Chapter 135: Investigating the Mysterious Kitchen-Teleporting Glutton?!

Chapter 135: Chapter 135: Investigating the Mysterious Kitchen-Teleporting Glutton?!

The first thing Lucien noticed while surfacing out of his sleep was the warmth laying against his side.

He looked down and saw that it was Evelisse wrapped around him like a determined vine with her head tucked against his chest and both arms locked in a grip that suggested she had no intention of ever letting go.

’Cute!’

"Sparking Truffles..." She murmured and making his eyebrow go up in confusion.

"My precious rare snacks..." She murmured and he stared at her for a long moment.

"Seriously, even in your sleep."He smiled.

She tightened her grip, mumbling something that sounded distinctly like more, and buried her face deeper into his shirt.

He chuckled quietly and brushed a few strands of midnight black hair off her face while patting her head gently.

’That little glutton dreams about snacks the way people from Earth dream about flying.’ He chuckled.

’There’s no reason to rush a morning this peaceful and with a cutie beside me.’ He joked and didn’t get up right away still patting her head

’Aurelia is probably already downstairs in the training chambers and busy with her morning training.’

’Seraphina’s most likely making breakfast even after I said I would take care of it, seems like I overslept.’

"Oh well."

’But somehow and someway I already know this glutton is going to beat me to the kitchen despite being the one currently using me as a body pillow.’

’Looks like some mysteries just aren’t meant to be solved.’ He thought.

’Carmilla, you up?’ He reached inward after a few minutes of sitting on the bed as Evelisse used her hubby body pillow.

’Hmm, morning sugar disciple!’ She said and blinked into existence beside him a heartbeat later, her fairy sized body floating next to him already alert.

"Good morning," he said quietly, careful not to wake the fallen angel currently drooling faintly on his shirt while dreaming of her warm sugar cookies.

’I wonder what will happen when the Rare Snacks run out?’ He wondered.

’Hopefully noting too dramatic.’

’So we heading out today?’ Carmilla asked as she glanced at Evelisse, then back at him.

"That’s the plan, but I’ve got to shower first then have breakfast with my lovely wives then we can go to your dungeon." He said.

’Wonderful, chop chop disciple no time to waste.’

He eased himself out from under Evelisse with the delicate precision of a man defusing a bomb, and she simply latched onto a soft pillow instead not even stirring a bit.

"I’m going to shower, so go join the girls if you want." He said though to be honest he expected her to shamelessly go in with him.

’I’ll stay here a bit.’ Carmilla said surprisingly as she shook her head

"Really?" He asked wondering if she was turning over a new leaf.

’Yes but the next time I’m gping to join you, but for now I need to figure out how this one manages to beat you to the kitchen every single morning when you’re the one who wakes up first.’ She said pointing at Evelisse with her eyes glinting in scholarly interest, well some kind of interest anyway.

"That’s a mystery even I haven’t cracked." He laughed while joking.

’Then let’s investigate together, I’ll inform you of my findings.’ Carmilla floated down and settled beside the sleeping glutton like a very small, very smug researcher preparing for fieldwork.

Lucien shook his head and headed for the bathroom, as he undressed and stepped into the shower.

With hot water running over his shoulders, he pulled up the interface, more than a little curious about the results of last night’s three month session.

[HOST STATUS]

[Lucien Dracul Aethernis]

[Race: Vampire]

[Age: 18]

[Appearance: Long Black hair with blood red eyes and a tall but lean athletic build. Has all the wives tattoos on his back.]

[Bloodline: Crimson Sovereign (Divine), Hollow Abyss (Mythical)]

[Talent: Sanguine Genesis Crucible (Divine)]

[Cultivation Rank: S Rank (Peak) → SS Rank (Begginer)]

[Stats: —]

[Strength: 85,250 → 92,250]

[Agility: 101,600 → 108,600]

[Constitution: 107,250→ 115,250]

[Intelligence: 20,000 → 30,000]

[Vitality: 299,999 → 349,999]

[Mana: 249,999 → 299,999]

[Blood: 150,000 → 250,000]

[Charm: 999 → 1,099]

[Energy Affinities: Mana Affinity (Divine+ Rank).]

[Elemental/Conceptual Affinities: Blood Affinity (Divine+ Rank), Space Affinity (SSS Rank), Void Affinity (SSS Rank), Nothingness Affinity (SSS Rank), Shadow Affinity (B Rank), Fire Affinity (D Rank, Charm (SSS Rank).]

He let out a low whistle that echoed off the tiled walls.

"Okay, that’s a huge increase and it’s just for one rank."

