Dungeon of Niflheim

299 Chapter 299: Daki (3)

“I see, that makes sense then, no wonder my body felt rather excited and less restrained.” Frost nodded in understanding.

“Eh? that’s it, just a minor excitement boost. I went all out with my charm and that’s all you felt.” Daki complained as an aggrieved feeling welled up in her chest, her pride was hurt.

“So, when you said you loved handsome boys that could fight your charm you really meant you love knocking them down a peg.” Frost smiled mischievously as he hit the nail on the head. Daki was confident in her appeal and loved teaching handsome Casanovas what real charm was.

“Ugh” Daki groaned as she struggled to retort his words.

“Don’t worry it’s not because you aren’t attractive or that your scent wasn’t intoxicating, in fact you are by far one of the sexiest women I’ve ever seen.....(and felt). It’s just that I’ve grown used to such tactics because of a certain woman in my life.” Frost gave a blunt answer while his eyes scanned over Daki’s explosive body.

A blush returned to Daki’s cheeks as she listened to Frost’s attempt at consoling. She really wanted to know who this woman was that could match her in terms of charm, a rivalry grew in her heart.

Frost thrust out his hand in gesture “Frost, it’s nice to meet you Daki.” This time a handshake should suffice instead of suffocation by breasts. A sparkle glowed in Daki’s eyes as she looked at this young elf before she smiled wildly, grabbing his hand, and shaking with gusto. “Daki very nice to meet you Frost.”

“Great, now that you’ve been introduced, Druakai said that you were looking for me, something about a surprise?” Sam spoke up now that the confusion had been cleared up.

“Oh yeah, wait just a sec it’s in the back.” As though the earlier situation never happened Daki enthusiastically ran into the back room to look for the item.

.....

Meanwhile Frost moved over to Sam and whispered in his ear. “Was that the result you were expecting or?” He knew Sam likely wanted him to succumb to Daki’s charms and make a fool out of himself so as to give him a few giggles, but clearly he was the winner in terms of charm.

“...Honestly no, but it was way better heheheheh.” He looked at Frost with a serious expression before smiling and presenting a thumbs up.

“I heard that!” Daki roared from the back room causing Sam to involuntarily shiver and curse under his breath. Frost laughed in response, karma’s a bitch.

After knocking over more than dozen objects in the back room, unknown whether it was due to mess, Daki’s clumsiness, or her oversized rear, she returned with a small violet box wrapped in a white ribbon.

“Here, this is for you.” She handed the box to Sam who looked at the box in wonder, having no idea what was inside.

“It’s not my birthday and I didn’t request anything so what is it?”

“Open it up and you’ll see.” Not willing to reveal any hints, Daki smiled mysteriously, increasing both Sam’s and Frost’s curiosity. No longer holding back Sam removed the ribbon and opened up the box.

“This is.....” Sam became speechless and his heart was moved. Inside the box was a beautifully crafted chef’s knife, made of duram alloy in a Damascus style and sharpened to perfection.

“I know that you and Lola have been having thoughts of retirement due to your strength limitations and that you’ve been finding it harder and harder to leave my darling nieces and nephew whenever a quest comes up. And I know that ever since you were a kid you’ve loved cooking, so much so that you even apprenticed under Chef Ramsey for a while. My hope is that when you do decide to retire having this knife by your side will allow you to follow your other passion.” Daki spoke with a tone filled with nostalgia, her eyes appearing glassy as she remembered the looks Sam showed whenever he was cooking.

Drip Drip

Tears fell from Sam’s eyes, dropping onto the chef’s knife. He felt so moved, he hadn’t told Daki about his retirement yet or his dream to open up a restaurant, but she already knew his heart without be told, what a great childhood friend he had. Wiping his tears, he went on his tip toes and gave her a peck on the cheek.

“Thank you Daki, this gift of yours mean more than you could imagine.” He held the box close to his chest, treating it as a supreme treasure.

“No problem Sam, glad you enjoy it but you’re a married man you really shouldn’t be kissing other women especially an ex.” Daki smiled contently as Sam caressed the box and pecked her on the cheek. She didn’t expect such an emotional response, thus she had to tease him a little to lighten the mood.

