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Some last touches

"My genes must be really amazing, two demis in my lifetime even though I can barely reproduce..." Murmured the emotional warchief, who'd not changed much in appearance after she ranked up, as she held her grandaughter in a fierce hug that showed she'd be crying if she could. She just had a more impactfull presence right now really.

"So grandma really does have that kind of problem. Well I do have to ask, exactly how rare is this kind of change?" Aki murmured before asking.

"Normally only really powerful monsters get the chance, but some factors can greatly influence it, and though I did not expect for something like this so soon, if someone could do it, it'd be Xera. She has my taste in man after all, and it is really rare for a male of our species to be even remotely cute." She shrugged, releasing her hold on the shorter woman.

"You mean that your desires do indeed change the evolution you pass through when you evolve, right?" He asked as clarification.

"That is so." She confirmed, which made Aki throw himself at his wife and practically glue their faces together. Again.

"You know I can't practice this job thing with you glued to me like that, right?" Said the wife in question, no inflection to her tone. Her half closed eyes and the tail coiling his leg showed that she actually enjoyed the newly upgraded sensation of touch that having skin gave.

"Well, I spent most of my XP from the yesterday's attack on a job called 'Monster healer', which now isn't as effective as It was supposed to be, so I deserve at least this much." He claimed, fake frustration failing very hard at containing his mirth. "Besides, I will let you go when you start practicing." He pointed out, accentuating his answer with a kiss to the base of her neck.

Which actually made the women on the job changing room have greatly mixed feelings. This was the same scary guy from the last two days, right? How come he is so docile? Why am I jealous?

"Well, it'll be a bother to come back and forth when you finish the Apprentice jobs, but I'll be sure to spar with you till you pass through all the basic jobs." Said the only other well married woman in the room, putting her clawed hand on her granddaughter's leather shoulder plate.

She was wearing basically the same thing as when she was a lizardmen, which was fine since she had all the same sizes and her tail was still there. That also ment, however, that her chest was mostly only covered by armor, her midriff was bare, she had no pants or shoes.

One of the former captives' jobs at the moment was to find clothes that would fit her and change them till they fit the now more sensitive B cup and fine feet. At least three of the women were seamstresses after all.

While she could still coat her body with scales, it required concius thought and some effort, so while she was not currently bothered by her lack of footwear, it wasn't a permanent solution.

"By the way boy, you mentioned you maxed of the healing job, what is your current job then? If you got something battle related you will have to join us." Pointed out his in-law, knowing full well he'd not give a shit about telling the whole room.

"I knew you'd say that, so I just went with arcane courtesan." He said, freezing the room. As the women looked at the couple, specifically Xera, they couldn't help but think about what kind of things she'd need to put her husband through for him to unlock a taboo job like that.

It was concensus in civilized society that only through complete degeneration of a woman's mind and chastity would one unlock it after all, nevermind men, who were generally harder to force into it.

Little did they know, it was all the Internet's fault.

*****

A week later.

"There they are, you think your mother has come as well?" Aki asked his handsome wife, who now wore brown pants, black shoes and a white shirt under a purple jacket. The only accessory she had was a claw like ear piecing, but she was definitely more 'prince-like' than Aki first thought when he'd found this specific outfit for her.

They both quite liked it, and it was quite fitting for the situation of receiving a tribe joining in on the alliance they'd decided to make 'in order to avoid the kind of reckless expansionalism previously displayed by the troll shaman from happening again', allowing for the use of his previous main camp as a form of independent city-state in the making.

If you wonder how they can use a place with so much molten aluminum all around... Well, Aki isn't the only one capable of manipulating metals and minerals, and it's not like he himself could just leave all of it there, it was all material he'd personally procured and that could be ussed again by the refining of the materials, though he'd no idea how to directly oxidate any materials, so he could not make more termite out of the already used material, but that did not mean he was unable to just ask a smith to forge the iron into something else or the like.

He'd figure out how to make a storage spell one way or another. When he had the mana to spare. Right now he barely had more than a thousand or so, his regeneration, not being good enough for him either.

As he pondered that, the tribe had already gotten close enough for him to see the curious eyes of the lizardmen, shaman Zorun and another figure leading the remaining villagers who'd remained behind.

Said figure could practically only be described as having a 'MILF' aura. A hourglass figure, a Calming smile, long flowing hair that reached the waist, her face didn't much look like Xera's, but her amber eyes definitly had the same piercing gaze as Mara and his wife, so Aki could only guess that this was his mother in-law. For some reason, she really set him off.

