The following day, Yasenia woke up to the licking of someone. She could feel that her dears were still asleep because of the weight on her arms and body.
'Who might it be?'
She slowly opened her eyes and revealed her beautiful, misty golden iris.
After blinking the haze away, she turned and registered that the one licking her was her dear Kaleina. Yasenia's tail wagged sleepily as she nuzzled with the little dragoness. "Good morning, love."
"Mommy~."
A milky and crisp voice tingled Yasenia's ears, making her eyes widen with surprise. "Kaleina?"
Yasenia looked closely and saw the mouth of the small dragon opening as her little arms surrounded her face. "Mommy~, morning!"
The soft and tender voice of Kaleina seemed to make everything around her look prettier. Yasenia's chest welled up with emotion as her eyes shone with happiness. "Oh, my baby~. Did you learn to speak?"
Yasenia used her energy to move her dears around so that she could hug her.
She was careful with it so they didn't wake up.
Between them, only Cecile and Tatyana reacted. Cecile was awakened by the flood of happiness coming from Yasenia's heart.
Kali and Angel were deeply asleep, and the connection was weaker, hence their lack of reaction.
When Tatyana and Cecile opened their eyes and looked to the side, they saw Yasenia cradling her baby, wearing her black lace gown.
"Baby, call mommy again. I want to hear your voice."
"Mommy!"
Yasenia laughed with joy. "Yes! Good job, my clever girl. What else can you say? How about I love you?"
Kaleina opened her mouth and exclaimed in a babbling tone. "Wuv you!"
Yasenia kissed her cheeks and body and laughed happily. "Oh my, I love you too, my baby."
Kaleina made a gurgling laughter noise and repeated. "Wuv you!"
"Yes, yes. Mommy loves you too! Try saying. I want a hug."
"Wan hugh?"
"Kya! Of course, Mommy will give you lots of hugs!"
Tatyana and Cecile smiled softly. Cecile asked while she watched them interact. "Is this the effect of the Demon Emperor nail she ate?"
Tatyana nodded. "She has also grown a bit. With her current size, hiding in her mother's breasts will be a bit more difficult, hahaha."
Cecile chuckled. "She is about eighty centimeters. If she curls her body, Yasenia's bosom should still be available."
Tatyana sighed. "Well, mine is out of the question. I'm not big enough to hold her."
Cecile lifted her eyebrow. "Oh? Will you miss it?"
Tatyana smiled. "A little bit. Kaleina is quite a cute thing, after all."
Cecile nodded. "I can't say no to that."
The other girls began waking up because Yasenia's tail wags unconsciously tapped the ground, creating noise.
Their ears were soon filled with a child's bubbly laughter and Yasenia's loving voice.
"Baby, my baby. You are so cute~."
"Hugh! Kiss!"
"Of course, of course. Mommy will give you as many as you want."
Their heads turned and saw Yasenia squishing the dragoness in her embrace and then lifting her to kiss her all over the place.
Kaleina's golden eyes were bent, as her scaly dragon face created a very human-like face of childish happiness.
Yasenia turned toward her other dears, and they almost had a heart attack at the adorable expression on Yasenia's face.
Her smile was as bright as the Sun, and her eyes curved like the crescent Moon as a healthy and light blush covered her cheeks.
It was a face that had happiness written all over the place.
"Dears, Kaleina learned to speak."
They all felt their hearts melting. 'How can our dragoness be so lovely?'
Evelyn smiled softly and approached. "It must have been what you fed her yesterday, right?"
Yasenia nodded hastily as she embraced Kaleina softly and with care. "It must be! Dear, you are so clever!"
Evelyn laughed and hugged Yasenia's head, kissing her forehead softly. "I'm happy for you, love. Do you want to rest today?"
Yasenia shook her head and returned her attention to Kaleina, who looked up at her smilingly. "I'll just carry her around. Playing with her won't hinder me too much."
Yasenia changed her seductive nightwear for her usual revealing blue dress and walked out. "Dears, I'm going to cultivate. Also, remember to classify the rings from the Body Cultivators."
Andrea said. "Wait, my love."
Yasenia stopped and turned around. "Yes, darling?"
Andrea approached and used her fingers to comb her long hair and massage her scalp. "Your hair was a bit messy. Also, we've already looked over the body cultivation methods from the rings we got from the beast humans, and there was none suitable for us. However, the S.L.U.T. members can probably use them. What do we do?"
Yasenia squinted as Andrea's fingers massaged her head and leaned on her, careful enough not to squish Kaleina between them. "You can show it to them. Do not be completely trusting of them, but unless it is a significant secret, you can speak with them and share things with them. Use Long Baidi's ring and wealth to equip all of them with Heaven-ranked items."