"But it is also to be expected since it’s for S to SS Rank."

He scrolled past the stats and affinities and into the trait list and immediately regretted it a little as even after the fusions it was still a long list.

Keen Senses. Iron Brute Musculature. Night Phantom. Predator’s Reflex and something called Mommy’s Scent that he made a very deliberate decision not to investigate further at seven in the morning.

Spider adjacent entries he vaguely remembered from a particularly unpleasant Floor Four encounter he had with Rika and her party which got him Silk Sense, Threadstep, Eight Point Focus that helped him a ton and he also had a whole cluster of resistances he’d apparently picked up without noticing like corrosion, paralytic, venom.

’I really have been collecting these like loot drops, haven’t I.’

He skimmed the skills and techniques underneath Mana Vision, Phantom Veil, True Appraisal, the Blood Sovereign Scripture, the Foundation Severance Scripture and a frankly embarrassing number of weapon and footwork techniques ranging from Common to Rare.

’That’s quite a lot of weaponn and fighting techniques.’ He thought as he rubbed his chin.

’I should actually try them out some time but when I actually get some high ranking ones, for now these are just okay.’

And at the bottom, two lines caught his eye.

[Cultivation Progression: 21 Months]

[Technique Comprehension: 2 Months]

"Beginner SS Rank," he said out loud, mostly to hear it confirmed.

"Not bad for a night’s work." He smiled.

"And it only took around 13 hours to go from F to SS Rank, with plenty more months left in stock."

’I’ve still got plenty more to new things to test out like how much these stats are, how far my bloodline abilities have scaled but it can wait for the dungeon.’

He closed the interface as he finished rinsing off, and got dressed in the empty master bedroom before heading downstairs to the kitchen.

And exactly as predicted, Evelisse was already parked at the table, happily demolishing a plate of breakfast with Carmilla perched on her head, rubbing her own chin like a detective who’d failed to crack a case.

"I see the investigation’s still ongoing, master" Lucien joked from the doorway.

"Morning!" Evelisse called, mouth half full.

’Lucien!’ Carmilla added not looking up from her study subject.

"Morning, darling." He laughed and crossed to Seraphina, who was plating the last bit of food.

"Morning." She turned to him smiling.

"Smells incredible." He wrapped her in a quick hug from behind, kissed her temple.

"Thank you."

"But didn’t I say I would take the cooking duties." He flicked her forehead as she laughed.

"Well, you were sleeping like a baby while cuddling with Eve, and I didn’t want to disturb you since you have got a lot to do today." She said as he smiled and hugged her.

The spread was gentler than last night’s dinner, Golden Sunflower Bread, soft and buttery with a Moondew Herb Omelette and Crimson Berry Sausages with a mild kick along with Silverleaf Fruit Salad and a pot of Moonflower Tea that smelled incredible.

’She certainly knows her teas.’ He thought catching the fragrance.

Aurelia arrived a few minutes later with her hair still damp and her training clothes swapped for fresh ones.

"Morning," she said while taking her seat.

"Finish training?" Lucien asked.

"Yes, I tested my new technique’s weapon forms, and its promising." A small satisfied smile bloomed on her face.

"Very promising." She smiled wide as they all started eating, with Evelisse on her second plate and Carmilla sharing Luciens tastebuds.

"By the way, I made some progress with cultivation." Lucien said as he was halfway through his tea, with the casualness of a man mentioning the weather,

"Have you." Aurelia glanced up.

"How much exactly hubby?" Evelisse asked, pausing mid bite.

"I’m at SS Rank rank." He said puffing his chest out a bit.

"SS Rank?" Evelisse blinked hearing him.

"Congratulations, darling," Seraphina said warmly.

"It is impressive, husband." Aurelia agreed, nodding like he didn’t announce anything surprising.

Evelisse looked at him, then at her plate then back at him.

"It’s already begun?" She sighed.

"Something wrong Eve?" He asked.

"No, it’s just, you’re ridiculous, you know that." She sighed, long and theatrical.

"That’s certainly one word for it." Carmilla said while laughing openly.

’Honestly, I expected a bigger reaction.’ Lucien thought mildly disappointed.

’They’re treating a full rank jump like I mentioned the weather.’

"At least you’ll finally have something fun to actually test in the dungeon," Aurelia said, unbothered while reaching for another sausage.

"That’s the plan wifey." He admitted as they all talked on various things.

’Oh, right.’ A thought surfaced between his sips of tea and the family banter.

’I’ve been sitting on a quite few things for them I had for them, haven’t I?’