He just smiled it off and decided then and there to try and not offend her.

"Look how beautiful my little Xera has become. I almost couldn't recognize you when you gote so handsome. I could even eat you up!" The woman fiercely and immediately hugged his wife, affection clear for all to see. The image looked like something out of a fairy tale thanks to their beauty.

"We have much to talk about mother, so it is good to see you too" Said Xera, while returning the hug.

"So cold. I heard you got married before you ranked up, how are they treating you?" Rhea asked while looking her daughter in the eyes even though she was a bit shorter.

Aki just looked as the shaman, who shook his head and shrugged. He'd not explained that to his foster daughter, too much trouble.

"I am fine mother, I'm half sure he likes it more than I do."

"You know it's because of the abs. You're amazing either way, but even I have my own preferences." Aki imediatly rebuted, having stated his case multiple times.

"Eh?" Sounded the mature beauty holding his wife, with a face that completly broke her character.

"Hello man, I am your daughter's husband." He smiled and waved, he'd been half a meter or so away this whole time.

"Husband? So you are not a human? A doppelganger perhaps?" She inquired, back in character already.

"Sometimes I wish so, but no, I'm human." He said, producing a lightning bold and targeting his own forearm.

"Werewolf? Vampire? A cultist?" The first two were directed at him, but the later was towards her daughter.

"Neither of the first two and I am actually apateist." Aki pointed out, referring to the practice of not giving a fuck to the gods as long as they didn't interact with him.

The woman was utterly confused, and he could see gears turn around on her constipated face.

"How?" She questioned.

"He saved me, we talked and got to know each other, we were both interested, and it was the best way to stay together." Answered the amused Xera.

"I'm not exactly the hardest man to seduce and my tastes are quite varied." Aki shrugged while looking helpless, even he understood how stupid it sounded. It's just that he didn't give a fuck.

They worked great together, he could easily see the two of them spending the rest of their lives together even if he feared something would make it so such would not happen.

"This is ridiculous on so many levels." The older woman groaned and released her daughter, turning to her son in law. "How are your drinking habits?"

"I don't drink alcohol. Or do drugs. Though I can see myself trying it out for someone else, I get addicted easily, so I don't think I'd try something like that a second time even if I liked it." Aki directly said, no shame at all. He'd been expecting something like this from Mara, but it actually never came. Zarun actually liked him.

"Gambling?"

"I'm terrible at it, so unless I've prepared enough to not get caught cheating, then I'd not play at all."

"Sex experience?"

"Your daughter and that's it. She's was pretty patient until I got things right."

"Preferences?"

"Someone dependable, with a beautiful smile and muscles, around my height, patient enough to care for me and to receive my care."

"So you mean you'd leave my daughter for someone with a good smile?" She lightly frowned, though she still smiled.

"A possibility is not as good as a certainty, and I have more than enough love for Xera to try my loyalty against whatever she will have me do. I'll probably break before my loyalty does." He easily explained, and he ment it. If they broke apart he'd probably enter the deepest level of depression he'd ever been to.

"Probably he says." She sighed before turning to her daughter, who felt happy about showing off her husband. "Ok, I will believe my strict daughter got herself a cute human. Just don't forget you will always have me and the village, ok?" The woman pouted before kissing her daughter on the cheek and sending a glare to the softly smiling Aki before getting inside the camp and signaling that the show was over.

Xera was actually a bit embarrassed after all this, and doubly so when Aki kissed her other cheek.

*****

What followed over the rest of the day was a complete monitoring of Aki's actions by a certain ophidian.

Turns out his routine wasn't actually very interesting. Cleaning the slag, reinforcing buildings, talking to several crafters and representatives to see what they needed, getting some herbs for tea, dropping over to the training area and flirting with his wife, even massaging her shoulders before she got back to grinding and leaving to receive a strange package, visit several women, check on the healing...

Back up a bit, does he give a crying shoulder to every victim? How free is this guy? She could literally hear as at least two of the ten women he visited tried to seduce him, at least one already entirely naked.

There was clearly something wrong with them, but both women ended up crying in his arms as he took in all their hurtful words and gave them advice anyway.

Though it was clearly in his favor, he specifically told them so, explaining how they could take away a life for themselves out of this mess and not seeming disappointed at all when a couple decided to leave.

