Otherworld Adventure 254 The Rice Is Cooked

The girls were immediately intrigued and after half a day of guidance, both Lucia and Serilla were able to gain an initial grasp and understanding of Ki.

The energy came from within the body, so it was much easier to sense than Mana, which was outside of the body at first.

"So...you mean you've been using Ki to cast those healing arts that you acquired from the World Tree's Trials?" Lucia asked when after they finished their cultivation session.

"Yeah, I'll teach you two how to do it once you've reached the Ki Formation Stage," Cecil said as he manipulated his Ki to gather around on his hand.

Normally, it wasn't visible, but whenever Cecil casted his healing arts that required him to use Ki, his hand would glow and emanate that soothing energy.

"Darling look, I...I think I've already reached the Formation Stage!"

"Huh?! Is that true Seri?!" Lucia exclaimed in amazement.

"Let me see!"

Cecil immediately arrived next to Serilla and grabbed her wrist. The only way to check on a person's Ki Cultivation stage was to feel their pulse while sensing it with one's own Ki.

"I-it's true! You're already in the Formation stage, Seri! That's incredible, you haven't even practiced for a day, but you're already in the first stage!"

"Ehehehe~" Serilla laughed bashfully at Cecil's praise.

"Guuuhh...I-I won't lose! I'll continue cultivating Cel! You just wait! I'll get to the first stage before the day ends!"

Cecil took a look outside and noticed that it was already evening. "Uhh...Lulu, that's fine and all, but what about dinner? Do you want me to make it?"

"Huh?"

Lucia took a look out the window and finally noticed that the sky had turned dark. The carriage had also stopped by the road side since who-knows-when. Lucia immediately scrambled to her feet and dashed towards the kitchen.

"Ahh! I didn't realize we took so long to cultivate! I'll quickly make dinner before going back to cultivate my Ki! Just wait a bit, okay guys?"

"S-sure, just take your time and don't rush."

"Hmhm~"

Cecil turned to look at Serilla and noticed that she had once more begun meditating. He finally noticed that the girl was emanating a large amount of Ki while she cultivated. It was like she already had a lot of it inside her body and she only needed to tap into that reservoir to bring it out.

This could only be attributed to Serilla's talent in cultivating Ki. Cecil had long since noticed that Serilla wasn't all that good in cultivating her mana. She was already 18, but was only at the Mana Core Stage. Compared to Alex, Robert, and Zephyr who were the same age as her, she was clearly lacking.

Those 3 had long since stepped into the Mana Core Stage while Serilla needed the boost from the World Tree's Trial grounds in order to reach the same stage.

"Wow...I didn't expect Seri to be so talented in cultivating Ki...jeez, one of my wives is talented in cultivating Mana while the other is talented in cultivating Ki—Woah, Woah! That thinking's dangerous, better not let—urk," Cecil abruptly stopped when he saw a certain girl smirking at him slyly.

"S-Seri, you heard nothing."

"Ohohoho~ I heard EVERYTHING~"

The girl began crawling over to Cecil while he scurried back in fright when he saw the coquettish look Serilla was directing at him, however, where could he go? It wasn't long before his back hit the wall and Serilla quickly caught him.

She moved and sat herself on top of his lap, staring straight into the boy's eyes with an alluring gaze. Cecil regretted saying his thoughts out loud, but the current situation he was in was pretty erotic and he couldn't help but have a reaction. The reaction a normal teenager his age would have when faced with this kind of situation.

"!" Serilla was surprised to feel something poking at her 'spot' and she smirked teasingly and said, "Ohoho~ my darling's grown naugh~ty~"

"W-what?!"

"Hihihi~ I'm glad to know that I can evoke a normal reaction from my darling~" As she leaned in closer and breathed into his ear. Serilla then moved her face in front of Cecil's and began nibbling at his cheeks seductively while slowly moving closer and closer to his lips.

"H-hey Seri, you still remember our promise, r-right?"

"Of course I do darling~ but I'm not violating it, right? And besides, you gave us permission to do whatever we wanted to do other than kissing if you weren't doing anything important~"

"Y-yeah, but..."

