Back at the mansion....
Elsa felt quite tense. How could she not?. There were seven intense gazes focused on her after all. It was an understatent to say they wanted to know everything that had happened. And so, she quickly spilled the beans and told them everything. She didn't like being the centre of attention like that.
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"So you're saying you got so kind of Fairy Embryo thing that will only awaken once you reach rank one?" Emily summarised what her sister said while seeking confirmation. To which Elsa nodded in agreent.
"I guess now we have one more reason to get you to Rank One. I can't wait to see what happens" Muku chid in. Like many people, he quite liked seeing new and interesting things.
"Should we set off imdiately then?" Emily suggested she couldn't wait anymore, wanting her sister to rank up.
"No need to rush, we've already spent most of the day, so we might as well set off tomorrow morning. For now, we have to go say goodbye to our neighbours" Muku refused her suggestion.
"Do we have to?. We're not even that close to them, though," Jade chid in before Emily could reply. She didn't mind waiting for another day, but she found it quite troubleso to deal with the university people.
"Yes, we have to; it's the polite thing to do", Audrey replied before Muku could. She didn't want the girls to lose their human manners just because it was the apocalypse.
"Fine" Jade unwillingly agreed. If it was Muku, she would have argued a bit, but she respected Audrey too much to do that.
"Great!, now that has been decided, everyone go prepare. We'll go see them in an hour and get it over with," Muku spoke; he also didn't particularly like doing it but felt he had to. That's how the world of adults worked after all. Who knows if they'll need Jack's group's help in the future?. So bridges had to be kept intact, even if they were super thin and flimsy.
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An hour later, at the university....
"So your group will be leaving tomorrow morning, huh?" Jack spoke, the light in his eyes dimming a bit.
Although they don't interact much, having good strong neighbours is never a bad thing. Like if a Rank Two beast suddenly sets its eyes on the university for whatever reason, his group wouldn't need to worry about being trapped inside because it would get killed off soon enough by their neighbours for food. Although that's unlikely to happen, stranger things have happened. And it can even be a rank two human enemy who shows up, with Muku's group around, they wouldn't need to worry. But now, the sense of security they subconsciously got from having Muku's group around was about to fly away with them and their mansion.
"Yeah, but don't worry, sure we'll et soday again", Muku replied with a smile. He could sowhat understand what was going through Jack's mind, but that wouldn't change his mind.
"I sure hope so, anyway, thank you again for the help before. I wish we could give you so kind of farewell gift, but I doubt there's anything we can give you that you don't already have," Jack spoke with a self-deprecating smile on his face. Even Sarah, sitting beside him, also felt a bit embarrassed. They still hadn't found anything they could do to repay the favour from before. Now they couldn't even co up with a small gift.
"It's fine, it's the apocalypse, so everyone is struggling to fend for themselves, let alone find gifts to offer others", Muku replied with an understanding smile on his face, not at all offended. After all, there really was nothing Jack's group could provide them with that they couldn't get themselves.
"Anyway, we won't be staying for long; we have to go back and prepare for tomorrow", Muku spoke while getting up. The stink eye Jade had been giving him had finally gotten too much for him to stand.
"It's fine, we won't keep you. I wish you luck in your travels" Jack also got up then shook Muku's hand with a smile. He felt honoured to shake the hand of one of the most powerful people, if not the most powerful person in the world at that ti. And so, Muku's group left while getting waved off by the crowd from the university.
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After Muku's group left....
"Why were you smiling like an idiot while shaking his hand?" Sarah asked Jack with a deadpan expression on her face. She felt that he not only lost his face in the situation but also hers and the whole safe zone's face as their leader.
"What if I told you all of them are now rank two except for the little girl?" Jack spoke up, not at all offended by Sarah's words.
"Weren't they all already rank two last ti?" Sarah asked confused by Jack's words.
"No, he wasn't yet. I don't think you properly grasp what their strength ans. You see, I'm the strongest one in our base, and I'm only at 30% Half-step R2. Yet they have 7 full-blown R2s. It's only been a bit less than two months since the apocalypse began. What do you think they'd be like after a year or two?" Jack continued.
"Oh my!" Sarah finally grasped Jack's aning and imdiately exclaid. She had been so blind! She should have tried her best to at least get close to one of the girls instead of just passively standing there. That group was definitely going to be one of the biggest powers in the apocalypse and they should do everything in their power to latch onto them. After all, they say when soone ascends, even their chickens and dogs ascend with them.
"Why didn't you tell this sooner!? We wasted such a good chance! Who knows when we'll see them again!?" Sarah scread angrily at Jack while shaking him.
"This is why I didn't tell you, I knew you'd have tried to suck up to them. And I can tell you for a fact, that would have backfired. They don't seem like those shallow people who like having suck-ups around them" Jack replied calmly, not even minding how Sarah was shaking him.
He had expected it before it happened after all, he was well aware of every quirk his girlfriend had. While other n would feel disrespected by her actions, he rather found it endearing that she exposed every side of herself to him. And he loved her even more because of it.
"O..oh, I guess you're right. Sorry about that" Sarah imdiately cald down after hearing his explanation. She then quickly apologised while tidying up his shirt with her hands, an embarrassed smile on her face. After all, it wasn't the first ti she had done such a thing. And she has a sneaking suspicion that it won't be the last either.
"Ahh!" She suddenly scread in surprise as Jack suddenly pulled her onto his lap.
"You think you can just do that and apologise and it will be over??. Get ready to face your punishnt!" Jack said with an evil grin on his face. Sarah gulped down so saliva with a look of fear in her eyes.
Soon, lewd sounds could be heard from the room as Jack gave Sarah several rounds of punishnt until she begged for rcy. Even then he didn't stop until they were both powerless and breathing heavily on the floor.
"You anie! You didn't stop even when I begged you to", Sarah spoke after catching her breath with a little smile on her rosy face.
"Sorry, you're just so irresistible I couldn't stop" Jack replied while kissing her forehead.
"Hmph!" Sarah responded still pouting cutely.
"This is your fault" Jack suddenly spoke in a rough voice.
"Huh, what do you m...Ahh!" Sarah was confused until she noticed that Jack had gotten into the mood again. Before she could react Jack was already back on top of her.
And the sounds resounded in the room again...
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"Has anyone else noticed the grass on the ground?" Layla suddenly spoke as they walked back to the mansion. Muku felt that they'd get too lazy if they used the "Silver Surfer's" board to go everywhere, especially when it was closed. So he had the group walk to the university and back.
"Hhm, what do you an?" Audrey, who was walking beside her, asked.
"It seems to be growing too quickly", Layla replied; she had looked at the grass for a bit as they ca to the university. Yet now, as they returned to the mansion, the sa grass from less than an hour before seed to have already grown in size.
"Really? I think you're thinking too much; maybe you just didn't look at it properly before", Jade chid in; the grass looked the sa to her. Everyone else other than Layla hadn't paid attention to it before, so they also thought that Layla might have seen it wrongly before.
"Maybe" Layla replied with one word, also doubting herself. Maybe she had really not taken a proper look before making it seem different.
With that, the issue of the grass was dropped. It was only on the next day that they realised that Layla had not seen things incorrectly.
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