Arthur Leywin POV
Next morning I woke with Sylvie and Alea in my arms. I looked at my girlfriend's resting face and couldn't help but admire it. Even asleep I was positive that she is an unparalleled beauty
Her smooth fair skin and glossy lips didn't lose any of their beauty even though she was sleeping. Even if her hair was disheveled it still looked beautiful
While I was looking at Aleas sleeping face I felt someone move from between us. Looking down I saw Sylvie sleeping in a black shirt and shorts made from her scales. She looked quite comfortable with the drool coming out of her mouth
I wanted to let them sleep for some more but when I looked at the clock in the room I saw that it was already noon
" We overslept!" I shouted as I basically jumped up
Rubbing her tired eyes Alea woke up and looked at me still half awake and confused
" What's wrong Arty?"
I looked at her and pointed toward the clock
" It's already noon!" I shouted in order to wake her up
Still sleepy she looked toward the clock and her eyes went wide. She jumped out of bed and started undressing. I knew that I wasn't supposed to be watching that since she had most likely forgotten that I am there, but I couldn't avert my eyes. I was watching her so intently that it felt as if I was burning a hole in her back with my gaze alone
" Do-don't stare too much" she turned her head toward me and said shyly, I noticed that even her ears were red
" Sorry" I said and looked away in embarrassment
We stood there silent before Sylvie decided to make it known that she was awake from the beginning
" Papa and mama are flirting" she said matter of factly
" We are not!" Alea and I turned toward her and shouted together in embarrassment
After we were done changing, we went to the kitchen where Alea started preparing breakfast while I started to clean up the rest of the mess left after the Eraliths left last night
" What will we be doing today?" Alea asked
" We will go to the training grounds to get some work done and help you absorb the mana from the beastcore, and later we could go for a walk in the city" I said as I was cleaning the table
" Sounds good to me, what about you Sylvie?" She said and looked toward Sylvie who was busy eating the food she stole when Alea " wasn't looking"
She looked at us and said with her mouth still full
" Iuv agvee"
" You should swallow first" I said deadpan
" *gulp* I agree" she answered with slightly red cheeks
" Good. Then once we are done with eating we will head to the training grounds" I said and we went back to what we were doing
*A couple of days later *
I was now on the training ground helping Alea to master the mana rotation. After she broke into the white core and we notified the Royal family we went back and had a little celebration in her honor
She was the first mage in the history of the continent that broke into a white core without the help of the artifact, and that was of course more than enough of a reason to celebrate
She didn't want to make it anything too big since she didn't like the attention that much, and we definitely wanted to avoid that Pier bastard
Maybe part of her reason for avoiding that was because she knew what I might do to him if I see him, and to be honest, she was right to be afraid. Because once I see that piece of shit I will be very tempted to perform Pierstation, which is if you didn't know, a very hard and painful surgery where you cruelly remove a piece of shit from the face of the Earth
Party went by pretty uneventfully and the very next day Alea once again became a Lance. Unlike Aya and herself in the past she isn't bounded to the Eralith family so she can disobey them, but thanks to her relationship with them and her fellow Lance, they are not worried about this
" Forget what you learned about mana so far and focus on the sensation you felt back when we first started this training" I told her as I watched her struggle to absorb mana while levitating
Her brows furrowed in frustration from how hard this is. From a young age, we lessers are thought wrongly about how to utilize mana and what it is. As Sylvia said our understanding is extremely limited, and that very same limited knowledge is now holding her back
Activating the Realmheart I placed my hand on her back and started moving the mana in her body with my aether
" Focus on this sensation and try to remember it. Don't fight it, but go with the flow and slowly start to move mana yourself" I said while slowly decreasing the amount of mana in her body I control
Slowly, she started to figure it out and by the time I completely stopped moving her mana, she was using the mana rotation all on her own
" Arty this is incredible! I feel like my stamina will increase dramatically thanks to this" she said and hugged me
" And now your concentration is gone" I said while hugging her back
"Ugh" she said as her shoulders ever so slightly slumped down
I held her more tightly before speaking up " It's fine Aly, you are getting better"
" Aly?" she looked at me confused
" New nickname I came up with, you like it?"
