Today is the 20th.
Alissa seems extra eager this morning, the proposal must have put her fetish on overdrive.
My [Sense Soul] and [Blessing Magic] increased by 1 (now 2 and 0 13). Now I can see soone's race with [Sense Soul].
Ciel seems to have gone back to being an innocent maiden, she's blushing every ti our eyes et. I steal a kiss from her and sit close, she nearly loses her composure. I see she looks a bit tired, perhaps she didn't sleep too well last night.
After breakfast she goes to the living room and keeps fidgeting about, I guess she wants to talk.
I give a piece of raw at to Aoi and she brings it to the spirit griffin that's on our back wall like always, watching Hana and Lina spar. The griffin shyly gets closer to Aoi and chirps happily, then it starts to eat, I can feel Aoi is quite happy watching him eat. I turn to Ciel.
"What's the matter with you now? Suddenly so shy."
"It's nothing."
A switch has been flipped.
"Oh? You certainly wouldn't beco so shy suddenly if you weren't thinking of sothing... lewd," I smirk, "Co on, tell , you know we should talk about anything bothering you."
"W-well... you, uh, you d-did it with the others, right?" She says looking down.
"Did what?"
"That…"
"What is... 'that'?"
"Y-you...! The thing, at night, together…"
"What thing? We do a lot of things at night, we cuddle, read, talk, play board gas," I get closer to her.
She groans.
"Damn you! Sex, you had sex with the others, right!?"
I hear a chuckle in the distance. Ciel turns into a tomato. I actually wanna eat a tomato, I haven't found it in the farrs market or on the imports, I have to ask Alissa if she rembers if sothing similar to a tomato exists here.
"Yes, I did it with the others, except Lina, of course."
"T-then…"
"Then?" I get very close to her.
She grits her teeth. She starts to breathe heavily.
I kiss her.
"You know, the ceremony is rely a formality, our vows have been traded and they are valid. So... there's no reason to wait, right?"
She fidgets. I kiss her again and push my tongue in her mouth. I bring her close to and I can feel the softness that would make n go to war to have a piece of. Her shyness quickly disappears and a thirst takes hold, she moves her tongue with vigor.
I break the kiss. She almost lost herself on it.
"Let's go upstairs," I say.
She nods shyly.
I lead her by hand and push her down on the bed. She seems very anxious, she's breathing heavily again. I look back and the wardrobe is ajar, a hungry eye watches over us. I imdiately look forward and do my all to ignore what I saw.
"What's wrong?" Ciel asks.
"N-nothing."
I kiss her to keep her quiet.
I start to run my hand through her body, she squirms and locks her legs around my waist. I put my hand below her shirt and run up her body, I imdiately grab her breast and she makes a noise in surprise. Such powerful softness was hidden behind a tight sash. I pull it down and play with her nipple.
She moans and breaks the kiss. I pull up her shirt and grab the other breast. Black nipples, they look delicious, I put my mouth on one and play with them. She moans and closes her eyes.
"What a cri hiding these two mounds of joy."
She doesn't respond but purses her lips.
Slowly she starts rubbing her crotch on , I can feel its heat on my legs. I move a hand down below her pants, I reach the sacred place and feel her wetness, I push my finger inside and she opens her eyes. She's a little scared, she shivers and tries to squeeze my hand by closing her legs.
I slowly move my finger, her resistance slowly lts and she opens her legs. She's moaning constantly now and my finger makes wet noises as I quickly move it inside her.
I pull her pants down and remove her shirt, now she's completely exposed to . Dreamy breasts with a bit of sag, only a dragonkin could have skin so perfect they would never sag. Her delicious light chocolate color makes want to kiss her all over, her shy face waiting for to make the next move, her hair sprawled all over the bed, large dark chocolate nipples waiting for attention, her body with curves and softness all on the right places, those damn thick thighs, the perfect trim, lips spreading out from its ho. This woman is mine and I love her.
I take off my shirt and she traces her hands over my body. I have been getting fitter, even though I'm small I look manlier with this amount of muscle, I hope. When I take my pants off she freezes.
"Never seen one before?" I smirk.
"N-n-not like this."
"Oh? Scared?"
She fidgets.
I pull out the towel and put it below her.
"I'm putting it in, okay?"
She nods.
It slides in easily, such a wonderful feeling.
"Eh?" She makes a sound and her eyes open wide.
"What?"
"S-shouldn't... shouldn't it hurt? Shouldn't it have so resistance? I-I am a virgin! I swear!" She panics.
"Calm down," I pinch her cheek, "Even if you weren't it wouldn't change anything. You were a warrior priestess, the, uh, the hyn could have torn during training or fighting."
I'm actually surprised Hana still had hers.
"O-oh…"
She calms down. I smile and start to move slowly, she winces and arches her spine, then she starts to moan. That face, those sounds, those are things no other man will ever see, they are the mark of her trust in , the mark of her love.
I kiss her, grope, finger her, suck her. I do everything I can, everything I want with her delicious body, she's just so sexy I want to bite and lick her all over. She sings for with her moans. I flip her over, do her from behind, and pick up the pace. Dat ass, son, I sink my nails on the large peach.
"Ah, T-too... ah... too much... slow down," she barely manages to speak.
I slow down and take that mont to hug her and grope her harder. I kiss every part of her that I can reach, her face, her cheeks, her neck, her shoulder, her back, then I flip her over again and kiss her breasts, her nipples, her legs, damn those thighs. She giggles amid moans.
"Ciel, I love you."
"I... ah, love you, ah, too."
I shut her mouth with a kiss. I feel sothing very warm on my heart. I love this woman, I cherish her, I want to make her happy, I want to giver he pleasure, I want to keep her safe, I want to keep her by my side. It's the sa thing as the other girls, I don't care if it's too soon, whether it's real love or not, I just want to open my heart to them and live a happy life together. I will take all our vows to heart.
I reach over and play with her clit as I thrust, making her sing louder. I focus on keeping a steady pace, slowly she moans louder and louder. She arches her back, her insides squeeze , she loses her voice and she looks to the distance. She ca.
After she recovers her breath I start to move slowly again, I don't hold back and squeeze both her legs together. Such tightness is going to make cum.
"I will cum inside your mouth, ok?"
"O-ok."
She locks her eyes with mine, she's a bit concerned. I guess not everyone is a freak.
Her pained face as I pierce her puts over the edge. I remove it from inside her and press it down her mouth. She awkwardly sucks on and I cum down her mouth, then she swallows and grimaces.
"A bit bitter…"
"Gotta drink too much juice to make it sweet."
"Wait, you actually can do it?" She laughs.
"Secrets of my world."
I collapse beside her and pull her close. My arms and legs tie her up in place with a hug.
