Chapter 8: End of Hunter and Warehouse Part 3

The next few days had a lot of activity.

First off, Menchi was practically glued to me so I spent more time in tiger form for both of us to be more comfortable.

My younger body was messing with my side of being comfortable, so I stuck with tiger form.

We cuddled, messed around, ate and joked, and I even entertained Menchi's desire to play with 'toys' on her, not me. I firmly shot her down on anything being used on me.

I do not do submissive.

We did everything sexual aside from actual vaginal or anal sex.

At this point there really was no reason not to, aside from the visual aspect, but when Menchi shyly admitted she wanted it to add to my promise to come back for her, my heart took a strong blow.

She was so adorable in that moment she could have came close to making me change religions.

Almost.

I'm no heathen, I shall follow the true church of the holy cat as a devout follower. Fluff bless.

Anyway, if she couldn't get actual sex, Menchi had a thousand and one other ways to 'play' around.

I was no cherry boy, but I learned a lot from her experience in those days.

And I gave back just as much.

I may or may not have found a book on sex charms back in the Room of Requirements, and I finally had a use for them.

Plus I showed her the other uses of Parseltongue. After all, snakes communicate by vibrations. Add in common 'prank' charms and well…. Let's just say my life was in danger if I stopped pleasing her.

But she gave as good as she got, so it was fun time messing around.

Other than my time with Menchi, we also took out a magic carpet I had to watch the chaos of September 1st to the 5th from the sky.

I only used the carpet in controlled settings because it was very slow, and you had to use prep work before you could actually use it.

A broom was easier to take out in a hurry.

When you add disillusionment charms and warming charms, well, Menchi got to fulfill one of her fantasies of flying while having an orgasm.

It might be fucked up to others that we were playing and cuddling while chaos was erupting in the streets but fuck em, this was a mafia city.

Like canon, the phantom troupe attacked the underground auction on the 1st, killed everyone who showed up, and chased after the merchandise that was being held by one of the nine shadow beasts that served the Ten Dons.

I debated stealing the stuff in advance, but honestly, I didn't care for any of it.

It was all collector's edition body pieces like eye balls, mummies, skin's, artwork, and stuff that can only be sold illegally.

The Troupe would make more than 200 billion Jenny for selling it all off in other countries.

We watched from our vantage point as the whole of canon played out.

The chase for the Troupe, Kurapika's killing of Uvogon, the chase for the chain user, the bounties placed on the Troupes heads, Gon and Killua getting captured, the assassination squad being formed (And we stared VERY far away from there and I used my eyes while Menchi used omnioculars, I have zero interest in attracting the attention of the older Zoldyck's), the Troupe attacking the auction directly, and finally, the ending when everything was called off by the Ten Dons.

But I knew that the reality was that Illumi had killed the Dons and manipulated their corpses with his Nen to call off the bounties on the Troupe and steal all the money from the Dons for the Zoldyck family.

The Troupe also faked their death to sell the story better with Nen constructs replacing their bodies.

It was kind of hilarious though when Chrollo had his scene of opening the window of the multistory building and did his opera conductor thing because Menchi really 'showered' him with applause.

To the background of his opera music, all you could hear was:

"OH YES!"

"A little to the left! YES! RIGHT THERE! KEEP GOING!"

"AHHH! DON'T STOP MOVING THAT SNAKE TONGUE DAMN IT! AH! YES! FUCK YES!"

Chrollo couldn't tell where it was coming from but the twitch on his face was hilarious to see.

Next, Hisoka caused some chaos by telling Kurapika that the Troupe was still alive, causing him to hunt to capture them, then the leader, Chrollo, gets taken by Kurapika, they do the whole stressful mind games and then perform an exchange between he captured Gon and Killua with Chrollo.

The only real changes from Canon were:

One, the mafia was much less organized and weaker due to infighting, not that it would have helped much either way.

Two, Hisoka and Machi were a bit more distant from the rest but not enough to stand out. They played along well as I told them some of what was going to happen.

It was hilarious when we had 'accidental' weapons thrown our way during the Troupe Vs. Mafia fight because Machi and Hisoka were the only ones who knew 'who' and 'where' those cries of ecstasy were coming from.