He explained that he'd have to take some garantees and gave them a memory seal. The moment they got out of the forest, they'd forget a good part of what happened in the forest, though not their suffering, and only remember in ten years. No monster colony, no information about the troll, just a fabricated history about how a couple of adventurers rescued them.

He went back to the cottage he lived in, started preparing a simple dinner, heated a bath for two, put two plates with bowls of soup, some white bread and some well roasted meat. A good meal even if it showed his lack of experience in cooking a healthy dinner. Then he put another plate by the window.

Damn it!

*****

Name: Aki Augustus

Race: Human (Otherworlder) 

Age: 18

Title: Reviewer. Honorary member of Kinao tribe. 

Job:  Arcane courtesan

Level: 100

Job history: Apprentice ranger Lv 100. Ranger Lv 100. Trap maker Lv 100. Appreciate magician Lv 100. Apprentice healer Lv 100. Apprentice rogue Lv 100. Aprentice warrior Lv 100. Rogue Lv 100. Apprentice enginer Lv 100. Earth mage Lv 100. Apprentice laborer Lv 100. Laborer Lv 100. Apprentice hooker Lv 100. Apprentice soldier Lv 100. Hooker Lv 100. Warrior Lv 100. Assassin Lv 100. Soldier Lv 100. Field trapper Lv 100. Magician Lv 100. Slave Lv 100. Arcane assassin Lv 100. Martial artist Lv 100. Monster healer Lv 100.

Attributes:

Vitality 814

Strength 704

Mana 793

Intelligence 554

Agility 614

Dexterity 832

Magic:

Wind magic Lv 4

Mind magic Lv 5

Fire magic Lv 4

Earth magic Lv 6

Water magic Lv 4

Life magic Lv 3

Light magic Lv 3

Time magic Lv 2

Death magic Lv 5

Mystical art:

Mana cost reduction Lv 7

Mana manipulation Lv 7

Mana perception Lv 8

Mana domain Lv 4

No attribute magic Lv 6

Meditation Lv 8

Quick casting Lv 5

Multicasting Lv 5

Healing:

Diagnosis Lv 6

First aid Lv 3

Massage Lv 7

Academic:

Strategy making Lv 5

Anatomy Lv 6

Psicology Lv 5

Sociology Lv 3

Engineering Lv 4

Metallurgy Lv 4

Mathematics Lv 7

Combat:

Spear technique Lv 2

Sneaking Lv 5

Hide presence Lv 5

Sneak attack Lv 6

Dagger technique Lv 4

Trap making Lv 6

Disarm trap Lv 1

Taunt Lv 9

Armor technique Lv 5

Limit break Lv 4

Limit break: Fear Lv 2

Limit break: Love Lv 3

Limit break: Healing Lv 3

Limit break: Body reinforcement Lv 3

Unarmed fighting technique Lv 4

Magic fighting techniques Lv 5

Soul siphoning Lv 4

Shout Lv 4

Augmentation:

Survival Lv 5

Coordination Lv 2

Fast thought process Lv 3

Parallel thought process Lv 4

Nature's grace Lv 4

Augmented sight Lv 3

Augmented hearing Lv 3

Augmented smelling Lv 3

Augmented taste Lv 3

Augmented touch Lv 2

Augmented mana regeneration Lv 5

Augmented mana pool Lv 4

Augmented endurance Lv 7

Augmented agility Lv 4

Augmented dexterity Lv 6

Augmented vitality Lv 6

Augmented inteligence Lv 5

Pain resistance Lv 8

Mental resistance Lv 10

Self-enhancement: loyalty Lv 6

Self-enhancement: courage Lv 5

Spiritual form Lv 2

Heat resistance Lv 3

Detection:

Tracking Lv 3

Trap detection Lv 3

Social:

Etiquette Lv 3

Calming presence Lv 4

Barter Lv 2

Acting Lv 5

Seducing Lv 5

Intimidate Lv 8

Crafting:

Crude crafting Lv 10

Construction work Lv 5

Alchemy Lv 6

Cooking Lv 2

Sex:

Greater sexual stamina Lv 8

Sex technique Lv 7

Bedroom technique Lv 7 

Unique:

Augmented system

Grotesque mind Lv 10

Wrath 

Possible jobs:

Wizard. Magical warrior. Swift warrior. Apprentice alchemist. Tempter. Thug. Field commander. Engineer. Field engineer.  === mage. Scholar. Philosopher. Apprentice actor. Apprentice politician. Healer. Architect. Berserker. Sinful ===. Vassal ===. Mage hunter. Monk. Apprentice merchant