I can finally look at her stats:
Info
Na:
Ciel
Age:
21
Race:
Human
HP:
100
MP:
705
Magic Power:
250
Level:
30
Experience:
8302/9000
Stats
Strength:
14
Endurance:
13
Dexterity:
17
Speed:
18
Intelligence:
15
Wisdom:
18
Willpower:
12
Charisma:
17
Piety:
21
Perception:
12
Sanity:
19
Other
Status Effects:
NONE
Titles:
NONE
Affiliations:
Wolf Ryder (fiance), Helios (Fellowship), Templar Knights (Honorary mber), Temple Priestess (Forr mber)
Companions:
Wolf Ryder, Alissa, Hanafuria, Roxanne Succubus, Lina
Cris:
NONE
Her skills are:
Ciel Skill Report
Physical
Skill Na
Level
Skill Na
Level
Skill Na
Level
Glaive Use
15
Sword Use
5
Parry
8
Dodge
6
Block
4
Imperial Hasterrum Style
2
Muscle Explosion
2
Battlefield Perception
1
Magical
Skill Na
Level
Skill Na
Level
Skill Na
Level
Sense Mana
2
Mana Control
6
Reduced Mana Cost
1
Mana Efficiency
4
Wind Magic
15
Fire Magic
1
Light Magic
23
Space Magic
3
Conjuring Magic
1
Diagnosis
7
Miscellaneous
Skill Na
Level
Skill Na
Level
Skill Na
Level
First-Aid
3
Housework
3
Cooking
2
Cleaning
1
Washing
1
Riding
1
2 Remaining Skill Points
OBS: Level ans (free point) (trained point)
Her spells are:
Spells
Clean
Spirit Light
Heal
Inspire
Purify Body
Wind Blade
Wind Hamr
Wind Wall
Perfect Arrows
Fireball
Conjure Water
Telekinesis
Item Box (weak)
I caress her beautiful black hair, she closes her eyes and nearly falls asleep. I look to the wardrobe and give it a thumbs up. A very happy naked Alissa with a glistening pussy leaves the wardrobe in complete silence, must be [Quiet Action].
I hug Ciel tighter.
"Ciel, I really wanna know. What happened with you and the Templars that day?" I ask.
She bites her lips and looks pained.
"Please, you didn't tell everything yet."
"I guess it's only fair…"
"You know everything about , quite literally."
She takes a few breaths.
"What do you know about the Templars?" She asks.
"Very little, Lina didn't research this for yet."
"Well, Templar Knights are known as 'Rabid Dogs', that's because of the system they use. Most of the knights fight alongside a lover, or more..." She coughs, "This makes them have a very tight bond, they are one of the strongest of this realm. But the real strength cos when one of them dies, the way they are trained that only fuels rage, a rage that they can channel and fight even harder. This is why they are feared, they fight to the death and more."
Kind of like what we are doing.
"I joined a unit one day and was interested in... one of them. He was a good fighter, had more honor and grace than a noble, had the curiosity of a scholar, and a killer body..." Her voice trails off.
I roll my eyes even though she can't see.
"When the ti ca, when the enemies were many, I couldn't follow him, I couldn't do what was almost suicide. There was a chance to live, but only a chance, when the order ca to retreat I ran as fast as I could and I... I left him to die..." She makes a pained face.
I hug her tighter and kiss her neck.
"I don't want to ever be in a situation like this again, I don't want to have to run to survive, I don't want to fight against such impossible odds. I'm a coward, I know you have the destiny to fight and I will do my best to help you with that but I'm a coward," she turns around and hugs tight, her eyes water.
"Then I'm a coward too, let's be cowards together. I don't want to put ourselves in such danger, I know I have to fight but I don't have any divine guidance saying I have to kill myself for others. I just want to live happy and safe with all of you," I pull her face up and kiss her, she smiles bitterly and snuggles up to my chest.
We cuddle and she naps on my arms. Her face is of complete bliss, it almost makes get overwheld with emotions. I love you, Ciel.
We ask Roxanne for a bath and she's grinning while Ciel is blushing. As I wash her body and her beautiful ass shows itself to , I'm not an ass man but damn. That puts in the mood again, I play around with her body until she's wet and we do it again while inside the water. We move slowly while facing each other, my tongue never leaves her mouth. We keep like this until I finish inside her. Now I'm tired, really tired.
On the trip with Lina to the university, she tries to stimulate again, which only makes feel the pain of doing it too much.
Today is mana cost class. I sit down on the magic training range and an owl flies through the students, it does a spin and lands beside . In an instant, it turns into Toroo.
"Hahah, impressive."
"My, thank you. How are you doing, Mr. Ryder? How was your expedition?"
"I'm fine, thank you. Well, we had so problems on the expedition but anyway, I got a few dragon eyes for you. What about you, how you doing?"
"Wonderful! I'm doing fine. I have been practicing hard my illusions but I reached a wall, I have to go back and brush up my theoretical knowledge, I have to study how light is perceived by the eyes."
We cut our chat short as the professor arrived. Garanae and Hatara both didn't appear for this class, oh boy.
As the bell rings for recess Lyle decides do accompany us. Toroo smirks when I introduce Lina to her and laughs lightly behind her hand. She graciously bows when she ets Lyle, embarrassing him.
"These are the eyes, they are from young dragons of blue scales, I don't know the na of the species, though."
I put down on the table a cloth where 4 large eyes are resting. The sclera of dragon eyes are any color from black to white and the iris is ford by a swirl of colors and bright dots, it reminds of galaxies. These ones the sclera is pure black while the swirl is a mix of blues and reds.
"Wonderful, just by the eyes I can say its the common 'Azurite' species. Now, here's your book, I will give you a few pointers and teach you the chants of [Ghost Lights] and [Double Image]."
Chanting [Illusion Magic] has a sort of "waltz" rhythm to it and includes plenty of laughs. Rather curious magic.
"I simply cannot understand how such magic works," says Lyle. Alissa gives him a sympathetic look.
He's been trying to stay on the sa level as our talk but failing. I guess people have certain affinities they can't ignore, Lyle certainly knows more about [Electric Magic] than I do.
Another class passes and no one makes any progress with this skill.
When the last bell rings Alissa and Lina approach us, we go towards the dwarf Gimbo Bombur. So far I haven't seen anyone ever talk to him.
Lina's Trivia: The gnos, dwarves, and elves are undoubtedly the best craftsn of the continent. They attribute their talent as an "inheritance" from the God of Creation, they call it the Spark of Creation. A dwarf would gladly teach another dwarf crafting skills, but Lina is a slave, the dwarves see slave craftsn as having sold their Spark, they believe only a free person could truly achieve the greatness in their craft. Because of this Gimbo is unlikely to teach Lina, unless we do as Lina suggested, appeal to his emotions.
