Chapter 723: Miss Lefiya, Want to Come Do Morning Training Together From Now On?

"Miss Lefiya, please don't be nervous, relax your body, I'm just helping you regulate your Qi and Blood, relieve fatigue, not trying to do you in."

Seeing her body stiff all over, Broly said a sentence.

"S-sorry, it's just that we of the elf race aren't too used to having our bodies touched by others."

Lefiya explained somewhat haltingly.

"Eh, is that so? Then when I usually put my arm around your neck, why didn't you refuse?"

Hearing this, the Amazon girl scratched her head and asked.

"That's because Tiona, you're someone I'm familiar with, and also my friend."

Lefiya answered.

"So, I actually don't count as your acquaintance yet, and don't count as your friend either?"

Broly then stopped his hands and asked.

"Ah, that's not what I meant, it's just that compared to Tiona, I'm not that familiar with Mr. Broly yet, but we absolutely are friends."

The elf girl hurriedly explained; these days she had always been receiving help from the Saiyan boy, and this morning she had even been saved by him once, so Lefiya could now absolutely not say words like they weren't acquaintances or weren't friends.

"So, Lefiya, you're just nervous because you're not familiar enough with me?"

"Uh, it's not entirely that either, Mr. Broly, you're a boy after all, and I've never had intimate contact with a boy before……"

Lefiya still found another still-existing reason to explain her nervousness.

"Should I stop then?"

Broly looked at the elf girl's unaccustomed-to-being-touched appearance and couldn't help but ask.

"Uh, n-no problem, you can continue, I'll do my best to endure it."

Lefiya merely hesitated slightly, then shook her head and gave a negative reply; she didn't want to be un-group-conforming.

"Good."

Broly nodded, but then immediately thought of something and said: "However, you don't need to endure either, I have another method now."

"Eh?"

The elf girl looked at him curiously.

"Your falna belongs to me, my falna still belongs to me, Stove Ash Girl!"

Broly decisively chanted the spell, used Liliruca's Transformation Magic, and after the magic's light disappeared, another Tiona appeared in the original place.

However, there was a gap between Broly's original build and the Amazon girl Tiona's build, so what he transformed into was an Amazon girl who looked somewhat smaller-sized, more childish.

"Huh, this is…… Transformation Magic?!"

The Amazon girl looked at the boy who had transformed into her childish likeness and directly cried out in surprise.

"Yes, this is Lili's magic, and I shared it through Wing Skill Sharing."

Broly explained a sentence, then turned his head to look at the elf girl who had become somewhat dazed on the bed.

"Miss Lefiya, this way, you shouldn't feel nervous anymore!"

The childish Tiona that Broly transformed into spoke, and placed her wheat-colored hands on the elf girl's neck again.

And this time, Lefiya finally didn't make a shrinking-neck movement, only the expression on her face was very subtle, with a kind of hesitant-at-a-loss feeling.

【If you can transform, then can you transform into Miss Ais……】

The elf girl really wanted to ask this, but hindered by the person in question being right there, she didn't have the nerve to ask it out loud.

Under the massage of the little Tiona Broly transformed into, Lefiya soon, like the previous two people, lay prone on the bed, twisted her body, experiencing that numbness mixed with the comfortable feeling of being massaged.

The elf girl bit her lower lip with her teeth, enduring not to let out some embarrassing sounds; after the tuina massage ended, she revealed a relieved-as-if-a-heavy-burden-had-been-lifted appearance.

"Sorry, due to our Familia not having many members, there aren't many rooms with furniture properly arranged on this side of the base either; tonight it might trouble the three of you to squeeze onto one bed in one room."

In the evening, when arranging sleeping rooms, Hestia only then remembered her own Familia's renovation had never been fully equipped, and walked over to apologize to the three girls of Loki Familia.

"Ah, us squeezing a bit is no problem either; when it comes down to it, it's also us coming over here today that was a bit of a disturbance."

Hearing the Loli Goddess bring the bad news of no extra rooms, the elf girl's eyes brightened, and she spoke with an understanding appearance.

【Lefiya, Happiness Value Rising……】

On Broly's side, he directly received the elf girl's Happiness Value Rise information.

And regarding this situation, Tiona and Ais also both indicated it was no problem.

