I was Betrayed then Reincarnated as a Kitsune - Chapter 265: Leaving the Town

[Luna POV]

When I got back from my bath, I saw wheels of cheese and several larger woodcarvings placed neatly on the deck of the ship.  The carvings were exquisite.

“That was a long bath.” (Soleil)

“I know.  The smell just wouldn’t come off.” (Luna)

I put all the things in front of me into my inventory and turned to face Soleil.

“Big sis, are we going to move on today, or are we going to wait for tomorrow?” (Soleil)

“I kind of want to get going since I feel like if we stay, I’m going to end up licked again.” (Luna)

“Was it that bad?  I mean, the smell was, but it was enough for you to want to leave as fast as possible?” (Soleil)

“Yes.  I felt like I was walking around while wearing clothes made from goblins.” (Luna)

“I’d be traumatized.” (Soleil)

“Anyway, I’ll start getting things ready, can you go let the others know?” (Luna)

“Yep.” (Soleil)

Soleil went below deck while I made illusions that started preparing to set sail.  A little while later everything was ready and as the ship started moving I rang a bell.  Several of the minotaurs that were near the river looked up and saw we were leaving.  They started to wave at the ship and call out goodbyes.

‘Even if we were only here for a day, it was fun.  Minus being licked by a giant bull.”

{How many times are you going to bring that up?}

“As many times as it takes to get just how unpleasant it was across.”

{I think we get it.}

“Someone seems annoyed.”

{Oh, you noticed?}

“Of course I did.  Tell me what’s wrong and I’ll deal with it.  Was it those other goddesses?”

{No, it’s that my night was ruined when that whole fiasco went down, and I didn’t get invited to take a bath with you.}

“While I can understand the first part, I wasn’t going to let you smell me like that.”

{I wouldn’t care.}

“I would.  Just imagining you making a disgusted face at me is horrible, I don’t know how I would react if it actually happened.”

{Again, I would never do that.}

“Luna, when you’re done flirting with Goddess Tamamo, let us know.” (Velvet)

“What’s up?” (Luna)

{We’ll come back to this later.}

“Are we going to fly the rest of the day?” (Velvet)

“Yeah.  When I was getting everything ready, I blinked up to where we usually sail at and the wind was just right.  I’m just waiting for a good place before we start ascending.” (Luna)

“What do you mean good place nya?” (Mio)

“A straight part of the river.  The river curves too much here to safely take off.” (Luna)

“That matters?” (Ophidia)

“I mean, we can completely stop and then go straight up, but then we’d have to pick up momentum again and I don’t feel like doing that.” (Luna)

It was then that I started to hear something off in the distance.

“Well, this’ll be fun.” (Luna)

“What do you…you’re right.  This WILL be fun.” (Soleil)

“Nya!  Is that what I think it is nya?” (Mio)

“Yep.” (Luna)

I opened several Gates and used my chains to tie everyone to the ship.  As we turned a bend, the river became straight and the others that couldn’t hear it saw it.

“Luna, I hope you know what you’re doing.” (Velvet)

“When have I let you down in regards to things like this before?” (Luna)

The ship started to pick up speed as we got caught in the current of the river.  We quickly approached the waterfall and I started channeling my mana into the ship.  As soon as the bow of the ship went over the waterfall, we started to fly.  When we were completely free of the water and were stable, I turned to look at the scene behind us.  It was a surprisingly large waterfall that reminded me of Niagara.  The mist at the bottom formed several rainbows and it was just an overall beautiful sight.  Combine it with the time of day where the sky was just starting to turn orange made it even more stunning.

“Big sis, I NEED to paint this.  I know that will force us to stop, but still.” (Soleil)

“Actually, we don’t need to.” (Luna)

I made sure nothing was directly in our way and left the steering to an illusion.  I then held my fingers up and framed the scene with them before making a domain between them.  The domain captured the image I was looking at like a camera and then I made it into a small window that could float around Soleil.

“There you go.” (Luna)

“I forgot you could do that and thanks.” (Soleil)

“No problem.” (Luna)

Soleil immediately set up her painting supplies and got to work as I went back to steering.

“To think even I didn’t know a place like that existed.” (Skadi)

“That’s surprising.” (Velvet)

“Not really.  I’ve hardly ever gone this way while traveling in the Beast Kingdom and Celestia Kingdom border regions.  I may be old compared to everyone but Ophidia here, but even I haven’t explored every inch of the continent yet.” (Skadi)

“By that yet, do you plan on doing so nya?” (Mio)

“Maybe.  That was my original goal, but after meeting Ophidia, my priorities have changed.” (Skadi)

“How about we make that our honeymoon?” (Ophidia)

“That’s a wonderful idea.  Assuming Luna is fine with that since you are her Apostle.” (Skadi)

“Go for it as long as you two promise to visit every so often.” (Luna)

{We need to think about what we are going to do.  Why haven’t I thought about this yet?}

“We can talk about that later, Tamamo.” (Luna)

{Yes, it’s essential.}

“Fufufu.” (Luna)

We continued to make it to our usual sailing altitude while chatting about random things.  After the ship was steady I left the steering to an illusion and went below with the others.

“Now, let’s try some of this cheese.” (Luna)

I pulled one wheel out of my inventory and cut a piece out of it which I further cut into pieces and handed them out to the others.  The second I tasted it I knew what I needed to do.  I pulled out a small pot and a burner that is used to boil things for making potions and lit it.  I then placed another chunk of cheese in the pot and waited for it to melt.

“What are you doing?” (Ophidia)

“Making fondue.  I’ve tried doing this before but every kind of cheese I’ve tried had been too strong in flavor or the exact opposite.” (Luna)

I then pulled out some small sliced of bread and some makeshift fondue sticks I made a long time ago and handed them out to everyone.  I then showed them what you were supposed to do before trying it.

“So good.” (Luna)

“Why does this make it taste better than just eating the cheese normally nya?  All you did was melt it nya.” (Mio)

“No idea, but it’s great.” (Velvet)

“Does this count as cooking?  Is it the bread that’s making it taste better?” (Soleil)

“I don’t think it counts as cooking really, and the bread is some I bought from a bakery.  If I made all of it myself, from the bread to the cheese, then it’d probably be a different story.” (Luna)

“Master, can we try this with meat?  Specifically wyvern meat.” (Ophidia)

We all stared at Ophidia.

“Ophidia, I think you’re a genius.  We NEED to try this now.” (Skadi)

“Woo!  Wyvern meat fondue party!” (Luna)

I jumped up and went to the ship kitchen and immediately started to prepare some wyvern meat.  Once it was done and I brought in two large plates of it, we got to work eating it.  To say it was one of the greatest things I’ve ever tasted wouldn’t be a lie.

Chaos Realm:

Fenrir: Envyous.

Atmos: Agreed.

Order: Want to try it.

All you need to do is ask.  It might not be on the level of Luna’s cooking, but I can get something like that going at any time.

Fenrir, Atmos, and Order: Then what are you waiting for?

Be right back.

*Some time later*

Fenrir: Bliss.

Atmos: Agreed.

Order: Payto, I’m so glad I married you.

Hahaha.