Three, Hisoka didn't out himself as a traitor by trying to fight Chrollo only to discover he already lost his Nen. Thanks to my warning, Hisoka didn't get a target planted on him by the other spiders.

And four, and here I took my first action outside of enjoying real time entertainment with Menchi.

Machi asked me to do something in order to end the Troupe.

The Phantom Troupe runs by a simple motto.

Cut off one leg to survive and replace it later.

The only key member is the boss and leader, Chrollo.

And Chrollo is incredibly dangerous, he took on both elder Zoldyck's at the same time. Even if they were holding back due to their plan, it was still scary.

But since Chrollo would be defenseless and separated from all his legs when all was said and done, wouldn't it be the best time to just kill him?

Machi was of that mindset, she said Chrollo had long since changed from the guy she once knew and has drowned in greed to the point his heart was already black.

He had no morals, no lines he wouldn't cross, and was cold and calculating without showing emotion.

So Machi asked me to kill him, and I did.

Hisoka wasn't happy with it, but with the promise to have more opponents from other worlds plus being told a bit about the dark continent, he was more open to letting it happen.

Standing form afar on the carpet, I masked my aura and shot him with a bullet covered in IN right through the head.

Only Kurapika would know that Chrollo would be dead, and considering his life goal, he wouldn't share that info with anyone.

Nen can also be tricky in some ways but here Chrollo had his Nen 100% sealed so he couldn't curse me with his death, and I used a special charm called the Eradication charm.

This charm eradicates all spell discharges from an area, and basically erases your presence and any proof from a location.

It was a mostly useless spell to me until now, but it was perfect here to stop divination abilities from discovering who was involved.

So yeah, it was a busy few days.

By the morning of September 5th, it was all over.

Hisoka and Machi tricked the Troupe into splitting up to find a way to free the boss from his chains, unaware of his death, and then they met up with us again.

We already said goodbye, so it was awkward.

Machi just grabbed me by my shirt and told me how stressed she was these last five days and that if I don't give her access to my spa until I leave this world, she would…do things… with her strings.

On one hand, fuck you bitch.

On the other, were friends and threatening each other is pretty normal so lol, come on in.

Menchi was milking me for time and energy every single day and I enjoyed our activities and nightly snuggling.

The Southernpiece auction started on the 6th, and after looking through the catalogue, I found something I wanted.

On the 8th, I went dressed in a suit accompanied by Menchi dressed in a sexy dress with her hair down.

I really liked when she let her hair down and she started doing it more often for me.

We went in style, and amidst all the bidding, the item I wanted came up.

It was a boat.

And not just any boat, but a tactical military grade edition small boat for a max of four people.

It was small, compact, quiet, and had some good defenses, stealth, and a few mounted guns I could use magic bullets with.

I never knew what world I would end up in. What if I got lost in One Piece you know?

It cost me 9.2 Billion Jenny, but thanks to Sil, I had a lot left over.

I even gave 10 billion flat out to Hisoka and Machi while telling them to go have fun, but thankfully they were both training maniacs and left to go to some dangerous part of the world.

It was romantic in a way.

The only other item I bought was a paired item.

It was two identical matching sets of kitchen knives, made by a husband and wife blacksmith as their masterpiece before dying.

I actually had to pay 13.7 Billion for that one. It cost more than the fucking boat!

But Menchi and I were both happy to have high class kitchen tools.

The matching set part was a romantic gesture to Menchi that we will always be connected no matter how long I'm gone.

I won brownie points for that one.

On the night of the 9th, my last night in the world, I had a special talk with Menchi.

"Jin."

"Hm?"

While laying out cuddling in a hammock next to a fire pit, Menchi got my attention.

"We don't know how long your going to be away."

"Nope, but at least we can stay in touch over text's."

One of the functions of the iPhone was interdimensional texting. Pictures and videos could also be sent but it took a bit to reach the other end.

"Yeah but that's not the same."

"True, why did you bring it up then?"

" I know you're a free soul Jin, and your honestly a golden package for any girl, so that's why I want you to promise me something."