Serilla s.h.i.+fted her body a little and roughly brushed past the 'thing' poking her bottom. This immediately caused Cecil to stiffen up in response. He was still clueless and didn't know why his body was reacting this way so he didn't know what to do or how to respond.

It was kind of muddling his mind, but it didn't feel harmful. In fact, he was feeling hot all of a sudden.

"Phew...how come I feel hot all of a sudden?"

Serilla giggled at his response and whispered into his ear, "Do you want to know why?"

"Y-yeah?"

Just as Serilla was about to answer, Lucia called out to the two from the kitchen.

"Hey guys? I've heated up some leftovers, is that okay? It's sort of late to start cooking anything new!"

Lucia's voice broke the intimate atmosphere Serilla and Cecil had going on, but Serilla only laughed lightly in response.

"Hehe~ I want to eat darling instead~ but let's stop here. We should go eat dinner now!"

"Huh? Oh, yeah..."

For some reason, Cecil felt regretful all of a sudden. He didn't understand why, but he was thinking that he wanted Serilla to continue whatever it was she was going to do. Seeing his obviously disappointed face, Serilla began teasing him again.

"Oh my~ darling don't look so obviously disappointed! Ufufufu~ we can do it later! You can do it with me now, but if you want to do it with Lulu, you should probably wait for another 2-3 years~"

"Eh? What's this got to do with Lulu?"

"It has EVERYTHING to do with Lulu~"

"Okay?"

Serilla planted a kiss on top of Cecil's lips before she stood up and made her way to the kitchen. Cecil felt his mind was muddled for a moment there. He closed his eyes and meditated for a bit to calm his fl.u.s.tered mindset.

Once he felt calm enough and his body's 'weird' condition had returned to normal, he made his way to the kitchen and had his dinner with the other 2 girls. He also didn't forget to call Silver and Yuna to have dinner with them.

Those two would only have breakfast and dinner together with the rest, while they'd have lunch separately.

When Yuna arrived at the kitchen-dining room with Silver in her arms, she turned towards Cecil and said, "Don't forget Cecil, we'll be performing the pact ceremony tonight. The timing is just perfect since the full moon is out. It'll be the most perfect condition to form a pact between you and Silver, who's a Fenrir!"

"Oh? We're finally doing the pact now? That's great!" Cecil replied while stuffing himself.

"Yeah, finally, we had to wait for a bit so that the ceremony would take place during the most optimum time. We missed last month's, so we have to do it tonight!" Yuna emphasized.

"I get it. Let's eat first before we do the ceremony."

"Don't worry, there's no rush. We're going to perform the ancient pact ceremony at midnight anyway. So you better prepare yourself, Cecil."

Cecil nodded in response. He was prepared and ready for it. He knew for himself that this would be a special turning point between his and Silver's bond.

They wouldn't just be bound by familial bonds, but by a magical bond known as the Pact. He'd be gaining a portion of Silver's abilities and Silver would also gain a portion of his. The Ancient Pact was different than the normal Pact that Lucia and Yuna had performed.

The outcome and post-pact reaction would be much different than Lucia's and Yuna's pact. Yuna herself wasn't sure of what might happen after the two formed an Ancient Pact, but from what she knew, it was the only way for Cecil and Silver to truly bond together. An ordinary pact wouldn't suffice.

She didn't require an Ancient Pact, in fact, she didn't even know what an Ancient Pact was until Silver himself had explained things to her.

When Silver had begun explaining to Yuna about the information that he had which popped up in his mind after his black transformation had ended a while back, Yuna was able to get the gist of things regarding the Ancient Pact Rite.

It was performed similar to how a normal pact would, but there were strict conditions that had to be met. Like the timing and other such factors. Silver had been spending time with Yuna for a while now and had been explaining to her the most optimal time for when he and Cecil should perform the Ancient Pact Rite.

Today at midnight, when the full moon hung at its highest point was one of the best days to perform the pact. There was a similar day last month that had similar conditions, but the party had been too preoccupied with something else and missed it.

More importantly, this day actually had much better conditions than the previous time so it was alright. Silver was greatly antic.i.p.ating this day and he could no longer wait anymore.

