Chapter 42: Swimming

  "Ah, so refreshing!" Francis swam two laps in the water and saw Saber standing on the shore. "Hey, Saber! Aren't you coming in to try it?" Francis tossed his hair to both sides, looking at Saber who was hesitating.

  Long, golden eyebrows, below which were narrowed eyes, thin red lips adorned the straight nose. Since his hair was all blown back, without any bangs to cover, Saber could easily see Francis's entire appearance. Water flowed down his neck and onto his shoulders, shining with a dazzling light under the sun. As Francis emerged from the water, Saber's face immediately turned bright red "No! I won't swim!"

  "Really! You can't swim? Then I'll teach you! As a warrior, swimming is also important, right? What if one day we have to fight on water..." Francis thought for a moment and decided to teach Saber how to swim.

  "It's okay, I've been protected by the spirit of the lake and can walk on water." Saber said, taking a step forward onto the surface of the pond, standing steadily on the water, and walking two steps forward. "In that case, even if you don't know how to swim, it won't be a problem!"

  "What an incredible ability, it's indeed much faster than swimming on the water! But what if the enemy is lurking underwater and walking around?" Francis looked at Saber standing on the surface of the water and asked his question.

  "...it seems there's nothing they can do, and it's likely they'll just have to watch as the enemy escapes."

  "You wouldn't be someone who's never learned to swim after acquiring this ability, would you?!" Francis rubbed his forehead, the great King Arthur was actually a landlubber since childhood.

  “……”saber。

  "Alright! Go take off your clothes! Actually, swimming isn't that hard to learn, after a few more practices you won't be afraid anymore!" Francis thought for a moment and decided to teach her how to swim. After all, she's always on the water, although it looks cool, but what if one day she hides in the water and can't get out?

  "Now?!" Saber said with a red face.

  "Can't it?"

  "I...don't have...suitable clothes!"

  "Hmm! I guess there are no swimsuits in this world, so just wear a thicker short-sleeved shirt! That's fine for tonight, swimming at night should be quite cool!" Francis thought for a moment, and that was the only option.

  "I know!" Francis thought of teaching her how to swim, and in her heart, besides expectation, there was also a little fear.

  "And besides, it's quite dark, so you don't have to worry about me seeing anything! Haha..." Francis said with a laugh as he floated on the water.

  "No, I'm not worried about that at all!" Saber suddenly exclaimed loudly, her stiff hair standing on end.

  "......" Francis pouted "I'm just saying! Don't get so worked up!"

  "If it's young master...". Saber lowered his head, his voice getting smaller and smaller until it was completely inaudible.

  "Ah! What?" Francis swam from the water to the shore, digging out the water in his ears "What did you say? I didn't quite catch it!"

  "It doesn't matter!" Saber shook her head, looking down, and she herself found it strange that she would say something like that.

  Francis casually put on the clothes he had taken off, and wasn't worried about catching a cold. Although there wasn't much meat on his body, with his physique, it was probably impossible for him to catch a cold. He turned around and looked at Saber who was still in the water: "Lily! What's wrong, aren't you leaving yet?"

  "Oh!" Saber was lost in thought and didn't know what she was thinking about. She was called by Francis, which made her come back to reality, and then hurriedly walked over to Francis.

  "Ahahahaha!" Before they had gone two steps, the sound of Deloris's happy laughter came over. Francis looked in the direction of the sound and saw only Gail running towards them from the forest with Deloris on his back.

  "Mommy!" Delores excitedly waved her hand as soon as she saw Francis from afar. As Gare ran up to Francis, Delores flew directly off his back and flung herself into Francis' arms. "Mommy! Bai ran so fast!"

  "Ah, so white!?" Francis looked at Geli, who had shrunk to two meters in size, and the stripes on his body were no longer visible, only the "king" character on his forehead was still quite clear. "No way, you have to call him Uncle Geli, 'Big White' is too rude!"

  "No, I just want to be called Da Bai!" Delores coquettishly said in Francis' arms, and she had also discovered that Francis was completely defenseless against this move over the past few days.

  "Master!" Gary said suddenly "Miss can call whatever she likes, but this uncle title is not allowed!"

  "Oh! Is this why?"

  "Because I'm not male, this kind of title..."

  "What! You're still just a mother tiger!" Francis exclaimed, interrupting Gail's words.

  "Yes, what's wrong?" Garrick asked Francis strangely.

  "Haha!" Francis chuckled awkwardly "Judging from your voice, I thought you were a male tiger!"

  "The beast's voice is like this when it's in its beast form! When I transform into human form, my voice becomes more feminine! If I'm not mistaken, Master is also a top-class beauty among humans, right!" Gare looked at Francis and said so based on some memories from his inheritance.