Kali smiled. "We made it big with it. There were so many things and cultivation techniques. Evelyn, you were the one in charge of those, right? Was there anything interesting?"
"Yes. I think it was the legacy skill of the Long family. Something called [Ascending Wyvern Touches The Sky]."
Cecile asked. "Is it powerful?"
Evelyn nodded. "Of course. However, it doesn't serve any of us. Or at least, that's what I heard from Mirrory."
Mirrory materialized. "That's right. That technique is strong but nothing too outrageous. Only after Transcendence can that skill show its true power; by then, you'll have better things. Therefore, I recommend sharing it with the Cult girls."
"Fan girls." Corrected Tatyana.
Mirrory shrugged. "Whatever. I mean those Yasenia fanatics. Honestly, the best way of using everything in Long Baidi's ring is to share it with those girls and allow them to grow. The only thing besides the Demon Emperor Nail that you should take from it is the currency and the [Transcendent Level Formation Core]."
Yasenia was leaning between Andrea's arms and caressing Kaleina when she exclaimed. "Ah? Isn't that core the thing they wanted from the Auction where…"
Yasenia looked at Kaleina and blinked. "From that auction?"
Tatyana and the others smirked. 'She doesn't want to say that she got Kaleina from there in front of her? Cute.'
Tatyana smiled. "It's different. That one was a high-level core. This one is a low-level core. Mind you, it is a Transcendent Core either way, so it is much stronger than anything we have or can create right now."
Kali asked. "What were these cores used for? I forgot."
Angel answered. "They are a booster for formations. They can stabilize, increase strength, reduce energy requirements, allow you to make formations more complex, and do more things. They are like a super ultra energy generator made specifically to boost formations."
Yasenia asked. "Should we use it to increase this mansion's formation?"
Tatyana smiled. "They can be transplanted, so let's use it like that for now. When you open the main headquarters in the future, it can be used as the core."
Yasenia nodded, and Andrea whispered. "Done. Now, my dragoness is perfect."
"Thank you, darling." The tall dragoness tip-toed to kiss Andrea, who answered gently and softly.
"Kiss!"
Kaleina's milky and crisp voice interrupted them, and Yasenia stopped the kiss to give attention to her little dear.
"Let's play outside for a bit, baby. Mommy will pamper you today until you fall asleep of tiredness! Goodbye, dears."
As they saw Yasenia walking away while talking with Kaleina, all the girls seemed to have seen a prediction of who would get the attention in the future.
Evelyn laughed. "Our biggest rivals for attention will definitively be our children."
Andrea crossed her arms and smiled. "That's quite cute, to be honest. Hugging Yasenia from behind as she plays with the children must be an endearing image."
Their imagination began running, and morning went by quickly.
Angel was working on unlocking the spatial rings when she saw one of the harpies approaching. "Lady Angel, there are visitors that asked for you."
Angel was confused. 'Visitors?'
Then, she asked. "Have you informed Yasenia?"
The harpy shook her head. "She seemed busy, so I came to you instead."
Angel was confused and stood up from her research table. Then, she followed the harpy.
When she reached outside, she saw twenty beautiful women with serpentine bodies waiting outside.
Between them, it was easy to spot two with gorgeous sapphire scales and blue hair.
Angel's lips arched, and she made a little run. "Big sister Drasha, big sister Meiren!"
The two lamias that appeared in the tournament saw Angel and smiled.
Drasha slithered forward and caught the lovely, running Angel. "Darling, I've missed you quite a bit even though less than a week has passed. Are you okay? Did your Master treat you well?"
Angel was buried in Drasha's voluptuous curves as her serpentine body coiled around her. 'A lamia's hug is so nice~.'
"How can that be? Yasenia loves me very much and pampers me."
Drasha smiled, her blue eyes curving. "That's a relief."
"Why are you here, big sister Drasha?"
"I've come to speak with the Matriarch. Is she free now?"
Angel nodded. "If I ask her, she will probably be free."
Meiren approached curiously. "Does she really pamper you that much?"
Angel puffed her chest proudly. "Of course!"
All the other lamia approached curiously. "Lady Drasha, is being so close to a human okay?"
Angel looked at the side and was stunned. "So pretty~. I didn't know lamias were this varied in color! It is even more beautiful than a rainbow!"
All eighteen lamia were mature women with families, so Angel's cute remark pierced their hearts like an arrow.
One with purple scales and hair approached and sandwiched Angel's face in a hug. "Kya! Who is this cutie!? I love you to death, and I just got to know you!"
