Chemistry Class
When Emily left, the whole family and I, except for little Petunia, cleaned up the farm and repaired the parts of the fence that had been damaged. It was close to noon when we were done, I collapsed on a chair with a deep sigh.
Twenty minutes later, Ava came out to meet me with a plate of food.
Her long hair was matted to her forehead with sweat and her face still had a mixture of fear and stress written over it.
"Why didn't you tell me to come to the dinning?" I asked when I saw her with the plate.
"I thought you might be too tired, you need food immediately". She said in that tone of hers that managed to be both caring and authoritative at the same time.
"Thank you". I mumbled and took the plate from her. I looked at her pale sweaty face. "How about you? You deserve some rest too". I said.
"I didn't kill any beasts". She replied in a dismissive voice. "I'll be fine".
I watched her hips sway as she walked off. I didn't want to admit it but I was becoming really enamored to her. It was beyond the lust system, it was something deeper than that and it scared me in part.
Ava was kind and caring, innocent yet she had shown she could have a wild side in bed, she was shy yet authoritative and firm when she needed to be and most of all, she liked me.
What happened then when the system eventually forced me to do something that would require me to break her heart directly or indirectly?
I shoved the thoughts away and started to eat my food.
When I was done, I took the plates inside and returned it to the kitchen, then I went to my room and crashed on the bed.
"Show me my profile". I said.
[Here's your profile]
[Name: Levi]
[Level: 2]
[Title: Farmboy, Beast Slayer]
[Strength: 30]
[Intelligence: 20]
[Stamina: 20]
[Speed: 30]
[Mana: 310]
[Element: Air]
[Lust points: 170]
I studied the profile, it was time for an upgrade to my attributes.
I looked at it, my stamina was too low, it was why I kept gassing out easily during fights. I calculated it and by the amount of lust points I had, I could only get 8 stamina points.
"Increase my stamina by 8 points".
[Purchasing 8 stamina points]
[Here's your profile]
[Name: Levi]
[Level: 2]
[Title: Farmboy, Beast Slayer]
[Strength: 30]
[Intelligence: 20]
[Stamina: 28]
[Speed: 30]
[Mana: 310]
[Element: Air]
[Lust points: 10]
I nodded satisfactorily, I'd get more lust points with time and I'd be able to improve my stats.
Then I slept off.
When I woke up the next morning, I did my chores on the farm with a distracted mind, I couldn't wait for afternoon when Emily would be done with her classes and back home.
I could barely contain my excitement and Mr Simon who had become more appreciative of me since I killed the beast monsters asked me why I was in such a good mood.
Nothing, today is just going to be a great day. I replied and I continued my chores appreciatively.
By the time it was evening, I was reclining on the chair when a short female figure appeared in the horizon. I squinted so I could get a better look and it turned out to be Emily.
She smiled from afar when she saw me and quickened her footsteps. When she got close she waved.
"Why are you here?" I asked her, I was perplexed since she had only been here two other times.
"Well good day to you too". Emily replied sarcastically.
"Right.. sorry about that, good day". I said, rubbing the back of my neck.
"Now why are you here?" I repeated.
"To pick you up dummy". She replied with a roll of her eyes.
"To pick me up?" I repeated.
"Yes". She said and her lips spread into a smile. "Or do you know where I live?"
Then it dawned on me, I didn't actually know where Emily lived. In my excitement to learn magic, I'd planned to go to her house without knowing where it was.
I wondered at what point I would have realized I didn't remember, would I have remembered as soon as I left the gate or I'd actually walk further down the street before I did?
"Right", I said with a sheepish smile. "I guess I don't know where you stay".
Emily shook her head in mock disappointment and a smile played around the corner of her lips.
"Well, shall we go now?" She asked.
"Sure". I replied and she led me to her house.
The walk to her was a bit lengthy and I kept bombarding her with questions, I wanted to know if having wind as my elemental magic would make me as deadly as someone with fire.
Truth be told, I was excited to finally have magic but i wasn't too impressed by air being my element. Fire was brazen and destructive, water was enveloping and all consuming, those were the two elements I was most interested in, the rest felt like unnecessary powers.
"What?!" Emily exclaimed. "More than half of the best mages we have in this town are air mages! She said".
That piece of information was shocking to me, I peered at her incredulously. "Really?"
"Yes, even the king himself is an air mage although he barely practices". Emily said.
"Wow!" I replied.
Whoooshh!
The wind blew past us as if on cue.
"Will I be able to fly?" I asked.
It was a weird question that popped into my mind as she told me about the powerful air mages.
Emily chuckled. "I don't think so, it will make you lighter on your feet though, the lighter you get depends on how much mastery you have".
"Hmmm". I replied, if flight was even remotely possible for an air mage, it would take their power to a whole new level and i itched to know if it was something air mages were capable of or at least looking into.
I was so lost in my thoughts that I was startled when Emily suddenly stopped.
"We're here".