"How should we teach her? I don't want her to learn murder skills..." A soft, gentle female voice murmurs inside the dining room as Akura slowly stirs awake.
"This is important, she won't always stay with us once she grows up..." A calm, rough male voice argues back.
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"Let's talk about this later, Sami"
"Fuuh... Fine, Hun."
"Kuuaaaaaah..." 'Mh? What's mom and dad talking about?'
Akura yawned before realising that she wasn't in her human form. She then stretches like a cat.
"Mom?" She sat up and stared at her, who was smiling gently and normally like she always had. Her tail swished excitedly for no reason other than her love for her parents.
"Yes, fluffball?"
"I want to tell you about my exploration with big sis Aki!" She jumped up excitedly before transforming into her human form and running up to her.
"Mom! Up! Up!" She opens her arms and makes a grabby motion.
"Fufu..." Samiko bent down and lifted her into my arms.
"Aki is almost finished cooking, Hun. You can tell the story during dinner." She playfully wiggles Akura's nose, making her daughter let out a cute sneeze.
"Khahahaha! Little Aku, today's dinner is special!"
"Knu?" Akura tilted her head at her father, confused.
"Special, how?"
"We're having Phoenix meat~" Masato let out a proud smirk, shocking his daughter with what she had just learnt.
"P-P-Phoenix... meat?" Her eyes widened and shone as she started drooling, imagining how it would taste!
"H-H-How did we acquire some?!"
"Khaha! Some? We got supplies from them!
"Eeeeeh?! How How How!" She used [Big Leap] to travel from her mother's arms and into her father's arms, her tail spinning like a fan.
"Khahahaha!" He easily caught his daughter and placed her on his shoulder.
"A 'special someone' was very generous and decided to gift them to us!"
"Really?! Wow!" Akura was ecstatic. She never knew that this new life she is living is filled with so many kind people, even those she had never met before!
Samiko smiled softly.
"Yes, indeed. They were very 'kind' to gift them to us"
"Why? Aren't they too expensive to just give them to us?" Akura asked.
"Well, they were 'planning' to research in another 'dimension', and the supplies of phoenix meat will go bad, so they decided to give them to us!" Samiko responded.
"Kuku! Can I send a letter to them to give my thanks?" The corners of her lips started to drool as she finally smelled the scent of cooked phoenix meat that was wafting over from the kitchen.
"..." Masato's smile subtly stiffened, and Samiko's gaze slightly turned cold. Good thing that Akura was occupied with the fantasy of what Phoenix meat would taste like; she would've questioned why her parents acted like that.
"Don't worry, I'm going to meet them because they 'go' into their 'travels.' I'll give them your thanks, Khahahaha!" Masato proclaimed as he sat down, and Samiko took her daughter back into her arms.
"Yes, Hun, your father will do that for you~" she cooed as she played with Akura's fluffy ears.
"Kuuuuu~" She howled in happiness. This must be the best day of her entire life!
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The door opened, and Aki walked in, carrying a tray of one massive cooked seasoned meat. It's about 20cm in height and 40cm in width. The smell from the meat was addictive. Akura could smell rosemary, spices, and many other unknown seasonings Aki added in. Making her drool fill up at the bottom of her mouth.
"Awawawawawawawawawa." Akura is vibrating in excitement.
Samiko shook her head with a lovely smile. "Always a handful..."
After setting down the tray, she expertly and skillfully cut a 1cm thick slice of meat from the top to the bottom.
Akura is vibrating even more after noticing the juices it gushes out.
"Awawawawawawawa-"
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"..." Akura is staring at the ceiling in daze, her belly is rounded from one slice. Everything about the meat was perfect: the texture, the flavour, the smell, and even how it perfectly melted in one tongue.
"Kukukuku..." Akura started giggling in ecstasy; no thoughts can be formed currently in her skull.
"Oh, dear..." Samiko shook her head after seeing this; her daughter had the same reaction as her husband when they first ate phoenix meat during their journey to slay the demon king.
