Today is the 18th.
I pity the Cooka-meh, he seems to have a sad story and if what the Lord said is true he cannot enjoy the wonders of waking up to a tangled mess of bodies.
Roxanne's horns flab as she breathes in and out. Her head lays on my chest, she drools on my pectoral, and her tail wraps around my hand so tight I lost sensation in there.
My head is half-buried on Hana's - pillows. Her big and strong hand cups on of my cheeks while other her arm is wrapped around me from below and squeezes my ribs tight. Aoi sleeps on Hana's mane, making a nest out of her hair.
Alissa slept happily - on my thigh. Currently, I see her tail sway rapidly from side to side -.
I feel like I will level [Enhanced Semen Recharge] again soon. My refractory period is reducing with every level and I wonder how it's going to be like when I reduce it to zero. Could something happen if I level the skill more after the period reaches zero?
I'm afraid of adding points to it because the skill is clearly doing some physiological changes to my body and I'm not very eager to know what happens if I abuse it. My powers are a cheat and I know that if I abuse them I will feel like shit, like how adding too many skills made it hard on my mind when I was stalking Farana.
Hana stirs awake, she pulls the cute bundle of scales out of her hair and leaves her on my chest -.
I'm feeling more emotionally drained - than the other way, actually. Crying can be "cleansing for the soul" but it's also rather intense, that plus the sudden harpy attack overstimulated my nerves.
Roxanne stirs awake at the mischief. -
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Incredibly, my "Sanity" increased by 1 (now 9+4), slow progress but it's understandable. Firstly I stabilized, now I'm improving.
My [Light Magic] and [Sense Soul] increased by 1 (now 4+8 and 4). I can now see someone's HP with the skill. Curiously the golem's HP is only 10, I think it's because their souls are not properly aligned with their bodies.
Lina leveled up to 23 and increased her [General Enchanting] by 2 (now 11) and [Mana Control] by 1 (now 5).
"Good, mor-ning, mas-ter," Ted and Suzy say in unison and bow.
Ciel smiles and pats both their heads.
"Morning," I say.
"They can sense mana pretty well even without the skill," Ciel says, "You should look to give them [Space Magic] next."
"Sure, maybe after you get your [Holy Spirit]."
She nods happily and we start to eat.
Today's lesson with Kyros is a return to the basics so I can strengthen my foundation. I need to learn how the sub-process creation happens and integrate it with my other spells, using multiple [Telekinesis] or even [Rush] plus [Telekinesis] would be wonderful for my style.
I feel a slight increase in control of my gathering vortex. More than the usual increase after a long period of training so it's noticeable. I believe my level increase improved my mental capacity.
"I read the report of your fighting," Kyros says, "Your talent makes me envious. Are you truly 19 years old?"
"That's what the system says," I say and shrug, trying not to smile.
He snorts, "When the bard writes your story send me a copy."
Today is Electric class. The professor asks for Lyle to demonstrate his [Discharge], to retell Horvath and his spirit's fight, and describe Werner's [Dead End].
"Not even I can cast a [Dead End] as large as that, your grandfather is a legend, Mr. Lyle," the professor says with a nod and his hands on his hips. "Keep this in mind when you think about the abstracts concepts of magic, you can create such powerful spells if you are smart about how to use them it could change how battles are fought. If you create a Unique Spell you can easily join a circle of magi or even a Lord's court of mages."
Lyle is currently gushing from the praises to his family, he barely had the composure to retell how the harpies were slaughtered once [Dead End] took effect.
Silvane and Nononya appear during the break.
Alissa turns into a very small fox and jumps on my lap, copying Nononya and Silvane.
"Since my normal form is large, reducing to this size makes me tire much more quicker so I won't be able to remain very long like this," Alissa says.
"That's okay, I will make sure to enjoy you as much as I can," I say, provoking jealousy from Garanae, who seems dying to pet the little fox.
"Thank you for protecting me, Mr. Ryder," Nononya says and bows.
"It was nothing," I say with a smile.
Nono awkwardly straightens and scratches her ear.
"It was her first time fighting alongside a man, I'm quite proud of her performance," Silvane says with a smirk and some odd emphasis, causing Nono to blush, "Next time she's going to be even more influential with the elementals, it will be wonderful," Silvane smiles so brightly Lyle blushes.
