Raiden Ei was long accustomed to this; she couldn't understand what was going on.
Anyway, after reincarnating as the Raiden Ei, she had tried cooking several times, but the results were always the same, so she had given up any hope regarding cooking.
Raiden Ei approached Little Elysia and looked at the fried egg on the plate with her, whispering encouragingly, "Little Fellow, how about it? Want to give it a try?"
Seeing this scene before her, Little Elysia had no choice but to accept the established fact that Raiden Ei's cooking was terrible.
However, her curiosity about her grew even stronger. In her own words, "Ei is truly a very, very special girl ♪ ♪ ♪."
Little Elysia, when prompted by Raiden Ei, surprisingly agreed instead of refusing as expected.
Her eyes sparkled as she looked at her, and she asked with a hint of mischief, "Okay, but Sister Ei, how did you manage to do this?"
"Mmm..." Raiden Ei truly hadn't expected Little Elysia to agree. She had only intended to tease her; if the child actually ate it, could she handle it?
She paused briefly in her speech, quickly took the plate away, and said while retreating, "Haha, I was just joking with you. Eating something like this could kill someone; you can't eat it."
"Aww, I thought I might get the recipe," Little Elysia said with a look of disappointment.
Raiden Ei was speechless: "How could something like that exist?!"
After Raiden Ei's fried egg was declared a failure, Little Elysia had no choice but to cook something for herself.
Raiden Ei watched from the side, suddenly remembering a thought that flashed through her mind the previous night, and voiced it out.
"Little Fellow, let's build a house. It's quite inconvenient living in a tent every day."
"Mhm, build a house?" Little Elysia's confusion lasted only a moment before she immediately understood what she meant and replied, "Okay, I'll help too."
"Hehe, since you agreed, then let's build a big house." Raiden Ei was a little happy too and shared her idea.
"We can make the house movable. That way, I can use my ability to put it away, and we won't have to struggle setting up a tent when camping in the wilderness later."
So the two began discussing building the house. Raiden Ei mentioned that building a house required a lot of lumber, and she discussed the structure of the house with Little Elysia.
She, on the other hand, put forward many requirements for the exterior appearance of the house. For example, the house needed to be built to look pretty and cute, and how to decorate it to seem warmer.
If you want to do something, just do it. After Little Elysia finished breakfast, Raiden Ei took her to the forest at the foot of the mountain.
Perhaps because this was an uninhabited island, no one had ever logged the trees here, making the trees exceptionally tall.
Raiden Ei placed Little Elysia on a patch of open ground free of weeds and cleared away all the small insects nearby to prevent them from biting her.
Still not feeling at ease, she checked the surroundings once more using Observation Haki: "Alright, this way there's no need to worry about any danger."
Seeing Raiden Ei busy for her these past two days, and knowing she was too young to do anything, Little Elysia felt a bit guilty.
When Raiden Ei walked up to her, she seemed to have made a decision and said very seriously, "Sister Ei, am I causing you too much trouble?"
"Mhm, why would you think that?" Although Raiden Ei didn't quite understand Little Elysia's current thoughts, she still gave her answer.
"I brought you away from the Orphanage, so of course I have to take good care of you. Besides, I haven't done much."
"You can cook for yourself, you can bathe yourself; you can take care of all your daily needs, can't you?"
Raiden Ei habitually patted Little Elysia's little head and comforted her:
"There, there. You are still a child now; don't think about too many meaningless things. Growing up happily is what you need to do."
Little Elysia pulled Raiden Ei's hand away and said a little unhappily, "Don't pat my head; it stops me from growing tall."
"Alright, alright, I won't pat it anymore, won't pat it anymore."
Raiden Ei felt a bit regretful. Patting Little Elysia's little head felt quite nice, and after patting it once or twice, it had almost become a habit.
It seemed that the chances to pat her head in the future would decrease with every time, and once she grew up a little more, there would be even fewer opportunities.
Once Little Elysia confirmed Raiden Ei wasn't making any other small moves, she said seriously, "Sister Ei, can you give me that Devil Fruit?"
"Mhm, what's wrong?" Raiden Ei was a bit puzzled. Why bring this up? Although she wasn't sure what Little Elysia wanted it for,
she still agreed: "If you want it, of course you can."
She took out the two Devil Fruits she had shown Little Elysia last time from the system backpack and handed them over to her.