'Should we have started with normal phoenix meat? Fuuh...' She sighed.
She turned her head to Aki and nodded to her.
What they had done to the meat was to inject a special kind of concoction made by Samiko into the meat. They had done this to build Akura resistance and immunity to drugs.
Obviously, they didn't use any drugs, but the concoction will make your body believe that there is this specific type of drug in your body and will build tolerance to it first. Throughout the years, that tolerance will evolve into resistance.
'She clearly wants to travel the world once she grows up... We have at least 10 more years to keep her here...'
10 years of eating one phoenix meat a week should work as long as everyone doesn't eat the same meat. Akura will eat one slice each time, and the remaining phoenix meat will be preserved.
'Tomorrow I'll find out what her element affinities are...'
Samiko turned her head toward her daughter, who was still dazed, as if having an acid trip.
"... I don't know how I feel about this..."
Masato nodded to Samiko, even though their daughter isn't really taking drugs. The fact that they behaved as if they were doing drugs made them feel strange and uncomfortable.
"This is necessary... She is too pure and trustworthy for this world. She will clearly eat any food that was gifted to her when she travelled the world..."
Samiko nodded before turning to Aki.
"Do not worry, M'lady. M'lord. I will accompany Aku on her travels"
Aki bowed, and the parents smiled gently.
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"We need to talk about her training..."
"Do we have to? She's too young for this, Masato..."
"Then what if she was alone out there without a permanent way to protect herself..."
"I know I know... But she would have to push her body beyond the limit to reach our satisfaction..."
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"What about her charm? We can train her to use her charm as a weapon."
Samiko asked.
Masato nodded his head as he thought, rubbing his beard.
"It will be useful to take her enemies off guard once they meet her..."
"The downside is... It might affect us too." Samiko sighed.
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"Let's worry about it. Right now, we need to make sure that Akura is strong and safe without us in the future.
"Yes." She smiled 'gently,' making Masato back away from his wife because of his trauma.
"D-D-Dear... She's still a child, no need to revert to your squad trainer years!"
"Fufufufu, I know that dear..."
"O-Oh..."
"Fufufu..."
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"Ehh? I have to train for 4 hours a day?!" Akura repeated what her mother had spoken to her. Obviously, she doesn't like this because it means it will take up her remaining time of being awake!
"Once you're 7 years old, Aku, so for now. We will do 2 hours of training." Samiko remarked.
"I don't like this either!"
"Are you talking back to your mother?"
"E-Eh?!" Akura gasped. She had never seen her mother act like this before!
"Fufufu, let's go to the bathroom first~"
"E-E-Eh?!"
"Fufufu"
Akura got dragged to the bathroom.
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Surprisingly, training wasn't all physical, as Akura had thought before. Because right now, her mother is teaching her how to weaponise her cuteness!
So for 2 hours a day, Akura was taught about skincare, haircare, and more. From using the right natural scented perfume to an in-depth guide on grooming skills to perfectly use your comb or brush to make your hair/fur perfect.
She then teaches Akura on poses, gestures and expressions to make her cuteness more dangerous and powerful, to the point that Akura could even seduce the queen in the future with her cuteness.
Of course, Samiko will not tell Akura that she could do this; she doesn't want the world to burn after all.
This continues until Akura is too tired from actively using her body or her brain fried up from having to remember any single beauty information.
"Kuuu..." Akura is lying on the wooden floor, her [Proper-Posture Belt] adjusted to her position so her back won't warp wrongly.
Her hair is now shinier than ever; she could brush her hair with her fingers in any direction, and she won't find a single hair knot!
Her skin is now even more supple and soft, thanks to her baby skin, to the point that her mother almost got jealous of her daughter!
Akura charm stats have been increasing even more since the 'weaponising cuteness' training.
One clear thing is that Akura will truly be a beauty above others' beauties once she hits puberty.