Garanae and Hatara didn't have to participate much until the flaming oil spread nearby and they had to help put out the fire on the houses. They at least know not to simply throw water into an oil fire, a Fire mage tries to control the fire directly through "Willpower" or [Mana Control] and a Water mage throws water infused with a "liquid" concept that prevents it from turning into steam instantly.
"How do your parents look like?" Alissa asks me as we finish dinner.
"Father is a very wide man, kind of chubby. He has a much more oval face and a round nose that goes well with his bald head. He has kind of rugged look, somewhat reminds me of the dwarves," I say.
"You sure that's your father?" Roxanne asks with a raised eyebrow.
"No," I laugh and feel a small pain of nostalgia, "We used to joke that we are adopted since we look so different from him, but my brother is looking more and more like Father now that he's shaving his head bald so we are sure we are his children. We just inherited the more childish looks from Mom.
"She's small and thin, her face is full of freckles due to her Irish inheritance. The Irish look kind of like the Griffiths's twins. She has our dark hair while Father is blonde but we never remember that since he has gone bald ever since we were born.
"Our grandma from mother's side is actually darker than Ciel, but we say that the 'printer ran out of ink' because every child grandma had was whiter than the first. 'The magic pen ran out of mana' would have a similar meaning."
"So your grandma is like the dark skins from Sommerland?" Ciel asks.
I nod.
"That's the inverse of me," Hana says, "I'm the whitest and eldest, Mimi is the color of Ciel and Hermann is as dark as Dad. Mom is as white as snow, her eyes are much kinder than mine and her face looks very sweet. She's taller than me and has bigger breasts, damn Da's inheritance reduced my breast size," she pouts. I smile and Lina hungrily stares at Hana's breasts, salivating. "Dad is as dark as night, he has more of my mean face with a thin and longer nose, he kind of likes to frown or scowl a lot. He's just a little taller than Wolfy but he's much thinner."
"Me and Allura didn't inherit much from our dad," Alissa says. "She has more of his color and possibly his height but we look more similar to Mom. Her eyes are sharper and her face is more bony in comparison to ours."
"I heard I'm the spitting image of my Dad with a more feminine look. But Dad is quite feminine even for Succubus standards," Roxanne says.
"What do you mean? Are Incubus men more feminine than other races?" I ask.
"Yeah, I dunno why but most Succubus women prefer effeminate men," she bites her lips and hides a smile.
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I glare at her and she averts her eyes nervously.
"The succubus race has some bias among women," Ciel says, "I hear there are way more bisexuals among the Succubus than any other race."
"We are matriarchal so maybe that has something to do with that," Roxanne says and shrugs.
"What does your relationship with me mean to your parents?" I ask.
She frowns and says, "They might not like you. Mom, especially."
"We will deal with it when it happens," I say and reach over to give Roxanne's hand a squeeze. She nods and sighs, relaxing her expression.
"Dad and Mom are quite cute," Lina says, "Dad even looks like a child, he said he has some silver elf blood that makes him so cute. Mom is more sensual, her jaw is sharper than mine and her lips are fuller, even her breasts…" She looks down at her flatness and her shoulders slump.
"You are perfectly cute as you are," Ciel says and pinches Lina's cheek.
"O-ow!" She bats Ciel's hand away and pouts cutely, "I just wanted to have something, even Roxanne does. They feel so good to grab."
I nod emphatically to Lina's words.
"Believe me, they are heavy and uncomfortable, except for certain races who have it easy," Ciel says sends a look to Hana, who smirks. "The attention both of you give to them just barely makes them worth the pain."
That's almost sacrilege, almost.
This evening Lina and Igang up on Ciel and do our best to distract her from [Holy Spirit] training but not so overtly she gets annoyed. -.
- I focus on the golem's skills. I have to create a "layer" for them so I can add skills to them. It's quite the slow process since I have to alter their entire soul for it. -
- I look over Hana and Roxanne, who are cuddling and supposedly practicing their mana increase routine.
"Are they sleeping?" I ask Alissa.
She opens her eyes -, "Uh? Oh, let me see…" She stares at them for a few seconds, "Their breathing pattern tells me they fell asleep."
Ciel releases her concentration and the small [Spirit Light] dissipates into a rainbow smoke. She looks at them and says, "They actually look so cute."
"Cu-te?" Asks Suzy.