"Excuse, Mr. Bombur?"
"Yes," he turns to us and speaks in a sleepy voice.
"My na is Wolf Ryder, as you can see I'm also a researcher here, I'm studying [Golemancy]," he lifts an eyebrow, "This is my fiancee Alissa and this is my slave Lina, she's a dwarf too and I'm searching for soone who could teach her enchanting."
He narrows his eyes.
"Not interested."
He turns his head away.
"Erm! Please, there must be sothing you are interested in, even if you don't, could you allow a fellow dwarf to be like this? She was sold as a debt slave and I took her in as her second master. I want to fully raise her to be a proud dwarf, sothing her previous master neglected."
He looks at , then at Lina, then at again, and finally, he stares at Lina. I don't know what's happening but they are having a staring contest.
"The Spark of Creation resides within , I only lack the ans to do so," Lina says with a bow.
"And you would submit your Spark under your master? Let him control your heart?" Gimbo says with poison on his tongue.
"My Spark is my own but I will use every tool available to help my master, I owe him that much."
"But you still submit."
"Should we not pay our debts? Mine will be for life, there's no better way to repay it than with slavery."
He furrows his eyebrows.
"What could another do that even your Spark is up for sale?"
"Again, I didn't sell my Spark. Master gave a new life, a new hope, a new way to see the world, and this is just the beginning. This collar is a re formality, I feel freer than the ti I wasn't a slave."
She hugs my arm. I nearly flinch in surprise but I maintain my poker face.
Bimbo stares at us for a few seconds more.
He sighs.
"Very well, child. Two gold in total, every other day she should co towards my house for training starting on the 22nd. I will only teach her until I finish this course at the university. Deal?"
"Deal."
We shake hands.
I wait until we are far away.
"If he ever tries to touch you inappropriately even for a second don't even think about it and just tell , I will deal with him. Understood?" I say in a decisive tone towards Lina.
"Understood. Though I hardly believe he will do so, I'm actually stronger than him."
I don't know how she asured this but I guess it must be a dwarf thing.
"S-should we all enter together?" Ciel asks.
"There's room even for Lina," Alissa says.
"Please, Lina would be a bit much," I say.
"Eh, she's gonna be lonely taking a bath by herself, you know," Roxanne says with a grin.
Yeah, I'm totally gonna buckle and accept Lina soon. Hopefully, she's the last.
"Let her deal with it... for now," I say.
"A slave servicing her master is a common thing," Alissa says and turns her head away.
Ciel tries to cuddle up with but Roxanne stops her.
"Now now, Miss Ciel, lately you have been a bit too close to him, don't you think? It's ti for sharing the load," Roxanne says, grinning again.
Roxanne cos over and sits on my lap, her hand strokes slowly. Hana cos and hugs from behind, I put my hand behind and run up her legs.
"Y-you are gonna do it? Here? In front of everybody?" Ciel mutters.
"Well... it's the most practical way," I say with a shrug.
"There are no secrets among us," Hana says.
"I'm sorry but you will have to get used to it," Alissa says and rubs Ciel's shoulders.
"Didn't you have to take a bath with the other priestesses?" I ask.
"Well, yeah. But no one would have sex with each other... at least not in public," she turns red and sinks on the bath, trying to hide.
Her breasts float upwards and she pushes them down, getting even more embarrassed.
Ciel is much more innocent than we thought, she didn't even lift her head once while , Hana, and Roxanne were playing around.
The burden on my body increased, I feel I will level that skill soon.
We have the lord's party to go to so we just get a snack and leave early.
As we fly low through the town I just stare at the night sky. The lack of light pollution makes the night sky absolutely dazzling, I can see a nebula that reminds of the Pillars of Creation from Earth. There's another that looks like a red eye with blue sclera and another that's a swirl of colors like a striped tornado.
At the gates, there's plenty of proto-butlers to guide us and a few groups of people are coming behind us.
After the first gate, there's the guest houses for royalty or other very important people, it's a rather small strip of land filled with mansions. After the second gate, I feel sothing weird, I don't know what so I have to ignore it for now.
We cross by the flower gardens, hedge gardens, tree gardens, pool garden, and finally, we finish passing by the side of the castle. Behind it is a row of mansions owned by the lord where his extended family lives. After the mansions, there's another wall and then the town continues for a bit more until it ends on the north gate.
We are led into a very large victorian mansion. We pass by a circular fountain and a small circular steps, then enter the mansion and after a small corridor, we are led into a huge ballroom. The floor is made of tiles painted with swirls that lead you over the available paths. The ceiling has paintings that remind of the Sistine Chapel and the walls are covered in embroidered fabric and gilded with gold. This is the most luxurious building I have ever been to in this world.
At the ballroom, there's a fiddle, so big drums, a harp, a clavichord, a few flutes, and surprisingly a hurdy-gurdy. They are playing a light and low tone as background music while the guests still arrive.
We see a few heads turn to us and a princess cos towards us in a hurried pace. She wears a long frilly dress with a wide crinoline. Her silver dress, her silver gloves, her silver tiara it all goes well perfectly with her silver hair and blue eyes making her seem angelical.
"Alissa!" Silvane calls.
"It's good to see you, Miss Silvane," she replies.
"Likewise," Silvane gives a short ladylike bow.
"Glad to see you are all fine, the battle with the wyverns was fierce," she continues.
"Did you fight too?" I ask.
"Certainly! I wouldn't dare leave my beloved to fight alone," she grins, "Ah, but let ask sothing, Mr. Ryder. Weren't you supposed to be attending the university? I couldn't find you there."
"Hm? Yes, I am attending, but I decided to start with beginners' classes first to brush up my knowledge."
"I see. Because I'm already under apprenticeship I took interdiate classes. Perhaps we could et during recess?"
"Certainly, I'm always at a certain spot at the buffet."
Alissa seems very satisfied with this arrangent.
"Excuse , let fully introduce you to my companions, my fiancees."
Silvane looks at wide-eyed.
"My, my, Mr. Ryder... the emperor would be proud," she gives a wicked smile.
"A-anyway, I have soone I want to et, excuse ," I take my leave.
The girls stay to talk with Silvane, only Lina decides to follow.
"Wouldn't you enjoy more talking to Silvane?" I ask.
"Not really, I'm not good at making conversation during parties."
"You and both."
I'm glad I won't be left alone then.
I notice the shining bald head among the crowd and find the glorious beard of Silas, the guildmaster.
"Good evening, Mr. Silas."
"Good evening, Mr. Ryder. My thanks to you, you and your fellowship helped us so much during the wyvern attack, the performance of your archer was astounding."
"Yes, indeed, I'm very grateful," I say through gritted teeth, "that soone such as who has been known here for such a short ti managed to be given the honor of the position three."
