Chapter 204
Once the children went to sleep, the conversation became more serious .
We talked about vampire activity and what could be done .
At the same time, I got permission from the female chiefs to reinforce their fortresses as well .
If that was all done, then the defenses of all of the beastkin tribes would be raised considerably .
After that, we continued to drink late into the night .
“…Cluck-cluck . ”
Lord Gerberga looked tired . He was wobbling around .
“Lord Gerberga . Are you tired?”
“Cluck!”
Lord Gerberga jumped onto my shoulder and flapped his wings .
He was trying to pretend like he wasn’t tired . However, he was clearly sleepy .
Lord Gerberga was no chicken, but he was similar enough .
And so he got up early in the morning .
“Gggooff…”
Grulf was already sleeping with his chin on my knee .
“Grulf is tired . He’s already asleep . ”
I said goodnight to the other chiefs and tried to head for the room that was provided for us .
“Grulf . Let’s go . ”
“Grr?”
He opened his eyes after I shook him, but then he quickly closed them again .
Grulf was big . I would not be able to carry him back to the room .
“Come on, Grulf . I’m going to leave you here . ”
“…Grrr…”
He got up sleepily . Then he followed me on unstable feet .
He was still young and very tired .
“Here Grulf . We reached the room . ”
“…Grrr . ”
Grulf got onto the bed . I turned the lights off and got into the bed as well .
Lord Gerberga usually slept with Luchila, but stayed with me tonight .
“Lord Gerberga . Where do you want to sleep?”
He could choose the pillow, the foot of the bed, right side or left side, under the blanket or on top of it .
I thought I would ask if he had any preferences .
“Cluck-cluck . ”
Lord Gerberga sat next to my pillow . Then his neck seemed to shrink down as his eyes closed .
Chickens liked to sleep in elevated places, but I guess Lord Gerberga was different .
Probably because he was the God Fowl .
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“Groof . ”
As I lay down, Grulf put his jaw on my stomach .
I patted him on the head . He was already asleep .
Lord Gerberga was also close to me as he slept on the pillow .
I petted them both as I slowly drifted off to sleep .
The next morning . The children of the beastkin came to me after breakfast .
“Mister Locke . We have a request…”
“What is it?”
“Please train with us . ”
They were about between Shia and Nia in age .
As they were beastkin, they were already working as Adventurers .
Danton overheard this and said,
“Stop bothering our guest . Have some decency . ”
“Oh . …We’re very sorry . ”
They said dejectedly .
“No, it’s really fine . It will take some time before the mansion is ready for me to start casting magic . So I have some time . ”
“You must wait for me to go to the water dragon settlement first . ”
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Kathe said . She was still eating her breakfast .
As Kathe ate a lot, it took her a long time to finish .
We were going to ask the water dragons to help in casting the defense magic on the mansion .
Kathe was going to make an appointment and ask which day would be good for them .
And so I had some time to kill .
“Are you sure?”
“Yeah, I don’t mind . I was going to practice with Nia anyway . If anyone wants to join us, they can come . ”
“Thank you!”
The children looked very happy .
When they had run away, Danton turned to me again .
“Locke, you really don’t mind?”
“It’s nothing, really . ”
After that, Kathe headed for the water dragon settlement .
And the rest of us went out of the mansion .
Serulis, Shia, Nia, the children, and Luchila . Lord Gerberga and Grulf were also with us .
A few chiefs also came . They said they wanted to watch, and I could not refuse them .
And so I turned to the beastkin children and said,
“Alright, I want to see how advanced you are . Come at me with all that you got . ”
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“Yes!”
I fought each child one by one while Lord Gerberga was still perched on my shoulder .
The children came at me without holding back at all .
I could see that they had a lot of experience as Adventurers .
They knew that there was no point in holding back against someone like me .
When they were done, I also fought against Nia, Shia, and Serulis as well .
And then the children returned for another round .
When that was done, I turned to Luchila .
“Luchila . I have a request to make . ”
“Yes . Anything . ”
She had been watching us practice with a serious expression .
“I want you to cast an illusion . ”
“Alright . What kind of illusion?”
“Let me see… Make a lesser vampire . ”
“Understood!”
Luchila had no experience fighting vampire lords .
However, she had fought lesser and arch vampires several times .
And so I could expect a very accurate illusion .