It wasn't until the dawn of the next morning that Shurry woke up, wrapped up in Idunn's arms, he stirred, stretching a little bit and then noticed a familiar scent. He poked his head up to see that Legi had fallen asleep snuggled up on Idunn's other side.
Huh? Why is she here? He thought, yawning as got up, he was about to slide out of bed, but Idunn's sudden change in grip was obvious.
"Good morning, my reckless son." Shurry laid back down and nuzzled back into Idunn's embrace. "What's wrong, not going to say it back?"
"It's always a good morning when I wake up like this." Shurry said, his tail still showing his emotions, and he gave Idunn a kiss on the cheek before blushing. Then he tiled his head as his ears perked up. "Oh, why's Miss Legi sleeping with us?"
"Oh, she wanted to be here for the moment when you woke up. She wanted to thank you for being her knight in shining armor yesterday. But, we fell asleep waiting for you to wake up-" Shurry's stomach rumbled, and he blushed. "Pfft, don't worry, we're going all out for breakfast today."
Legi began to stir awake, after the shaking from Idunn's giggles. "Hmm? Where am I?" She questioned, gently rubbing her eyes. And then it all started coming back to her. "Oh? I was waiting for my crush to wake up, when I-"
"Huh? Good morning, Legi! So how was it, sleeping in mommy's embrace is the bestest!"
Legi blushed so hard she almost created a new race of elves on the spot, that was before she calmed down, and jumped up, and tackle-hugged Shurry. "Thank you for rescuing me yesterday. I was- was so scared!" She cried.
The two childhood friends stayed cuddled together like that for a while. Idunn rested on her side, supporting her head as she smiled, gently rubbing each of the children's heads with a motherly touch. "You two are so cute." She giggled, enjoying every moment here.
Baldr entered the room right as Idunn giggled her sweet words. "They really are adorable together, all of you are. Which is why, today we're going to spend the day together. Afterwards I'll level you up, my son." His eyes darted over to see just how strongly she was holding onto Shurry. "I'll give you a status update as well. Now then, what do you say we all go get some breakfast?"
"Is there meat?!" Shurry's response was immediate, though for some reason he couldn't break free from the rather powerful grip Legi had him in.
"Not yet, I want to cuddle more." Legi cried, refusing to let go.
"Huh? Alright, a little longer."
Idunn giggled, shifting her body, then stood up and prepared the bath. "Before we leave for the dining hall, we should probably get all cleaned up first, especially the two of you, smelling like sea water can't be all that fun for very long."
"Oh, that's why I'm still a little sticky, and a bit itchy."
"Of course, I had thought of giving you a bath, but I decided that I'd rather let you sleep."
"It's not bath time yet, cuddle time isn't over."
"Not to worry, I'm just preparing it for now, the two of you can come in when you're ready."
"Wha- Huh?" Legi's blush grew noticeable once more.
"You're both very young, so there's no issue. Besides, I'll be there, and this will save time. Then there's the fact he's already set for the bath."
"Huh? Wha- wha- wha!"
"Well of course, transforming like that destroys basically any fabric."
Legi let go of Shurry, and then ran off the bed. She was old enough to know there was a difference between boys and girls, but not old enough that there was really any issue for what came next. And a short time later the three of them came out of the bath, sparkly clean, and dressed for the day.
"WOO HOO! Breakfast time!!!!! YAY!" Shurry cheered, channeling all of his energy in his tail as he walked, barely containing his desire to just run and grab all the food he could ever want. His mouth was practically salivating.
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Sitting down with enough food to feed a standard company of men for three days was quickly being demolished before everyone's very eyes. The towering mountain of meat was rapidly disappearing, some staff worried that it might run out… And so just as the last bite of food went down into Shurry's belly, another handful of servings was placed in front of him. His eyes lit up.
"MEAT! Th- ank- yo- so- mun- ch!" His tail flailed about with excitement as he shoved another big bite in his mouth and started chomping away. "SO GOOD!!!!!! I LOVE MEAT!" Then he stopped mid-motion. "Oh, what happened to the Leviathingywhatever? Did we manage to kill it?"
"No, it's a rather resilient monster. And without enough high leveled adventurers and for that matter, much stronger ones, like Leon, it's impossible to kill that thing. Though it's bound to steer clear of land for quite a while now. With you, and Leon having cut its head off, even with its crazy regeneration capacity, it's not going to be easy to recover from such a wound."
"Wow, it can survive getting its head cut off!? That's crazy! Now I want to slay it even more. Though… I'm not strong enough yet. I need to get stronger, strong enough that nothing can beat me!"
"Haha, well, let's spend the day together as a family."
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Soon the day came to an end. Good, I've confirmed that Legi wants to stay by his side regardless of the times. I should let her follow him and train in Orario… "Alright Legi, you first… Wow, you're definitely an interesting girl." He chuckled, writing down what amounted to some of the craziest stat increases he's ever seen a normal person ever go through. "And now you Shurry."
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Shurry
Baldr Familia
Level : 2 -> 3
STR : (A -> SS -> I) : (874 -> 1089 -> 0)
END : (S -> SS -> I) : (942 -> 1017 -> 0)
DEX : (S -> S -> I) : (901 -> 999 -> 0)
AGI : (S -> SS -> I) : (999 -> 1099 -> 0)
MAG: (S -> SS -> I) : (905 -> 1099 -> 0)
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Development Abilities :
Agile Body : F -> D : 309 -> 507
Pursuit : I : 0
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"I'm really growing so much stronger!"
"That's right. I included the amount you earned before your level up. It seems that something to do with your unique situation allows you to shatter the limit. Though I think that might just be due to the over load granted due to how crazy what you did actually was. Truly impressive." Baldr smiled, rubbing Shurry's head.