Silas was quite reckless to put us at position 3. From 1 through 5 are only given to experienced and known fellowships, ours is quite young to be put at such a place.
Silas grins.
"I pride myself on my ability to put the right people in the right place. Soone as reliable as you is hard to find, I am certainly in your debt for your efforts."
Ciel told us Silas wants us dead or he really trusts us, it seems it's the latter.
"I am glad to be of help to Rabanara but I greatly value the safety of my companions and fiancees, I would rather keep them away from such danger," I send a light glare to him.
"I understand," his expression fades a little, "But the next attack might be on the next year, soone like you would certainly be much stronger until then."
"Well, before next year I wish to leave town, we will likely go to the High Forest to conquer a dungeon and then explore the world."
Silas looks disappointed.
"Oh, what a sha, Rabanara would certainly benefit from your fellowship. But no matter, good fortune on your future adventures."
"Thank you."
We leave the conversation and go eat sothing. The food has been brought and the music is on full power. Self-service buffet seems to be the norm when dealing with adventurers because they likely do not know the etiquette necessary to have a proper al with a noble.
I'm eating so delicious fried sweets when I feel a shiver. I look around and a presence catches my eyes, it's a vicious gaze that looks through my soul.
A princess in a red and black dress as beautiful as Silvane's cos forward. She has long glossy black hair tied up with brooches in a dignified way, her eyes look sharp and her thin lips curve into a smile when she sees .
"Good evening, you must be Wolf Ryder, correct?" She asks, her voice rings in my ears with both authority and softness.
"Yes, I am, forgive as I do not know your na."
"I am Vanea Anara, daughter of Lord Alaraste Anara."
I shiver. I manage to give a proper bow. She's a few centiters taller than , must be the high heels.
"A pleasure to et you, Miss Anara. This is my slave, Lina."
She gives a short nod.
"I have seen your other companions, four won, all your fiancees," she sends a sharp gaze towards , "Quite a strong and brave fellowship you have Mr. Ryder to even achieve the position three in the defense, you will certainly achieve much more in the future."
"You praise too much. The battle was hard-fought and I would pray to not have to repeat it, I'm not as brave as so stories tell."
"Please, to throw yourself into the claws of the Symbol is enough proof of your bravery, surviving the battle with the wyverns is enough proof of your strength and such scars," she leans closer and brushes her fingers over the scar on my cheek, "is proof of your experience, beside other things."
She gives a wicked smile. What is this woman planning? Lina is very anxious and holding herself.
"What is so interesting over such a boy," says a voice beside us.
I look to my side and there's a tall man glaring at . He has a square jaw, golden-blond hair, and a stubble. He's wearing a proto-suit so well it's like he was born to wear it. I gotta admit, he's quite handso.
"Are you jealous Mr. Darean? He's a new hunter and yet he's the one who killed the Symbol and even saved brother's little flower."
Darean's mouth twitches.
"The symbol was killed by the mage, he just used himself as bait."
"And what kind of man has the courage to face death in the hands of the Symbol like this?" She chuckles with her hand in her mouth.
Just what is going on?
"A fool, most likely," he says between gritted teeth.
"How rude! Dare not disrespect my master in such a way. Master's bravery is what saved all of those present during the fight!" Lina lets out her anger.
I let a sigh escape . I don't feel anger, I'm just tired soone so botherso is here. I put my hand on Lina's shoulder and she quiets down.
"Excuse , Miss Anara said your na is Darean is that right? Did we et before? I don't rember your na or your face."
"Yes, I am Darean, leader of Great Destiny, position one," his tone shows pride, his eyes show disgust.
"Then what did I do to deserve such treatnt from soone as yourself? As was said, I am soone new here so I do not know what I did towards you."
"Nothing you should concern yourself with, I'm just making sure there's no fraud scurrying about near Lady Anara," he gives her a dashing smile.
She chuckles graciously.
"Please, Lady is a title, do not use it so carelessly."
Before I can speak again a huge lion appears behind Darean. His mouth is so large he could bite my head off, his hand is the shape of a human's but his fingers are furry and with claws the size of my thumb, his short tail swings about wildly. He's wearing a fur coat that tells he's the sa social level as Darean. He's a beastfolk, they are very rare around here as the continent they co from. Bestiaram is on the west of this continent, Gilios, and we are at the eastern end of the continent.
The lion puts his large furry hand on the shoulder of Darean, he turns around and they trade a few hurried whispers, the lion man is very nervous.
"Excuse , Lady Anara, Mr. Ryder," he glares at and ignores Lina, "I must go, for I have so business to attend to."
Go away and never co back. He bows slightly and leaves with the lion.
Vanea bites her lip in a sensual way and sighs.
"What a sha, Mr. Ryder," Then she turns towards , her expression turns somber, her voice becos devoid of emotion, and for a second I see the real person behind her mask, "If only he wasn't such a fool…"
Her gaze gives chills. I have to strain myself so much to keep a poker face.
"W-what is the matter with him? Why would he be so aggressive?"
"Who knows?" Her voice returns to ringing in my ears, "his reputation is much to be desired, perhaps you had a run-in with the underworld?"
Only the Red Smile... Oh? Was he a sibling of that golden-blond man we killed? He certainly resembles him, but could an adventurer at position 1 really be related to such a wicked person?
"Tell , Mr. Ryder. What do you plan for your future? Will you remain here?"
"Well, I plan on conquering a dungeon in the future," her eyes gleam, "But I'll leave to the High Forest for that, then I will travel through the world."
"Hm. Won't you stay at the Shore of Leaves? There's much to be gained on this land, on the contrary to certain parts of the empire, the situation here is stable but very dynamic. There are many more opportunities here for an adventurer than in any other place in this realm."
"I'm not chasing high positions, I'm only doing what I wish from my heart and one of those wishes is to see the world."
Her expression freezes for a mont.
"What a sha, if you ever change your mind rember that Rabanara is always open to the strong, no other place in the empire has the sa values as ours."
"I will keep that in mind. Excuse , there's soone I wish to talk to."
"Please co and visit soti, Mr. Ryder, I would love to hear about your tales of combat."
We share a light bow and I leave. I will certainly not visit.
"Master, I'm afraid of that woman, it's best we do not talk too much to her," Lina whispers to .
"Agreed. Anyway, didn't you say you would call 'Wolfy'?"
"N-not in public, please."
"Alright…"
I find the shining bald head in the crowd, Silas. I wait until he leaves his circle to get more food and approach him.
"Guildmaster, could you spare a minute?"
"Certainly."
"What do you know about the fellowship Great Destiny?"
He stares at for a second, perhaps he's thinking about my motives.
"Not much and it's not good. Why do you wish to know?"
