Chapter 124: Blighted bloodline
“Percy… seat… all day…” Micky said.
“Sit.” Nesha corrected him.
“Sit.”
Bored as she had been over the last couple of weeks, the girl had volunteered to teach Micky how to speak. By now, the crow’s vocabulary had expanded greatly. Even his ability to vocalize much of it had grown shockingly well. The bird still struggled to form complete sentences, but he was learning faster than a human toddler would.
“Yeah, Percy is sitting all day, brewing elixirs for you freeloaders!” the young man quipped in an irritated tone after overhearing them.
Following the creation of his latest clone, the trio had paused their journey, camping at a spot outside the Camelot province. Had they kept walking, they would have certainly reached their destination by now, though Percy had his reasons for delaying.
He wanted to spend some time brewing a few weeks ahead, just in case he didn’t get the chance later. Having spent about three weeks waiting for his clone to return, he had already brewed enough elixirs to last them for the next two months.
“Hey, it’s not like we’re lazing around.” Nesha argued back. “We keep watch and gather food for you too.”
“No. Micky keeps watch and gathers food. You just chat with him for a few minutes whenever he returns.”