I wake up feeling drowsy and tired...I look at my bed and see how sloppy the organization of my bedding is. Sort of like a teenager who neatly makes their bed only for them to ruin it in 12 hours.
*sighs* "Another damn...We need a maid. Wait no I am just lazy. I need to do better for myself.
I get up and start putting on my clothes. I have gotten better at [putting my shirts on so I don't need Lara to help me anymore. I put on a white shirt and brown pants and walk out of my room.
I hear Yua talking to someone outside of the house however and return back to my room. The room is right above the entrance on the right side of the house so I get a view of the front and see who is at the door.
As I move to the window I see a woman with a maid outfit outside the door speaking to Yua and laughing. Excuse me a maid? Did I just predict the future? Maybe I did!
But whether or not I did actually predict the future is irrelevant and I continue listening in on them. The woman is wearing a standard-looking maid outfit with brown hair and long ears. Maybe she is an elf. Speaking of elves I need to visit Ariel. Been a long time since then. I am sure she will be surprised!
I start packing up some things and prepare to ask Yua or Mr. Uchida to head to Arcadia to visit Ariel. But since I am unsure where we are I would need some well, assistance. Since I was asleep when they brought me all those years ago.
I run downstairs searching for Mr. Uchida but can't find him. I start running around the house like an also kid in a marketplace and then begin crying.
Which I won't of course I am just curious where he would be. We live in the middle of nowhere essentially so maybe outside.
As I open the backdoor to the household I look around and see Mr. Uchida sitting in a char with just white shorts on and sunglasses while he sits in the sun. The sun isn't even that out yet. Stil like morning. That's like getting outside the moment the sun comes out and starts tanning.
"Hey, why are you tanning outside...in the morning?" I ask with a questionable look on my face. I am really baffled by this choice.
He turns his head slowly like a robot would in those old Terminator movies with that guy who forgot his name. Or even how to say his name. Ar-Arnuldo or something. Whatever, that man was awesome in those movies.
"I am strengthening my cold tolerance in the morning. Think of it as a morning workout routine but with the cold. Sort of like those ice baths. I will get to that kind of cold tolerance but first must prepare." he says while smiling and turning back facing the sun which is just barely even out yet.
Speaking of which it is pretty chilly and I am starting to get really cold. I don't know how I could build up a cold tolerance since I am essentially a lizard who hates the cold.
"Yeah I doubt I would be able to handle the cold for long. But maybe I could build up a cold tolerance to be strong, right?"
Mr. Uchida looks at me through his sunglasses and smiles back at me. Giving almost a smug look behind it.
"Well, maybe. Getting stronger comes in different forms from physical to mental or even both. For me I can't do it mentally in that way so I mentally strengthen myself to be stronger physically. Yua on the other hand has it all. Ha, what a woman!"
"Yeah she is something sir, I can see why you married someone like that. She is strong, kind, thoughtful, intelligent. Just so many things and beautiful"
I turn back to Uchida and he is looking at me with no emotion. Which then after a few seconds turns into a smile.
"Ha, hitting on my wife now? What a man you became sir...What a man. But let us get something straight try anything I snap you hahaha!"
He turns away laughing his ass off at what he said but likely he does mean it. I would never touch Yua, she is a woman I respect. I have no doubt she was the one who chose to keep me in the house then and now for 5 years when in a coma. Not to say Mr. Uchida and Lara would just leave me for dead.
Either way, I would leave Yua alone. But Lara. She is someone I respect and maybe even love. I do feel something when with her. Maybe it is just my hormones. I am still young regardless that I am 16. Which is still a time of hormones.
But do I even have hormones as a Lizardman? Hmm. I am going to bet yes since yesterday I got a bit turned on by Lara. Which is a bad comparison but hey I never went to school in this world I have no idea if it is a thing. I'm sure there is.
"Well Mr. Uchida I would never do something like that I have more respect for you myself, and her"
"Well, then, what about my daughter huh? Do you have respect enough for her?"
"What of course I do. She is my closest friend and I greatly respect her as well. She is like...like. The closest I have been to someone ever." I can't say since my previous life since that would be a confusing topic to mention to him of all people.
"Well anyways. I had a question. Could we take a trip to Arcadia and meet up with Ariel? I would love to see her again after years. Plus I heard that she stopped coming over to check up on me because it hurt her to see me in that...state."
He turns his head over to me with a look of confusion. "Huh? Arcadia? She isn't there anymore. She left Arcadia and moved with us to the town of Burmington. She is less than a few miles in town.
What!? So she was in town not that long ago and we didn't get to visit her? Damn. Well, at least we know now. Plus she is close by which means I can leave my stuff in my room. I don't even know how far this town is from Arcadia.
I decide to take a load off next to Uchida and maybe build up my cold tolerance with him. Could be beneficial to being stronger. I remember studies related to the cold had some health benefits. Maybe it is the same way in this world.
"Hey, can I join you, sir?" I ask him look through his glasses.
"Hmmm, why not. Sort of like father and adopted son bonding hahaha! But I have no extra chair so get your own or sit on the grass."
"I am fine with the grass. Might help me."
I take off my shirt and roll my pants up exposing my thighs barely and a majority of both my legs. My body is already feeling cold this morning walking out with a shirt on now exposing my chest is even worse. But no pain without gain or whatever the saying is. Been too long.
I lay back onto the grass and feel the frosty surface on the grass immediately and start getting chills. It feels so weird! I start breathing out of sync and my feathers start raising. They act just like the hairs on my body sticking up from goosebumps. My tail starts squirming and flailing around but starts to stiffen and calm down.
I got this just maybe an hour. Then I can visit Ariel today.
After about an hour of well. Cold tanning. I get myself off the ground and notice the frost outline of my warm body where I lay for an hour.
"I am heading back inside and gonna head off to visit Ariel"
"Alright have fun! Tell me her expression when she first sees you for the first time in years! Gonna be gold!"
I walk back inside with my shirt still off and pants rolled up only to walk upon Yua speaking with that maid from earlier this morning with. I freeze suddenly from the unexpected guest looking at me while sipping her what I assume to be tea...
Yua takes notice and only stares at me for a few seconds and then smiles warmly. She always knows how to bring me back to my senses.
"uhm, hello who are you?" ask I ask I proceed to put back my shirt on carefully not to poke a hole through it. Maybe I should trim my horns. Is that a thing or? Do they grow forever?
"Hello Coda, my name is Arla Serene. But you may call me Arla. I will be you maid assistant for a while!"
My what?! Why do I need a maid assistant? Seems out of the blue and without my say in it. I might've needed a maid a few days ago but not now. I have recovered fine since then able to walk, talk, and exercise without issues. Mostly.