Bingo.
"Well the leader, Darean, might have so... disagreents with ."
"You best keep away from him. He's position one so even the Lord depends on him but he's involved in far too many coincidences for him to be truly trustworthy. But do not worry too much, the temple has their eyes on him and they guarantee he's not wicked."
A consolation prize.
"What about his family? Any information on that?"
Silas frowns.
"Even if we did we wouldn't be able to tell such things. I'm a guildmaster for the hunters, I don't run a spy network, you might want to talk to the Lord or the temple for that. But if even they haven't made a move then there's not much else there," he shrugs.
"Then he's just an unpleasant person to associate with."
"Yes... for now."
"Oh?"
"He's becoming worse. It's been a month that he started to beco a bit, unhinged."
A month eh? It seems quite obvious now that he confronted . Why would he do such a thing? Well, they say that the true criminals are those you never hear about so perhaps he's not as smart as he thinks he is.
"Hm, thank you for this, guildmaster, it's enough to put my mind at ease. Not that I will put my guard down, though. I still don't consider this as a favor repaid."
"Hah! You are more cunning than your age shows. I half expected you to confront him again."
"What kind of stories have you heard about ?" I frown in disbelief.
"Those that tell of your bravery, you even bragged about it once to the late Miss Hildegard, didn't you?"
"That's just a small part of what I am," I smile innocently.
"I would have to agree," Lina says.
Silas grins, we take our leave.
"Who was that woman?" Ciel asks in a sharp tone.
"Erm, what?" I lose my train of thought.
"That beautiful brunette with that luxurious dress that so delicately traced her fingers on your cheek," I feel a bit of poison in her voice.
Wow, such sharp eyes, we were on the other side of the ballroom. Silvane is chuckling.
"That was Vanea Anara, daughter of the Lord and I an no offense Silvane but I truly do not wish to associate with her."
"None taken. She's a remarkable woman, I believe she would be capable of making the emperor ditch his own harem if she married him."
This ti Alissa shudders.
We sit down upon a table and pass ti. I mostly talk to Lina about her research like we are doing every night. Apart from her burst of jealousy, Ciel is pretty happy talking to Silvane. Hana and Roxanne are out dancing again, Hana is always leading. Aoi is sleeping on Silvane's lap, it seems even Aoi trusts the pure heart of the elf princess.
Haaran and the lord passed by a few tis but they were a bit busy talking to groups of people, nobles, rchants and even hunters were pestering them about sothing all the ti.
There's a number of nobles talking freely, another opportunity for hunters to get a step in the door of upper society.
It gets late and I carry an exhausted Roxanne like a princess. A bit of an odd sight since she's taller than but I'm proud of my increased strength. Ciel takes the lead to drive since she didn't drink and she's been practicing it enough.
I tell the others of our encounter with Darean and warn them not to ever walk alone. The only one who has permission to do it sotis is Alissa since she's the fastest of us all.
Not enough ti or energy to take another bath we just used [Clean] and go to sleep. For the first ti, I sleep hugging Ciel. Hana and Roxanne are going to sleep together and then cycle with Ciel every day.
Today is the 21st.
"Y-you do this every morning?" Ciel asks.
"Yesh," says Alissa.
"Don't talk with your mouth full Alissa, it's impolite," I say.
She lifts her head and grins.
"Yes, yes."
I gained [Illusion Magic] with 2 points. It's a wonderful thing, but I don't have ti to keep training it yet.
Lina is wearing a very loose and thin white shirt. When it presses on her body I can see the outline of her nipples. When she gets close to I can see down her shirt and into her (non-existent) cleavage. Flat is justice.
Roxanne has a hangover so she spends her morning cuddling with again. I pull out the dolls Alissa found for . There are a teddy bear, a girl's cloth doll, and a hollow clay statue of a toddler. I put the maximum points into [Golemancy], 15, and cast [Infuse].
I'm tripping balls again but now I have so idea of what's happening. I try to rember what I saw with [Sense Soul], it takes so effort but by far the most difficult part is making the soul look the way I want. It's not as simple as imagining the pattern I want, souls aren't really "geotric patterns", it's just that my brain interprets this kind of "data" this way so just imagining the pattern is aningless, I have to "manipulate" the soul so it forms what I want.
Little by little I manipulate it by trial and error, like a puzzle where you have to copy the solution. Eventually, I reach it but it's incomplete, the deeper parts are unknown, but whatever, let's do it. I press the imaginary "Complete" button of this spell and my vision returns to normal.
There's a small shining ball on my hand, Roxanne groans and covers her eyes.
"Wolfyy~"
"Sorry, just a second."
I touch the teddy bear, the ball disappears and nearly all my mana is gone.
I wait a few seconds, we are both filled with anticipation.
It twitches. It falls down from its sitting position then it twitches again and again. The twitching increases in intensity and it starts to move its body. Like a baby, it kicks around and rolls then the kicking slows down and it stops.
"Is it dead?" Roxanne asks.
"I hope not…"
It suddenly jerks and stands up, then it loses its balance and falls. It stands up again and falls just to stand again, little by little it gains balance and manages to stand. Then it turns away and turns his beady little eyes towards .
"Hello? Do you understand ?"
It nods awkwardly.
I clap my hands.
"Alive. It's alive! IT'S ALI~IVE! AHAHAHAH!"
"Wolfyy!" Roxanne clutches her head in pain.
"Sorry. You should have drunk more water, rember, it prevents hangovers.
"You should have reminded of that…"
The girls appear on the window, Lina's sweaty shirt is clinging to her body. Roxanne conjures water directly on her mouth and chokes, I thought she was proficient in swallowing by now.
"What's going on?" Hana asks.
"Behold! My first golem!"
The teddy waves awkwardly.
"Oh, my, god…"
Alissa jumps over the wall and hugs the teddy, it squirms but surrenders to its fate.
In the end, the golem behaves similarly to the small clay golems I created but it has a bit more personality than the summoned ones, that act like robots. I think the inner parts of the soul got filled with sothing, I don't know exactly what.
It has very little dexterity and even though it learned how to use its body it does so poorly and walks like a toddler, it also has no strength. I will have to develop an intelligence training course to determine how smart it is, perhaps I can get the university's help for that.
After recharging my mana I infuse the cloth doll and the clay statue. The cloth goes the sa as the teddy but the clay statue doesn't move, it only shakes about until it falls on the ground and shatters. It's dead, Jim. The other golems look at their fallen comrade and shrug, almost giving a heart attack by cuteness.
The golems also need a recharge every hour or they just stop moving. It seems there's plenty I need to improve on. There's also the need for vocal cords, the elentals can grunt but I don't know how to copy it or how to improve it so they can talk. I will have to work with signs, the golems don't know how to write.
