Chapter 34 – Hungry core

I didn't even need to sit on the bed for Aglaya's voice to sound next to me. She must have noticed that I was awake as soon as I started moving. It's good that she's here with me; it might mean that I didn't enter a coma.

As she spoke, I could feel her arm pulling me closer; I think she wants me to go back to sleep. Once she finished pulling me close to her, lying on the bed as well, she put me face down.

Aglaya has a habit of putting me face down and caressing my back whenever she wants me to rest. That's what's happening now... She really wants me to go back to sleep.

Is it nice? Yes, I can't deny it, but I'm not sleepy. In fact, I just wanted to keep looking at the sky a bit more... I think if I try to sit up again, she will realize that I don't want to sleep.

Here we go... COOME OONN...

"Vultiole..."

I think she's confused but continues to caress. I think if I persist, she will realize my intention...

"Niout aerto qoiui ritury noper nioe tenud quyt saoe asert naoq euit nmoit alqioe snioe agut."

Great, she realized that I don't want to sleep. My plan worked. Now she's helping me sit up.

Aglaya is still lying down, and instead of the maid outfit, which is what all the girls usually wear throughout the day, she is nowhere to be seen.

Now Aglaya is dressed more comfortably. She's wearing a loose red and gray blouse and short black shorts, and her hair is tied in a bun.

It's strangely simple and modern... Another thing I noticed in this world. Clothing ranges from a classic style to more modern outfits. It's as if there are several eras in one period.

For example, when Nala appeared, she was dressed in very modern clothes, but when Abigail appeared, she was dressed in a more classic and elegant way.

Anyway, Aglaya was lying on her side very close to me on the right side of the bed; I hadn't seen her when I woke up because I was looking the other way.

As soon as she helped me sit on the bed, she also leaned me against her stomach to use as support so I wouldn't fall. She is very close to me and directly illuminated by the moonlight, making it easier for me to look at her.

It's kind of strange that she doesn't look sleepy; in fact, she's looking at me almost without blinking, as if she hadn't been sleeping, which I think is exactly what happened.

She must have stayed awake taking care of me or simply couldn't sleep because of the tattoos.

But now that I'm awake, let's try to make up for her hard work. She never rests well at night, thanks to her condition.

The thing is, I discovered that her tattoos change color whenever they are illuminated by moonlight. They go from a simple gold to a red with intense brightness.

I don't know what really happens, but Aglaya always gets warmer when this happens. At the same time, she starts making me feel the cold pressure of aura.

Nothing as strong as Nala, but for her to release this without any apparent reason means that she somehow can't control it. Which makes everything more confusing...

I understand it must be because of the tattoos, but it's very challenging to know what these tattoos are and what effects they have on Aglaya.

The first time this happened, I did nothing, but my body started getting used to the cold. And after a few minutes, Aglaya's tattoos started to lose their glow very slightly.

Aglaya noticed and immediately got out of bed, rushing me to Mom's office. She knocked frantically on the door until Abigail opened it and asked what was happening.

As soon as Aglaya entered and began to explain what happened, Abigail and Mom were a bit surprised and asked to confirm.

We went back to the room; Aglaya sat on the bed and put me in her lap. As soon as the tattoos started to glow again, my body began to feel cold for a while until it got used to it again. And after a few minutes, the tattoos faded.

Abigail seemed pleasantly surprised by the event; Mom was a bit shocked but soon smiled too. Then they started examining me and discussing some hypotheses about the situation.

From what I understood, in this world, there are Aura Veins and Aura Cores. Aura must be the magic of this world, and it's everywhere. Women in this world are born with Aura Veins, while men are born with Aura Cores.

Aura Veins in women allow them to absorb and store Aura from the environment in their bodies, as well as manipulate Aura directly from the environment.

In this way, Aura Veins enhance the entire body from fetal development. The more women train their Aura Veins, the more powerful they become and can manipulate more aura efficiently.

Aura Cores also have the ability to absorb and store Aura, but they cannot manipulate aura directly from the environment. Instead, men can only manipulate the Aura stored in the Aura Core.

Another difference is that Veins allow women to actively train their veins, but Cores can only be trained passively. That is, men cannot control when or how much their Cores can absorb and store Aura.

But Aura Cores can retain much more aura than Veins and do not run the risk of driving their bearers insane. Unlike Veins, which can only store, Cores can store and tune the aura.

However, whenever a man and a woman have some kind of connection or interaction, the Aura Core stops absorbing Aura from the environment and starts absorbing the aura from the woman's Aura Veins.

At the same time, the Core can share its tuned Aura with the Aura Veins. In this interaction between the two, the Core has an efficiency up to 20 times better than the passive state of absorbing Aura from the Environment.

This allows men to significantly increase the training of absorption and storage of aura. Furthermore, all the Aura absorbed and tuned in excess by the Core is returned to the Aura Veins.

This makes the training of Aura Veins up to 50 times more efficient than standard training and comes with the bonus of not running the risk of going crazy due to Blood Frenzy.

And that's exactly what happened with Aglaya and me that night. For some reason, I started interacting with Aglaya, and my core began absorbing the Aura from her Veins as soon as the tattoos started to glow.

After observing and examining me a bit, Mom and Abigail started doing tests and more tests. I spent about 5 hours sitting on Aglaya's lap waiting for them to finish.

And when they finally finished, they concluded that my Aura Core has a very strange peculiarity... It's hungry.

When they said that, not even Aglaya understood what it meant. So they began to explain their conclusions. And again, what I understood was as follows:

A normal core absorbs mana constantly and passively without changing its operation, except when interacting with Aura Veins.

As they absorb, store, tune, and release Aura, they improve steadily and without major changes, except when they interact with Aura Veins.

It's like an hourglass; the sand trickles slowly and at its own pace. No matter how much aura is available to absorb, the core that absorbs 10 out of 1000 will continue to absorb 10 out of 100,000.

It is possible to increase the efficiency of the Core with the interaction with the Veins, but this will only increase the core's capacity by a fixed number. If it absorbed 10 out of 1000, with the interaction with Aura Veins, it will start absorbing 100 out of 1000.

But my core is different... Basically, my Aura Core is normal under normal circumstances, but if certain demands are met, it will function entirely differently.

My core has the characteristic that the more Aura it has to absorb, the more it absorbs. It's as if it were a hungry person facing a banquet. The more food it sees, the more it wants to eat.

So, if it absorbs 10 out of 100, it will absorb 50 out of 10,000 or 200 out of 100,000 until it reaches the storage capacity limit.

When it reaches this limit, it kind of 'gorges' itself; this allows my core can operate above the limit instead of overloading or going into shock, .

Which is already something unbelievable, according to Mom and Abigail... But it doesn't stop there.

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