21st Century Necromancer

Since Artoria wanted to leave, Chen Yu naturally had to prepare a farewell banquet for her.

The banquet was held in the Airou Cat Village, which had developed over the past year to a significant scale, exciting the Airou cats greatly.

The cats brought out all the food they had harvested over the year, mainly pumpkins and carrots, along with potatoes and some fresh mushrooms they had gathered.

A massive cauldron was set up in the village square. The cats enthusiastically processed various foods and added them to the pot. Two white-furred cats stood on a wooden plank across the pot, stirring the soup with a giant ladle that required both their efforts, releasing a rich aroma.

Seeing the cats' enthusiasm, Chen Yu smiled and instructed the butler to bring more ingredients from the castle and let the Ghost Maids assist the cats in preparing the banquet.

Although the cats had the intelligence of young children and gradually got smarter over the year due to the village's central statue, their lives remained simple and primitive, even with the knowledge imparted by Chen Yu.

So even though they prepared for the banquet with enthusiasm, showcasing their best treasures, ultimately, they were just boiling various ingredients in the cauldron.

When the butler and Ghost Maids joined in the preparations, the banquet began to take shape, moving beyond just a large pot of soup, despite the delicious aroma the cats' stew emitted.

Watching the cats and Ghost Maids preparing the banquet together, Chen Yu found a spot in the Airou Cat Village square where he wouldn't disturb their work and sat down, a smile on his face.

Everything before him was his creation, be it the Ghost Maids or the Airou cats, all products of his making.

The Ghost Maids were one thing, but the Airou cats had absorbed a lot of Chen Yu's effort. Now seeing the thriving scene of Airou Cat Village filled Chen Yu with a great sense of accomplishment.

As Chen Yu quietly appreciated everything, the guests for the banquet also began arriving.

Artoria came to the village with her knights, and seeing the cats, all the knights wore expressions of amazement. Initially, they sat and waited for the banquet to start, but soon couldn't help joining the cats in preparing for the event.

Watching a knight easily lift a basket of food that typically required two or three cats to carry onto his shoulder and move it to the needed location, Chen Yu's smile grew even brighter.

"Husband, what are you looking at?" Jounouchi Hiromi approached Chen Yu quietly, holding Little Yixi, handing their daughter to his embrace before sitting beside him.

"Hiromi, don't you find all of this beautiful?" Chen Yu said to Jounouchi Hiromi with a smile. At this time, Little Yixi was clutching his collar trying to climb up, one small hand grabbing Chen Yu's face.

After lifting his daughter so she could hug his neck, Chen Yu continued, "I love watching scenes brimming with vitality and energy, it makes me feel the beauty of life."

"Really? Hearing such words from a Necromancer is quite surprising!" Jounouchi Hiromi joked after hearing Chen Yu.

Chen Yu laughed and looked at his wife, saying, "Hiromi, you know what? Actually, Necromancers are the ones who love life the most. The earliest Necromancers broke the taboos of life and death to study death because they wanted to restore lost life and bring back the deceased.

Resurrection has been the ultimate pursuit and goal of necromancers for all time, but ironically, it is something the living can never accept. Necromancers have been labeled evil due to their research of the dead and acts of reviving them."

"Who wouldn't wish for their deceased loved ones to appear before them again?" Jounouchi Hiromi sighed and asked Chen Yu, "Do you have someone you'd resurrect at any cost?"

"I do, but I haven't thought of doing so." Chen Yu gently rubbed Little Yixi's head with his forehead, playing affectionately with his daughter without continuing the conversation.

Jounouchi Hiromi didn't pursue why Chen Yu didn't want to resurrect his loved ones. She just watched Chen Yu and their daughter with a smile, listening to their daughter's childish laughter, feeling there was no need to discuss such heavy topics further.

The banquet in Airou Cat Village also invited the Ship-girls. When the Ship-girls, dressed in their formal attire, appeared in the village, the atmosphere became very lively even though the banquet hadn't started.

Ship-girls obviously couldn't resist the adorable looks of the cats. They wanted to get closer to the cats, but the cats were busy, and helping them in their elegant dresses was inconvenient.

They could only sit at their assigned spots on the square, watching the adorable cats bustle around with full affection.

However, the Ship-girls felt it was rude to just sit and watch others work. Coincidentally, some cats were placing utensils on the banquet tables, and others were lifting tables. Some Ship-girls, thinking their dresses wouldn't get in the way, walked over to help set up the tables and utensils.

The strength of the Ship-girls was formidable; after all, their original forms were warships, possessing warship-level capabilities. A few tables were as light as feathers to the Ship-girls.

Amid the cats' joyous cheers, a few Ship-girls easily arranged the tables needed for the banquet in the square, while the other seated Ship-girls also joined to help the cats set up the tableware.

"Commander!" Rai excitedly approached Chen Yu on the side of the square with her other three sisters, greeting Little Yixi in his arms with excitement but carefully so as not to scare her: "Yixi, dear, do you remember sister?"

The other three young girls gathered around, all wanting to hold Little Yixi but a bit shy and hesitant to step forward.

Seeing the 6th Destroyer Squadron's four girls surrounding Little Yixi, Chen Yu exchanged a smile with Jounouchi Hiromi. Then, after the Ghost Maid and cats prepared a large carpet on the ground, he put Little Yixi on it and waved to the four girls, "Come play together; Little Yixi is still young, so take care of her. I'm going to check on how the cats are doing with the stew."

Just as Chen Yu finished speaking, the four girls cheered, quickly kicking off their shoes and surrounding Little Yixi.

Seeing their happiness, Chen Yu smiled, heading towards the large cauldron in the square. It's undeniable the soup the cats were cooking was indeed fragrant.noveldrama