Chapter 178 - Seven Days Later In The Ghost Town

On the other hand, where Emery was, it had been seven days since they'd been busy fixing up the ruined house.

Honestly, he felt like he was in those artificial martial arts movies from western cinemas, as his cousin (grandpa-cousin, who knows) Johnathan taught him how to use magic with much more subtlety, from small wind blades to mowing grass to refining wood using complex spells to transform into magical wooden planks that were fire-resistant and that could generate a soft barrier in case of attacks.

Fortunately, Emery had a photographic memory and was an excellent apprentice, pairing that with the patient Second Imperial Prince, Emery's practice of magic grew very fast.

Of course, the house still wasn't presentable, but there were no more holes, and they would be sheltered from the cold, but they still didn't have furniture, so they used the blankets and blankets they had so much in Mattias and Naill's space item.

The nights were freezing in Autumn, apart from the slightly misty forest whose white mists covered the earth and the thick trunks every night, which made the city even colder than usual.

Fortunately, Johnathan fixed the fireplace in the living room first, so they didn't have to be completely out in the cold. They still had the food that was in the space items, so they ate well, so they had the excitement and strength to fix the house all these days.

Sincerely, Emery wanted to let it go and go investigate the city, but Johnathan mocked him for being so weak and challenged him to a battle... Well, it's obvious that with magic alone, Emery lost shamefully to his cousin.

He couldn't use the power of death or demonic power on his relative, right?

To be honest, he didn't know how to use his supernatural energies to battle, at least he wasn't sure if he wouldn't end up killing someone or even killing himself for using too much power.

So, he dutifully went to tidy the house without complaint and did all the exercises that Johnathan told him to do while he cleaned the garden.

Everyone was impressed with the skill of the second imperial prince... Well, he was a prince, so nobody expected him to be a good carpenter, gardener, and even know the basics to survive in the common environment.

Combine this with Emery's modern ideas and drawings he remembered from books he read about renovations, at the time he was searching for a house to live in, the ragged house renovation was going very well, they had already fixed the first-floor room and a large room they use to sleep together, they found a well in the backyard of the house that was ancient and dry, but thanks to Bryan's power of nature and the strange items that Naill carried in the space item.

Things like Stones of Rebirth, which despite the name couldn't bring a human to life, could renew water, trees, and places considered malnourished, so Bryan using the power of nature and these items managed to build a temporary water source inside from the well.

Why does Naill take it with him? Well, he was tricked by the seller into believing he revived humans.

Johnathan's magic helped to strengthen the good stones and with a new spell that Emery didn't know until then to renew the ropes, bucket, and wood of the well.

"If you have that power, why don't you fix the whole house at once?" Naill asked curiously. Emery also thought the same thing, so he thought about the amount of MANA his cousin spent to renovate these little things and looked at the big three-story house.

"This is a small, specific area spell, besides, I took advantage of the power of the elf's nature to amplify this spell... If we use the powers in the house... Well, I'll be dead before I finish the first one walk" Johnathan said, patting Naill's shoulder lightly as if comforting an idiot.

"Also, it's a great opportunity to train my weak cousin," Johnathan said with a playful tone, but looking at his burnt face, the discordant tone seemed a little scary.

"I want to train too!" Mattias said a little excited but being looked at by the others, he felt a little shy afterward.

"At least someone is excited about the training," Johnathan said with a little better humor.

"We're going to train, why even?" Naill asked, not understanding the reason for training, after all, they needed to look for clues to get out of this ghost town, or they would be stuck for who knows how long.

"Well, let's just say that the enemies we will face aren't just anything," Johnathan said, not talking more about the subject they were so curious about.

How long has Johnathan been in the ghost town?

Emery looked intently at Johnathan who had turned his back on him to go back inside the house, he looked at his hands and closed them into fists, he also had to get stronger.

At least so he doesn't kill himself with his powers, right?

On the other hand, Bryan was feeling better psychologically, he didn't have much choice as the situation was quite complicated, and they had to be together all the time.

At least he had Mattias keeping him company in this group of strangers.

