Nicole was in a good mood today.
She even dressed herself a bit specially. Her usual black long skirt and white shirt was replaced with a gray shirt and light black long skirt. Her demeanor throughout the Gunslinger class lessons surprised the second year students as today felt very surreal to them. Her cold voice and slightly disdainful stares from yesterday seemed like an illusion.
This even surprised other teachers of that class as she was a whole different person today from their point of view.
Nicole didn't care about what they thought as she swiftly carried out her tasks before taking off in a hurried pace towards the recreational clubs premises. She was surprised to find the handsome young man she had an appointment with already waiting on the agreed spot.
She even arrived fifteen minutes earlier.
She looked at his attire of black jacket, jeans and boots along with his hairstyle of two-sided braids by his head sides as rest of his hair flowed casually at the back. Coupled with his extremely handsome face and perfect musculature he was truly the most handsome man she ever laid her eyes upon.
"Would you look at that? This young Paladin is already waiting for me."
"Good afternoon, teacher Nicole. You are looking very beautiful today."
She almost blushed a little at his effortless compliment but thanks to her long life experiences she was good at controlling her expressions. Regardless she felt a bit satisfied that her effort to dress up for a certain someone didn't go unnoticed.
"Thanks for the compliment. Let's go now. We will talk further in the clubhouse."
She led him to the direction of the Beast Racing club's personal clubhouse. They were literally beast habitats. Except for a few buildings in the front the rest of it are either green pastures, ponds, hilly terrains and other possible environments mixed in a very picturesque manner.
"Wow, this place is truly breathtaking. The amount of aura beast that's visible from here already surpasses a hundred."
"Isn't this impressive? I will introduce you to the club leader and other club members. They're all present today. Just to meet you, a top ten on student ranking."
"I am flattered. However I am afraid there isn't much to expect of me since we won't have any interesting topics to discuss. Teacher needs to help me a bit here."
"You're humbling yourself. Just by being inside there you will see them being frantic to know more about you."
To Nicole's assured tone he gave a bit of a bashful smile as they entered the clubhouse main building.
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Blue waited under the millennia old tree as he checked the [Host Stats] menu.
Ding!
[Host Stats]
[Name: Blue (Azure Limbo)]
[Existence Level: 0.48/100]
[Physical Race: Awakened Human]
[Body Age: 18]
[Spiritual Race: Abyss Spawn]
[Soul Age: 3,150,438]
[Bloodline: Lust Incubating Abyss Spawn]
[Physique: Obsequious Charm Physique]
[Aether Vein Attribute: Space]
[Class: Blight Paladin]
[Class Level: 1]
[Class Skill: 3
Wailing Sanctum, Blight Sense, Drain Touch]
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[Ability: 30
Innate Ability - Premonition
Bloodline Ability - Memory Palace, Cognitive Distortion, Memory Shifting, Perception Dissonance, Anomaly Creation, Rules of Anomaly, Body Corruption, Mind Corruption, Soul Corruption, Lustful Murmur, Lust Desire Amplification, Rules of Lust, Lust Siphon, Lust Transfer, Soul Projection, Material Transmutation, Illusory Forge, Phantom Incarnation, Physiological Amplification, Aether Control, Aether Moulding
Physique Ability - Sculpted Form, Center of Attention, Persuasion, Melodious Voice, Scent Pheromone, Opposite Sex Allurement, Sweet Liquid, Reproductive Specification]
His previous 0.46 existence level had increased to 0.48, an increase of 2 total.
This was obviously from the Pure Yin essence of Karla he was able to collect from after taking her anal virginity and the goal of increasing her favorability point by one actually exceeded as it was now 85, an increase of 3 total. When he appraised her at that time a side mission being able to generate was his hypothesis but now that it had proven to be true he couldn't help but feel a bit regretful.
He didn't appraise her before when she gave him a blowjob back at Carnova.
If there's a side mission for taking the anal virginity then he greatly suspected that there's also a side mission for taking the oral virginity. He thus missed a chance to get another Pure Yin essence which would have been an easy increase to his existence level at this early stage. In his defense for such a blunder, he was busy scheming to complete the first main mission so it escaped his thought process then.
Speaking of which, that mission reward changed his understanding a little.
He knew in his past life that Pure Yin essence was produced when a maiden's virginity had been taken. He naturally concluded it as only vaginal virginity. It turned out that there were also anal and oral virginity which produced this aether attribute.
Truly enlightening but unfortunately Karla had been squeezed dry.
The only thing he was expecting from her now was to see what was at 90 favorability points the system dubbed as. Her innate ability was also worth investing in as it might show more functions with increased proficiency since her innate ability was an active type.
Because Blue's one a passive type the proficiency increase was horribly slow.
Active type abilities or skills were those that required the individual's will to use while passive were those that activated on its own under certain conditions. His Premonition innate ability was such a case and almost all of his physique abilities were all under it.
Anyways, last night's events were very entertaining.
When Karla revealed herself being his lover Clara almost passed out from shock. It seemed that she never even imagined such a development to ever happen. She received another dose of shock when Laura willingly agreed to their relationship and praised him as a sensible man who cared for Karla deeply.
Clara thus could only accept the facts and give best wishes for their relationship.
What piqued his interest about her was the information she revealed next. She also had an innate ability which she called Prediction skill. After hearing all the details she found about it for three years he concluded that it was a fate elemental ability. Its usability was very versatile and would prove crucial for many of his plans if he used it smartly.
Unfortunately its information had been leaked to the Core Area.
Clara might have thought she hid it well from others but even if the academy didn't know the mastermind at Core Area was well aware of it so he had to drastically change his plans for her. Since it was already exposed then he will make use of this fact to further his goals instead.
That being said her favorability towards him was only at the goodwill stage.
It will take a lot of grinding to make her be useful to him and not to mention she was also stronger than him but not to the point that she exceeded the 1.11 limit which for him was now 1.59 level. He had to check on the expected target again to see if he could finally appraise her or not.
He was obviously talking about Nicole.
She was also a very important piece for his plans in the academy. He wanted to make as much common connection between them as possible since that would let him spend more time with her which will help in getting her to work for him more easily.
Joining the Beast Racing club being one of them.
He didn't have to wait for long as after five minutes since he arrived she appeared at the distance while hurrying over to him. He greeted her, complimented her and talked with her on the way. He also made sure to reveal his occasional admiring glances at her that wouldn't come out as indecent or lustful but as an appreciation for beauty.
"The allure of an elemental affinity student ready to be under her wings has made her run to me, huh?"
He pondered as he walked a step behind her to give her the feeling that she was leading the whole way which would put her mind at ease for his hidden intentions to seep better in her mind. He had figured that as a teacher in the academy the benefits of being able to become a preferred personal teacher of an elemental affinity student was huge to move her heart.
Blue already figured out her true personality from interactions at the entrance test.
She was someone cold and indifferent towards others who didn't match her standards but amiable and open towards those she deemed worthy. He had already firmly placed himself as someone in the latter category in her heart during the entrance test.
Now he had to use this point to advance further till she danced on his palm.
He had thought about appraising her when he saw her coming but his Premonition ability warned him not to, thus he concluded that she was still beyond the limit at his current state. When he reached the clubhouse he made sure to praise the place to butter her up indirectly as it was still the club she looked after. He followed her inside the main building which was meant for members gathering and discussion purposes.
When he finally saw the members he truly couldn't help but smile a little awkwardly.