Chapter 392: A Picnic of great memories... Part-2.
Chapter 392: A Picnic of great memories... Part-2.
Dragon Valley, Western Area.
Near the ocean.
The floating carpet landed on a giant hill located near the beach.
The group got down and glanced at the amazing scenery with a look of excitement on their faces.
Link glanced at the ocean with a smile and immediately ran off to swim.
"hoho! It's the ocean! Here I come!!"
Selain wanted to stop him because she wanted everyone to help in laying out the camp, but Liam also ran after Link, and seeing that the two of them went over, Rio didn't stay either.
All the three guys went over to mess around in the sea.
As if noticing the helpless look on Selain's face, Lia patted her shoulder and said,
"Forget about the boys; we can do it on our own..."
Selain sighed. She brought out a chair from her space ring, placed it near the sole tree located on the top of the giant hill, and asked Riya to sit there quietly.
Riya was confused that she didn't get to help out, but she didn't think too much about it.
In the past few days, Selain has figured out that it's really a bad idea to ask Riya to do this work; she even made a complete mess of the room she was given in the palace.
Which caused a lot of headaches for Selain as she had to order the maids again and again to organize the room.
Thus, she knew that Riya is a very clumsy type of person; it's better not to ask her to do any difficult work; otherwise, it would be just you hitting your own foot with a hammer, and the result would be complete chaos.
In the end, Selain and Lia were the ones who laid the carpet and placed the chairs, then organized the food in place for everyone.
Lia herself is a disciple of a national-level chef, and Selain, on the other hand, has taken nearly all types of education classes as she is the sole heir of the dragon throne.
She has learned music, singing, cooking, negotiation skills, politics, etc., literally everything that Link has learned.
As the next person in line for the Dragon Throne, she's well versed in literally everything. But of course, she can't compete with naturally talented people like Link, who has mastered every skill he was taught, and Lia, who has had talent for cooking from the start.
Nevertheless, she possesses sufficient knowledge to qualify as a veteran in most areas.
Looking at it from this perspective, the only people who have very low real-life skills are only Rio and Riya.
Both are extremely good at their own specialties, but both are not good at other things.
...
Near the beach.
Rio and others always have a change of clothes in their space, and even if they get wet, they can just use the legendary skills to dry their clothes in an instant, so there was no need to worry about not having swimsuits.
"D*mn! You are really proficient in walking on water..."
Link stared at Rio with an envious look as he noticed that Rio can walk on water with extreme precision.
Link and Liam have both learned how to use the legendary skills to buff their own bodies from Rio, but they are far behind him in terms of proficiency.
When they walk on water, it makes big ripples, and it's difficult to control the skill at such minute levels, so they waste a ton of mana.
But Rio barely wastes any mana when using 'Sword Intent'; his control over it is so high that even when he walks on water, no ripples are made on it in the slightest.
Although this looks simple, it's extremely difficult.
Competing with Rio in terms of legendary skill mastery is like competing with a world-class artist while being a complete novice yourself.
Standing on the calm ocean and looking at the birds flying in the peaceful blue sky, Rio's face remained expressionless as ever.
'This beach, this moment of joy... this kind of makes me remember that day when we went on the beach with Zach senpai... sigh...'
Rio didn't say it out loud because he didn't want to make others remember the sad past and ruin the fun; he just kept it in his mind.
Those memories are very precious and dear to him, so he will keep them in his mind forever.
'I wonder what Riko Senpai is doing nowadays; it's been a while since she left... I wonder if we will even be able to see her again someday...'
Rio glanced at Link and Liam, who were comparing their mastery of legendary skills and playing around in the water with happy smiles on their faces.
'Sigh, if only I could be as carefree as them...'
Rio shook his head and stooped thinking about the sad things. It's better not to ruin the fun for others; he has learned how to consider others feelings and how to adapt according to the
situation.
It's not a good idea to think about these things right now.
Rio waved his feet a bit and used a minimal amount of sword intent to stir the water.