“You two used to date?” Frost questioned when Daki let it slip, his eyes examining Sam and picturing them as a couple.

“What you jealous?” Daki coyly replied.

“Perhaps,” Frost returned her coy smile, enjoying the tit for tat.

“Hahaha I’m really starting to like you.” Daki laughed charmingly. “It was back when we were teenagers, before he got with Lola. You see Sam here has a particular type when it comes to women.” Daki slapped her large butt as a hint.

“Ahhh I see,” Frost nodded in understanding, remembering Lola’s figure; Sam certainly did have a thing for large butts. The man in question coughed in response as a pink hue grew on his cheeks.

“What can I say, I like what I like.” He then smiled confidently and without shame.

“Hahahahahahah” the three of them laughed out loud creating a very warm atmosphere.

Once Sam withdrew the chef’s knife from the box and caressed its every millimetre with a happy smile on his face he told Daki about the events that transpired over the past few days, including his and Lola’s decision to retire.

“It must be fate; I expect to eat free of charge for life, got it.” Daki felt that making the high quality chef’s knife -which was some of her very best work- was well worth it.

“Of course, making such a knife wouldn’t have been cheap, but go easy on me otherwise you’ll eat me out of business hahhahaha.”

“Hey, I don’t eat that much I’m not Druakai!” Daki playfully punched Sam in the shoulder but even her gentle taps were equivalent to the punch of a regular human male. But Sam was used to it, having been on the receiving end of her punches for the majority of his life.

“So, you’re now effectively this guy and his wife’s student, learning how to become a full-fledged adventurer.” Daki turned to Frost after punching Sam. Her interest in this young man only increased as Sam spoke.

‘He’s so young and already nearing B-rank strength plus he can resist and even overcome my charms.’ A rising desire filled her as she continued to learn about Frost, a worthy man in her eyes, one worth pursing and hopefully with better endurance.

“Yes, Sam and Lola made it quite clear that I lack a great deal of common sense when it came to adventuring and graciously offered to teach me all they knew. An offer I couldn’t refuse.” Frost nodded his head in agreement, finding his decision to accept Sam and Lola’s tutelage that day all the more wise. He’d gained so much from their tutelage not just in knowledge. It was thanks to them that he now had a friendship with the enclave of Kranor, something that would really help in the development of his own territory. Plus, tomorrow he’d have a glacial winged tiger as a monster mount, all things that only happened because of his relationship Sam and Lola.

“So, you’ll likely be staying in Kranor for a while right?” If Frost was here in the enclave she could make some moves. Frost picked up on her subtle hint and smiled.

“That would be lovely but unfortunately I have to get back. There’s a lot of work I need to do which requires me to not be here. However, I’ll likely visit from time to time.” A flash of disappointment flashed through Daki’s eyes but quickly vanished.

“Oh well that’s a shame, I could have shown you some interesting sights while you were here.” She licked her lips flirtatiously continuing to tempt him.

“Cough cough you really are quite aggressive aren’t you?” Frost couldn’t help but imagine what ‘sights’ she was talking about.

“Being passive doesn’t get me what I want so what’s the point?” Daki shrugged her shoulders completely at ease with her personality.

“Fair point.” Frost found what she said was true, being passive doesn’t get you anywhere. If you’re aggressive and proactive you may fail but at least you tried, perhaps he needs to be a little more aggressive in his desires, like when he was subjected to Daki’s charm.

“Frost plans on establishing his own territory so he’ll be very busy.”

“Hoh you want to create your own place to rule.” Daki’s eyes once again sparkled, finding Frost’s ambition very and exciting.

“That’s the idea yes. I’ve got the place, materials, and labour, all I need is time, knowledge, and some skilled helpers. Additional residents should come after that.” Frost could create monsters to perform the manual labour, but he was still stymied on how to run the camp. He could only do so much alone, he needed skilled helpers that knew what they were doing as well as new type of monster who could fill in the management gap. A group that would be accepted by residents and not attacked on sight.

‘Perhaps I should take a look at designing my own monster species?’