"Rafu!"

'Master, we have to do it tonight! Any later and the conditions might change!'

"I hear ya Silv, don't worry, there's nothing stopping us from performing the rite," Cecil replied.

"Alright you 3, enough with the talks, eat up already!" Lucia demanded. She had only reheated some leftovers and if they kept talking like this, it'll become cold again.

It wasn't long until they finished their meal and begun waiting for the time when Cecil and Silver would initiate their Ancient Pact Rite.

Yuna was outside with Silver while preparing all the materials needed for the pact. They were told not to interfere so right now they had some time to kill before the agreed time.

So how did they spend this time? A while back, the girls had come to another agreement and that was how they would take turns sleeping while embracing Cecil. This was actually brought up by Cecil himself and it delighted the girls. This finally gave them both an excuse to act intimate with him when they went to bed.

Tonight was Serilla's turn and right now, while Lucia was outside observing Yuna and Silver making their preparations, Cecil and Serilla were in bed continuing what they were previously doing.

"Hmhm~ shall we continue what we were doing before darling~?"

"Uhm...s-sure..."

"Hehehe~"

For the next 2 hours, Cecil was 'taught' what it meant to be a 'man'. Age-wise, he shouldn't be doing this, but physically, after he acquired the various blessings from the World Tree's Trials, he was ready.

It took him 2 hours to calm down and during those two hours, he made a total mess of Serilla.

"Oh my G.o.d...did...that just happen?"

"Hmmm~ darling~" Serilla mumbled sleepily as she clung tighter around Cecil.

"Wow..." Cecil couldn't help but exclaim in shock at how beautiful Serilla was right now. He also couldn't believe that he had done what he had just done earlier. He didn't regret it, but he thought that he probably shouldn't do it with Lucia just yet.

While he was busy contemplating, Lucia called out to him from the front door of the wagon.

"Cel, the two are finished with the preparations and it's time!"

Cecil immediately responded with a shout and moved to get up, he separated himself from Serilla who was still clinging tightly onto him and this stirred her awake.

"Hrmmm... Darling, where are you going?" Serilla said as she got up. The blanket that was covering her body immediately slipped off and her large b.r.e.a.s.t.s were exposed to Cecil. He immediately grabbed onto the blanket and wrapped it around the sleep girl and gently pushed her back down onto the bed.

"You can go to sleep Seri. I'm just going out to perform the Pact with Silver."

"Hmm...I wanna see. Carry me, please~"

For some reason, Cecil couldn't refuse her. After the two got dressed, Cecil carried Serilla out of the bedroom. When he turned to close the door, Cecil couldn't help but notice the red 'stain' on the bed. He looked down at Serilla who was in his arms and the girl blushed furiously, but was looking straight into his eyes with a gentle expression.

Cecil brought Serilla to the driver's seat and placed her down. Lucia was already there and she greeted the two before telling Cecil to hurry on over to Yuna and Silver. Once he was gone, Lucia immediately began interrogating Serilla.

"Hey, Seri~ what were you two doing in bed~?" Lucia asked with a teasing smile.

"Eh? Uhmmm...L-Lulu...d-don't get mad okay?"

"It's alright~ I know already. You two 'did' it, right?"

"Y-yeah...s-sorry that I cheated...I really couldn't help myself...especially when darling was acting so timid for once, ehehehe~"

Lucia actually didn't mind it much. She'd also experience it eventually, but she was naturally curious and couldn't help but ask her 'sister'.

"S-so, how did it f-feel?"

Serilla gave Lucia a pat on the shoulder, she leaned in and whispered, "It felt so good~"

"...I wanna do it too..."

"You can't! Well, at least not yet!"

"Y-yeah...but..."

"Just wait for a couple more years, Lulu! No one's taking him away from us~"

"Hehe~ you're right. Soon, we'll be sisters!"

"Aren't we already~?"

The two girls giggled together and quickly turned their gazes towards the boy in the distance.

"I hope things go well with Cel and Silvy's pact!"

"Yup!"

The full moon was hanging high up in the clear night sky. With multiple stars s.h.i.+ning down on them, Cecil and Silver were at the eve of forming their pact.