"Depends on what it is."

Never give full permission to promise anything gents, it never ends well.

She gave me a look and I chuckled.

"I want you to promise me not to hold yourself back if you find other connections with women out there."

I blinked and took a second to process that.

"You…you want me to promise…not to reject other women?"

Menchi rolled her eyes.

"I know you won't be able to avoid having sex, that's like telling a goat not to eat grass."

"Hey!"

"Haha I know you Jin, and it will happen, so I give you permission.

And if one of those girls finds a place in your heart, don't reject her because of me."

I went to protest but she put a finger on my lips and smiled.

"It's better than I give you permission now, then you doing it while drunk and beating yourself up for it later.

Besides."

And here her smile turned seductive.

"I'm a naughty girl Jin~, I'm bi and if a girl could catch your heart, that means they have to be as awesome as me, and that thought of more people like us joining me and you in bed gets me wet.

So bring mama some more action."

I didn't know what to say at first, but I decided to man up and return her gesture.

"As much as it pains me to say it, if your giving me permission then I am giving you…"

I didn't get farther before she laughed and cut me off.

"Ha! Yeah right. There is a .05% chance of me finding anyone, man or woman that could interest me after the last 10 days we spent together."

At my questioning look she gave me a pitying one.

"You have no idea what you capable of Jin. Why do you think women cheat on men in the first place?

It's because they are not sexually satisfied, or they want some resource you can't provide.

And you, you have absolutely, irrefutably, irrevocably, ruined me for any other man or woman that doesn't have your skills.

The book on sex magic? The Parseltongue? Those charms?

I could get off just remembering it, but you have set the bar far to high for any mere mortal man or woman to match.

And I ain't looking to get gangbanged just to get off.

So no Jin, I will not be sexually touching another person until you come back here and break my dry spell."

"Is it selfish if I admit that makes me feel really good and proud?"

We both laughed at that and she kissed me.

"Not if you make me feel good and proud to be your woman~."

That night wasn't wild, but more intimate and loving for hours on end until we fell asleep in each other's arms.

I stayed human that time, just to emphasize the moment.

Once morning came, we took a long and quite passionate shower together, made breakfast together, spared together, and cuddled in tiger form for a while until it was time.

While standing on the roof of a building in the city, I said my goodbyes to Menchi.

"Well, this is it."

"Don't pull that anime cliché crap, come here cuddle buddy."

I got romantic movie ending scene credits kissed by my woman, and I didn't even get to take the male position of the kiss.

When she let go of me she smirked at my look.

"And that's a reminder! You want to kiss me like a man, get your ass back here grown up and you can finally, finally….have this ass."

She started strong but finished quieter with a soft smile.

It was our favorite joke from the four months we spent together.

I smiled back and kissed her gently once more.

"I will have dat ass. It's mine now, and I will claim it completely one day. You wont walk straight for weeks once I'm done with you."

She raised an eyebrow.

"Who says I'll let you be 'done' with me? I'll ride you till keel big boy. Now get out of her Jin, I don't like long goodbyes."

I smacked her ass and dodged the follow up attack.

"Who said anything about goodbye!? I'll see you soon babe."

With a final look, I stepped into the door of light back to my warehouse.

"ERRR!"

"FUCK!"

Only to hit the fucking door again.

Menchi fell over laughing at the sight of my epic fail.

"Having performance problems already baby?"

I flipped her off and walked into the light.

'I will shave your head one strand of hair at a fucking time Zelretch.'

*Line Break*

At the same time I entered my warehouse, I heard three *pops* and shook off other thoughts.

"Oh, you guys are finally back."

I smiled in welcome at my elves and stopped short when I saw them.

Gol was fine, he looked normal.

Sil was dressed in a business suit and had deep bags under his eyes.

He handed me a bottle of something and said one thing.

"Sir, with all due respect, I am NEVER, EVER, running a business again. I thought abusive masters were bad, but no, fanatic alcohol lovers are scary…very… very… scary."

As my traumatized elf passed through into the house, I didn't really know what to say other than thanking him.

But then came Bron.

Bron…was dressed in rags of what I can only assume was some adventurer clothing.

