“How was it? You have to tell us!” Alice demanded as we were enjoying lunch. She had been asking Lua about the factory ever since she woke up.

  For lunch, we were enjoying some Gisaurus with Mystiato on the side.

  Spoiler[colpse]Gisaurus tasted somewhat simir to alligator, but not quite that. But I guess alligator is the closest thing you get oh. And the Mystiato was actually very nice. I o cook them more often.

  “It was amazing. There were so many things to see. And all of Brian’s monsters just hang out there.” Was Lua’s ao Alice’s question.

  “Tell me more!”

  “There was a room. It was filled with o water and we could actually breath ier. It was amazing. Then there was this room where we would walk on the clouds and there was this massive temple on a mountain top. And there were fairies flying all over the pce.” Lua told them.

  We hadn’t spent all that long in any room, except the Vampire Kingdom, so most of it was very much surface level information. But for people that haven’t visited the factory, it must sound amazing.

  “Brian, is Mana there when she isn’t summoned?” Alice asked.

  “Sorry, but no. She ’t actually e there, as she isn’t in my colle.”

  “... oh. I really hoped she would have been. I wonder if she is lonely when she isn’t summohen?”

  “She might be. Perhaps if you level up your Card Summoner more, you might get a colle of your own. Or maybe a deck. If that happens, Laura might be able to link it up with the factory and Mana get into the factory.”

  “So I have to level up Card Summoner even more? How I do that?”

  “... perhaps if you summon monsters in different ways. And use them in different ways. Like maybe a little dragon ride? We never did do that and no one here will mind.”

  “Yes! we really?”

  “We do need permission from Rosemary, but I think she will allow it.”

  After asking for permission from Rosemary and asking if Agatha would be fih us spending a bit more time here, we had walked to outside the vilge area. Ria was with us as a guide. Lua almost came with us, but she still had a true blood magic lesson to hold, so she was busy.

  I guess now that I mentioned her, I should tell that I had used Different Dimension Capsule to get ara copy of Vampire Sucker and given it to Lua. She did successfully summon it and the level of her Card Summoner also went to 2. I did think that Vampire Fasator would suit her better, but summoning what is basically a vampire version of yourself might get weird. Okay, they just look the same, they don’t actually act the same. And they don’t even really look the same, as Fasator has way longer hair.

  “Will this do?” Ria asked.

  “Yeah. I think it will.” I answered.

  We had walked for about 10 minutes. We were in a small clearing in the woods around the vilge, and this pce is definitely rge enough to fit a dragon or two.

  “Ria, you should also test riding Firebird. It might be something you’ll o do ter.”

  “Yes. If you think I should.”

  “Pitch-Dark Dragon.”

  “Firebird.”

  “Wingweaver.”

  Spoiler[colpse]We all summoned a monster. I summoned Wingweaver as an insurance policy, in case one of the girls fell off their mount.

  “Anel…” Ria muttered.

  “Yeah. What about it?”

  “How many angels you summon?”

  “Well for ohey are teically fairies, not angels. Two, forty-one.” I know I said that, but in the OCG, fairy-type is the aype so calling them angels isn’t actually wrong. But I’ll still call them fairies.

  “Aren’t fairies a lot smaller?”

  “Some are. I do have small fairies I summon as well.”

  After that little questionhe girls mouheir … mounts. I was a bit afraid that Ria would get burned by Firebird, but I seemed to have worried for nothing. The bird could trol the temperature of its fmes, so it wouldn’t actually burn anyone, even if they touched it. I would know, I tested as well.

  After making sure both of their riders had a good seat, the dragon and the bird both fpped their wings and took off into the sky. My fairy followed close by, so she could charge in to catch either of the girls in case they fell.

  I myself took turns looking at both them and the surrounding forest. Don’t want to get jumped on by a monster while I’m just looking at them after all.

  “That was Amazing!” Alice called after she nded.

  Ria and Firebird also nded right after her.

  “It’s so much better than your … big thing.” Alice added.

  “B.E.S. Big Core. And yeah, I agree. Dragon riding is way more fun. Even if Big Core is more ve.”

  “Brain, would you let me ride a dragon? I would like to try that as well.” Ria asked.

  “Sure. I have two I want to test out myself. I’ll take the other and you two share the other, if that sounds good.”

  “Yes. Ano!” Alice immediately agreed.

  “... I’d rather ride with you…” Ria said quietly.

  I took a few steps towards her and whispered into her ear: “No. That will just lead to a fight between you and Alice for whie gets to ride with me.”

  “Ah. I see… sorry for asking.”

