I found out a few things about horses in the past week.
They need a lot of space to run around, and if not taken care of, they would destroy the garden and anything that they can break with their hoves.
They are also very hard to tame, you need to get their favorite food to let you ride on them.
Some of them wanted wheat, others want apples and one even golden carrots.
When you are on their back, you have to gently brush their head and neck while giving them their favorite food.
It took a few hours before I had success with taming one, letting me put a saddle on her.
Of course, she still preferred to eat apples instead of normal wheat evem after she was tamed.
I think the ones that I bought until now were specially breed not to be picky about the food, and who knows how long that took.
I'm beginning to feel sorry for taking those horses for granted, and dragging them into dangerous situations.
After taming everyone, I splashed a speed potions on top of them.
As always, they were very excited about their new speed and trampled everything in their path to test their newfound speed.
I didn't even dare to get out of my fortress while they were running, I didn't know if I was safe with them like that.
After they calmed down, I had a sudden idea.
If I could enhance the horse by using speed potions, why don't I try to use others?
So besides the speed potion, I also used strength and jump boost.
It was a weird sight to see super horses jump from left to right at high speeds.
When I began to breed them, I was rewarded with smaller horses that were equally strong and fast as their parents under the influence of the potions.
It was a success.
The only downside was that I couldn't speedgrow them to their adult form in one go.
They only ate 6 golden carrots per day, only only after 3 days were they fully grown.
If I had waited normally, it would've taken 3 weeks for them to grow which was a big difference.
Once those were big and ready, I breed them once again, with another dose of potion, making the final child a true prodigy.
After 3 days, he was a fully growing adult that could jump a 4 block wall, and leave any kind of enemy in the dust.
Not only that, but he knew how to defend himself as well.
In 3 hits, he can kill a normal villager If they try to steal or attack him.
While the horses were growing, I did a mining trip and gathered a few resources that I was going to need.
The only remaining item that was missing, being seashells to make the conduit.
Unfortunately, I didn't have a beach anyone near me, leaving me with the only option of buying them from a big city.
But with the diamonds that I mined, I made an enchanted armor for the horse.
It had Fire resistance, Father fall, Protection, and Mending.
I think this was the most powerful horse that ever walked this planet, and it was a good thing that it was on my side.
There was only one problem with him.
He needed a lot of space to run around.
The first generation I could bearly manage in my garden, the second one I had to let go after their mission was done, but this one would literally jump over my walls if I didn't take him on a walk regularly.
That's why, I decided on letting him wander outside my base, so he could run out to his heart's content.
Of course, that didn't mean that I gave up this project, instead, I had to use more expensive items to get him back.
Just as the Perls work on humans, they also work on animals.
Nobody knew this fact, because nobody had a reason to try it.
Perls are very expensive and rare, and the only reason I have so many on me is because my tribe is often trading with the Brutes for these.
And that is one of the privileges of being the owner of the tribe, getting free perls whenever I ask for them.
It's a good thing that Violet wasn't here to see me making those transactions, otherwise, she would've been mad at me.
...
I miss Violet from time to time, and I hope she's alive and didn't die in that explosion.
I couldn't forgive myself if she died because of me.
But no matter what method I tried, I couldn't get a hold of her, so I could only wait and hope that she'd be back one day.
Now back to the horse.
I registered my new horse on one Perl and kept it in a leather pouch that was enchanted with absorption.
Since I had to hold the Perl outside my inventory, I had to make sure it stayed on me, and didn't accidentally break it.
Once I broke the Perl, the horse would appear in from of me.
But every time I did that, it always demanded 10 golden carrots from me.
No other kind of food, only golden carrots.
If I didn't feed the horse, he wouldn't move no matter what I did.
So from now on, I had to always have a stack of golden carrots on me, which would get expensive very quickly if I had to summon him every time I stayed more than one day in a city.
At least I don't have to worry about his safety since he can run, jump, or even defend himself from any situation.
And if something really bad is about to happen, I could always teleport him away with my magic square and a Perl.
With my special horse done, and ingredients prepared, I decided to end my vacation here and get back to work.
I only needed one more item for my masterpiece and the key ingredient for that was seashells of all things.
What a funny situation to be in.
After I checked that everything was ok at home, and hid the precious materials, I went into the Nether and summoned my trusty horse.
After paying the 10 carrots tax, we went on our way.
The journey was supposed to take us around 5 hours but with my special horse, I arrived in just an hour, which was a record speed for me.
