Raising A Few Wives in a Beast Apocalypse-Chapter 77: Layla’s request

"Enjoying the ride?" Jade asked Elsa who was sitting in the disk beside the unconscious Emily, with her eyes looking all over the place.

"Very much". She replied simply.

"Tsk, this kid really reminds me of Layla, are we sure they aren’t related?" Jade spoke while rolling her eyes at how calm Elsa was, totally unlike anything you’d expect from a little girl like her.

"Just let her be. Haven’t you noticed that you’re actually the only hyper one in the group? If anything, you’re the strange one here" Chloe defended Layla and Elsa.

"Hey!" Jade exclaimed before pouting.

"Look, everyone, we’re almost there", Muku spoke up, cutting off the girls’ conversation as they all looked forward.

"Wait, you’ve got a mansion?.... how’s it still standing?" Elsa asked curiously. The mansion really looked majestic but out of place surrounded by ruins all over the place.

"We’re just that awesome kid. Stick with us, and you’ll see things you’ve never thought possible," Jade spoke up, shamelessly taking some of the credit for something that had nothing to do with her. Everyone, including Elsa, rolled their eyes. She didn’t know the details, but she was almost certain it had nothing to do with Jade.

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"Welcome back everyone... what happened to Emily?" Audrey welcomed them and asked about Emily’s condition. However, she wasn’t too worried after seeing that no one seemed particularly worried about her, so it shouldn’t be anything serious.

"Oh, nothing much, she probably realised almost all her potential after seeing her sister in trouble. Which, although it makes sense, is a bit exaggerated when she already had the power to save her without blowing up like that. But I guess that’s just how the power of "family and friendship" that’s always mentioned in anime works" Jade replied nonchalantly while heading for the kitchen.

"Oh, is that so. Then this pretty little thing should be her little sister, right? Though it’s rather obvious, she basically looks like a younger Emily with a different eye colour. Hello, honey, I’m Audrey, what’s your name?" Audrey spoke while walking over to Elsa with a gentle smile on her face.

Elsa didn’t reply, she just looked at her in a daze. She had never seen anyone so beautiful before. She felt like she was standing in the presence of an angel or even a goddess.

"What’s wrong sweety?" Audrey asked Elsa with a worried look on her face after seeing her dazed expression. She could somewhat guess what the problem might be, but she didn’t want to be as narcissistic as her master.

"You’re really beautiful". Elsa subconsciously blurted out what she was thinking. Everyone couldn’t help but smile in understanding. If they hadn’t stayed with Audrey every day, they might have been just as dazed as Elsa was right then.

"Oh, why thank you, sweety, And you’re super cute yourself. So are you going to tell me your name now?" Audrey accepted the compliment with a smile, even if she knew she was beautiful, she still liked being told so by others.

"Ah, right, sorry for my lack of manners. I’m Elsa, Emily’s younger sister. It’s nice to meet you" Elsa finally told Audrey her name after collecting herself.

"What a polite little girl, with a nice name too. Oh, and that cold-looking girl over there is my daughter, Layla; I hope we can all get along okay," Audrey introduced Layla, who just nodded at Elsa from a distance without saying anything in response. Elsa nodded back. She couldn’t understand how such a young-looking lady could have such an old daughter, but she didn’t pry.

"Hey, want to take a bath with me and change out of those old clothes?" Audrey asked Elsa, though before Elsa could even respond, she was already being dragged away. After she realised that she couldn’t shake off Audrey’s grip, she resigned herself to her fate. Plus, a bath didn’t sound bad anyway; she hadn’t had one in quite a while, after all.

"Seems Audrey has taken quite a liking to little Elsa," Muku said with a smile.

"Yeah, maybe she sees Layla in her and wants to do all the things she couldn’t do with Layla when she was younger?" Chloe theorised.

"Why can’t she just do the things with me now then? I’m not that old yet" Layla spoke up, a bit of jealousy in her voice. Seems she loved her mother more than she let on.

