I Can Contract Beauties-Chapter 191: Volcanic Core

"The main material I used for forging that necklace is called Volcanic Core. We found it by chance when one of my beasts was trying to evolve to a higher grade inside an erupting volcano in Blazing Expanse."

"Volcanic Core? I am not familiar with such an item. Is it very special?" Edith asked curiously.

As a swordswoman, she also gathered and knew a lot of materials in her previous life. A swordswoman would not be complete without a sword, hence, she would often gather and study the best materials needed for one to forge a good sword.

However, she had never heard of the term Volcanic Core before. She wondered if this item was discovered lately or if it was just a material not suitable to be forged into a sword, hence the reason why she had not heard of it.

Aaliyah nodded her head subtly, "Yes. At least for a fire attributed summoner like, it is the perfect material to be forged into a magic item."

"The necklace I forged obtained most of its special properties from it, including the calming effect, and additional fire damage for my beasts."

"Additional fire damage? Now that he’s wearing it, does this effect also apply to the current you? Is it the reason why you have such destructive prowess?"

"Of course not. The necklace was sealed by my beast back then before my death, so it could only show some minor effects for now. It was also for this reason that it has still remained undetected by now. If we unseal it, there is a high possibility that the enemy will discover it immediately," Aaliyah explained.

On the side, Miguel merely listened to the two of them talking about the issue. He was taking notes in his mind, in case he discovered something from her words.

Unfortunately, that was not the case this time around. Aside from normal information, Miguel found nothing of value from her words.

He also tried asking some more, this time, Aaliyah did not hide anything and revealed everything to them, including the reason for her death.

According to her, she died after she was inflicted with a strong poison after a period of staying in the Red Clan.

It was after she obtained the Volcanic Core. There were a lot of elders trying to get the Volcanic Core from her. According to her, the disputes and the internal conflict of the Red Clan started around that time as well.

She suffered for a few months before she ultimately decided to let go of her life.

Before her death, she moved to Peach Village and lived peacefully as a normal person there.

Before the poison worsened, she released the news about the Volcanic Ore being made into a treasure that she hid in a special location. She also created a fake map and put it in the deepest part of the Red Clan treasury, and left some words that the map must only be opened after her death.

After that, she spent her remaining life in Peach Village. The necklace was then ’hidden’ by one of her beasts after sealing it. The location was a secret and even she herself was not aware of the location.

At that time, she thought that her beast had hid it very well, she did not expect that a brat like Gasper would be able to find it casually while playing.

Although she could not blame her beast as it was indeed effective. It has been a long time, and it was only now that the necklace was discovered.

After she recounted her story, Miguel could not help but relate to her experience.

What she had experienced truly has a lot of resemblance to what he experienced before his death as well.

It was such a strange coincidence, but it was this same coincidence that made them bond during that first meeting a few weeks ago.

It was already late at night when the three of them finished talking.

As they were already tired, they decided to sleep peacefully and continue their investigation tomorrow.

Perhaps it was due to her recollecting her past earlier, Aaliyah seemed to have even become more warmer toward them now.

Although the enemy was still in the dark, Aaliyah actually had a peaceful smile on her face as her arm wrapped around Miguel’s chest tightly.

Miguel merely smiled at the sight. He made sure not to make huge movements in order not to wake her up.

He gave her and Edith a kiss on the forehead each as he drifted to sleep a few minutes later as well.

The night passed peacefully as the sun rose when morning came.

Miguel woke up with two beauties lying on both of his arms sleeping peacefully... or are they?

A smile surfaced on his face as he nudged both of them to wake up.

Both women let out smiles as well as they opened their eyes.

Their eyes rose and twinkled as what greeted them was Miguel’s handsome face. Both of them kissed each side of his cheek and greeted him good morning.

The three of them stood up and went down to the basement to begin their daily training.

Miguel and Edith went for a spar once again as the Scorching Water Tortoise and the Dark Veil Beast watched at the sideline.

Aaliyah also watched at the side, not intending to miss a fight between experts.

The two refined their techniques and adjusted their movements according to their current body limitation.

This time, they spar using ordinary swords, without any skills, the two of them could only rely on their superb swordsmanship skills and technique to deal with the other party.

As the spar goes on, Edith was surprised that she was actually losing in front of Miguel.

As a well-known swordswoman from her era, Edith had always been proud of her swordsmanship skills.

Although her current body was not as strong as what she had back then, this should not be the reason why she was losing.

’My master is more skilled than me?’ She thought to herself as she began to enjoy the spar.

Knowing that her master was quite capable in the way of the sword did not make her feel bad. On the contrary, it motivated her a lot as this would mean that she could continue to refine her swordsmanship with the help of her master, Miguel.

A few minutes later, Edith lay on the ground, visibly exhausted.

Without any suspense, she lost to Miguel in the spar between swords.

Although it dejected her a little, it also became the fuel of her motivation to continue getting better with her sword skills.

As someone who had lived for very long time, Miguel had obviously dabbled in the way of the sword, the most famous weapon of cultivators from his previous life.

Aside from that, the sword was also his main weapon from his previous life, so it would be strange if he was not proficient with it.

Of course, he was holding back a lot while he was sparring with Edith.

Meanwhile, after recovering from her fatigue, Edith requested for Miguel to teach her some sword techniques and skills.

Since it was only early in the morning, Miguel did not decline and began to train with her seriously.

Aaliyah also went back to her small forging room while the Dark Veil Beast urged the Scorching Water Tortoise to train along with it.

After that, they would go to the library to read some books.

Aaliyah and Edith continued to search for relevant information while Miguel read to his heart’s contents. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

With their time revolving around such a schedule, time passed in the blink of an eye.

A few days later, outside of the villa, Miguel stood with the Twilight Twin standing in front of him.

The two of them handed him a sack full of Flame Fruit, their bodies riddled with injuries for the adventure they had experienced during the past few days that Miguel had not met them.

After handing them the necessary fee, Miguel began to heal both of them using [Mystic Mend].

As he did so, he was curious about their experience, hence, he asked if they could tell him about it while he healed their injuries.

The two of them did not decline and began to enthusiastically tell Miguel what they were doing during the past few days.

Apparently, they only rested for a few days after Miguel’s reminder before they began searching for Flame Fruit once again.

After a few days of gathering, and encountering unlucky coincidences, they managed to collect a total of seven Flame Fruits before they decided to return.

As he listened to their story, Miguel could only shake his head with a wry smile on his face.

The two’s experience was not something ordinary and safe. He wondered how they were able to safely come back time and time again even after encountering such unlucky coincidences.

Hearing their experience and them being able to escape every time, one would suspect if they truly had bad luck.

"Right, we discovered an underground passage near Cyanid Volcano. We did not dare enter it afraid of the danger. But if you want, we can sell the information and location of the underground passage to you."