They went to the room Hestia had arranged for them in the past; Lefiya slept between Tiona and Ais.

After the room's lights were turned off, this elf girl's face revealed a silly-grin expression.

Today's date, aside from facing suddenly appearing monsters and not being able to help, which made her feel a bit sad.

Everything else was all good things: bathing together with Miss Ais, sleeping together with Miss Ais……

Lefiya instead had a kind of feeling that today's date was a complete success.

"Miss Ais~"

"Hm?"

Her body embraced by the elf girl, Ais let out a questioning sound from her nose.

"Can I hug you to sleep tonight?"

"Hm."

The Sword Princess girl thought for a bit, and didn't refuse the elf girl.

"Eh, then what about me?"

"Sorry, Tiona, I only want to hug Miss Ais to sleep."

"Ah, how can this be, I also want to hug Ais to sleep."

The Amazon girl complained dissatisfiedly, jumped up from the bed, then straddled behind Ais.

A rustling sound rang out, and Ais was squeezed into the middle of the bed by Tiona.

She received the same treatment as Broly, becoming the jam filling inside the sandwich cookie.

At this very moment, one could call her Ais-chan~

Night passed without a word, slept until daybreak.

When Broly rose early and came out of his room, the Sword Princess girl had also risen early and just happened to walk out of her room.

The two met face to face in the corridor; the Sword Princess girl hesitated for a moment, then took the initiative to greet and ask: "Mr. Broly, good morning, want to do morning training together?"

"Good morning, Miss Ais, can do morning training together."

Broly nodded in agreement, but before morning training, he needed to wash up first.

"Miss Ais, not going to wash up a bit?"

After Broly finished washing up, he discovered Ais was just standing by watching, so he couldn't help but ask.

"Didn't bring toiletries over."

Ais answered honestly.

"Uh, then borrow mine?"

Broly looked at the toiletries in his hand that he had just used, and tried asking.

"Okay."

To this, Ais surprisingly did not refuse; after brushing her teeth with the boy's just-used toothbrush, she even used Broly's towel to wipe her face.

After washing clean the toiletries she had used, she handed them back to Broly's hand; with a calm expression on her face, Ais said: "I'm prepared."

"Then, let's start morning training!"

At the Hearth Fire Mistress's tavern, Ryuu rose before dawn, and she also had the habit of practicing swordsmanship in the morning.

In the past, the elf miss would be in the open space behind the tavern's back alley, directly swinging her sword in the air until dawn.

But yesterday's sudden battle made Ryuu feel her combat skills had grown somewhat rusty recently.

【Go find Mr. Broly, do some morning sword training!】

Suddenly having this thought, the elf miss set out.

Carrying her wooden sword, she set off toward the Hestia Familia headquarters.

【Eh, someone's swinging a sword, Mr. Broly's already up, doing morning sword training?】

Just arriving at the street near Hearth Manor, Ryuu detected faint sword-swinging sounds from the wind.

【No, there are two sounds, the other is Miss Lili's? But her sword-swinging sound, is it that sharp?】

Ryuu's hearing is very good; even separated by a distance, she could distinguish there were two sword-swinging sounds; she subconsciously quickened her steps.

When she reached the main gate of Hearth Manor, she saw in the courtyard two figures currently sparring swordsmanship; the female elf exclaimed in surprise: "Eh, Miss Ais?"

Hearing this, the Sword Princess girl in the courtyard stopped her sword-swinging motion, also looking over with some surprise: "Miss Ryuu?"

"You also came to find Mr. Broly for morning sword training?"

Ais saw the wooden sword at the elf's waist, and couldn't help but ask.

"Mm, a morning whim, wanted to find someone to practice sword with; thought it over, only Mr. Broly's side was more suitable, so I came over."

Ryuu nodded in answer, paused, but also asked the Sword Princess girl: "But Miss Ais, you came this early to find Mr. Broly to practice sword too?"

The female elf originally thought her practicing sword daily before dawn was already diligent enough, but didn't expect the Sword Princess girl's sword practice time was actually even earlier than hers.

Considering the distance between the Loki Familia residence and the Hestia Familia residence, the other party at least rose over half an hour earlier than her.

"Mm, want to do it together?"

The Sword Princess invited.

"Okay."

Ryuu accepted the invitation.

In the courtyard, one more person joined the morning sword training.

