Wistoria waited till they were done with their meal and stepped out of the restaurant; only once they stepped out of the small building, she asked Damien, "Why did you ask that man to go and get himself checked by a healer? Are you not confident in yourself?"
"If I wasn't confident, do you think I would have saved him just now?" Damien was amused when he heard the words of the woman walking beside him. He then said to her, "There are some things that the man wouldn't believe unless a healer says to him; that's why I asked him to go and visit a temple."
"Such as?"
"Such as," Damien lowered his voice and replied, "Syphilis, or Philoid."
As soon as Damien finished speaking, Wistoria couldn't help but step away from him. She looked at the man as if he had gone crazy.
"And you touched him? You knew that he was suffering from philoid, and you touched him..you even—" She closed her eyes when she thought about how Damien had used his mouth to blow in the mouth of that man.
Was he trying to kill himself?
"There is no need to look at me like that," Damien laughed lightly. "Syphilis is not a communicable disease."
"But–"
"I know what you are going to say. You want to tell me that beastmen who often come in contact with beastmen suffering from philoid end up catching it, right?" He knew what was going on in her head without even giving it a second thought.
Wistoria nodded, and Damien motioned for her to get closer.
When the woman leaned in close, he placed his mouth as close as possible to her ear and whispered, "That's because those idiots slept with one another. Only after getting involved in sexual activities can this disease be transmitted."
"I believe those beastmen who spread the word that syphilis was a communicable disease were worried that others would know that they had gotten way too chummy with the carrier of the bacteria that they spread this matter. Thus, they made a rumour and told everyone that it was a communicable disease."
"You mean to say that simply touching a person infected with this disease will not harm anyone?" Wistoria asked with a furrow.
While he was wondering what to do with the dragon scale, Damien fell asleep. The dragon scale in his hand glowed with a brilliant golden glow in the dark room.
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"What the—" Damien awoke to a great surprise the next day. He looked at the dragon scale that was one fourth empty and felt the surge of mana within his body.
[Skill unlocked: Lucky Wheel.]
Not only did he unlock a new skill, but Damien also realised that he had actually found the link that he couldn't find while fending off the beastmen yesterday. It was rather weak, but Damien still recognised it.
He looked at Claw, who was pruning his wings, and clenched his fingers before the words flashed in his mind.
[Misty Wall.]
The absorption of the mana had allowed Damien to fuse his skills and powers together with Claw. Though it was a bit weak and only a D-grade skill, Damien knew that it was better than nothing.
At least this was a start.
"Now this is great. It looks like this dragon scale seems to have an affinity with my mana. I didn't even have to do anything, but it was still absorbed," Damien clenched and unclenched his fingers before turning to look at Claw. "Do you feel any different?"
[I feel the same, just a bit more powerful.]
As the eagle spoke, it raised his head and looked at Damien with a haughty look.
Damien did not know whether it was his eyes that were playing tricks on him or if that was really the case, but Claw seemed to be bigger and mightier.
"You look powerful as well," Damien stated with a chuckle. He then slid down the bed and said to his contracted beast, "Lets go and try this new skill."