"Bron... where the fuck have you been man?"

Bron looked exhausted and weary, like he just survived the journey of Odysseus.

"So much water, Ai! Ai! Ai! Too much Ai!, and then water, and then scary snakes, weird like bell sounds, scary swamps, brrr. I can't go back!"

He just handed me the bag in his hand and walked off like a zombie, muttering about Ai, Ai, and bell snakes.

I looked at the bag and bottle in my hands before turning to Gol.

"What the fuck?"

Gol shrugged.

"I really don't know master."

So man and house elf were left side by side in silence for a moment, before a new guest popped in uninvited.

A swirl of multicolored light appeared in front of me before a man stepped through.

A man I saw in my dreams as I shaved his head, regrew his hair, and continued the cycle for days.

"Zelretch."

"Little brother!"

"Gol, bring me a trash can please."

"Oh, don't be so cold."

I just sighed and held out my hand.

"Despite your trolling, it's nice to meet you in person Zelretch."

He smirked and shook my hand.

"Likewise Jin. Well, I saw the leftovers of the body I squashed like a bug and your soul when I chased after it, but this is indeed the first time we spoke face to face."

I had a severe eyebrow twitch, but I managed to hold back my retort.

"Fuck pleasantries, come on in.

Gol, please prepare us some tea. Oh and take this bag and make us a small meal please."

I didn't know what was in the bag from Bron yet, but I left it to Gol to deal with.

"That looks like some fine quality rice in that bag. A rice bowl would be preferred. And if were doing rice then Sencha green tea would be preferred."

'Oh, so it was rice. Nice job Bron.'

"Right away master and sir."

"You're lucky I love green tea old man."

"Ha, who doesn't?"

"Neanderthals."

*nod*

I led Zelretch into the garden area where I had a table set up.

"Wonderful home you have here, I see you landed in the Harry Potter world."

"Yeah, it was my first stop."

"Oh, very lucky then. It's a wonderful first world. Much better than winding up in somewhere like the Dragonball or Star Wars worlds."

I shivered a bit at the thought of landing there.

Dragonball I would likely quickly die in without a Saiyan bloodline.

And Star Wars… well… I don't know shit. I heavily disliked that franchise.

"Yeah."

I didn't say more than that till we were seated.

I didn't really hate Zelretch, but I didn't have much outside of business to say to him.

Once tea was served with a small steaming bowl of rice and salted seaweed, he spoke up.

"So, you wanted to know what happens to worlds after you leave right?"

I nodded.

"I have friends in those worlds, so I can't help but want to know."

Zelretch nodded.

"That's perfectly reasonable, so we will start with this topic.

All worlds, parallel or different, have different time zones.

So move faster, others slower, and some are in sync.

Thankfully for you, I installed a world coordinate tracker in the iPhone, so I can easily use that information to create a world clock app.

Due note that because of this, your messaging app might be slower or faster because the other side is effecting by the time ratio."

That was understandable but I was still curious.

"Can't you do something like pause time in those worlds? After all you made the time ratio factor from this pocket dimension to the real world."

Zelretch laughed at that.

"Hm, well I could. Time falls under two different True magics. The second and fifth. For me, it's a smaller affinity as it's only used in crossing worlds and entering various time periods, but I have developed quite a bit of skill in it. It's not real time travel because I cannot go back in time in the same world I'm already in. However doing work to slow down time in a world from the outside is something I could do, but it's work, and work needs payment."

I grumbled at that, but it was fair.

"Fine, can you set up the world clock app first?"

He nodded.

"Sure, that takes no effort on my part. Give it ten minutes to sync with both worlds."

"Thanks.

So how can I bring people with me?"

Zelretch hummed at that.

"That's a bit complicated. I mentioned that you need to get control of the residue magic from me in your soul right?"

"Yeah, I can notice it when I meditate, but I have no idea how to interact with it."

"I would advise you stop trying for now, you are still far to weak and you may make your situation much worse."

"Worse how?"

"Worse like being sent to two worlds at the same time, that wasn't a fun experience."

I tried to imagine that and could see why.

