Raising A Few Wives in a Beast Apocalypse-Chapter 156: Discussions

A rowdy while later...

"Okay, we've fooled around long enough. Let's get back to business" Muku spoke after noticing that they were wasting too much time.

"I have an idea" Chloe was the first to speak after his statement. She had been waiting for the conversation to get back on track so she could express her thoughts.

"Oh, okay. Let's hear it" Muku spoke with some curiosity in his voice. That others were also curious about what she had to say. So everyone quietened down and paid attention to what she wanted to say.

"Okay, so Freya can do anything in her mindscape, right? Which I think is perfect for my plan. Instead of giving in to Iris' demand for eight hours... We can propose something else. If she refuses, then Freya will threaten her with an externally burning flame in her mindscape or something," Chloe spoke, and the others just listened on while nodding their heads.

Seeing them paying attention as they let her cook. Chloe became more confident and continued speaking.

"Of course, we can't just force things like that. Like she said, it is partly our fault that she's even facing all these problems. Even if she has her own faults. Anyway, we can promise her anything she wants in the mindscape if she agrees to the deal. Which I'm sure would be very tempting to her" Chloe spoke a bit more before pausing again. She was trying to organise her words as well as measure the reaction the others had to her plan.

"With her personality, I'm sure that won't be enough for her. She has shown a strong desire to be outside in the real world. So without getting that, I don't think she'll agree to anything we say. This means that we likely have no choice but to sacrifice some of Freya's time. However, I don't know how much Freya is willing to offer and how much Iris is willing to accept. You all can work out the finer details... What do you think?" Chloe concluded by asking for the opinion of the others.

"I like it... I'm willing to go along with it. Though I don't think I can give up more than an hour of my time" Freya was the first one to speak.

Well, she kinda had to speak since everyone was looking at her. After all, it was her life and they didn't want to dictate it for her. They chose to work around what she wanted instead. It wasn't easy to willingly give up your body's control to someone else when it had been yours to control for 19 years.

"Are you sure?" Emily asked Freya, with some worry in her voice. While an hour a day didn't seem long. It was quite a significant amount of time if you really thought about it.

"Yeah... I can just have some fun in my mindscape during that time. I probably won't even notice it pass by" Freya replied with a sweet smile on her face.

Whether she meant it or not, only she knew. What was certain to everyone, though, was that Freya really wanted to use Iris' power. While they didn't feel like she needed to... They could tell that she felt like she needed to do more to be relevant to the team.

"... Okay. If you say so," Emily relented, not wanting to make the difficult situation even more difficult for Freya.

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"Let me add my take on it... Why must it be daily? Why not once every three days or so? Iris is in a rather terrible position. So I'm sure she would agree to the deal with the other benefit of having whatever she wanted in Freya's mindscape. Maybe she just set a high bar to have more negotiation room" Jade nonchalantly chimed in.

Her words, however, were quite insightful. The others hadn't thought of it like that. For some reason, they had thought that "daily" was a key part of the deal. However, after Jade's input, they realised that they might have been overthinking it. Anyone in Iris' position would probably be willing to take even the worst of deals if they provided some kind of benefit.

"Hhmm... Good point. Let's go with what Jade said then. We'll offer her a luxurious life in the mindscape plus an hour of Freya's time outside of it every three days. Does anyone disagree or have another better idea?" Muku spoke, ready to finalise the plan.

However, he did give everyone the chance to speak before he did so. No one said anything though. They all agreed with the plan. All of them had thought of a plan somewhat similar to what Chloe said, which was the obvious plan. So, no one could say they had a better plan.

"No one? Okay, good! That's final then. Freya can talk to Iris after the meeting. For now, let's move on to the next matter. Layla, if you please..." Muku finalized the plan and then immediately moved on to the next matter.

"Sure..." Layla replied after hearing his words. She then held her hand out. A large ice disk was formed in front of it creating a significantly sized shadow underneath it.

Before anyone could ask what was happening. Well, it's not like they would have asked anything anyway since they knew what was happening. Four orbs radiating strength rose from the ice's shadow.

That's right, she had summoned the four R3 beast cores from the Iris battle from her Shadow Pocket. The enviable ability she had, that basically stored whatever she wanted in a different dimension. She could retrieve it whenever she wanted from wherever she wanted to retrieve it from.

One pitch black, one earthy brown, one light green and one dark purple. Though their colours were different, all four beast cores radiated an astonishing amount of energy. It was so intense that even Muku and his girls' strength combined couldn't stand up to one core's strength. It wouldn't even be a fourth of it.

Which showed the difference between them, semi-peak R2s and Half-step R4s. Fortunately, the energy, which was masterless,, lacked inten,t, so it was docile. Otherwise, Muku and the girls wouldn't even be able to get close to the cores.

However, Elsa and Freya still found it hard to breathe if they got too close. This made it safe to say that unranked beings likely wouldn't be able to come close to the cores due to the strength difference alone. With that same logic, legit R4 Cores might be a challenge for the current Muku and the R2 girls.

"So, these are our spoils. As for how we're going to use them. I'm only sure about the black core. Sadly, we don't have anyone with an element like any of the other three," Muku spoke after grabbing the cores with his Telekinesis and making them float in front of him.

"Wait..." Layla spoke one word not sure how to continue.

"No need to say anything. Your Shadow Element lets you use Darkness Element cores. So the black one is yours. Don't say it's too much since we didn't particularly do anything to get it, and we'll be Rank Three soon anyway, so they won't be that rare as long as we have beasts to hunt," Muku spoke before Layla could come up, with a way to refuse.

He didn't discuss it with the others before making a decision. It was one of those things that was a no-brainer. It just made sense to do what he did. This was evident from how no one but Layla seemed to be against it.

All the others felt was dejection for not aligning with any of the cores. Jade was hit the hardest when she realised that she wasn't getting the urge to consume any of the cores. Which meant only one thing... She couldn't consume higher-rank cores and gain their abilities.

Which meant she'd have to wait until she ranks up. She wasn't sure how long it would take after the fiasco the previous day. There was no way weaker-rank beasts like R2s didn't run away after that.

"Just take it... You know he won't give up until you do" Audrey chimed in after seeing that Layla was still a bit hesitant.

She had long noticed that her daughter had an issue taking anything from anyone. Especially when she felt like she didn't do anything to deserve it. As for why she was like that, she wasn't sure.

"Yeah... S-sis, take it. It's really not a big deal," Chloe added; she was a little awkward in calling Layla sister. She wasn't used to it yet.

"If you refuse, I'll take it. I don't mind a darkness ability after ranking up" Jade spoke in a salty tone.

"You wouldn't dare!" Layla snapped as she snatched the core from the air.

Everyone was immediately dumbfounded. Only for a little while though. That's because they immediately realised Layla's personality defect.

The girl really didn't like taking any losses. They just didn't know that she would even compromise some of her standpoints just because of that.

She really was a weird girl. Everyone couldn't help but look at Audrey all at once. They were silently asking her why Layla was like that.

To which Audrey smiled wryly. She also had no idea why Layla was like that. Maybe there was no reason, and the girl just didn't like losing at anything. Not everything has to have a deep meaning after all.