Chapter 184 Small Developments

Meanwhile, at the Baier family estate...

At this very moment, the patriarch of this noble house was in his son's room, observing how pathetic Alric had become after losing his manhood.

Alric had already recovered from his worst injuries, even to the point of being able to walk on his own after weeks of expensive medical treatment. However, after discovering what had happened to his little friend, Alric became depressed, not wanting to return to the academy or cultivate.

He was pitifully broken!

Seeing this in his son, who until recently was full of energy, David Baier, level 15, clenched his fists, feeling humiliated by the stranger who had caused this to his family.

'Damn it!'

'The damn Mouse Company are not behind these matters, but they throw the blame on a mere mortal... How could that brat have done something without leaving any trace behind?'

The Baier family patriarch had seriously investigated the matter, having watched for possible people in the shadows acting for Lothur. But there was no sign, not even a trace, where his son was brutalized.

It was as if a ghost had acted against Alric!

And with no evidence, no reasonable suspicions for him to suspect that Lothur was to blame for everything, this man had not focused on this young man.

There were other possibilities, and he wanted to investigate them before he did anything against anyone in the Frost family.

His family did not have good relations with House Frost and even acted against that organization behind the curtains. But he did not want an open problem with that power because of unfounded suspicion.

This man already knew that the Mouse Company seemed to be trying to harm Lothur, so he had not followed the hints of that local underworld organization.

For all that, he had not acted!

But by reaching a point where there did not seem to be a culprit behind what happened to his son, this man was finally reaching his limit.

'Tsk!'

'Maybe I'd better take that brat Merten's advice. That Lothur will be forced to attend the Province Conference, so I'll use this opportunity...' He looked at his poor son, lying on a bed, staring at the ceiling like an idiot.

'Even if he is not guilty, many powers will already act against House Frost during this competition. So, I will get rid of this problem...'

...

While that man was thinking about what to do with Lothur, this silver-haired young man was training Elke, fighting with this woman in the training room of her residence.

In that place similar to the cultivation rooms of the Cultivation House, Elke was drenched with sweat, hurriedly breathing as she fought against Lothur.

"Come on, Elke, just one more time, and we'll stop!" He said, without even a drop of sweat on his body.

Hearing that, Elke attacked with her sword towards Lothur's right shoulder, trying to scratch him at least.

However, Lothur was relatively quick in his reactions, and with every move Elke made, he just moved his body and dodged her weapon. At the same time, he attacked her in different ways every now and then, sometimes with kicks to the legs, sometimes with punches against certain sensitive parts of her body.

The goal was not for him to hurt her but to encourage his girl's reaction and defenses to make her better prepared for combat.

And while doing this to her, Lothur was constantly working on his defensive techniques, taking the opportunity to train himself.

[+0.1 in all physical attributes.]

[+0.1 in AGI.]

[+0.1 in WIL.]

[+0.2 in CON.]

When they finally finished, Lothur felt the system prompts and looked at his status while Elke drank water.

[Name: Lothur Ritter]

[Physique: what doesn't kill you makes you stronger]

[Bloodline: Life Devourer]

[Cultivation: level 6]

[STR: 14.6] [CON: 21.8] [DEX: 14.5] [AGI: 16.6]

[INT: 68.8] [PER: 68.8] [WIL: 66.9]

[EVF: 41.2]

After increasing the mastery of three of his four techniques, Lothur noticed that he now needed less time than before to get warnings of progress.

But such advancements were not as significant as the previous ones during his training with the soul fragment in Lewerenz.

In any case, he was pleased to see his progress advancing again, which, even with training with Elke, was generating results for him.

'If all goes well, by the weekend when I go out on a mission with Annaliese, I'll be able to train with her and get even more fantastic results!' He removed his clothes and quickly went to Elke's bathroom.

Upon reaching the shower, Lothur and Elke were quick to start having fun as they cleaned each other's bodies, laughing as they talked about silly things.

However, while they were doing that, Hilda's voice came from outside that place. "Elke, do you want to train with your old mother? Let me take a look at your progress..."

Hearing her mother's voice coming from outside her bathroom, Elke froze while Lothur was behind her, doing something forbidden for young people.

Gulp!

Her flushed face quickly lost color as she felt Lothur stop his wild movements. "What shall we do?" He asked, also surprised by Hilda's 'invasion.'

Elke then cried out. "Mother, can you leave this until tomorrow? I am tired, and after I finish my bath, I will go to bed."

Hearing this, Hilda stopped before putting one of her hands on the doorknob of that bathroom door. "Are you tired? You want to talk..."

"Mother, give me some privacy!" She said a little louder as she felt a movement on Lothur's part and looked at him in surprise. "What are you doing?" She whispered to him. "What if I had made a noise?"

Lothur continued to move his waist and smiled. "I suddenly felt more energetic... If you don't want her to hear us, make her leave. It will be hard for me to stop in my situation."

"Lothur..." She blushed, feeling that this was indeed the case.

"Mother, let's make an appointment to train tomorrow. Now I want to have some peace and rest!" Again, she shouted, this time using all her willpower to give no sign of what was happening in that bathroom.

Hearing this, Hilda frowned, finding Elke's behavior unusual. 'Could it be that she is having love problems? Maybe she needs to talk to someone other than her mother?'

"Sigh!"

"Fine, but let's talk later!"

After Hilda left, it was not long, and a continued moan spread throughout Elke's residence.

...

The following day, as he finished his things with Elke, Lothur looked at her status, noting his girl's rapid progress.

[Name: Elke Becker]

[Cultivation: level 3]

[STR: 2.7] [CON: 9.5] [DEX: 4.1] [AGI: 4.4]

"Elke, you are progressing well." He commented to her as he looked at her face while running one of his fingers across her lips. "I think at your current progress rate; we'll be able to reach our goal by Friday night."

"Then prepare to absorb the Soul Bone I have kept for you."

"Hmmm." She smiled at him, more than pleased with all of this.

"Lothur, I want you to expedite your business with my parents. I don't want to wait long before discussing our relationship with my parents."

"What?" He was surprised by this.

She then said. "I don't see myself returning to the way I was before. I don't want to have to keep hiding and still not even be able to welcome you into my home with peace of mind."

"Then let's assume our relationship to them so we can be together whenever we want to..."