Curiously they do not have a sense of self-preservation. I told the teddy I was going to kill it and it just nodded, I asked if it was sad and it shakes its head, I asked if it's capable of being sad and it shakes its head. I think there are no ethical concerns about using them as test subjects then, I certainly need to keep them without this sense of self-preservation or the capability of feeling pain.
During lunch, I rember sothing.
"Ciel, why don't any of you have the [Andraste Language] or [Writing] skills?" I ask.
"Oh, you didn't know? Well, to learn the skill you need a very strong conscience, you learn the language mostly when you are a child so you end up never learning the skill and going about it the normal way. Once you get older your parents tell you to wish to never learn this skill not to waste your soul potential," Ciel answers. She has a different tone when she's explaining things, it's sweeter and calr than her normal.
"So you can 'not' learn skills?"
"Yeah, you can also 'unlearn' skills but that's a very difficult ritual the temple can do."
"So who learns the language skill?"
"Language teachers, you need deep knowledge of the grammar to actually learn it."
"Can you teach Andraste? I have been using the skill so far but I want to use the points I put on it."
"Well sure, I don't think I'm the best teacher but I can teach the children at the orphanage at least," she smiles wryly.
I will try to read things without the skill when we are resting, though it will make talking more difficult.
[Space Magic] class brings a surprise, an awkward Garanae cos with his arm entwined with a woman. With confident steps and the dignity of a high noble Hatara leads him forward and she sits beside . A wicked smile fills her lips and she looks away. Mission accomplished. Lyle looks surprised but then shakes his head, it seems he accepted whatever transformation Alissa did to Hatara.
The class is a continuation of theory, most students should be hitting a wall now so we have to go back to theory. Things get a bit more advanced and algebra starts to annoy even .
We all have a break together at my usual spot. When Hatara and Alissa's eyes et they share a wicked grin. Garanae tries his best to keep his eyes away from Alissa or else Hatara pinches his arm, he's completely tad. Lyle is becoming adept at ignoring awkward situations and focuses on talking with Lina, to her surprise. He cos from the capital and has a few recomndations of books that teach history. Since it was a required study for a noble, he was taught it when he was younger.
"Anyway, Mr. Rizek, where's your brother, Dennis?"
"Ah, just call my Lyle already. Anyway, my brother is traveling, he t a group of Templar Knights and left to who knows where. Last ti I saw him he was muttering sothing about 'future of glory'. Do you want to et him?"
Ack! No!
"No need, I was just curious since he asked to join his fellowship soti ago."
"I don't really understand him, he had plenty of argunts with his companions and ended up changing so of them. I also have no idea what he wants, it's unlikely he wants to succeed the family and join the Lord's court. I kinda do miss him, though, not even grandpa can match his love for [Electric Magic]."
What a family of eccentrics. I don't even want to ask about his father or mother.
"Old maaan! How cruel, Ted told you were going to dispose of him!" Ciel yells at .
"W-what? Who?"
Alissa glares at as if I hurt her.
"Ted! Our cute little golem."
Oh, I see. It's actually impressive how you managed to get that info from him.
"You already gave him a na... anyway if you want to keep him ok, but I don't know what golems can do, they are different from elentals, they could even hurt you."
"Ted is incapable of hurting a flower!" Alissa joins.
"T-Ted is a pure soul," Lina mutters.
I look at Hana, she shrugs.
"Ted is nice. Also, Suzy too, he will be lonely without his girlfriend," Hana says.
"Kwee! Teh!" Aoi yells.
I sigh. Future tests must be done in secret.
Today is the 22nd.
Every morning I have been cleaning my face with [Clean] ever since I got a level in [Light Magic]. I had so hints of pimples appearing but since then my skin has been basically perfect, I guess this is the secret for the perfect skin that nearly everyone seems to have on this world.
I got my first level in [Golemancy]. I will try to level it by using [Mold] on Ted. Hopefully, the girls won't mind.
"Wolfy, there's sothing I rembered," Ciel says.
"What is it?"
"It's about 'Gifts' there are so tales that tell of people who can do things no other person can."
Alissa tilts her head.
"I never heard of such tale before," she says.
"It's not sothing circulated to the populace. People with gifts are very sought after so they are generally protected, either by the empire or the temple."
"Then perhaps my abilities can be explained as Gifts?" I ask.
"Yes, precisely. I rember there's an 'Oracle' at the temple in the capital, supposedly she could look into your soul and discover what kind of Gift you have. But since a Gift is sothing that doesn't co for hundreds of years I don't know how true it really is. It's only sothing I read about by curiosity during my training as a priest. I guess those higher at the hierarchy would know more."
"Remind of that when we visit the capital. I don't think you should ask Arantos about it, it would be extrely suspicious."
"Yeah, it would."
Ciel drives Lina to the house of Gimbo, he's a noble so they have to pass through the gate. Fortunately, our town pass also makes entering the noble's quarters easy. We got an Ergency Stone for Lina and Ciel will be in charge of the receiving end.
This morning I spend with Alissa, I'm using the [Sense Soul] to try and understand where in her soul are the vocal cords. I summoned a small earth elental and it had distinctive long black hair and bangs, much to Alissa's amusent. I used this elental to understand the part of its soul where it could make grunts and compare it to Alissa's.
I see sothing different on Ted and Suzy's souls, there's a new, small protrusion that wasn't there before, I'm sure of it.
What changed? I looked into our own souls and see a similar protrusion, the elental doesn't have one, though. How curious, could it be the place where the na is stored? The little golems didn't have a na before yesterday and I noticed no other changes in their souls, from what limited vision I have. I'll leave it for later.
There's only a very minute similarity between the 2 vocal cords, I couldn't identify anything else. So I put 15 points into [Golemancy] and cast [Mold]. My hands glow and when I touch Ted I'm put back into the "Soul Creation" mode. I look for the part where vocal cords are and see only straight lines. Slowly I try to change the soul to be the sa way as the elental.
When I'm done Ted can mutter vowels with a voice similar to a dying old man. I try so trial and error and he improves to only an old man. Suzy ends up the sa but I can't make her voice sound more feminine.
Curiously I can store Ted and Suzy inside my "Items" but when I do it with the elental it gets destroyed. For the little golems, ti completely freezes so they don't mind being stored. Once their "batteries" run out they feel like they go to sleep so they also don't mind.
When Lina cos back she's rather happy with her lesson. Gimbo is actually a very old retired adventurer and he's planning on getting more apprentices once he finishes his research. He's a Noble Descendant and lives with his wife.
At the class, I train [Animal Tongue] exclusively and manage to cast a weak version of it. It lasts less ti than when I put all the points required.