Now he was less afraid of humans and wasn't so scared of contact between them, of course, he still tensed up every time Emery took off his clothes when he was sweaty and left only in his pants.

Even after seven days of living together, he didn't get used to that kind of daring and didn't dare look much.

Only Emery had such audacity to do so without regard for decorum, it was not uncommon for young women to pass by to take a closer look at such daring.

The female giggles were constant and the street that was barely frequented before seemed suddenly crowded, at night the women of the "easy life" passed by the house only to see Emery concentrating on absorbing the MANA from abroad to fill the void that was left to carry out the exercises requested by cousin.

A pretty face was always good to heal weary hearts, they smiled and said lewd things, but Emery looked with the same serious expression which made the women laugh louder, only to be mocked by his cousin as he walked back inside the house.

Emery could wear a shirt on a cold night, right?

However, regaining MANA generated an intense internal heat that he preferred the night cold to calm his body heat for him to enter the house.

Only that didn't make the cousin mock him more and the novices look at him strangely.

He was now called "Stallion" by his cousin, but looking with a serious face at everything was inevitable that the others would laugh at it every time Johnathan seemed to detail the reaction of men and women who showed interest in Emery.

"It's not like they really think so" Emery protested one night after dinner, they were sitting together each with a thick blanket, there were pillows but no pillows, luckily they had already sealed the room by fixing the leaks, so the room was not so cold, and the fireplace was gently crackling in front of them.

"Of course, they must think worse, after all, handsome and flexible," Johnathan said mockingly when commenting on some comments that were whispered among young people.

"You're being too pushy," Emery said with some indifference putting his hand closer to the fireplace, he himself didn't know he was a person who was so sensitive to the cold.

"I'm just being realistic, you have to be careful when you go out. For very little people don't become dangerous to harm others" Johnathan seriously, he looked at Emery's red hair, remembering his best friend and cousin Ethan, his heart shuddered just thinking about what had happened to his friend during the Lunar Battle at the commemoration festivity inside the camp when there was finally the ceasefire and the contract between the two countries suspending the war.

"It's true, this world is very cruel... But I'm not the only one that catches everyone's attention, I was surprised by Mattias' arms" Emery said with some consideration, he well understood that in a dark romance like this the most harmless people could be the worst predators, so care could still be little.

Of course, he diverted attention from himself because no one likes to be the butt of pranks like that.

The biggest surprise for most of them was that Mattias's body was very well strengthened, and his arms were strong and well-shaped.

"Knight's Arms" Johnathan commented with good humor, at least there was someone who was more physically prepared, he then looked at Bryan an elf priest, Emery is also a priest and Naill is also a priest.

He now only had Mattias to rely on for physical support besides himself.

Mattias felt his face heat up, so he glanced briefly at Bryan who was absently looking at Emery, he felt a trace of bitterness in his mouth and turned his eyes to the fireplace, he couldn't be drawn into the later conversation about knights and what others were like useless without basic physical training among other matters that echoed in the room as a background for him.

"Tsk, should I change professions and be a knight?" Nail muttered a little jealously.

"A weak human like you is better off just wielding the power of light," Anael whispered to him, causing a strange, partly unspeakable shiver from him.

Poor Naill as a young man at the height of his hormones, any breeze would make his member pitch a tent, imagine if there was someone whispering in his ear?

Of course, the tent was put up, and he embarrassed announced that he was going to relieve himself in the backyard, everyone just told him to be careful.

"Anael, go with him and protect him," Emery asked the light spirit in a mental link, already pre-established by Azarphy.

Anael didn't want to go, but looking at Emery's serious face he didn't have much choice but to go, or he'd be slammed into the wall again.

"It's even better to ask the spirit of light to go with Naill" Johnathan spoke lightly, the others looked confused at Emery who turned a little paler.

"You already knew?"

"Yes, it's hard to hide that kind of power from a Master Mage. I just didn't imagine that a human could rule this kind of light spirit that has such strong power" Johnathan said, not seeming to care, but he was truly surprised.

His cousin sure as hell had countless surprises with him.