"Using the power of a legendary skill, you can control the natural elements of the world to the extreme levels... Try defending against this..."
Before Link and Liam could defend, a massive tsunami was created by Rio, and the two of them lost their balance as their mastery over their skills was not high.
The sudden disturbance in the water easily made them lose their footing.
Link and Liam both got submerged in water and then glared at Rio with resentment.
But Rio didn't care; he started to create more tsunamis on purpose to annoy them further. "Improve your mastery right here, right now, or you will never be able to reach me..."
Rio shrugged his shoulders at their death stares, refusing to stop.
The two of them were completely helpless and had to focus on improving their proficiency to
escape.
Rio wasn't letting them get off the hook so easily, though he was purposely messing with them; the moment they got close to the beach, he made the sand slippery using the sand
elements.
Thus, the two had no choice but to grit their teeth and curse at Rio!
'Hehe, bullying others is also kind of fun, actually...'
Rio glanced at Link and purposely said in a mocking tone,
"If you don't make it out of here, Riya will be stolen away by those candies, you know! Are you
sure you should be wasting your time here?"
"Your girlfriend's being taken away over there!"
Link clenched his fist and punched the tsunami that was coming his way, but Rio easily saw through it. The water waves avoided his punch and struck his face, causing him to lose his
balance again.
"D*mn you-"
...
Meanwhile, on the hill.
Lying on the chair beside Lia, Selain looked down with a look of concern.
"Er... Why does it seem like Rio is drowning them?... uh, should we be worried about it?"
Lia took a glance and then closed her eyes to bask in the sun again.
"Nah, forget it; they are just messing around with each other; ignore them..."
Selain took another glance at Link and Liam, who looked quite miserable at the moment, and
thought,
'Why does it seem like Rio is doing that on purpose?...'
Selain shook her head and stopped thinking too much about it.
Riya herself has already fallen asleep under the warm sunlight; if even she's not worried, then
there's no need for her to worry either.
Even Kai appeared and laid down on the ground beside Lia's chair to bask in the sun.
The sound of the serene waves crashing against the shore and the cool wind caressing your
face while you bask in the sun, perfect!
Everything was perfect! This is one of the best places to enjoy a vacation and free yourself of
all the burden!
"Dragon Valley really is amazing; we visited the Elven Empire before, and that place was also good, but the Dragon Valley has its own unique charm to it..."
Hearing Lia's words, Selain nodded her head and smiled,
"Well, I'm happy to hear that you like it; it feels good when someone praises your
hometown..."
Lia glanced at the blue sky and spoke,
"Selain... Maybe you should come to visit the human empire too someday; just contact me
anytime; I will definitely bring you to see the best tourist spots..."
"Although the human empire doesn't have such vast open and free of population types of
places, there are definitely many good scenic spots there..."
Selain was surprised a bit and asked back,
"Heh? Are you perhaps implying that I am free to visit Rio whenever I want?"
Hearing those words, Lia shook her head.
"No! He's mine!"
Selain giggled at those words,
"Haha, that was quite the fierce reaction; I like it..."
"Well, when I become an S-ranker, I will like to visit the human empire someday, but I guess
by that time you two would have already married, I think..."
Lia blushed a bit at those words.
"W-who will marry that stinky guy! Hmph!"
Selain laughed at those words and spoke,
"Well, I will tell your children that I am their best aunt! I will spoil them rotten! Hehe!"Nôv(el)B\\jnn
Selain is already planning on becoming that 'Cool' aunt.
Lia sighed at those words and spoke in an awkward tone,
"You have quite the wild dreams..."
Selain shrugged her shoulder and replied with a smile,
"Well, I am not really that interested in ruling the nation all the time like my father; I wanna
enjoy my life like a normal person from time to time..."
"After all, there's only one life; it would be such a waste to not enjoy it..."
Lia also nodded her head at those words.
"Yeah..."
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Author's Notes.
Yo! It's your beloved author here!
Question of the day!
Don't you think Selain is quite a relatable character? (Tell me your thoughts in the comments) By the way, don't forget to use those power stones!!