Soon, Ram and the others finished preparing the rest of the dishes and quickly brought them to the table.
Then, everyone sat around and enjoyed this sumptuous and delicious dinner.
After dinner, everyone began to wash up and rest. Because the bath was quite large, all the girls bathed together.
Takeru and the others simply washed up and then enjoyed the beautiful night sky outside.
Although this world had the dangerous calamity of the waves, it hadn't been heavily polluted, so the sky here looked very beautiful.
"Hey, Takeru, how long until you leave this place?" Lying in the soft grass, Naofumi asked Takeru curiously.
He had long since fully accepted that Takeru was leaving. Now, he was curious about when exactly Takeru would leave.
"Eighteen more days." Hearing Naofumi's words and looking at the reminder on his Reincarnation Watch, Takeru spoke directly.
"Eighteen days, huh?" Hearing Takeru's words, Naofumi murmured.
"Will Yui-san and Mio-san be leaving too?" Then, L'arc asked directly.
"Yes." Hearing L'arc's question, Takeru nodded again.
"What a shame. Losing so many powerful helpers will probably add a lot of trouble to both my world and this one." Hearing Takeru's words, L'arc sighed.
"What will happen to the Dawn Empire, then?" Then, Naofumi asked again.
"The next king has already been found. Of course, if you're willing, Naofumi, I can appoint you as a minister. Besides, with Mirellia's help looking after things, there shouldn't be any problems." Hearing his words, Takeru shrugged.
"A minister, huh?" Hearing Takeru's words, Naofumi was stunned. He hadn't really considered becoming an official.
But if he became a minister, he would gain a lot of power, right? Even if he didn't necessarily do anything, at least others wouldn't casually give him trouble.
"Forget it. Being a minister probably means staying in the royal capital all the time, right? Then I wouldn't even have time to go out leveling. And staying in the palace handling matters all the time would reduce my training time." After thinking it over, Naofumi shook his head.
"Haha, I knew you'd say that. But there is a reward I hope you will accept. It won't affect your training and leveling too much." Hearing him say this, Takeru said with a laugh.
"What reward?"
"Becoming the lord of the Seaetto Territory's demi-human autonomous region in the Dawn Empire. That's also the hometown of Raphtalia and Emilie. As the Shield Hero, you are very popular among the demi-humans." Looking at Naofumi, Takeru said with a light laugh.
"Is that so? Since you recommend it, Takeru, I'll gladly accept." Seeing Takeru say this, Naofumi nodded directly.
Seeing Naofumi agree, Takeru smiled and said nothing more. After all, in the original work, he had become the lord of that area. Only now, after Takeru's integration, it had been restored and expanded somewhat.
"By the way, Takeru, you mentioned before that one can save the world with one's own strength. But given our current progress, it's probably very difficult to deal with the future [Vanguards of the Waves], right? Do you have any way to quickly improve my strength?" After hesitating for a while, Naofumi asked.
Although he knew he had received too much help from Takeru, for his own sake, for Emilie's, and for this world, Naofumi felt it necessary to become stronger. And perhaps Takeru had been helping him so much all along so that this world wouldn't be destroyed when he left.
"If you're asking that, then certainly. In fact, there's more than one way." Hearing his words, Takeru nodded gently. Perhaps relying solely on the power gained from this world to fight the waves would be difficult. But if one integrated special powers from other worlds, the waves wouldn't be so terrible.
For example, the kind of power Naofumi was asking about for improvement.
Whether it was Haki, Nen, or the Sun Breathing's inheritance scroll still stored in Takeru's item bar, all could enhance Naofumi's abilities.
Speaking of the Sun Breathing's inheritance scroll, Takeru felt he should take the time to learn it. He hadn't learned it initially because he was already very strong... the scroll would be just icing on the cake.
Moreover, this type of scroll looked very precious, so there was no need to waste it.
But now, with the Shub-Niggurath's ability, Takeru learning it himself could maximize its benefits.
After learning it, he could use Shub-Niggurath's copy and gift skills to let others learn it quickly.
And if he could take the Holy Sword out this time, Takeru would probably use the sword often in the future. Then, the Sun Breathing's sword techniques would also be useful.
Takeru might not need to rely on these sword techniques for great power, but them being cool enough and helping him solve some problems would be sufficient.
Besides, Sun Breathing wasn't as weak as one might think. Just considering Tsugikuni Yoriichi from the Demon Slayer World, he could swing his sword over a thousand times in an extremely short time to destroy Muzan's exploded fragments.
It seemed weak only because the Demon Slayer World's level was low, limiting its potential.
"Really? Can you teach me?" Hearing Takeru's answer, Naofumi sat up directly and asked with surprise.
"Well, since you're so eager, I will teach you a new ability." Looking at the surprised Naofumi, Takeru quickly nodded.
"Thank you so much!" Seeing Takeru say he would teach him a new ability, Naofumi knelt before Takeru.
"Eh, um, Takeru, can you teach me too?" Hearing Takeru and Naofumi's conversation, L'arc spoke expectantly.
"Whether it's one or two, if you want to learn, then learn together. First, let me explain the ability I'm going to teach you, [Nen]. You may not be able to hone it to its peak, but simply using it to assist your own combat can greatly improve your battle strength."
Seeing the two listening attentively, Takeru began to explain.
After some explanation, he told them what to do after he forcibly opened their Aura Nodes. Takeru even had them personally experience the malicious intent emanating from him.
Feeling the pure Aura emanating from Takeru made the two quite uncomfortable. Even with mana protecting their bodies, it only slightly alleviated it.
Of course, this was because Takeru's strength far, far surpassed theirs, making the Aura seem even more terrifying.
After experiencing the power of Nen, the two were very excited. Then, with Takeru's warning, they calmed down and focused on adjusting their mental states.
"Ready?" After a while, Takeru asked the two directly.
"Yes, we're ready. We're counting on you." Hearing Takeru's question, the two took a deep breath and spoke softly to him.
Seeing that both were ready, Takeru approached them with a hand imbued with Nen. Soon, the special Nen touched them. The two felt a special burning sensation.
"Here we go." After a simple reminder, Takeru increased his Hatsu output.
As Takeru acted, Naofumi and L'arc felt the pushing force increase. They also felt an invisible energy seem to open certain switches in their bodies. Then, the two felt a sense of relief. They saw a special Aura constantly emanating from their bodies.
"You can see the Aura now, right?" Watching the two looking at the heat emanating from their bodies, Takeru said calmly.
"Yes, it's like steam rising from boiling water." Hearing Takeru's words, Naofumi said with shock.
"Alright, close your eyes now. Focus your mind in a relatively easy way to control the Aura." Looking at the still-surprised two, Takeru said seriously.
Regarding the first time learning Ten, even Takeru couldn't interfere too much. However, if someone was truly too slow, Takeru could use his own Nen to wrap and seal the other's Nen.
Of course, doing so wouldn't benefit the other person, but it would prevent death from rapid Aura loss.
Watching the two close their eyes and the Aura loss slow down, Takeru continuously guided them, having them control the Aura to circulate within their bodies, finally calming the Aura completely.
About ten minutes later, the two's Auras completely stabilized. They were also extremely exhausted. In that period of controlling the Aura, they had still lost too much.
Fortunately, the two had a good amount of Aura, plus experience in controlling mana, and had kept the Aura loss considerably lower than normal from the beginning, allowing them to hold on properly.