  “Anyway. You two should unsummon those two now, so we’ll have more space. My dragons will be a bit rger, so we need all the space we have.”

  “e forth, Tyrant Dragon and Dragonmaid Tinkhec.” I called out my two fire dragons.

  Spoiler[colpse]I really wao test this duo out, as they are both fire dragons. Sure Blue-Eyes will always be the best, but there is just something fantastic about a cssic fire breathing dragon, instead of the ser beam dragon that is Blue-Eyes.

  The twons were about the same size as Blue-Eyes, or maybe just a bit smaller. Actually shorter is the right term, at least for Tinkhec. She is a thick girl. But yeah. By my estimation, Tyrant Dragon is about 19.5 meters and Tinkhec is 18.5 meters. So just a bit shorter than Blue-Eyes, who is just about 20.That, by the way, is them measured up to their ‘shoulders’ while they are standing on their hind legs. No neck, head or tail taken into sideration.

  {Pliso. Si mi lotoc ekess qe di taexirsj.}1Master. I am happy to be of service. Dragonmaid Tinkhec said something, but I have no idea what. It sounded simir to what LV8 Horus once said, so perhaps it is the same nguage.

  “I’m sorry, but I ’t uand you.”

  {Oh. I apologize, Master. I fot you ot speak Draic.} She then tinued. Her voice was a lot deeper than in her human form, but at least she still could speak the normal nguage. I actually thought I might have to install her dragon form to her human form card before she could do that, but it appears that I was wrong.

  “... the dragon speak?” Alice wondered.

  “Is it that strange? Of course dragon’s speak. The strange part is her being able to speak something else than draic.”

  “Why is that strange?”

  {Human nguage is not made fon mouths.} Tinkheswered.

  “There you have it. So, whie do you want to ride?” I asked the girls.

  “You should choose, Brian.” Ria said. “We will take the one you don’t take.”

  “... agreed.” Alice said after staying quiet for a bit. “You choose.”

  “... Hmm. I guess I’ll go with Tihen. You two go on Tyrant Dragon.”

  What? I didn’t pick her just because she is a woman. I don’t know Tyrant Dragon’s gender. Dons even have a gender? Or are they omni-gendered?

  I chose Tinkhec because she is cuter. That is all. I like cute things as well. And dragonmaids are mihey will be one of those archetypes that I hoard for myself and will never give oo anyone else. And if you have a pint, I’ll have you fight a dragon for it.

  … wait? Am I a dragon? And my hoard is my cards? Sometimes sharing some with worthy people, but still holding the best treasures for myself.

  … I’ll accept that.

  We had a bit longer of a flight than the girls did when they were on their own monsters, to the point where we even ran into some monsters. Well, more like we spotted them from the air. Luckily I still had Wingweaver summoned, so I could order her to go down and elimihe monsters. There was nothing too bad, but I did want to elimi least everything rank d higher. After taking them doeaver carried them up to me and I put them away in my iory. We’ll drain the blood from them whe back to the vilge.

  “So, did you enjoy it?” I asked the girls after we had nded and I had unsummoned my dragons.

  “Yes. I really liked my Pitch-Dark Dragon, but that is pletely different. Brian, when I have a rge dragon like that?” Alice asked.

  “Hmm. Maybe when you get ranked up to a k adventurer.” I offered. “And Element Dragon is already a bit rger than Pitch-Dark Dragon, even if it isn’t as rge as Tyrant Dragon.

  “k? Alright. I’ll do that in a month.”

  “... good luck. What about you Ria? Did you enjoy it?”

  “... it was fun …”

  “Something wrong?”

  “No. I really did enjoy it. It’s just … a bit scary.”

  “Oh. Yeah. I guess I uand that.”

  We got back to the vilge a with the monsters. Two orcs, e snake and some sort of pteranodon looking flying monster, which is apparently a k version of a wyvern. Kind of feel bad for the pteranodon. Just running into twons while it is casually flying around.

  For the materials, I took everything that wouldn’t perish, like the hides and magic stohe dhampirs, of course, took the blood, but I also let them keep the meat. I also tried to cook the meat with Mystik Wok and it succeeded, so some of the meat was cooked. Then I tried another copy of Mystik Wok, with an io smoke the meat this time, but that didn’t work. I was hoping I could eat the way I want to with it, but I only pan fry it. More reasons to make that DDF kit.

  I ended up cooking all of the meat. It is easier to warm it up ter, than to cook it, after all. And a feirs did know how to use fire magic, so they might be able to warm it up.

  “Agatha. I think I regrow your arm. Do you wao try it?” I just dropped that bomb on her.

