We swam back to the surface and dragged the giant shark towards the shore where I first jumped into the lake.

While we were still swimming through the lake I got distracted a few times because there was a lot of vegetation which I had never seen.

I had to examine these plants closer and swore to myself that I would never stop exploring the flora and fauna of this world.

During our return to the shore we took a small detour which led us to a cave underwater. It was filled with shining silver plants.

Drake suddenly felt an urge to devour them but I managed to calm him down.

I descended towards those plants and even I could hardly stop myself from stuffing them into my stomach.

The naga girl seemed amused and started giggling. ?Thisss confirmss it" she said ?your bloodline isss indeed related to the ancient Naga bloodline.

Every magic creature that is related to magic snakes who have a strong mental ability can smell this plant from miles away.

My ancessstorsss called it .

It can help to improve the quality of young specimen'sss abilitiesss.

I don't know the reassson for thisss but my parentsss told me that many creaturesss can be adolescents for a long time and this plant isss one of the few that can help your bloodline to mature fassster but your body won't age fassster."

I hit the jackpot. Right now this plant was the ideal cheat code for my adventure but before I consumed it I had to acquire more information: ?what do you mean by young specimen?" I inquired.

The naga girl responded ?I ate them until I was six or seven years old, after that they stopped improving my bloodline and I don't like the taste since they are sour but they may work for you.

I answered: ?no I don't think so. I will be celebrating my 20th birthday soon." I lamented in my head because as fast as this chance came it vanished again.

Her next sentence lit the torch of hope once again. ?That isss not possssible. I can sssmell that you are a few yearssss younger than I am and I am only ten yearssss old right now." I thought about it and then it hit me. Species such as the naga age differently and may count years differently from a human perspective.

Then I asked her how of many human years one year of her species consists. The answer made me very happy. It was eight years. That meant she stopped eating the plants when she was around 50 in human years. ?That means we can eat that shiny stuff for about 30 years, am I right?'

?Yes you are" I thought while already munching on a batch of plants.

These plants had a very relaxing effect and furthermore I could feel my body getting stronger after a few bites and I could sense that I could last for about a day without resurfacing to breathe.

Nevertheless I had to go back to the shore to get something like a bag for the plants and more importantly clothes!!

My body was hidden very well while I hid from the shark but now I swam around naked while following this technically nude girl around.

I felt a little ashamed but realized there was no reason to feel that way. The Naga girl didn't even blush except for the time I mentioned her build so I suspected it was natural for this species not to wear clothes.

We returned to the shore and since I had no better alternative I commanded the snakes which brought some fruit, mice and herbs for me to slither around my body to form some kind of clothes. It felt good not being naked anymore.

I allowed the snakes to eat the mice they caught after I examined them and added some of the herbs which I approved to be edible to the shark.

The girl was pretty polite and offered me half of the shark. It was not a problem for her to eat such large amounts because apparently the Naga are a kind of snake that only eats once in a while and rests after that but when they eat they will eat an enormous amount.

I thought I would be full after a few bites but it seemed like drake's existence in our body also fueled my appetite. I ate almost 20 pounds of this fish until I was full.

During our dinner I finally got to know the girl's name. It was Natalie.

I was kind of disappointed about this totally common name because I had read lots of fantasy books and no creature had a common name in these books.

While I was pondering about her name I heard a roaring shout. ?Dammit Natalie, I told you to wear ssssome clothes when you sssslither away! Did you at least ssspare sssomething to eat for me?"

And then he saw me: ?human you have tressspassssed the territory of the ancient Naga. Forget what you have ssseen and return to where you have come from!" he said while staring at me, the silver in his eyes shining bright.

I was slightly irritated: ?just sit down and eat!"

?Yesss, massster" he said and started to eat the leftovers of the fish

?Oh not again'

?For real? Again?"

?Haha old Gabe issss effected just as much asss I wassss and he alwaysss tellsss me what to do." She seemed quite happy that her brother was even more affected than she was earlier.

This time the hypnotic state of the other naga only subsided after a few minutes.

During this time I asked Natalie who this guy was.

It was her big brother Gabriel. They lived together in this area after their parents were hunted down by a wizard.

It seems like drake isn't the only one who suffered when he met a wizard.

When Gabriel regained his senses he looked stupefied and we he set his eyes on me again I could feel the killing intent his eyes emitted now.

His sister obviously noticed this and calmed him down by explaining that I wasn't a wizard despite my human appearance but a magic creature whose bloodline is even related to the naga.

When he heard that he was bewildered.

?A snake like magical creature without a tail... You are a weird man, Valentinus, but not any weirder than my little sister.

While he said this he looked at her and exclaimed: ?Natalie?! Where did you leave your clothesss?"

When I heard him say this I compared the two of them: Indeed, Gabriel wore a few pieces of clothing and armour and had a spear on his back and Natalie only had her dagger and not the smallest piece of clothing.

?You know that I don't like the feeling of clothessss essspecially when I am diving around in the lake."

Gabriel looked at her silently and then he looked at me and burst out laughing.

?haha what are you wearing? Are those real snakes. Haha! You two seem to be fated to be together. A nudist and a weirdo who wears his familiars"

I was slightly embarrassed because I had nothing else to wear and Natalie blushed very much and slithered away.

Now, I was alone with Gabriel.