My Weekly Refreshing Mentor Spirit

After Aunt couldn’t make breakfast on time due to health reasons, Fafnir seemed to start taking responsibility for this little family.

Every morning, she’d be the first to get up, then start making breakfast, cleaning the house, and promptly calling the two little sisters to wake up.

She would even serve the food to Aunt and then head to the Ke University library to study.

Little Dragon Lady seemed less rowdy now; she’d quietly read books or watch TV instead of running around like a mischievous child, bullying cats and dogs.

Now, she seems a bit more mature, becoming as earnest as her sister, reading or watching TV when Fafnir isn’t around, occasionally helping out with tidying up the room, or doing laundry, taking care of Aunt and such.

At this moment, when Xue Dili just returned home, it was exactly the time Fafnir got up to make breakfast.

Seeing Xue Dili return, Fafnir was momentarily stunned, then said, "Welcome back, teacher!"

Xue Dili nodded and sat on the sofa; it was only 6 AM now, which was really too early for the daughters to wake up, letting them sleep a bit longer until breakfast was ready before getting up would be fine.

"Hmm? Lotte’s daughter?" Mimic Venerable King immediately asked.

"Yes." Xue Dili casually replied, as he leaned on the sofa, wanting to rest a bit.

"Are you two married? Do you want me to pull Lotte’s final soul from the Pure Land so he can be a witness while he’s still lucid?" Mimic Venerable King immediately said something perplexing.

Xue Dili: "..."

"You always say things that insult my intelligence..." Xue Dili directly mocked.

"No, you come home and say ’I’m back,’ then Lotte’s daughter says ’Welcome back,’ isn’t this the standard couple’s dialogue? What did I say wrong?" Mimic Venerable King immediately responded, dissatisfied.

"And you all live together, do you have kids already?" Mimic Venerable King continued speaking.

Then, the eldest daughter and second daughter woke up groggily; for some reason, they woke up so early, perhaps because Xue Dili made a noise, but upon seeing Xue Dili they instantly woke up, saying, "Daddy!"

"See, you already have daughters." Mimic Venerable King continued to tease.

Xue Dili: "..."

Don’t tell me you can’t see the essence of your own daughters; Little Dragon Lady’s essence, like Susu, is a fragment of World Consciousness, while Little Tree Lady’s essence is even more of a mutated Divine Tree.

You Mimic Venerable King, why are you so gossipy!

"Alright, just joking with you, but you’ve lived together for so long; aren’t you considering marriage? After all, I count as an elder to this little girl; at that time, I can let Lotte manifest once more into the present world." Mimic Venerable King continued speaking.

Xue Dili: "..."

It’s already 2025, why is the pressure to marry still chasing me...

Can this world still get better, what’s wrong with being single? Did being single eat your rice?

Xue Dili felt powerless to respond, and could only rub the heads of his two daughters, urging them to quickly wash up and then come out for breakfast.

He never expected that Mimic Venerable King, this guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, could get so enthusiastic when encountering gossip.

"Don’t think like that, Lotte also grew up under my watch; that kid was picked up by Olivia when he was 4, then grew little by little; though his ability is mediocre, neither good nor bad, not outstanding, but with few weaknesses either."

"If things had progressed normally, he’d smoothly become a Planet Investigator, then stay on that post for a long time until he settled down and retired, transitioning to clerical work."

Mimic Venerable King spoke and sighed, "Just like Songquan you know, becoming part of the logistics department, wanting to continue contributing to the Interstellar Corps would be fine, wanting to live quietly would be fine too; I’ll watch her gradually age, watch her children take over the father’s responsibility, grow up again..."

"Unfortunately, none of us expected that on that planet, Lotte’s ability, plus carrying the emergency contact device that could link to me, still couldn’t make it back..." Mimic Venerable King sighed.

For some reason, Xue Dili suddenly saw a trace of loneliness from this gossiping cosmic overlord, He seemed to have witnessed one generation after another grow old and face death, simultaneously seeing friends from generations past leave one by one.

Many children He watched grow up have probably already managed things on their own in the blink of an eye, aging in another blink.

For Mimic Venerable King, this immortal being who might have come to terms, and possibly even become numb over the years.

So in this foreign land where a familiar acquaintance met, Mimic Venerable King would just feel a bit happy seeing Fafnir, like an old man meeting a good friend again.

"As for your two daughters..." Mimic Venerable King paused for a moment.

"One a fragment of the World Consciousness, one an awareness born from a World Consciousness-blessed Divine Tree, but broadly speaking, without me, there wouldn’t be them, so they’re justifiably my daughters," Xue Dili explained.

"Then your home is really a problem child shelter; I roughly understand the relationship between you and Lotte’s daughter, you take her as a daughter to raise, right?" Mimic Venerable King stated.

"Yeah, it’s always been like this..." Xue Dili said calmly.

"Breakfast is ready." Fafnir said, sticking her head out from the kitchen.

The family quietly finished breakfast; Fafnir placed a fried egg in a bowl of noodles, preparing to serve Aunt a meal, when Xue Dili reached over to take it, saying, "I’ll do it, and also check Aunt’s health."

"Okay, teacher..." Fafnir smiled, taking off her apron.

"You seem to have gained a bit of weight." Xue Dili looked over, asking.

Or rather, previously, Fafnir was too thin, practically skin and bones when Xue Dili first met her, weighing about 60 catties, now probably up to 80, still thin but much better.

Fafnir: "..."

Her smile instantly froze because so far she discovered her height nor bust hadn’t grown, so exactly where did the weight go?

Xue Dili didn’t bother with this child’s inexplicable disappointment, holding the bowl as he headed to Aunt’s bedroom.

The TV in the room was still playing, showing an unknown drama series, Aunt sleeping, but her sleep seemed light, as she woke up instantly when Xue Dili entered.

"Ah Xue, you came back..." Aunt said, showing a difficult smile.

Xue Dili glanced over, and within merely a few days, Aunt had rapidly aged, her over 3200-year-old self now truly reaching the end of her life, the appearance she always maintained well was starting to show signs of aging, now looking more like fifty, wrinkles slowly forming.

"Alright, I’m here to check your body again." Xue Dili put the breakfast on the bedside table and reached out, holding Aunt’s increasingly wrinkled hand.

"Venerable King, lend a hand, I want to extend the life of my relative..." Xue Dili finally expressed his selfish wish.

Cursed Blood entered Aunt’s body, this was the umpteenth time Cursed Blood examined this decrepit body, even this cursed power was losing effectiveness against a body and soul that had reached the end of its lifespan.

Cursed Blood could heal nearly every other injury and disease, but the one thing it couldn’t heal was dying from old age.

"This is truly reaching the end of one’s lifespan..." Mimic Venerable King immediately spotted the disease but had little solution, "Moreover, your relative has already reached a Quasi-Tier Five level in rank, just lacking in power..."

"To prolong life, she needs to actually reach Apostle Level, but that’s troublesome..." Mimic Venerable King stated his answer.

Interstellar Corps indeed has many things that extend life, but those apply to people who haven’t reached the theoretical limit of their lifespan, while Aunt is already at the end, akin to having only 1 point of health bar left.

Under these circumstances, health replenishment items don’t work, you’d need to increase the health bar limit, that is, become Tier Five...

However, that’s incredibly troublesome.

"Don’t worry, though very troublesome, I’ve calculated 92 plans, which one do you want to hear?" Mimic Venerable King immediately listed the plan options.

Xue Dili: "?"

The emotions he had just been brewing were instantly muted by the news of 92 plans.

"You call this troublesome..." Xue Dili couldn’t help but mock.