CHAPTER 12 – Visual Stimulus?
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[Present]
Eroan could see Isabella’s deep sigh at that time—followed by her somewhat terrified countenance.
He assumes that whenever Isabella seems to be looking at her status. She mostly had this terrified expression before she came back to normal again. Eroan does not know what was terrifying about her status. Since Isabella doesn’t want to share it with him—as a show of support, he always reminded her that he was always beside her every time she is terrified.
Euk!
Suddenly, Eroan perceives a weird feeling on his crotch. The feet that were flapping around his thighs were now stroking up and down. He could not help but let out a surprised gasp.
What are you doing? Stop it!
He looked Isabella in the eye and wished his inwardly thought was caught by Isabella.
However, it was an obvious failure. Instead, Isabela becomes more mischievous at making fun of him.
“Hmm, Eroan is something wrong?” Fredric who is quick to notice his sudden gasp checks on him.
Immediately, Eroan looks in the line of sight of Fredric—thankfully Fredric was looking at his face. Even if he looks down it was still safe. The basket of fruits that Isabella pulls it to the corner was blocking his line of sight.
“N—nothing it seems that I am close to reaching my first level up.” Eroan stutters as he responds.
“No shit?”
Isabella who was busy teasing him blurt out a cursed word. At the same time, her brown-dolled eyes went wide from the shock, and stops making fun of him.
“If you don’t mind telling me—what is your progress at the moment.” Fredric also inquires at the same time asking permission from Eroan.
“Ninety-seven percent.” A nonchalant response from Eroan.
Aak!
Hah!
Two jaws were dropped at the same time. Fredric and Isabella were both astonished at Eroan’s response—and the thing is he responds like it was a normal thing.
Confused by their reactions he inquires about it.
“Ehem, you know Eroan the current highest progress recorded after awakening was forty-eight percent. It was not even verified since you could not confirm it since only the owner can see it. It will only be put on a record if his progress matches his progress in real life. It will be calculated but there are still margins for error. So, in most cases, the numbers were inflated a bit especially on the aristocratic family.”
“Well, I think I have an advantage since I use the Highest Spirit Stone to awaken.” Eroan scratches the back of his ears as he smiles awkwardly.
Bruh
Fredric made a disbelieving face again at Eroan’s response. Fredric could not tell if Eroan was mocking the entire Spirit users.
“Aren’t you looking down too much on aristocrats? Even though Lady Isabella comes from a Duke family, that doesn’t mean that they are one of the richest families after the royals. In the Kingdom of Adestine, there is a Viscount family that is even richer than a Duke. So it wasn’t that rare for the aristocrats to use their best Spirit Stones on their successor” Fredric and Isabella both made eye contact after the latter sentence of Fredric.
“Even Lady Isabella here only had a thirty-seven percent of progress—it was decided that we will inflate it to forty-seven percent to boost Davidson Family’s prestige.”
Boom!
Isabella hammered her fist at the table—the things that were placed above the table jumped into the air for a little bit. Both men were startled at the sudden situation.
“Uncle! Who told you to share it with him!” Isabella shouted with an embarrassed face.
What? I thought you wanted to tell him that’s why you made eye contact with me.
That’s what Fredric wanted to say but he could not say it. He only accepted his fault it seems he misunderstood his miss.
Pfft!
An uncontrollable laugh chimed in on the staring contest between Isabella and Fredric. It was Eroan who is already having a hard time preventing his laugh.
“What’s funny?” Isabella was extremely annoyed at this point.
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“Hik! Ha-ha I—it’s nothing I—it’s just funny Hahaha”
“Whaaat?”
“Hik! You know? Even if we double your inflated progress, it still could not catch up to my steps. Haha—”
Blag!
A loud sound was heard again but this time it was different. Isabella’s foot was suddenly launched at Eroan’s laughing face—however, Eroan only endures it and continues laughing.
Even Eroan was a little bit surprised, even though Isabella’s kick still packs—it wasn’t that strong anymore. Isabella on the other hand does not end it in one kick. She immediately follows consecutive kicks on Eroan.
Eroan did try to dodge but Isabella’s kicks were too fast. So, he only dodges those who were coming at his face and blocks those that were aimed at his body. He has a choice to leave the couch. However, he does not leave since it will be his loss the moment he did that.
Sigh
Fredric let out a long sigh again as the two kids were fighting again even before the sun sets.
“Lady Isabella it was my fault since I was the one that did the taboo. Please forgive Sir Eroan” Fredric deeply apologizes to Eroan.
“Hmph! At the very least you admit your fault but this will be the last. I’m reporting you to father to punish you if you repeated it once more” Isabella reprimanded Fredric in a domineering manner.
Isabella stops kicking Eroan and crosses her arms she put her feet on Eroan’s lap again.
“Thank you, I will not forget your grace.” Fredric stands up and did a ninety-degree bow to Isabella.
“What’s the taboo?” A confused expression was on Eroan as he asked. He is also muddled about the complete turn of Fredric’s attitude to Isabella.
This is the first time he spots the authoritative attitude of Isabella. He felt a little bit of fear toward Isabella—he was reminded that Isabella was a duke’s daughter in the first place.
He awkwardly put his head down—even afraid to take a side glance at Isabella. He is now regretting making fun of a duke’s daughter it seems he hurts her pride. He even forgot that he asked a question.
On the other side, Isabella was even angrier when she saw the awkward expression of her friend. Just because of that taboo her attitude went 180 degrees. She hates herself for being not able to control her emotions—despite being more mature than Eroan.
“Uncle, please tell Eroan the taboo in Spirit status first” Isabella gently talks to Fredric.