"Sister Ei, I want this one." Among the Devil Fruits Raiden Ei pushed towards her, Little Elysia chose the one with blue patterns swirling around it.
Raiden Ei was a little surprised by Little Elysia's choice and quickly asked, "Little Elysia, do you want to eat this Devil Fruit?"
Little Elysia held the Devil Fruit with both hands and stated firmly, "That's right, Sister Ei, I want this Devil Fruit."
Although Raiden Ei didn't have any opinion on whether Elysia ate the Devil Fruit—she had tempted her before, but only to play around—the choice the Little Fellow made now truly surprised her. Nevertheless, she had to explain the pros and cons of Devil Fruits to her clearly.
"You must think carefully. Devil Fruits are not good things, and people who eat them will be rejected by the sea."
"From now on, you won't be able to touch seawater. If you unfortunately come into contact with seawater or Sea Stone, your physical strength will decrease, and the power of the Devil Fruit will disappear."
"Even knowing this, do you still want to eat the Devil Fruit?"
Little Elysia looked at Raiden Ei and asked her a question she didn't know how to answer: "Then Sister Ei, why do people eat Devil Fruits?"
Uh, could Raiden Ei say that she resolutely sought out the Goro Goro no Mi for a slim chance of recovering her Elemental Power? She could only say:
"I want to become one of the top experts on this great sea, so of course I have to make good use of all the resources around me."
"Since Sister Ei can do it, I can too." Little Elysia seemed to have made up her mind about eating the Devil Fruit.
"Mmm~ Then you just decide for yourself. I have no opinion." Since Little Elysia still insisted on eating the Devil Fruit, Raiden Ei expressed her support for her decision.
Little Elysia suddenly walked over and hugged Raiden Ei, her muffled voice coming out, "Thank you, Sister Ei."
Raiden Ei smiled, hugged the Little Fellow back, and patted her little head—the texture was as good as ever.
"Alright, you don't need to say thank you to me."
Little Elysia released her hold on Raiden Ei and picked up the Telekinesis Fruit with the blue patterns again.
Seeing this, Raiden Ei also held the Devil Fruit in the form of a Mythical Zoan Black Dragon and said to her, "Are you sure you want that Devil Fruit? This is a Mythical Zoan, a powerful creature, you know."
"No, I just want this one." As she spoke, Little Elysia had already taken a bite of the Devil Fruit. Her little face immediately wrinkled, and tears welled up in her watery eyes.
"Haha, Little Fellow, you look really funny right now. It's okay, you only need to take one bite. Devil Fruits really don't taste good."
Although Raiden Ei had a suspicion of watching the fun from the side, she still spoke up to comfort her.
Hearing this, Little Elysia could only forcibly swallow the Devil Fruit in her mouth while suppressing her tears.
"Sister Ei, is this worse than the food you cook?"
Raiden Ei didn't expect that the first thing Little Elysia would say after eating the Devil Fruit wasn't about her own feelings, but a kind inquiry towards her.
She was quite speechless about this. Fortunately, she had long given up on the skill of cooking; otherwise, she might have argued with her about it.
"About the same, both are hard to swallow." Perhaps the food she cooked was more harmful, but she didn't need to say that out loud.
Raiden Ei picked up a twig from the ground and placed it in front of Little Elysia, saying, "How is it? Can you feel your ability yet?"
Little Elysia's eyes rolled once before she said, "Mhm, I can."
"Then try to break this twig."
Little Elysia's gaze fixed on the twig. In just an instant, the twig seemed to be acted upon by some force, and with a 'crack,' it broke into two pieces.
"Good, that should be about right. What are you feeling now?" Raiden Ei picked up the twig to look at it, then inquired about Little Elysia's current sensation.
"Mmm~~ I did it very easily, just like using my own limbs." As Little Elysia spoke, the other piece of the twig slowly floated up and drifted in front of Raiden Ei.
"It seems you're adapting well. Then, Little Fellow, you stay here and adapt to your ability; I need to go work now."
Raiden Ei was also quite interested in Telekinesis and similar things, but she needed to go work now, otherwise, she would end up playing with her until noon.
"Mhm, mhm. I will. Don't worry, Sister Ei. I'll be able to help you with your work from now on," Little Elysia happily indicated that she understood and even gave her guarantee.
Building a house required a lot of lumber. Fortunately, there were plenty of suitable trees in this forest, so building a slightly larger house wouldn't be a problem.
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