Meanwhile, Yasenia was in the kitchen with renewed confidence. Her success in formation-making told her that her days of energy troubles were gone.
Therefore, she was actually eager to try Spirit Cooking. 'I can finally make quality food for my dears~. What a happy day.'
Yasenia's tail wagged as she prepared the things she needed. To be sure, Yasenia retrieved the Spirit Cooking book from her spatial ring. The thick book, which was almost a meter in length, floated before her thanks to her energy usage.
After reaching Unification Realm, moving objects wasn't a complex action. Even when a cultivator is in the initial realms of the Mental Nourishing realm, they can move items with their energy.
However, for a cultivator to use this skill in battle, it still wasn't appropriate. Nevertheless, using the energy to fly in flying treasures was more than okay.
Flying with just the body was harder because when you levitate a body, even if it is your own, you have to overcome the natural resistances of the body. Therefore, only after reaching Transcendence and gaining absolute control of their own body could a cultivator fly freely and move around everywhere, even across empty and hostile space.
Dantian Spiritualization Realm cultivators could also move across space without having trouble. However, it wouldn't be as free as someone in Transcendence or above.
Yasenia skimmed through the book and nodded with confidence. Her overwhelmingly powerful mind had every letter and rune memorized to perfection.
Even then, Yasenia wasn't a hasty person. She muttered to herself. "Today, I'll use a low-level recipe and see if I can understand it completely. I have time, so I'll slowly experiment. I can see that cooking these recipes also gives a bit of benefit, so I won't be wasting material."
Yasenia got thoughtful. "What to cook is the question now. Hmm, it must be some meat, especially for Angel. I must replenish all the energy she consumed to have her with energy at night!"
A particular blonde cutie felt a chill up her spine and looked around, confused.
Yasenia chuckled and searched the recipes in her mind.
For a cultivator who had so much information in their minds, the feeling of remembering was like searching a small library.
It wasn't always instantaneous since they had so much information in their minds.
Therefore, the act of forgetting wasn't unusual in long-lived cultivators.
However, more than forgetting, it is more like they can't link some things to revive those memories. With the proper stimulation, they would be able to remember.
Naturally, remembering things they deal with every day would not be this strange. This peculiarity is for something they had maybe memorized once and never used.
"What meat dishes do I have in my recipe book?"
Yasenia flipped through her knowledge and recollected the effects of the foods.
"[Mountain Bull Head], nutritious for the mind and strengthens bones. Hmm, I don't have a bull at hand, so let's seek meats that I do."
"Should I cook [Grilled Duck Serpent]? I remember having meat from it after encountering it in the secret realm. A bizarre beast… However, the effects only make the hair a bit shinier, which is not worth it. Oh! Should I make [Snow Wolf With mashed fire potatoes]? Hmm…"
'Wolf meat… I haven't prepared it since we got to know Sierra. I should ask, just in case.'
Yasenia shouted from the kitchen. "Sierra! Do you mind eating wolf meat?"
Sierra was relaxedly basking in the sun when she heard Yasenia's shout. She blinked twice and looked toward the kitchen. Then, she answered. "I don't. You can prepare it if you want."
Yasenia was relieved. "That's nice. I can feel that it is getting a bit cold, and this dish can increase resistance to cold by increasing the body's ability to regulate heat. Although the effects aren't permanent, It should help keep my dears warm for a while."
Of course, only our pampering dragoness would worry that her Unification Realm lovers would get a cold.
However, since these foods didn't last forever because they were very low-level, it wasn't essential.
Furthermore, the benefits of foods at the Spirit level were too low for Yasenia to care about.
Cooking this and cooking a warm chocolate cup in winter for a mortal was not too different.
Moreover, Yasenia picked it mainly because the image of the finished product looked quite delicious.
It was a juicy brown stake with a beautifully adorned white and thick paste which Yasenia guessed were mashed potatoes.
And so, without any more delay, Yasenia took out a dead three-meter-long wolf Evelyn had given her in the past. Her ring could keep ingredients without rotting for much longer, so it looked like it was recently killed.
'Quite a strange wolf. These red markings look unnatural. Hmm, should I use this one or one of the most normal ones?
Yasenia squeezed the muscle and meat on the wolf and pondered. 'But this wolf's meat looks the juiciest and most delicious. It really makes me want to transform into my dragon form and gobble the beast.'
Yasenia licked her lips but then shook her head. 'Anyway, Spirit Cooking also helps purify ingredients, so I shouldn't bother.'
Yasenia looked at it and, to be sure, she decided to take out the recipe book and follow it while reading. Using memory to find the book was good enough. Either way, her objective was to make the dish as perfect as possible. She wasn't trying to show off her memory to anybody.
After five minutes of searching, a smile spread on her lips. "Here are all the variations. [Snow Wolf Head Meat soup], [Snow Wolf Body Salad], [Snow Wolf Ribs Barbecue]..."
Yasenia nodded and began searching around her garden to pick up the spices and all the other ingredients. One by one, they appeared in the spacious Kitchen.
After a while, Yasenia nodded, satisfied. "Let's start."
Yasenia flipped her hand, and her [Draconic Heart]'s red core appeared on her hand. Then, the blue aura spread outward, transforming into the shape of a large kitchen knife. 'Let's cook with it.'
When Yasenia was about to cut into the giant wolf, she felt [Draconic Heart] vibrating. 'Huh? What's wrong?'
Yasenia focused on it, and she felt some kind of resistance coming from it. Yasenia blinked twice. "Hoh? Have you developed a bit of sentience?"
