Chapter 503: Fetch
“Ah!” Derek was startled awake by something light and fluffy landing on his head. “Silvi! What the hell?” He reached up and grabbed his companion by her scruff—something that he would never be able to do if she didn’t allow it—and brought her back down to his lap. “Why did you do that?” He was having a pretty good nap as it was. He’d not had a lot of time to rest since changing systems, so once he ran out of daily things to do, he was enjoying his light naps—even though he didn’t need them, nor sleep for that matter, anymore.
“No more sleeping!” Silvi’s voice chimed from her communication crystal. “I let you sleep through dinner yesterday, not again!”
“Oh?” Derek pushed his chair legs in and sat up. “Is it that time already?” he asked.
“Almost, almost…” Silvi said. “Go to the dining room.”
“You don’t have to tell me twice,” Derek said with a chuckle as he stood—causing Silvi to hop off his lap and instantly vanish from in front of him. She’s really good at using all her skills. It looks so natural. It was kind of funny to him, seeing Silvi use her Active Void Shift skill just to gather people for dinner.
Derek raised his arms out above his head and stretched. After a quick, but very hard-earned yawn, he decided to do as his companion told him and made his way to the dining room.
“Nice of you to join us,” Malorie said as Derek stepped through the door. “Have you gotten enough sleep yet?”
“No,” Derek said. “That’s impossible. You can never get enough sleep.” He looked around the room, and when his eyes met Jacks’s, he nodded. “See. Some of you could do with some more of it. Look at poor Jacks over there, he looks like he’s about had it… why exactly do you look that way?” he asked. “Or rather, how? Your stats aren’t low enough for you to be looking like that.”
“He’s just worried,” Rayna answered for Jacks. “The baby will be here soon enough, and he’s been running himself ragged trying to make sure everything is perfect.” She ran her hand over her belly and smiled softly. “He acts like he’s never done this before.”