Life Drain System

Chapter 66 - A Wonderful Dinner

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    "Of course." Shen Hu nodded and left, while Rei just stood there pondering what Yueliang could have meant by not having a star chart was not a problem, as mapping galaxies is necessary to know where you are going and at the same time, extremely difficult.

    While a map of a planet may seem difficult, you are not creating a fully 3 dimensional map most of the time as it would be almost useless where as in space, you have up down left right, basically a gyroscope. If you did not have all the different directions mapped out, how would you know where to go? Either way, you would have to map out where everything is, and its rotation so as to not run into a planet, or comet, or something.

      The maps that one would create for interstellar travel are not just static made maps, but as actual moving live maps. When one looked at such a thing, they would think they were watching a holographic live video or movie of the stars. It is truly beautiful.

      While lying on Shen Hus' back, Yueliang thought to himself. 'I know those contracted with me, can teleport to me, however, should I make a transportation array on the ship, or better yet for the ship? Mmm, never mind, it is useless to think about such things right now, there is still too much to do. Oh right...' 

      Yueliang then mumbled. "Yang, please begin a mental transmission with Rei." 

      "You may begin your conversation now brother." Yang replied happily.

      'Rei, please do not be too surprised, this is Yueliang. Anyways, I forgot to mention something. We will be having guests coming by in less than a week for an auction, I would like for you to set it up, and have people on stand by in case someone wants to sell something. I think that should be about all for now.' Yueliang spoke swiftly as to not waste any more shop credits than needed.

      "By the way, why is it that the closer I get to Yins' house the more I smell rotting flesh, and vanilla trying to cover the smell?" Shen Hu asks kind of warily.

      "Ah right, of course. Please try to stay calm around Yin, I am sure that many people and especially divine creatures hate the undead. However I guess you will know sooner or later, Yin is a lich. Also, he creates, and summons undead for manual labor. It helps a lot actually, although you should know he is a good man, and is one of my friends. I hope you both can get along. Also, we are working on turning him back soon as well, okay?" Yueliang tries giving as many reasons for them not to fight as he can pull off the top of his head.

      "*Deep Sigh. I will see about us being friends, no guarantees, but I feel that you have one thing wrong. Although many may hate the undead, those are more personal preferences. For instance the churches tend to try to wipe out the liches, as well as those who think they are all the same, but I only kill what is clearly doing evil, or to eat. Aside from that, I just spend time with my mate." Shen Hu replies as they walk down the smooth road.

      "Good to know, I apologize for the misunderstanding."

      "It is alright, from your memory, I have clearly seen what your world taught you. Either way, we will be arriving soon."

      Still mid day, with the birds chirping, the chefs cooking, and the children playing, all was peaceful around while Yueliang watched still laying on Shen Hus' back. 

---- A Few Moments Later ----

      Shen Hu walks up to the fence, as Yueliang watches the two humans practicing their craft, while Yin would kindly, and swiftly correct their errors in magic. It was a wonderful sight to behold, as it is when you see people dedicated to learning. Currently, the main focus of this class seems to be correcting the flow of mana.

    *Click. Clack. A pebble skipped across the ground as Shen Hu accidently bumped it with his paw. 

    Hearing the sound, Yin who was sharper looked over and saw Yueliang, then rushed over, asking worriedly. "Are you alright? What happened to him?"

    "Calm down, he is fine. His body is just adjusting, however he can still talk just fine." Shen Hu swiftly reassured Yin.

    "I see, so what have you come for today Yueliang?" Yin asked while the the two humans began walking up to them.

      "Just coming by to see how training was going and say hello. Also, how is their training going?" Yue weakly replies.

      "They are picking everything up pretty quickly, already having learned a few new spells. However while Fashi is better at control, his grand daughter is better at analyzing the spells. Although if you are curious about their talents, they are still pretty average among new mages of my world." 

      "Sounds like high praise coming from you." Yueliang joked, while still being honest.

      "Hahah, I guess you are right." Yin replied.

      The two continued speaking for a while about random things, even catching up on a few certain matters. After about half an hour, Yueliang spoke with soul communication again saying. 'Shall we head back? Unless there is something you would like to do while we are out?'

      'There is nothing I need to do right now, so I will take you back.' Shen Hu replied nonchalantly. 

      The two took their time heading back in silence, as between two friends, you do not always need words. The bonds one have should be more about the time spent together rather than words spoken, as words do not always hold the truth. When they made it back, Shen Hu opened the door and the two of them were greeted at the door hearing. "Welcome back, we prepared a meal for you." Huoli said while the two of them were lying in the entrance way.

      Just as the two were about to open their mouths, Shen Hu, and Yueliang noticed their stomachs growling. Not noticing their hunger earlier surprised them, and Yueliang says. "Thank you for your diligent efforts. I look forward to eating the meal you have prepared personally."

    Shen Hu walked to the table following the two ladies with Yueliang on his back still. Once they had arrived, Yueliang slid off carefully, and they knelt before the food. Huoli and Shen Hu changed to their human forms and sat seiza as well. After a brief moment of silence, they picked up their chop sticks and reached into some shina soba first.

      The moment the flavor touched their tongues, Shen Hu, and Yueliang looked each other in the eyes, and instantly knew each others thoughts. They smiled, and continued to eat silently while smiling. Once they were full of the 'meal', they both said. "Thank you for the 'meal'. It was very filling."

      The ladies assuming it was a compliment just smiled and blushed as they began picking up what remnants there was left before throwing them into the magical composter that immediately transported it to the farms.

      While Xue Meiren, and Huoli where cleaning, Yueliang as quickly as he could climbed onto Shen Hus' back as they rushed up stairs. Upon arriving in his room, they said simultaneously. "Wow, that was awful!"

      Then Yueliang continues saying. "You married one of them, how did you not know about this?"

      "Well, I normally hunt, and bring back food for us. However we never really cook all too often, unless we are smoking food to keep it fresh longer." Shen Hu replied quickly while trying to rid his memory of that awful flavor.

      "I hear them coming, quickly battle positions." Yueliang said. 

      Upon Yueliang finishing his statement, the two instantly got into sleeping positions and feigned asleep until they eventually passed out from the long day they had.

    *Click The door opened.

    The two ladies walked in with smiles on their faces, excited their first attempt turned out great. Not knowing anything was wrong. When they came in they saw the two asleep, and Huoli spoke. "Awe it seems they liked it so much they fell asleep peacefully."

    "We should do this more often, I am sure they would love it." Xue Meiren replied. While they were talking, unbeknownst to them, the two sleeping bodies flinched subconsciously hearing those words.

    "You are so right, we should. Let us start tomorrow, what should we make for breakfast?"

    "How about we make Chinese stuffed pancakes? I learned the recipe from Yueliangs' memories. I am sure you saw it as well. We can eat it because of the meat, while he should enjoy a meal that reminds him of home right?" 

      "I agree, hopefully we have everything we need to prepare it." Huoli felt a little worried they might be missing something.

    "It should be fine, if we are missing something we can just modify it." Xue Meiren said while the two of them were getting ready to sleep. Once again, Shen Hu, and Yueliangs' bodies flinched hearing that even whilst asleep. 

    That night Shen Hu and Yueliang had the same dream, they sat together eating food of the two ladies. Each time it had a different effect, however at the same time the flavor just kept getting worse. Although the worst part was one of the meals they saw in their dream was Chinese stuffed pancakes, yet they were green.

    They looked at each other gulped, then ate while feigning joy and smiles. A few seconds later they were convulsing on the ground then passed out. Then the dream continued on repeat from there. Until morning that is.