putting off.
Since my Physical Adaptability had unexpectedly reached 30.
[Golden Teddy Bear lv.28]
└Pw.112 (+17)
└Rnk.Rare (Limit Breakthrough Impossible)
[Consumption Mana: 20,150/22,990]
[Domain: Luck]
└Rank - Divine
└Assimilation Rate - 2.05%
[Skills]
[Helper lv.3], [Evolution lv.4], [Action lv.3], [Teddy Bear Camouflage lv.2], [Bloodsucking Enhancement lv.2], [Flame Manipulation lv.4], [Synthesis lv.2], [Rolling lv.3], [Gourmet lv.2], [Dragon Mimicry lv.4]
[Current Physical Adaptability is 30.]
The reason my Physical Adaptability went up was naturally because my level increased.
My level went up because I kept picking up and eating various things in the Rabbit Dungeon.
By a whopping two levels, at that.
I didn't realize it because I was eating in a trance due to the pressure of having everyone's attention on me, but it seemed there were quite a few things like Mana Stones among what I ate.
[Would you like to use the [Evolution lv.4] skill?]
It is better to save the Evolution skill, though.
Because I can use it like an emergency Recovery Skill in critical situations where I'm severely injured and incapacitated, just like when I fought the Lycanthrope.
So, if possible, I was planning to just check the Evolution list and put it on hold.
Of course, if there is an option I like, I won't hold off and will evolve right away.
Because I can't hold back if there's something I like.
Still, it doesn't matter.
Saving it isn't the only correct answer.
Rather than saving the Evolution skill to use like a Recovery Skill, perhaps just evolving in advance could be more helpful for survival.
[Using the [Evolution lv.4] skill.]
[The Special Evolution options have been unlocked.]
[When the Evolution skill level increases hereafter, no more options will be added. However, the Special Evolution options will be enhanced.]
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[Evolvable Races]
[Normal]
◎ Fly Teddy Bear - Rare
└ Level decreases by 1.
└ No additional power.
└ Appearance change - Wings
└ Acquire Flight lv.2.
└ Limit Breakthrough Impossible.
◎ Assassin Gomttugaksi - Rare
└ Level decreases by 1.
└ Acquire 4 additional power.
└ No appearance change.
└ Acquire Stealth lv.1.
└ Limit Breakthrough Impossible.
◎ Papa Dragon Teddy Bear - Rare
└ Level decreases by 1.
└ Acquire 4 additional power.
└ Appearance change - Body size increases twofold / Potbellied build
└ Acquire Dragon Mimicry lv.4 - Parenting Breath.
└ Limit Breakthrough Impossible.
[Special]
◎ Gom-gom! Talking Teddy Bear! - Rare
└ No level decrease.
└ Acquire 8 additional power.
└ No appearance change.
└ Acquire Monster Common Language lv.1.
└ Limit Breakthrough Impossible.
※The Curse of Communication Restriction placed upon you (Reincarnated person) by this world is Annihilated. Because of this, it becomes possible to acquire a Language Skill.
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