The training method changed from two-sided sparring to three-way mixed training.

And mixed training means the three are both opponents and allies.

Whoever gains the upper hand, the other two will tacitly join forces to deal with the one with the advantage.

The advantageous side constantly shifts; this morning training's intensity directly maxed out.

Lefiya and the others woke up, hearing sounds from the courtyard, came out to see three people in the midst of a melee of flashing blades and sword shadows.

"No way, you got up this early to practice sword? How long have you been at it already?"

Tiona looked at the three, clothes soaked with sweat and clinging to their bodies, mouth gaping in surprise as she asked.

"Started before dawn, exactly how long, don't know......"

At Broly's gesture, the other two stopped; a somewhat breathless Ais answered Tiona's question.

"Watching you practice sword, I always feel a sense of guilt, feel like I shouldn't have slept in......"

"Eh, isn't it pretty early now?"

"It is pretty early, but people with more talent than me are working hard training skills, what right do I have to only get up now?!"

"Good, I'll start working hard too!" Tiona full of spirit, asked, "Who'll be my morning training partner?"

"Uh, we've already finished morning training, and today we're still preparing to go to the Dungeon, so we need to save some stamina."

Broly scratched his head and said.

"Uh......"

The Amazon girl, influenced by the volume king into preparing to work hard, stumbled in her steps; her body full of fighting spirit weakened.

"So, my effort is too late?"

"By the way, Miss Lefiya and Miss Tiona, why did you two come out of Hearth Manor?"

Seeing the two people appear here, Liu detected something amiss and couldn't help but ask.

"Last night, we stayed here together."

Tiona quickly recovered her spirit and answered.

"Eh, stayed here, why?"

Liu was somewhat confused; the girls of Loki Familia weren't without places to go.

"Staying overnight at someone else's home after a date is a kind of politeness."

Ais took the initiative to answer this question.

Although she didn't know what kind of politeness this was, Riveria had told her so.

Liu: "..."

A date again, and an overnight stay too — what are you trying to do?

The elf lady's internal alarm bells rang loudly, and she looked at the Sword Princess girl with some suspicion.

Of course, she was being vigilant for her good friend Xier.

"Miss Liu, you've also sweated quite a bit. Would you like to take a bath on our side before going back?"

Just then, Broly asked her.

"Ais, you go take a bath and change clothes too."

Liu originally wanted to refuse, but then heard the Saiyan boy say this to the Sword Princess girl.

"Mm."

Ais nodded in agreement, and Liu subconsciously changed her tune.

"Then thank you."

By the time she came to her senses, she had already entered Hestia Familia's bathroom together with the girl.

"Miss Ais..."

After cleaning her body and sitting in the hot spring pool, Liu finally called out to the girl beside her.

"Mm?"

Ais turned her head, looking over curiously.

"Do you like Mr. Broly?"

Liu asked; she wanted to know if this girl was her good friend's love rival.

"Mm, I like him."

Hearing this, Ais merely paused for a moment, then nodded and gave a definite answer.

Liu: "..."

The girl's eyes were too pure, her expression too calm, making her feel very subtle.

"The 'like' I'm asking about is the kind between a man and a woman."

Liu thought for a bit, then rephrased her question.

"Like between a man and a woman?"

Ais's face showed a confused expression.

"Sorry, Miss Liu, I don't quite understand this."

Ais said somewhat apologetically to the female elf beside her.

Liu opened her mouth; she wanted to explain, but didn't know how to say it, and fell silent.

"Soaking in a bath after training is very comfortable, isn't it?"

And at this time, it was instead Ais who actively struck up a conversation with her.

"Uh..."

Liu was stunned, subconsciously comparing today's morning training with her past morning training experiences, and discovered it was true — in the past, after her morning training, she would just casually wipe her sweat with a towel, at most change clothes, and would never come take a hot water bath.

"The feeling of training swordsmanship together this morning was great, Miss Liu. I hope you'll come train together in the mornings from now on too."

Ais said.

"Ah, this... I came to find Mr. Broly for morning training today only on a whim, it's not like..."

"I felt I gained a lot. Didn't you feel you gained anything?"

"There was some."

"Then will you come again?"

"If I come every time, won't it disturb Mr. Broly?"

"We can ask him."

