In the early morning, Goki woke up on time.
Actually, for him, the word "early morning" was already distant and unfamiliar.
After all, the time in Yharnam had been frozen before the arrival of the Blood Moon by Rom, that foolish spider.
Even after killing it, the eternally hanging full moon in the sky was only replaced with a Blood Moon skin; time still had no distinction between day and night, and the Hunter's Dream always had the moon hanging.
Whether in his own Hunter's Dream or imitating Senior Sister Maria by finding a random chair to sleep on outside, Goki had developed the ability to be a human biological clock.
As soon as it was time, he would naturally wake up.
"Good morning, kind Hunter, I wish you a pleasant day."
"Good morning, Nona Doll... This bed is still so hard, I can't get used to it."
As usual, Goki's first greeting was to the Nona Doll.
Lying on the hard bed, rubbing his shoulders, Goki was glad he had specifically retrieved his original bedding from the Hunter's Dream, otherwise his shoulders would have ached terribly.
"Ha!"
Sitting up with a flip, Goki subconsciously reached for his weapon on the bedside, preparing to begin a new hunt, but then, after half a second of stunned, he realized what had happened.
After more than a week on Terra, his "occupational hazard" had significantly eased.
"I... no longer need to hunt, phew—"
Taking a deep breath, Goki stretched comfortably.
In Yharnam, although he paid great attention to "quality of life," it was merely stealing a moment of leisure from his busy schedule.
Yharnam itself, along with the surrounding small maps like Byrgenwerth, the Fishing Hamlet, and Cainhurst... were not as small as they appeared in the game.
Just Yharnam's New Town alone was several times larger than the dozens of streets in the game.
After all, it was the famous land of blood ministration, a "good place" countless outsiders flocked to, and it had already expanded several times before Goki arrived.
Then... the residents were basically all mad, and Goki had to repeatedly kill them or be killed—it was a long and maddening process.
Now, Old Hunter Goki could finally have a short vacation.
Although the land of Terra was full of monsters and demons, and under the earth, dark currents surged, with the political situations of various countries being treacherous, this was temporarily irrelevant to Goki.
He was a Hunter of beasts, not a Hunter of men, and had no intention of interfering in human conflicts.
Unless things were shoved in his face, he'd rather not.
"I hope Saltwind City doesn't run into any trouble prematurely because of my arrival."
Putting on his old hat, Goki bathed in the rare seaside sunlight, feeling refreshed, and recalled today's task.
"First, I'll go with Skadi to find those machines; I remember they're things that can restore Goki by ringing a bell, and then it's best to see if that Abyssal Bishop is there—ah, Skadi..."
Suddenly, Goki remembered something.
"Phew—"
Finally, Goki's ears caught the sound of light breathing.
Turning his head, Goki saw the sleeping Little Orca on the double bed.
Like a baby, the white-haired girl in a red dress was curled up on one side of the bed, her soft, silver-white long hair spread freely across the bedding, like a flowing waterfall.
The blanket used to ward off the cold of the seaside night was clutched tightly in Skadi's arms, as if she lacked a sense of security.
"Ha... it seems she didn't sleep well either."
Goki couldn't help but stick out his tongue, his expression turning grim as he recalled what had happened last night.
In the end, last night, Goki, who had originally planned to make do with a chair and barely sleep, was still pressed onto the bed by Skadi.
Of course, Goki, that pervert, had already thought of how to deal with the risks of a broken hymen, comminuted pelvic fractures, or even immediate paraplegia, all requiring blood vial treatment.
And he had already thought of the names for his three daughters—Thrud, Hild, and Otrrún; if they had another, she would be called Brynhildr.
No choice, who made the mother of his children a green buff?
However, it turned out Goki had overthought things.
All the family members in this household were female, and all the colleagues in the squad were female; the innocent Little Orca, who was only shy when picking flowers in the forest, didn't really understand the distinction between men and women, and needed Goki to educate her on such common sense.
After gently pressing Goki onto the bed, she silently said goodnight, shared a blanket with Goki, and quietly fell asleep.
As for Goki... even in Yharnam, surrounded by enemies, as long as he found a safe spot, even near Amygdala, he could sleep soundly without injecting sedatives.
