Chapter 1928: Daughters And Video Games
Chapter 1928: Daughters And Video Games
After the dessert picnic, we decided to plant the seeds that Benladra had, the Divine Orange Tree Seeds that Greenie had given to her... Or well, the ones she found inside of the Orange we ate, which I had discovered ended increasing my stats, and that's considering I didn't even eat the whole thing.
Ding!
[You have consumed a piece of a powerful Divine Spiritual Fruit!]
[Your Mystic Spirit Stat has increased by +1.000.000!]
A slice of that watermelon-sized orange gave me one million Mystic Spirit Stat Points! I could hardly believe it myself when I saw the notification, seriously.
If we could plant and harvest all these seeds later, and get dozens of these giant oranges, then wouldn't I be able to increase the Mystic Spirit Stat even before?
It was something we couldn't miss the opportunity of doing! I've been trying my hardest to make special plants like these.
But the only thing that comes out is not as strong when I eat them.
However, Greenie was special and different, and I think it is because it was connected to Benladra rather than to me.
After all, things that originate or grow out of my power don't increase it that much, unless I am abusing some crazy loophole like with the Demonic Energy grinding.
But when it connected to Benladra, it was different. Greenie has become technically one of her Contracted Familiars now, or perhaps something similar to a Pseudo-Spirit.
"Alright, this should be some good soil," Fuyu said, leading us through several areas as we planted the seeds and infused them with divine energy and also watered them. "I'll keep watering them myself, as I always do, so don't worry about them."
"Thank you Fuyu!" Benladra smiled, planting the last seed and covering it with soil, before pouring some divine water on top.
"Oh, it's nothing little Benladra," Fuyu smiled tenderly, petting her head. "You have sure grown! I can still remember when you were a little baby. Now look at you! You're becoming prettier and taller every day!"
"Heheh, you're exaggerating!" Benladra giggled, feeling flattered.
"Nah she's not, you're indeed becoming the true image of a beautiful dragon princess," I nodded, petting her head. "I still remember when you were a baby and made a tantrum..."
"She did?" Kate was with us, but she just spoke right now as she was absentmindedly glancing at the sky.
"Yeah, she stormed out of the village where she was and rushed where we were, blasting a giant beam towards a foe we were fighting..." I laughed a bit. "She was wild even back then." "T-That's..." Benladra blushed a bit, feeling embarrassed when she was reminded of things that happened several years ago. "But I did it because I was worried about mom and dad..."
"It's alright, it' just a funny anecdote," I said. "We aren't mad at you for that." "Was I born after that?" Kate wondered.
"Oh yeah... I suppose you were dear," I nodded. "You were born right after... I awakened the God Skill, and the System had to reset to evolve into a Divine System. It was... a very bittersweet moment."
"Hm..." Kate nodded. "Papa, how was I when I was a baby? It has been years since then too, right?"
"Yeah, a bit!" Benladra nodded.
"I remember that you started as a little sphere of silver and blue light," I said. "Right Andromeda?"
"I remember it yes, both memories from the reset and the previous self are one," Andromeda nodded, she was with us as well, although like her daughter, she would usually remain silent most of the time. They were girls of few words. "She was indeed a tiny bubble, that was her Divine Spirit Soul Embryo form, she had yet to take a form until you gave her a name, Drake."
"Oh, yeah, that's what triggered her to take a shape," I nodded. "Right... Oh right I remember she had white skin before, right? But it slowly turned blue like mine... Even though I wasn't originally an ice giant myself."
"She took upon various of your features," explained Andromeda. "The more she grew, the more her connection with you became, so she took on more features."
"Though her eyes and hair are certainly yours," I said.
"I didn't even have a physical form back then, but the silver color must have been inherited from me," nodded Andromeda. "
"Ooh..." Kate heard in silence while nodding, she was happy we talked about her in such a way. "Did I cry a lot as a baby?"
"Not at all, you're probably the best behaved of all us siblings," giggled Benladra.
"Indeed, in your spiritual state you made a lot of little sounds but never bothered any of us," I said. "You've always been a great girl, Kate."
Kate smiled cutely, she liked being praised, despite never asking for it.
"Yeah she's the loveliest~!" Benladra hugged Kate tightly and kissed her all over her face. "Mooch, mooch! Cutest baby sister in the world!"
"B-Benladra... you're kissing me too much, don't embarrass me..." Kate blushed while trying to gently push Benladra away.
"Well, shall we go spend the rest of the day at the farm or somewhere else?" I wondered.
"Let's go play video games!" Said Kate.
"V-Video games?" I asked. "Wait, Kate, did you...?"
"I repaired one of the devices you gave me, dad," she said. "It was the simplest of them, something called... Super Nyantendo, it has some cartridges that you put inside as games, right? They were simply enough to repair too. Once I figured out the rest of the circuits and internal structure. It was much simpler than making robots."
"W-Wow... Really? Can I really play video games in this world?!" I gasped. "Okay, let's go!"
We quickly flew back home, flying inside of my room, where Kate pulled out the Super Nyantendo, alongside a large led TV she had designed, and then she placed the first cartridge I had given to her.
Iconic retro game music started echoing through the room as the TV showed the video game inside, it was just as I remembered it too!
A red-capped plumber with a black mustache jumping over turtles and getting bigger by eating mushrooms or firing fireballs by absorbing a fire flower, it was all of it!
"Wow, this thing is weird! So this is a video game, huh?" Benladra wondered, playing
dexterously.
"Yes, it's kinda fun," Kate nodded.
Ah, they don't know how proud they make me feel while saying that.