Yasenia didn't receive an answer. However, when she tried to begin cooking again, the vibrations appeared again. Yasenia sighed. 'Soul weapons… Mom spoke about them in the past. They are sentient weapons developed after years of use. This weapon is a bit mysterious, but knowing that it came from one of Mom's adventures, it is clear that it can't be normal. However, I'm completely linked to it now, and I haven't felt anything in the past.'
Yasenia mused over it and nodded. 'Did my tribulation make it gain a nascent soul? I remember blocking that powerful lightning with it, so every fiber in it must have been stimulated. That lightning was something that could damage even Transcendence Cultivators. That's why it annihilated my previous body.'
Yasenia nodded and caressed [Draconic Heart]. Then, she tried to communicate using the faint link she just perceived coming from it.
'Sword, are you that against me using you for cooking?'
This time, Yasenia felt a slight vibration as if agreeing.
Yasenia frowned.
Then, she snorted and said to it. "I understand that you are developing a soul. But don't forget that you are part of me. I like cooking, and if I can use you instead of worse-quality kitchen tools, why wouldn't I?"
The [Draconic Heart] whined a bit more.
Yasenia's brows relaxed, and she sighed. She caressed the blade softly and coaxed it. "We are creating delicious food for my dears. Cutting ingredients with you, who is a part of me, will add my flavor to the dish. It will make me very happy since I feel that I'm using my all to feed them."
[Draconic Heart] stopped vibrating. Yasenia smiled and approached the blue kitchen knife to her lips, kissing it. "Thank you, my companion. Hmm, should I name you?"
(The author sweated. There isn't anybody to prevent this naming disaster now!)
Yasenia smiled and spoke. "You'll be called Draheart."
(The author spat a mouthful of blood. 'So literal!')
(A particular Death Empress snorted. 'It is a lovely name. Just let my little treasure cook.')
(Author: …Yes, ma'am.)
Meanwhile, Yasenia felt a vibration, but this time, she could clearly feel the joy coming from [Draconic Heart], or, well, Draheart.
"I'm glad you like it~. Let's cook the best food for my dears!" Yasenia laughed and cheered.
After hearing Yasenia's laugh and motivated shout, Kaleina woke up from her nap and slithered out of Yasenia's cleavage.
Seeing the groggy little eastern dragon pushing her breasts apart and clawing her way out of her ample bosom, Yasenia's gaze became tender.
Yasenia lifted her, kissing her little head all over. Kaleina smiled sweetly and became limp as her mom kissed her. 'Mommy's kisses feel so nice~.'
With the sword's presence and Kaleina's happy squeaks, Yasenia felt extra motivated.
However, before she could start, Kaleina squeaked again, this time with a higher pitch tone.
Yasenia blinked twice, and all the motivation she gathered deflated. "Sigh, couldn't you be hungry a little later, my dear daughter?"
Yasenia looked at the small violet creature with a helpless but pampering gaze. Kaleina squeaked again and used her little claws to separate the light and thin black cloth from Yasenia's breasts, trying to reach the nipple with quite an eagerness.
Well, who can blame her when her milk is so tasty?
Yasenia looked at the hour and thought to herself. 'Well, I still have three hours to cook everything. I can use some time to pamper my little dear, right?'
Yasenia thought to herself and suddenly realized that she hadn't spent time alone together with Kaleina for a while already.
Usually, there were other people with her, so her attention was divided. She had never honestly spent time alone with her.
Yasenia looked at the wagging tail of this little daughter that suddenly popped from the egg, and her expression softened.
She looked outside and used her spiritual sense to communicate.
'Today's dinner may be a bit late. I want to spend some time with Kaleina by myself.'
The others heard and didn't have any trouble.
Yasenia first checked if any of the ingredients would go bad, and after confirming that there were no problems, she walked outside.
Yasenia saw the sun slowly lowering in the sky and smiled. 'Today's sunshine feels quite nice.'
Yasenia took out a rocking chair and sat on it. It had a place to slide her tail and not bother her. Not only that, the tail was quite a perfect tool to rock her body on the chair.
Yasenia opened her lace robe naturally, allowing the small dragon to latch to her nipple.
Yasenia saw the small arms of the dragon hugging her breasts as Kaleina's mouth bit her nipple.
The afternoon light fell on them, giving a golden glow to their bodies. Yasenia used her arm to support the serpentine body.
The smile on her face was peaceful and content. Then, she began humming a song from the Moon Empire. It was soft, slow-rhythmed, and relaxing.
Kaleina was secured and allowed her body to relax as she drank her meal. Her mother's humming vibrated in her ears, further increasing the pleasant feeling across her body.
Not to mention, Yasenia's fingers tenderly caressed her body, making her even more relaxed.
Finally, the chair's gentle rocking made everything link together in a single and peaceful moment.
Kaleina was still a very young dragon. However, she had more awareness than a human baby at one or two years of age.
Naturally, the comfort Yasenia provided was deeply imprinted in the young dragoness's soul.
Yasenia's expression as she felt the gentle breeze and observed Kaleina's satisfied expression was so tender that no one dared to bother them.
Even with her naked breasts, the image didn't even have a spec of immorality.
It relaxed whoever looked at her and also made people understand a Parent's love. Mother or Father, it didn't matter.
This was the picture our girls observed from a distance.
Andrea sighed. "This… Sigh, I have no words."
Evelyn nodded calmly and spoke with a tender tone. "I could watch her forever, and I would never get tired."
The others agreed and watched from a distance, not bothering the mother-and-daughter duo.
After a while of seeing Yasenia feeding, playing, and laughing with Kaleina, they saw Yasenia stand up and walk toward the kitchen again with a refreshed and gentle smile.
They didn't leave until the dragoness tail disappeared from their sight. Then, they silently turned around and left.