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 several 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.
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After imagining all that, I suddenly miss taking it easy at our own hot springs back in Kuuderun Great Forest.
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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 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 fulfillment 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 is 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.