"Visually attractive," I say, "looking at them gives us positive feelings."
"Shoul-d, us, feel, that, too?" Asks Ted.
"I don't know, do you feel something when you look at them?"
They turn to the sleeping cuddlers and stare.
"No," they say in unison.
"If I order you to feel something will you start feeling?"
"I, do, not, know."
"Try to feel something once a day for a minute or so. If it doesn't work do not worry about it," I order. It doesn't hurt to have them try that and wording it this way won't burden them if it doesn't work.
"Yes," they answer in unison and nod.
Lina aims the smallest [Earth Bullet] I have ever seen and fires it on Roxanne's head. Roxanne snorts and wakes up, she blinks and looks around, confused. Then she massages her forehead right where a small red skin is starting to form.
Lina snickers evilly and looks away from Roxanne.
Today is the 19th.
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My [Mana Efficiency] increased by 1 (now 5+6).
Ciel stays at the temple this time to train more her [Judgment].
Roxanne is practicing her [Heart of Fire] by prancing about on the wall with Gify and two other nature spirits behind him, a zebra-striped ferret and a parrot that's completely green and looks like a toy.
Alissa tries to contain her envy by reading Toroo's book. She wants to learn [Ignorance] next, it will greatly improve her scouting and stalking. She doesn't need my instant-cast Gift for it so she will keep her [Illusion Magic] at 5 for now.
Hana and Aoi spar. Hana is forcing herself to improve her [Double Image] and Aoi is improving her sensing and perception of magic along with her agility.
The golems watch from the window, Ciel does not allow them to go into the wet grass.
I'm in full armor with my sword in hand practicing my forms. I feel I'm getting close to something with my style.
Roxanne giggles like a little girl and says, "The mana consumption is still horrible but I never had so much freedom in movement before. This feels awesome."
I look to her and see that she's easily walking with her hands, her legs are dangling freely while her robe is glued to her body, thankfully. Gify and the ferret spirit are copying her while the parrot is simply floating upside down.
"But the best is still flying," she continues after returning to prance around the wall on her feet, the nature spirits mimic her gait.
"You damn right it is!" Hana says without taking her eyes off Aoi.
Aoi doubles in size and bats the wooden spear away, she pounces towards Hana but gets a shield in the nose.
"Owww! You, too, fast!" Aoi says and holds her nose with her claws. I glide towards her and apply [Heal]. "Thank!" She smiles towards me. Fewer fangs were shown so it's less frightening. Her facial expressions are improving.
"You, too, slow," Hana says mimicking Aoi's voice.
Aoi's head snaps back towards Hana and they resume their sparring.
I let a smile escape my lips as I watch them.
Roxanne starts to hum a march that's surprisingly similar to a certain masked blond boy's.
I return to focusing on my style.
I have been mastering the movement with [Telekinesis] and it's basically instant omnidirectional movement. I can easily get in or out of someone's reach with a thought.
Just for fun I lower my gravity and jump high up into the sky. I go above the houses and stay still in the air for a few seconds before I reach the apex of my jump and slowly fall down on the ground. The weightless feeling is incomparable to anything, Hana and Roxanne are right, flying is the best.
My reach is also my weakness since so far I have only specialized in short swords. I have to sooner or later learn the spear but even then, swords remain as the most versatile weapon I can use.
So, my style remains as focused on entering and leaving someone's reach at will. Enter, strike, retreat. I don't have the "Strength" or "Endurance" to remain in range for continued blows. I don't have the "Speed" or "Dexterity" for fast parries and flurries of blows. What I have is "Intelligence" and "Wisdom". I have a large, varied repertoire of spells at the tip of my hands.
My style is unique, it encompasses all kinds of System Magic, soon it will even encompass [Godly Language]. I can be a trickster, where nobody can know what I will bring next; a jack-of-all-trades, master of none; an impregnable fortress as I can literally be ready for any situation; a one-hit-kill machine as I can use the best tool for any job; I can be a death-go-… Yeah too far, I'm waay past my chuuni phase.
I can see the power in this, the unblockable combos I can dish out. I will always have the advantage, I can always stay one step ahead of my opponent, I can always have another card up my sleeve.
I am the newest master of [Ekrano Style].
I feel something change within me. I open my stats and see "[Ekrano Style] (creator)" with 1 point.