  “... I would say that is impossible, but knowing you, you do it.”

  “Yeah. The tests have been successful.”

  “Did you cut off someone’s arm to test it?”

  “No. If that was the case, this wouldn’t even be a problem. Regrowing an arm in your situation is a lot harder than regrowing ohat has been freshly lost.” I khat based on what Laura had told me.

  Regrowing or reattag an arm was actually quite easy. If said arm was just retly lost. You just o massively over heal someoo the point where that excess health is used trow the limb. And if you have the cut off part, you just hold it close to the spot from which it was cut and then over heal for the arm to reattach itself.

  Of course I say it is easy, but easy pared trowing Agatha’s, as hers utated after it had all of its blood drained and it had pletely died. Just reattag a cut arm would require an over heal of multiple thousands of HP. And pletely regrowing one would take over ten thousand HP over heal. Even with my cards, that’s a lot.

  “... but you do it?”

  “Yes. I did e up with a way. Well, Laura did, but anyway. Also, Mia approved of it, if that makes you any more reassured.”

  “Then why not just do it? I don’t see a downside?”

  “Well, there is one. You… woly be a human after we are doh the operation.”

  “... alright. Then what will I be?”

  “A draic warrior.” I answered.

  “Draic? As in a half dragon?”

  “Yeah. Basically.”

  “Is that a downside?”

  “... yes. Well, maybe not, but still. Are you really willing to throw away your humanity just for an arm?”

  “Humanity? Does that matter? We are in a vilge of non-humans, but they are some of the most human people I’ve ever met. They don’t lie, they don’t bully, they don’t abuse their authority. They are friendly, they care about each other and most of all, they know how to love. If anyone is a human, they are. So what is so bad about not being a human?”

  “... good point. Then I guess let’s do this.”

  We entered Agatha’s room. Lua also came with me, but I didn’t let Alice or Ria in.

  The room was a bit smaller than the four bed room I slept in, but it still did have two beds and a small wooden closet and a chest.

  “You’ll o strip down your top half.” I told her.

  This was actually somewhat required for the sed step. It could teically be dohout it, but the ges would be more visible this way. And there is a ce her shirt would rip if she wore it when her arm regrew.

  Agatha did as I asked and stripped. I didn’t actually expect her to also take her bra off, but she did. … yeah. Maybe I should have said she could keep it on.

  She actually looked very nice. Her body was quite well-built and muscur, but I didn’t stare at it too much. She doesn’t reach Christina levels of MILF, so looking away wasn’t too difficult.

  “Now, this. I’ll install this card into you. It will feel like a lot, so try to hold on.” I said as I got out the first card of this operation, and the reason she won’t be a human afterwards.

  Dragonic Attack will turn her into a half-dragon hybrid. A dragonic warrior to be specific.

  Spoiler

  [colpse]“Install.”

  After the install, green scales began to form all atha’s body, making her skin into pseudo armor. They were naturally soft, but would harden if magic is passed through them. And they were green in color, as wind is Agatha’s stro attribute.

  “... that most certainly was something.” Agatha said after catg her breath.

  “Don’t worry. The part won’t be as bad. At least based oesting.”

  “At least that is good news. So, what is ?”

  “This.” I took out awo cards. “I’ll need you to activate this card. And this one will be the cost to activate it.”

  I handed Agatha the card she was going to activate, before I told her its name. Obviously it wasn’t in a sleeve or toploader as she couldn’t use it if it was.

  “Super Rejuvenation.” Agatha activated the card. As she did, the Luster Dragon #2 she used as a cost disappeared along with the spell card.

  Spoiler[colpse]I chose Luster Dragon #2 as it is the stro wind dragon I have. Well, teically not, but still. Armed Dragon LV7 and Gaia the Dragon Champioronger, but they had more problems than Luster Dragon #2.

  And even then, Super Rejuvenation itself is the outlier in this operation. I don’t know why, but if activated by someoher tha regee lost body parts. As long as the person who activates it is a dragon or a half-dragon. That is why the first install was necessary.

  Oh yeah. If I activate Super Rejuvenation it just gets me more pack tokens, like it should. But this additional dragon limb regrowing stuff is something I wouldn’t have ever e up with on my own. Thank god Laura and Mia did.

  Both Lua and I watched as Agatha’s missing right arm grew ba. It was almost entirely covered in emerald scales, courtesy of Luster Dragon #2. It is called Emerald Dragon in the OCG, after all. The only part that looked like human skin was the palm of her hand. The emerald scales did look a bit off, pared to the darker green ones Agatha gained from the first install, clearly showing what was new and what was old, but I don’t think that really matters.

