Last night, various things happened and I indulged one of my three primary desires to my heart's content.
If not for the help of my comrades and my [Self Replication] ability, the successive tough battles with field bosses followed by the death match with the [Mother Flame [Dragon Empress]] could have easily gotten me killed. In the process I accumulated a huge amount of stress, but after that relaxing night I feel a lot better.
That said, we are in the center of a volcanic caldera so wishing for a pleasant and refreshing morning was hopeless.
The area was quite humid, so after last nights exertions we awoke sticky with sweat -- not a pleasant way to start the morning.
I idly thought that it would be so much better if we were surrounded by hot springs instead of lava.
If this place were a hot spring, I would first wash myself clean, then slowly soak in its relaxing waters.
After submerging as far as my waist, I would bask in the sensation of my fatigue dissolving away as the water gently warmed and relaxed me.
Then I would slowly submerge myself up to the shoulders and enjoy a good soak while drinking something alcoholic.
I wondered at that moment, "What would be the perfect drink for this situation?"
That pride of the Kuuderun Great Forest, well aged elven wine, perhaps?
Alternatively, alcohol dropped from special dungeon monsters might also be a good choice, as I have plenty of varieties on hand.
Or even, the [Named Sake [Endless Drops of Evening Cherry Blossoms]] or [Named Demon Sake [Inexhaustible Demonic Drunken Rampage]] that I received by completing the Psalms might possibly be appropriate.
After imagining all that, I suddenly miss taking it easy at our own hot springs back in Kuuderun Great Forest.
After a tiring day, fatigue can easily be removed in beautiful hot springs while drinking sake.
Remembering that, I could not hold back the nostalgia. Probably something akin to homesickness.
Well, nothing can be done about it. I have the feeling that I was somewhat overworked, and will need to take a longer vacation. I need to put my worries to rest, and the Kuuderun Great Forest is the best place for a vacation.
Though, in the vicinity of the great forest, there is still much work to do.
Ah, it will be necessary to bring my kids.
Well, I leave the fulfilment of that desire to the near future.
Waking up in the morning, I immediately started to determine the possibilities of my body.
After the [Rank-up] yesterday I found out almost everything, and as a result the time spent with Kanami was more of an application process.
Although the body has been altered, it is still my own, and not someone or something foreign. Once I start to move it will be easy to get used to. So I can still live a normal life.
But I will not say that I've mastered it perfectly, and there's little hope of that since it's not a perfectly stable body.
So to deal with this, I was doing a few simple physical exercises.
By doing so, as expected, controlling the movement of my new set of arms was hard.
Not that there were any wrong feelings. I could manage them just as easily as breathing.
But in comparison to a battle with two hands, having four hands changed even the simplest motion, such as a punch. Not only does the application of force differ, but the ways of distributing the upper body weight, how to use the muscles, the reach of each arm, and even the location of the nerves and blood flow, everything has undergone enormous change.
Because of all this I was a bit confused. Although I've used a similarly structured power suit before, my sense of operating this odd body design was quite dishevelled. Therefore, it is necessary that I get used to it in a short period of time.
If I did not capitalize on this experience, I would surely struggle later. Of course, even my combat skills and techniques using the new body need to be ; there is still a lot to improve. But right now my goal is to learn to control this body, respectively my own desires. The rest I can work out later by sparring with Minokichi.
Thirty minutes after starting, thanks to my efforts, I have learned how to move so my body's actions no longer cause storm winds. So, even if I move fast during battles, I won't cause undue damage to the environment.
If there are no surprises among the hapless viewers they will not become victims.
If something were to happen, then nothing can be done about it, but there's no need to cause unnecessary problems. Anon: This was a difficult line, check trans?
While I was testing the movement of this new body, Kanami woke up.