Italics indicate thinking

Bold is for attacks

Stitchstix POV

"Hmm." I hummed a bit to myself opening up a cabinet and looking through it for something "Where did I put that?"

The Lizardmen had been conquered so for now that fight was over and I was back to working on other experiments.

"Whoa it actually smells nice in here for once!" Aura let herself in.

I briefly turned away from my search to see who entered and then went back to looking.

"You should knock before entering, this isn't a place for unsupervised little girls." I said.

"I'm not a little girl." She huffed "I just look like one, stupid old man."

"Hmm." I glared at her a bit.

She seemed to snicker a bit at pushing my buttons.

"What are you looking for Aura?" I asked climbing down off a black cloud seat and walking over to a pot that was over a flame and throwing some dust in.

"What'cha making?" she looked over "Poison, oh wait I bet its dark materials for your hexes!"

"It's marinade." I blinked.

"Huh?" she tilted her head.

"I'm curious about something." I explained stirring the pot "Entoma said she found the lizardmen meat to be tough and rigid, likely from the increased muscle use, I'm trying to see if perhaps soaking them like this will tenderize the meat in a natural way and make it more satisfying for her, though descaling them is still a pain."

"Sorcerer, Spy, Doctor, and now chef." Aura laughed "Is there anything you can't do?"

"Be left alone apparently." I sighed.

"Oh, you like it and you know it." She teased.

"Do you need something or not?" I asked her.

"My stomachs kinda been killing me lately." She hummed "Not sure what's up?"

"Sit down." I rolled my eyes.

"Can't you just like, heal it up?" she asked "I'm sure it's nothing."

"If you just wanted basic healing magic you'd have gone to bother Mare about it." I hummed opening a cabinet "So since your coming to me it's one of a few things, you don't want Mare to know cause it's embarrassing, it's serious and you don't want to worry him or…you don't think basic healing magic will work."

"Damn you're good." She mumbled.

"Take your shirt off." I said.

"What are you planning." She blushed.

"To look at you of course, medically speaking." I sighed "As someone who hasn't made much of a big deal about your choice of boyish clothing I would have thought I was the one you'd trust most with this."

"Okay." She unbuttoned her vest and lifted her shirt up while laying back on an examining table "Look there."

I stood over and looked at her dark tanned skin, the smoothness of her skin was lightly complimented by a slight tone of abdominal muscle, it was no six pack but it was surprising on her, still it looked…faded in a way.

"Is it more of an ache or a sharp stabbing feeling?" I asked.

"Mostly an ache." She nodded "But it comes and goes, it'll last for a few hours and then go away."

"Hmm." I reached out and pressed on her side.

"Hehe, that tickles." She giggled.

She's not in pain…

I slid over and she winced a bit.

"I wonder…Aura have you changed anything recently, no injuries, right?" I asked.

"I tripped playing around in the forest the other day." She said "Skinned my knee."

"Hmm." I rolled her pant leg up "No infection…what could be possibly be? Get dressed."

She put her vest back on and took a seat on the examining table.

"Take me through you're last few days." I said.

"Well I was supervising the building of that forward fort." She said "I'd wake up, go for a quick run with some of my pets then make sure all the materialize were in order, and then after work I'd for a while."

Hmm…nothing out of the ordinary.

*BEEP BEEP! *

"Huh?" I looked at her wrist and a strange metal ring was buzzing.

"It's time for Lunch Big Bro!" It said.

"Oh right, of course it is Lady Bukubukuchagama." Aura smiled happily.

"That thing, Lord Ainz gave you it right, it reminds you of certain things at certain times?" I asked "Like an alarm?"

"Yeah, I have an alarm set for lunch, I should go eat right now I don't want my burger to get cold." She smiled "I think we've finally got the right recipe today!"

"Today?" I asked.

"Pestonya has been trying to find a way to make it just the way I like it for like three weeks now." She laughed.

"Three weeks…" I groaned "Have you been eating the same thing for lunch almost every day for three weeks?"

"I guess I have." She scratched her head.

"Stupid girl!" I whacked her head like a chop.

"Oww what was that for!" she whined.

"The reason your stomach hurts is because you've been eating too much crap!" I groaned poking her stomach "It would also explain why you're looking a bit…pudgy."

"Are you calling me fat?!" she gasped with a blush "Though…my vest has been feeling tight latterly."

I let out another pained sigh "Aura, like it or not you are an elf, elves tend to age slower than other humanoid races, so while you are old be most standards you're not for an elf, you're still growing so you need to watch what you eat if you want to grow up to be as strong as possible."

"Oh…okay." She sighed "I'll eat a little healthier I guess."

"Good."

"But you know I wouldn't still be growing if you had made that age elixir like I asked." She huffed.

"I told you the experiments didn't work." I scratched my chin "Well it did…but their skin turned blue and their eyes fell out, not good side effects."

"Never mind I'm good!" she yelped.

"Fine." I chuckled "Get going or your precise schedule will get thrown off for the rest of the day."

AN

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