Any lingering regret about missing class vanished the mont Gara saw his children’s bright smiles and silly antics.
"Yeah... I should really spend more quality ti with them," Gara nodded to himself.
Introducing Bel to the triplets personally by himself would also have a better impact than having soone else do it.
Gara looked at his four children, each. When his gaze stopped on Bel, just then, he rembered the Talent Ticket he received as Bel’s birth reward.
Gara opened his status panel.
* * *
[PROFILE STATUS]
Na: Gara
Age: 18
Charm: 21
Bloodline(s): Freya, Elental, Druid
Talent(s):
- Max Charm – Boosts charm to maximum (100 points). Active.
- Divine Fertility – Greatly enhances fertility. Passive.
- Scentless Unlimited Water – Generates clean, fresh water without limit. Active | Erases all bodily scent. Passive
- Woodland Camouflage – Body blends with nature. Active.
Partner(s): 2
Children: 4
[CHALLENGE STATUS]
Challenge Na: 100 Baby
Objective: Have 100 biological children
Reward: Return to previous life with mories intact
Penalty: None
Progress: 4/100
[ITEM]
Dinsional Ho Pocket
Talent Ticket 1x
* * *
It had been a long ti since Gara last checked his status panel, and he was a little surprised. So many things had changed. Especially compared to his profile two years ago.
His Talents were packed now. Three Bloodlines and four Talents. If people knew, he was sure his title wouldn’t stop at ’Alchemy Genius.’
The number of partners had changed too. "So partner ans...the fathers of my children, huh."
The Dinsional Ho Pocket was listed under items, along with the Talent Ticket.
"One Talent Ticket isn’t enough for anything. I need three to upgrade Woodland Camouflage. Guess I’ll save it for now."
His eyes drifted to the progress bar: 4/100.
He let out a long sigh. "Looks like my journey is still a long one."
"Huuuu~"
"Huuuff~"
"Hyuuu~"
Gara looked down. His three little troublemakers were imitating his dramatic sigh, but each with their own style.
"I should be happy. That just ans I have even more ti with all of you."
Gara then opened each of his children’s status panels.
* * *
[ALDWIN – PROFILE STATUS]
Na: Aldwin
Age: 0 years 10 months
Birth Order: 1
Father: Langga Alterian
Race: Human – Druid – Devil
Association: Dinsional Ho
Bloodline: None
Talent: None
[TALENT TREE]
Level 1 – Silent Domain
Activation Requirent: Save a life
Level 2 – Unlock after completing Level 1
* * *
[ARION – PROFILE STATUS]
Na: Arion
Age: 0 years 10 months
Birth Order: 2
Father: Langga Alterian
Race: Human–Druid–Devil
Association: Dinsional Ho
Bloodline: Druid
Talent: Beast Speech – Can communicate with beasts both normally and while invisible. Active.
[TALENT TREE]
Level 1 – Beast Speech
Activation Requirent: Gain sympathy from wild beast
Level 2 – Nature Speech
Activation Requirent: Contact with a spirit plant.
Level 3 - Unlock after completing Level 2
* * *
Gara’s brows pulled together, giving him an intense look. A second later, Aldwin smacked him right in the face.
"Aldwin, did Daddy’s expression scare... you?" Gara’s voice shrank as his eyes widened.
Then his gaze dropped —up and down— at Aldwin, who was standing on his own. "You— you can stand by yourself?!"
Gara imdiately showered his eldest son’s face with kiss after kiss.
"Daddy knew Aldwin was strong."
To think he had assud Aldwin might be the weakest among the triplets, simply because he was the only one whose Talent hadn’t activated yet.
"Talents don’t matter. What matters is that all of you grow up healthy and happy."
He didn’t forget to plant kisses on Arion and Ava too, who were clapping excitedly at their big brother’s achievent.
Once their little celebration cald down, Gara refocused on Arion’s status panel.
"So Beast Speech is part of the Druid Bloodline, huh? And the Talent description only shows up after it activates. ’Can communicate with beasts in both normal and... while invisible?’ Invisible? Is that due to Woodland Camouflage?"
Gara paused, thinking. Only to confuse himself even more. "So does that an Arion can go invisible or not?"
Since he couldn’t figure it out, Gara shifted his attention to Arion’s Level 2 Talent.
"Nature Speech? For soone so quiet, Arion might end up being the one who can talk to literally everything."
He chuckled and gently pinched Arion’s cheek.
"But spirit plants... that ans Tree of Life. This world only has two kinds of spirit plants: the Elves’ Sacred Tree, and the Druids’ Tree of Life. But the Sacred Tree has already been swallowed by the mist."
Which ant unlocking Arion’s Level 2 Talent would be a long journey. The Sacred Tree was impossible, leaving only the Tree of Life but...
they would probably die before they ever reached it.
