Transmigrated as a Ghost

Once Marcus and Mrazivý had made some distance from the dinning room, Mrazivý pulled out a sending stone.

"Great Grandmother, I just had a run in with Soith and he tried to make a pass at Irene, and when that failed, he tried to stir up some trouble."

Mrazivý then explained the situation to Aria in detail and enlisted her help to make sure that Soith did not blow things out of proportion.

"Okay, thanks."

"Looks like my great grandmother is going to help. She is going to tell my father about the incident and prevent Soith from fabricating some story."

With any loose ends regarding Soith taken care of, Mrazivý continued to show Marcus around the castle.

They went to places like the throne room, the royal wine cellar where Marcus and Mrazivý picked out a few choice bottles, and to Marcus' surprise there was a massive recreation area dedicated to games, such as tennis and bowling.

"I see that the first king brought over some more games from Earth than just chess."

With a look of surprise Mrazivý said, "Wait so these games came from your world. I thought the first king invented them."

"Nope, he took these straight from our world. Though I cannot blame him, I would do the same if he had not already. Anyway, he did seem to make some adjustments."

After saying that Marcus looked out at the tennis court that far larger than normal, and the rackets that were made out of mithril.

'I guess when you have a higher level these games can get pretty extreme.'

"How about a game of tennis. I only played a couple of times when I was younger, but I at least know the rules." Marcus said, as he picked up one of the balls and rackets, not realizing then what he was getting into.

'Fuck, why is she so good at this.'

Having the ball blast past him for the fifteenth time, Marcus was finding it impossible to beat Mrazivý.

He certainly had higher stats, but the difference in experience playing the game made it so that even though he was faster and stronger, his skill was well below hers.

"Looks like I win again." Mrazivý said while bouncing the ball up and down on her racket.

"You only won because I am not used to the size of the court. They were a lot smaller on Earth. Anyway, half of your points were because I hit the ball out of bounds."

"Whatever, you say." Mrazivý said with a wry smile

The two continued to play some of the different games available, and Marcus found much more success at darts than he had at tennis, beating Mrazivý almost every time.

"Okay you have to stand here." Mrazivý said putting Marcus as physically far away from the dart boards as possible.

However, with his enhanced vision skill Marcus was able to pinpoint the dart board from anywhere within line of sight, and Mrazivý probably would have needed to move him a mile away for him to miss.

Eventually the two of them had their fill of playing around, and as the day was getting late headed to Mrazivý's room.

"This certainly is what I would expect from a 'room' meant for a princess." Marcus said as he looked around Mrazivý's "room".

Going around her found that it was more like a large condo than just a room.

"If you had a kitchen in here, why did we need to go to the dining room." Marcus asked thinking about how they could have avoided their encounter with her brother.

"It is not like I knew that Soith was going to be there. Anyway, I wanted to return the favor for in the crystal caverns when you went all out with that meal."

"I see. Well, the food was really good, better than what I can make for now. However, eventually I will be able to make even better food than a royal chef."

When Marcus said this as if on que Mrazivý's stomach once again growled, as it had been hours since they had lunch. And after all of the high-speed moving around they had done playing games, it made since she was hungry.

"I suppose this is as good a time as any to work on my cooking skills. Give me a few minutes and I will make you some dinner." 

"Wait, that kitchen is not even stocked. This is my first time back in this room in over six years." Mrazivý said in a bit of a fluster.

However, in the next instant she stopped in her tracks as Marcus brought out the large magic fridge he nearly always kept on him.

"Did you forget about this already." Marcus said with a mischievous smile on his face.

"No, I did not forget, I just did not know you carried it around with you wherever you go."

Shrugging his shoulders Marcus said, "I have found it is always better to have fresh food on hand. Last time I did not, a certain princess got a bit crotchety."

"How many more times are you going to bring that up?" Mrazivý said with an exasperated sigh.

In response all Marcus did was smile, obviously planning to bring it up whenever the chance presented itself.

He then got to cooking dinner for Mrazivý, using some type of fish he did not know the name of, but it tasted like mahimahi, and was one of his favorites.

"Dinner is served your highness." Marcus said bringing a plate to Mrazivý.

Yet before Mrazivý began eating even though she was hungry, she noticed that Marcus had not made any for himself and pointed it out to him.

"Oh, that is fine. You know I really do not need to eat. I just do it to enjoy the taste, and I knew it would be quicker if I only made one portion."

Nodding her head Mrazivý said, "Okay, thanks. Ah but you will have some of this with me." 

Pulling out one of the bottles they had swiped Mrazivý began pouring a couple of glasses of wine for the two of them.

"Hey, we are both alone now so you can take your original form if you want." Mrazivý said as she finished topping off her glass of wine.

"Yeah, you are right."

Taking a moment, Marcus disappeared for an instance before reappearing as himself.

"I just remembered you never told me the details of your battle with the boss in the Cordillera Depths." Mrazivý said as she took a sip of wine.

"You are right. It was a pretty epic battle so prepare yourself."

Recounting the battle, Marcus told Mrazivý how he played support for most of the fight, focusing on healing and disrupting the elder magma elemental, and that when they thought they had already won, it came back for a second round.

"And right before I was about to deliver the finishing blow, it sent a bunch of spears made out of magma towards me, and Jarek jumped in front to take them even though I was simply going to go ethereal and let them pass by harmlessly."

After giving a bit of a pause to build dramatic tension, Marcus told her how he fired his eclipse railgun and that it blew apart the magma elemental as well as the wall behind it.

"Unfortunately, I did not get the last hit as that thing tried to reform again even after that, and Treasa deliver the final blow with her spiked chain ball. Ah but at least I was able to heal Jarek by possessing him and using my regeneration skill, though it hurt like hell." Marcus said finishing the retelling of the fight against the boss.

"Ah it sounds like it was an exhilarating adventurer. I wish you had invited me." Mrazivý said with a somewhat forlorn expression.

"Sorry it was not my place to bring you. Jarek was the one who found the boss room, so it was not like I could invite whoever I wanted. How about this. Next time, we go looking for a boss to fight together."

Smiling Mrazivý raised her glass of wine that she had already refilled a couple of times and said, "Cheers to that, I cannot wait."

The two of them then clinked their glasses together, and it was Marcus' turn to ask Mrazivý about her own boss fights in the Ocean Bluff Temple.

"And then I plunged my sword into the chink in the bubble crab king's armor, under his stomach, and cast an ice magic spell inside him, freezing him."

"Sounds like it was a hard-fought battle, but since you got your unique skill from that chest, it was definitely worth it."

  "Yeah, it was pretty surprising when it happened. At first, we all thought the chest was way too small, but when we saw the golden orb, we knew we had hit the jackpot. Though I did feel a bit bad that I was the only one that gained from beating the boss."

"That is just how it is sometimes. I mean I took a very powerful unique skill from either Treasa or Jarek and gave it to my little sister." Marcus said shrugging his shoulders.

The two continued their conversation for another couple hours, until late into the night, and through a few more bottles of wine.

"I think it is time for bed." Mrazivý said as she finally felt the alcohol start to affect her body even with her high stats.

She then shakily stood up, let out a big yawn, and nearly stumbled over.

"Here let me help you." Marcus said as he lent a shoulder to Mrazivý.

He then assisted Mrazivý to her room and got her to her bed.

"Good night, Mraz. I will be in the guest bedroom next door if you need." Marcus said as he made a swift exit, leaving Mrazivý to get some rest.

Yet as he left Mrazivý mumbled under her breath, "Idiot" Before curling up into bed, her face beet red.