Chapter 1075 Zack's Dilemma
1075 Zack's Dilemma
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The lizard meat was lean and unexpectedly soft once cooked,
having a nice flavor that was like a combination between
chicken and beef. Once seasoned, it made for a nice and tasty
meal full of rich Mana and even some "Ki" or life force as they
call it, which enriched our cultivation as we ate it. All thanks
to mom's Cooking Magic that could boost our cultivation as
we ate strong monsters' meat.
The mole's meat was like a very fatty beef, it was incredibly
soft once cooked on the stew, we made mostly meatballs out
of these, but just big chunks of it were also nice enough. It had
some slight earthy flavor to it, but it was good, nonetheless.
I decided to combine both meats and make burgers out of
them, which were amazing, combining their flavors, fattiness,
and softness together. And when we finally finished pigging
out, we kept on moving.
Hacking through the grass while cultivating can get really
boring even with all the focus and intensity we have to put
into this training method, so eventually we just started
chatting about anything.
"So Zack, have you made a new song yet?" I teased him.
"Ugh, I'm thinking about it… Hahh…" He continued hacking
through the grass. "I can't really think about anything yet. It's
so confusing and cringy. I've never sang before!"
"Didn't people in the Amazon Tribe ever sang?" Asked Celeste.
"How come you don't know any song?"
"We do sing a lot." Aquarina nodded. "But our songs are
intense, and we sing them with ancient language we don't
understand well nowadays. We use a lot of music too, the
sound of instruments such as flutes and drums! And we dance
too! But Zack's never been a guy into those things. He just
always watched in the sidelines. Kind of boring guy."
"Hey! I am not a dancer or a singer myself. I just like hunting
critters and exploring." Zack sighed, suddenly noticing a huge
dragonfly of over three meters approaching from above.
<nulli>BBZZZTT!
"Ah, screw off!"
He swung both of his axes against it, thunder and winds
surging and quickly cutting the large insect into pieces,
followed by a small explosion.
<nulli>BOOOM!
After the creature died, we ignored its corpse and continued
moving, a Tier 3 monster like that wasn't really worth much,
not even enough EXP either.
"Phew, this is getting a bit tiring… W-Why am I doing this too?
I'm a magician…" Celica was sighing, as she was holding two
scythes made of her phantasmal magic aura and cutting grass
with us.
"Your Strength Stat's pretty high, Celica, you should be
exercising more so your body grows accustomed to it." I told
her. "It's never good to use specialize on a single thing! Even
my mom's pretty strong physically."
"Y-Yeah, Celica!" Zephy said. "But I can ease the burden for
you, leave it to me! Hya! Hya! HYA!" My little brother was
doing his best to surprise Celica, using his dual sword
technique to cut through the giant grass.
<nulli>SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!
"Wow, Zephy, you're the best!" Celica clapped from behind,
feeling relieved.
As we admired the scene, I suddenly got an idea… but would
Zack go along with it though? That's the real question right
now.
"Hey Zack, how about you just sing for the girl you like?" I
gave him a teasing smile. "Isn't Mist someone that stir your
feelings? I heard from uncle that's that what you need to do
when making a song. If you make a lame one it won't really get
to his heart."
"T-That's… Are you serious?!" Zack suddenly blushed, he got
so red I thought he was about to burst. He quickly glanced at
Mist in the distance, she was currently just chatting with Lara,
so she didn't get to hear that.
"Yeah, that's a good idea!" Aquarina nodded. "I would easily
make a song for Sylphy if I were to get into it."
"Oh really?" I wondered with puppy eyes. "Make me one!"
"W-What? No way, that's too embarrassing!" She said, seconds
after having said she could easily do it. "Hahah…"
"I guess you're not as good of a singer, huh?" Zack sighed.
"Now imagine me, even worse! I love Mist but… Can I even
make a song about her? What would it even be about?"
"About how much you like her and love her?" I asked him.
"Perhaps what you find cute about her! What things about her
you like. Maybe point some of the things that also you don't
like, but coat them in sugar by saying you can bear with them
because you love her."
"Wait, that's a good idea…" Zack was so clueless even my little
suggestion was a really good idea inside of his head. "Maybe…
Ugh, but it's so embarrassing! W-Well, as long as I only have to
show it to him and not everyone else- I-I can think of some
lyrics. But how do I begin?"
"Hmm, to make it less cringy, maybe make it like… About
telling a story?" Aquarina asked.
"Yeah like some fairy tale." Celeste laughed. "Like… Err, like
you start it by "I was just a poor little guy that nobody ever
loved, until Mist appeared in my life and she pitied me and
finally loved my sorry ass" and stuff like that."
"I'm not listening to your suggestions…" Zack groaned at
Celeste, ignoring her.
"Hahaha, I mean, she's not wrong, you should start it like a
tale." I nodded. "Maybe something like a metaphor of your life,
of the journey you've had until you meet her, no?"
"Hmm…" Zack sighed. "All of this about opening myself and
shit is so annoying… But okay, I need to grow stronger, if
that's what it will take for Arafunn to take me as his disciple,
then there's no other way around it."
"Good, that's the spirit!" Aquarina laughed, patting his
shoulders very strongly. "Looking forward to your corny song!
Hahaha!"
"Shut up!" Zack sighed, crossing his arms and gnashing his
teeth, he was really having a hard time.
"Oh? T-There's something over there…" Suddenly, Pyuku
interrumpted our banter, as he pointed at the distance.
We could barely discern it, but there was some sort of ruins
over there.
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