>>5564461“Why would I exaggerate about my old man?” your son asks, a note of pride in his voice. “My dad's the strongest man in the universe.”
“He's plenty strong, But whatever god you were fighting seems to have put you through your paces.” the youngling says, turning their focus to you. “You okay?”
“I'm fine, why wouldn't I be?” you ask, then as if on cue feel a rather cool breeze blow across your bare chest and back. Remembering that you've not changed out of your destroyed clothes from the battle with Darkseid. Or even gotten healed from the injuries you'd sustained. “Barely got a few scratches.”
“Umm, I can, umm.” the more timid of the children says, holding their staff to her chest. “I can at least heal you, a...a little bit.”
“I'd appreciate it.” you say, smiling down at the young-seeming creature. Who then holds their staff in both hands, pointing it towards you.
“Mid Cure Wounds.” the child says, a magic circle appearing around the end of their wooden staff. You then feel energy surge into you, rushing throughout your body. It feels similar to your daughter Caulifla's healing magic, or miracles as she calls them. “D-Does that feel better?”
“Perfect. Appreciate it.” you say, the young mage blushing a bit while holding their staff to their chest. Then the other one speaks up, confirming the confused feeling you'd had.
“My brother's pretty good with magic.” the other one says, pointing to the staff wielder. Which confuses you a bit, as the one wearing the skirt is a boy? Then is the other also a boy, or a girl? Either way, they're quite strange creatures.
“Aura, why are you two here?” Chilli says, steering the conversation. “Did something happen?”
You let your son handle his allies, you standing by silently and watching over them all. As they talk about something called Data Crystals, you do look over at the dragon, wondering how different a golden dragon tastes to a white one. But as you see the small boy turning back to the beast, seemingly whispering to it while laying a hand on it, you decide against saying anything. Some thoughts are better kept to yourself.
“In your message, you'd told Lord Ainz that you have had a breakthrough with the Data Crystals.” Aura says, hands behind her head casually. “So, we're here to see what you've done.”
“Alright, give me a moment.” he replies, taking his great dragon bone sword off his shoulder and thrusting it tip-first into the ground. He then reaches into his robe, pulling out a small, pale blue crystal. “Here.”
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