  “So, how does it feel?” I asked.

  “... good. And strong.” Agatha answered. “And the pain is gone. I hought I could get rid of it.”

  “pain?” Oh. Does she mean the phantom pain? I’ve heard that if you lose a limb, you have something called phantom pain ing from that lost limb. I’m not sure how that works, but I’m happy if this fixed that problem as well. “Ah. Well, that’s good. Please take good care of that arm from now on. The dragon we sacrificed for this won’t be happy otherwise.”

  “Yes. I won’t fet the gift of the dragons. And the gift from you.” Agatha said as she prostrated herself before me.

  “... please don’t do that. It makes me feel strange.” I said before esg from the room.

  Lua take care of the rest. Aka. the medical check-up. If something is wrong, she will inform me and I’ll see what I do about it.

  A little ter, Agatha and Lua came out from the room. Apparently, Agatha was all right, so no need for extra treatment.

  The dhampirs were super happy to see Agatha with her arm again. The kids, especially Kody, were even jealous of the emerald green scales on it. Sorry, but that won’t work on you. A dhampir is still a half-zombie, so you aren’t applicable for a warrior equip spell like Dragonic Attack. DNA Surgery would work, but that won’t turn you into a half-dragon, but a full blown dragon.

  And I’d rather not open up that of worms just yet.

  After that, we were going to leave. We still had to make it back to Sawyer city before the night fell.

  A short flight with Big Core, followed by a ride in Overdrive, dropping off Agatha, then a quick stop at a goods store that buys monster hides and magic stones and back to the manor.

  The rest of the eveni about as you might expect. Dinner was good. Not sure what the meat was, but it was some kind of red meat. Maybe from the bisons we hunted.

  Jonathan was not at all jealous when he heard that both Alid Ria got to ride on a rge dragon, but what’s you gonna do? Sure I’ll give you a ride, as soon as you have a pce where we do that without causing a massive panic. That is why the dhampir vilge is great. They let me do basically whatever I want, as long as I tell them what I’m about to do.

  After dinner, Ria and I took our baths with magic practi the down time. Ria was actually w with Spirit of Fmes today, as she did evolve her blood magito true blood magic already. I was a little afraid we would set the room on fire, but it didn’t happen so we are fine.

  For level ups, I was still w on Iory. I know Tahlia wants that time seal, but I want a rger iory. For Ria, I was still upgrading Fast Mana Recovery, just to help her down time between fights.

  SpoilerName: Brian WoodRace: Human !Level: 58HP: 1870Mana: 241th: 425Defense: 625Magic: 545 Skills: Pack Opener LV.4 (unique)Different Dimension Factory LV.2 (unique) Telekinesis LV.2 (extra)Summoner’s Unity LV.3 (extra)Iory LV.6 (extra)Dungeon Founder (extra)Summon Water Spirit (extra)Health scious (extra) Mana trol LV.5 Water Spirit’s Blessing (Greater)Language prehension (humanoid)Sve MasterSves: Rhianna

  [colpse]SpoilerName: RhiannaRace: DhampirLevel: 50HP: 1390Mana: 165th: 760Defense: 520Magic: 770 Skills:True Blood Magic LV.4 (Racial) Card Summoner LV.1 (extra) Fire Magic LV.3Mana trol LV.3Fast Mana Recovery LV.4Internal Magic Teique LV.5Unarmed bat Teique LV.4Flickering Step LV.2Power Boost LV.4Defense Boost LV.2 Blood Sucker (Racial)Sve. Master: Brian Wood[colpse]Spoiler[I’ll also leave Alice’s status here. She leveled up Magic Boost.]

  Name: Alice WatRace: HumanLevel: 26HP: 390Mana: 128th: 145Defense: 255Magic: 1045 Skills: Card Summoner LV.2 (extra)Magi’s Power LV.4 (extra) Dark Magic LV.5Mana trol LV.6 Magic Boost LV.4Quick Cast LV.3Fast Mana Recovery LV.4[colpse]

  Ria also hit level 50, so I wonder what that will do for her. Hopefully something good.

  I then jumped into the factory food nights to my daughters and Laura. Lua was also there, apparently getting there just fine. She thanked me over and over for helping her mother. Just stop it already. I hahis many thanks.

  She then said she would go say hi to more of the fairies a for the Sanctuary in the Sky room.

  I quickly visited Tahlia in her room, then Fantasia in the Harpie’s Hunting Grounds and finally said good night to Laura at the trol ptform.

  Boy. What a day. I definitely deserve some rest after all of that.

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