At the break, Lyle and the others were waiting at our spot at the buffet. Hatara asked how nature class was and everyone except Alissa regretted listening about the Gloomy Pervert, as the class nicknad the professor.
I and Alissa suddenly turn our heads at a frightening presence. I feel like I'm a rabbit in the open field while a hawk is approaching. The source of such gaze is Vanea Anara, beside her is Silvane, the devil and an angel are walking side-by-side towards us. With the corner of my eye, I see Lyle sweating cold and I can feel the fear Alissa is trying to suppress.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Ryder," says Vanea.
"Good afternoon. Finally found you, Mr. Ryder," says Silvane with an innocent smile.
After awkward introductions from Lyle and the others, the two girls sit down. Clearly being acquainted with the Lord's daughter and the fiancee of Lord's son is no trifling matter.
"I see you have good taste in tea, Mr. Ryder," says Vanea.
"Thank you."
Alissa diligently and graciously serves both of them.
"Mr. Ryder, everyone is amazed at the two skills you managed to create. The court mages are giddy with excitent trying to acquire [Sense Soul], they are desperately searching for soone who can teach them [Sense Presence]," says Silvane with a giggle.
"W-wait, he created two skills?" Asks Lyle, his eyes open wide with incredulity.
"Precisely, and that's not even his aim as a researcher, it was the so mysterious [Golemancy]. By the way, how goes the research on that area?" Silvane continues.
I'm getting uncomfortable, Vanea seems a bit too pleased.
"Ah, I already managed to acquire it. I can't show the results now since I left the two golems I created back at ho."
The girls didn't want to let take them.
"Ohoh. That's great news, say, are you going to share your knowledge about this magic? I know soone who would be very interesting in learning about it," Asks Silvane.
"Not for free. I think I will ask for a permanent chair in trade for my knowledge."
"Oh, that's a great idea," says Vanea.
"Hm. Have you ever thought about joining a circle of magi?" Asks Silvane.
A what?
"What is a circle of magi?" I ask.
Silvane lifts an eyebrow. Another thing I should have known about if I were a native.
"It's normally an organization of mages who share knowledge of magic, work together for a common goal, and develop Unique Spells. They also make it very easy to beco a court mage."
Ahah, I knew it, she wants to beco a court mage. Everyone wants sothing with my power. The guildmaster, Vanea, and even my won would never fall for if I was weak. Well this is a world made for the strong so I don't really bla them, you either live or you die at the belly of a monster.
Lina's Trivia: Unique Spells are original magic spells that do not belong to a school and because of that they never show on the skill system. There are plenty of spells that need specific conditions for casting so even if they belong to a school of magic they won't show on the skill system. These spells are really sought for because they can be extrely powerful, but they are extrely dangerous to research. A good amount of magic tools are Unique Spells.
"That sounds great, but what are the detrints of joining such an organization?" I ask.
Nothing good cos free, especially in this world.
Silvane frowns and Vanea smiles.
"You know how space mages who know [Gate] are treated right? Well it's the sa thing, it all depends on how useful you are and how much backing you have," says Vanea.
"Vanea, don't exaggerate. [Gate] is a very dangerous spell on the wrong hands, the circles certainly do not put as many restrictions as the empire do."
"That all depends on the mage."
Silvane narrows her eyes, she certainly can't refute that argunt.
"Well, I don't feel like restricting myself yet, I have a long way to go until I settle down," I say.
"Keep it in mind that the hunters guild and the university can give you so protection but their influence is limited," Vanea says, "The further you are from Rabanara the less that influence works on keeping interested parties away. Be careful with whom you associate with Mr. Ryder," she smiles innocently.
"I will take this advice to heart Miss Anara," I say.
"... Anyway, Mr. Ryder, did you et with Nononya yet?" Asks Silvane.
"Who?" I ask.
"It's the summoning researcher here, she complained to once she couldn't find you. You want to et her now?"
"Sure."
We stand up and Lyle's group freezes, they have been very tense during this conversation. I guess I'm developing a little amount of resistance to Vanea's eyes.
"Mr. Ryzek you and your friends should co too," says Vanea with a wicked smile.
Lyle and the other imdiately stand and follow us.
Silvane leads us to a large white building, it almost reminds of a hospital. I sll pure alcohol and other cleaning agents, I believe this ans there's a lot of biological contaminants here.
We enter a room and the first thing we notice is the sll of animals and the noise that cos with it. They are all caged in the walls, a variety of birds, dogs, and monsters that resemble birds and dogs. In the middle of the room, there are a few operation tables and on one of them, there's a woman with a light blue hospital scrub operating on a dead dog. I see a small and round white bunny tail protruding from her back.
"Hello Nononya, I brought guests," says Silvane.
The woman turns around and removes her head protection. White and long bunny ears stand up, white short hair raised in a way that makes her head look very fluffy, large turquoise eyes stare at us in surprise. Her whiskers cutely twitch when the expression on her cute round face turns from surprise to happiness. A human with bunny characteristics, a werebunny.
"He-he-hello Miss Silvane. Oh, Miss Anara, hello to you too," she answers with a slight bow.
"This is Mr. Ryder, the other researcher who knows about summoning magic."
"Ah! Finally, I searched for you everywhere. I went into your office but it looked abandoned."
"Uh yeah, I work at ho, I don't really need an office," I say shyly.
"If you took your breaks at the appropriate ti you would easily find him at the buffet," Reproaches Silvane.
"B-b-b-b-but you also don't go to the buffet!" Responds Nononya.
"That's because I'm always with Haaran. As his fiancee, we should always treasure our private ti together."
"But you always have plenty of ti together at night…"
"Nono!"
"Hihi. Sorry, sorry," she lets her tongue out.
Silvane massages her eyes.
"Anyway, I'll be taking my leave. Until another day."
"I'll be going too," says Vanea.
She gives a last sharp gaze and a smile, then leaves with Silvane. The atmospheric pressure imdiately decreases a few psi.
"Greetings Mr. Ryder. As Silvane said my na is Nononya. I was born on Conchononoi and ca here as my lack of noble blood kept from progressing," she says and bows.
"No need for bowing, I'm no noble."
Because I'm known by my last na people assu I'm a noble. After a bit of confusion, we finish our greetings.
Lyle and the others finally start talking. As a future healer, Hatara seems interested in anatomy and asks to see so of the drawings Nononya did from her dissections. Garanae is more of an animal person and got interested in the animals here, it must be the first ti I actually saw him talking casually.
Summoning magic is basically two parts: the body and the soul. Nononya's research was based around understanding the body of the summon, which is actually a perfect copy of a living being. My knowledge of the soul is much more advanced than what she has, she couldn't get much out of [Spirit Magic] so she was stumped in where to go next. In exchange for my knowledge of the soul, she will share her knowledge of summoning.
