Reincarnated With A Glitched System: Why Is My MP Not Running Out?

Chapter 1413: A Great Uncle

As I enjoyed the green tea and the snacks, I saw Onikawa talking with his niece. It seemed that Ruby and her uncle were very connected, it made me happy they had a strong family bond.

”So youʼre going to live with their master, who is the Hero Felicia?!” Onikawa screamed. ”My niece, you better not screw this up! This might be your biggest ever opportunity in life!”

”I-I know! Iʼll do my best uncle! I-Iʼll make the family proud!” Ruby nodded, she looked full of resolve. Her uncleʼs really nice, I guess itʼs good she at least has a family member that cares for her.

The Oni Tribe also seemed to have a way of speaking, like... They truly value pride and honor above all things, almost at the same obsessive level as elves and maybe dwarves.

Theyʼre also very talented at craftsmanship now that I think about it.

”Sir Onikawa, I wanted to ask, did you visit the Demon Continent before?” wondered Celica curiously.

”I was wondering the same, seeing how you talk about what the Onis had or not back there...” said Celeste.

”Oh! Well, I did go once,” he said. ”A while ago though, it was a visit of like... three years. It was an idea from my mother. We went there with my sister, Rubyʼs mother. And learned more about the culture of our tribe. They prospered in the Old Snowy Mountains of the Continent, right below them there were a lot of water canals and a slightly sunny temperature, it was very damp, ideal for rice to grow everywhere. So we learned why rice was so beloved by our family, haha.”

”So amazing... I wish I could visit the Demon Continent once!” said Celica.

”Eager to meet your ancestors, little Celica?” laughed Onikawa. ”Unfortunately the demon tribes were never truly unified, theyʼre spread everywhere, it is very hard to find them, aside from very large communities that preferred to remain together. We Onis are one of the few that are like that.”

”Iʼm a bit jealous of your tribe now, Ruby,” Celeste smiled, crossing her arms. ”Theyʼre cool.” ”Hah... Well, theyʼre not bad,” Ruby sighed.

”Not bad?! We are excellent, right?” Onikawa wondered.

”A bit rough around the edges sometimes...” Ruby averted her gaze from her uncle.

”A-Ah... Well, some are quite the brutes... Yes, but those old men are slowly changing anyways,” laughed Onikawa. ”Anyways! I guess I shouldnʼt be making you wait any longer. If you want to go back home already, feel free. Weʼve talked enough, I believe. Thanks for not forgetting this old man, Ruby.”

”Of course I wouldnʼt forget you uncle, youʼre my family,” Ruby smiled cutely, hugging her burly uncle, who even lifted her up with his large arms.

”Arenʼt you a small girl, Ruby? Hahaha! Look how easy is to lift you!” laughed his uncle. ”I-Iʼm not a kid anymore, uncle!” she pouted. ”Donʼt lift me like a baby!”

”What?! But you used to love when I carried you piggyback,” her uncle complained.

”T-That was years ago!” Ruby was growing embarrassed. ”E-Enough, youʼre embarrassing me in front of my friends!”

”Haha, fine...”

As her uncle let go of her, he nodded, quickly running to the kitchen while telling us to wait a bit, and then coming back with two huge paper bags.

”Here, thereʼs more rice crackers here and the few last Mochi I had. There are also some green tea bags, please take them with you as souvenirs!” he said. ”Also Iʼm sure my niece will miss this food.”

”Oh wow, thank you so much!” I happily received the food.

”Wait uncle! What about you? do you have enough food even?” Ruby wondered.

”Ah Iʼll be fine, tomorrow I can go buy some more,” her uncle shrugged. ”Anyways-” ”Here!”

Before he was to say farewell, I offered him my own food, over the table, I placed a huge wooden box full of tropical fruits from the third floor of the dungeon and vegetables freshly harvested from the farms of the first floor of the dungeon.

”Please take these, theyʼre my own products!”

”W-What?! So many fresh fruits and vegetables! Arenʼt these expensive?!”

”Nah, donʼt worry Sir Onikawa. Take them and enjoy them too. Your food is delicious, but I couldnʼt help but think it didnʼt have enough nutritional value, so eat veggies and fruits too!”

”Well then! I guess I canʼt really fight against that logic! Hahaha! Thank you, little Sylphy!” he patted my head. ”Iʼll be taking them! No take backs, right?”

”Donʼt worry!” I giggled.

After that, Onikawa opened the large door for us.

”Take care! Please come visit me from time to time or Iʼll feel lonely, you know?”

”Yeah, yeah! Take care uncle!”

Ruby waved her hand as we also said our goodbyes, quickly making our way to the cityʼs airport, we chatted along the way. The tense atmosphere provoked from Rubyʼs father had completely faded away when we met her uncle, a complete opposite of her father.

He was a carefree man, yet he was also a hard-working artist, someone that lived on his own and seemed happy as he was. He loved Ruby as if she were his daughter, and was very welcoming too, and very talkative!

Above all, he didnʼt call Ruby a boy either, he must have seen her before she fully accepted herself as a woman and started dressing and looking like one, yet he accepted her new identity without any problems.

”Yeah, uncle is... a good person,” Ruby smiled lightly. ”At this point, Iʼve grown so dull to insults and everything, that I donʼt really care if others misgender me. But uncle never does that! Heʼs really a great person... he acknowledges my identity and everything.”

”I bet your mom was a bit like him?” I wondered. ”Like two peas in a pod?”

”Hahaha, yeah!”

Ruby laughed out loud, resembling her uncleʼs laughter, and maybe her mother too. I guess it

runs in the family.

”They got along so well together!” Ruby sighed with a smile. ”I... I miss my mom.”

Then, things became silent, as she started looking down for a little while.

Dang it, okay, letʼs not bring her mother for now.

”Anyways, wanna see something insane?” I asked.

”Huh? More insane than before?” she wondered.

”Yep! Phoenix! Come out!” I said.

FLUOOOSH!

And then, Rubyʼs eyes widened as a giant Phoenix materialized.