However, next to such a beautiful woman, Goki tossed and turned.
Finally, he could only watch Skadi's beautiful face bathed in moonlight and her slightly rising and falling full chest before finally falling into a deep sleep.
And now, looking at Skadi's somewhat insecure sleeping posture, Goki felt a pang of pity.
"Sigh, maybe I should just tell her."
Goki also wanted to tell her that two of her Abyssal Hunter compatriots had actually survived that battle, but he had no standing or reason to say it.
How would Goki explain?
"Ah, I used to be a Doctor at Rhodes Island, I recruited you, and I used to tease Skadi on the forums every day?"
Helpless, Goki could only keep the words to himself, slowly looking for an opportunity in the future.
"Mom, Mama..."
Skadi murmured a few almost inaudible words.
"Sigh... my poor little one."
Hearing Skadi's sleep talk and seeing her slightly furrowed brows, as if having a bad nightmare, Goki sighed even more.
Skadi had never told him about her past, but Goki knew she was just an ordinary girl, who had also lived a normal life in the Aegir cities beneath the deep sea.
At least in Skadi's view, after she became an Abyssal Hunter, and during her seventeenth mission, when the Seaborn killed Skadi's grandmother, mother, and sister in the city, Skadi's hostility towards the Seaborn intensified, and she embarked on a path of revenge against the Seaborn—a simple revenge story.
Just a week ago, Skadi had just finished her final battle; at least in her eyes, at the cost of all the Abyssal Hunters' sacrifices, she had killed the core of the Seaborn, achieved victory, and completed her revenge.
And now, the emotions in Skadi's heart were probably more of emptiness and confusion.
Facing the Seaborn, Little Orca herself hadn't even realized that, more than hatred and hostility, she thought more about evasion.
No wonder Skadi wanted to leave Aegir and Iberia immediately and embark on her wandering journey.
This superwoman, who could effortlessly smash a wild boar into minced meat, was now just a confused and homesick ordinary child.
"Ha..."
Goki empathized with this; neither Yharnam nor Terra was his home, the long night of hunting had blurred his memories, making even the faces of his parents and family somewhat unclear.
But luckily, he was an adult when he left home, and his parents and sister were taken care of.
Goki felt he had to help Little Orca, both because he had once been a Doctor and because they were both pitiful outsiders new to Terra—he had to stay with Skadi, teach her common sense on the road, and help her accept the fact that she and the Seaborn shared the same origin.
"But... it's really not bad."
Looking at Skadi's turned-up skirt, the blanket only covering her belly, her curled-up snow-white thighs, and her delicate, baby-like skin, Goki couldn't help but nod.
Helping was helping, but this necessary reward couldn't be omitted—Goki was very satisfied.
"She can't even cover herself properly, isn't she afraid of catching a cold?"
Subconsciously reaching out, Goki wanted to help Skadi pull up the blanket.
"Mmm, Mama, just a little more sleep..."
But, unexpectedly, the moment Goki's hand tugged at Skadi's blanket, Skadi, in her sleep, pouted her small mouth and instinctively swatted at Goki, like a spoiled child.
From Goki's perspective, however, he saw a black shadow flash by, and before he could react, he was sent spinning and flying out.
Boom————
The entire room shook a few times.
Five minutes later, Skadi rubbed her eyes and sat up in bed.
She seemed to have had a nightmare last night, but the ending of the dream seemed somewhat relaxing.
"Ah, Goki, you're—ha, you're already awake? Good morning."
Looking at the familiar, tall back sitting at the table not far away, Skadi felt a little relieved.
These past few days, Skadi had grown accustomed to confirming Goki's presence upon waking.
"Let's go, let's find the repair device. I hope my general education will allow me to understand those technologies; I'm really not good at mechanics."
Goki's back remained motionless.
"Good morning, but there's no need to rush, I'll make us breakfast first—breakfast must be eaten on time."
With his back to Skadi, Goki held a blood vial in his mouth, looking at his forearm, where all the bones were broken, half turned to minced meat, and half only connected by skin and flesh at the elbow, constantly bleeding and regenerating at high speed, and resolved never to approach Skadi again while she was sleeping.
Women, awe-inspiring!