"Anyway, when you do achieve it, you just have to tie them to your soul with a simple ritual. The familiar bond with your owl and cat, or your house elves is considered such a ritual. Simple and easy, but they all rely on you as the source.

Until then, the only real way is to give them new bodies like the homunculus one I gave you, with a little bit of my 2nd true magic mixed in."

"You can make more of these?"

He puffed out his chest.

"Of course I can, I'm me."

The he deflated slightly.

"But it won't have the multiverse traveling affect that you do. The reason for your situation is because of my accident affected your soul. That should have killed anyone 9.9 out of 10 times, which is why I said you were very lucky.

If I make a new body like yours, it will only be able to follow you into other worlds, not travel to them on their own."

I rubbed my chin in thought.

"So I either have to take control of the magic or use a new body on them?"

"Yup."

"Any idea when I might gain control?"

"*Shrug* no idea Jin, it's out of my hands there."

I felt like he was holding back on me, but I didn't say anything.

*Ping*

Just then I got a notification on the iPhone and pulled it out.

"Oh? So that's how you gained control of the warehouse. Very impressive, if you didn't commit to making your Hatsu ability revolve only around the device, it most likely wouldn't have worked."

"Thanks. It was a long term decision instead of short term power grab."

He nodded.

"Well done, you may actually survive long enough to pass my tests like that."

I rolled my eyes.

"What? Don't want to be my little brother? You can be my son instead if you like."

I paused at that and thought it over.

"Which one benefits more?"

"Hm, I believe the son would, but I would also play a much more active role seeing as its my son. My little brother would still get attention but I'm more hands off there."

"Brother."

"Aw, you didn't even hesitate."

"Nothing to hesitate on now Shh, please."

He pouted and drank his tea while I looked at the new world clock.

{Harry Potter = N/A

Hunter X Hunter = N/A}

I raised a deadpan face at Zelretch.

"What?"

I showed him the screen.

"Oh, well we are in between worlds right now, so it has nothing to compare the time of other worlds to now. When you enter your third world, you should have your answer."

I sighed but nodded.

'I really hope so.'

"So I guess my final questions for you are what did you mean with your message back when I got control of the warehouse, and also what are your prices for your services?"

Here he got an evil smirk.

"Ah, you see I felt slightly bad after killing you and even with all these benefits, I saw how easily you could die in any world, so I tweaked things in your favor.

I gave you the freedom to choose what abilities you got from each world. That's something you can only do if you have control of the magic.

So I left a few programs in the iPhone to change things back to normal if you accomplished a certain goal.

Gaining control of this space was one of them.

From now on, everything is random and if you want to use the time ratio formation I left here, you will need some magically potent fuel to use it.

Your mana is far from the quality needed. Well, you might be able to achieve a few seconds of activation if you want to risk mana exhaustion."

I knew my eyebrow was twitching, and it was a very pronounced twitch. The unfortunate side of that was I knew Zelretch saw my twitch and was enjoying trolling me.

'He will be bald one day, let it go for now.'

"That's fine, I think I have a decent foundation despite my shortcomings."

Did I care about losing the option to pick? A bit, yeah, but fuck it, I'll deal with what comes. The time ratio was more annoying to lose but again, not a big deal.

"Oh and I can still restrict your usage of this space during quests. I can't have you turtle up in here after all."

'Now I want to stab him.'

To avoid doing that, I picked up my rice bowl to eat something.

"As for my prices….hm…"

He looked around the space with glowing eyes and I assumed he was looking through everything I possessed.

"I don't really see anyth…"

He came to pause when his eyes landed on the bottle on the table and the rice bowls in which I was currently eating.

My first warning that something was wrong was when he started laughing.

"*Pft* Hahaha oh this is gold, and I didn't even do anything this time."

My second warning was when an inferno of heat erupted in my stomach.

'What the hell?'

"Don't panic Jin, it should be over in a minute."

I didn't understand his words until I felt the fire in my stomach spread to my whole body, and in seconds, my body began to grow.

It was very weird and uncomfortable, like having pins and needles all over or like thousands of ants were crawling under your skin.