A door opens in my mind and a flood of information comes. Moves, stances, combos, strategies, I can feel them all at the tip of my fingers. At the edge of my knowledge I see a dark path, the way forward to improvement, where I have to go to become stronger, better, at my own style.
I feel like laughing, my body is electrified, this feels amazing. The joy of progress, the addictive nectar of power.
"Hana, spar with me," I say.
Her eyes drill a hole in my heart, her smirk brings shivers to my spine. Anger, fear, wonder, excitement. This is the first time I am truly feeling the brunt of Hana's [Intimidate] and high "Charisma", she's not someone I want to seriously fight to the death.
I charge forward before her, the early bird gets the worm.
She raises her shield over her face, only leaving her yellow lizard eyes to glare at me.
I glide forward.
She stabs with her spear, I deflect with my shield. The spear comes again to stab at my feet and I glide higher, folding my legs. The spear sweeps below my feet and I step on it.
Hana immediately drops the spear and grabs her wooden bastard sword she was holding on her shield hand.
She comes with a downwards slash and I parry with my sword. She pushes the sword forward and twists on its center of gravity so the point aims towards my neck.
I drop down on the ground and glide forward into her guard. Her sword's tip follows me and misses my neck.
I lower my shield on the ground and use both feet to kick her shield with a flash of [Rush]. She has to summon her wings to retain her posture.
She leans down and slashes at my exposed body. With a grunt and immense effort, I cast [Discharge] on her while maintaining [Telekinesis] so I can stand again. I transfer [Telekinesis] to my sword and slash downwards with all my strength. She buckles and kneels under the force of my attack.
Her sword comes for a stab on my chest and I glide to the side, out of her reach.
I immediately come again for another strike and she tries to jump back out of my reach. I cast an [Earth Bullet] on her knee, it bends and makes her jump awkward and short. She glares at me and growls.
She spreads her wings to take flight and I grit my teeth. With anger and regret I cast two [Wind Blades] in sequence towards her wings. One cuts through flesh and the other cuts through nothing as she retreats her wings towards her body and falls down like a stone.
She slashes downwards and I glide sideways, her attack was a feint and she points her sword towards my collarbone for a stab.
I remain in place and lift my shield to deflect the strike. I cast [Entangling Vines] on the ground. Her sword scrapes on my shield and the point snakes towards my face.
I glide backward and she nearly falls over trying to follow me as her foot is firmly caught on vines. She looks down and breathes in, I feel mana gathering on her lungs.
I cast [Torrent] on her mouth and she chokes. Then I cast [Rush] and enter her reach again.
She looks to me and I cast [Ghost Lights]. She grimaces and lowers her head behind her shield. She searches for my feet on the ground and I jump.
She stabs upwards, her sword searching for my body. With my shield arm I cast [Lightning Bolt] on her sword arm and it freezes.
I stab my sword on her neck just as I receive a shield on the nose.
My eyes regain focus and I see a concerned Alissa splashing one of Roxanne's HP potions on my face.
I immediately cast [Heal] on my nose and the throbbing pain goes away. I cast another on my brain and the concussion fades. Alissa casts [Clean] on my face and all the blood goes away.
I sit up and see Roxanne splashing a potion on Hana's wounded wing. Hana seems supremely amused, her body sways from side-to-side as she looks over her wounded wing with a grin.
"Feeling okay?" Alissa asks.
"Yeah, I healed my concussion, too," I say.
She sighs, "Drink a potion just to be sure."
I nod and obey.
Hana notices I'm awake and says, "That was awesome, Wolfy. I never fought someone like this, your movement is just ridiculous!" She grins and gushes like a little girl. "You did go easy on me, right? You could have used [Discharge] until I was on the ground."
"Relying too much on [Discharge] is going to kill me one day. Someone just needs to resist it once and slash at me when I'm vulnerable for everything to go to shit," I say.
"True."
"You also went easy on me, you didn't use a single spell, not even your [Double Image]."
"I tried to breathe fire and you shut me down immediately," she shrugs, "You know all my tools, I couldn't find an opening to use them properly. Still, it was awesome, let's do this again!" She retreats her wings into her body as Roxanne finishes her treatment.
"I'm glad you enjoyed but no, we are not doing this again," I say and drop down on the grass, exhausted. "Too much danger for both of us."
"Awn -." She stands up and comes to me.
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