Even the horse seemed to be shocked with how well it went in the dimension nicknamed Hell.
And let's just say we weren't the only ones surprised about our short arrival.
Since I wanted to get to a city, I decided to visit the capital where there's a high chance I'll find what I wanted.
But the only portal there was the one beneath the castle, which was also the most guarded place in the whole kingdom.
Imagine their surprise, when they saw a horse covered in diamond armor running at them at unbelievable speeds, while carrying a man dressed a black armor looking like death itself.
They thought they were getting invaded or death was after them.
I made quite a commotion when I arrived at the portal, which made me feel bad for the poor guards who were doing their job.
Maybe I didn't respect them as much as the ones from outside, because I was still salty about what they did to my tribe in the past.
After a lot of explanations and reassuring them that I wasn't going to assassinate the king, they let me through.
Mostly because the senior guards came to see the commotion, only to recognize me in one look and warn the new guards not to mess with me because it's not worth it.
I didn't like that explanation, since it sounded like I was just some troublesome guest that they had to deal with, but as long as they let me use the portal I wasn't going to complain about it.
Once I was inside, I walked slowly beside the horse, to not get any more unwanted attention.
In the end, I still got a lot of weird looks, but nobody stopped me to question what I was doing.
I think I have some kind of reputation in this palace...
Once outside the castle walls, I got back on my horse and arrived at the capital city just in a few minutes.
Since I took the noble's gate, the guards didn't stop me, but I did have to slow down a lot when I arrived at the busy streets since I could accidentally kill people with my power-boosted horse.
I started to regret making him this powerful.
For the next few hours, I had to walk from store to store, exchange some diamonds for emeralds, and buy the remaining materials.
Once I was done with everything, I went back to the castle where I was stopped by Bobby on my way to the portal.
"Trader! Are you going to leave this place without greeting me?"
I stopped, and my face got red from embarrassment.
I got so caught up in my big project that I forgot how to use proper manners.
"Sorry Bobby, I got a little distracted with the new project, it wasn't intentional. How's married life going?"
His frown turned into a smile, as his voice softened.
"It's going very well. Unfortunately, we're both very busy with our jobs, but we made sure to have some time to spend with each other. And because of that, we now have a daughter named Ariel. And I want you to meet her."
My mind stopped for a few moments.
I knew people in this world don't get pregnant and give birth only after a night spent together, but I didn't expect this to be so fast.
How did she look? was she healthy? Was she safe in this world that seems to have dangers at every corner?
More questions piled up in my head, but one thing was sure.
I wanted to meet her.
"I would love to see her."
I gave the horse a few golden carrot so he won't be cranky while I was away, and followed Bobby to a room upstairs.
The room was guarded by a man with enchanted diamond armor, who bowed at us wile we entered the room.
Inside was a small girl, with dark hair and red dress happily playing with her wooden toys.
When she heard the door opend, she turned and looked at us with her big green eyes.
I didn't have my armor on, so she could see me.
But the first thing she said when she looked at us was:
"Papa!"
She got up on her little legs and and ran towards Bobby while giving him a hug, while he picked her up.
My heart melted at this sight.
I couldn't belive the man who was exiled to a corrupted village was now in front of me a father and a future king.
Time passed since I came to this world, and a wave of emotions flooded me ar the moment.
"Ariel! Papa is here with his friend that he keps talking about. When would learn how to speak more words, you can call him uncle Trader."
The girl looked at me, and gave me a smile which made my hear melt even more.
"Heoo!"
She said to me while waving her small hand.
"She's 6 months old and should slowly learn how to speak. I couldn't stop smiling for a week when her first word was Papa. After that, my wife took a few days off so she could spend time with her and hear her own name as well. I think we're both dotting parents, but I can't help to love this little angel!"
And I couldn't argue against it.
Looks like a lot happend while I was stuck in the Nether.
Are Undying and Blue planing on having a baby as well?
I had to check on them next time we'll meet.
Unfortunately I didn't have a toy on me right now to give. So the next best thing that I came up with was to give her a diamond.
Bobby's response was to nervously checkele as her little girl had sparkles in her eye while playing with my gift.
"You have expensive teste, just like your mother. Good thing we have your uncle Trader to satisfy it. Just promise me not to ever follow him in his crazy adventures."
Both of us laughed, as he let Ariel down to play with her new toy.
Then, he looked at me with a scary smile.
"So Trader, what's with the sudden visit and scaring my guards like that?"
Oh boy, looks like I wasn't forgiving yet.