After a full minute, the feeling stopped, and I looked down at myself to see that I was bigger.

"Congratulations! Your 1 year older now."

I took a second to process that and said the first thing that came to my mind.

"What the fuck just happened?"

Zelretch laughed and explained.

"Haha I didn't realize until I used my special form of eyes to check energy levels in this space, but it would seem the rice from that bag, and this bottle here have a tremendous amount of life energy."

"Enough that a few bites made me age a full year?!"

I was literally looking for a way to age up days ago, and now it just popped up?

"It would seem so. I wouldn't advise using to much of it at once.

Where have I seen this rice before?

Ah, you came from the Hunter X Hunter world right?

I believe this is called Nitro rice, something found in the dark continent. It would age a person to their prime and keep them there for eternity as long as you kept eating it.

It's like a philosopher stone but it only has the ability of extending ones life by eating it."

I blinked at that and thought back to what Bron said.

"My house elf was saying Ai, Ai, and talking about bell snakes in a swamp."

I looked through my memories as something clicked just as Zelretch snapped his fingers.

""Ah.""

He gestured for me to go on.

"The bell snakes were called Hellbells, the ones who decimated the army sent to find the Nitro Rice by injecting madness into anyone they bit."

Zelretch nodded.

"That explains the rice, quite interesting, and considering your rice bowl is over half full, it seems only a few bites achieved 1 year of lifeforce."

He picked up his own bowl and took a bite before shivering slightly with a happy smile.

"Oh! That feels wonderful."

He didn't look the slightest bit different.

"I'm over a thousand years old and a true vampire, don't think a year of life has the same impact on both of us."

I nodded and looked at the rest of my own.

"Don't eat that, you will likely die. You can have the same amount as before between worlds if you want to age up. Once you reach your prime you should stop growing."

I nodded and pushed it to the side.

Then I looked at the bottle.

"My elf also said something about Ai, Ai. And now that I think about it, I got a weird vile of some kind of rainbow liquid months ago, but I just gave it to my other elf with an alcohol creation addiction."

Zelretch chuckled at that.

"And he is quite skilled indeed. Do you know what that bottle contains?"

"Alcohol?"

"Well yes smart ass. But it's the quality.

If he mentioned 'Ai', then that explains it.

There is an elixir known as Trinity Elixir in that world, and its supposedly the mother of all liquid solutions.

I can see here that there might have been some truth in that.

Not even I want to mess with the Ai's. Sure I could kill them, but they are a parasitic race and feed on desire for anything, so they are annoying to deal with.

As for this bottle, boy, this liquid could make me drunk, enough said."

I blinked at that and whistled.

"Damn, what would it do to me?"

"Kill you with a 100% certainty on the first sip."

"Right, you want it?"

"I really do, you have no idea how hard it is to find or make something that can get me drunk."

"Then how much is it worth?"

He rubbed his chin in thought.

"Hm.. I am a man of fair equivalent exchange, so I could:

-Slow time in one world for you.

-Create four or five homunculus bodies for you.

-Charge the time ratio formation on the warehouse for about two years' worth of time.

Which one would you prefer? You can only pick one."

I thought that one over.

The time ratio is nice, but I could find other fuel sources.

The question of just when I would be able to control the magic is another thing.

"Do I need full control to go back to other worlds?"

"Nope. If I make a comparison here, say you have three stages to full control.

Reaching the first stage will let you go back to another world for a short time before you get pulled forward again.

Reaching the second stage will let you stop getting pulled forward against your will.

And of course, reaching the third stage will give you the ability to choose where you want to go and take along other people with you, even with their own bodies.

Just note that your ability to travel will not last forever.

Sooner or later, you will have to find another way to cross worlds without my magic, as it will run out and unless you offer me something in exchange, I have no reason to give you more.

It was funny at first and an accident, anything going forward is a business deal."

I grumbled a bit at that but nodded.

It could be ten worlds or fifty before it runs out, and I'm sure I can find something in that time to help me.

"I'll take the bodies then."

He nodded.

"Smart call, it could take a while before you even reach the first stage, and hey, I'll throw in a spirit removal glove for free. If you happen to die for some reason or need to leave a crippled body, you can just pop into a new body and keep going.

