Chapter 372: AFK
Looking at the ice lich who bowed and lowered their head before her, Kazumi was momentarily silent. She was quite satisfied with this diligent governor, who had basically eliminated her mistakes in domestic construction due to her lack of understanding.
However, due to the difference in status between a lord and a subordinate, and Kazumi’s own personality, she couldn’t say “long time no see” like an old friend.
”Please accept this, Lord.”
Fortunately, Lei was always a practical person who didn’t care about such formalities. After offering the highest courtesy to his lord, he directly separated a wisp of soul fire from his head and offered it to Kazumi in mid-air.
”Hmm.”
The young girl paused for a moment but still accepted the wisp of soul fire, condensing it with death energy into a small lampshade and shoving it into Little Black’s mouth, who was watching from the side.
In fact, Kazumi no longer doubted Lei’s loyalty. After all, under Shun Muto’s attack earlier, the lich governor was the first to block in front of her and was cut in half.
But upon closer thought, controlling soul fire was indeed necessary. Firstly, if soul fire was reserved during a revival, like this time, it could save a lot of materials. Secondly, it was to prevent any unfavorable actions against her if Lei were to be controlled by someone else, as she could directly erase him using the soul fire.
”Lei, I’ll leave the task of rebuilding the territory to you. I’ll leave Little Black to help you. The backup supplies are at the graveyard plaza.”
With a grand gesture, Kazumi, as always, delegated the power of the territory’s internal affairs to the lich governor. The territory, which was in ruins and needed rebuilding, indeed relied on the lich’s ability to reconstruct it.
”Yes.” “Lord!”
”Hmm?”
Kazumi, who had just taken a step, was stopped by a hoarse call from behind. She turned her head with some surprise, frowning at the lich standing in place.
”My subordinate has overstepped. I was just worried about the power you emitted earlier, which was different from that of the [Underworld].”
Sensing the slight displeasure from the young girl, Lei quickly knelt down and replied respectfully.
”Power different from the [Underworld]?”
Upon hearing Lei’s words, Kazumi pondered for a moment. Then, she suddenly remembered that her territory was also called the [Underworld], and she realized that Lei was probably referring to the strange energy that Little Black mentioned had appeared in her body, which resisted sword energy.
The reason why he could see it was likely because skeleton-type creatures, in addition to their soul fire, had no fatal points. They retained consciousness until their bodies were completely pulverized.
”Yes, I know about this. You don’t need to worry.”
Nodding, she signaled Lei to go about his business, and Kazumi turned to walk out of the graveyard hall.
Kazumi herself wasn’t entirely sure about the existence of that power. She only knew from Little Black’s unclear mental perception that it was an energy with a similar scent of death and decay. However, any more specific descriptions were beyond Little Black’s limited brain capacity.
But the problem was that her current body had quite a few secrets. The original body’s abilities, the awakening potions made by her original body’s parents, the backup plan left by Uncle Fukada, and even the backup plan Masashi Sakuraba had left for her safety.
Any one of these could be the source of this strange ability, or even more. Therefore, it was truly difficult for Kazumi to investigate and confirm the specific origin of this energy one by one.
However, the fortunate thing was that this energy was probably harmless to her body. Otherwise, there would be no reason for it not to attack her during her weakest moments. This way, the exploration of the unknown energy could be put aside for a while. She could prioritize completing the territory’s construction, recover her strength, and then examine her body when she had the ability.
Looking at the ice giant being condensed in the distance and Little Black busy working, Kazumi shook her head. She walked to the teleportation point located at the original hall entrance, waved her hand to summon a deep, dark abyss, and stepped into it alone.
………
”Ah, thinking about it, what needs to be done now is to wait. At least a few troop buildings need to be repaired to have some combat power. Simply pouring death energy is too weak, and the current resources don’t allow for further research in energy control technology. Sigh, I still have to rely on myself.”
”The organization won’t be able to get any resources for a while, and the new mission is getting closer. The situation is still a bit discouraging…”
”Look for Uncle Fukada? But he hasn’t replied to my messages in a long time. Is he really that busy? A squad leader in the organization…”
”…….”
The young girl lay on her black bed, idly condensing a ball of death energy and playing with it while analyzing to herself.
As if thinking of something, she flipped over to the other side of the bed and reached for her mobile phone. Upon opening the screen, she found no special message notifications.
Pouting slightly with dissatisfaction, the young girl threw her phone aside. Thinking of something unhappy, a hint of anger appeared on her cold face.
”You said you didn’t want to talk and then you really stopped sending messages! Are you a scumbag? You idiot!”
Angrily hitting the small pillow, the young girl’s dissatisfaction with a certain blond grew even more. Although Kazumi knew that most of this emotion was due to the original body’s feelings for Shinichi Sato, this slightly overwhelming feeling really had a bit of a bittersweet taste.
Throwing her phone aside, Kazumi decided not to initiate contact with Shinichi Sato either. Just like his approach, the current situation was indeed better for calming herself down, at least allowing her body to calm down a bit. Otherwise, that feeling of anger and irritation was too overwhelming.
Moreover, the degree to which they weren’t talking was well within her control. No matter what, if she ignored that fool, she wouldn’t be the one to be anxious.
As if imagining Shinichi Sato anxiously looking everywhere because he couldn’t see her messages, and then rushing to her house to find her, a sweet smile appeared on the young girl’s face.
Turning over and tucking half of her body under the small quilt on the bed, perhaps due to playing and using her abilities, the young girl’s eyelids began to feel heavier and heavier.
Sitting up and tidying her pillow meticulously, the young girl raised her hand and switched off the bedside lamp. With the silly image still lingering before her eyes, she slowly drifted into her dreams.
(ps: Three chapters delivered, Yugan wishes everyone a Happy New Year!)
