Chapter 485

Chapter 485

“Ben, help me out,” Pelenia asked with a pout. “Use that clever brain of yours to figure out how to help me awaken a skill too.”

Luck hadn’t been on the queen’s side when she got her blessing, it hadn’t given her the one level she needed to her charm to be able to awaken it and the moment they all stopped focusing on Thera she turned to him as they made their way back.

“Mom, you can’t just expect him to be able to come up with some crazy way to strengthen yourself on the spot,” Her daughter told her, in far too great of a mood to be brought down by her parent’s childish attitude.

“Why not? I know he awakened a bunch of people with a physical magic, I’m sure he can help little old me if he just gives it some thought.”

“You’re not going to age that much more than Aunty Sonya.”

“I will eventually! I don’t want to stand for it. Give it three or four decades and she’ll be unbearably smug.”

It looked like Thera was going to say more, but he stepped in before she could. “I mean, it’s not like I have no idea.”

“What?”

He got shocked reactions all around. Even Pelenia hadn’t really been expecting an answer, but hearing there could be one filled her eyes with greed, at least until he went on.

“Of course, the gods are definitely going to act if I tell you how and it would close the door for any future children you might have from using this little cheat but it’s up to you. If you want I’ll get things set up.”

“...Now hypothetically, if I do have another child and we do this at the same time, would that work?”

“It would, it would just take some prep.”

“Hmm, in that case, I can wait a decade. Which means I really do need Abrus finishing up with that old ape soon.”

Thera must be in a great mood if she’s not going to comment on that.

“Pff, obviously I trust you,” She told him, moving in closer and feeling no issue making her affections clear as they went through the streets. “What do you think I should take?”

“Master adventurer.”

He was expecting to have to explain why, but before he could she’d already grabbed the crystal around her neck again and took it immediately.

“Well, that worked out well,” She told him brightly. “I just got a level to my empathy and barrier magic.”

“You didn’t want to know why?”

“Ha, do I even have to ask? It’s a great job and it’s obviously because you have some idea for getting through it, right?”

“I mean, yeah, it will just take a month to get the ball rolling on that.”

“Then that’s fine, a month is nothing.”

While it would be a harder job for her to level since she didn’t have the same intense compatibility with it that she did for mage jobs, she would be able to get a bit of growth out of it in the meantime and its bonuses were good enough that there was no reason to decline given that it gave major ones to all attributes and skills, but that was really the last thing on her mind. The moment they were home and through the door, she had him in her arms and in a passionate kiss.

“Thera?”

He didn’t get to let another word out as she placed a silencing finger over his lips, looking cheery and playful as she did.

“Ben, we should be alone for at least a little while and you just helped me get past the biggest problem in my entire life so no talking and just let me show you how much I appreciate it.

Well, I’m not exactly going to say no to that.

With Sonya still at the clinic to give them a bit of privacy, it was the perfect time to enjoy what they had.The initial posting of this chapter occurred via Ñøv€l-B!n.