"Those Stones were quite good… " questioned Layla, finishing both her tails and soup.
"Oh? You're not as dull as you've claimed to be… You are aware of your stones and Magecraft items. Now I wouldn't be surprised if you suddenly come up with great concoctions to make me lose myself to you."
"You are right about the first half but I think you've made a small mistake regarding the Elemental Energy stuff. Energy Storage and Energy Stones are slightly different. Mana Storage only stores the Mana and is sealed off, much like a box."
"Energy Stones acts the same way but with a much smaller storing capacity and it also acts as a novice's weapon. I use it to take down walls or small monsters like wolves. Give it to Long Ears over there and he could decimate an entire street."
"However, the Energy Storage Stones in the cave aren't enough to make armors fit for a cutie like you," said the Felidae as he graced a finger under Layla's chin, tipping her head to look at him.
The Dragoon felt her cheeks heat up as her eyes met Teemo's. She was at a loss of what to do as he cupped her cheeks to brush a stray strand of hair behind her ear gently. Suddenly the Loplin wished the God of Death upon Teemo Vanderleeden.
The cat smirked as he saw how his friend reacted and released the Dragoon.
"Layla can tag along when finding the ingredients but for the blacksmithing works, it would take about a week to finish without any disturbances."
"Feel free to stay here with the extra room I've got at the end of the hallway," suggested Teemo as he started to wash the dishes and clear up the area.
However, before he could do anything, Layla smiled and snapped her fingers, engulfing the dirty items in water spheres. With another snap, the bubbles burst and landed nicely on the surface they'd been.
The two males looked surprised once more while it was Layla's turn to smirk.
"Hey, I said I'm not good at using Magecraft for combat, not for mundane tasks. I'm a lazy person so I will always find shortcuts. Also, you've only got one room here? Do you have at least two beds in that place?" asked the Dragoon.
"No need for another bed when you can share with me, cutie…" purred Teemo, reaching out to the Dragoon's cheeks again.
Before the Felidae could get near, the Loplin stepped in between the two, slapping the cat's hands away from Layla.
"And this is why I don't bring girls to meet you or get items from you. The amount of thirstiness that you've got knows no bounds. Plus, I thought you were only into Human girls?"
"My options are now fully open plus, I haven't done it with a Dragoon yet…"
"Okay! Moving on! Would you like to head out to gather things now or wait till it's your Elemental Peak first?" asked Matt, completely cutting off and ignoring the poor cat.
"Not so fast, I may know that the cutie here has overflowing Elemental Energy but I still have to determine how much she can put out using her best spell. And I've got just the area and item to find those numbers out."
"Come along now, we shall go deeper into the dungeons," said Teemo, going out the door.
"I hope he isn't bringing us to a bad dungeon… I don't know how a threesome works…" murmured Layla.
"Please… Don't say it like that…" pleaded the Loplin, following the cat.
The trio arrived at another big cave though it was smaller than the previous one that they had battled in. The area was also lined with the same stones as before, gray with blue cracks.
"It was quite smart of you to place the Energy Storage Stones around the caves…"
"Not only does it prove to be a great mitigator against our clashes by absorbing high amounts of Elemental Energy, but it also acts as a great place to build up my levels when needed," praised Layla as she picked up a small rock.
"Can you give me this Dragoon? I promise to pay you in weaponry and a lifetime of Mythril…" pleaded Teemo as he looked at Matt with puppy eyes.
"A piece or entire orb of Mythril per day?" questioned Layla, folding her arms across her chest.
"What difference does that make? And why are you negotiating with him?! Anyways, I'm not giving her to you like some object. She doesn't belong to me in the first place…" answered the Loplin as he faced away from the duo.
He then bent down to whisper in the Dragoon's ears.
"What's Mythril? And I promise he is not going to do anything to you."