"Anyway, I reckon you returned so quickly because of Emily’s situation. Does this mean you’re going to return there again soon?" Layla spoke again before anyone could respond to her prior statement.

"Yeah, but we’ll all go next time, along with the mansion. I spoke with their leaders, so they shouldn’t be too alarmed then... probably". Muku replied, not bringing up Layla’s jealous statement.

"Oh, okay" Layla went back to her small replies as soon as she got the answers she wanted. Everyone was long used to it, so we weren’t offended by it.

"Wait! Did Jade go to the kitchen!?" Muku suddenly remembered something he’d overlooked.

"Don’t worry, I’ve already put forth countermeasures" Layla spoke before he ran off to the kitchen.

"Layla you jerk!". Jade called out as she came back from the kitchen, an annoyed look on her face.

"What did she do?" Hope asked curiously.

"She out the meat into the shadow realm and I can’t access it!" Jade explained.

"What!?, she can do that?" Hope exclaimed as the others also widened their eyes in surprise.

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"Apparently so!" Jade replied while pouting and glaring at Layla.

"It’s a new spell I created when you were out. My potential realisation is now at 99%. I’m sure all that I need to do now is to figure out how to enter the shadow realm mystery and I’ll rank up". Layla explained. She spoke as if she was telling them nothing of consequence when she was literally one step from ranking up and even knew what she needed to do.

"Ah, no wonder your aura seems to have gotten stronger. Well, congratulations then" Muku congratulated her with a smile on his face.

"Okay, tell me something. Does your family have some kind of secret cultivation method or something?. Coz first it was your mother and now you are about to rank up as well. Aren’t we all friends here? why not share it with us?" Jade spoke, her pout getting even worse.

"Instead of always jumping around the place, maybe you should try meditating". Layla didn’t miss the chance to educate Jade. She felt Jade was too hyper for her own good, especially for this matter of potential realisation.

"Tsk, whatever, keep your secrets then" But Jade wasn’t so easily educated. So she grumbled and walked away, going to her room.

"So you realised more potential while meditating huh?" Hope asked Layla.

"Yes," Layla replied while nodding.

"Okay, I’ll go to my room and try it as well then. I feel my new spell might be the key to my ranking up" Hope said, then also ran upstairs. Although she didn’t mind the others ranking up before her, he’d rather not always be one of the last ones like usual this time as well.

"Well, since there’s nothing to do right now anyway, I might as well go meditate as well. I haven’t improved in quite a while, after all; I’m practically the weakest one in the group now," Chloe said before also going to her room.

"Yeah, I think I’ll just go take a nap" Muku said while planning to also go to his room. He had no idea what to do to realise his potential at the moment, so he might as well relax, right? But he felt a hand grab his own from behind.

"Need anything?" He asked the person.

"Can you spar with me please?. I technically should be stronger than you right now, and yet I don’t feel like I am really stronger for some reason". Layla spoke. Her eyes burned with battle intent.

"Hmm, you want to spar, huh? What an interesting idea! Maybe we should get everyone else to join in....other than Hope. It can help us learn how to fight humans. After all, there’s no guarantee that we’ll always meet people weaker than us and don’t want to fight. I doubt we’re the only ones with classes so strong," Muku mused the idea; he quite liked it, actually.

"Sure, they can join in, but I’ll fight you first!" Layla hadn’t thought that far, all she wanted was to see if she could beat Muku. Who’s depth none of them could figure out. To them it seemed like the more potential he realised, the less he tried in battle. It was like it all became too easy for him.

"Okay okay, just go easy on me. But let’s first gather the others for a meal, then do it," Muku replied to Layla with a wry smile. This girl was really too competitive, she even wanted to beat up her teacher now?

"Good, I’ll go notify everyone then", Layla said, then ran upstairs. Muku sat back down; her enthusiasm was kind of annoying, actually. But he had to admit he wanted to see how his team could do against him and each other.