“Ehem, Eroan one of the taboos in Spirit status is disclosing information about someone’s status. That’s why Lady Isabella gets mad. It was my entire fault I’m sorry Sir Eroan.” Fredric also apologizes to Eroan.
“N—no it is okay. It was also my fault for making fun of Isabella.” Eroan awkwardly side glances at Isabella.
Sigh
After letting out a long sigh Isabella suddenly sits up.
Ahk!
She lightly punches the stomach of Eroan, lay down her head on his lap, and uses it as a pillow.
“You don’t need to be awkward to me, you are my most important friend. Didn’t you say that you were my equal and rival earlier—where is that Eroan now? I only see a scared puppy above me.”
She cutely looks at Eroan from below at the same time her alluring voice reaches Eroan’s ears.
“Wh—who’s scared?”
Eroan embarrassedly stuttered and pinches Isabella’s nose. He could not take the unexpected attack coming from Isabella—he turned away his eyes from her. Then he looks at Fredric who likewise could not make eye contact with him.
Just what the heck is this awkward situation? This old man is definitely a fucking chismosa. [1]
He inwardly complains as the entire effects coming from the causes were suddenly thrown at him.
“Ehem, aside from disclosing information you are also not allowed to gather information about someone’s Spirit status because of obvious reasons”
Because Eroan’s gaze was piercing straight to his face Fredric decided to talk more about the taboo.
“Although there is some information on the status that was widely available to the public. It’s also a law in some countries and you could be punished according to their laws. We don’t have something like that but it was an unwritten rule for the Spirit users in the Adestine Kingdom.”
“What kind of information are publicly available?” Eroan asked while he was caressing Isabella’s hair who is currently eating the bananas, she picked from the fruit basket.
“Well, let’s categorize it as green, yellow, and red.”
Eroan wanted to listen attentively to Fredric’s teachings but something superior caught his eye.
Isabella’s manner in eating her bananas. It was his first time viewing that kind of manner. After peeling the banana’s skin up to half of its length—she licks first the tip of the banana and did not eat it right away. It was tantalizing to view—Eroan could not help but swallow his saliva.
Gulp
“The green category is your talent grade and obviously your current spirit rank.”
Fredric in the meantime was still busy giving explanations. Oblivious to what is Isabella doing in the back of the fruit basket.
“Since you can discern it?”
He decided to just focus on Fredric’s teaching and ignore the distracting enchantress on his lap for now. Yes, for now—even if he wanted to ignore Isabella, he still could not help but take a glimpse again.
“Right, do you remember the list I showed to both of you? It is like that even if you wanted to hide it, they will still be able to discern the grade of your aura. The aura intensity also changes every time you ranked up once you were in Spirit Realm. Although in the Spirit Novice case there are no clear signs of what your current level is—that’s why it was so deadly for the normal Elite soldiers to discern how strong their opponents are.”
“I see”
Fredric gives a lengthy explanation about that one—Eroan could only acknowledge and decide to look for a glimpse at the enchantress below him.
Isabella is currently using his lap as a pillow. It seems that she was done licking the banana—however, she is not eating it for some unknowable reason. The banana becomes glossy because of her saliva and she is just staring at it with stupefy expression.
W—what’s happening?
Inwardly he asks himself—since Eroan is getting more confused as time passes by about Isabella’s manners. He wanted to tap Isabella to get her attention and stop her—but it seems there is a devil incarnation that is whispering beside him not to interrupt her.
“The yellow category is the speed of your spirit energy accumulation and how much you assimilate. Although people are not banned from gathering information on the yellow category—you can’t spread it to the public unless you sold it.”
Fredric is still looking at him and now he faces two difficult decisions; continue to watch the enchantress below him or look away and attentively listen to Fredric’s teachings—also for Fredric not to notice Isabella’s marvels that were currently happening on his lap.
“Mhmm”
“That why Eroan you shou—”
Eroan heard a soft moan coming from below while Fredric was busy talking. He could not help but ignore Fredric and take a look at his lap again.
Lo and behold what Eroan saw shook his entire soul.
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The glossy banana is now slowly—spreading Isabella’s pair of soft reddish lips as she tries to insert it into her mouth.
It seems those pair of soft reddish lips could not defend themselves from its invader—as the invader steadily push inside of Isabella.
Eroan can clearly see the glossy saliva on the banana gradually piling up outside of Isabella’s lips as it enters inside. Isabella’s mouth absorbs about half of the length of the banana.
“Uhmm”
Isabella let out a soft moan again—and only Eroan could hear it. Her dark brown pupils went wide—and Isabella’s facial appearance took a shocked expression.
It seems the tip of the banana hit the back of her throat which explains her sudden surprised reaction.
However—Isabella isn’t done yet. She did not immediately bite the banana, instead, she slowly pulled it outside of her soft red lips. The process of how the banana slowly went outside of her red lips— accompanied by a string of saliva attached to the tip was fully exposed in front of Eroan’s eye.
She peeled the banana throughout its base. The banana skin only holds a small portion of its body. She then faces sideways in front of Eroan’s crotch. After that, she tried to reinsert the banana again inside hers.
At this moment, Eroan was greatly disturbed inside. His focus on Isabella’s red lips gradually becomes insanely better. Every detail of information was presented in front of his eyes.
How Isabella’s expression slowly changes every time a centimeter of that banana enters inside her.
How her small red lips slowly spread as they tried to accommodate the entire width of that banana.
Eroan watched all that process in front of him—step by step, in a slow-motion procedure.
Eroan realizes this familiar state.
His [Viewer] skill is already activated.