The lizard meat was lean and unexpectedly soft once cooked, having a nice flavor that was like a combination between chicken and beef. Once seasoned, it made for a nice and tasty meal full of rich Mana and even some "Ki" or life force as they call it, which enriched our cultivation as we ate it. All thanks to mom's Cooking Magic that could boost our cultivation as we ate strong monsters' meat. The mole's meat was like a very fatty beef, it was incredibly soft once cooked on the stew, we made mostly meatballs out of these, but just big chunks of it were also nice enough. It had some slight earthy flavor to it, but it was good, nonetheless. I decided to combine both meats and make burgers out of them, which were amazing, combining their flavors, fattiness, and softness together. And when we finally finished pigging out, we kept on moving. Hacking through the grass while cultivating can get really boring even with all the focus and intensity we have to put into this training method, so eventually we just started chatting about anything. "So Zack, have you made a new song yet?" I teased him. "Ugh, I'm thinking about it… Hahh…" He continued hacking through the grass. "I can't really think about anything yet. It's so confusing and cringy. I've never sang before!" "Didn't people in the Amazon Tribe ever sang?" Asked Celeste. "How come you don't know any song?" "We do sing a lot." Aquarina nodded. "But our songs are intense, and we sing them with ancient language we don't understand well nowadays. We use a lot of music too, the sound of instruments such as flutes and drums! And we dance too! But Zack's never been a guy into those things. He just always watched in the sidelines. Kind of boring guy." "Hey! I am not a dancer or a singer myself. I just like hunting critters and exploring." Zack sighed, suddenly noticing a huge dragonfly of over three meters approaching from above. He swung both of his axes against it, thunder and winds surging and quickly cutting the large insect into pieces, followed by a small explosion. After the creature died, we ignored its corpse and continued moving, a Tier 3 monster like that wasn't really worth much, not even enough EXP either. "Phew, this is getting a bit tiring… W-Why am I doing this too? I'm a magician…" Celica was sighing, as she was holding two scythes made of her phantasmal magic aura and cutting grass "Your Strength Stat's pretty high, Celica, you should be exercising more so your body grows accustomed to it." I told her. "It's never good to use specialize on a single thing! Even my mom's pretty strong physically." "Y-Yeah, Celica!" Zephy said. "But I can ease the burden for you, leave it to me! Hya! Hya! HYA!" My little brother was doing his best to surprise Celica, using his dual sword technique to cut through the giant grass. "Wow, Zephy, you're the best!" Celica clapped from behind, As we admired the scene, I suddenly got an idea… but would Zack go along with it though? That's the real question right "Hey Zack, how about you just sing for the girl you like?" I gave him a teasing smile. "Isn't Mist someone that stir your feelings? I heard from uncle that's that what you need to do when making a song. If you make a lame one it won't really get "T-That's… Are you serious?!" Zack suddenly blushed, he got so red I thought he was about to burst. He quickly glanced at Mist in the distance, she was currently just chatting with Lara, so she didn't get to hear that. "Yeah, that's a good idea!" Aquarina nodded. "I would easily make a song for Sylphy if I were to get into it." "Oh really?" I wondered with puppy eyes. "Make me one!" "W-What? No way, that's too embarrassing!" She said, seconds after having said she could easily do it. "Hahah…" "I guess you're not as good of a singer, huh?" Zack sighed. "Now imagine me, even worse! I love Mist but… Can I even make a song about her? What would it even be about?" "About how much you like her and love her?" I asked him. "Perhaps what you find cute about her! What things about her you like. Maybe point some of the things that also you don't like, but coat them in sugar by saying you can bear with them because you love her." "Wait, that's a good idea…" Zack was so clueless even my little suggestion was a really good idea inside of his head. "Maybe… Ugh, but it's so embarrassing! W-Well, as long as I only have to show it to him and not everyone else- I-I can think of some lyrics. But how do I begin?" "Hmm, to make it less cringy, maybe make it like… About telling a story?" Aquarina asked. "Yeah like some fairy tale." Celeste laughed. "Like… Err, like you start it by "I was just a poor little guy that nobody ever loved, until Mist appeared in my life and she pitied me and finally loved my sorry ass" and stuff like that." "I'm not listening to your suggestions…" Zack groaned at Celeste, ignoring her. "Hahaha, I mean, she's not wrong, you should start it like a tale." I nodded. "Maybe something like a metaphor of your life, of the journey you've had until you meet her, no?" "Hmm…" Zack sighed. "All of this about opening myself and shit is so annoying… But okay, I need to grow stronger, if that's what it will take for Arafunn to take me as his disciple, then there's no other way around it." "Good, that's the spirit!" Aquarina laughed, patting his shoulders very strongly. "Looking forward to your corny song! "Shut up!" Zack sighed, crossing his arms and gnashing his teeth, he was really having a hard time. "Oh? T-There's something over there…" Suddenly, Pyuku interrumpted our banter, as he pointed at the distance. We could barely discern it, but there was some sort of ruins