Chapter 23: A kiss on the cheek

As I passed out I could hear a female voice shout with panic.

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I closed my eyes and surrendered to the cold hands of darkness.

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When I woke up, I opened my eyes to see Emily peering over me with concern written all over her face.

I groaned and sat up slowly. "W..what happened?" I mumbled.

Emily's features relaxed and she sighed. "You pushed yourself too hard, and slammed yourself into the fence".

I looked at the hole in the fence behind me, did I really do that? "Oh, I'm sorry". I said.

Emily shook her head. "What I want to know is how you did it? You were sitting down, you shouldn't have produced a force enough to throw yourself back. You're not even supposed to be able to do it".

I blinked my eyes and tried to remember what happened. "I felt the ring like you said, I guided it down my arm but this time it felt cold and when I pushed it into the knife, it exploded".

Emily was looking at me like she had just seen a ghost or an alien. "That's not possible". She said, her voice sounded shaken.

"What's not possible?" I asked, the disbelief and slight fear in her voice raised some degree of panic in me.

"Mana… it's not supposed to feel cold, at least not at this level". She explained. "Are you sure it felt cold?"

"I'm positive". I said, remembering the sensation of the mana as it trickled down my arm.

Emily studied me carefully, neither of us said anything for a while.

"What does it mean?" I asked.

"I honestly don't know". She replied. "I'll have to ask my teachers tomorrow. In any case, we're done with training for today, come in let's eat".

She gave me a hand and I took it, she helped me stand up and I walked unsteadily back inside the house.

When we were done eating, it was late already and darkness was a few footsteps away. Emily wasn't allowed to bring friends home so she wanted me to leave before her parents returned.

She escorted me to the gate while explaining the different air techniques of combat she knew.

At the gate we stopped walking, that was where she'd stop, the rest of the journey was for me alone.

"Levi". She said pleadingly as I turned to leave. "I know you won't listen to me but please don't practice magic anymore till tomorrow when I come back from school. I'll have answers for you by then".

"I won't". I promised when I saw how earnest she was.

"Good". She said and hugged me. Her huge melons pressed against my chest and I fought the moan that threatened to escape my throat.

She pulled away from me and I thought that was the end of it but she leaned in to give me a quick peck on the cheek.

I looked at her with a wary expression, this was the second time she would be kissing my cheek and I was really confused by the action. I didn't know what message she was sending, was it just a friendly gesture or something more?

Emily blushed when she saw me staring at her. "Next time it won't be just your cheeks". She said and her eyes flickered to my lips.

I leaned away from her, taken aback by her brazenness, Emily smiled, she turned away and walked back to the house.

Yeah that's definitely not a friendly gesture. I thought and started the walk back home.

Emily was interested in being more than friends with me it seemed. I turned the thought over in my mind, she was friends with Ava and there was bound to be some tension between them when they both realized they liked me.

That aside, what would I do? Would I choose between the two of them or go for the two of them at the same time? After all the lust system was in support with me performing as many sexual acts as possible, wouldn't it be quite supportive of me habouring partners?

The more I thought about it, the more the idea of being with the two of them appealed to me. I was a greedy man by nature and when greedy men are presented gold in one hand and silver in another, they do not discard one and choose the other, that would cause them excessive pain and a sleepless night. Greedy men immediately think of a way they can get both, even if the odds are stacked against them.

So why would I choose just one when the system had rigged the odds to be in my favor?

I kicked a stone and it flew off the ground, landing a few feet in front of me, it skidded four times before stopping. I would have to be careful though, to keep the two of them in the dark, the arrangement would work best if they didn't know I was involved with the two of them at the same time.

So how would I do that?

A bright idea suddenly came to my mind and I almost skipped for joy at how brilliant it was. I would simply tell Ava I liked her and only her but I needed her to keep our interactions secret as I was a private person and I felt uncomfortable with public displays of affection.

Then I would tell Emily the same.

Yes, that should work, you're such a smart lucky bastard Bo. I thought and smiled, the smile turned to a frown. Levi, not Bo, I'm Levi now.

I continued the rest of the walk with a degree of confidence and arrogance, I was going to have my own harem and it would be started by these two women.

When I reached the farmhouse, I was in good spirits, however as I drew close, I saw a female figure hunched over sadly on the bench.

When I got closer I saw it was Ava, she looked up when she heard me approach and I blanched at the sight of her teary eyes.

"What happened?" I asked.