Nononya's research goal is on improving the [Summon Small Bird] and [Summon Dog] spells, she wants to increase control over it. She's trying to summon a condor bird, which is too big to be summoned by the spell, and she wants to summon wolves.
Our ti ends and the bell chis, In the middle of the way back I turn to Lyle.
"Why were you so afraid of Miss Anara?" I ask.
"Hm... since you aren't a noble you couldn't have known. Every noble here is actually afraid of her, or rather, afraid of what she wants. It seems it's her life's goal to have Rabanara acknowledged and have her family receive the recognition they deserve. Everyone is too afraid of what she might actually do to accomplish this."
"Why would the empire not acknowledge Rabanara?"
"Well, there are a few reasons. It's too far, too isolated, too troubleso to control, and I think the most important is that the Lord is far too close to the commoners, the adventurers."
Heh, I kinda guessed that Rabanara had an odd relationship between nobles and commoners. My ti here at the university as a commoner was far too peaceful.
"Human nobles that want to escape the cloak and dagger of the capital co here, so plenty of the nobles here are considered 'outcasts' by the royalty. Even grandpa was laughed at his face when he said he was going to Rabanara and you saw how much power he has," Lyle shrugs.
"Hm, so everyone is afraid they will be dragged into a war or sothing?"
"Well, yes and no. An actual war would be too much, the nobles are far too afraid of a real war with the threat of the Monster King. Miss Anara's real power is her cunning, she could easily sail around the power gas of the royalty but anyone that follows her will have an uncertain fate."
That is certainly frightening.
I'm glad I kept a rather low profile so far. If soone like Vanea found when I had just co into this world she would surely sink her fangs on and drag into her fight. Well, the more I fight the more I get involved with those sorts of people, it feels like I can't escape this. It seems useless and foolish to run, so if I can't run then I better prepare to fight, at least now I feel prepared.
I sigh. Vanea's gaze gives shivers every ti I think about her, I'll have to put so points in [ntal Resistance] next ti I et her.
At ho, I start copying my notes for Nononya.
"Why don't you use the study anymore?" Asks Alissa.
"Ain't it obvious?"
I grab a chocolate tablet and eat it, then I rest my head on Hana's breast pillow and pull out a blanket to cover my legs. I use [Telekinesis] to hold a wooden board in front of so I can copy my notes for Nononya while I listen to Lina continue talking about the books she read today, she absentmindedly plays with my feet with her own cute little feet. Ciel puts a few scented logs in the fireplace and Aoi tries to sustain a fla breath to try to light the logs. Roxanne plays with Ted and Suzy, she seems to be teaching them how to wrestle.
Today is the 23rd.
My [Nature Magic] increased by 2 (now 13), my [Golemancy] increased by 1 (now 2), my [Sense Soul] increased by 1 (now 3) and my "Intelligence" increased by 1 (now 21). I was right, the small "bump" in the soul is where the na is stored, now I can see everyone's nas with [Sense Soul].
I have decided to improve my MP. I have so mana problems because [Summoning Magic] uses so much of my mana and even limits the maximum, I really need loads of mana to summon a proper squad of elentals.
I will use [Earth Magic] and see if I can get a few levels on it. Level 10 [Sand Storm] and level 15 [Soul Sand] are so really useful support spells. I can also teach Lina [Manipulate tal] and that will help a lot when she's repairing our equipnt or enchanting.
As level 20 I have 80 skill points to use and 11 extra. I put 10 points into [Mana Overuse Resistance] 20 into [Increased Growth] and divide the rest into [Earth Magic], [Mana Recovery], [Mana Control] and [Reduced Mana Cost]. I assu that [Increased Growth] requires quite a lot of points to make a difference since so far the girls didn't notice faster growth when I put this skill on them.
I raise an earth wall and use [Earth Bullet] on it until it crumbles. Once my mana runs out I ditate and try to use [Redirect Mana] to speed my recovery without overexerting myself. Aoi and the griffin nature spirit sleep at the wall, uninterested at my repeating training regin.
I don't really understand much about what Aoi thinks, I can feel that she's content most of the ti but she still doesn't talk much. She seems to very observant but aside from being petted, there's not much she does. Monsters grow physically and ntally much much faster than any humanoid, this might explain how she has a high intellect, lots of knowledge about the world, but low emotional intelligence.
"What have you done!?" Yells Ciel.
I'm thrown off my ditation and feel as if a bucket of cold water was poured on .
"Hm... what do you an?" I ask innocently.
"The garden is ruined!"
Hana stops her training and slowly sneaks away.
"I-I need to train my mana, so I thought training w-with [Earth Magic] might be a good idea."
"A good idea? The living room is filled with dust, the flowers bellow the windows are wilting, and the backyard is a ss filled with mud!" Ciel huffs at , her angry face is not scary, it's heartbreaking.
"I-I'm sorry... I can fix the garden…"
"You better!"
She closes the window with anger. From the kitchen window I see Alissa narrow her eyes, she closes the kitchen window slowly.
I'm sorry~~...!
I create a new shielding wall and don't let the earth hit the flowers or spread through the backyard. After I'm done I increase my mana control until I can destroy all earth I created and to lower the walls. With the spell [Grow] from level 15 [Nature Magic] I can fix the garden.
I don't feel any pain from overuse but my morale is broken. I put 10 points into [Massage] and put Alissa to sleep through her ears, then I bring Ciel to the bedroom and massage her feet. She pouts for a little while but after a sigh, she returns to normal. I had to ask Hana to take care of the lunch and make sure nothing burns while I work for forgiveness.
Hatara seems elated and doesn't stay very far from Garanae, he's getting more comfortable with her and is responding to her affection. To the delight of everyone around him, he's less uptight and rude to others.
We are all reaching walls and progress has been slow, though I have been focusing on [Rush] since it's the most useful spell for now. I need to shorten chant ti and then increase duration. Using the system and adding my free points to it so I can instant cast is easier to use, but it's not as useful for training my [Electric Magic].
On the way back I feel like I'm starting to lose my control with Lina, Alissa has been teaching her very well how to arouse . Loose clothes that lets see up her (non-existent) cleavage, hugging my arm tight whenever we walk, dropping her head on my lap whenever we talk about her books at the living room, wearing a very subtle and pleasing perfu on her hair that fills my nose every ti we ride Alissa, and I swear she changed the way she looks at , she went from expressionless to an abandoned puppy.
Right now she's between my legs as I use [Manipulate tal] while she feels the mana circulation in my body and tries to copy it. Every ti we shuffle a bit she digs her ass more and more on my crotch, just a little more and the Buddhist monk will turn into a beast.
Unfortunately, I can't deal with her right now because Alissa told us sothing disturbing.
"We are being stalked."
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