'W-Wow, all lamias are so big….'
Angel was tossed around for a bit and was able to get to know many pairs of new, cough, I mean, many new big sisters.
Drasha laughed and snatched Angel back. "Let's stop here. Can't you see that her face is as red as a [Fire Seeping Lobster]?"
"Her blushing face is so cute~."
"Who knew young human girls were this cute."
"I must create a pill to help her!"
Angel looked up shyly and said. "Big sister Drasha, should we go?"
Drasha nodded. "Right, let's go."
She placed her on the ground and took her hand. Then, Angel guided them toward Yasenia's office.
The harpy that accompanied Angel also followed while agreeing with the lamias. 'Lady Angel is the cutest human I've ever seen. It's no wonder they react that way. I also want to smush her face with my tits whenever I see her.'
Yasenia heard a knock on the door while playing with Kaleina.
"Enter."
Angel entered hand in hand with the lamia.
Yasenia lifted an eyebrow and quickly recognized her. 'Oh? Isn't this the judge from the tournament?'
Drasha bowed her upper body and smiled. "Hello, Lady Yasenia. It is a pleasure to meet you."
Yasenia smiled and spoke calmly. "No, I always wanted to speak to you directly and thank you for taking care of Angel during the tournament. Sit around. There should be enough space for everybody."
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Author: [Ding! Baby Kaleina learned a new skill: Adorable Speech].
Author: [Ding! It is supper effective. Dragoness Yasenia is entangled in the web of familial love. Affection for Kaleina increased to unreadable levels.]
Author: [Ding! Yasenia has unlocked worry for Kaleina learning about her adoption].
Tatyana: Little treasure, you are so cute.
Yasenia: Sigh… What can I say? My daughter is the cutest.
Tatyana: No, no. My daughter is the cutest.
Andrea: How about both of them being the cutest?
Yasenia/Tatyana: We'll compromise for now!
Author: Well, let's call today's dear. I summon you!
Randomplant: Hello!
Kali: Welcome, Randomplant. I hope you have a pleasant stay.
Randomplant: Thank you, Kali! Your voice sounds so gentle and soothing. I really like it.
Kali: Does it? Thanks for the compliment.
Kali: How about you ask your question?
Randomplant: Sure! I wanted to ask Mirrory and Valeria how common it is in the higher realms to practice all three cultivation methods simultaneously.
Valeria: You mean Body, Spirit, and Soul cultivation?
Randomplant: Yes. I'm quite curious.
Mirrory: It's not common at all. Tatyana said it well in the past, but real Body Cultivation, what you see in Distancia Continent, was considered extinct. Or at least so it was when Fu Jing Jing was alive.
Tatyana: Yeah, I've never seen real Body Cultivators like these. Only copies derived from Spiritual Cultivation. They are not bad, but the bodies gained that way are not as impressive as these.
Valeria: Maybe my stay in the higher realm was longer, but I heard about a raising group that used real body cultivation when I was with my previous master.
Mirrory: I see.
Randomplant: What about Soul cultivation?
Mirrory: It's rare, but not as rare. The thing is that without Body cultivation to balance soul cultivation, there are not many Soul and Spirit dual cultivators.
Mirrory: Hence, if the girls manage to get all three methods and learn them, they will be fearsome.
Randomplant: In the entire history, there hasn't been anything like them? I find it quite… improbable, right?
Mirrory: There have been. However, the Heavenly Cataclysm made quite a big reset in the cultivation world. The billions of years of rich and developed history were reduced to nothing under the angry heavens' fearsome strength.
Mirrory: If Jing Jing didn't sacrifice herself to stop it, the higher realms would've been mostly destroyed.
Mirrory: A million years have passed since then, so new powerhouses might have emerged. No matter what, I can tell you that learning all three will be a tremendous advantage for the girls.
Randomplant: Do they all have enough talent?
Valeria: With Yasenia, they have. Her [Celestial Maiden Ascends through the Heavens] dual cultivation technique is exceptionally potent.
Mirrory: Yes. It is the dual cultivation technique of one of the strongest female immortals. I remember hearing that men and women would succumb to her single caress and that a night with her would make everything else seem dull in contrast to her beauty.
Mirrory: Well, it doesn't matter, though. She is dead. Smitten to nothing by the Heavenly Cataclysm.
Author: Wow~. Mirrory showing off her knowledge~.
Mirrory: Impressed?
Randomplant: I'm impressed.
Mirrory: Oh… Thanks.
Author: Well, this is all for today. Bye-bye~.
The girls: Bye-bye~.
Randomplant. Bye-bye!