" It can pass" she said with a chuckle
I released her from a hug and stepped back a bit. Looking at her I saw that she is confused because of my actions but that didn't really matter, I am her teacher now and she is a student so I need to teach her how to fight properly
" Now let's try again!" I shouted enthusiastically
She looked really disappointed and with a grunt went back to the meditating position and restarted usage of the mana rotation technique
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*CLINK*
A couple of more days went by and now Alea reached a point where she can fight while using mana rotation. Right now we were sparing to help her get used to fighting while using it and so far she has been doing great
As I was thinking this many sharp wines shot up from the ground and headed straight into me. My first idea about evading this technique was to use absolute zero, but then I remembered my elemental training in the castle. As elders and Kathlyn pointed out back then, my vision of defense was limited to creating walls and barriers or eventually using absolute zero
Back then they have basically beaten in my head the other ways to use my elemental magic as defense, and now I decided to try some of their methods
I created a tornado around me that tore apart all of the wines and activated the mirage walk. When the tornado disappeared Alea looked shocked that I wasn't there anymore. While she was looking around trying to find me my arms shot out from the ground and I buried her just enough that her head is the only thing visible. After that, I got out in the daylight and placed Dawn beside her head
" Guess that this is my win" I said with a sly smile
" Again..." she said a little grumpy
I laughed a bit and pulled her out of the ground then casted a little wind spell to help her get some dirt off of her
She looked very displeased because I dirtied her clothes like this. Even though she was wearing her training clothes the fact that she grew up in a very poor family made her very sensitive to the value of money
She pouted and tackled me to the ground " Take this!" she shouted as she pushed me down
We hit the ground with a loud thud. Once down there we noticed that our faces were only centimeters away, and without any thoughts about our surroundings, we started kissing passionately
We started with some light kisses but then they turned into adult ones once her tongue entered my mouth. My hands went down to her ass and grabbed it with just enough force to make her let out a soft moan
We kept making out and feeling each other's bodies when suddenly we heard a voice beside us
" Having fun there?" I looked toward the source of the voice only to find gramps standing just half a meter from us grinning
Our eyes widened but once we saw that even Aya, Merial, and Alduin were there as well, our faces gained some weird shade of pale red
" My little Alea is all grown up now..." Aya said while brushing some fake tears off
" I know that you guys like each other and all, but... could you at least mind place and time?" Alduin asked while looking to the side in embarrassment
" Why is that honey? I think it would be lovely if they had a kid sometime soon" Merial said with a teasing smirk
Our faces grew crimson red at the mention of having kids. Sure, we have Sylvie, but this is different. In order to have kids now we would have to... Ah gosh I am getting both embarrassed and excited only thinking about it
" I-its too soon!" Alea yelled
" Not to mention that mom would have killed me!" I protested
We all laughed at this and sat on the chairs I conjured. We had the maid bring us zone tea and we discussed some things. They agreed to let Alea slack off a bit until she assimilates with her beast will, in return I promised that I will take on any mission that she might be unable to due to her assimilation. As her lover I already knew about the Lances so they weren't reserved about discussing her position in front of me
We were having a pleasant chat and somewhere along the way Alea and I came closer and started hugging each other in a side hug. I enjoyed every moment spent with her and was reluctant to let go even when we were teased, so I didn't let go
If they want to make me let go of her then they will have to fight me for it, as easy as it is. Oh, and they should know that I won't be holding back a bit! So unless they can beat me in a fight, then they should give up
...but if Alea herself asked me to let go, even though reluctant, I would have to let go
' Simp' Regis said
But our little time of peace came to an end when a sudden loud and surprisingly annoying voice shouted from somewhere behind us
" What's the meaning of this!" shouted a snobby-looking elf
Taking a closer look I noticed that he was somewhere around Aleas and Aya's age, at least by appearance but knowing that elves are aging slowly he might be even older than her. He had long pure blonde hair tied in a high ponytail and girl-like smooth white skin
Even though he had everything to be considered a handsome elf, his face that was twisted in anger and fury made him look almost as ugly as Adam
I don't mean that Adam is ugly or anything like that , he is actually on the handsome side, but this elf was in a whole other league, he was almost as good as me from the future
" Did you really reject me for this brat" he shouted and grabbed Alea by her wrist while releasing his bloodlust. From a slight flinch she made I could tell that he didn't really hold back while doing so
The world around me slowed down as adrenalin rushed to my head. I looked around and saw that the king and queen made surprised expressions while Gramps and Aya were already starting to make a move, I could feel the mana in their cores starting to move
' Now he's done it' Regis said and I could feel his excitement
' I am usually against violence but this man... go for it Papa !' Sylvie stated
'I-it's not like I will be happy to cut through his flesh'
I didn't say anything, I was paralyzed, not from fear, but from the sheer fury I felt at that moment
' Regis, remove limiters from my Aether core... now' I ordered emotionlessly
A moment later I felt a huge surge of power curse through my body. I grabbed his arm and said coldly
" Let go"