  "No, young master is quite handsome, but can't be considered a beauty!" Saber suddenly interjected, and just now when Francis wasn't wearing clothes, she had confirmed it again, Francis was indeed a man.

  "That's not true! Mommy is a great beauty! Isn't that right, Mommy!" Dolores heard Saber say that her mother wasn't beautiful and became very unhappy.

  "Huh?" Garry looked at Saber with a puzzled expression, "I don't know what to call you?"

  “saber！”

  "Why isn't the mistress considered a beauty?!" Gaili was quite puzzled, could there be a problem with his own inheritance?

  Saber gave Francis a queer look; "Aren't we calling him Young Master? Young Master is a male!"

  "What?!" Gaili's eyes widened, staring at Francis! How is this possible, I clearly confirmed it before! It should be a girl! The master is actually a boy, and I've signed a contract with a boy! "But didn't Miss call the Master 'Mom'?"

  "She likes to call me that, what can I do!" Francis affectionately pinched Dolores' nose. Looking at Geli's soulless expression, Francis was puzzled, his own gender could bring such a huge impact! "Geli, are you okay? Are you really concerned about this kind of thing?"

  "I don't care anymore! It's just that the master has suffered a bit of loss!" Gare said with a nonchalant shake of his head. His momentary distraction was because he hadn't expected that such a face could belong to a man, it seemed that not all the legends about humans in their clan were true.

  "Oh! Loss, what loss?" Francis asked in puzzlement.

  "Hmm! All along, some rare magical beasts and humans have made contracts, all of which were male to male, female to female! Humans themselves also required this! Of course, ordinary magical beasts didn't need to be like this."

  "This...this is why?" Francis suddenly felt like a country bumpkin, as if the whole world knew about this sort of thing except for him.

  "If we sign a contract like this, the skills of these precious magical beasts can also be used by the contractor. Young master, do you remember the sacred flame from daytime? This is also a rare ability in our clan! If you were female, perhaps you could use the sacred flame within my body! However, unfortunately, you are male, and my sacred flame, you cannot use it!" Gare said, giving Francis a reason that made him spit blood.

  "What!" Francis's voice rose several pitches "How did I not know this?" Francis felt a pang of regret in his heart, although he didn't know about the Sacred Flame before, but now that he knew, he felt uncomfortable. Just the other day, he was still complaining that he didn't have any powerful moves, and now even his last resort trick was gone, it really was terrible to be uncultured! Francis once again reaffirmed his determination to study.

  "Is that so? I suppose it's no secret among humans either? It seems the master is completely focused on cultivation and doesn't pay much attention to outside matters!"

  "Why didn't you ask clearly before signing the contract?" Francis looked at Gail with a mixture of sadness and anger.

  Gale scratched his head: "Didn't I take a look around for a bit? Originally, I wanted to confirm it personally, but you, Master, were in such a hurry! I didn't notice anything wrong either, so I didn't ask." Gale looked at Francis helplessly. You're a man, why do you have to be so handsome that even I got confused?!

  "......" Francis was directly speechless, after all it's because of this face!

  "Whatever! It's just a Holy Flame, let the loss be a loss!" Francis could only say helplessly, although the loss was not small, but he didn't feel too disappointed, after all, he still had a random summoning game, and becoming stronger was just a matter of time.

  Gail stared at Francis in surprise, her master was able to pick him up and put him down, his temper was quite large.

  Holding Delores, Francis walked back to the camp, followed by Saber and Gail. In front of them was already a camp, Dis had cut down several trees to make a long table, and Eros had punched out several rooms on the stone wall of the low cliff.

  Watching Di use his psychic powers to control a large tree in mid-air, without using any blades, the tree was cut open and neatly divided into blocks.

  Francis and Saber didn't think much of it, but Gari was shocked for the first time seeing Dis's move, "Master, who is he?"

  "His name is Dismausk, don't underestimate him! If we go by rank, he's already a God-tier!" Francis introduced to Gail.

  "What! Such a young powerhouse?" Gail was astonished. The guy in front of him was only in his twenties, and he was already at the Divine level?!

  "Ah! He's a bit younger! His temper is a bit stinky, but he's still a good person! And there's another one called Aeolus! Not here right now!" Francis looked around and didn't see Aeolus "Guess he went hunting! Never mind, I'll introduce you later!"

  "Gari! Are there any fruits in your territory? I mean, the ones with a lot of water content!" Francis was initially worried about not being able to supplement his vitamins and whatnot, but later found that fruit trees could basically be found everywhere in the forest. So during meals, he would always pick some.

  "Are there fruit trees? There are some in that direction, and I sometimes eat them!" Gare pointed with his paw.

  "Let's go! Take a look!"