Then, Gara moved on to Ava’s status panel.
* * *
[AVA – PROFILE STATUS]
Na: Ava
Age: 0 years 10 months
Birth Order: 3
Father: Langga Alterian
Race: Human – Druid – Devil
Association: Dinsional Ho
Bloodline: Elental
Talent: Whip of Invisifla
[TALENT TREE]
Level 1 – Whip of Invisifla
Activation Requirent: Contact with fire for a certain period of ti
Level 2 – Fla Judgent
Activation Requirent: Find the liar (0/100)
Level 3 - Unlock after completing Level 2
* * *
"Eh?" Gara blinked hard. "How is a baby supposed to find liars? The system really loves ridiculous requirents."
Pat! Pat! Pat!
Those soft taps made Gara look down, pushing the floating status panel aside from blocking Ava’s face.
"Wait a mont, okay? Daddy will finish checking your status, then we’ll play." Gara tapped her cheek lightly.
But Ava shook her head and pulled Gara’s tapping hand toward her mouth.
When Gara glanced back at her panel, he froze.
[Level 2 – Fla Judgent
Activation Requirent: Find the liar (1/100)]
He instantly covered his mouth. "Did I... accidentally lie just now?"
Gara couldn’t help but laugh quietly. He hadn’t even realized he’d said sothing untrue, assuming Ava wouldn’t understand anyway.
A lie was still a lie, even the smallest ones. Adults really did lie to children all the ti.
"My little princess is going to unlock her second Talent fast, huh."
He kissed the top of Ava’s soft head, then moved on to Bel’s status panel.
* * *
[BELINA – PROFILE STATUS]
Na: Belina
Age: 0 years 0 months
Birth Order: 4
Father: Madha
Race: Human – Druid
Association: Dinsional Ho
Bloodline: None
Talent: None
[TALENT TREE]
Level 1 – Body Strengthen
Activation Requirent: Undergo body training until surpassing the body’s limits
Level 2 – Unlock after completing Level 2
* * *
Gara was just about to comnt on Bel’s Level 1 Talent requirent when Wina appeared from the first floor.
"You’re not having trouble watching all of them by yourself?"
Gara shook his head. "No, Mom. They’re really well-behaved. I’m the luckiest person alive to have kids this smart."
Wina nodded in agreent, then glanced around. "Where’s Rea?"
"Probably in the back forest looking for poisonous plants," Gara answered casually.
He was still focused on Bel’s status panel, while grumbling in his heart.
’Why do the Level 1 requirents always sound like they’re trying to kill the kids? ’Undergo body training until surpassing the body’s limit’?! There’s no way I’m letting sothing this cute and tiny go through brutal training.’
Gara then looked down at Bel in his arms. ’Your father’s Talent exists to protect Daddy. Now... it’ll protect you too.’
...
The next day, Gara finally got Wina’s permission to attend class again. Yesterday wasn’t bad, but one day of rest was more than enough.
He was still wearing his cloak. After giving birth, his stomach still showed a slight bulge, and his body overall was softer and rounder compared to the figure he usually presented while wearing the cloak.
"I’ll probably keep using this for a few more weeks," Gara muttered.
At least when he found himself unable to use his robe, he wouldn’t have to force himself into this cloak either.
"Don’t push yourself to lose weight," Madha said, slipping an arm around Gara’s waist before kissing his fiancé’s lips. "Take it slow."
Gara nodded. The two of them then stepped out of the room—
—or rather, the three of them. Fian was there as well, silently witnessing the couple’s affection. His expressionless face hid his jealousy well.
The dorm lobby was crowded as usual in the morning, but thanks to Miki’s extraordinary sense of sll, he imdiately noticed Gara and hurried over, leaving behind the group of gossipy friends that had been surrounding him.
"Gara, are you okay?" he asked, worried.
Gara nodded. "It’s nothing serious."
Miki let out a long breath of relief. "Because Mona was going around cursing you to death—"
The rat boy slapped a hand over his own mouth. "I an, she said so not-nice things."
Gara wasn’t surprised. Mona probably assud he was gravely ill because he could barely walk yesterday, while he had once consud a poisonous drug but still looked fine.
"Anyway," Miki continued, "thankfully Mona already got expelled. She won’t bother you anymore, Gara."
Gara’s steps stopped abruptly. "Mona was expelled?"
He turned to Fian and Madha.
"Mona was officially expelled from the academy yesterday," Madha explained. "I didn’t tell you because I didn’t want your rest disturbed by rembering anything bad."
"Is it really that easy to get expelled from this academy?" he asked.
Gara wasn’t upset, he was genuinely shocked and curious.
...
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