"Mr. Broly, can Miss Liu and I come find you for morning sword training every day?"

Broly didn't know what had happened, only knew that after Ais finished bathing and came out, she directly came to ask him this question.

"Of course."

Just a morning training, and Ais's body gained two Happiness Value points; Broly had absolutely no reason to refuse.

"Wouldn't that be too much of a disturbance to you?"

Ais thought for a bit, then asked again.

"If this also counts as a disturbance, then I only hope for more and more of this kind of disturbance."

Broly was referring to the matter of morning training increasing Happiness Value.

"Miss Liu, great! Mr. Broly very much welcomes us to come for morning sword training."

Ais turned back, a hint of delight seemingly appearing on her face, and said this to the female elf behind her.

Ryu: "..."

She didn't know what expression to make right now; clearly she had only meant to probe the Sword Princess for a friend's sake, but for some reason it had turned into her coming to the Hestia Familia Headquarters, Hearth Manor, for morning sword training every day from now on.

Ryu wanted to refuse, yet didn't know how to refuse; she felt she had been roped into this, but the two people roping her in seemingly hadn't noticed this at all.

Ais was simply happy about high-quality morning sword training from now on; Broly, meanwhile, welcomed the routine that might regularly raise the Happiness Values of the two of them.

【Forget it, forget it; from now on it's just changing the place for morning sword training, not like I'm stealing the boy Xier likes.

Besides, the Sword Princess's feelings toward Broly are a bit unclear; perfect chance for me to help Xier observe the enemy situation...】

Holding such thoughts, the elf lady compromised.

"Broly-san, I'll be troubling you from now on when I come for morning training."

Ryu bowed and thanked the Saiyan boy; although she was being somewhat forced by the Sword Princess to come for morning training from now on, the hot water bath provided by Hearth Manor's artificial hot spring pool was real.

"I'm planning to go to the Dungeon to earn money afterward; Ais and Miss Lefiya should be planning to go with me; what about you, Miss Tiona?"

Broly made a simple sandwich breakfast for everyone in the kitchen, served it on the dining table, then asked the Amazoness girl.

"Then can I come along too? The reforged Double-headed Mithril Greatsword emptied my wallet."

Tiona indicated she would go earn money together.

"Broly-san, before going to the Dungeon, I want to go to the Ganesha Familia Forge first to pick up my weapon, is that okay?"

Ais asked instead; her Despair Sword was scheduled for delivery today.

"No problem."

Broly nodded and took out a Communication Crystal.

"Bell, I might be a bit late coming over; you wait and take Mr. Lorne to the Killer Ant Cave in the Seventh Floor Labyrinth of the Dungeon and wait for us there."

"Received, Broly-san."

Communication Crystal: this is a commonly used long-range communication tool in Orario, similar to a mobile phone in a technology world.

However, its transmission signal only covers the Orario Urban Area and the Dungeon Shallow Area.

Moreover, being a consumable, its selling price is still quite high.

But for the convenience of contact, Broly still equipped Bell, Liliruca, and Hestia each with one.

Just as Broly accompanied Ais and the others to the Ganesha Familia Forge to collect weapons, then headed for the Dungeon.

Over at Twilight Manor, Loki also found the werewolf Bert, wanting him to act as her bodyguard and investigate the monster incident that suddenly appeared in the city yesterday.

"Hah, the ones who experienced that were Ais and the others, right? Why should I go investigate?"

"That's also something that can't be helped; Ais and the others haven't returned yet."

"No, where did they go?"

"They stayed over at the Hestia Familia."

"Hm?"

"Enough, stop talking about that; come, smell this, then let's go find clues."

Loki took out the date souvenir Tiona brought back yesterday: a Special Magic Stone dropped by a Giant Man-Eating Flower.

"Loki, I'm a wolf, not a dog!"

"But your nose works just as well, doesn't it?"

"I absolutely won't do this kind of thing..."

"The reward for this commission is two hundred million Valis."

"Split me half."

"Deal done!"

Loki took her family's fierce wolf out the door, heading straight for the square where monsters appeared yesterday.

Werewolf Bert sniffed the scent, tracking all the way to the sewer leading to Daedalus Street.

As expected, Loki found some more Man-Eating Flower Monsters hidden deep in the sewer.

(Chapter End)