If your soul gets destroyed though, not even I could bring you back.

I will say that as my little brother, I would guarantee to enact revenge on whoever kills you, if you die though that's your problem."

I didn't mind that.

You cant rely on others all the time to survive in worlds where powers exist. Back on earth? Sure, survive for a lifetime behind someone else, but when might makes right? You grow or die.

And having back up bodies would be nice.

"So we have a deal?"

Zelretch took the bottle and nodded.

"I'll start on the bodies when I get back, you should have them by the end of the next world. Any other questions?"

"Yeah, you want a haircut?"

"Thanks for the offer but no. Your mind seems hooked on making me bald for some reason. Have I done anything to you?"

At my blank stare he laughed and stood up.

"Haha, until next time Jin, this was fun. It's not often that people don't cower from me in a conversation, but perhaps having my magic makes you immune to me? Ha, what fun being alive is."

With those final words he created the same multicolored portal he arrived in and left.

'That guy just casually strolled in and out like it was a regular Tuesday. I wonder when I'll reach that level of no fucks given.'

With that meeting over, I decided to rest for a bit and the next day when everyone had rested enough, I asked Bron about his adventure.

All he could tell me was that a man named Don Freecss had bumped into him when he was exploring and was able to see right through his glamor charm.

After a turn of events, Don decided to take Bron for an adventure. They got on a boat, invited some of his friends, and took off…into the fucking dark continent…like it was normal.

That reminded me of the bit of lore about the man named Don Freecss.

Apparently over 300 years old, the writer of the books that gave humanity any information about the dark continent, and an enigma that was never seen from again after his first adventure.

The guy was a ghost and at least somewhat immortal if he was still alive.

Considering he could go straight to the Nitro Rice without any issue, I assume he did indeed extend his lifespan at least with it. Not to mention whatever else exists out there.

I couldn't help but laugh that Bron of all people would bump into him and go on an adventure.

The little guy was already insane before it happened, and I think it only made him worse.

Unknown to me, it seemed Shadow had saved what was left of Bron's sanity.

You see, it took three days to reach the next world, and during that time, I asked Bron to watch the garden as watering plants is very good for relaxing ones mind.

Shadow decided to take a walk and well…basically this happened:

Shadow, in all her fluffiness, decided to take a walk around her territory. Her territory being anything her hooman owned.

While walking through the garden, she jumped up onto a table with a candle on it.

Bron, who was watering the plants saw her and waved.

Shadow looked him dead in the eye, licked her paw, and used her tail to knock over the candle onto a certain plant.

Bron of course panicked and rushed over to put out the flaming plant while Shadow walked away like it wasn't her problem.

The problem was that plant was my marijuana plant, and in the process of putting out the flame, Bron tried weed for the first time.

That had pro's and con's.

Pro, he was less insane and more relaxed.

Con, he preferred being high to not being high.

When I woke up the next day, I had an entire new block of garden dedicated to growing just marijuana.

And that's when I used my Pensieve to discover what the fuck had happened.

End of story.

Now I have a high elf. Literally.

I let him cope for now, I even smoked with him for the heck of it, but I hope he doesn't get addicted.

For the record, marijuana has 0% addictive chemical qualities.

The addiction to weed comes from people having issues and relying on the relaxation or joy smoking weed brings them.

So it's not that people are addicted to weed, it's that people are addicted to getting high. That's why weed can be considered a gate way drug, because it makes people curious about other things, and those things tend to be chemically addicting.

Like you will go into withdrawal from not having enough nicotine if you're a smoker.

Anyway, after three days of relaxing and training, the warehouse shook again.

'I wonder how things will have changed now that I don't get to choose my options.'

A door like portal of light opened up once more.

Wait, that's not right.

A door like portal of light opened up once more, beneath my feet.

There we go.

And that's why I fell through my warehouse without even a second to blink, and crash landed into some kind of wooden food stand with a distinct *CRUNCH*.

"MY CABBAGES!"

'Well, that explains where I am. And also, ow. Fuck you Zelretch.'

Chapter end.